Reposted for great justice. You should shoot for 170 FR on gear alone in order to get enough with buffs for max resistance.
Ok, so I've done some reading on gearing for Saph this weekend. There are obviously tons of people debating the need for FR gear. Most of the comments seem to be along the lines that with FR gear, our DPS goes down, our healing goes down, etc. However, if everyone is wearing FR gear, the fact is that the healing load is massively reduced. I've read anecdotes from other guilds that say they wiped repeatedly on Saph with no FR, but once everyone was in FR, they downed her first time, even with reduced DPS/HPS.
I would suggest, therefore, that everyone in the raid be sure to get their FR gear created before Sunday.
To help with that, I've put together a list of the FR gear needed, and the mats needed to create them. I'm not sure who in the guild can craft all these, but I'm sure someone can as long as people get the mats.
Generic FR Gear
Titanium Frostguard Ring - 68 FR
- 2x Titanium Bar
- 3x Eternal Water
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 1x Frozen Orb
Cloth FR Gear
Glacial Robe - 115 FR
- 6x Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 3x Eternium Thread
- 1x Frozen Orb
Glacial Slippers - 86 FR
- 4x Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
- 2x Eternal Fire
- 2x Eternal Water
- 2x Eternium Thread
- 1x Frozen Orb
Glacial Waistband - 85 FR
- 4x Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
- 2x Eternal Fire
- 2x Eternal Water
- 2x Eternium Thread
- 1x Frozen Orb
Total Mats Needed
- 14x Bolt of Imbued Frostweave
- 7x Eternal Fire
- 7x Eternal Water
- 7x Eternium Thread
- 3x Frozen Orb
Leather FR Gear
Polar Vest - 115 FR
- 10x Heavy Borean Leather
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 8x Nerubian Chitin
- 1x Frozen Orb
Polar Boots - 86 FR
- 9x Heavy Borean Leather
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 4x Nerubian Chitin
- 1x Frozen Orb
Polar Cord - 86 FR
- 9x Heavy Borean Leather
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 4x Nerubian Chitin
- 1x Frozen Orb
Total Mats Needed
- 26x Heavy Borean Leather
- 7x Eternal Fire
- 7x Eternal Water
- 16x Nerubian Chitin
- 3x Frozen Orb
Mail FR Gear
Icy Scale Chestguard - 115 FR
- 10x Heavy Borean Leather
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 8x Icy Dragonscale
- 1x Frozen Orb
Icy Scale Boots - 86 FR
- 9x Heavy Borean Leather
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 4x Icy Dragonscale
- 1x Frozen Orb
Icy Scale Belt - 86 FR
- 9x Heavy Borean Leather
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 4x Icy Dragonscale
- 1x Frozen Orb
Total Mats Needed
- 26x Heavy Borean Leather
- 7x Eternal Fire
- 7x Eternal Water
- 16x Icy Dragonscale
- 3x Frozen Orb
Plate FR Gear
Icebane Chestguard - 115 FR
- 16x Saronite Bar
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 1x Frozen Orb
Icebane Treads - 86 FR
- 12x Saronite Bar
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 1x Frozen Orb
Icebane Girdle - 86 FR
- 12x Saronite Bar
- 3x Eternal Fire
- 3x Eternal Water
- 1x Frozen Orb
Total Mats Needed
- 40x Saronite Bar
- 7x Eternal Fire
- 7x Eternal Water
- 3x Frozen Orb
He/She/It died sunday night for us even without a ton of FR... I can see it would have helped some for the blizzard and the aura though.
I could tell a huge difference between that fight and our other ones where i didnt have FR gear. I think the lowest my life dropped during all our attempts was 70%
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Thanks for the list, Serengeti. Picked up the mats for Zel this AM; hopefully I'll be set up by tonight.
I think I got lucky yesterday and ended up in a group where everyone had FR gear. I was able to keep everyone alive with a rolling rejuv, and one-off lifeblooms for the most part. This actually allowed me to do a lot of out-of-group healing, which probably helped the other healers out quite a bit.
Honestly, picking up 2 items to get to 170 FR is not a huge expense, and I don't see why anyone wouldn't be able to afford it.
Remember, we downed her by the skin of our teeth last night. We certainly didn't pwn the fight, even though we were victorious in the end. It could have just as easily been a wipe at 1% health. Our goal should be to make the fight trivial, so we can get through everything faster and get more loot with less effort.
Thanks Serengeti.
I can make the ring for anyone who needs it.
Last I checked there are still 3 sets of the Plate gear myself and Reap made pre-boost to the required mats. Talk to us in game if you are interested in one of the sets.
Last night, I was glad I could heal and monitor health bars far more than normal. Those that had FR were a whole lot easier to keep around than those without.
Super K
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If you see me on Zeered/Zeerow/Namdlo feel free to ping me for crafting FR Plate, Cloth or the ring. I can also help you out with gems/enchants for the crafted gear.
I'm quite happy to help so that I don't have to work as hard on Sapph
Smithysaboo can also make the FR plate set.
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Saboodk - 80 Death Knight
I can make the leather, mail and cloth gear.
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If anyone is on Dragonmaw server, whisper me when I'm on (80 night elf rogue named Krevantis) if you need the leather frost resist gear. Or my priest Bellaia can make the cloth resist gear.
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Leatherworkers can also get a +60 frost resist to bracer fur lining/self-enchant from a mob in Icecrown. Took me about 15-20 minutes for it to drop. It only costs 1 Arctic Fur to make too.
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