Ruby Life Pools Dungeon Strategy Guide

Par Mandl Actualisé : 04/04/2024

Ruby Life Pools Dungeon Entrance

EntranceNearest Flight Path

Ruby Life Pools Dungeon Quick Tips

Sidestep the Mastodonte primordial's Déflagration extractrice. Your tank must pay attention to the tank-buster ability - Frappe broyeuse.

Interrupt Tisse-glace givréclair's Éclair de glace & Bouclier de glace. This is by far the most important caster in the area.

Use CC abilities to stop Sculpte-terre givréclair's Heurt tectonique.

Be aware of the clutches of eggs in the pools around the area. These will hatch if any player or enemy steps on them, spawning one Infused Whelp for each egg that was hatched. These casts Griffes gelées relatively frequently on the highest threat target leading to a large amount of unnecessary frost damage and a potential stun if not dispelled.

At last, when facing Draghar dissident, make sure to avoid its frontal charge - Poussée flamboyante. In addition, your tank must use a defensive during the Barrage d’acier channelled attacks.

Avoid the Bombes de grêle before it hits the ground. It is bait to bait them close to each other so you can have more room to play around.

The person that gets a Tempête glaçante must place it outside of melee and preferably away from your group. Keep in mind that you have a limited time to escape the "vortex" without taking any damage. Here is a good place to use a defensive cooldown if you are in a critical HP. Remember that at the end of the Tempête glaçante cast, it will do damage and push you back, so stay away from any existing Bombes de grêle.

Important mechanic: At 75% and 45%, Mélidrussa Manteglace will spawn a dozen of Infused Whelps that do only auto-attacks to your tank and apply Griffes gelées (healers must dispel that). During this time, you have to break the Surcharge de givre to end the intermission.

When Mélidrussa Manteglace spawns its Infused Whelps, watch out for their tank as they apply Griffes gelées. Collect the aggro and ask your healer for a dispel. Make sure to stack them under the boss so your party can both, cleave them and break the Surcharge de givre.

Keep everyone healthy during the Tempête glaçante. Remember that there will be a large burst of damage at the end of the cast.

Use healing cooldowns during the Surcharge de givre, the longer the shield lasts the more you have to heal. This is the hardest part of the fight.

Use defensive cooldowns for Tempête glaçante if your health dips low.

Prepare your offensive cooldowns for Surcharge de givre, the faster you break the shield the easier becomes for your whole party.

Immediately after defeating Mélidrussa Manteglace, hop on the one of the Drake radieux, who will carry you to the next area.2Kokia FoulebraiseTête-tonnerreGorge-de-feu

Tête-tonnerre (left screenshot) is slightly harder to deal with of the two. Dodge the Souffle de l’orage at all costs, as only a few ticks of this frontal will likely kill you.

Your tank must pay attention to Gueule électrique, the "tank-buster" will deal high damage and knock them back.

Last but not least, watch out for Tonnerre grondant debuffs. It will always apply 2 applications, each of them going on a random player from your party. Upon expiring, it will deal massive damage to all players within 100 yds, so the best way to deal with it is to let your healer dispel one target and wait until the second debuff expires, so you can delay the damage coming out of it. Upon dispelling, it will deal the full damage that you would normally get upon the debuff expiring.

Gorge-de-feu is the easier "mini-boss" that you must face. Dodge its Souffle de flammes frontal cast at all costs.

The drake will also cast Gueule de feu on your tank; the "tank-buster" ability will deal massive damage followed by a lingering damage-over-time Fire effect.

Finally, once Gorge-de-feu is below 50% health it will cast Sang en fusion, which can be treated as an Enrage effect that cannot be dispelled and will deal damage to all players within 60 yards. The longer the Gorge-de-feu stays alive the more stacks of Sang en fusion it will get, increasing its damage with every tick, hence why you want to delay your damage cooldowns to nuke it faster during this "burn phase".

Outside of that, there are several other notable non-boss-enemies you must watch out for:

Interrupt Tisse-cendre primaliste's Éclair cendré at all times. Occasionally they will buff themselves with Ambition dévorante, having higher haste but also taking 25% more damage. If you feel confident, let the debuff persist so you can kill them faster.

Stop any Danse du feu casts coming from Danse-flammes primaliste. In addition, right before they die, it will trigger Brasier de gloire - dodge the ground swirlies and break/purge the shield as quickly as you can.

Pay attention to Destructeur braselié's Bombe vivante, it goes on a random target, it does damage per second and it explodes at the end, dealing a high amount of damage - knocking you in the air (use defensive cooldowns if vulnerable). Sidetip, you can get closer to melee and use the Bombe vivante end-close knock-up explosion on Tisse-cendre primaliste & Danse-flammes primaliste to disturb them. In addition, Destructeur braselié will occasionally cast Inferno doing unavoidable AoE damage to everyone within 100 yards, plus an additional damage-over-time effect every 2 seconds for 6 seconds.. Finally, when the Destructeur braselié is defeated, it will cast Incandescence - quickly move out of melee to avoid taking lethal damage.

Avoid being hit by the initial damage of Rituel de lien de feu. Note that it is always based on your location; stacking together will
"manipulate" where the add spawns. Upon that, switch immediately on Tempête braseliée and interrupt its Brasier rugissant at all costs.

Be aware that upon death, Tempête braseliée will cast Incandescence, leaving you a few seconds window to escape the mass AoE and its Terre brûlée follow-up effect.

Another reason why it is important to nuke the Tempête braseliée is that they deal uninterruptible group-wide AoE damage - Inferno. Ideally would like to have only 1 of such casts per add.

Avoid the Rocher en fusion at all costs.

Position yourself so that Rocher en fusion rolls into the sides of the room, while being close enough to allow DPS to easily cleave any Blazing Firestorms currently active. The easiest way to do this is to have your back to the sides of the room.

Use active mitigation for Coups incendiaires and its follow-up effect Plaies brûlantes.

Beware of Tempête braseliée's Inferno cast, as it will deal unavoidable AoE damage to everyone in your group. This is a good place to use your healing cooldowns.

Be ready to use external healing cooldowns for your tank during Coups incendiaires and its follow-up effect Plaies brûlantes.

Your priority in the fight is making sure to kill Tempête braseliée before he casts Inferno for a second time.

Avoid staying unnecessary in melee during Guerrier des tempêtes's Coup de tonnerre, which will reduce your Haste and Movement Speed if inflicted.

Nuage d'orage primordial have a large absorb on them; when this expires, is dispelled, or runs out of health, they cast Détonation crépitante at a location (dodge it) before despawning.

Use defensives when Invocatrice de tempêtes is casting Tempête de foudre. In addition, use your spare interrupts to stop the Foudre.

Interrupt Invocateur de flammes's Flamméclair at all costs, as not only does it deal damage to a random player, but it also heals the Channeler. You can choose to ignore the Veines enflammées buff since it makes them take more damage, but it also increases their Haste by 50%.

This is one of the hardest 2 - phase fights you will face. At the beginning of the fight you will be fighting Erkhart Foudreveine, but once he reaches 50% health Kyrakka will join him, starting the Second Phase. Before that, there are several abilities you must avoid from both bosses:All Roles

Dodge spell=381525 coming from Kyrakka, failing to do so will apply a a Cœur infernal to you. Once Cœur infernal expires, it will leave a lingering Braises enflammées fire pool on the ground. Heads up, if you get in contact with Braises enflammées, they will re-apply Cœur infernal.

Stop casting when Erkhart Foudreveine is about to finish its Explosion nuageuse channel, otherwise, it will "lock" you on a spell cast for a short period.

Beware when Erkhart Foudreveine is casting Vents du changement, as it will deal AoE damage to everyone and also apply a pushback effect. The pushback effect will also move any existing Braises enflammées.

During Phase 1 of the fight, Kyrakka will periodically target one player from your party to cast Crachat de flammes, make sure you use defensive!

Chunking Kyrakka's health is going to be the most important as they are the more dangerous part of the boss fight. Use every opportunity to deal damage to them while they are on the ground during Phase 1.

Tank

Position Erkhart Foudreveine (Phase 1) to allow your DPS to dodge Souffle de feu rugissant while not being too close to the edge to accidentally get pushed off by Vents du changement and simultaneously cleave off Kyrakka.

Frappement de la tempête is a very powerful tankbuster with a stacking magic vulnerability debuff that does not fall off on its majority of the time. Ask for your healer's dispel and plan your defensive cooldowns better.

Be aware of where all the Braises enflammées are, and position the boss so that you have an escape route if the winds push them towards you. As the tank, you are uniquely positioned to be able to see behind your group - in this fight, this is a major advantage!

Healer

This fight is made arbitrarily harder the worse your group is at dodging avoidable damage and not standing in Braises enflammées. Be aware of your surroundings.

Cœur infernal stacks hurt; the good news is that the unavoidable ones (from Crachat de flammes) are only going to go on 2 people. The bad news is that DPS randomly taking avoidable damage will compound this problem, as they'll also be punished with bonus Cœur infernal stacks.

Do not panic! Track ability timers, and play proactively rather than reactively on this encounter. Preparation and anticipating mechanics are some of the best ways to not get caught out and roasted by the breath, boxed in by Cœur infernal or thrown off the platform.

DPS

During Phase 1 do your best to cleave both bosses to 50% before entering Phase 2, as the early fight is much easier.

Use defensive cooldowns if you get Cœur infernal debuff on you.

Ruby Life Pools Dungeon MapMelidrussa Chillworn Boss Guide in The Ruby LifepoolsImportant Melidrussa Chillworn Trash Tips and Tricks

Sidestep the Mastodonte primordial's Déflagration extractrice. Your tank must pay attention to the tank-buster ability - Frappe broyeuse.

Interrupt Tisse-glace givréclair's Éclair de glace & Bouclier de glace. This is by far the most important caster in the area.

Use CC abilities to stop Sculpte-terre givréclair's Heurt tectonique.

At last, when facing Draghar dissident, make sure to avoid its frontal charge - Poussée flamboyante. In addition, your tank must use a defensive during the Barrage d’acier channelled attacks.

Melidrussa Chillworn Tips and Strategy

Avoid the Bombes de grêle before it hits the ground. It is bait to bait them close to each other so you can have more room to play around.

Keep everyone healthy during the Tempête glaçante. Remember that there will be a large burst of damage at the end of the cast.

Use healing cooldowns during the Surcharge de givre, the longer the shield lasts the more you have to heal. This is the hardest part of the fight.

Use defensive cooldowns for Tempête glaçante if your health dips low.

Prepare your offensive cooldowns for Surcharge de givre, the faster you break the shield the easier becomes for your whole party.

Kokia Blazehoof Boss Guide in The Ruby LifepoolsImportant Kokia Blazehoof Trash Tips and TricksImmediately after defeating Mélidrussa Manteglace, hop on the one of the Drake radieux, who will carry you to the next area.2Kokia FoulebraiseTête-tonnerreGorge-de-feu

Tête-tonnerre (left screenshot) is slightly harder to deal with of the two. Dodge the Souffle de l’orage at all costs, as only a few ticks of this frontal will likely kill you.

Your tank must pay attention to Gueule électrique, the "tank-buster" will deal high damage and knock them back.

Gorge-de-feu is the easier "mini-boss" that you must face. Dodge its Souffle de flammes frontal cast at all costs.

The drake will also cast Gueule de feu on your tank; the "tank-buster" ability will deal massive damage followed by a lingering damage-over-time Fire effect.

Outside of that, there are several other notable non-boss-enemies you must watch out for:

Kokia Blazehoof Tips and Strategy

Be aware that upon death, Tempête braseliée will cast Incandescence, leaving you a few seconds window to escape the mass AoE and its Terre brûlée follow-up effect.

Another reason why it is important to nuke the Tempête braseliée is that they deal uninterruptible group-wide AoE damage - Inferno. Ideally would like to have only 1 of such casts per add.

Avoid the Rocher en fusion at all costs.

Use active mitigation for Coups incendiaires and its follow-up effect Plaies brûlantes.

Beware of Tempête braseliée's Inferno cast, as it will deal unavoidable AoE damage to everyone in your group. This is a good place to use your healing cooldowns.

Be ready to use external healing cooldowns for your tank during Coups incendiaires and its follow-up effect Plaies brûlantes.

Your priority in the fight is making sure to kill Tempête braseliée before he casts Inferno for a second time.

Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein Boss Guide in The Ruby LifepoolsImportant Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein Trash Tips and Tricks

Avoid staying unnecessary in melee during Guerrier des tempêtes's Coup de tonnerre, which will reduce your Haste and Movement Speed if inflicted.

Nuage d'orage primordial have a large absorb on them; when this expires, is dispelled, or runs out of health, they cast Détonation crépitante at a location (dodge it) before despawning.

Use defensives when Invocatrice de tempêtes is casting Tempête de foudre. In addition, use your spare interrupts to stop the Foudre.

Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein Tips and StrategyThis is one of the hardest 2 - phase fights you will face. At the beginning of the fight you will be fighting Erkhart Foudreveine, but once he reaches 50% health Kyrakka will join him, starting the Second Phase. Before that, there are several abilities you must avoid from both bosses:All Roles

Dodge Souffle de feu rugissant coming from Kyrakka, failing to do so will apply a a Cœur infernal to you. Once Cœur infernal expires, it will leave a lingering Braises enflammées fire pool on the ground. Heads up, if you get in contact with Braises enflammées, they will re-apply Cœur infernal.

Stop casting when Erkhart Foudreveine is about to finish its Explosion nuageuse channel, otherwise, it will "lock" you on a spell cast for a short period.

During Phase 1 of the fight, Kyrakka will periodically target one player from your party to cast Crachat de flammes, make sure you use defensive!

Tank

Healer

This fight is made arbitrarily harder the worse your group is at dodging avoidable damage and not standing in Braises enflammées. Be aware of your surroundings.

DPS

During Phase 1 do your best to cleave both bosses to 50% before entering Phase 2, as the early fight is much easier.

Use defensive cooldowns if you get Cœur infernal debuff on you.

Quick Role TipsMélidrussa Manteglace Trash

Pay attention to the Mastodonte primordial's tank-buster ability - Frappe broyeuse, use personal defensive if needed, this can be especially dangerous when you have other non-boss-enemies on top of that.

Use CC abilities to stop Sculpte-terre givréclair's Heurt tectonique.

Be aware of the clutches of eggs in the pools around the area. These will hatch if any player or enemy steps on them, spawning one Infused Whelp for each egg that was hatched. These casts Griffes gelées relatively frequently on you, leading to a large amount of unnecessary frost damage and a potential stun if not dispelled.

Use your active mitigation during the Draghar dissident's Barrage d’acier channelled attacks.

Mélidrussa Manteglace

Kokia Foulebraise Trash

Pay attention to Tête-tonnerre's Gueule électrique "tank-buster" ability, it will deal high damage and knock them back.

Gorge-de-feu will cast Gueule de feu on you, dealing massive damage followed by a lingering damage-over-time Fire effect. This is a good place to use your active mitigation.

Kokia Foulebraise

Use active mitigation for Coups incendiaires and its follow-up effect Plaies brûlantes.

Kyrakka & Erkhart Foudreveine Trash

Be mindful of how you position Guerrier des tempêtes due to its melee cleave - Coup de tonnerre, which will reduce your Haste and Movement Speed of the affected people. Stay away from the ranged players!

Interrupt Invocateur de flammes's Flamméclair at all costs, as not only does it deal damage to a random player, but it also heals the Channeler.

Kyrakka & Erkhart Foudreveine

Mélidrussa Manteglace Trash

Do your best to dispel as many Bouclier de glace as you can coming from Tisse-glace givréclair.

Dispel the high stacks of Griffes gelées coming from the spawned Infused Whelp.

Mélidrussa Manteglace

Keep everyone healthy during the Tempête glaçante. Remember that there will be a large burst of damage at the end of the cast.

Use healing cooldowns during the Surcharge de givre, the longer the shield lasts the more you have to heal. This is the hardest part of the fight.

Kokia Foulebraise Trash

Watch out for Tonnerre grondant debuffs. It will always apply 2 applications, each of them going on a random player from your party. Upon expiring, it will deal massive damage to all players within 100 yds, so the best way to deal with it is to dispel one target and wait until the second debuff expires, so you can delay the damage coming out of it. Upon dispelling, it will deal the full damage that you would normally get upon the debuff expiring.

Once Gorge-de-feu is below 50% health it will cast Sang en fusion, which can be treated as an Enrage effect that cannot be dispelled and will deal damage to all players within 60 yards. The longer the Gorge-de-feu stays alive the more stacks of Sang en fusion it will get, increasing its damage with every tick, this will be a great place to use your healing cooldowns.

Pay attention to Destructeur braselié's Bombe vivante, it goes on a random target, it does damage per second and it explodes at the end, dealing a high amount of damage - knocking you in the air. In addition, Destructeur braselié will occasionally cast Inferno doing unavoidable AoE damage to everyone within 100 yards, plus an additional damage-over-time effect every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. Prepare healing for each Inferno cast as they will be the hardest part.

Kokia Foulebraise

Beware of Tempête braseliée's Inferno cast, as it will deal unavoidable AoE damage to everyone in your group. This is a good place to use your healing cooldowns.

Be ready to use external healing cooldowns for your tank during Coups incendiaires and its follow-up effect Plaies brûlantes.

Kyrakka & Erkhart Foudreveine Trash

Prepare your healing cooldowns during Invocatrice de tempêtes's Tempête de foudre.

Kyrakka & Erkhart Foudreveine

This fight is made arbitrarily harder the worse your group is at dodging avoidable damage and not standing in Braises enflammées. Be aware of your surroundings.

Mélidrussa Manteglace Trash

Sidestep the Mastodonte primordial's Déflagration extractrice.

Interrupt Tisse-glace givréclair's Éclair de glace & Bouclier de glace. This is by far the most important caster in the area.

Use CC abilities to stop Sculpte-terre givréclair's Heurt tectonique.

Mélidrussa Manteglace

Use defensive cooldowns for Tempête glaçante if your health dips low.

Prepare your offensive cooldowns for Surcharge de givre, the faster you break the shield the easier becomes for your whole party.

Kokia Foulebraise Trash

Dodge the Tête-tonnerre's Souffle de l’orage, as only a few ticks of this frontal will likely kill you. In addition, use defensive if you get the Tonnerre grondant debuff

Dodge the Gorge-de-feu's Souffle de flammes frontal cast at all costs.

Interrupt Tisse-cendre primaliste's Éclair cendré at all times.

Stop any Danse du feu casts coming from Danse-flammes primaliste.

Kokia Foulebraise

Your priority in the fight is making sure to kill Tempête braseliée before he casts Inferno for a second time.

Kyrakka & Erkhart Foudreveine Trash

Avoid staying unnecessary in melee during Guerrier des tempêtes's Coup de tonnerre, which will reduce your Haste and Movement Speed if inflicted.

Use defensives when Invocatrice de tempêtes is casting Tempête de foudre. In addition, use your spare interrupts to stop the Foudre.

Interrupt Invocateur de flammes's Flamméclair at all costs.

Kyrakka & Erkhart Foudreveine

During Phase 1 do your best to cleave both bosses to 50% before entering Phase 2, as the early fight is much easier.

Use defensive cooldowns if you get Cœur infernal debuff on you.

Ruby Life Pools LootArmor and WeaponsMélidrussa Manteglace

Type

Item

Stats

Two-Hand

Baguette d’imprégnation de Manteglace

INT Crit/Mast

Leather Hands

Poignes gelées d’asservissement

AGI-INT Crit/Vers

Mail Legs

Jambières de garde-œuf

AGI-INT Haste/Vers

Plate Feet

Fidèles grandes bottes de gardécailles

STR-INT Vers/Mast

Kokia Foulebraise

Type

Item

Stats

One-Hand

Ravageuse

AGI Crit/Haste

Off-Hand

Bâton incandescent de Kokia

INT Crit/Mast

Mail Head

Heaume de lieutenant braselié

AGI-INT Vers/Mast

Back

Drapé ignifuge

AGI-STR-INT Haste/Mast

Leather Chest

Corselet tempête-de-feu d’invasion

INT Vers/Mast

Kyrakka

Type

Item

Stats

Two-Hand

Fendoir des courants

AGI Crit/Haste

One-Hand

Coutelas de l’enfer céleste

AGI Haste/Vers

Off-Hand

Bouclier de joute de chevaucheur de drake

INT-STR Vers/Mast

Leather Head

Couronne de rugissement des tempêtes

AGI-INT Crit/Vers

Plate Chest

Cuirasse de terreur fulgurante

INT-STR Haste/Mast

Mail Hands

Gantelets cliquetant au vent

AGI-INT Crit/Mast

Cloth Waist

Corde de selle céleste

INT Haste/Mast

Cloth Legs

Braies poussées par le vent

AGI-INT Crit/Mast

TrinketsTzurok

Type

Item

Stats

Trinket

Coquille de Dragonnet rubis

AGI-INT-STR

Kokia Foulebraise

Type

Item

Stats

Trinket

Sabot braselié

STR, Haste

Kyrakka

Type

Item

Stats

Trinket

Braises ardentes de Kyrakka

Crit

Ruby Life Pools AchievementsBassins de l’Essence rubis

Achievement

Description

Defeat Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein in Ruby Life Pools.

Bassins de l’Essence rubis : mode héroïque

Defeat Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein in Ruby Life Pools on Heroic difficulty or higher.

Bassins de l’Essence rubis : mode mythique

Defeat Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein in Ruby Life Pools on Mythic or Mythic Keystone difficulty.

Héros mythique : bassins de l’Essence rubis

Complete Ruby Life Pools at Mythic Level 20 or higher, within the time limit.

Points d’élimination de Dragons

Defeat Kyrakka and Erkhart Stormvein after chilling, searing, tempering, and keeping alive the Nascent Ruby Egg in Ruby Life Pools on Mythic difficulty.

Points d’élimination de Dragons

Defeat Melidrussa after defeating 40 of her chamber's Infused Whelps in Ruby Life Pools on Mythic difficulty.

Ça brûle, la vapeur ?

Defeat Kokia Blazehoof after heating up 4 life pools with Molten Boulder in Ruby Life Pools on Mythic difficulty.

Commentaires

Commentaire de kardinal

This guide leaves out or is mistaken on quite a few items. For instance, it glosses over the other critical abilities associated with the trash in the ring leading to Kokia (2nd boss), and it is Primalist Flamedancers who cast Flame Dance, not the Cinderweavers. Knowing the ability of the Fire drake, that he puts out a stacking DOT on all players when he goes below 50%, is crucial, and is not represented in this guide. I expect there are other serious omissions as well.

Commentaire de Netcownt

Ruby Life Pools Achievements list is not correct, the text is of Are You My Broodmother? but the link points twice to Dragon Kill Points.

Commentaire de TheBabyBrat

Does Living Bomb actually hurt the mobs? Or does it just bounce them into the air?

Commentaire de Ashurban

Thundergullet and Flamehead are Thunderhead and Flamegullet, and typo "Livinb" bomb. That section needs could do with a clean up and linking to the abilities.

Commentaire de wdog

Can someone update this to include all the Blazehoof trash? Very strange to only put half the mobs you encounter in that area. And you guys wonder why people don't care for your Dragonflight guides thus far.

Commentaire de Jescker

I wish this dungeon will come back in S3!

Commentaire de ThePrefessional

There is one mistake with this guide that I also believed until I started running it and had confirmed with another player. The Rocher en fusion will target a random player not just the tank, and this guide makes it seem like the Rocher en fusion is the tanks sole responsibility. Everyone needs to be aware of positioning . Not too mention that if the arena does become compromised with bad fire positioning, you can drastically move the boss to do somewhat of a soft reset with a clear canvas.

I have a full video breakdown of this dungeon, plus the typical route on my youtube channel. The Prefessional Direct link to Ruby Life Pools Guide is HERE

Ruby Life Pools Dungeon Strategy Guide

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