Tag Archive: tactics

Raiding for real

Since my last blog post, I’ve pondered a lot about what it means to raid. Or rather, what it means to different people, and what we all take from it.

Personally, I play the game to raid. I don’t draw much entertainment from PvP (because you suck, Qieth!), I’m not so fond of arenas (because you suck, Qieth!) and I don’t enjoy running around gathering achievements (because you su- ah, nevermind!). Don’t get me wrong, I love getting an achievement that gives a cool reward, like a title or a mount, but I’m not going to run around and hug critters for 10 achievement points.

So I play to raid. Lots of people do that, but we all approach raiding in different ways.

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I consider myself an expert on Lich King heroic. Sure, I’ve only killed him once, but I have wiped on this fight more than any other in the game. After 200+ wipes, you pick up a few things here and there, and I’d like to share that with you guys.

This is not an easy encounter, and as you wipe and try again over and over, you’ll tweak your rotation, your movement and your general style on the fight.

I am going to assume that you know the general tactics for this fight – there is no need for me to go through them cause, after all, the main way to be useful on Lich King is to know what the hell you’re doing!

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