Antorus Raid Prep and Consumables

By Wowhead Updated: 2018/05/12

Gear

You'll want to be gearing up as much as possible before the raid opens. Before raids, the cap on most items is 900 by upgrading crafted gear with Obliterum, with Legendaries being the exception.

Please see our guides on gearing up: Legion Professions Overview for learning about each profession that can craft gear, Acquiring and Spending Primal Sargerite, Blood of Sargeras, Obliterum and Primal Obliterum to learn how to upgrade that gear, our guides to getting the most out of your Artifact weapons A Guide to Artifact Weapons and Acquiring and Spending Artifact Power.

Check out our dungeon guides which also outline the loot available from dungeons, Mythic dungeons are a solid way to gear up before raids: Legion Dungeon Overview.

Each of our spec guides will help you decide what gear is best for you pre-raid.

Also, please check out our full guide to gearing up before raids, Gearing Up Before Raids in Legion, as well as recommendations for all specs.

Vantus Runes

Vantus Runes are a new item crafted by the Inscription profession.

These Runes are buffs you can use to help you defeat raid bosses in Legion. There is a rune for each Legion boss.

Vantus Runes provide a week long buff.

Vantus Runes increase your Versatility stat by 1500 on a specific boss. You can not have multiple Vantus Runes active at once.

There is a rune for every Nighthold, Trial of Valor, Emerald Nightmare, Antorus, and Tomb of Sargeras boss.

Augment Runes

Defiled Augment Rune are a personal buff that increases Agility, Intellect and Strength by 325 for 1 hour.

These are not craftable, unlike Vantus Runes.

Defiled Augment Rune can be acquired in LFR, they are contained in Shattered Satchel of Cooperation, which is a reward from bosses.

Shattered Satchel of Cooperation is obtained by queuing during the times when your role (usually healers and tanks) are in short supply in the LFD tool.

Defiled Augment Rune can also by obtained in World Quests, if you have Heavily Augmented from Broken Shore's Command Center

They can be bought, sold, and traded.

Lightforged Augment RuneArmy of the LightFlasks and Potions

Flasks and Potions are crafted by alchemists and give short duration buffs.

The flasks this expansion are: Flask of Ten Thousand Scars, Flask of the Countless Armies, Flask of the Whispered Pact, Flask of the Seventh Demon.

The combat potions this expansion are: Ancient Mana Potion, Leytorrent Potion, Potion of Deadly Grace, Potion of the Old War, Unbending Potion.

Health potions are back to being created by alchemy as well: Ancient Healing Potion.

Our spec guides will tell you which flasks and potions are best for your spec.

Potion of Prolonged Power is a special potion which increases all stats by 2500 for 1 minute.

Flasks and potions are created by alchemy. Please see our Legion Alchemy Guide and the Consumable recommendations for every spec.

Gems

Your gear has a chance to have a socket in it, and some crafted gear is guaranteed to have a socket.

Gems to put in these sockets are made by Jewelcrafters.

There are 3 tiers of gems: Deep Amber, Eye of Prophecy, and the unique equipped Saber's Eye.

Saber Eye gems grant +200 of a primary stat: Saber's Eye of Agility, Saber's Eye of Strength, Saber's Eye of Intellect

Our spec guides will tell you which gems are best for your character.

For more information, please check out Legion Jewelcrafting Guide and the Consumable recommendations for every spec.

Enchants

In Legion, Necks, Rings, and Cloaks can be enchanted with stats that will help you in raids.

Ring enchants are +200 secondary stats:

Enchant Ring - Binding of Critical Strike

Enchant Ring - Binding of Haste

Enchant Ring - Binding of Mastery

Enchant Ring - Binding of Versatility

Enchant Cloak - Binding of Strength

Enchant Cloak - Binding of Agility

Enchant Cloak - Binding of Intellect

Enchant Neck - Mark of the Distant Army: Summon rain of arrows

Enchant Neck - Mark of the Claw: Increase critical strike and haste by 550 for 6 sec.

Enchant Neck - Mark of the Hidden Satyr: Summon a satyr that will fire a nightmare bolt at your enemy

Enchant Neck - Mark of the Heavy Hide: Increase armor by 3000 for 10 sec.

Enchant Neck - Mark of the Trained Soldier: Increase mastery by 300.

Enchant Neck - Mark of the Ancient Priestess: Sometimes heal a nearby ally for 39290 to 45660.

Legion Enchanting GuideConsumable recommendationsFood

Food provides a Well Fed buff, increasing your preferred secondary stat.

Buff food is crafted by the cooking profession.

There are three tiers of personal food and two types of feasts.

There is 225 stat food (i.e. Salt and Pepper Shank), 300 stat food (i.e. Leybeque Ribs), and 375 stat food (i.e. The Hungry Magister).

There are two feasts: 400 primary stat Hearty Feast and 500 primary stat Lavish Suramar Feast.

You should eat the stat that is best for your spec - either for secondary or primary stats - our spec guides indicate which food you should be eating.

For more information, please check out the Legion Cooking Guide and the Consumable recommendations for every spec.

Artifacts

Artifacts are your weapon for Legion.

Before raids, you should have as many traits maxed out as possible and have relics which boost your weapon's ilvl.

You should also work towards the Class Hall Campaign as that unlocks a third relic slot.

Please see our guides on how to best upgrade your Artifact before raids: A Guide to Artifact Weapons, Acquiring and Spending Artifact Power, Artifact Basics: Acquiring and Enhancing Your Weapon.

The guides for all specs also provide recommended artifact trait builds.

Legendaries

Legendaries are the highest ilvl item you can currently acquire - 970.

Old ilvl 910, 940, or 970 legendaries can be upgraded to 1000 using Awoken Titan Essence, which requires 300 Wakening Essence in 7.3.5.

Also new to 7.3.5, you can purchase Purified Titan Essence for 1000 Wakening Essence to acquire a random legendary for your loot specialization.

You can acquire them almost anywhere but your highest chances are in the World Quest caches, and off raid bosses.

For information on all the legendaries, please see A Guide to Legion Legendaries. The guides for all specs also provide pointers on which legendaries to aim for.

Comments

Comment by Daahryn

Typo under the Artifacts portion.
"Artifacts are you weapon for Legion."
Should be changed to your.

Comment by Pain411

You could also put in the mats required to craft some Items
That would round it up :)

Comment by zwuckel

@Author: Could you link items vs. live wowhead.com (not ptr) so other languages get the correct translation for the item strings?

Comment by axhawk

Should note in here that feasts provide primary stats, not secondary stats.

Comment by 317714

You left out the Fishbrul fireball food, which is pretty good for some.

Comment by noctemdracone

Don't forget the crispy bacon food item that lets you extend the well fed buff of any Broken Isles food by an hour for up to 6 hours total.

Comment by 1700663

I created this video guys describing the ideal flasks and food for each class and spec doing raids in Legion! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TR36qO_4Ag I hope it helps!

Comment by 1774698

~~why can't they add cookie cake?~~

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