The Iron Council Articles

The Iron Council strategy has been updated covering the first two difficulty modes: Stormcaller last and Runemaster last.

We'll get Steelbreaker up there as soon as we have experience with him on live! (we killed him last on PTR, but we'd prefer not to put up potentially incorrect information.)

StratFu Ulduar: Iron Council Difficulty Modes

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Tonight the Iron Council was up on the US PTR's with the broadcasted request to "please test with Steelbreaker last." So we did, with our ragtag bunch (only had a 10-man raid -- Fusion folks have lives on Friday nights!)

We weren't exactly stacked:

Heals
Druid
Priest
Shaman

DPS
Rogue
Warlock
Mage
Mage

Tank
DK
Warrior

We were missing a bunch of caster buffs, the rogue barely got any buffs, and we didn't have any blessings. It was interesting to say the least!

That said, we killed them and got loot:

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Chaud of WotLKWiki has been data mining today's new PTR push, and contained within it are the new Ulduar raid achievements. Here are some of them, reposted for your convenience:

The Iron Council

(read our Iron Council strategy!)

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Iron Council was the subject of raiding this past evening on the PTR, and the fight received some polish, a little tuning, and a pesky bug or two.

Leaving Stormcaller up for last has been made easier in some ways and harder in others. He can no longer be taunt-tanked in a corner (immune to taunt) and can no longer be stunned at all, but the frequency of his Lightning Tendrils ability has been severely decreased- perhaps too much so. He also has a Thorns-type aura dealing 250 damage to attackers. At least the fight isn't quite as bad for melee characters now.

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The latest boss from the US PTR:

StratFu Ulduar: The Iron Council Strategy Guide

Working on screenshots and even a movie this time. More updates as I have them.

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Updates posted here and Ulduar.com as we get them! We'll be streaming from the PTR whenever Ulduar is opened. Subscribe to our StratFu twitter stream for announcements.

Ulduar raids look fun indeed with these bosses. See also:

Freya
Flame Leviathan
Thorim, Hodir, and Ignis
The Iron Council and Mimir
Yogg-Saron
Random fun abilities!

Keep in mind: This is datamined data. Not all of this may be used. Some of it may be misattributed. Assume everything is wrong until you're told otherwise!

The Iron Council

The original Iron Council guesswork has been replaced by an actual strategy! Please see:

StratFu Ulduar: Iron Council Strategy

The guesswork has been included below, however, for your reading amusement!

Get away from people before you take damage from:

• Rune Detonation: Immobilizes a target with a runic ward that detonates after 4 sec to inflict 11250 to 13750 Fire damage around the target.
• Rune of Death: Summons a Rune of Death at a random enemy target's location. This rune deals 3000 Shadow damage every half-second to anyone within 13 yards of that location. (6k dps on you, yikes!)

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