Originally Posted by Roobina
Need some advise, my guild has done somewhat of an 180 at Brutallus, instead of going with two ferals they are now gonna go with feral + prot which means I'll step in as tank. Since I prepared to go DPS my prot preperations have been somewhat lacking and I need some last minute suggestions.
I am going to treat it as a avoidance fight but how much health should I aim for? 21-22k seems to be a somewhat healthy ammount.
Are there any easy avoidance to collect? With 5 Illidain kills behind us I am still lacking Faceplate, Myrmidons and Band of the Abyssal Lord from Black Temple (just never droped). So far my prepartions includes socketing Praetorians and Onslaught Handguards with a total of 4x 8 dodge gems. Enchanting 12 dodge instead of Agility on cloak and for trinkets I'm going to chose Moroes + SMI.
My stomp rotation will be Moroes -> Last Stand -> SMI + Seed to give myself that extra edge.
I will go with agility + armor elixirs and of course chain poting stoneshields.
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I think a flask has superior "time to live" to armor + agility elixirs. (I've definitely had times where my health dips below 500, only to have two 8k heals land a fraction of a second later.) From my personal experience, I'd recommend to continue to gem 15 stam. Especially if you're using 8 dodge rating gems... If your guild isn't gonna let you use Spinals, all the more reason to continue use those epic stam gems. I'd also second the nomination above for
[Commendation of Kael'thas]. It procs like mad in this encounter. It's very likely you'll get a proc every time you're tanking.
My guild uses two warrior tanks, and I pretty wear my normal "boss tanking" set... (Check armory if interested.) I'm at 22500 life fully buffed, without an imp since my guild decided to bring all destro locks for the extra DPS. We got our first kill last night, so I can attest that it's very possible using two warrior tanks. (Despite some
rumors that you
need ferals.)
Over the course of the fight, assuming you're using a 2 tank strategy (feral + prot), you're gonna be taking 5/6 stomps. So, I think that perhaps a bit more CD usage planning would be ideal. Like for me I use: SMI -> Seed -> last stand -> SMI+seed -> SW. (Using shield wall on the final stomp.) It's also important to note you'll only be tanking for 36 second intervals. So, assuming you trust your buddy tank, you can pop your seeds early (say 6 seconds in), and have them last not only for the stomp, but throughout nearly your whole tanking phase. Every little bit helps.