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Comment by yuriken

These groups may seem counter-intuitive; you usually want to eliminate either the weakest links or the biggest threats first, but doing the latter in this fight will simply multiply your troubles.

Just to iterate here - you want to kill the dwarves first whose abilities help their allies the least. For instance, if you choose to kill Spirit of Ironstar first, you'll have 3 dwarves remaining that can cast Execution Sentence - that's no good! I'd recommend not killing either Spirit of Ironstar or Spirit of Shadowforge 1st or 2nd (two or three dwarves getting Chain Lightning will rough you up in a hurry too!) Killing them 3rd or 4th though makes no difference; your final dwarf will always have all four buffs on him at once.

Also, your DPS should all be focused on a single target at a time. As previously mentioned, they will heal their buddies when they die, so after each mob death they'll all be at full again. There's no advantage to your cast or incidental AoE's here other than to possibly pad your meters.

Depending on your kill order/tactics, you will probably want to tank the PBAoE guys (Spirit of Burningeye/Whirlwind, Spirit of Moltenfist/Thunderclap) away from your kill target. We generally have the kill target and Spirit of Ironstar tanked by the same tank and next to each other, to allow the DPS to switch to him faster (when they need to burn through his shield - 10-man: Shield of Light/25-man: ) in order to interrupt his Execution Sentence.

Here's a list with ability links and tooltips (thanks metallikop). I have suggested the order as well (assuming you are smart and off-tank your PBAoE's away from your Melee DPS, with a focus on reducing the damage taken by the raid. Note also that Whirlwind (originally from Spirit of Burningeye) reduces movement speed, meaning that even the tank (and other DPS) can get out of his range and reduce damage taken. It is also on a 13 second cooldown and should be generally avoidable if you're on your toes.

Right side

Spirit of Angerforge: Stoneblood
Spirit of Thaurissan: Avatar
Spirit of Ironstar: Execution Sentence and 10: Shield of Light / 25:
Spirit of Burningeye: Whirlwind

Left side (spreading out is essential to success on this side)

As the Stormbolt damage and stun effect can be wicked and the RNG could mean your healers get all stunned at once or gibbed (but don't forget spreading-out is helpful!), Thunderclap is picked as the first to "share." After this, though, you have three mobs using it, so you should have the kill target handled away from the others, while only a single tank is in range of the other two (this way your melee DPS are only ever exposed to one mob at a time with Thunderclap.)

Obviously different raid compositions may have benefits from different kill orders (if they are melee-heavy, spreading Stormbolt first might be preferable.)

For those of you with experience in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, you'll recognize these mobs as using a similar tactic (healing and sharing abilities on death) as the Anubisath Sentinels there. A similar design was used for the Assembly of Iron (Steelbreaker) in Ulduar through the Supercharge mechanic.

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Spirit of Angerforge

This NPC can be found in Blackwing Descent .

Spirit of Angerforge

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