Ran Heroic Gun'Drak tonight (first WotLK heroic)

[Hachoo]

Ok so first I tried running Heroic UK. It was my first time setting foot in a heroic in WoTLk and my first time setting foot in a heroic period with my DK. I went in with 537 defense, 21.6k hp, and ~1577 SP on my shamans (With flametongue but not including totem of wrath).

So, after wiping on prince about 9 times I decided to give up and high tail it to Gun'Drak.

Proud to say that I knocked out all the trash and the first 3 bosses on the first try without a single death. Definitely an easy instance. I only got to try the 4th boss once before I had to leave for a new years party. When he turned into a rhino he 2 shotted my tank before I could even heal him - wasn't really prepared so I'll either drop earth eles when that happens or just overheal as needed. Will definitely try it again in the next day or two. I got a decent helm upgrade for my DK which had a red and meta socket on it - once I gemmed it up I actually ended up with only 534 defense - 1 under uncrittable, so hopefully I'll be OK. My HP is 1k higher now and my dodge rating is up about 1% so that should help. One more heroic and I should have argent dawn reverred which will net me the enchant with def and stam so that should help a lot.

Anyway, just wanted to say that Heroic Gun'Drak is definitely a decently easy instance (at least the first three bosses which go by very quick). Can't wait to get this thing on farm for 5 badges. Thinking about trying DTK tomorrow and see how that goes Probably skip the second boss for now until I'm geared up a bit better.

[TheBigBB]

Ok so first I tried running Heroic UK. It was my first time setting foot in a heroic in WoTLk and my first time setting foot in a heroic period with my DK. I went in with 537 defense, 21.6k hp, and ~1577 SP on my shamans (With flametongue but not including totem of wrath).

So, after wiping on prince about 9 times I decided to give up and high tail it to Gun'Drak.

Proud to say that I knocked out all the trash and the first 3 bosses on the first try without a single death. Definitely an easy instance. I only got to try the 4th boss once before I had to leave for a new years party. When he turned into a rhino he 2 shotted my tank before I could even heal him - wasn't really prepared so I'll either drop earth eles when that happens or just overheal as needed. Will definitely try it again in the next day or two. I got a decent helm upgrade for my DK which had a red and meta socket on it - once I gemmed it up I actually ended up with only 534 defense - 1 under uncrittable, so hopefully I'll be OK. My HP is 1k higher now and my dodge rating is up about 1% so that should help. One more heroic and I should have argent dawn reverred which will net me the enchant with def and stam so that should help a lot.

Anyway, just wanted to say that Heroic Gun'Drak is definitely a decently easy instance (at least the first three bosses which go by very quick). Can't wait to get this thing on farm for 5 badges. Thinking about trying DTK tomorrow and see how that goes Probably skip the second boss for now until I'm geared up a bit better.

Yeah, Gundrak is the second heroic I cleared. The final boss is much tougher than the rest, though, but once you get some practice and some more gear he will go on farm for you, too.

[Gares]

Ok so first I tried running Heroic UK. It was my first time setting foot in a heroic in WoTLk and my first time setting foot in a heroic period with my DK. I went in with 537 defense, 21.6k hp, and ~1577 SP on my shamans (With flametongue but not including totem of wrath).

So, after wiping on prince about 9 times I decided to give up and high tail it to Gun'Drak.

Proud to say that I knocked out all the trash and the first 3 bosses on the first try without a single death. Definitely an easy instance. I only got to try the 4th boss once before I had to leave for a new years party. When he turned into a rhino he 2 shotted my tank before I could even heal him - wasn't really prepared so I'll either drop earth eles when that happens or just overheal as needed. Will definitely try it again in the next day or two. I got a decent helm upgrade for my DK which had a red and meta socket on it - once I gemmed it up I actually ended up with only 534 defense - 1 under uncrittable, so hopefully I'll be OK. My HP is 1k higher now and my dodge rating is up about 1% so that should help. One more heroic and I should have argent dawn reverred which will net me the enchant with def and stam so that should help a lot.

Anyway, just wanted to say that Heroic Gun'Drak is definitely a decently easy instance (at least the first three bosses which go by very quick). Can't wait to get this thing on farm for 5 badges. Thinking about trying DTK tomorrow and see how that goes Probably skip the second boss for now until I'm geared up a bit better.

Yeah, Gundrak is the second heroic I cleared. The final boss is much tougher than the rest, though, but once you get some practice and some more gear he will go on farm for you, too.

After wiping for time after time after time on the final boss of Gundrak here is what I did and my gear didn't change.

I normally while I was wiping had all my DPS/healing in the same corner. Doesn't matter where but in a corner. I would always get him into rhino and same thing would happen I would get two shoted or I just couldn't keep the healing up. I will definiately say this is alot easier with a healer but never the less you should be able to do it.

I eventually split my crew up like ss2 did. I put two dps in one corner and another dps + healer into another, and I tank him in troll form close but not right beside either of the crews. Sometimes I get knocked back, but most of the time its good because he does whirlwind right after anyways which I might add (DO NOT STAY IN IT LIKE EVERYONE OR SOME GUIDES SAY). Everytime you get hit by it you take damage but you get a scaled damage dot which if you get hit by all 5 times of the whirlwind is a stacking dot of 10k damage every 3 seconds for like 9 seconds. Most of the time he goes rhino right after it anyways so that kind of spells disaster. Anyways kite him in troll during whirlwind and DPS him down. When in rhino just blow your Bloodlust then, keep tank healed and the moment you see whoever is impaled give them a heal and then back to your tank (Impaled person should only every need 1 LHW from all 4 if you got Healing Stream down). Stay def during rhino and then own him when he goes back to troll. If he goes rhino a second time your probably done for.

[Hachoo]

Thanks for the advice, based on that it looks like the whirlwind might be what killed me. I was staying in it mostly because it hardly looked like it was hurting me, and yeah he did turn into a rhino immediately afterwards and then killed me super fast, but maybe it was the rhino + the dot that killed me and I didn't know it

Will definitely be running this instance again tomorrow and maybe Drak'Tharon Keep as well!

[Lyonheart]

I have never had an issue with the final boss. I heal like a mofo and thats it. I put all my girls on the left wall of the circle area. I snug them up against the center post there. and pull the boss to about the center area. When he turns into the rhino i heal faster and pull him right next to the girls. I place healing totems down as well.

Also you say 4th boss? He is the 5th boss, don't forget Eck in the cave 8)

[Lyonheart]

Eck is an extra boss on heroic. A small wall opens up behind where you kill Moorabi. There is a cave with some adds before you spawn him in the last room in that cave. He is the 2nd boss for me because I kill Moorabi first.

[Gares]

After you kill Moorabi the wall in his room opens up and you can get to Eck from there.

Also there is 2 ways to enter Gundrak, one South leads to Moorabi and the North one leads to Sladran first.

[khornn]

How are yall killing the first boss Slad'ran or whatever. I cant get him past 20% before my tank or healer dies. Then all those damn snakes jsut screw me over. Any help is much appreciated.

[Gares]

Tank him with your DPS on the pile of bones in the next room (further into the instance) and tank him at the bottom of that pile. It'll take the snakes awhile to make it to you and your consecration will catch alot of them and before there is too many he should be dead.

Yeah I got the no snake wrap achievement as well. Either of our strats work and I have never wiped on him since.

[Hachoo]

I do something similar - I put my DPS on the platform at the top of the first ramp coming down from the entrance to the instance (so they're up one level from me). I drag Sladran into that room and just fire away - 4 healing stream totems completely negate snake damage and I actually got the no snake wrap achievement on the first try.