HEROIC Baleroc (10-man) - Arcane Mage PoV - HD

This is our first kill of HEROIC Baleroc (10-man) as a guild.

Guild: The Machine of Sylvanas-EU (Alliance).

Kill date: 21st of August, 2011.

PoV: Zumzar - Arcane Mage.

So, obviously - this fight is a bit boring to watch, but tactically there's actually a bit more into it, than just tank and spank. I have included Ventrilo, to give a better idea of what's actually going on, as we're communicating a lot on this fight.

We 2-healed the fight (Druid + Priest) with 1 Tank (Paladin), and used 4 people for rotating Shards, whilst having 3 backups.

Personally, I had the role just standing still dps'ing, while being a backup for the Shards, if anybody got Tormented, when they were not supposed to (either due to bad play or link). Mages are quite good for this, seeing as we can quickly Blink into position. Twice in this video, I was called upon to take a Shard. See 01:42 and 05:10

My general idea was to have 3 burnphases, due to the fight length. On the 2nd burnphase, I'd wait for Mana Gem + a trinket proc + Volcanic Potion, before popping AP. Unfortunately for me, after Mana Gem came off cooldown, it took ~35 seconds for a Trinket to proc, and I therefore lost valuable dps, and was forced into Evocating with 20 seconds left of the fight, rather than Evocating with 50 seconds left of the fight. Bad decision on my part with the 2nd burnphase. This resulted in the boss dying during an AP, and with me still having ~60% mana left.
Also, if you're wondering why I'm not moving at one point, where I get linked, it's because I have AP popped, and therefore didn't want to loose a GCD.

Ventrilo: Yes, for the entire fight.

WoL from the kill: http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/mu... - I ranked ~#60 of Arcane Mages.

My UI: My UI is now available for download @ http://www.gamefront.com/files/207077...

Songs: The songs are listed at the end credits, in order of appearance.

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