Raid Preparation, March 11

We hope to tackle the following raid content starting at about 9:00 ST, thurs. 3/11.

-Flame Levi (weekly)
-Marrowgar
-Lady Deathwhisper

Try to be ready to go at 8:30 ST, if everyone is on and we can get an early start on Ulduar, we'll have more time to work on the ICC fights. Please be as prepared as possible: read the guides, watch the Tankspot videos a few times, and make some notes to review immediately before we pull. Ideally each member of the raid should understand the details of a fight well enough to lead and direct a group. Once you have a decent command of the fight mechanics, watching the videos and focusing on an individual raid member (or just the boss, or just the adds, etc.) for the entire encounter can help tremendously with situational awareness.

1. http://www.wowwiki.com/Marrowgar
http://www.tankspot.com/showthread.php?58425-Lord-Marrowgar-Encounter

2. http://www.wowwiki.com/Lady_Deathwhisper
http://www.tankspot.com/showthread.php?59652-Icecrown-Lady-Deathwhisper

Click on the videos to go to Youtube and watch the full screen HD versions.

OP mages.

Second Group, Sarth 3D

Sorry, bags covering recount in this one, so I edited my messy inventory out of our victory shot. Posted above.

Wembly Has Slain Sartharion!

...with a little help from his friends.



(photo courtesy of Coops McGooey)

Sarth 3D CHEESE!

Sans, Sarth 3D

Basic DK info for Kai

Death Knight forums:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=13673870&sid=1

Read them all but start with this one:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=13673870&sid=1

Your first priorities are hit and expertise, because if your attacks aren't landing, none of your other stats matter. Hit rating reduces your chance to miss a target, and expertise reduces the chance that your attacks will be dodged and parried. The chance of missing or being dodged or parried goes up as the target's level goes up, so you will need more hit rating for raids (where bosses are level 83) than you will for 5 man content (where bosses are level 82). Getting "capped" means you have enough rating to ensure that your hits always land.

As a DK you do both physical/melee damage and spell damage; melee attacks and spells have different hit caps, as well as different rates of conversion from hit rating to hit %. Use these numbers:

32.79 hit rating = 1% melee hit chance. Against level 83 bosses you need 8% increased melee hit chance, or 262.3 hit rating, to ensure that your physical attacks land.

26.23 hit rating = 1% spell hit chance. Against level 83 bosses you need 17& increased spell hit chance, or 445.91 hit rating, but with a Draenei, 3/3 Virulence, etc. this number drops. Don't worry as much about reaching the spell hit cap.

8.2 Expertise rating = 1 expertise skill. Against level 83 bosses you need 214 expertise rating, or 26 expertise skill, to ensure that you are not dodged. You need 492 expertise rating to ensure that you are not parried, but since you will always be attacking from behind a creature, you don't need to worry about parries.

You are currently 37 hit rating short of the cap, which is very close; but you have no expertise except for the 5 exp. skill from talents, so that should be our first priority.

More specific gear lists incoming...

http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Lady's_Promise