It took us a lot longer than expected to get this screenshot.  After months of on and off attempts, we finally made a concerted effort to put a checkmark on this guy.

What really helped was to be able to do the 10-man version of this encounter first.  A group when in with the mindset of beating him and found him to be pushover.  Granted we were in 25-man gear and he had already been nerfed, but it was useful to collect some data on the encounter, which we used to modify our 25-man strategy.

We are disappointed that we did not beat him pre-nerf and pre-Patch 3.2, but he is done and over with now.  We have had more than our fair share of ups and downs these past few months.  With any luck, we are on the upside of the next cycle and looking forward to completing the Coliseum.