Feral tankl/cat VS faction champs

Post by thekeeper

so during our first guild trial of crusader 10 man we got up to champs
im usually main tank for the guild

the line up we got on the champs was resto shammy,holy pally,DK,Warrior,Mage and hunter

shaman was our first target to nuke down
our prot off tank and Dk dps where on interupt duty while i was in cat spec on the holy pally maiming ,charging bashing and cycloning my ass off

now here comes the question if im not better to put on lets say the warrior to keep it away from the raid

or any generic advice on how to deal with them more effectively as a feral tanker/kitty
since we got 3 out of 6 down and then we where out of healers :P(lack of knowledge of the healers to move away from a WW warrior :s

Post by hashmel

a feral on the holy pally isn't a bad idea considering the pally doesn't move as much as say the warrior allowing you to distance yourself for a charge without him staying glued to your face

we are fairly limited on CC compared to say a rogue but it should suffice

pounce as an opener CC, line up a maim next, then a cyclone, then a charge, followed by a bash, and by the time you're back to maim it should be unaffected by DR

Post by thekeeper

the only time i got a heal get trough was when i got stunned so it went quite well
just need a bit more practice as does my guild since they get raped by the warrior(clothies that is)

Post by Katsudon

Sounds like you don't have people controlling the melees. You have 2 interrupters already (your OT and DK - they don't need to both be on the same healer.), so put one on each healer. Feral is one of the best cc classes and probably the best melee controller in this fight, so you should grab the warrior and control him. Its ok to let 1 or 2 heals get through (just gotta dispel earth shield/riptide quickly)

Normally when my guild does it, I control a melee (i'm feral dps, not tank), the MT controls the other melee, and the OT will switch to another spec and either dps or heal. You might need to change group composition you're low on interrupts/dispel. I highly recommend bringing a shaman of any type around as it greatly simplifies the fight.

Post by Aadramelekh

If you have lvl 232+ gear for your pussy cat spec, I suggest you let the interrupting business on other classes, better equipped. As hashmel said, pussy cats are fairly limited in the ability to both CC and do good DPS at the same time.

Usually in the groups I run with I am a member of the 'nuke committee'. The burst potential of pussy cats is so great that it shouldn't be neglected. If you have the resources to dedicate to CC, try and go full nuke on the kill target. You'll most likely find yourself at the end of the encounter as number one DPS by a fair margin, especially in 10 man. Straight out DPS is a great role for a pussy cat on Faction Champions. Having a shaman for Bloodlust / Heroism (while you Berserk) in your group will get you pumped out so hard you'll see damage rolling on your screen like there's no tomorrow :D

That warrior needs a dedicated CC indeed, but it should not be a feral druid - at least the way I see things.

Talking out of my personal experience.

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Post by thekeeper

most of the raids we done our composition is biting us in the ass

setup is usually

tanks : feral druid(me),prot warrior
healers: 2 holy pallies and a priest(we are actually having problems on alot of heavy AoE fights)
dps: 1-2 hunters , a dk,a warlock and a shadowpriest and usually one random from the guild we have online at that moment

so yeah no shammy for heroism saddly

but we are gonna give it a go with nuking the crap out of that resto shammy first his heroism + the warrior eats trough out members quite fast :s

its doable but not optimal imo any type of shammy would be welcomed in the raid (personally i would ditch one of the pally healers )

Feral tankl/cat VS faction champs

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