Illidan Stormrage

Taken from bosskillers :

Your main tank should have a Shield Block effectiveness of 100%
Shear - Reduces the health of his current main aggro target by 60%. Use Shield Block to stop it.

2 of which will need capped fire resistance of 365.

Flames of Azzinoth

Melee hit - hits for around 2 - 3k on 385 fire resistance (their melee attacks count as fire damage, though they can still land crushing and critical blows). A normal hit lands for around 10k damage without any fire resistance.

Now might I ask what blizzard is thinking? we can't illidan since shear will kill us , we MIGHT be able to tank the adds , but getting crushing immune and 365 resistance is almost imposible


And then they call it a balance...
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The Shield Block comment makes it sound like you can simply block Shear and not have it mangle you, in which case HS would be fine. I can't think of anything else it would be, since as far as I know Shield Block doesn't do anything special besides add 75% block, but the way they worded it is kind of odd, so I'm not sure.
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First of all.. bosskillers.. is more often wrong then not.

Second, the maintank does not tank the fire dmg..
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LoL, a paladin tank!

Actually, because of the way shield block works compared to holy shield. We would definitely be the better tanks for the first phase (his "human" phase).
Warrior might have to risk crushing blows just to keep shear from hitting them. we wouldn't.

warlock fr tank? :>
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LoL, a paladin tank!

I would say...worry about this fight when your guild is there tanking it.

Heh. Wanna put cash down that in the end more Paladin tanks tank this then Warriors? It makes zero sense to put them on there considering sheer eats a shield charge and crushes = doom.
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I r can pull now plz?

Crushing blows really aren't a concern on Illidan. Illidan himself doesn't crush, and the elementals do fire damage which can't be blocked, so you just have to eat the crushes there (which with 365 FR a crushing blow isn't as big of a deal). We've actually been tossing around the idea of having me tank Illidan, while our Warriors handle the fire elementals.
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The danger must be growing, for the rowers keep on rowing!

15 Minute Beserk... GL on that!

I really don't see the 15 minute beserk staying as it is now. The fact that there are some 20 odd parses on WWS in which the raid put out enough dps to kill him in 15 minutes pre melee haste nerf really makes me wonder how feasible this is.