Originally Posted by Ironhyde
I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on kitty dps for 25 man heroic Anub. I am currently in danger of losing my raid spot and am really not sure what I can do to improve my dps. I seem to be tops on the meter during the first two add phases before the burrow but after, during the scarab phase, my dps plummets. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
here is a log
World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis
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Anub is quite specific fight. From your log it seems you are AoEing burrowers primarily, which in my opinion is wrong approach. I tried focusing on AoEing the adds down, but i always fell behind on damage and i dont think our AoE is competitive at Anub. It CAN be competitive if you are lucky with OOC procs, but if you are not - you are screwed.
I focus on Anub, and i use Berserk and OOC procs to swipe the adds if i can manage to keep bleeds up on Anub at the same time. The fight then goes like this:
Pull: start rotation on anub
1st pack ready for AoE: berserker + swipe and at the same time keeping bleeds/SR up on anub
2nd pack ready: i ignore 2nd pack, it gets finished in kite phase, focus on anub
<kite phase>
anub emerges: start rotation on anub
3rd pack: swipe if you have spare energy / OOC procs, but focus on anub
4rd pack: same as 2nd (at this point you have berserk ready, but the timing is not good for effective usage)
<kite phase>
anub emerges: start rotation on anub
5th pack: berserk + swipe + keep bleeds on anub
<time goes on>
x-th pack: swipe if you have spare energy / OOC procs, but focus on anub
another berserk ready: use depending on situation
anub dies (well i havent seen this yet

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Using the above, i am reliably top damage on anub. My overall damage varies greatly depending on OOC procs when adds are up, and also if you are kited / chased or not. Check e.g.:
World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis (lucky on OOC)
World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis (lucky on OOC)
World of Logs - Real Time Raid Analysis (unlucky)
Note: I use Tiger's Fury to make sure i berserk with full energy.