World of Warcraft Karazhan Guide Part 1: Attumen the Huntsman

If you're looking for a World of Warcraft Karazhan walkthrough for Attumen the Huntsman then you've come to the right place.

When you first enter Karazhan, go to the left and clear the undead and horses. You'll soon come upon Midnight, sitting alone in his stable. This is what most people kill first and considered the gear check in Karazhan.

Optimal Group Composition:

1 Warrior Tank

1 Offtank Tank (may be a warrior, druid or paladin just fine)

3 Healers (doesn't matter)

5 DPS (doesn't matter)

Most people in the group should at least have mostly level 70 blues if not a few crafted and PvP epics.

Assign your offtank to go in and tank Midnight where he stands in the stables and have your DPS start beating on the horse. When Midnight gets to 95%, his master Attumen spawns. The warrior tank should pick up Attumen and tank him near Midnight. A hunter misdirect helps here, as Attumen can easily one-hit clothies. The Attumen tank should constantly use Disarm and Spell Reflection on Attumen to reduce his DPS and reflect the curse that he uses. Druids and mages should dispel the curse when possible. All melee need to stay away from the front of Attumen due to his cleave.

All DPS continues on Midnight until he gets to 25%, and then Attumen mounts up. Aggro will need to be picked up again, so DPS needs to stop and the main tank needs to grab Attumen. In this phase he starts using a charge ability, but he won't charge people who are very close to him, so the trick is to all group up right behind Attumen, to avoid his cleave and not get charged. Once the tank has sufficient aggro on his mounted form, continue DPS until he dies. Congratulations, you've beaten the first raid boss in The Burning Crusade!

If you're having problems with Attumen the Huntsman, then you are either having aggro control problems and your DPS is dying on transitions, your tanks are dying because they're undergeared, or your tanks are dying because your healers are running out of mana. Make sure everyone has all potions and consumables that their class should use and ensure that everyone has a working threatmeter and is careful to stop DPS on the transitions.

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