Hey gang,
Its been a bit since I posted last but I have a very good strat killing Malygos with or with out a DK and it doest not require the tank to kite him. This strat works for both 10 man and 25 man. I would like to make a video of our kills but Im not to savy with fraps and my brother in law is a rogue so all you would see is Malys arse but im hoping i can get it worked out.
One thing to keep in mind alot of people say its important to stack as many spark buffs as possible. While that is true and a must if your trying for the 5 min kill. It is more important for the raid to be standing in one buff at all time and multiples if possible but not required. If your dps classes are worth anything one buff is sufficient to beat him in the aloted time.
Ok phase one with out a DK. Your MT engages him and tanks him where he drops. Raid does its thing heals and dps. Right as the first vortex happens the first spark should be spawning. It is important for people to be able to understand direction on their mini map and make sure it is static and doesnt spin with them if that make sense. Also keep in mind rogue can shadow step and warlock can portal out of the vortex thus reducing healing needed and what not.
My OT is a prot warrior. So i asign my OT and a boomkin and elm shaman on spark duty. Upon the first spark spawning the direction of the spark is called out be it NW/NE/SW/SE. Everyone while in the vortex turns and faces their camera toward the direction of the spark. If you do this when you land from the vortex all you have to do is run straight ahead to run towards the spark and it will be away from malygos head. Thus when I land i just take a couple steps back and people wont get breathed on.
Giving people a point of reference to run on each landing is huge for people not taking a breath to the face. As soon as the first spark is dead blood lust is popped and go to town. While this is happening the 3 spark people are keeping an eye out for the second spark. They will usually kill the second spark and dps from that buff depending on where it is. The second vortex comes up just as anotehr spark spawns. The same tactic applies. Reguardless of the direction of the previous buff on the ground the raid whn they land moves towards the new spark thus still getting the new dps buff because. The only catch to having spark people is the MT an them need to be working together if the spark happens to spawn behind the MT he must turn maly 90 degrees to ensure he doesnt kill his spark people. Its fairly easy to do
As long as your dps knows how to dps one buff should be sufficient and multiples a bonus. The biggest thing is to make sure people run the right direction when they land. That is why when we go up in the vortex I tell everyone when you land you will be running in X direction make sure you facing it now.
If you happen to have a DK in your raid this strat works even better. Just tank maly in the middle and rotate as needed. The only time your raid is moving is when they land from the vortex and move towards a new direction of the spark. Other wise its constant dps while standing in the buff. I find our strat more efficient with or with out a DK. Most of the time you will luck out and get a couple spark buff stacks as it is. I think this week a majority of ours came from SE and the just stacked naturally.
Basically you get 2 sparks per vortex cycle. So if you have a DK you just try and stack the 2 sparks in each cycle. If not no worries just make sur eyou raid is standing in at least one buff all the time and you should be fine. Perhaps i just suck at strafing but the loss of melee dps following maly around and the loss of threat and just trying to get the positioning just right and stack the buffs in the middle is way more complicated then the strat we currently use.
Phase 2 is pretty straight forward like most say. Group up .. wen the nexus lords drop down I AE taunt and the OT pulls one off marks it and the raid burns it and so on and so forth. Melee starts jumping on discs as soon as they drop and get up to start killing the scions. Move bubble to bubble and your good.
Phase 3 we use the group up method. When we hit phase 3 we all fly up and group up facing malygos's face. Because the heals are AE just clump up and dps. When the static field hits the raid flys to the right and proceeds doing what they do. As long as people understand rotations and can move when the static field hits its a win.
I hope this makes since if anyone has questions about it please feel free to ask. I will try and get a frap of it soon and posted.
Edit : just re-read it. When I engage malygos I tank him where he lands. Upon exiting the first vortex is he and remains tanked in the middle of the platform. Just wanted to clarify.
