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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks then you should be fully aware of the big change coming in patch 2.3, +healing will now also give +33% of that healing back to the player in +damage. Certainly one of the most game changing buffs to ever be introduced though it seems to be somewhat down played compared to other potential changes.

This has been a long awaited change for many healers who have been complaining for ages that they were simply useless outside of raids. Without any damage gear they were confronted with no way to farm, quest, or really even PvP without the aid of another person or group of players.

Beyond the fact that healers should be able to grind at least semi-effectively, the changes to PvP and arena could be quite considerable. Now most healers are going to have anywhere from 1400-1800 healing in their PvP set, meaning 462-594 damage. Doesn’t sound like all that much, but take for example a standard 2345 setup (mage, warrior, holy priest, holy paladin, elemental shaman). The team has great success for one reason in particular, 2.5 healers. In addition, that team in a way now has an additional damage dealer via the holy priest’s shadow word: pain.

Though please don’t overestimate the change, a healer’s primary role in an arena is still going to be just that. Though the damage they have the potential to put out cannot be ignored, especially in the case of a 2.5 healer team, the “2345″ setup for example. I’m quite intrigued by the possibly of tri-talent specs popping up, as they take advantage of both healing and damage talents, adding additional versatility.

The shadow priest, Foxem, which plays on both my 3v3 and 5v5 team has already expressed interest in going back to holy as a tri-spec. Obviously his primary function would be as a dispeller and backup healer to our druid, though the ability to toss the extra DoT up and mind flay a target when it looks like we can secure a kill would be invaluable.

When you break it down to the most basic of levels this change will certainly alter the way in which a team secures a kill. All of the sudden a healer’s extra bit of damage right at the end might be the bit that gets the kill. Earth shock, shadow word: death, holy shock, and many other healer offensive spells will become true threats in the next few weeks.

How we play arena is about to change forever, and honestly, it’s a welcome change. It will allow talent specializations that were previously unrealistic to become viable. On top of the healer change, hunters are looking pretty solid. With so many buffs headed there way I’m interested to see how the class will respond as far as arena ratings go. There’s just so much coming in the next patch I simply cannot wait, new content, new gear, new arena season, it’s sure to be a blast!

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If you’re looking for a World of Warcraft Karazhan walkthrough for Attumen the Huntsman then you’ve found the best on the net.

Go into Karazhan through the front door and go to the left. Kill the undead and horses. In the stables at the end sits the undead horse Midnight. This is the first boss of Karazhan.

Attumen the Huntsman (and Midnight, his trusty steed) is perhaps one of, if not the easiest raid boss in all the World of Warcraft. You hopefully shouldn’t have that much trouble with him. He was one of the few raid bosses in Burning Crusade that I remember us downing on our first attempt with no wipes. He’s really rather simple and if you have the gear to progress in Karazhan, you should be able to down him in 2-3 attempts as he’s just a gear check more than anything.

Make sure that everyone has proper consumables, including food, elixirs, health pots and mana pots. Deadly Boss Mods is also highly useful, and can be found online easily. Everyone should ideally have both Deadly Boss Mods and Omen (or another appropriate threatmeter) before they make their first journey into Karazhan.

Optimal Group Composition:
1 Warrior Tank (any epic’d tank is fine, too)
1 Offtank Tank (warrior, druid or paladin works)
3 Healers (doesn’t matter)
5 DPS (doesn’t matter)

Most of the raid should have level 70 blues if not a few crafted and PvP epics. A few greens are alright here and there, but don’t let the guy in level 65 quest greens come.

Have your offtank to go in to tank Midnight. He should be tanked in the middle of the stables, and when the tank has sufficient aggro, DPS starts on the horse. When you beat Midnight down to 95%, his master Attumen will spawn. The main tank should grab Attumen as he spawns and tank him next to Midnight. A timely misdirect is useful here, if you have a good hunter in the raid. The Attumen tank should spam Disarm and Spell Reflection on Attumen to lower his DPS and reflect the curse Attumen casts. Druids and mages need to dispel this curse when they can. Melee classes need to avoid the front of Attumen because he uses a nasty Shadow Cleave.

DPS down Midnight until he gets to 25%, then Attumen will mount up. Aggro wipes when he transitions, so all DPS needs to halt for the main tank to pick up Attumen. He’ll start using a charge ability, but he won’t charge people who are closer than 8 yards away, so everyone needs to group up behind Attumen and right next to him, which both avoids his charge and nerfs his cleave. Once the main tank has good aggro on Attumen, start DPS again as normal until he drops dead. Congratulations, you’ve beaten your first boss in Karazhan!

If your raid is having trouble with Attumen the Huntsman, then you are having aggro problems and your DPS is dying when he switches, your tanks are dropping because they need better gear (tanks must have appropriate defense to be crit immune), or your tanks are dying because your healers are running out of mana. Make sure the raid has mana potions, health potions, and good buff foods. Also make sure that everyone has threatmeters installed and working and make them watch it! I’ll soon be back with another guide on Moroes in Karazhan, then the rest of Karazhan, and after that gold and powerlevelling guides.

World of Warcraft Karazhan Walkthrough Part 1 – Attumen the Huntsman First Boss

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