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[blackermage]

What is the tactic being used?

We run to briars. Since we started learning it that way we didn't bother to change it. We also burn boss at the end instead of feeding the slug.
For this strategy, while you're running it's best if you have something to insta cast. Also, I make sure I run into the edge of the briar, so when Rafflessia is done using the suck I just sidestep a little bit and AM back to the party.

You probably skipped the second bee as well.

Yes, always one bee. IIRC, if you push hard after the first blight you'll be fine with even decent gear.

What happens in my group is that usually we have to wait for the honey (second and bee) to spawn and that's when my dps plummets of course.

Yeah if you have to hold DPS to not trigger leafstorm, RIP your dps.

How you get 350 when moving by thorns, move away from getting sucked in, getting sucked in when getting the honey ... How it is even possible so then sustain 350 DPS seems beyond me.

Thorns with a very mobile group let's you get away with not moving too much. At the very worse it just forces a swiftcast.
Honey is RNG, and I was lucky I didn't get targeted. Although if you're pushing 1 bee it's only 1/8(?*) chance.
Anytime a briar is spawned underneath, if you have swiftcast (and even better w/convert) it is actually a dps increase as you can flare two targets easily.

Well, I guess when you have it 30-40% up out of 6 minutes that that is a HUGE DPS increase.

It's a good chunk of damage, and I always tell my bards when my RS is up, since when stacked with voice it gives even more damage.


Edit: Actually I think it might be 1/4, as I don't recall it ever being on healers/tanks. Still, pretty good odds ^_^