Magtheridon down!

Another post about Grufft's raid progression. I healed for Magtheridon's Lair. It was our first Mag kill and put Colombian Necktie to 15th on our server for Horde-side raid progression. We have yet to down anything in Sunwell, TK or SSC. The fight seemed really easy. We needed multiple tanks at the onset to tank the summoner orcs and then just one main tank for Mag himself. We wiped the first try due to inexperience with the cubes but the second time he was worm food. The fight posed no real problem for me as a healer. I can still cast while being bounced around by the bubbling floor and adding hots before the ceiling crash helped keep Garrus's health up. I ended up top of the healing list despite not having a tank assignment. I was relegated to spot raid heals and covering one person that was clicking on a cube.

One of each chest token dropped. I rolled a losing roll on the druid/?/? token but the roll was overruled since it was a huge upgrade for me. Now, if I had turned in one of the two t4 glove tokens I got for healy gloves, I would have had a set bonus. Oops. The tree-mender mitts are about the same so I took the balance gloves first and the feral gloves after. Well no worries. The set bonus is just a chance to get 120 mana from a beneficial spell I cast. I tend not to have MP issues /knock-on-wood

I am now 12 badges away from getting the 100 BOJ pants from the Isle. I really should start running some heroics. Mike has been running Bot on a daily basis he said. If I run those I get a chance at nice blue healing gems (+5 SPI, +9 Healing) and of course the druid staff from the last boss. It would replace my current feral staff which was from Bot also. With my new Malorne chest and those pants... can't wait to check Be.Imba.

Zul'jin Down

I have been part of downing Zul'jin for a second time. The first time, I was on Lÿnn and this time I was healing with Grufft. With the group we had, most fights were fairly easy. Garrus was main tank and from our guild we also had Mulgorn, who tore up the trolls somethin fierce. The remainder was made up of FDL and Pandemonius people. I believe we one shotted the eagle, bear, and lynx. The dragonhawk was the only one to provide much of a problem and of course it was the hatchlings. With three healers, none of the fights were all together difficult to heal. Hex Lord and Zul'jin were a little more challenging. Sadly we cheated on Hex Lord. It would be nice to say we defeated it normally but we did it with no adds. Shadow bolt is a bitch to heal through, although I did learn that a stitch in time saves nine. We had one guy that was very low on hp and as such died or almost died every shadow bolt salvo. To help this I dropped 2 stacks of lifebloom on him before it began and that worked wonders.
Zul'jin was a real bitch to me the first attempt. Walking to my position, I was the recipient of the first Grievous Throw. Bastard! The hit was half my hp and 2 ticks later I was dead. Max berated me a little for not healing myself (I dropped one lifebloom on myself before dying) but in truth I died too damn fast. The other two healers didn't even hit me with any heals so... Our fourth attempt was very solid and I lasted through to the lynx. I have the same issue there, in a few hits I was dirtnapping. The toon is only half Kara geared and as such has shitty HP.
I walked away with 13 badges and one burning question: Why the hell don't I get any heals during the hawk stage? Lÿnn has seen Zul'jin twice and Hawk stage was always a bitch as I try to bandage myself between getting ping-ponged against the wall. As a healer I was dropping continuous healing. As long as I was in the fight people were getting healed well. I would Regrowth one person, then Regrowth myself, Regrowth two others and then swiftmend myself. I'd be at nearly full health and three people had HOTs helping to keep their HP up. Getting hit for 900-1200 each cast is not that bad. I guess I just see the fight through druid colored glasses but...
It will be a while before my up and coming rogue sees Zul'jin but it will be fun to see another aspect of this fight: melee DPS.