Yesterday we completed this achievement with myself, a prot warrior, affliction lock, mage, and boomkin. I’ve tried — and failed — before, so it was pretty satisfying. This one is more about gear than execution, but I won’t complain.
The tank pulled Dred to the entrance to his pen, facing him out. He and I stayed there while the three DPSers ran around killing little raptors. They didn’t need an offtank, although there were some close moments. If one of the DPS needed a heal, they ran in range of me.
When Dred “raises his claws menacingly”, shield and PoM the tank, and encourage him or her to blow their cooldowns. Dred will hit the tank very quickly and very hard three times. He also has a stacking debuff that will make your life difficult as the fight goes on. At our gear level (lots of 10-man and heroic items) I just kept up a steady stream of GHeals and it was always under control… right up until the end.
I used Fear Ward on our warrior about halfway through the fight, but then.. oooops. At 3% on the boss we had a badly timed combination of fear (on me) plus talons plus the stacking debuff that knocked poor Kinch dead. The remaining DPSers managed to kill Dred before anyone else died. I’m sure my awesome smites helped to save the day.
Heroic Achievement #21 complete!
