Cata - Throne of the Tides

[Kalros]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have our new "Old Kingdom" and "Halls of Stone" all wrapped into one shit-fest of an instance!

Wiped a couple times on trash, particularly the guys that pull everyone in and immediately one-shot casters. Crowd Control was used at times, particularly big groups that had healers in them.

First boss: I kept all DPS and heals together, and positioned the tank so I could see them at all times. When the blue "thing" appeared, I just strafed out of it with everyone. The hardest part for me was controlling the adds. At times I couldnt gather them all up with the tank before they started killing my DPS. Eventually I was able to use a combination of Death Grip and Strangulate to get the casters to the tank (sorry all you non-DK tanks). Eventually I got him, but it was ugly. Many wipes.

Second boss: Easiest boss in the x-pac so far. Tank and Spank, move out of the void zone. Collect loot.

Third Boss: Wiped several times on this one as well. As with the first boss, I kept heals/DPS together so I could dodge the earth shatter AoE thing he did. At 50% he becomes the mind control creature. I did NOT use the kiting method, I simply let him mind control someone and burned that person down (he stops when they hit 50%). Throughout the 2nd phase he will cast these big AoE clouds. Get everyone out of those ASAP. Seems as though you cannot cast at all if you're in the cloud.

Final Boss: Ugh. The first 2 phases are a gauntlet. Phase 1 is fairly easy. Pull all mobs, burn them down. In phase 2 you get 3 Suppressors that spawn in addition to these bloodbeasts that will continually spawn. You need to DPS down the suppressors, keep the bloodbeasts away from the heals/DPS, and stay out of the black stuff. Its alot of moving, and quite frankly a pain in the ass. Phase 3 is simple once you can actually get the boss on target. You get a huge growth buff, but also a quickly stacking debuff, and the idea is to burn down the boss before the debuff kills you. This is teh best time for Heroism (Bloodlust for you Horde scum).

I will NOT be doing this place again until around 82.