Unstable Energy 1 Darkness 1 / Healing Tide.

Protocol 1.3 all CDs from the previous hit are still up.

Protocol 1.2 Aura Mastery 1 + Barrier 1.

A loose cooldown plan for this fight would look like this:.

Try to use cooldowns right before the protocol hits, the gap between the casts is about 6 seconds, so for example a well-timed Aura Mastery can cover two hits instead of just one, and Rallying cry can cover 3.

You generally want to assign big Damage Reduction / Hp increases for Protocol hits, while assigning Healing throughput / Darkness / Anti-Magic Zone for Unstable Energy.

Surviving at least 2 Protocols each phase will put you on a great 1.5 min cycle between each phase, which creates a really good rotation of healing CDs, however it might be really tight on time.

ItвЂ™s a good idea for Holy Paladins to put their Beacon of Light and Beacon of Faith on the squishiest players in the raid instead of a tank (an off-tank preferably, since he doesn't tank the boss almost at all).

Players with Threat Neutralization need to be topped before the hit (especially so during overlaps with Meltdown / when these players are targeted by Sentry Fire).

An additional note: Having 2 warriors and 2 Havoc DHs on that fight helps a lot, and at least 1 of each is heavily preferred.1-2x fill (anything works here, most of the CD coverage is provided by Paladins and Discs already, so the main point is high throughput).1-2x Disc Priest (Disc doesn't do much outside of Protocols, but with double disc surviving 3 hits every time is extremely easy).2x Holy Paladin (an absolute king of this fight from a healer perspective, great healing, great damage, great CD coverage, great spot-healing, good survivability, Bubble to cheese Obliterate, Sac, Bop etc).A 5 healer comp I'd advise to use on this fight is (just a personal recommendation, not by any means the only viable comp):

While both methods are perfectly viable, I personally would recommend to bring 5 healers on this fight if you have a good healing composition and are confident, and potentially switch to 6 if you feel that healing is lacking a bit or your healing comp does not have enough CD coverage. Cons: A bit more risky in terms of spot-healing and the availability of raid CDs, a bit less lenient in terms of healing setup.Pros: Easier to make a good composition for, generally more lenient on a DPS required.Bring 5 healers and take either 2 Protocol hits on every phase, or do 3 - 2 - 3 (2).Cons: For a lot of guilds it can be hard to have 6 healers, so the problem needs to be solved with off-specs which are often suboptimal due to a Covenant system / player experience.

Pros: More spot-healing on players, more lenient towards the setup.

Bring 6 healers and take 3 Protocol hits on every Phase.

The key to the fight is to survive as many Purging Protocols to prolong the fight without endangering your raid, and there are at least a couple ways to achieve that. That leaves Purging Protocol and Unstable Energy as the damage events which warrant healing and DR cooldowns. Sentry Fire is generally covered by passive healing / allocating healing throughput CDs, Threat Neutralization targets need to be spothealed / use a defensive and Meltdown does not generally pose a threat if the raid is healthy after the Energy Core phase. Main sources of raid damage on this fight are: Heavy raidwide AoE from Purging Protocol, raidwide AoE from Unstable Energy (when the raid is inside the Energy Core), Raidwide AoE from Meltdown, single target burst from Threat Neutralization, and constant damage on a couple of people at a time from Sentry Fire. Most of the strategy for this boss is in the next section, the healing section - everyone else needs to just drop their Threat Neutralizations on top of the pillars, soak Obliterate if they are assigned to do so, and DPS. Not massively important and can be done in any order around the room you wish, it is optimal for DPS to move between the pylons in this fashion to minimize movement etc. Generally I would recommend going with 6 healers if you have the option to, the DPS requirement on this boss is not particularly tough, and brute forcing it with 6 healers allows for consistent 3/3/3 Protocols, and you will probably even have room to cut one of the Protocols down to 2 if you are struggling, if your DPS are well geared and have upgraded their set bonuses. To begin with, you need to decide how you wish to approach this fight - do you have 6 geared healers and want to take the 3/3/3 approach with Purging Protocol allowing for more DPS uptime and more healing? Or, do you want to go with 5 healers and cut down the amount of Protocol hits you receive, but have a slightly shorter enrage timer on the fight?

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