Last night the guild walked into Ulduar with the core 10-man team and things could not have gone better on night one. Leviathon went down with only one death and Ignis and Razorscale were handled as well with only a death or two as credit to the healers.
Deconstructor went down in record time and with the wipe free roll we headed to the Iron Assembly which we first killed Sunday. I spent time healing our warrior in the back while attempting to get chain heals off on the raid while interupting chain lighting. We had a couple of hiccups but recovered well. I will have to say, I think of all the encounters in Ulduar, this one is so far my favorite. There is so much coordination that if you are not paying attention, it just ain’t going to happen.
The big deal of the night was our Hodir encounter. For the first time the entire raid was able to see the ground markings for the falling rocks, so that made healing a bit easier. We also had our paladin around for the added frost resist which again made healing a little easier. When I say easier though, I mean easier by maybe 1%. I spent the whole fight raid healing and by the end of the third attempt I was a nervous wreck. I have never been so nervous and edgy in a fight. Healing frozen blows is enough to drive the raid healer crazy. There were times that I have no idea how I kept everyone alive but I did. With 10 seconds on the enrage timer we were able to take him down for another guild first. Me, I am just happy that I won’t have to heal that encounter until next week.
Tonight is our next big raid night with nothing but new content to push through. Time to go do my homework.
