Going to consolidate some of the info and tips I've found in here.
Setup we used:
Tank: Prot Paladin (I chose haste>stam)
Heal: Disc priest
DPS: Retri Paladin
DPS: Surv Hunter (BM for Hero where needed)
DPS: Destro Warlock
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Get invisibility potions (lesser and normal, whatever you can get your hands on).
Get speed increase potions (Darkwater Potion is very nice).
Strength flask for tanks, strength potions as well. But nothing wrong with keeping some stam flasks and armour pots in your bag just in case.
Places we used invis/speed pots so far:
Gate of Setting Sun:
Speed pot when running along the wall, pulling all the mobs along needed for the kill count.
Didn't find a good place for invis pot.
Shado-Pan Monastery:
Invis pot to get past the first bits of Regenerating Sha after Master Snowdrift and all the way down to the bridge.
Mogu'shan Palace:
Speed pot right when we drop down the hidden stairs after the first boss, running down to the scout.
Invis pot to get past all the trash after the elevator up to the last boss, and into the throne room.
Scarlet Halls:
Invis pot to get past the trash in the cannon cellar. We did kill some of them though, for the kill count.
Scarlet Monastery:
Invis pot to get across the courtyard up towards the monk boss.
Stormstout Brewery:
Speed pot after the first boss to get up to the rabbit boss.
Didn't find a good spot for invis. Skipped the patrol in the leaking beer room.
Temple of the Jade Serpent:
Did the water boss first, then invis pot right as we got up the stairs while we still had the run speed buff. Went over the bridge and killed the two last packs.
Wiped and mispulled and fudged things up, still got gold with over a minute to spare.
Siege of Niuzao Temple:
Used invis to run up the tunnel after the first boss.
Scholomance:
Used invis to skip the student trash (killed the first 5 though, for the kill count).
Gear tips:
Careful with Timeless Isle gear, they don't scale properly (23.02.2014). Some of us ended up beneath hit/exp caps, some of us ended up above hit/exp caps. There are decent replacements to be found for Justice Points, if you're just going for golds and not realm bests.
Kal wrote:An observation from a fellow CM newbie, in case you haven't heard: Completely rethink your concept of BIS. How completely? Consider using a Ghost Iron Dragonling trinket for 1800 secondary stats. I don't know for sure that it's actually good, I'm just considering it. My point is, look outside the box.
Used Haste/Mastery/Dodge cogs in my trinket. Don't use hit and exp gems/cogs because:
theckhd wrote:That would be the best way to maximize haste, yeah. Try to reach hit/exp caps with reforging alone and stuff your gem slots with the stats you want (e.g. haste or stamina).
That said, when we did them I didn't really tweak my gear at all. I just used my usual raiding gear and swapped out for an extra helm with a non-legendary meta in it. Most of the difficulty in CMs comes from knowing which pulls to skip, when to use invis pots, and learning the pacing (i.e. "can I pull these three trash packs together, or will that kill me").