Quote Originally Posted by 'tpenick',index.php?page=Thread&postID=43305#post4 3305
What's I've been doing is send in VW, grab a bunch of mobs, cast 3 SoC's, they go boom, mobs die. Funnel VW back to near-full health, then rinse and repeat. In Cath, it takes me 5 pulls to clear the courtyard areas.
When I ran mobs with my 70 Boomkin it was slow going. I am sure Locks would be a bit quicker with SoC. 5 pulls is pretty good I would think for a Lock. With a Pally you might be able to do it with a single pull if you had some healers just in case. With my Mage (no epics) when I was frost spec, I was able to do in two pulls. Usually 3 is better though as with 2 you run the risk of running OOM.

* Edit * by the way when I saw 2 pulls I mean two complete pulls of SM Cath not just the cortyard. A Mage, or even Pally can pretty much do the Courtyard in one pull and then do the actual Cath in another one. Pretty much place your alts on /follow throw up ice barrier, aggro lower court (your ice barrier should last almost through aggro of lower court), do the occasional AE to keep mobs aggro and chasing, run up aggro next group. When up pop up to second level of courtyard be sure to stop your alts (or risk dying from mobs AE) do Ice Barrier again, continue to aggro mobs (Ice Lance on roamers can speed things up). Once you get both upper and lower done, pop Elemental and Frost nova them, if any don't get stopped pop your Frost Nova as well. Use potions and Evocate, and then Blizzard.

The mages will never hurt you do to extreme resist on your part. So ignore them, continue to Blizzard until all melee are gone. You may have to use ranged frost nova of Elemental once it is off cooldown again. After you finish the melee you can just wand down any casters that are still alive or let your alts finish them.

You should be able to do both upper and lower court yards in a single pull without popping your Cold Snap unless something goes wrong.

As far as inside you pretty much just send your elemental in to get aggro on Morgraine (or whatever his name is) let all the mobs aggro on him, use his frost nova as soon as they are all in range, and then blizzard the heck out of them all. Actually the Cathedral is easier than the court yard if you play your cards right.

Having an alt that is a healer can help. I have heard that it is possible for a Pally in good gear to run up and aggro Morgraine (and thus the entire SM: Cath instance) and do a single pull. I am sure it could be done based on some of the things I managed to do with my green/blue geared mage.