{"id":396,"date":"2012-09-06T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warcraft.twintop-tahoe.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2012-09-11T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T04:20:00","slug":"multi-target-boss-fight-dps-in-mists-of-pandaria-part-1-2-dot-encounters-t14h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/warcraft.twintop-tahoe.com\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Target Boss Fight DPS in Mists of Pandaria – Part 1 (2 DoT Encounters – T14H)"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a primer on this post, please see the original post<\/a> from July 30, 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As any seasoned WoW player will tell you, when you introduce variables to a boss fight it changes how you need to approach the encounter. So far I’ve tried to cover a variety of single-target fight types in my sims: Patchwerk, Ultraxion, Helter Skelter, Light Movement, and Heavy Movement. This is all well and fine for encounters where you only have 1 active target at a time with no adds, but what about other kinds of encounters? Like those with multiple targets? Adds that never die? Encounters with [b]a lot[\/b] of adds? Two targets up the entire time? What should we expect to do for damage then?<\/p>\n

This is the first in an N<\/em><\/strong> number of posts (we’ll see how many it takes!) trying to address the more complicated encounters and which specs perform the best on them. First up: 2-target Fights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So what exactly is a 2-target fight? At its core, it is an encounter where you have two different targets that you can DPS full time without one dying or going away. Some examples of encounters like this would be:<\/p>\n