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Originally Posted by Squeek

Thorim advice

Yeah, we do it on 10 easy. But on 25 we just can't get it done. In 17 wipes, we got to phase 2 twice--and that's only because the arena team died just shortly enough before we got to Thorim that we initiated the second phase.

It's pretty much always the arena team dying. You can't have dps casters in the arena because they will virtually always be locked out of casting thanks to Stormhammer. The Evokers put annoying bubbles on the other enemies that have to be dispelled, because they can't be damaged through. The champions have to either be disarmed or tanked out of the raid, otherwise whirlwind wipes you.

The problem that usually happens is that someone in the arena team dies. And with that person dead, there isn't enough dps to take down the evokers or champions, or that person had a pivotal role like disarming. Basically, if a single person in the arena dies, it's a wipe. That's with the 16/9 split.

The gauntlet has been doing better. We eventually settled on two tanks. We go through the first floor as normal, no real problems, mini-boss goes down easy. It's usually around this point that the arena team dies. If they don't, then we kill the two Evokers that come with the stairs, have the off-tank pick up the Honor Guards and just tank them, then go up to beat on the mini-boss. After he dies, we take down the now-buffed honor guards.

Unfortunately, if a single person in the gauntlet dies, it's also a wipe.

But yeah, we have no trouble on Hodir except during Frozen Blows, but our healers are usually good enough with that that it isn't an issue. Freya is similarly easy, only problem we've ever had is coordinating dps on the lashers/water spirit. Mimiron isn't difficult as long as everyone is mindful of the mechanics. We just can't get down Thorim.