As an extension of yesterday’s post, I wanted to share my experience from last night with using the Random Dungeon feature of the Dungeon Finder tool.
I conquered four dungeons in under two hours, accumulating 23 Emblems of Triumph and 2 Emblems of Frost. Every run was successful, and I didn’t die the entire evening. Although there were different players for each run, it felt the same, with the tanks running through at a brisk pace while the over-geared DPS AoEs down trash and rips through the bosses.
The druid tank for Culling of Stratholme sported almost 63,000 health. Each DPS player was at about 3600 dps. I spent most of the run keeping the tank bubbled and joining in on the damage-dealing fun. Even with the tank running back to the entrance of the instance, we finished the bonus boss with 8 minutes left on the timer. Oh, and I finally got the bronze drake mount!
My last run happened to be Heroic Trial of the Champion. I hadn’t healed the heroic version of that instance before, so I was a bit nervous. Thankfully, the gods did me a few favors:
- The tank had 42,000 health
- The tank happened to be a paladin. As a helpful tip, if you’re a priest healer with a paladin in your group for H-ToC, ask the paladin to use Frost Aura for the 3rd phase of The Black Knight. His magic is considered ‘Shadowfrost’ damage, which can only be mitigated when both frost AND shadow resistance is present. With the pally frost resistance aura and a priest shadow resistance buff, the third phase is a joke.
- The 3 horde challengers did not include the rogue, which meant that only the warrior posed a serious threat.
- 2 of the DPS were ranged, so I only had to watch the tank and our rogue during the warrior’s bladestorm/whirlwind phase.
Unfortunately, despite there being three different upgrades that drop from the instance, none did. But hey, it was 5 quick badges and some experience.
I have 48 Emblems of Triumph. I’m VERY tempted to purchase the T9 helm (which costs 50 emblems), so that I can replace the PvP helmet that I’ve had to use for PvE, but I know that it’s probably better to save 20 more emblems and purchase Helm of Clouded Sight, which is better in every stat category. Patience. After that I’ll save for the T9 chest and gloves.
Back to it tonight. I’m hoping to make it 10-for-10 in the Dungeon Finder department!
