BALEROC BOSS GUIDE - CATACLYSM CLASSIC

[@Joardee]

Healer union meeting next week, be there or be square

[@procmt78]

But I'm a hunter now. I'm skipping this meeting

[@funchicoo]

Thank you, Joardee. Top tier guide.

[@cyberpatz0rz]

A precision on Vital Sparks (VS) stacks: you get one per direct heal if the soaker has 1 to 5 Torment stacks, 2 VS stacks if he has 6 to 10, 3 VS if he has 11 to 15, ect, up to 6 if he gets to 26 Torment stacks. It can be usefel to know to optimize things if you have like a boomkin with Barkskin up tanking up to 16-17 stacks, for example :)

[@TheArcodar]

Another good tip for tanks is that any absorb effect works on decimation. AMS for example absorbs a lot of that damage and should be ideally used when a Tank is killable.

[@daqimber]

great guide Joardee

[@CrixGuides]

Amazing guide! Thanks!

[@seplop]

Joardi delivers again

[@Cheezecake21]

How to not spread torment on countdown. It feels bugged.

[@stromley]

Does pennance only give one stack per cast?

[@bennye8929]

What is the Weakaura tracking your buff / debuffs?

[@nathanberrigan9839]

fojji

[@ole2522]

Noob question, what happens if you heal a person who soak while your Vital Flame buff is active? u don't gain Vital spark stacks or?

[@cyberpatz0rz]

@@ole2522 you heal that person normally: you don't get any Vital Sparks stacks nor the +healing% component of Vital Flame :)

[@syno4534]

Could I ask how come the melee running in and out of one crystal works? I thought stacks of Tormented spread to nearby players, shouldn't they all be spreading Tormented to each other and die to eventual massive damage? Thanks for the beautiful guide as always

[@Joardee]

@@syno4534 sure! Since the first few ticks of each application of torment does very little damage, the melee can take a few even with the 500% increased damage taken debuff from tormented - so they move in and out, taking a few ticks each, then getting healed back up before moving back in - helps to soak the crystals pretty safely

[@syno4534]

@Joardee Ahhh thank you very much! That made me just realise the "Tormented" debuff must only stack to 1, which is the thing that spreads, but "Torment" which is the increasing damage from the crystal is the thing that stacks to 26 and gives healing stacks They made quite a complicated mechanic lol

[@insidiouz2896]

Whats that weakaura that shows your tank using IBF or a mana tide?

[@ChessJew]

Do Atonement heals stack Vital Spark? Or don't count as "direct"?

[@DownsyMB]

They don't no. They do however benefit from the buff to tank healing as long as you direct heal the tank to keep the buff up.

[@ezeess7239]

this fight was a lot harder than the other 4 bosses

[@srsshitgoindown]

is druid or DK better for maintank? since blood dk can use last stand right after the 90% hit and go back to 30% health instantly every 1 minute, druid can only do that once every 3 mins

[@Joardee]

@@srsshitgoindown def BDK as MT as you said

[@hawkman8706]

God healing this fight is a nightmare.

[@cyberpatz0rz]

We finally downed H Baleroc 25 on PTR 2 days ago. As a healer main, I approve of this comment 😂

[@riner9]

truth we got it down to 15% after about 3 hours of prog but so much can go wrong and make it super hectic

[@ethelion5000]

I'm upset I missed the Healer union w the non-vegan cookies.

[@TheAgent0097]

How's mana management for direct heal spam?

[@procmt78]

Difficult

[@cyberpatz0rz]

@TheAgent0097 it depends on how your guild is planning the healing rotation. For the healers aiming to get very high stacks quickly at the start of the fight (first two crystals), you're pretty much looking to burn your whole mana bar in quick expensive heals and then recover as much as you can with personal cd's/Mana Tide. On my rdruid, on our kill, I ended up the fight with pretty much 0 mana (and used both my innervates+conc pot).

[@d1vin1ty]

About the same as always. As someone who ranks top 10 for rdruid parses consistently in 10man, mana management will only be an issue on any fight directly relative to your skill. I coach all the guild's resto druid users on their alts and most any I meet in random raids or running around and there's generally things people just forget are huge priorities and settle for 90-95% uptime instead of 98%+ (like lifebloom) and lose out on ridiculous amounts of mana and healing efficiency. You might oom in the fight but if that's the case, adjust your next pull to not dump as heavily on the opener as you won't need 100+ stacks to heal the fight. It just makes it easier. You can go softer to save yourself say, 30k mana at the cost of 20 stacks and guarantee you can heal the entire duration. Just find your sweet spot, but anyone who understands their healer inside out can bomb at the start and have no problem throughout the fight. It's even easier if you're on a rdruid or pally as we're INCREDIBLY strong and efficient tank healers with huge mana pools. The other classes are the ones which might have to handle more of a learning curve.

[@rizzmclance4852]

Hello! Can You by any chance share your profile UI hhe

[@Greenfreak91]

Kinda funny that u consider possible wipes by dd's failing or sleeping on the soak but healers are perfectly flawless and dont do mistakes or sleep on mechanics is freaking hilarious.

[@luisborges7239]

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[@scottsatkowiak2347]

WTF is with the THUMBNAIL for this video @joardee ???

[@luisborges7239]

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