Guild made it up to Firemaw last night. Couldnt down it but I mainly have a question about healer positioning.
Dont know the whole strat, but from what I gathered I stand in the corner located when you take an immediate right into Firemaw room, walk a couple steps, then turn right to hug against the wall and try to LoS the Buffet ability, but still within LoS of tank, just not the Buffet.
I was having trouble doing that, felt like I either heal the tank, or move out of way of Buffet stacks, but couldnt do both. Maybe I just messed up my positioning, I mean I would try to take baby steps to just barely be LoS of tank, but still couldnt figure out a way to not get the stacks.
Just wanted to know if you guys had any advice. Thanks again
Sounds like a tank positioning issue.
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As a healer on Firemaw, you should never have to move. If you do have to move, it’s because your tanks screwed up.
Your tanks need to be hitting their mark precisely. If they’re too far one way, they’ll bring Firemaw into the room (and wreck the raid). If they’re too far the other way, they’ll LOS their healers (and usually die).
Where are you guys tanking Firemaw? What you’re describing is typically where the melee healers are, not the ranged/tank healers.
Every guild I’ve heard of has tanked Firemaw with the tanks positioning right on the grate on the left side immediately as you enter Firemaw’s room, although there are obviously countless other places.
Assuming you are tanking Firemaw with your tanks on the grate, the ranged and tank healers will want to be in Broodlord’s room, to the right of the doorway.
Oh actually I think what you just described here is exactly what we were doing I think. Maybe I misheard my assignment, but I could’ve sworn I was told “Melee/tank healers stand here” and…something about the other healers standing in Broodlords room healing the other tank?
Actually now that I think about it some more…maybe I wasnt supposed to be trying to heal the tank and the melee to begin with, maybe I was just supposed to be trying to heal the melee, which I guess I would’ve been in LoS of them since they run to us when their low, and I think their a little distance away from Firemaw where I should still be able to hit them even if they are near him, without me getting hit with Buffet.
Just could’ve sworn I was supposed to try and heal both though. But I mean your description does sound exactly like we were doing I think. Firemaw was next to the grate on the left side of room, we had our caster dps and half our healers in the broodlord room, and the melee healers (me) were in the Firemaw room against that wall where we take 2 right turns in.
Maybe I just misinterpreted