Wotlk - ICC - Pit of Saron (PoS) - Ick and Krick

[crowdx]

I have had problems on this guy too, I run pally, 2 locks, hunter and resto druid. As said many times in the thread, you gotta dps him in small chunks. My biggest issue with this guy has been running a little too far and have him reset.
I have no idea how he can be outrunning you?
The poision nova he does is the most dangerous followed by his pursuit if he goes after the healer (this is where I have often had him reset). Other than this, the mines are simple enough.
For the time I have downed him it has been the start of the fight which made the difference. I normally park my team at the crate/box on the left hand side, then move them each time they get poision thrown on them, this way you can burn him pretty fast for a long period before he goes to mine, pursuit or nova your team.
The druid helps a lot in this fight with his mobile healing.
I have done this fight with pugs and it is stupid easy with a PuG

[zenga]

I think i fail mostly with picking up my team as soon as he starts with pursuit or bombs. They are parked at the back and i tank him far away. So he yells 'take that one' and then runs right away to my team, i can hit follow or strafe them and try to pick them up, but at that point there is one already dead.

A video would be awesome. Didn't come across one on HC mode unfortunately.

[crowdx]

If you have DBM installed and not sure without it but you do get something like a 5 second warning before he pursues the team member. I also park my toons at the beginning as far away as possible.
I have a dedicated follow button for my team also.

[boxblizzard]

im currently doing this with my new melee team, with my previous ranged dps team i downed him in undera min on hc just from bursting.

but if your dps is not up to scratch then pop hero burst him should be down to 50-60% or so by time he starts casting something, start making a move before he starts casting, if hes arcane mines then keep running, after he will use poison nova so keep away. then go to him and do more dps. if he does persuit run ofc. if he does mines or nova repeat above. lots of running about and small chunks of dps.

you or someone mentiond about out running, well he actually does run quicker than your player i know this after alot of fails and learning him, so make sure you move before he does a move so you got a little more range. i've found lag has failed quite a few runs because they all die from nova, and i know i would of avoided it.

good luck

[jimbobobb]

im currently doing this with my new melee team, with my previous ranged dps team i downed him in undera min on hc just from bursting.

but if your dps is not up to scratch then pop hero burst him should be down to 50-60% or so by time he starts casting something, start making a move before he starts casting, if hes arcane mines then keep running, after he will use poison nova so keep away. then go to him and do more dps. if he does persuit run ofc. if he does mines or nova repeat above. lots of running about and small chunks of dps.

you or someone mentiond about out running, well he actually does run quicker than your player i know this after alot of fails and learning him, so make sure you move before he does a move so you got a little more range. i've found lag has failed quite a few runs because they all die from nova, and i know i would of avoided it.

good luck

when he pursues:
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=68987

He moves more slowly than your players when he is fixated on a target. This is a fact. You simply need to be faster and pay more attention. Everything he does has a cast time. If you start moving as soon as he starts casting, there should be plenty of time to run and pick up your characters and start going.

[boxblizzard]

when he pursues:
http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=68987

He moves more slowly than your players when he is fixated on a target. This is a fact. You simply need to be faster and pay more attention. Everything he does has a cast time. If you start moving as soon as he starts casting, there should be plenty of time to run and pick up your characters and start going.

then it must be my server its very laggy at the moment, hence FCM's

ive been going in a straight line and he has caught up and smacked my healer dead which i find utterly insane if he gimped.

ah well, funny ive been pro at this boss for few weeks, doing it in 50 seconds with my melee team in 4.2k GS only last night i failed 8 times because of nova. it has to be lag

[Chilaxx]

At first I found this boss really hard, even at normal! After reading through this thread.
Don't know exactly who said it, but some1 said to just take it easy on this boss.

You just have to understand how you can counter each of his attacks, and execute it at the right time.

For example:
Poison nova => You have to be FAR away
Laser barrage => Keep moving
Persuit => Keep moving
Poison on the floor => Move

This is very basic and probly everyone knows this.
But as you know, for persuit and poison nova (something that can kill your team or an individuale instantly) can be avoided by standing far away from him.

So what I do is:
- Place my team far away from him (stacked)
- Tank him in a direction so i can see my team easily
- When he throws poison, just strafe to a side
- When he does poison nova, just keep dps'ing and only move my tank
- When he's going to persuit, keep dps'ing while running with my tank to my team
- When he's about to finish his persuit, stop my team and move him away from my team with my tank
- If he does laser barrage, again, run around, but make sure you are far away from him when he's about to finish.

Tbh, the key in this fight is to stay far away from him, even during and at the ending of his abilities.

I downed him with a team less then 4K gearscore, as you can see once again, GS isn't everything

Hope this helps anyone!


Ciao