Quote Originally Posted by 'Worthless',index.php?page=Thread&postID=117800#po st117800
I've used the split strat within the last few weeks, so I believe it still works fine.

You will indeed get nuked by the dragon after you pull the final pair of guards back, just drop grounding totems as you run to the platform. The key is that the rider is not agro to you, so you can get down to the platform (dropping grounding along the way) and nuke the dragon down without worry. When the dragon is low on HP he will land on his own, but it's an easy tank-n-spank at that point as he drops quickly and the rider is cake without fire dropping all over the place
Yup, just did this last night and it works perfectly. For shaman teams, the use of grounding totems + PATIENCE makes this fight totally trivial. As others has noted, the rider will not aggro as long as you pull the guards up to the flat part of the ramp. He sits in the center of the round area like an idiot while you kill his dragon mount, actually. While you are killing the guards at the top of the ramp, drop your first set of grounding totems. The grounding totem eats the fireball, which prevents the "pool of fire" from spawning. If you take ANY fire damage in this fight until the dragon lands, you are not doing this correctly or trying to move too quickly...

From the air, the dragon sends fireballs infrequently enough that you can pretty much keep them all grounded. He usually pauses casting and flys around every 5 or so fireballs, this gives you a few seconds to safely move your guys down the ramp and set up a new set of grounding totems. I take my time and do it in 2-3 steps. Your target is the bottom of the ramp, where you will not aggro the rider, but will be able to (occasionally) target the dragon. You don't need to reposition beyond this; just keep up the grounding totems and lightning bolt whenever the dragon does come in range.

The time to blow EM, etc, is when the dragon landing emote happens. Even though the dragon lands, the rider will not aggro. Even if you blast the dragon while is is next to Vazruden, Vaz _still_ doesn't seem to aggro. So, nuke the dragon down.

After that, Vaz is a little pansy you can take down at your leisure.