Well I know I’m not the first person in the world to kill Algalon (10), not even the first on the server or in the guild, but I still think it’s pretty darn cool  I am happy to now be called Starcaller Angela.  Next week we’ll shift out a couple pieces of gear and go for “Herald of the Titans”  

So… Algalon as a restoration druid is probably one of the more difficult roles.  I’m going to assume you know the basics of the fight and jump right into the resto part  

I’m also going to assume that as a resto druid you’ll be raid healing, as we are so well suited for it.  The setup we used was three healers, two spammed the tank full time and I raid healed.  Raid healing was much like any other fight with massive raid damage, Rejuvenation on all 10 targets all the time, supplemented with wild growth every cool down, and if I had time, Regrowth and Lifeboom on the tank to help out.  

But here is where it gets slightly more complicated being the raid healer.  You have to manage the aggro on all the constellations.  You WILL have aggro, it’s just the way it is.  During the first part of the fight (before the first big bang) when we didn’t want any of the black holes closing up, I stood on top of the melee.  Doing this means I may lose aggro on some of the constelations because of the splash damage going around from all the melee.  But as Algalon is generally near the middle, it also means less accidental black hole closings from me inadvertently kiting.  

After the first big bang, I headed out of the middle, chose a black hole to “hug” and stood on it’s edge.  If I noticed an area with several black holes, I’d kite around behind one to close it.  The two things to remember are first… you still have to be in range of everyone to keep them topped off at all times, even if it means you aren’t closing holes.  And second, always try to pause for a second at the side edge of the black hole before jumping in for big bang so the constellation stops and does not follow you in,  closing the hole behind you.  This is an easy mistake that can kill other raid members headed to the same hole, which we learned the hard way.  

Once Algalon hits phase 2 at 20% the raid damage drops off, and I kept full HoTs on both tanks, and spot healed any raid members in need.  The whole thing went really fast!  

On a side note, we also toasted some dwarves and finished up other stray achievements last night so I got my rusted drake.  Was a pretty good WoW night for me  Hopefully I’ll have his ironbound friend by the end of the week so he isn’t lonely