Majordomo dies for the first time! Here are my notes on how we did it. I will assume that you’ve read the basics about the fight.
The fight is about controlling how often and when Staghelm switches forms. He has two major forms: scorpion (does a high-damage aoe cleave; in this form when the raid is clumped up) and cat (leaps on random targets leaving a flame pancake; in this form when the raid is spread out). The attacks come faster every time he repeats them, so you will eventually be forced to make him shift. Every third swap he does a special that depends on which form he’s switching to. The scorpion -> cat special is flame orbs & it’s particularly difficult to handle. Your goal, therefore, is to make that special happen last, and ideally to have the boss die while he’s still in that phase.
You’ll want strong AOE healing. Our team was holy pally, resto druid, resto shaman. It was significantly harder on the attempts where we had a disco priest instead of the shammy.
Scorpion first. Pop Heroism/BL/TW almost immediately, because this is your best shot at uninterrupted DPS. Take 8 cleaves. Have a plan for raid cooldowns on the last two, which will come very fast.
Cat form second. Spread out fast before healing up after the 8th cleave. Have the raid position itself in a circle around where the boss is tanked. Take 7 leaps. The problem with trying to push an 8th is that the 9th leap might come while you’re still trying to move into the center. It might happen even after 7, so move in as soon as you see him start the leap.
The next transformation will proc the special. People should run out, explode, and run back in again as quickly as possible. Don’t run out early. Nine people should be enough to soak the cleaves; 8 is dicy. Try to push it to 8 cleaves again if you have the cooldowns to heal it. 7 cleaves is fine.
Repeat until he procs the scorpion -> cat special. Have a plan for pairing up & swapping off on the flame orbs. At least 1 healer will need to help on this. Healing can get painful. Our plan was to have him die in this phase if possible, and if not force the transformation to scorpion as soon as the orbs went down.
We didn’t quite manage this, as you can see. We started falling apart a bit when the flame orbs came out. We got through the phase, however, and he died only a few seconds into scorpion form.
