Individual performance does matter

We’re chatting in my guild forums about killing the Lich King last night, and the question was asked how tough that fight is relative to others in WoW history. I haven’t killed every boss (didn’t do much Black Temple, for example, and no Sunwell at all, since my casual guild at the time was behind on progression).

I answered the reason it’s a hard fight is because it’s a Type C in Tobold’s classification. To recap, saving you to

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Video guides ICC heroic

Vox Immortalis have released some new video guides to compliment their already-extensive stable.

Video guide to heroic Putricide is on youtube:

They also recently added Heroic Putricide as well as the Dances with Oozes, Flu Shot Shortage, and Full House achievements. Visit their channel for a full list. Registered users can also download high-res versions.

Lich King transition phases

To recap: the Lich King fight has three phases where you are in the centre, and between each of them are transition phases when you move to the edge.

Moving between the phases also requires a strategy

Each time you are in the center he gains a new ability or two like Spell “Soul Reaper” not found. whilst other abilities remain, like Infest. On the second edge-phase he spawns more raging spirits than the first time.

The clever design feature here

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Lich King 25-man strategy guide

One of my favourite strategy bloggers, NER, has now done her Lich King strat. As usual, it’s written with the attention to detail that a raid leader needs.

For example, on Defile and how to learn it. NER says everyone needs to have the Lich King as their focus, and must have the focus’ target shown in their UI. Here’s an extract from the strat guide.

Defile has a 1.5s cast time (this is important) and when cast will drop

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Describing a fight in voice or writing

When you are briefing a raid team on a fight they have not seen before, or one which they’re not very familiar, you shouldn’t be too wordy.

Before the first pull

I like everyone to have watched a fight video, which you’d linked in guild forums some days before. Ideally you’ve agreed on a strategy framework, if there are alternative methods.

On the night, I think you should give a brief description of the fight, then go in a

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Guides to Icecrown Citadel

Instead of writing my own guide, I’ll compile references to those already written.

I have an index of the guides from those sites most people use, plus have tried to include key posts from the blogging community. » continue reading

Collection of good reading

I read a number of blogs. You can download a file containing them all from my sidebar, which can import to Google Reader. I sometimes read on the train, or like today, when I’m back at work for the first day of the new year and cannot be stuffed to do anything much. So, I did some catching-up with blogs.

Here are some of the best posts selected from all the writers I follow, with a bias to content

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