The short of it is that we swap forms ~every 15 seconds (by moving 4 assigned players in or out of the group stack [we used classes that can either cast while moving or have a lot of instant-cast spells]) so that he doesn't do his special ability at 100 energy (which takes about 18 seconds to accumulate). The upside of this is that we don't have to deal with the Cat Form Leap, or the Scorpion Form Cleave, which would drop our Concentration stacks (which provide a 100% damage / healing increase at full stacks). The only trade-off is that we have to deal with Orbs / Seeds a bit more frequently, but we "cheese" the orbs by moving the boss and having the 1 tank soak both orbs for as long as he can (sustained by the Healers with the 100% healing increase due to the full Concentration buff), and swap with 1 DPS (in our case a Pally) to reset stacks occasionally. By following this method you only lose your Concentration stacks about once per minute when your Flame Seed detonates, leading to much higher overall DPS (and thus a shorter boss fight) as well as much stronger heals (so that you can cheese the 2 orbs onto one player for longer), while also avoiding having to do most of the other mechanics. I hope that that makes sense!
A tip, if you tap ice block when he's casting the first seed you can keep that concentration at 100 until next seed
Great tip, thank you! I'll have to try that next time =)
why am I not surprised to see you at the top of meters still. Hope all is well. Awkward typing it out but yea its Stepmom lol
Haha, I'm not always at the top, but I try my best. Hope you're doing well too man, good to hear from ya' =)
Any chance you can explain in detail what the cheese strat is?
The short of it is that we swap forms ~every 15 seconds (by moving 4 assigned players in or out of the group stack [we used classes that can either cast while moving or have a lot of instant-cast spells]) so that he doesn't do his special ability at 100 energy (which takes about 18 seconds to accumulate). The upside of this is that we don't have to deal with the Cat Form Leap, or the Scorpion Form Cleave, which would drop our Concentration stacks (which provide a 100% damage / healing increase at full stacks). The only trade-off is that we have to deal with Orbs / Seeds a bit more frequently, but we "cheese" the orbs by moving the boss and having the 1 tank soak both orbs for as long as he can (sustained by the Healers with the 100% healing increase due to the full Concentration buff), and swap with 1 DPS (in our case a Pally) to reset stacks occasionally. By following this method you only lose your Concentration stacks about once per minute when your Flame Seed detonates, leading to much higher overall DPS (and thus a shorter boss fight) as well as much stronger heals (so that you can cheese the 2 orbs onto one player for longer), while also avoiding having to do most of the other mechanics. I hope that that makes sense!