Need some WHM Speedrunning tips please

[Lyrinn]

There is a lot of good advice here already so I'd just like to mention the tank holds responsibility in speed runs too. Nothing annoys me more than a tank that pulls everything up to the first boss, uses one minor cooldown (if any at all), and calls it a day. If the tank expects you to speed up the kills by spamming Holy, they better be using some big cooldowns (looking at you, paladins who don't use Hallowed Ground) because I can't DPS when I have to babysit the wild roller coaster that is their hp bar.

[MXMoondoggie]

There is a lot of good advice here already so I'd just like to mention the tank holds responsibility in speed runs too. Nothing annoys me more than a tank that pulls everything up to the first boss, uses one minor cooldown (if any at all), and calls it a day. If the tank expects you to speed up the kills by spamming Holy, they better be using some big cooldowns (looking at you, paladins who don't use Hallowed Ground) because I can't DPS when I have to babysit the wild roller coaster that is their hp bar.

Unless they have very low gear or they are extra terrible not moving out of AoE's as much as possible they should be fine to start with stoneskin on then divine seal regen and medica II. If you can't find time after that to shroud cleric stance swiftcast and holy then punch them in the face. After that you should be able to use presence of mind and get off a couple more before you need to drop cleric stance and heal. Holy also stuns so you are buying the Tank time to heal up.

[tocsin]

So I read everyones advice, and I found it extremely useful. I have run brayflox 6 times this morning, using the advice from here, and have cleared it 6 times in a row.

The 3 holy followed by lots of healing strategy was amazing. so much more effective.

Thanks guys!

[EmeraldAres]

So I read everyones advice, and I found it extremely useful. I have run brayflox 6 times this morning, using the advice from here, and have cleared it 6 times in a row.

The 3 holy followed by lots of healing strategy was amazing. so much more effective.

Thanks guys!

I'm glad you were able to get something out of this. Some groups may still try to blame you if they do something of a ridiculously stupid magnitude and die for it, but don't let those groups discourage you. From the sound of things, you should be safe from all but the stupidest of parties going forward. Good work.

[Urtear]

It might upset some parties, but at the start of the dungeon, lay it out front if you don't think you can handle a speed run, or if you think you're confident you can. Communicate with your tank. He needs you just as much as the party needs him. If he doesn't communicate back, or becomes stuck on stupid, then it's his fault if/when party wipes. The rudeness you've been through, OP, is why I personally detest speedrunners, and speed running in general.