| Icecrown is the latest raid dungeon Blizzard gave us | | | | casts Shadowbolt on the person who is tanking him |
| and it is still interesting when it comes to strategies, | | | | which deals crazy amount of damage and will kill |
| tips and tricks about beating the bosses there. | | | | anyone who does not have stacked Shadow |
| Entering the Crimson Halls will make you face the | | | | Resonance buffs from the spheres. This is why our |
| Blood Council and you will have to defeat them in | | | | assigned to Prince Keleseth tank is the only person |
| order to get farther into this wing of the instance. | | | | picking up these orbs - if he does not, he will just die |
| The Blood Council consists of three dark fallen princes | | | | and the fight is over. Make sure your tank is the only |
| who we know from before, as we have met them | | | | one getting the buffs from the spheres else you will |
| in other dungeons, however this time they are much | | | | learn the fight the hard way. |
| more powerful and have learned their lesson well - | | | | Prince Valanar: Prince Valanar and his abilities are the |
| messing up with World of Warcraft players is risky! - | | | | main reason for this fight to require so much |
| Prince Keleseth we remember from Utgarde Keep; | | | | movement - he casts Shock Vortexes which can |
| Prince Valanar we remember from Naxxanar in | | | | turn your raid into a bunch of dead people if you |
| Borean Tundra and Prince Taldaram, we remember | | | | stay close to other players so spacing is very |
| from Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom. You have to | | | | important. Additionally his key ability is called |
| defeat these 3 Princes in order to get to the Blood | | | | Empowered Shock Vortex which he casts when |
| Queen. | | | | going active - this means that both ranged and melee |
| The fight is similar to other fights from The Burning | | | | members of your raid will have to be spread out |
| Crusade days and the Black Temple - Illidari Council - | | | | when this hits else you will loose a lot of people and |
| in terms of shared health pool on all bosses involved | | | | even wipe the fight. Prince Valanar also casts Kinetic |
| and the somewhat chaotic beginning until you get | | | | Bombs at players which explode for large amount of |
| things under control (and get your epixes). The | | | | damage if they happen to reach the floor. The |
| difference is that while during the Illidari Council fight | | | | strategy for dealing with these bombs is to attack |
| we could choose which one to nuke and nuke as we | | | | them, which will make them return back into the air |
| please, the Blood Council Princes are venerable to | | | | and keep attacking them all through the fight. Having |
| damage only one at any given time so the key to | | | | assigned hunter or two on this task is a good plan. |
| this fight is to watch out for the Princes we can | | | | Prince Taldaram: Prince Taldaram casts at targeted |
| damage and optimize our dps. | | | | raid member ball of flame, which are not avoidable |
| The strategy my guild uses when dealing with these | | | | but you take less damage if it takes longer for the |
| Princes is space out properly, watch the health pools | | | | ball of flame to hit you, so what we do is just run as |
| and switch in time to dps the next prince while the | | | | far as possible when we get targeted. The key ability |
| tanks are on their ball to build threat to the next | | | | of Prince Taldaram is something totally different - it is |
| target and control them. The fight is very movement | | | | called Empowered Ball and Flame and the tactic for |
| heavy so choosing proper positioning for casters and | | | | dealing with it is different than with the small balls. If |
| healers is important - you don't want them to run | | | | for the small balls you have to run as far as possible, |
| around all the time, even though they will still have to | | | | if you get targeted by the Empowered Ball of Flame |
| move a lot. | | | | what you have to do is actually kite it through the |
| The three Princes have their own special abilities | | | | raid so it hits other players in the raid - every hit |
| which they will perform during the fight, as well as | | | | before the ball reaches it final destination will remove |
| one key ability they use when shifting into active | | | | part of the damage done and the many people it hits |
| state during the fight when they swap the health | | | | before hitting you in the end - the bigger chance is |
| pool from Blood Council member to Blood Council | | | | that you can survive the final impact. |
| member. | | | | The fight is a bit chaotic and can get messy, but it is |
| Prince Keleseth: Prince Keleseth spawns around the | | | | fun nevertheless and it was very easy for us to |
| room through the fight bubble-like spheres around | | | | learn it. It did not happen without any wipes, but |
| the room which a person can pick up and receive a | | | | overall it was easy to learn to fight with so many |
| powerful shadow resistance buff, called Shadow | | | | things happening at the same time. Good luck! |
| Resonance. Once Prince Keleseth goes active, he | | | | |