As has been mentioned, Tanking him such that you don't need to run through him helps a lot. If you are doing the method where you pull him over to the nook in the wall, I always just pulled him over there, then ran to his left (my right) side, so i could just away from him across clear ground. Now I pull him where he stands, going again to his let (my right) and just run away from him to the side if I must. I generally prefer to just mitigate the attack, holding boon, sent, and dv.

Also.... some of the others are saying they use this time to flash/voke him.... you guis actually use those during this fight rather than holding them strictly for Animal Instinct? O.o That works? What if he uses AI in the 30 second cool down >_>;;; I mean, I've had situations where he spammed it, but I tend to hold rampart for that. Also, never lose threat on him using flash/voke only at initial pull/after AI. And we're doing 17min clears so its not like the DD are slacking.