Cenarius Raid Boss Strategy Guide

Damage Dealers:
Interrupt cast by the Scorned Sister.
Defeat the Rotten Drakes before becomes lethal.
Use Malfurion's to avoid damage from .
Malfurion's fully clears stacks of from any players near the chosen target.

Healers:
The Nightmare Drake's deals heavy raid damage.
Use Malfurion's to avoid damage from .
Malfurion's fully clears stacks of from any players near the chosen target.

Tanks:
Be mindful of when positioning Cenarius.
Be quick to grab the attention of Forces of Nightmare as they spawn.
Use Malfurion's to avoid damage from .
Malfurion's fully clears stacks of from any players near the chosen target.

Notable Trash Mobs恐魂腐蚀者恐魂污染者

爆发恐惧 deals damage to all players within 10 yards of the Corruptor

黑暗坠落 spawns a shower of stars that pelt the area around a random player's location

Players should move out of the 黑暗坠落 to avoid taking heavy damage

Both 爆发恐惧 and 黑暗坠落 can be interrupted or stunned

Healers should use cooldowns to recover from this damage

暗影箭雨纠缠梦魇

Haunting Nightmares deal moderate melee damage

Every 10 seconds, each Haunting Nightmare attempts to cast 阴魂爆裂 near a random player

阴魂爆裂 deals a large amount of damage divided evenly amongst all targets within 10 yards of the impact location

Players should stack close to the Haunting Nightmares to split the damage evenly

Use AoE CC and stuns to control the Haunting Nightmares and prevent casts

Cenarius Abilities & Strategy塞纳留斯嗜血英勇时间扭曲玛法里奥·怒风净化Phase 1: Forces of Nightmare!梦魇大军梦魇大军

There are four types of Nightmare Seeds, each producing a different type of add when it "hatches":
The 被折磨的幽魂 form in the northeast corner and spawn a set of 10 腐化小精灵s

The 腐化的翡翠龙蛋 forms in the northwest corner and spawns a 腐烂幼龙

The 腐化自然 forms in the southwest corner and spawns a 扭曲姐妹

The 梦魇树苗 forms in the southeast corner and spawns a 梦魇古树

梦魇大军梦魇大军梦魇大军梦魇大军梦魇大军Corrupted Wisps

Each Corrupted Wisp will choose a target at random and begin pursuing it

If the Corrupted Wisp reaches its target, it will cast 毁灭梦魇, dealing moderate damage to all players within 8 yards

The Corrupted Wisp will then choose another target and pursue it

This behavior repeats until the Corrupted Wisps are defeated

There is no debuff associated with being targeted by a Corrupted Wisp

Players should spread out while Corrupted Wisps are alive so it is easier to see if a specific player is being targeted

This will also limit the splash damage from 毁灭梦魇

Corrupted Wisps are vulnerable to CC, so players should also stun, slow, root, or use knockback abilities on the Wisps to keep their damage manageable

Rotten Drake

The Rotten Drake will occasionally choose a random target for 腐败之息

The Drake turns to face the target while casting the 腐败之息 cast

When the cast completes, the Drake channels 腐败之息 for 4 seconds, dealing moderate Shadow damage to players in a cone

The raid should stay close to the Rotten Drake so the cone is easier to escape

Spread out in a tight circle around the Drake so not too much DPS is lost to movement

梦魇冲击腐败之息Twisted Sister

The Sisters cast 扭曲生命之触 every 15 seconds, which will heal an enemy unit

The healing is delivered as a small up-front heal and an 8-second HoT effect

扭曲生命之触 should be interrupted each time the Sister attempts to cast it

If a 扭曲生命之触 cast is successful, the 扭曲生命之触 HoT can be removed from enemies with offensive dispels like 驱散魔法

Sisters will frequently target random players with a 梦魇长枪 hurled at the target's location

Players within 4 yards of the targeted location will gain the 梦魇长枪 DoT, dealing light damage every second for 6 seconds

梦魇长枪 preferentially targets players at range, so the ranged DPS and healers should spread out to limit splash damage

Every 20 seconds, Twisted Sisters will target three non-tank players with 轻蔑之触

These players are slowed by 30% while affected by 轻蔑之触

After 12 seconds, 轻蔑之触 will detonate, dealing heavy damage to the target and all other players within the 轻蔑之触 radius

Any other players struck by this damage will gain a 轻蔑之触 debuff themselves

轻蔑之触Nightmare Ancient脱水践踏脱水践踏脱水脱水践踏梦魇大军

Corrupted Wisps

Twisted Sister

Rotten Drake

Nightmare Ancient

Cenarius

净化大地

Cleansing the Tormented Souls creates 5 friendly 小精灵s
Wisps use 净化引爆 to create 5 small zones of 净化大地 in random locations

Players can use this 净化大地 to reset stacks of the 蠕行梦魇 debuff (see below)

翡翠幼龙

Emerald Drake will target a random tank with 上古之梦

上古之梦 lasts 30 seconds and functions similarly to 守护之魂

The buffed tank will receive extra healing, and upon taking a fatal blow, 远古觉醒 will heal the tank for 50% of his/her maximum health instead

This tank can taunt Corrupted Wisps in to keep them off the raid without fear of dying to 毁灭梦魇

获救的姐妹

Redeemed Sisters buff random players with 狂暴之触, granting them movement speed and immunity to shadow damage and movement-impairing effects

When the effect expires, players within 4 yards of the original target gain 狂暴精华, which also grants movement speed and immunity to shadow damage and movement-impairing effects

Players with 狂暴之触 or 狂暴精华 can run through patches of 梦魇荆棘 to clear them (see below)

净化的古树

The Cleansed Ancient will cast 恢复根须, restoring up to 45% of players' mana

净化大地梦魇大军梦魇大军Cenarius梦魇大军蠕行梦魇

This is a stacking debuff that deals light Shadow damage when it is applied

Each stack of 蠕行梦魇 increases the damage taken from subsequent 蠕行梦魇 by 20%

蠕行梦魇 has no duration, and can stack infinitely

The debuff will eventually be dealing extremely heavy damage to the entire raid every 2 seconds

蠕行梦魇净化大地

Each time a patch of 净化大地 removes a player's stacks of 蠕行梦魇, it shrinks slightly

If a player stands in the 净化大地 for an extended period of time, it will shrink with each tick of 蠕行梦魇!

Players should briefly step into the 净化大地 just long enough to reset their stacks, then get out

A good rule of thumb is to cleanse your 蠕行梦魇 at 15-20 stacks, though classes with frequent damage reduction cooldowns (e.g. 圣佑术, 树皮术) can last a little longer

Do not drag Cenarius into the 净化大地 - it appears that doing so causes the 净化大地 pool to shrink dramatically

净化大地净化大地净化大地净化引爆蠕行梦魇梦魇荆棘荆棘之丛

The 荆棘之丛 will fixate on a randomly chosen player and begin creeping toward them

荆棘之丛 leaves a patch of 梦魇荆棘 in its location every 2 seconds

Players who are touched by the 荆棘之丛 or who step into a 梦魇荆棘 patch become rooted and take heavy periodic damage

If the 荆棘之丛 reaches its target, it will choose a new target and begin to follow that player

Like the Corrupted Wisps mechanic, the 荆棘之丛's fixate does not have an in-game debuff or other indicator

Players should stay loosely spread out so it is easier to tell if the 荆棘之丛 is chasing a particular player

If you are targeted by 荆棘之丛, kite the 梦魇荆棘 away from the raid

If you get rooted by 梦魇荆棘, use a defensive CD to help healers with the damage, or use a root-breaking ability to break out of it

Healers can dispel 梦魇荆棘 from affected players to clear the roots and DoT

Move quickly away from the trail of 梦魇荆棘 patches to avoid being rooted again

梦魇荆棘圣盾术暗影斗篷反魔法护罩梦魇荆棘自由祝福狂暴之触狂暴精华恐惧荆棘光环梦魇大军

The 恐惧荆棘光环 will buff all enemies within 20 yards of Cenarius with 恐惧荆棘

This includes Cenarius himself!

恐惧荆棘 causes the buffed enemy to reflect 50% of all damage dealt to it back to its attacker

This can be extremely dangerous, if not fatal, when the raid is already suffering damage from the 梦魇大军's existing mechanics

The adds tank must keep the adds more than 20 yards from Cenarius at all times!

Players should be very careful about multi-DoTting/attacking Cenarius while he is buffed by his own 恐惧荆棘光环

恐惧荆棘光环梦魇大军恐惧荆棘光环梦魇大军Phase 2: Your Nightmare Ends!梦魇梦魇嗜血英勇时间扭曲

Cenarius will no longer use 梦魇大军 or 恐惧荆棘光环 during this phase

Cenarius will continue to cast 梦魇荆棘

Players will keep accumulating stacks of Creeping Nightmare

梦魇之矛

梦魇之矛 targets the current tank and deals extremely heavy damage

A pool of 梦魇 will form at the tank's feet, dealing moderate damage every second to players standing in the area

The size of the 梦魇 pool depends upon the amount of damage the tank took from 梦魇之矛

Tanks and healers should coordinate to ensure tanks are protected with strong cooldowns for each 梦魇之矛

梦魇之矛 also debuffs the affected tank to take 100% additional damage from 梦魇之矛 for the next 45 seconds

Cenarius uses 梦魇之矛 every 33 seconds, so tanks must swap for each 梦魇之矛 cast

梦魇梦魇净化大地净化大地

Melee DPS and ranged DPS/healers should stack in two separate groups to limit the chance of 梦魇荆棘 being kited through the melee pile

But the two groups should be close to one another so that melee DPS do not have to run far to reset stacks of 蠕行梦魇

As before, reset 蠕行梦魇 at approximately 15-20 stacks

Tanks can pull Cenarius away from the edge when it is time to reset 蠕行梦魇 stacks so melee DPS do not have to run as far

Healers should use raid CDs to efficiently heal the 蠕行梦魇 damage when the raid's stacks are getting high

纠缠梦魇纠缠根须

While trapped in Entangling Roots, Malfurion cannot cast 净化大地

He will also take 1.5% of his total health in damage every second from 纠缠梦魇

Entangling Roots is a creature and can be killed

Ranged DPS should switch to the Entangling Roots quickly to free Malfurion

Melee DPS should stay on Cenarius since Malfurion is often standing in a pool of 梦魇 when he gets trapped

梦魇荆棘梦魇Strategy SummaryNightmare Seed Locations

梦魇大军 Schedule & Suggested Cleanses

Wave

梦魇大军

RecommendedCleanse

Notes

Wisp

Drake

Treant

Wisp

Dodge 腐败之息, but stay closeto share 脱水践踏

Wisp

Drake

Sister

Wisp

Spread out for 梦魇长枪and 轻蔑之触

Treant

Sister

Use 狂暴之触 toclear 梦魇荆棘

Wisp

Drake

Tank with 上古之梦 canround up stray Corrupted Wisps

Treant

Sister

Treant

Stack near Cleansed Ancientfor healer mana

Wisp

Sister

Wisp

Clear 蠕行梦魇 often

Phase 1:
Tank Cenarius close to an edge of the room to help the raid avoid the 恐惧荆棘光环 mechanic

Tank adds at least 20 yards away from Cenarius

Mark each of the 4 corners of the room for easy 净化大地 call-outs

See the table to the right for recommended Cleanse targets for each wave of 梦魇大军

Always prioritize killing adds over attacking Cenarius

Kill priority is Corrupted Wisps > Twisted Sister > Rotten Drake > Nightmare Ancient
Kite Corrupted Wisps and have ranged DPS kill them quickly

Interrupt Twisted Sister's 扭曲生命之触 and run away with 轻蔑之触

Move out of Rotten Drake's 腐败之息, and kill it quickly once it begins using 梦魇冲击

Stack on the Nightmare Ancient to share 脱水践踏 damage

梦魇大军

Position Cenarius near the edge of the platform, with ranged in the middle for 净化大地

Use 嗜血/英勇/时间扭曲 at the start, or after any existing adds are dead

Tanks must swap for each 梦魇之矛

Tanks and healers should coordinate CDs to ensure each 梦魇之矛 deals as little damage as possible

Move Cenarius along the edge of the platform after each 梦魇 pool forms

When Malfurion is caught in 纠缠梦魇, ranged DPS should free him

蠕行梦魇蠕行梦魇梦魇冲击脱水践踏梦魇大军死亡骑士血魔之握Forces of Nightmare Summary

Nightmare Seed

Force of Nightmare (Uncleansed)

Ally of Nature (Cleansed)

Tormented Souls

Corrupted WispCasts 毁灭梦魇

WispProvides additional 净化大地

Nightmare Sapling

Nightmare Ancient脱水践踏 damages nearby targets

Cleansed AncientCasts 恢复根须

Corrupted Emerald Egg

Rotten DrakeCasts 腐败之息 and 梦魇冲击

Emerald DrakeBuffs a tank with 上古之梦

Corrupted Nature

Twisted Sister轻蔑之触, 梦魇长枪, 扭曲生命之触

Redeemed SisterGrants 狂暴之触 to random player

Tank Responsibilities

Keep Cenarius at least 20 yards away from the 梦魇大军

Choose an adds tank and a Cenarius tank

When all adds are dead, the adds tank should briefly taunt Cenarius so the Cenarius tank can reset 蠕行梦魇 stacks

Use CDs when at high stacks of 蠕行梦魇

The adds tank should help interrupt Twisted Sisters' 扭曲生命之触 casts

Move adds away from nearby 梦魇荆棘 patches, but try to stay near the 净化大地

During phase 2, tanks should taunt swap for each 梦魇之矛

Use powerful CDs for 梦魇之矛 damage, to reduce the size of the 梦魇 pool

Move Cenarius away from 梦魇 pools

Damage-Dealer Responsibilities

Prioritize adds over the boss at all times

Kill order is Corrupted Wisps > Twisted Sister > Rotten Drake > Nightmare Ancient

Clear 蠕行梦魇 at approximately 15-20 stacks by running into 净化大地

If Corrupted Wisps are active:
Kite any Corrupted Wisps that are targeting you

Ranged DPS should kill Corrupted Wisps

Stuns, slows, roots, and knockbacks are useful

Stack up in melee range to share 脱水践踏 damage

Move out of 腐败之息

Focus DPS on him once he reaches 50% health, to limit 梦魇冲击 damage

Interrupt 扭曲生命之触 when possible

Stay spread out to limit splash damage from 梦魇长枪

If targeted with 轻蔑之触, move away from other players

梦魇荆棘梦魇荆棘嗜血英勇时间扭曲梦魇纠缠梦魇Healer Responsibilities

Use raid CDs for 脱水践踏, 梦魇冲击, or raid-wide high stacks of 蠕行梦魇

Clear 蠕行梦魇 at approximately 15-20 stacks by running into 净化大地

If Corrupted Wisps are active:
Kite any Corrupted Wisps that are targeting you

Stack up in melee range to share 脱水践踏 damage

Move out of 腐败之息

Stay spread out to limit splash damage from 梦魇长枪

If targeted with 轻蔑之触, move away from other players

梦魇荆棘梦魇荆棘梦魇荆棘梦魇之矛蠕行梦魇Looking For Raid Difficulty

蠕行梦魇 now increases its damage by 10% per stack, rather than 20%

Whenever Malfurion casts 净化大地/净化大地, he will clear all players' 蠕行梦魇 stacks immediately, even if they are not standing in the 净化大地 effect

The Twisted Sisters will not cast 轻蔑之触

蠕行梦魇净化大地梦魇大军净化大地Heroic Difficulty

Cenarius's 恐惧荆棘光环 now applies to targets within 30 yards of him, rather than 20 yards

Twisted Sisters' 轻蔑之触 debuff now slows the affected players by 60%, rather than 30%, and detonates after 8 seconds rather than 12 seconds

Mythic Difficulty梦魇大军梦魇大军

Corrupted Wisps will cast 腐化爆破 when they die, causing a 毁灭梦魇 that damages all players, rather than just the ones within 8 yards of the Wisps.
The raid must kill the Corrupted Wisps in stages rather than all at once

The 毁灭梦魇 damage may be fatal in conjunction with other add mechanics, such as 脱水践踏 or 梦魇冲击

Consider cleansing Corrupted Wisps when they appear, so that the Wisps become hostile after other adds are dead and their mechanics are eliminated

脱水践踏

Players who take 脱水践踏 damage on Mythic difficulty will be debuffed, causing 脱水践踏 to deal 100% additional damage for 6 seconds

The raid should rotate two groups of players to soak each 脱水践踏, so no player has to soak two in a row except the tank

The adds tank should use a cooldown for the second 脱水践踏

Healers are likely to need cooldowns to recover from 脱水践踏 since fewer players will be splitting the damage pool

轻蔑之触

Each Twisted Sister may target up to 10 players with 轻蔑之触

The debuff detonates after 4 seconds, rather than 8 as in Heroic difficulty

Players debuffed by 轻蔑之触 have their movmeent speed reduced by 75%

The raid must be spread out in advance of the 轻蔑之触 cast

Players who are not targeted by 轻蔑之触 should move out of nearby 轻蔑之触 circles, since the debuffed players cannot react quickly

梦魇冲击

梦魇冲击 deals heavy Shadow damage to players in the area of effect

Tanks should face Cenarius away from the raid so no players are ever struck

Cenarius uses 梦魇冲击 every 33 seconds

Players struck by 梦魇冲击 will take 100% increased damage from subsequent 梦魇冲击 attacks within 45 seconds

梦魇冲击梦魇冲击梦魇冲击梦魇兽蚀心之雾蚀心之雾About the Author:Restoration Shaman@healiocentrichealiocentric ... a blog that revolves around healing

评论来自 Agentkillerlee

I'm curious if we actually kill him, or he's horribly wounded, but the corruption gets cleansed

评论来自 Nulgar

For maximum DPS, play as an Orc with 血吼 mogged as your weapon.

评论来自 Dmonick1

Encountered a glitch on this fight, wherein Cenarius will not switch to phase 2 at 30% health or after all 6 waves of adds clear, but at any health (up to at least 50%) at the beginning of the last wave of adds. This makes him much more difficult to kill. Has anyone else seen this?

评论来自 SaltLB

Hectic fight. This one was harder than Xavius to be quite honest, especially as a Shadow Priest. Too much movement.

评论来自 selerik

Tip - If you get hit by the scorned touch mechanic and are a druid, you can shapeshift to immediately dispel the effect.

评论来自 Hordearmy

guys there is a friendly tree which return healers mana. but after first wipe with my guild that tree does not appear again.

评论来自 Abohassan

after some wipes , we did kill him. However, if u get 20x stacks clean them by stand on green. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3YzPDNeku4

评论来自 ArgentSun

Having the add names and spawn locations color-coded really helped me lead my raid tonight, thank you for that!

评论来自 Ur5layer

Spear of Nightmares is an interesting mechanic. It causes a bigger pool based on how much damage is taken. Bubbles from priests and ignore pain do not seem to lessen this effect. This is a big problem for DKs (maybe other tanks too, I'm not as familiar with their active mitigation) as they don't have active mitigation but rather self heals. In hindsight last night, it would have been better for a resto Druid (or feral/boomkin) to go bear form, taunt and pop survival instincts and barkskin. Throw in an iron fur if you can get the rage. Hit frenzied regeneration once the spear lands and go back to healing after the taunt off. Would have made made the pool significantly smaller.

评论来自 asloversgo

Am I the only one heartbroken at the dialogue during this boss encounter?

Is that you, Thero'Shan?

You fight with noble hearts! Could it be true? Could the darkness be inside of... me?

Father? Father, is that you?

Cenarius being able to see what's actually happening, even when blinded by the Nightmare, is so sad. The Nightmare has corrupted so many powerful beings and it absolutely horrible that you have to put most of them to rest. I'm glad Malfurion was able to cleanse Cenarius from the Nightmare after he was defeated - I just wish we could've done the same with Ursoc and Ysera.

评论来自 swifty2016

A really good guide. Thanks dude.

评论来自 NikMoore

I can't GET to him - how do I get there? I've defeated the opening boss, then the four bosses in the four openings around the entrance, but I'm stuck back in the centre with Malfurion Stormrage and the pulsing mass - presumably the entrance to Cenarius - with no clue how to progress?

Cenarius Raid Boss Strategy Guide

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