Gul'dan Nighthold Raid Strategy Guide

By FatbossTV Updated: 2018/05/12

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Gul'danGul'danBetrayer's RiseGul'danAhead of the Curve: Gul'danCutting Edge: Gul'dan

Fel Scythe damage reduced by 15%.

Gul'dan's health decreased by 3% on Heroic and Mythic difficulties.

Gul'dan Normal & Heroic Guide VideoLoot and Rewards

Tier: Legs

Cloth Armor: Outcast Wanderer's Footrags

Leather Armor: High Shadow Councilor's Wrap

Mail Armor: Netherbranded Shoulderpads

Plate Armor: Breastplate of the Remembered King

Ring: Ring of the Scoured Clan

Trinket: Draught of Souls, Infernal Contract, Whispers in the Dark

Blood: Phial of Fel Blood

Iron: Lionshead Lapel Clasp

Shadow: Warchief's Shattered Tusk

Nighthold Raid Loot GuideGul'dan

Fiendish Hellfire Core is a 100% drop on Mythic difficulty.

Living Infernal Core can drop on all difficulties except LFR.

Golden Hearthstone Card: Lord Jaraxxus is a toy which turns you into Jaraxxus and lets you do his signature emotes.

Skull of Corruption is a BoE toy which only has a chance to drop for Demon Hunters.

is a title for defeating Mythic Gul'dan.

Arcanist's Manasaber is a reward from Fate of the Nightborne; this is the final quest in a long series from Insurrection.

InsurrectionThe Nighthold: Lord of the Shadow CouncilHeadpiece of the Shadow CouncilThe Nighthold: The Eye of Aman'ThulGaze of Aman'ThulThe Nighthold: Darkness CallsThe Nighthold: Into the NightholdThe Nighthold: Delusions of GrandeurQuick TipsOverview

Damage Dealers –
Use to increase damage at opportune moments or cover distances quickly.
Assist -afflicted allies in order to reduce the damage to manageable levels.
Move away from others when afflicted with or .
Absorb inside the in order to reduce raidwide damage taken from .

Healers –
Use to absorb nearby allies' Fire damage taken at opportune moments.
Coordinate use of damage-reduction abilities to help tanks with Fel Lord Kuraz'mal's .
Dispel Inquisitor Vethriz's .
inflicts high raidwide damage.

Tanks –
Use to survive moments in the encounter that may otherwise kill you.
While fighting Fel Lord Kuraz'mal, be prepared for .
D'zorykx the Trapper will throw at his current target, drastically increasing their damage taken.

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Phase One consists of avoiding Gul'dans spells whilst fighting three demon mini-bosses, Fel Lord Kuraz'mal, Inquisitor Vethriz and D'zorykx the Trapper. Once all three mini-bosses are defeated phase 2 will begin.

Phase Two consists of fighting Gul'dan directly. Players will need to deal with his high impact abilities that get empowered over the course of the phase.

Phase Three begins once Gul'dan reaches 40% health, at this point he will lose most of his Phase 2 abilities.

Essence of Aman'Thul

Tanks gain Resonant Barrier. Once used, it will cause that player to absorb all damage taken for 6 seconds.

Healers gain Scattering Field: Once used, it will cause that player to create a protective shield around them, absorbing 50% of fire damage taken up to a cap, shared among allies within 10 yards.

DPS gain Time Dilation: Once used, it will increase that players casting, movement, and attack speed by 30% as well as decreasing cooldowns by 30% and causing their Periodic Effects to occur 30% faster.

Time DilationGul'danPhase 1: The Council of EldersGul'danGul'danGul'danLiquid Hellfire

You can either have the ranged players spread out and then move away from the marked location before the ability lands, or you can have all of the ranged players stack up in one location and have the healers use
their Scattering Field extra action button to help mitigate the damage.
If you chose to use the Scattering Field, do note that you will need to organize the healers into two sets, as Liquid Hellfire comes in before Scattering Fields cooldown has recharged.

Gul'danFel Efflux

Players can see which direction he is going to cast this in, as he has to charge it up beforehand. Players can use this time to sidestep out of the path of the ability, to avoid taking any extra damage.

Gul'danHand of Gul'dan

This marks an area of the room an causes a meteor to land there, dealing a large amount of shadow damage to anyone caught within the targeting circle.

Gul'dan will cast this three times in a row, every 15 seconds at the beginning of this phase.

The mini-bosses that spawn from the Hand of Gul'dan appear in a set order and must be killed off in order to progress into Phase Two.

Fel Lord Kuraz'malShatter Essence

The tank must use the Resonant Barrier ability to absorb the damage of this Shatter Essence. Tanks will need to rotate who gets hit by the ability in order to guarantee that Resonant Barrier will be available for each incoming hit.

Inquisitor VethrizShadowblink

Tanks and melee damage dealers should move towards Inquisitor Vethriz as he will remain stationary on any location that he Shadowblinks too.

Inquisitor Vethriz will chain cast Dark Blast at the tank, dealing a small amount of shadow damage each cast.

Inquisitor Vethriz will spawn in multiple eyes by casting Gaze of Vethriz. These eyes will spawn around the location of random players.

The eyes will then send out a beam which deals a large amount of shadow damage to any player caught in their path. The eyes then slowly rotate on the spot.

Because of this, players want to stick to one side of the room whilst Inquisitor Vethriz is active.

This will cause any of the eyes that spawn to remain on one side of the room, keeping the other side of the room free for player movement for the rest of phase one.

Players also want to focus down Inquisitor Vethriz as soon as possible, as you are able to kill him before any eyes spawn through this ability.

Soul Vortex

This cage will slowly pull in all players whilst dealing light ticking damage to them.

Any players who are caught near the cage are afflicted with Torn Soul, a debuff which increases all physical damage taken by 100% and also deals light ticking shadow damage over the course of its 18 second duration.

When this ability is cast, the targeted player should move away from the raid and place the cage in a clear area of the room. The tank targeted by Soul Vortex cannot avoid taking at least 1 stack of Torn Soul.

While under the effect of this debuff it is unwise to be taking hits from the mini-bosses, due to the additional damage you will take, so therefor the other tank should taunt after the Soul Vortex cast.

Inquisitor Vethriz

Damage dealing players should save cooldowns and Time Dilation for when he spawns so that they can kill him quickly.

After Inquisitor Vethriz has perished, the other two mini-bosses should be worked on next. The order of which dies next doesn't matter too much, however it is likely that Fel Lord Kuraz'mal will be closer to death as he is the one that spawned first.

Gul'danPhase 2: The Ritual of Aman'ThulGul'dan

Tanks want to keep him in the middle of the encounter area, whilst the ranged players form a loosely stacked group, around 15 yards away from Gul'dan. This is because he maintains his Liquid Hellfire ability.

When the ability comes in, ranged players can keep stacking underneath the Scattering Field from healers, whilst the melee damage dealers take a significantly lower amount of damage as they're far from the explosion.

Gul'danBonds of Fel

To remove the debuff, the affected player must break their chain by moving away from the location where they initially received the chain. When the chain breaks the player will receive a large burst of fire damage split between anyone within 5 yards.

You want to have the ranged players stacked 10 yards behind the melee players. As soon as the ability is cast, bonded ranged players can break into the melee camp, whilst the melee camp can break into the ranged camp.

This ability will always target the primary tank. The afflicted tank should be taunted off of, whilst they move into the melee camp to break their bond.

Gul'danEye of Gul'danGul'dan

Players should try and be spread out before the ability lands to reduce incoming raid damage.

The eyes will also periodically duplicate, summoning a copy of itself nearby. The copy that spawns will have the same health as the Eye it duplicated from.

When the eyes spawn, you want to nuke them down as soon as possible. Damage dealers should plan for this and have Time Dilation ready for the eyes, to make sure that they die quickly.

This will also help reduce the health of the duplicated eyes, or stop them from spawning all together, as the eyes can be destroyed before duplication occurs.

Gul'danFel Scythe

This will deal a large amount of fire damage split between the tank and anyone within 2 yards of them.

This cast will also give Gul'dan 15% attack speed for 10 seconds. This buff stacks.

Gul'danFel Scythe

For each point of energy used, it increases the damage of Fel Scythe by 5%.

If Gul'dan reaches full energy, he will cast Fel Scythe regardless if the tank has anyone nearby.

Gul'dan

To achieve this, tanks want to trigger this ability every 11-12 seconds by having the two tanks stand within 2 yards of one another.

Both tanks should use a form of active mitigation for the Fel Scythe to reduce the damage you take.

Although Tanks can also solo take the 100% energy hit, by stacking large cooldowns or by using their Resonant Barrier extra action button ability, we recommend that you do not do this, as you would rather save large cooldowns for his Empowered Bonds of Fel.

Gul'danBonds of FelEmpowered Bonds of Fel

You want all Dps and Healers to be stacked up underneath Gul'dan so that when the boss knocks you back you'll land close together and on the platform.

All ranged players will then need to go and help soak the 2 non-tank bonded players.

This ability targets the main tank. That tank wants to use large cooldowns or Resonant Barrier to break their bond without having the split the damage with raid members. Tanks may need to rotate who is tanking the boss to make sure that they always have a sufficient cooldowns to break the empowered bonds.

Liquid Hellfire

You want to have ranged players stack up around 15-20 yards away from melee, so that the fire that spawns will be placed close together. This will give you more space in the encounter area to move and deal with additional abilities.

Ranged players need to be aware of overlaps, where the Empowered Bonds of Fel will directly follow an Empowered Liquid Hellfire. You need to ensure that you move as a single unit as you move from the Liquid Hellife, so you remain stacked up for the incoming Bonds.

Eye of Gul'dan

When cast, this will spawn a single Empowered Eye of Gul'dan. The eye will channel beams of fire damage to multiple players at once, dealing ever increasing damage to them and to anyone within 8 yards of them.

Ranged players must be spread apart 8 yards before the Empowered Eye of Gul'dan spawns, as the splash damage from the beams deals a large amount of damage.

The Empowered Eye of Gul'dan will also follow their highest threat target, so they should be picked up by the tank. The empowered eye can also duplicate, so nuking the eye down is even more important now due to its empowered form.

Gul'danPhase 3: The Master's Power

At this point a gust of wind will push players towards one side of the platform. Players want to be stacked in the middle of the room and run against this push-back to avoid falling off.

Gul'dan will then remove all players extra action buttons, and then phase 3 will begin.

Tanks want to drag Gul'dan to one side of the platform. Throughout this phase you will need to continue to deal with his Fel Scythe every 11-12 seconds, just like in phase 2.

Ranged players will then want to spread out on one side of the room in smaller raid sizes, or two sides in larger raid sizes.

This will help deal with the incoming Empowered Eye of Gul'dan.

Empowered Eye of Gul'dan

Dps should try and save cooldowns for each time an eye spawns, including using Bloodlust on the very first eye.

If tanks are able to face Gul'dan towards the center of the room, whilst still keeping him at the edge of the platform, this will cause the eye to spawn closer to ranged dps, allowing them to switch to it more easily.

Flames of Sargeras

This is a debuff applied to multiple players at once. After 3 seconds, those players will start dealing ticking damage to themselves and anyone within 8 yards of them.

Shortly after anyone takes damage from this ability, a patch of Desolate Ground will spawn underneath them.

The raid needs to keep the amount of Desolate Ground patches to a minimum, so that they have the largest space possible in which to spread and move from other mechanics.

Anyone targetted by this ability must move away from the raid quickly and place the fires out of harms way, with melee players moving to the edges of the encounter area, whilst ranged players place the fires behind the group they are in.

This ability can be placed on the tank. When this occurs, have the other tank taunt so that the debuffed tank can move away to place the fire.

Flames of SargerasDesolate Ground

You want to move out the raid, then stand still whilst the debuff ticks twice. At that point you then want to move to the edge of the Desolate Ground patches you have created and allow the remaining patches to spawn there.

This will keep the Desolate Ground as grouped up as possible, by having 2 patches of stacked fire, rather than 4 patches of spread out fire.

Soul Siphon

This healing absorption debuff needs to be topped up to allow the affected players to receive healing during large incoming damage.

For each Siphon Soul cast on players, a single soul will be placed within the Well of Souls which is directly in the middle of the room.

These souls must be removed from the well before Black Harvest is cast, as each soul will deal additional damage during the ability.

That player will gain Soul Corrosion, a 3 minute debuff which deals ticking damage. As this debuff stacks, you want to make sure that all ranged players soak, to allow the debuffs to be evenly distributed across the raid.

It is also important that players soak during the downtime between the Empowered Eye of Gul'dan and the Flames of Sargeras, as the healers will be preoccupied healing those abilities and may not be able to keep players alive whilst they are soaking in the well.

Black HarvestFlames of SargerasStorm of the Destroyer

The explosions will grow bigger and gain more damage over the course of the series.

You need to make sure that gul'dan is on the edge on one side of the room. Then, as soon as the cast starts, have everyone run over to the other side of the room to avoid the damage.

The explosions will clean up the room by removing any Desolate Ground patches on the ground. After the cast he will then teleport to the tank.

During the explosions, the boss can apply Flames of Sargeras to players. These players need to react quickly and try and place the Desolate Ground near the incoming explosions, so that the fire can be cleared immediately.

Storm of the DestroyerEmpowered Eye of Gul'dan

The entire raid will need use a movement speed increase and run over to the eye, so that it can be killed off quickly before it starts duplicating.

DPS should save a cooldown for this point, even if it is just a second potion.

Strategy SummaryPhase 1

Avoid standing within Gul'dans Fel Efflux and Hand of Gul'dan.

Ranged players should stack up whilst healers use Scattering Field to mitigate the damage of Liquid Hellfire

Tanks must take turns using Resonant Barrier on each Shatter Essence cast from Fel Lord Kuraz'mal.

Tanks should move away from the group when Soul Vortex is cast on them, thus reducing the chance of extra players gaining stacks of Torn Soul. Players should move away from the cage.

The entire raid should stick to one side of the room whilst Inquisitor Vethriz is active. This will keep the other side of the room clear of his Gaze of Vethriz eye beams.

Damage dealers should save cooldowns and Time Dilation for when Inquisitor Vethriz spawns. This will reduce the amount of Gaze of Vethriz eye beams in the encounter area.

Healers dispel Drain as quickly as possible to reduce the healing Inquisitor Vethriz receives (Heroic Only)

Move from the rumbling Fel Obelisk patches and the green Anguished Spirits patches (Heroic Only)

Phase 2

Tanks stack on top of one another every 11-12 seconds to trigger Gul'dans Fel Scythe at the lowest possible damage, whilst allowing his attack speed buff to drop.

Ranged players should stack 10 yards behind the Gul'dan so that the ranged Bonds of Fel targets can move to break their bonds into melee. Whilst the melee Bonds of Fel targets break into ranged.

Tanks should taunt switch when the Bonds of Fel are applied, to allow the main tank to break his bonds into melee without triggering Fel Scythe.

Eyes of Gul’dan should be swapped to and killed off as soon as possible, preferably with players using Time Dilation. Players targeted by their beams should move 8 yards away from any other player.

Gul'dan should be tanked in the middle of the room, to allow players targeted by Empowered Bonds of Fel to remain on the platform after being knocked back.

Players should run over to targets affected by the Empowered Bonds of Fel so that they can break their bonds without taking lethal damage, whilst the tank breaks their bonds solo by using large damage reduction cooldowns.

Ranged players should be stacked up away from Gul'dan for the Liquid Hellfire, whilst healers continue to use Scattering Field to mitigate the damage it deals.

Ranged players should stay close to previous Empowered Liquid Hellfire patches to help keep the encounter area clean.

Tanks should make sure to maintain threat on the Empowered Eye of Gul'dan as the DPS nuke it down.

Players need to move from the Hand of Gul'dan and Damage dealers should kill off the Dreadlord it spawns as soon as possible whilst interrupting its Carrion Wave. (Heroic Only)

Phase 3

Be next to Gul'dan at the beginning of the phase, and run against the winds that try and push you off the platform.

Tanks want to position Gul'dan on one side of the room, whilst they stack of one another every 11-12 seconds to trigger Fel Scythe at the lowest possible damage, whilst allowing his attack speed buff to drop.

Ranged players want to be spread evenly on both sides of the room in larger raid sizes, or on one side of the room in smaller raid sizes.

DPS need to be kill off the Empowered Eye of Gul'dan whilst the ranged players are spread 8 yards to avoid splashing damage onto one another.

Players afflicted with Flames of Sargeras need to run away from the group to place the patches of Desolate Ground away from anyone else.

The Flames of Sargeras should be stacked on top of one another as much as possible, to increase the space the raid gets to work with.

Healers need to heal up players with Soul Siphon to allow those players to receive healing during large raid wide damage.

Ranged players need to remove the souls in the Well of Souls by standing within it, this will reduce the damage taken by Black Harvest to survivable levels.

When Black Harvest is cast, healers need to use healing cooldowns.

Looking For Raid Difficulty

Players will not have access to the extra action button abilities gained through the Essence of Aman'Thul. Abilities such as Shatter Essence have had their damage significantly reduced to compensate for this.

In Phase Two, Eye of Gul'dan beam damage doesn't increase over time.

In Phase Three, there is no Well of Souls.

Heroic Difficulty

Fel Lord Kuraz'mal will summon several patches which will erupt into Fel Obelisks. These obelisks will stun any player hit by them for 7 seconds whilst dealing ticking damage to them. Players must keep an eye on the ground to make sure that they move from any patches.

Inquisitor Vethriz will apply Drain to multiple players. This is a dispellable dot with a 21 second duration. Each tick of the dot will heal Inquisitor Vethriz for a substantial amount. It is important that healers dispel these debuffs as soon as possible to ensure that Inquisitor Vethriz dies quickly.

D'zorykx the Trapper will now send out volleys of Anguished Spirits which will land on the ground and explode, dealing damage to any player struck. Players need to identify the green landing indicator of the ability and move out of its way.

Gul'danHand of Gul'dan

The Dreadlord must be picked up by the tank whilst the DPS focus their damage into him. Strong single target DPS may want to use Time Dilation on the Dreadlord rather than on the Eye of Gul'dan adds.

Dreadlords will cast Carrion Wave which will send out a large wave towards a player, dealing a large amount of shadow damage to anyone in its wake whilst putting them to sleep for 5 seconds.

The Carrion Wave is interruptible, so you should make sure that each cast gets interrupted. Each time the ability is interrupted, the Dreadlord will gain a stack of Focused Assault, a stacking buff which increases damage done and attack speed by 25%.

Players must kill the Dreadlord before the Focused Assault stacks become overwhelming.

Mythic DifficultyThis Mythic Overview has been provided by Ortholomus from Sellswords of Eternal Kingdom-Proudmoore.
Gul'danThe Council of EldersGul'danThe Ritual of Aman'ThulGul'danThe Demon WithinHand of Gul'danFel Lord Kuraz'malStorm of the DestroyerStorm of the DestroyerPhase 1 - The Ritual of Aman'Thul

Tanks gain Resonant Barrier. Once used, it will cause that player to absorb all damage taken for 6 seconds. This does not change from Heroic.

Healers gain Scattering Field. These bubbles should be used by healers throughout Phase 1 to help players break bonds. On Mythic, the damage absorb amount per bubble is 30,000,000 damage and allows three bond players per single bubble to solo break their bond as long as they break inside a bubble. Scattering Field should be only be used to break bonds and not for the Liquid Hellfires.

DPS gain Time Dilation. On Mythic, Time Dilation lasts for 30 seconds rather than 10 seconds. DPS should use their Time Dilations immediately after breaking the first initial bonds when starting the encounter.

Empowered Liquid HellfireHand of Gul'dan

Hand of Gul’dan #1 – D'zorykx the Trapper

Hand of Gul’dan #2 – Fel Lord Kuraz'mal

Phase 1 – StrategyEmpowered Liquid HellfireEmpowered Bonds of FelEmpowered Liquid HellfireD'zorykx the TrapperPhase 2 - The Master's PowerPhase 2 StrategyFel ScytheWell of SoulsWell of SoulsSoul CorrosionPhase 3 - The Demon WithinGul'danThe Demon WithinGul'danThe Demon WithinWill of the Demon WithinThe Demon WithinParasitic WoundThe Demon WithinParasitic Shadow DemonParasitic Expulsion

Shadowy Gaze - Parasitic Shadow Demons fixate and stun a player until they reach their target or are killed. If a Parasitic Shadow Demon reaches its target, the player is then applied with Parasitic Wound.

Shadow Shroud - Parasitic Shadow Demons are surrounded by a shadow shroud which absorbs any attack that is more than 15 yards away. This means that only melee will be able to effectively damage and kill these adds

The Demon WithinSoulseverFlame CrashSoulsever

Flame Crash - At full energy, The Demon Within leaps at the furthest target, and does a raidwide AoE, decreasing in damage as distance from the point of impact.

Soulsever – At full energy, The Demon Within strikes his target for 13650000 to 14350000 Physical damage and shears a soul fragment of his target from their body. This also creates several arcs of Shadow magic in a cone that travel outward. Each shadow arc also shears a soul fragment of any targets struck from their body.

Sheared Soul– Any target struck by Soulsever is affected by Sheared Soul. This player cannot be healed until another player collects their Soul Fragment.

Severed – Any player who collects a Soul Fragment becomes is inflicted with 1.2 million damage and is then given the Severed debuff, increasing their damage taken from collecting additional Soul Fragments by 900% for 30 seconds.

Severed Soul – Once the Sheared Soul player’s Soul Fragment has been collected by another player, the player is then afflicted with Severed Soul, which places a 7.8-8.2 million healing absorb on the player.

Nightorb

Distortion Aura - The Nightorbs have a small void zone around them called Distortion Aura which will silence/pacify any player that comes into contact with it.

Capricious Barrage - The Nightorb will also cast Capricious Barrage at its current target which does a splash AoE.

Nightshield - The Nightorbs are shielded by Nightshield which absorbs 50% of all damage taken. This can only be ignored by a player with the buff Bulwark of Azzinoth.

Time Stop Field - When a Nightorb dies, it spawns a Time Stop Field for 10 seconds. Any player inside the Time Stop Field will be stunned and immune from damage for its duration. All players debuffs, buffs, and CDs will also freeze.

Instability – While a Nightorb is alive, it is unstable and removes about 1.3% of its health every second. Instability is also affected by Demonbane.

Visions of the Dark TitanTime Stop FieldSoul Fragment of AzzinothThe Demon Within

Chaos Seed - The Soul Fragments of Azzinoth manifest an orb of chaotic energy which explodes upon reaching its destination. Any player caught in the explosion will take massive ticking damage every half-second, for 6 seconds.

Bulwark of Azzinoth - Increases threat generated by 200% and decreases magic damage taken by 60%, and allows the wearer to bypass a Nightorb’s Nightshield. This can be removed from the Soul Fragment of Azzinoth by Mages and Warlocks.

Fervor - The longer a Soul Fragment of Azzinoth is alive, it will gain a stacking buff of Fervor, increasing all damage done by 30% and attack speed by 5%.

Demonic Essence - When a Soul Fragment of Azzinoth dies, it will spawn a Demonic Essence orb at its location which starts at 1% HP. Standing in the Demonic Essence void zone will heal it for 4% a second, per player inside. At 100% health, the Demonic Essence will turn into a Purified Essence, and cast Purified Essence. Purified Essence also has the important role of stunning the boss during the Visions of the Dark Titan ability applying both Wounded to the boss and Demonbane to all enemies.

Demonbane – Increases damage taken by 50% for 5 seconds. Demonbane is stackable. For example, if three Purified Essence casts go off in a short period of time, then the boss will take 150% additional damage for 30 seconds. Likewise, if two Purified Essence casts go off, the boss will take 100% additional damage for 15 seconds.

Wounded – Stuns the boss for 15 seconds.

Phase 3 StrategySoulseverFlame CrashThe Demon WithinBulwark of AzzinothSoul Fragment of AzzinothNightorbCapricious BarrageThe Demon WithinThe Demon WithinParasitic WoundThe Demon WithinParasitic ExpulsionSoul Fragment of AzzinothDemonic Essence

The 1st Soul Fragment of Azzinoth should die on the South side of the platform, next to the 3rd Nightorb.

The 2nd Soul Fragment of Azzinoth should die on the North side of the platform, next to the 1st Nightorb

The 3rd and 4th Soul Fragment of Azzinoth should die on the South side of the platform, next to the 3rd Nightorb and the first dropped Demonic Essence.

Visions of the Dark TitanDemonic EssenceTime Stop FieldVisions of the Dark TitanDemonic EssenceTime Stop FieldVisions of the Dark TitanTime Stop FieldDemonbaneInstabilityParasitic WoundTime Stop FieldTime Stop FieldVisions of the Dark TitanFreezing TrapBanishImprisonParalysisRepentanceSapNighthold Cinematic

Comments

Comment by Grortraugh

People said they wanted difficult end bosses, well...

Comment by SilverDragon234

Varian, Vol'jin, Tirion, may you find peace.

Comment by Tendrillion

Gul'dan normal has a 12 minute hard enrage as we found out last night. I have a log but can't link in on a new account.

Comment by MagikMurlok

Why is there no tank/healer/dps summaries in this one?

Comment by Wartsi

How many souls are actually in the well? I haven't seen any mention of this. Is it directly related to raid size, or is it a set amount?

Comment by 1508273

No one living has heard of the village of his birth. And no one. Ever. Will.

Comment by gwjhassink

I'm having flashbacks to the Mannoroth fight in Hellfire Citadel. Adds in phase 0, boss powering up as the fight progresses, growing patches of bad, pushing/pulling mechanics. Looking forward to it.

Comment by CronoLink

I had access to the extra button in LFR, today being the release date of Betrayer's Rise wing in LFR. I also think Well of Souls was present too. Was this changed from the information above?

Comment by Tequima

LfR Gul'dan DPS ranged one liners:

Ph1: Spread, move from stuff, prio Inquisitor
Ph2: Spread for Eye, stack otherwise, prio adds, interrupt Carrion, move to ranged with Bonds of Fel
Ph3: Start at inside, run to edge with Flames, run away in Black Harvest, prio Empowered Eye

Comment by orca1375x

Seems like an interesting fihgt too bad 90 percent players will only be able to do it in lfr..not on normal

Comment by 1654597

I beat Gul'dan on Normal today and now I want to work up to Mythic just to see what he can do.

The fight is already exciting but I could go for an experience with everything so much more on fire.

Comment by Dahrkmezalf

I'm sure it's been mentioned, but getting rid of the Eyes that Gul'dan summons is imperative. The rest of the mechanics you can mostly dodge out of (if you're paying attention), but if those eyes are left unchecked, they multiply and can wipe the raid in seconds, targeting multiple players with death-rays.

I've seen a raid wipe up to 3 times on this (LFR nonetheless.. or maybe because of it) simply because people focused solely on Gul'dan.

In all fairness, even if you read the Dungeon Journal (usually a great tool for getting the jist of raid mechanics), it says literally nothing about the Eyes. Not. One. Word. This is either a brilliant "challenge-causing" decision on Blizzard's part, or they're just sadistic. Either way, be sure to give that Dungeon Journal a read-through before jumping into any new raid. Everyone will thank you.

Comment by 833843

"Legend has it that there is an additional phase for this encounter on Mythic. We'll have to wait and see!"

Would have expected this guide to be updated by now....

Comment by Kaerfemagsh

before the fight he says something like "death is coming & she will be the end of you" or something along those lines. Who's this "she" thats supposed to be our doom? Azshara (didnt know her & guldan were on speaking terms)?

Comment by SpakyTwo

WHERE IS KHADGAR AFTER YOU KILL GUL'DAN?

Comment by GentlemanMaj

I'm confused so does gul'dan's loot not spawn on mythic or do you get it from killing the demon within, if so does the demon within drop the mounts?

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