So Im not as gung ho for raidding as I used to be when I first hit Karazhan (time contraints mainly). I have been spending a majority of my time in Heroics.
So, the other night a call goes out in guild for a healer spot on Hex lord. I say that I can go and have the available time. With +1820 to heals I still have a bit to go before I would feel comfortable going into ZA normally, but the guild asked and I said sure.
I had to respecc to get COH as that is the main reason they needed me. Also, remeber this is my first time seeing Hex Lord so I'm not familliar with the fight.
They have already cleared all mobs up to Hex lord so I figured they had wiped a few times prior and people left and this is a second recruitment for another try. My duties for the fight, as they where explained to me, would be to heal the raid through shadow bolts and to keep the undead mob shackled, along with healing Main Tanks as needed.
Another mob was being CC'ed via Banish from one of our Locks. I died a few times to that damn banished mob coming out of Banish =(.
So here is where I was having the problem. I would try to throw a shackle on the undead target just prior to Shadow Bolts, then I would COH the raid and then top off tanks and then try to reshackle, rinse and repeat. A few times shackle broke real early and I wasnt able to reshackle. A few times I died from Rain of Fire =(. I think most of the other people at the raid had all been there before.
So we didnt down boss and at the end in Vent I hear everyone blaming the whole thing on not being able to shackle properly. I felt bad but then also know that a holy priests shackle isnt the most reliable spell. Was I just to much of a noob in ZA to be healing Hex Lord? What did i do so drastically wrong so that I dont do it again.
Any critizism would be appreciated.