I have personally tanked this twice as a BM Hunter with my turtle.
Raid makeup was 2 healers, 8 DPS.
Positioning is similar to the regular method, except the entire raid is to the Left, and the pet going to the Right.
With the pets ability to completely ignore the bosses two AOE's, Meteor Slash and Fel Firestorm, no taunting is needed. Everyone stands there and dps's, with the healers dispelling and healing the pet. The healers said the pet was a little squishier than most tanks, but when I put my mend pet into my rotation (which has the same cooldown as kill command, btw) their job was lessened, and mana wasn't an issue.
While the boss casts Fel Firestorm the pet repositions to behind the boss, like any good pet. This means the entire raid, which should be running anyway, makes there way to where the pet was, and resumes dps.
Bloodlust after the second Fel Firestorm is the same.
Positioning the pet correctly was the hardest part for me. I had to keep mend pet up, and keep up with the dps on threat. I also had to give the pet 5 seconds to get aggro, and I misdirected to him to start with and then 30 seconds in. We had a mage that had an issue with aggro during the lead in, but he held off and let the pet get aggro, and let go after the first Fel Firestorm.
I had gear about ilvl 346 when I did this, and we got it down with only 4 wipes, which were more learning the fight issues than anything else.
I know that this kind of make up will only last till the next boss comes out in Baradin Hold, but it will be fun while it lasts!
This was done before patch 4.1, so I'm not sure if it is still viable. I will try it again this week and update.
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