Thursday (2 Dec) - Stretching It Out

Thursday (2 Dec) - Stretching It Out

It what might have been our last and final attempt to bring down the Lich king - we came up short.

We did not have our paladin healer/dispeller on Thursday night. Another holy priest joined Wild and our regular priest healer, Pl. The new priest had some LK experience, but he had not run with our group before and had to be brought up to speed on our strategy. Pl would be our dispeller, so the bulk of the healing would have to come from Wild and the new priest.

We made nine attempts. Our attempts seem to follow a pattern. We start out slow, ramp up to a quick peak, and then slide back down on the back half of the evening, unable to get back to our previous success. This night started much the same way. We had a rough first attempt, a much improved second attempt, and then got excited on our third attempt, bringing LK down to 20%.

We slipped backward on our fourth and fifth attempts. This time, though, we rallied back.

On our sixth attempt we reached 28%.

On our seventh attempt we made it to 12%, just 2% shy of beating him. Our newish priest was not providing as much healing help as we would normally have with all of our regular healers, but it was enough and I don't blame him for us coming up short. On this attempt, Wild was pretty much to blame. We had perhaps seven raiders still alive when Wild was pulled into the phased battle with LK's sword, Frostmourne. Inside that small circle Wild had to heal the Warden, keeping him alive until Wild was released back into the main battle. Despite Wild's mana issues, that part of the fight went fine. What I totally forgot was that even in this small, separate battle, Wild was still taking damage. I wasn't watching Wild's health, and Wild died. Dying while part of the sword/Warden fight is about the worst thing I could have done, because it gave LK a huge 200%+ damage bonus. With that bonus LK quickly slaughtered the rest of the raid.

On our final attempt on the evening we again reached down deep and got LK down to 23%. But now our night was over. So close. So close so many times on this night.

Could we do it if we had one more night? We hope so. We huddled together to work out when we might be able to meet. That night will be Sunday, two days before Cataclysm. Truly and finally, our last shot.