Elisande Nighthold Raid Strategy Guide

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Damage Dealers –
damages the entire raid if allowed to strike the ground.
Expedient Elementals continually damage the raid with until they are dispatched. This damage increases with each successful cast.
Recursive Elementals Grand Magistrix Elisande from damage as long as they are alive.

Healers –
damages the entire raid if allowed to strike the ground.
's duration can be manipulated by using time zones.

Tanks –
In each time layer, Elisande employs a different ability to threaten tanks.
inflicts falloff damage to the entire raid when it expires.
Interrupt .

Temporalisis – The caster freezes enemy players in time for 4 sec.

Cascadent Star – The caster hurls an orb of cosmic energy at the target that inflicts 462500 to 537500 Arcane damage on impact, then strikes out at additional targets for 390600 to 453600 Arcane damage. The number of additional targets decreases as the caster's energy depletes.

Notable Trash MobsResolute CourtesanProtectProtect

Do not fight the Resolute Courtesans inside the Nightspire!

Protect has a 100-yard range and no listed duration, and reduces the enemy target's damage taken by 90%

If fought alone, the Resolute Courtesans will only attack tanks with melee attacks and are trivial to kill

ProtectAstral FarseerMidnight SiphonerTwilight StardancerSiphon Nightwell

If this channel completes, the Midnight Siphoner erupts and deals heavy Siphon Nightwell damage to the raid

The Midnight Siphoner will not deter from this channel, even when attacked, and it cannot be conventionally interrupted

Spellcasting

The Farseers are channeling Call to the Stars until they are attacked or interrupted

Call to the Stars will periodically Make the Sky Fall in areas within the Farseer's line of sight

Players who stand in the swirls that denote Make the Sky Fall impact sites will take Starfall damage

Once interrupted, Farseers will instead cast Faint Hope on their injured allies, healing them to full health and protecting them against attacks for 5 seconds

They do not appear to heal themselves with this ability

Astral Farseers will also attack the tank with Arcane Burst, dealing increasing damage with each cast

While all of these spells are interruptible, Faint Hope has a very brief cast time and is unlikely to be successfully interrupted

Focused

When engaged, Twilight Stardancers will begin to attack with Sweeping Strike

The Stardancer will leap forward and deal heavy Arcane damage to all players within 28 yards

Twilight Stardancers will also Swing Weapon at the tank

This deals extremely heavy damage to all players in an arc in front of the Stardancer, up to 12 yards away

Tanks should be sure to face the Stardancers away from the raid, and to quickly move them away from other players after each Sweeping Strike

Start with the Midnight Siphoners so their Siphon Nightwell does not finish and threaten the raid

Then pull the Astral Farseers, so that Make the Sky Fall/Starfall damage stops

Finally, kill the Twilight Stardancers

Elisande AbilitiesElisandeLeave the NightwellTime StopLeave the NightwellSpanning SingularityArcanetic RingEpocheric OrbEcho of ElisandeBloodlustHeroismTime WarpBloodlustHeroismTime WarpArcanetic RingAll Phases

Recursive Elementals will chain cast Blast on their target

Blast deals moderate to heavy Arcane damage, and each successful cast increases the next Blast's damage by 5%

Players should interrupt Blast when possible

Slow Time

Players, and certain enemy spell effects, that pass through the Slow Time bubble will be affected

Slow Time reduces the movement speed of players and affected spell effects by 30%

Players who enter the Slow Time bubble will also gain the Slow Time debuff, which persists for 10 seconds after leaving the Slow Time zone

Slow Time will reduce cast speed and attack speed, movement, cooldown recharge rate, and HoT/DoT tick rates by 30%

This can be useful to slow down the progress of some of the encounter's harmful debuffs, but players should avoid standing in Slow Time outside of these effects

Expedient Elemental

Expedient Elementals will melee their tank for moderate damage

The player tanking the Expedient Elemental should not also be tanking Elisande

The tanks should move the Expedient Elemental next to Elisande, or next to a Recursive Elemental when both adds are present, to enable cleave damage

Expedient Elementals will cast Exothermic Release, dealing moderate damage to all players

Each successful cast of Exothermic Release will increase subsequent casts' damage by 5%

Exothermic Release is cannot be interrupted, so the Expedient Elementals should be focused down quickly to reduce incoming raid damage

Fast Time

Fast Time will affect players and certain enemy spell effects (the same ones as Slow Time affects)

Players who enter the Fast Time bubble will gain the Fast Time debuff, which persists for 30 seconds after leaving the Fast Time zone

Fast Time will increase casting and attack speed, movement speed, cooldown recharge rate, and HoT/DoT tick rates by 30%

This is a significant DPS buff, but players must be careful in using it, since it will affect the speed at which any harmful debuffs will tick on them

In addition, eligible enemy spell effects will move faster once they have passed through the Fast Time zone

Slow TimeFast TimeFast TimeSlow TimeFast TimeSlow TimeSlow Time

10-15 seconds into the phase, a Recursive Elemental and an Expedient Elemental will spawn

At about 1:00 into the phase, a Recursive Elemental will spawn

At about 1:40 into the phase, an Expedient Elemental will spawn

At 1:50 into the phase, a Recursive Elemental will spawn

At 2:50 into the phase, a Recursive Elementa will spawn

At about 3:15 into the phase, an Expedient Elemental will spawn

Slow TimeCascadent StarCascadent StarPhase 1: Time Layer 1Arcanetic RingSpanning SingularitySpanning SingularitySpanning SingularityFast TimeBloodlustHeroismTime WarpArcanetic RingArcanetic Ring

All of the Arcanetic Ring projectiles will move at the same speed, forming an unbroken line as they converge upon Elisande

Players who stand in the path of an Arcanetic Ring projectile will take moderate to heavy Arcane damage

This is more dangerous the closer the player is to Elisande, as the projectiles will be much closer together as they converge

Arcanetic RingSlow TimeFast Time

Slow Time will slow the Arcanetic Ring's movement speed, while Fast Time will speed it up

This will create gaps in the otherwise unbroken line, through which players can pass without taking Arcanetic Ring damage

The largest gaps can be created by dropping a Slow Time zone right next to, but not overlapping too much with, a Fast Time zone

Slow TimeArcanetic RingSpanning Singularity

Spanning Singularity deals moderate Arcane damage to players in its area of effect when it forms

Players who stay in the Spanning Singularity will take heavy periodic damage

This spell can target ranged or melee players, and can be a nuisance when it spawns in critical locations

Spanning Singularity shrinks if you stand in itStanding in the Spanning Singularity causes it to shrink and eventually disappear

Players with available defensive cooldowns should stand in nearby Spanning Singularity pools to consume them

Players with the Fast Time debuff should avoid soaking the Spanning Singularity, as they will take the ticking damage at an increased rate

The off-tank should spend their time soaking these patches

Healers should focus on keeping these players alive

Spanning SingularitySpanning SingularitySpanning SingularitySpanning SingularitySpanning SingularityAblation

Ablation is applied every 6 seconds, and the debuff lasts for 10 seconds

Ablation deals a small amount of Arcane damage every second, per stack of Ablation

Tanks should swap frequently (on 3-4 stacks ideally) to keep Ablation stacks low, so healers can focus on raid healing

While Expedient Elementals are active, the Elisande tank may need to take additional Ablation stacks

Time StopLeave the NightwellLeave the NightwellPhase 2: Time Layer 2

Epocheric Orbs fall from these portals

Orb impact site

Catch the orb

Spanning Singularity

Players with defensive cooldowns should still soak up Spanning Singularity pools if they interfere with the raid's position

These effects can create high healing demand if they overlap with other mechanics during the phase

Epocheric Orb

The Epocheric Orbs will descend slowly to the ground

Their impact locations are marked with a small swirly graphic and a black arrow

When an Epocheric Orb strikes the ground, it deals Epocheric Orb Falloff damage to all players

Multiple Epocheric Orbs striking at once could lead to a wipe

To prevent the raid damage, a player must stand beneath each Epocheric Orb to "catch" it

If "caught", the radius of the Epocheric Orb's explosion is reduced to 5 yards

Only one player should "catch" each Epocheric Orb

If possible, "catchers" should use a defensive cooldown

Epocheric OrbEpocheric OrbEpocheric OrbDelphuric Beam

Elisande will gain the Delphuric Beam buff for 8 seconds

During this time, she will target two groups of players - one instantly, and one 4 seconds later

The targeted players receive a Delphuric Beam warning debuff indicating that they will be struck

This is signified by a pair of blue "fixate" eyes spawning on those players' heads

Elisande also draws white arrows on the ground pointing to each of her current Delphuric Beam targets

When the players' Delphuric Beam warning debuff expires, Elisande will fire a Delphuric Beam at each target

This beam strikes all targets in the path between Elisande and the marked player(s)

Although the beam graphically continues past the Delphuric Beam-marked player, it does not deal damage to any players standing beyond the marked target

Delphuric BeamDelphuric Beam

If you cannot move close to Elisande, move somewhere where few players will be impacted by your Delphuric Beam

Delphuric Beam targets should not stack, so that they do not take damage from each others' Delphuric Beam

All players should look for the arrow indicators on the ground and move so that they are not in the path of the Delphuric Beam

Ablating Explosion

Ablating Explosion will detonate after 8 seconds, dealing heavy damage to the raid

This damage is reduced based upon each player's distance from the Ablating Explosion-affected tank

Tanks should swap roles as soon as the Ablating Explosion debuff is applied to the current tank

The debuffed tank should run far from the raid when the Ablating Explosion expires

The debuffed tank takes the full damage of the Ablating Explosion and may wish to use a cooldown

Time StopLeave the NightwellLeave the NightwellPhase 3: Time Layer 3Spanning Singularity

Players with defensive cooldowns should still soak up Spanning Singularity pools if they interfere with the raid's position

These effects can create high healing demand if they overlap with other mechanics during the phase

Conflexive BurstPermeliative TormentConflexive Burst

2-3 Conflexive Burst debuffs expiring at the same time is likely to wipe the raid

Conflexive Burst's duration, and therefore its expiration time and detonation, can be adjusted by the Slow Time/Fast Time debuffs

Therefor, you want to stagger that rate in which the debuffs time-out and explode by having players enter the different time zones.

Conflexive Burst

One player with Conflexive Burst should duck into the Slow Time bubble to delay its detonation

One player with Conflexive Burst should duck into the Fast Time bubble to accelerate its detonation

If there is a third Conflexive Burst target, that player should not use either debuff, and instead let Conflexive Burst expire naturally

Conflexive BurstPermeliative Torment

The Permeliative Torment debuff deals moderate damage with each tick, and lasts for 10 seconds

With each tick, Permeliative Torment does additional damage

On Normal difficulty, this damage increases by 1% per tick

Players targeted by Permeliative Torment should avoid gaining the Fast Time buff

If already affected by Fast Time, the player may wish to take the Slow Time buff instead to reduce the tick rate

Healers should focus single-target healing on the Permeliative Torment-debuffed players

Permeliative TormentSpanning SingularityArcanetic RingConflexive BurstPermeliative TormentAblative Pulse

Ablative Pulse deals heavy damage to the targeted tank, and leaves them with an Ablated debuff

Ablated increases the damage of subsequent Ablative Pulse casts by 10% per stack

This debuff lasts for 10 minutes

Ablative Pulse can be interrupted, so the mechanic can be completely avoided with an interrupt rotation

The two tanks alone should be able to handle the interrupts, but while one tank is tanking an Expedient Elemental, a DPS interrupt may be required

Ablative PulseAblatedAblatedAblative PulsePermeliative TormentConflexive Burst

Healers should rotate cooldowns as necessary during this phase for mana-efficient healing

Players should use their defensive cooldowns liberally to ease the healing burden

Focus on survivability and executing the mechanics properly

BloodlustHeroismTime WarpBloodlustHeroismTime WarpStrategy Summary

Use Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp twice if possible (start of Phase 1 and end of Phase 3), or otherwise at the start of Phase 1, or at the start of Phase 3

The kill order in the fight should be:

Recursive Elemental
Expedient Elemental
Elisande

Kill the Expedient and Recursive Elementals close to each other, or close to existing Fast Time/Slow Time zones, to make Arcanetic Ring dodging easier

Tanks must pick up the Expedient Elementals, but may leave the Recursive Elementals untanked

Assign ranged DPS to attack the Recursive Elemental as soon as it spawns, and put melee DPS on the Expedient Elemental

Use the gaps created by the Slow Time/Fast Time bubbles to dodge the Arcanetic Rings

Players should soak Spanning Singularity pools with a defensive cooldown active

Players targeted by Delphuric Beam should run closer to Elisande and avoid stacking on other players

Assign players to quadrants of the room to soak each Epocheric Orb

When Conflexive Burst is cast, send one target to a Fast Time zone and another target to a Slow Time zone so they do not all detonate at once

Healers should use cooldowns to recover from heavy raid damage in Phases 1 and 2, and rotate them during Phase 3

Tank Responsibilities

Watch for Time Elemental spawn points

The Expedient Elemental must be tanked, and should not be tanked by the Elisande tank

Move the enemies so they are close together for cleave damage, and so that Slow Time/Fast Time zones will spawn adjacent to one another, but not overlapping

During Phase 1:
Taunt-swap on 4 stacks of Ablation, or after an Expedient Elemental dies

Pull Elisande away from nearby Spanning Singularity pools to protect the melee DPS

Dodge the Arcanetic Rings through the gap created by the Slow Time/Fast Time zones

Taunt-swap when the current tank becomes afflicted with Ablating Explosion

The Ablating Explosion tank should run away as the debuff expires

Move Elisande away from nearby Spanning Singularity pools

Do not move Elisande during Delphuric Beam, so that players are not surprised by sudden changes in the indicating arrows' direction

Position Elisande away from her Arcanetic Ring echoes so players have time to dodge

Interrupt Elisande's Ablative Pulse casts, and taunt-swap if she successfully casts it

Move Elisande away from nearby Spanning Singularity pools

Damage-Dealer Responsibilities

Interrupt the Recursive Elemental's Blast and the Expedient Elemental's Exothermic Release casts

Always prioritize the Elementals over Elisande

Soak Spanning Singularity pools if you have a defensive cooldown available

Dodge Arcanetic Rings by running through the gaps created when they pass through the Slow Time/Fast Time zones

Use the Fast Time debuff as a DPS boost

If targeted by Delphuric Beam, move close to Elisande and do not stack on other players

When Epocheric Orbs spawn, look for a nearby impact location and stand in it

If targeted by Conflexive Burst, call out whether you will use the Slow Time/Fast Time debuff or let it expire naturally

If targeted by Permeliative Torment, avoid gaining the Fast Time debuff

Healer Responsibilities

Arcanetic Rings, unsoaked Epocheric Orbs, and Conflexive Burst will all deal high raid damage and may require cooldowns

Players affected by Spanning Singularity, Delphuric Beam, and Permeliative Torment debuffs will require additional healing

Be sure to top off the tank with Ablating Explosion before the debuff detonates

Soak Spanning Singularity pools if you have a defensive cooldown available

Dodge Arcanetic Rings by running through the gaps created when they pass through the Slow Time/Fast Time zones

If targeted by Delphuric Beam, move close to Elisande and do not stack on other players

When Epocheric Orbs spawn, look for a nearby impact location and stand in it

If targeted by Conflexive Burst, call out whether you will use the Slow Time/Fast Time debuff or let it expire naturally

If targeted by Permeliative Torment, avoid gaining the Fast Time debuff

Looking For Raid DifficultySlow TimeFast TimeArcanetic RingDelphuric BeamDelphuric BeamDelphuric BeamConflexive BurstPermeliative TormentHeroic DifficultySpanning Singularity

From the second cast of this ability and onwards, Elisande will use Spanning Singularity twice in a row.

This will force players to move from the first set of rings and then quickly return to the Slow Time zone to avoid the next set.

Spanning SingularityArcanetic RingSpanning Singularity

Continue to use the Slow Time/Fast Time bubbles to create a gap in the Arcanetic Rings

Players with defensive cooldowns should still soak up Spanning Singularity pools if they interfere with the raid's position

These effects can create high healing demand if they overlap with other mechanics during the phase

Arcanetic RingSpanning SingularityEpocheric Orb

Continue to use the Slow Time/Fast Time bubbles to create a gap in the Arcanetic Rings

Players with defensive cooldowns should still soak up Spanning Singularity pools if they interfere with the raid's position

All players must remember to look for Epocheric Orb impact sites and react quickly to soak them

These effects can create high healing demand if they overlap with other mechanics during the phase

alwaysMythic Difficulty

Recursive Elementals will attempt to cast Recursive, which will refresh the duration of all player debuffs

This also will reset the duration of Grand Magistrix Elisande's Delphuric Beam buff if it happens to be active at the time

Expedient Elementals will attempt to cast Expedite, which will greatly increase the tick rate (and shorten the duration) of all player debuffs

These abilities must be interrupted

RecursionExpediteDelphuric BeamDelphuric BeamExpediteSpanning SingularityPermeliative TormentConflexive BurstArcanetic RingArcanetic RingArcanetic RingFast TimeSlow Time

Arcanetic Rings converge on Elisande...

... pass through her...

... and continue to the edges of the room.

Arcanetic RingSpanning Singularity

The usual mechanic where Spanning Singularity pools appear at the same time and place in subsequent phases is still present

In addition, Echoes of Elisande will cast more Spanning Singularity pools at new targets at those times

This will drastically impact the raid's freedom of movement, and players will quickly run out of the capacity to soak the Spanning Singularity pools

Note that Spanning Singularity pools that spawn from Echoes of Elisande may also appear at the same time and place in subsequent phases!

Arcanetic RingSpanning SingularitySpanning SingularityDelphuric BeamDelphuric BeamDelphuric BeamDelphuric BeamDelphuric BeamEcho of Elisande

This Echo will cast Delphuric Beam from its location at the same relative time during Phase 3

If the first Delphuric Beam occurs at 30 seconds into Phase 2, the Echo of Elisande that was created there will also cast Delphuric Beam at 30 seconds into Phase 3

The targeted players should move close to the casting Echo of Elisande in order to limit the reach of the Echo's Delphuric Beam

It could be all the way across the room from the raid's current position; if so, Delphuric Beam targets just have to move to be the closest players to the Echo of Elisande

The faster players progress through Phase 2, the fewer Delphuric Beam echoes will occur in Phase 3

Conflexive BurstConflexive Burst

It is still important to manage the Conflexive Burst explosions by using the Fast Time/Slow Time domes to ensure they do not all explode at the same time

With adjacent Fast Time/Slow Time domes, the players detonating their Conflexive Burst may need to use cooldowns to withstand each others' detonations

The rest of the raid should move far from the Fast Time/Slow Time domes to take reduced damage

Fast TimeSlow TimeFast TimeSlow Time

This is less efficient for killing the Elementals

It creates multiple (but smaller) gaps in the Arcanic Rings pattern, giving players extra options for dodging

It also helps in managing the Conflexive Burst damage; the two Conflexive Burst targets who use the time zones will take minimal damage from one another's detonations

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Comments

Comment by ONCHEhap

"Blizzard encounter designer 1 : So,you know about those bullet hell games?

-Blizzard encounter designer 2 : Say no more fam!"

And so,the Elisande encounter was made

Comment by KenjiT28

Dayum there's a lot going on in this fight.

Comment by xeeeoN

Arcanetic Ring only appear in Phase 1 on normal.

Comment by Lefty22

There is a typo in the "Heroic Difficulty" section. It says:

On Heroic Difficulty, the Spanning Singularity spell in phase one will occur more frequently.

From the second cast of this ability and onwards, Elisande will use Spanning Singularity twice in a row.

In reality, it should refer to "Arcanetic Ring" ability, not "Spanning Singularity". This is the actual ability which is used twice in a row, and will occur more frequently.

Comment by 1714016

Turning back time if something goes wrong?

Nightborne Queen: Bites the Dust!

Comment by Ryawy

In heroic, you can see which of her Echos is casting the rings, so you know where they will be going. If you have speech bubbles on, her dialog will come from the Echo which is casting. You can put markers around the inner ring of the room and someone can call out where the ring is being cast from (ie, "Ring from Triangle marker.")

Comment by ns88

how to get there?

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