Comments on: Healing Ahune: A Priest Primer

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:21:33 +0000

Ahhh…there are some times when Ahune sucks everyone in…very similar to Vorpil, in Shadow Lab. I think that’s shortly before he does his AOE; I bet that is what happened to you.

As for blogging: Thanks for the compliment! Also, pay a visit to Blog Azeroth or the Twisted Nether Wiki for any help or insight you might want, and good luck! Just be sure you let me know when you start.

By: Sephrenia

Sephrenia — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:40:10 +0000

Hmm – the pulling out of the water – I started swimming for shore and found myself back in the middle of things – strange! I didn’t do anything special and thought it was just a something that happened in the fight.

Have fun! I’m going to run it every day and get everyone to summon him until I get my pet (I’m an avid pet collector) and one for our fire mage, who thinks it would be the perfect pet for him.

Love the blog btw – as someone who has recently discovered blogs it’s great! Thinking about starting one myself – will have to work up the courage to have a go :p

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:13:06 +0000

Hi Sephrenia–thanks for writing! So you get pulled out of the water, hmm? Didn’t happen for me What’s your secret?

Great tip about SW:P; I threw it a couple times, and I’m sure I could have done more. I’ll remember that next time I’m in!

And you’re absolutely right: It’s a great challenge for a healer, since in most 5-mans, we are focused more on the tank. In this fight though, we get to do everything.

By: Sephrenia

Sephrenia — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:41:05 +0000

Great post. I did him last night – once on heroic and 6 times on normal (and still no pet). I was fortunate to have a druid innervate, but could probably have done it with just the fiend and a pot. If you find yourself at a low percent on the 3rd set of elementals you can just go all out dps on Ahune himself to finish him off. Also I cast SW:P on him at every opportunity during the fight – it’s not much damage but every little helps. If you do get thrown into the water it automatically pulls you out and dumps you back in the middle of the fight (don’t ask me how I know this ). You can shield yourself in mid air and cast your frizbee to help reduce damage from it. You can see where the spikes are going to be as a swirl comes under you, then a little ridge of ice (like a frost nova), before the big spike flings you about. Having a shaman and a paladin to pick up the adds helped a great deal, and our fire mage was good at AOEing any that were all together (usually round me).

All in all it was a really fun fight and one of the most challenging things I’ve done as a priest in a long time. It’s intense, you get to heal A LOT and then damage some as well. Full use of spells I’ve not used in quite a while – great!

Good luck – and have fun with the huge snowballs he drops too.

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:18:42 +0000

Thanks John…I meant to mention the 90/30 phase shifts, and just plain fergot! You’re absolutely right: MUST DPS during 30 sec the core is exposed.

By: john

john — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:00:56 +0000

Ahune change phases based on a timer (similar to Ragnaros). 90 second out, 30 second in.

If your dps was slow in mopping the adds up, you should still dps Ahune’s core during the 30 second window.

Otherwise a great post

By: Knurd

Knurd — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:55:27 +0000

Every hunter in our guild including mine has that stupid cloak now ... I think that is the main thing he drops. Knurds last blog post..When the GM tries to kill you, he generally succeeds.