Magmaw... the first boss in Blackwing Descent.
The team will be made up of the following:
- 2 tank (1 tank will swap to dps for this encounter)
- 3 healers
- 5 dps (1 hunter, 2 mages, rest melee)
Before we get into the room, Alagros will be tanking as well and will take one of the two adds guarding the room. These guys are a bit like the guardians after Kolo in Ulduar in that they have to be tanked apart.
Once we get into the room, Either Alagros or Draladius will swap over to dps mode and will stand with the rest of the dps.
We need a hunter to stand away from the rest of the dps for the bosses "Pillar of Flame" ability which will cause adds to spawn. When the hunter gets the notice they are about to be hit with the Pillar of Flame, they need to lay down an ice trap to slow the adds down and run away. All ranged dps need to instantly switch to AOE'ing those adds down.
Towards the end of the first phase, Magmaw will eat the tank and at that time, two of the melee dps need to spam right click on the boss when he slams his head on the ground so they can climb up and impale his head on a spike and stick him to the ground. During phase 2, the boss does no damage and takes 50% extra damage. Because no damage is being done to the raid at this time... the healers need to regen their mana and get ready for the next phase 1 transition.
Towards the end of phase 2, all dps and healers need to stand back from the edge they will be standing on to prevent Magmaw from aggro'ing on one of them. At that point the tank should be picking him up again and then it is just rinse and repeat.
Hopefully, this will all make sense on the day and we can kick it's butt and take him down :D
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