Arms Warrior Mythic+ Guide Shadowlands 9.0.2

By Crypticzz Updated: 2020/01/13

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Good damage on short cooldowns: specifically AoE burst from Warbreaker and Bladestorm. These periods of high damage throughput allow for difficult or priority targets to fall faster. Burstier damage makes difficult trash packs more manageable and reduces the room for error.

High mobility: Heroic Leap is a versatile ability that allows for both offensive and defensive movement. Furthermore, it can prevent fall damage for when you accidentally walk into a tornado or walk off a cliff. It also has a unique ability to be able to skip over gaps or walls in certain dungeons avoiding trash packs. Charge is mainly used as an offensive gap closer that also roots.

Survivability: Plate armor helps mitigate physical damage and Die by the Sword is a good defensive cooldown that can parry melee and ranged attacks including many boss mechanics. Furthermore, provides on-demand damage reduction on a very short cooldown.

Crowd Control: is severely lacking in comparison to other classes. Intimidating Shout is a 1.5 minute cooldown that breaks from damage and causes enemies to wander. Storm Bolt is only a single target stun which costs talenting a second Charge.

Little group utility: Battle Shout is better than War-Scroll of Battle Shout, but doesn't typically benefit many party members, while Rallying Cry is useful for handling incoming group damage, but not as versatile as other classes immunities or skips.

Patch 8.1 Changeshere

Charge is no longer subject to the global cooldown. - This is a nice quality of life change that will allow you to be able to react and move faster.

now refunds 20% of Rage spent if the target doesn't die (was 30%). - A noticeable nerf. On single target your rage will feel starved. Moreover, Execute no longer returns double rage during Sweeping Strikes, which is much more noticeable in dungeons which frequently have multiple targets available.

Crushing Assault damage bonus increased by 53%. - This is a significant single target buff, although it remains fairly insignificant in AoE.

Gathering Storm now increases movement speed and Strength instead of Bladestorm damage. - This amounts to a significant buff to the trait, and is extremely powerful in AoE-centric dungeons.

Intimidating Presence added. - This new trait is fairly weak for Arms, due to the bonus being small in relation to the cooldown.

Striking the Anvil replaced Executioner's Precision. - This new trait is weaker in dungeons than its predecessor, especially in combination with Sweeping Strikes.

Races

Night Elf is one of the best choices due to Shadowmeld. This allows you to dodge targeted abilities by disjointing the cast. Furthermore, you can skip trash packs by resetting the mobs. This allows for sneaky strategies or removing the need for a Shroud of Concealment.

Dwarf provides Stoneform which is a fantastic defensive utility that can get rid of hard hitting debuffs that would kill you.

Dark Iron Dwarf has Fireblood which is similar to Stoneform but with an offensive bonus for using it. It grants strength per debuff it dispels.

Lightforged Draenei provides a damaging racial Light's Judgment which does immense amount of damage on a 2 minute cooldown. This is especially good in AoE situations.

Blood Elf - Arcane Torrent is a purge that can hit multiple mobs, this is very useful throughout keys to dispel enemies buffs that increase damage or prevent damage taken.

Tauren - War Stomp is a short cast that stuns mobs shortly. This does apply diminishing returns to the mobs, making them less susceptible to other stuns. However, a good alternative when no other stun available.

Highmountain Tauren - Bull Rush is a displacement ability that stuns mobs in its path. This is a good alternative when no other stuns are available.

Talents

Skullsplitter is the best choice. It provides on demand rage that fuels Anger Management. This will allow for more rage spending casts reducing the cooldown on Warbreaker and Bladestorm. Furthermore, this is an optimal filler for lulls in the rotation, where as a proc based talent such as Sudden Death is not reliable. War Machine requires mobs to die very frequently to remain competitive with other options.

Double Time is the best damage throughput allowing for the best rage generation in both AoE and single target encounters. It is most optimal to Charge in between your auto-attacks to minimize losing rage generation, a tracker for swing timers is highly recommended. If your group does not have good Crowd Control, Storm Bolt offers a good alternative.

Massacre is the best option here due to the amount of damage this talent offers. Furthermore, it is very effective when cleaving with Sweeping Strikes active. Fervor of Battle is weaker in comparison due to the lackluster damage that Whirlwind provides making the 10% damage bonus requires a consistent amount of large pulls to be better.

offers fantastic survivability that essentially has no cooldown. Permanently sitting in is going to reduce your damage too much. You should optimize the toggling of this ability. Because of the toggle component, this is ideal for single predictable large hits such as mechanics on Tyrannical bosses. Second Wind provides recovery in healing based on maximum health. This effect is not guaranteed to be active when needed. Second Wind does not break from many damage over time effects. However, scales better with incoming damage from higher level dungeons. Bounding Stride is a good mobility option if survivability is not an issue. Specific boss spell timings make a shorter cooldown on Heroic Leap valuable.

Warbreaker has really good burst and the best value with Lord of War. Cleave is a viable option on high fortified keys with long living pulls if you do not have any high item level Lord of War armor. Keep in mind that bursting big scary pulls or high priority targets will increase the success of surviving the pull and makes Warbreaker help with ease of execution.

In For The Kill has the best overall damage throughput and ease of playing. Avatar is useful for giant AoE burst; however, Anger Management causes it to desync with Bladestorm and Warbreaker, making it harder to micromanage. Unless you have a particular set strategy where you pull large portions of the dungeon at a time based on group cooldowns, I recommend In For The Kill for ease of use.

Anger Management is the best option at all times in this tier. does less damage than Bladestorm and has approximately the same cooldown with Anger Management (if you have good uptime). With the Gathering Storm Azerite trait becomes comparable in a single set of cooldown usage. However,the 60 seconds cooldown desyncs with Warbreaker's 45 second cooldown making it weaker and awkward to use.

Gearing

Warbreaker talented:

Crit > Vers > Haste > Mastery

Cleave talented:

Mastery > Haste ~= Crit > Vers

Stacking only Mastery:
Mastery has little single target value and overwrites itself.
Any fight that is less than 3 mobs or will die within a few seconds is not optimal for Cleave.

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Ashvane's Razor Coral is very good because you can chain the crit buff from pack to pack. Each stack provides a crit bonus when consumed or when the target dies. Therefore apply Ashvane's Razor Coral to a new target every pull and the crit buff will carry over into the next pack when that target dies. This is a very strong option.

Knot of Ancient Fury - Ideal option to its 1 minute cooldown syncing perfectly with Warbreaker + Bladestorm.

Dread Aspirant's Badge - Baseline verse with large amounts of on-use strength on a 2 minute cooldown. This can be used with every second Bladestorm and provides really good burst. This trinket can only be acquired through Player versus Player content. Therefore, unless you have higher rating in PvP, this trinket will be more challenging to obtain at a competitive item level.

Vial of Animated Blood - Baseline mastery with on-use strength on a 1.5 minute cooldown. Similar to the PvP trinket this is a viable option; however, the 1.5 min means it will still be ready to use every second Bladestorm and provide less strength than the PvP trinket. On the other hand, it lines up with Avatar perfectly.

Passive

Rezan's Gleaming Eye - A haste proc provides help with the speed of casting abilities via rage generation and lower the global-cooldown.

Gore-Crusted Butcher's Block - A critical strike proc that will increase the likelihood that your abilities will hit harder. Critical strike procs are awkward to have. Not only does this trinket have to proc but your abilities also have to crit with it for it to be effective. It is not reliable for it to be active during burst windows.

Dribbling Inkpod is an okay alternative to passive stat trinkets on tyrannical weeks that shines on bosses. Use Ashvane's Razor Coral and Blood of the Enemy just before it procs at 30% to increase the odds of criting and doing a lot of damage.

Azerite TraitsOuter RingsBest

Lord of War - Should be used with Warbreaker talented. It offers a slight boost to rage, but most importantly, big damage. I often recommend burst as it helps with high priority targets.

Gathering Storm - The recent changes to this trait make it an exceptional buff to Bladestorm. The stacking strength buff while casting Bladestorm is very powerful in AoE burst scenarios. On single target, this trait has the best effect during execute because of the stacking strength and rage that can be spent on Execute during a Colossus Smash window.

Good

Seismic Wave - Makes your Overpower cast a shockwave of damage in a line in front of you. With good positioning this provides additional damage that is beneficial in both single target and AoE situations.

Crushing Assault - Makes your next Slam free and do more damage. This is a strong trait on single target. If you do not have any of the Tier 1 traits listed above, Fervor of Battle makes Crushing Assault also reduce the cost of Whirlwind.

Striking the Anvil - increases the damage of Overpower and reduces the cooldown of Mortal Strike. This trait shines more on single target or low target cleave situations due to Sweeping Strikes and mastery spreading.

Inner RingBest

Heed My Call - chance on hit to damage the main target and others around within 3 yards. It is throughput that is both powerful in AoE and doesn't slack on single target.

Good

Overwhelming Power and Gutripper - Procs that increase damage, more impactful on lower number of targets.

Unstable Flames - Critical strike proc that has the most value in AoE. Having high damage abilities such as Warbreaker crit will boost damage significantly.

Middle RingBest

Resounding Protection - is the best trait because it helps prevent damage rather than dealing with its after effects. This is beneficial against one shot mechanics on bosses or trash such as raging cleaves. Due to the refreshing of the shield being 30 seconds it is still fairly effective against damage over time effects. As a note, the shield is a static value, it does not scale with your own health.

Good

Impassive Visage and Vampiric Speed - reduced the amount of healing required during a run. Impassive Visage shines best against damage within short intervals such as damage overtime effects. Vampiric Speed is good recovering after trash. This is useful on Grievous and Bursting affixes or playing with Discipline Priests who struggle to top players outside of combat.

Recommended Azerite Pieces

Armor

Source

Tier 1 Trait

Tier 2 Trait

Tier 3 Trait

Tier 4 Trait

Atal'Dazar

Greathelm of the Tender

Eternal Palace

Helm of Abyssal Malevolence

Shrine of the Storm

Armor

Source

Tier 1 Trait

Tier 2 Trait

Tier 3 Trait

Tier 4 Trait

Pauldrons of the Great Unifier

King's Rest

Trench Tyrant's Shoulderplates

Eternal Palace

Gathering Storm

Lord of War

Overwhelming Power

Intimidating Presence

Eternal Palace

Resounding Protection

Armor

Source

Tier 1 Trait

Tier 2 Trait

Tier 3 Trait

Tier 4 Trait

Breastplate of Arterial Protection

The Underrot

Naga Centaur's Shellplate

Eternal Palace

Breastplate of the Vengeful

Waycrest Manor

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Crowd ControlStorm BoltIntimidating ShoutHamstringSweeping StrikesHamstringOther UtilityRallying CryTauntDie by the SwordBerserker RageUseful Items to Consider

Abyssal Healing Potion can give you just enough extra healing to survive another hit. The best part is that it does not share a cooldown with damage potions or Healthstone.

War-Scroll of Intellect and War-Scroll of Fortitude provide extra party buffs if a Priest or Mage is not present.

Drums of the Mountain or Drums of the Maelstrom or Drums of Fury are required if your group does not already provide the effect.

Lightfoot Potion or Skystep Potion provides the player with a massive speed boost. Useful for running away from danger or to skip large chunks of the dungeon and resurrect at a later point.

Monelite Skeleton Key or Scroll of Unlocking allow the player to open different gates in tol dagor. These gates enable shortcuts, and provide party buffs which are very useful.

Auto-Hammer or Jeeves provide you with repairs in case your run goes sideways. It happens to the best of us.

Unstable Temporal Time Shifter is a battle resurrection item for engineers. This is very useful if your group does not have a class that can provide this naturally. It has a 4 second cast time so it is more difficult to use in a combat situation if the tank dies.

Weakaura suggestionswago

Nnogga's Interrupt Tracker displays the party's interrupt cooldowns. This is one of the most beneficial weakauras to assign kick orders and cover for other players.

ZenTracker allows to track group cooldowns and spell usages such as interrupts and crowd control.

Nnogga's Party CDs utilizes ZenTracker to also displays party's defensive and offensive cooldowns. This can be useful to coordinate a large trash pull if multiple players have offensive cooldowns.

Zuleh's CDs is an alternative display that is similar to ZenTracker.

M+ Nameplate Target Warnings shows a player name who is being targeted by a damaging ability on enemy nameplates. This is can be utilized to know when to use defensives or crowd control to live the damage while low on health.

Dungeon Affixes and How to Deal With Them

Fortified - Mobs have more health and damage. This affix is more punishing on missing stops on important casts and standing in cleaves.

Tyrannical - Bosses have more health and damage. This makes boss fights long and scary. It is likely that boss mechanics will one shot you. is necessary on a lot of Tyrannical bosses.

Bolstering - When a mob dies it buffs all other units around it with health and damage. Try to avoid pulling multiple trash packs together that have different health values. Kill mobs as evenly as possible, and do not spam Execute when other targets have significantly higher health. It might make your damage look worse, but will clear the dungeon faster.

Sanguine - Pools of sanguine will spawn from dead enemies. Avoid standing in it and do not stun mobs inside them to prevent healing done. Intimidating Shout can be used to fear mobs out of sanguine puddles.

Bursting - When a mob dies it applies a stacking dot on all players within range. If doing a large pull, kill mobs at the same time as possible to minimize the length of the bursting. Utilize defenses such as and Die by the Sword with large stacks. Do not stagger deaths and extend the duration of the dot. Let it drop before applying additional stacks to your group.

Raging - When mobs get low they will deal double the damage. Make sure that your group has the utility required to stop casts when they are below this threshold.

Teeming Additional trash mobs will spawn. This can make certain packs extremely scary due to additional casters. Make sure that your group has a strategy to deal with this additional requirement for interrupts.

Explosive - Mobs will spawn Orange orbs around themselves that will explode and deal group-wide damage if not killed. Only single targeting abilities work against these. They are the highest priority target. If doing high keys and you require two hits to kill them, consider playing Fury which thrive at killing Explosive Orbs.

Grievous - When you are below 90% health you will gain a stacking dot until you reach 90% health again. Use Healthstone, Abyssal Healing Potion and Victory Rush procs to help the healer recover and not fall behind further.

Necrotic - A dot that will reduce healing taken. This is primarily a tank mechanic; however, utility such as Hamstring or Die by the Sword + Taunt can be used to help reset the tank's stacks.

Quaking - Periodically you will have a splash debuff that does damage based on your maximum health. Avoid stacking to minimize damage.

Skittish - Warriors greatest fear is Skittish. The amount of threat generated by tanks is severely nerfed. When doing large AoE packs be patient with your cooldowns. Wait for your tank to gain the necessary threat. If you are going to rip threat swap targets or worst case use Die by the Sword to avoid melee attacks.

Volcanic - Don't stand in volcanoes.

Beguiling - The dungeons will be littered with 3 emissaries, Void, Tide, and Enchanted. Each have unique auras that will affect how to approach each individual pull. One type of emissary will have be featured more frequently throughout the dungeons than the other two. A weekly rotation dictates which emissary is going to be favored.

Void-Touched Emissary casts Queen's Decree: Hide. Every 9 seconds this will apply a debuff and do 50% of their maximum health to anyone within 60 yards and within line of sight. It also provides a 50% increased damage taken debuff from Queen's Decree: Hide(scales linearly). This means that at two stacks, another cast will one shot without mitigation.

Utilize Die by the Sword, , and Rallying Cry as needed to survive individual hits. If doing this mob with other trash, consider using these cooldowns earlier in case of overlaps with other damage sources. This emissary has True sight.

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Do not do damage to targets inside its radius, it will do a lot of damage. Be patient and knock it out of the group. Heroic Throw can be useful for this(especially a mouseover macro). Short crowd control like Storm Bolt works against it, but longer effects such as Intimidating Shout does not. If no ranged or healer can keep this mob out of the group, use weaker single target spells against it to create space for the rest of your group if needed.

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If pulling with other trash, this is a priority target as it prevents all crowd control including interrupts from going off on top of dealing frost damage to the tank. If the abilities of other mobs can be outplayed without needing to use crowd control this is the most time efficient strategy. An example from King's Rest is line of sighting Shadow-Borne Witch Doctor's Shadow-Borne Witch Doctor around the corners of the pillar in the middle of the first boss room.

Alternatively, you can chain hard CC it away from casters until the pack is dead. This will require a lot of co-ordination and communication.

Lastly, you can kite it out. Slow only the Emissary of the Tides and pull the other mobs out of range and maintain distance while kiting, damaging, and interrupting. Make sure to Charge and reapply Hamstring to the emissary every 8 seconds for this strategy. Or you can taunt it and kite it around with Hamstring yourself but sacrifice dps in an emergency scenario.

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Rezan will cast Terrifying Visage which your Berserker Rage and Bladestorm can be used preemptively to avoid being feared. Alternatively, you can hide behind pillars to as well.

Make sure that all melee players are stacked underneath the boss prior to the Pursuit cast. This will force Rezan to instead chase a ranged player, tank or healer who are standing further away which is more optimal for group damage.

Piles of bones laying on the ground will spawn Reanimated Raptor which can overpower the tank. However, one additional Raptor will allow you to use Sweeping Strikes with Execute on it, increasing boss damage.

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In both phases make sure that Noxious Stench is kicked.

In the first phase assign an individual DPS player to each Reanimation Totem. Make sure to kill them evenly, else they will heal back to full and your group has to restart. During this phase you are responsible for dodging Toxic Leap.

In the second phase move the boss around the edges of the room to have room to avoid Toxic Pool.

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Begin by nuking Toxic Saurid, this will minimize random damage that is going to repeatedly coming out.

Then kill T'lonja. This orange dino will Frenzied Charge that will stun a target and all in its path. If this goes on a healer this could cause a group to wipe, hence the higher priority.

Dinomancer Kish'o shoots random party members with Deadeye Aim frequently. She will also occasionally cast Dino Might that needs to be interrupted, else risking a longer pull that would lead to a wipe.

Monzumi does a Wild Thrash that does damage in an 8 yard radius. Walk out of range during this cast to avoid unnecessary damage.

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Priestess Alun'za casts Transfusion that will instead hurt herself if all the players collect Tainted Blood. Bounding Stride can be useful here to be able to maneuver to further patches with every cast.

If your group has several long CCs you can avoid killing Spirit of Gold. Otherwise they need to be killed before it consumes any pools. Storm Bolt can be used to prevent this consumption.

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Do not get hit by spiders via Echoes of Shadra. They have two seperate states, random pathing and a fixated state.

Stack with your other party members on a ranged stack point during Soulrend. The spawned adds can not be allowed to hit the boss. Bounding Stride is useful here to have a Heroic Leap available for every cast of Soulrend.

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Irontide Enforcer are melee's biggest threat here. Brutal Backhand is a frontal cleave that does a large amount of damage. Use movement such as Charge and Heroic Leap to move out of the way if caught in Vile Bombardment. This cast can only be stopped via a displacement or grip ability.

Irontide Mastiff will cast Crippling Bite on a tank or the next closest player if the tank is kiting too far away. This can be dangerous if the Mastiff is under the effect of Bestial Wrath. Avoid standing near them if you are low and the tank is not in range.

Irontide Corsair apply Poisoning Strike on the tank.

Irontide Crackshot are notorious for standing still and shooting. This is mostly a non-issue, but if necessary Intimidating Shout cast on another target can fear the mob into a better position such as out of a Sanguine puddle. Do not stand in their Azerite Grenade.

Irontide Bonesaw can be encountered depending on your route. Interrupt Healing Balm.

BossVile BombardmentPhase 1: Mounted

Avoid standing in Charrrrrge.

Be prepared to pop a defensive if you are targeted by too many Pistol Shot in a row.

Phase 2: Unmounted

Stand very slightly outside of the arena with your tank. This will allow you to have to deal with only one mechanic, Azerite Powder Shot. Do not stand in a line with another player to avoid cleaving. On a tyrannical key, toggling will ensure your safety.

Have ranged players stand within the arena dodging Dive Bomb and baiting Vile Bombardment away from the melee and tanks whilst being out of range of Azerite Powder Shot.

Be sure to interrupt Revitalizing Brew.

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Blacktooth Brute cast Earth Shaker which deals damage and slows in an area around the cast. This may make it difficult to dodge other mechanics so be prepared to use Heroic Leap and Charge to adjust for this slow.

Irontide Oarsman are high priority targets that need Sea Spout to be interrupted. If missed the ground effects activate very quickly and in combination with the slow fromEarth Shaker becomes very deadly.

Cutwater Duelist cast Duelist Dash which damages and stuns all targets within its path. Its destination can be visible as a brown swirly on the ground. Utilize movement, Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout to prevent this from hitting you.

Vermin Trapper lead small packs of Soggy Shiprats with them. Rat Traps throws traps under all players within range. After the cast finishes, begin moving to a location where a party member wasn't standing. It can be useful to stack as a group and move together upon the completion of the cast while.Die by the Sword can be used to soak the traps.

Bilge Rat Swabby is one of the most frustrating mobs that cast Slippery Suds causing players to get stunned whenever they jump. Not jumping is surprisingly hard.

Several Freehold Deckhand are scattered around. They don't really do anything and can be used to get that last 0.1 percent that every group seems to miss on occasion.

Blacktooth Knuckleduster which casts Shattering Bellow that will interrupt caster players. This can be interrupted or stopped with other CC.

Cutwater Knife Juggler use Ricocheting Throw. This is an ability that bounces between players in range. It does very little damage but can bounce a lot. Definitely put in a small effort to not splash to other members, but it will not have a very prominent effect.

Bilge Rat Buccaneer cast Goin' Bananas which does a large amount of damage when in range. Utilize Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout to stop this or if not available just move away. It is likely that the tank is kiting anyways and you will have full up time on the rest of the mobs.

Blacktooth Scrapper fixate on players with Blind Rage. Utilize Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout to stop them.

Rotating Events

To enlist Captain Jolly chase a pug around the area until he passes out and provides a key to free a prisoner. This should be completed by classes that have an invisibility spell available to avoid pulling all of those trash mobs. Upon freeing the prisoner the event is complete and the other bosses will activate.

To enlist Captain Raoul attack the Blacktooth Knuckledusters by the cage that activates Captain Jolly event. This will pull several additional mobs with it, so be careful when doing this event.

To enlist Captain Eudora by talk to one of the five Vulpera. However, the entire group can all talk to same Vulpera to accomplish this.

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Avoid Cutting Surge(grey) thrown which is thrown under a random player. Whirlpool of Blades(red) throws a blade that spins and returns to the boss. This will deal damage and knock people up far in the air. Utilize Heroic Leap to avoid fall damage if hit.

Friendly bonus: Jolly will provide a movement speed bonus via Trade Wind's Vigor.

Captain Raoul

While Barrel Smash is channeling avoid standing near Raoul. This does large damage and knock back.

Blackout Barrel is thrown on a random party member. This makes them blind and unable to control their character. It is the highest priority to get kill this especially when also fighting Eudora. Tiger's Lust and Hand of Freedom can both be used to get rid of this instantly.

Friendly bonus: Raoul will throw a Tapped Keg that when standing inside will provide a significant damage bonus.

Captain Eudora

Powder Shot targets a random party member. This does a lot of damage especially on Tyrannical. Utilize , Die by the Sword and Rallying Cry as needed.

Eudora repositions to one of four corners of the room and casts Grapeshot. The cones always go from left to right(from her perspective). Avoid using Charge as this will most likely make you get hit by several cones. Instead, Heroic Leap around or behind Eudora to avoid this.

Friendly Bonus: Chain Shot will stun one of the bosses for six seconds.

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Cutwater Harpooner cast Dragging Harpoon which does large damage and grips players to the mob. This is a very difficult ability to play with. Avoid pulling too many of these mobs together as it will become hard to deal with. Furthermore, do not pull Harpooners with Irontide Crusher to avoid one shot combos.

Irontide Crusher have AoE abilities that deal damage and stun. Boulder Throw is a rock thrown under a player's feet. Ground Shatter is an ability cast around the Crusher, the area of damage is larger than the visual appears to be.

Bilge Rat Brinescale passively cast Water Bolt. It is imperative to interrupt Frost Blast it is a very large cone that deals massive damage and slows.

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Ripper Punch is applied to a random player in melee. This can be deadly when combined with Rearm. So do not stand in between the boss and the shark.

The boss will begin spinning when casting Shark Tornado, this can be parried with Die by the Sword. Move out of melee and be careful of Rearm or Shark Toss immediately after. These sharks will be picked up by the charge combo of Rearm.

Shark Toss spawns a Flailing Shark that will fixate the closest player and chase them at alarming speeds. Run them to a designated kiter like a healer or over Throw Chum pools.

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Irontide Mastiff and Irontide Oarsman are familiar faces in this area.

Irontide Stormcaller spam cast Lightning Bolt which is not very important. However, interrupting Thundering Squall will prevent a lot of group damage taken.

Irontide Ravager have a very cheesy ability called Painful Motivation. They will kill this trash for you. If you are running with a mage, polymorph spamming can keep the Irontide Ravager alive to utilize on other trash packs. If doing this strategy do not touch the Irontide Ravager in any way. Painful Motivation no longer works on bosses.

Irontide Buccaneer channel Blade Barrage in a small area in front of them. Do not stand directly in front during this cast.

Irontide Officer is a mob that has a larger healthpool and should be attempted to be killed with Painful Motivation if possible.

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Shadow-Borne Champion are large and heavy hitting mobs who have an enrage when low Ancestral Fury. Make sure to nuke them down before they kill the tank. Stand behind the mob to avoid any damage blocked during Vigilant Defense. This mob is immune to CC.

All of Shadow-Borne Witch Doctor casts have to be interrupted. The most important interrupt is Shadow Bolt Volley which deals large group wide damage. Deathly Chill deals large tank damage, who is already getting beat into the ground by the other mobs.

The most frustrating mob for melee is Shadow-Borne Warrior. I have never wanted to scream at a video game than having to deal with Gust Slash. However, this ability is predictable. Each tornado spawns in front of the mob and goes clockwise. There are two different solutions to this. Running in a circle beside the tornadoes. The more popular solution is to stand directly underneath the mobs while the tank does not kite. In the eye of the storm is a safe haven for melee to stand whilst tornadoes are constantly spinning around. If any kiting is involved this strategy is no longer valid.

Minion of Zul will be encountered whilst fighting the front packs. They will Fixate a target and fear them with Pit of Despair. Berserker Rage will immune this effect, combining with Blood Elf's Arcane Torrent is an effective solution.

Boss

Do not be inside Serpentine Gust AoE as it will one shot.

Spit Gold will be applied to random non-tank players. This debuff does a lot of damage, therefore rotate defensive potions and cooldowns such as and Die by the Sword. Drop the puddles of Molten Gold in a centralized area away from the boss. Heroic Leap can accomplish this to allow for more uptime on the boss.

Lucre's Call will summon Animated Gold from Molten Gold pools. Classes such as mages and druids can solo CC them if the adds are clumped together.If your group lacks AoE slows or roots to control them, kill them. Do not lot them reach the Serpent as they will apply a stacking buff Luster per connection. Kiting the boss slowly in a circle is a favored strategy by most groups.

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King A'akul give a random player Hidden Blade . This will drop puddles under them every 2 seconds. This debuff needs to be dispelled as it does large amounts of damage. If your group does not have a poison dispel make sure to use a personal defensive cooldown. He is unaffected by CC.

Bloodsworn Agent will teleport to a random player with Shadow Whirl. Avoid this swirly.

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Queen Patlaa is a ranged mob that only will move when the person bearing threat is not in line of site. She will spawn puddles under players with Darkshot. Charge a Raptor or Heroic Leap out of it. This slow and damage scales with keystone level. She is immune to CC.

Skeletal Hunting Raptor use Hunting Leap on players. This frontal can be easily side stepped. However, if stuck inside Darkshot, the frontal slashing is deadly. The raptor is not susceptible to CC.

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King Rahu'ai channels Channel Lightning. Move out of melee as this does significant damage. King Rahu'ai can not be CCed; however, displacements will cancel his cast.

Guard Captain Atu casts Axe Barrage on all targets within line of site. He can be stunned; however, will immediately recast Axe Barrage. Storm Bolt is useful to provide party members enough time to hide around a corner to prevent taking unnecessary damage.

Seneschal M'bara casts a heal, Induce Regeneration, that needs to be interrupted.

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Have a set interrupt rotation for Queen Wasi’s Shadow Bolt spam. Her Seduction debuff should be purged from the party member.

King Timalji fixates a random target whilst running them down with Bladestorm. Do not stack on top of other melee players and face your back to open space to allow room to kite it around. You can still have full uptime on King Timalji if you hit him from max melee range while kiting him.

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Mchimba the Embalmer casts Burn Corruption on a random player. Bait this to the back of the room along the edges to minimize the space occupied by Burning Ground. This will allow players to move freely between tombs.

Use defensives when targeted with Drain Fluids this will minimize healing required to remove Desiccation upon the completion of the Drain Fluids channel. The slow from can make it difficult to dodge Burn Corruption.

The defining mechanic is Entomb. A player will randomly be encased in a tomb and will have to signal to the party where they are by knocking. Free them by clicking the shaking tomb, utilize Heroic Leap to reach them faster. Not doing this in time or clicking on the wrong tomb will result in the release of Half-Finished Mummy. These mummies cast Wretched Discharge, when not interrupted will wipe the group.

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Spectral Hex Priest cast Spectral Bolt at random party members. This should most certainly be interrupted along with Hex which is a 10 second CC on a player.

Spectral Berserker make the pack significantly more challenging because this puts the group on a timer to kill the mobs before Spectral Berserker applies too many debuffs to the tank. After Blooded Leap it will cast a stacking debuff of Severing Blade to the closest target in front of it. Do not attempt to tank this on high keys, it will kill you very very very fast. Utilize Storm Bolt to provide the tank with the opportunity to reset his stacks. This debuff can be applied to pets or dodged.

Honored Raptor are similar to the previous raptors which cast Hunting Leap. However, these raptors are vulnerable to CC.

There is a patting Spectral Brute along the bridge. Be careful fighting him in an enclosed space due to his Ground Crush ability. You will need react very quickly to run out of its area or utilize Heroic Leap.

Spectral Witch Doctor are challenging due to the instant Frost Shock casts on random party members. This not only does a large amount of damage but applies a slow that will make dodging other abilities more difficult. It also summons a Healing Tide Totem that must be targeted down before too much healing goes off.

Spectral Beastmaster do not like to move due to their Shoot casts. Beastmasters makes a great mind control for death knights due to the stacking Poison Barrage damage. If this is not mind controlled and you are target by Poison Barrage, turn the cone away from the group to prevent damage taken. Be sure to also not be standing near the open chasm to avoid being knocked into the depths by Deadeye Shot. Be between the mob and a wall.

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Explosive Totem which needs to be killed before a cast of Explode goes off. Even a single cast can cause a wipe.

Earthwall Totem casts Earthwall on Zanal preventing him from taking additional damage. This debuff can be purged off.

Killing Thundering Totem allows casters to utilize their abilities freely without being interrupted by Thundering Crash.

Torrent Totem spewes Torrents. This mini swirls should be dodged to minimize damage taken.

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Shrine Templar patrol around the area providing an aura of damage reduction, Protective Aura. They will buff themselves with Tidal Surge which is interruptible and purgeable, however this is not very high priority. Templars can detect stealth.

Temple Attendant create Wash Away swirlies that should be dodged. They can knock you back and pull additional trash (as of 8.1.0 this can no longer happen to pets). Interrupt Water Blast to prevent tank damage.

Be careful with weak mobs like Tidesage Initiate and Animated Droplet on Bursting. Furthermore, Animated Droplet can not bolster non-neutral mobs, whereas Tidesage Initiate can.

Tidesage Spiritualist have the highest priority interrupts with Mending Rapids that can reset the health on targets prolonging the pull. Do not kick Anchor of Binding to avoid building too many stacks of Spirit's Swiftness, dodge the effect instead.

Living Current are the scariest mobs here. If you have the option to avoid them, it is highly recommended. They are not vulnerable to any CC and therefore have an uninterruptible cast of Rising Tides that will launch players high in the air. During this time players are stunned and unable to control their characters. Upon the Crushing Waters cast players will be slammed back down but take massive damage in the process. In the meantime all other trash has been free to cast as they please. This combination can be dodged by casting Bladestorm. Furthermore, utilize Rallying Cry to keep party members healthy before being slammed.

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Provide a wide girth to Surging Rush. You can even leave the boss room to guarantee be safe of dodging this. Being thrown off the cliff will prevent any combat res from reaching you.

Do not have your body near the edge to prevent Undertow from shoving you off.

Choking Brine is a slow that should be dispelled. If this effect is on you while Surging Rush goes out, utilize Heroic Leap to move away.

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Galecaller Apprentice which cast Whirling Slam. This means that melee players have to dance in and out of range. Alternatively use Intimidating Shout or Storm Bolt to stop the cast. This cast becomes significantly scarier if the mob is buffed by Lesser Blessing of Ironsides.

Ironhull Apprentice can become difficult to deal with in tight corridors due to the Slicing Hurricane and moving Tempest casts. These limit the area you have to safely stand. Kicking Tempest can help with space significantly.

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Deepsea Ritualist apply Void Seed, spread to avoid splash damage. More importantly, kick all Unending Darkness casts. This can be accomplished by an assigned 3 melee interrupt rotation. The ritualist are accompanied by Dredged Sailors. These Sailors have a purgeable shield, Reanimated Bones.

Tidesage Enforcer see stealth and deal massive tank damage with Deep Smash. Deep Smash also spawns droplets that deal damage and should be dodged.

Drowned Depthbringer which will cast Void Bolt on the tank, it should be ignored. Instead focus on interrupting Rip Mind and Touch of the Drowned. Touch of the Drowned can be disregarded as an undead or with a warlock who provide underwater breathing. Depthbringer's most dangerous tool is Reveal Darkness which summons a lot of Abyss Dweller. These mini stationary mobs should be bursted down as fast as possible to minimize the amount of stacks gained from Lash. These mobs can be line of sited, kicked, stunned, and feared.

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Abyssal Cultist cast Detect Thoughts, making them immune to Warrior damage. Consuming Void will instead heal them based on magic damage taken. Both physical and magic damage dealer are not effective versus Cultists despite being able to kick and purge these effects. Cultists will also cast stun in as a frontal cone, Mental Assault. To make matter worse, the first two cultists will Reveal Darkness and spawn two Colossal Tentacles that will Colossal Slam all party members.

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Avoid getting hit by giant purple Yawning Gates.

Dodge feint outlines of Tentacle Slam.

Call the Abyss will summon Manifestation of the Deep that should not be allowed to reach the boss at the same time. Upon reaching the boss or death they explode.

Whispers of Power no longer affects non-healers.

Phase 2

Grasp of the Sunken City initiates the beginning of phase 2. DPS players will have to deal with Forgotten Denizen that will heal from Consume Essence casts. Everyone should focus the same one first with the ranged player kicking the first cast on the off target.

Upon Return the realm of the living, interrupt the boss’s 10 minute Grasp of the Sunken City cast. If the cast completes, the group dies.

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Kul Tiran Halberd casts a frontal cleave,Slobber Knocker, that should be avoided.

Kul Tiran Footman reduce the targets haste with Hindering Cut. These are low health targets that can die fast.

Kul Tiran Wavetender need Watertight Shell interrupted to prevent damage reduction and large damage. Furthermore, Brackish Bolt should be interrupt to keep the randomly chosen targets safe.

Kul Tiran Marksman have a scary high frequency magic cast Molten Slug that can not be interrupted via Pummel. Utilize defensives and CC to prevent hits against low health players.

Kul Tiran Vanguard have a long range frontal cleave called Heavy Slash.

Boss

Iron Gaze will cause the boss to fixate on player, preference is given to a ranged character. If the boss catches up, he will hit the player with Heavy Hitter. Upon completing his 20 second fixate he will drag the player in with Hangman's Noose and slam the ground with Steel Tempest, dealing damage to all players within 10 yards. To avoid this run the boss through Heavy Ordnance bombs left behind by swirlies with an empty center.

Upon contact with Heavy Ordnance he will be more vulnerable to damage. Not soaking Heavy Ordnance bombs will instead cause large group wide damage.

Throughout the fight Kul Tiran Vanguard and Kul Tiran Marksman will join the fight. It is recommended to kill some of these off or to CC them to prevent being overrun.

Kul Tiran Vanguard’s Heavy Slash should be interrupted with Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout to provide a safe path for the fixated target to drag the boss over bombs.

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Irontide Curseblade are low health mobs that should be nuked immediately to protect the tank versus Cursed Slash stacks.

Avoid Ashvane Commander's stun via Trample. Commanders are immune to CC; therefore, Bolstering Shout is uninterruptible and is required to be purged. Commanders are also immune to damage from Ashvane Spotter’s Sighted Artillery.

Ashvane Spotter has a mind of its own by running around via Evasive. It will also mark players with Sighted Artillery that will deal large amounts of damage to players and mobs. It is common to have trash be killed by the Spotter, in fact many strategies abuse this. In order to get credit towards trash completion, damage has to be done to the mobs before the Spotter kills them.

Irontide Powdershot shoot random players with Molten Slug repeatedly. They are frequently dealt with Spotter friendly fire.

Prior to the second boss there is a large pack of mobs that include Ashvane Cannoneer, who fire a large Broadside in front of them. Ashvane Deckhands also deal cleave damage with Crimson Swipe. Always being positioned behind these mobs will prevent any damage taken from them.

BossDread Captain LockwoodDread Captain LockwoodPhase 1

Clear the Deck is a frontal cleave that will deal damage and knockback, avoid it.

The boss may decide to frequently disengage and reposition with Evasive.

If there is no target within range of Lockwood, she will instead apply a heavy Gut Shot bleed to players.

Upon casting Withdraw, Lockwood retreats to her ship and is immune to damage. This indicates the beginning of phase 2.

Phase 2

Lockwood will send out two Ashvane Deckhand and one Ashvane Cannoneer.

Dread Volley will be cast limiting large portions of the boss room. Be careful that you also avoid the front cleaves from Ashvane Deckhand and Ashvane Cannoneer during this time. Heroic Leap is a great last second repositioning tool for this.

Upon the death of Ashvane Cannoneer, he will drop an Unstable Ordnance that can be used to force Lockwood to leave the ship and return to phase 1.

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Bilge Rat Pillager cast a large AoE Viscous Slobber at the tank.

Bilge Rat Buccaneer are annoying monkeys that throw Bananas via Banana Rampage. These bananas will land at players feet. The time it takes to reach its destination depends on the distance the player is from the mob. As a result, melee players will have a harder time not getting stunned.

Bilge Rat Cutthroat deal large tank damage with Rotting Wounds.

Bilge Rat Tempest cast a silencing ability called Choking Waters that has to be interrupt or risk the healer being unable to heal and dispel the tank. Revitalizing Mist is a spell that will need to be stopped before healing another mob by nearly half of its health. If extra stops are available use them on Water Bolt.

Bilge Rat Demolisher are walking giants that will scare you with Terrifying Roar. You can out range by moving 10 yards away or using Berserker Rage. The giants will also Crushing Slam in a line in front of them.

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Ashvane Commander are immune to Ashvane Spotter damage and apply the Bolstering Shout debuff to allies preventing them from getting instantly killed by the Ashvane Spotter without purging first.

Ashvane Destroyer enrage themselves with Ferocity to deal significantly more tank damage.

Ashvane Invader are the scariest mobs because of the amount of tank damage the stacking poison from Stinging Venom Coating deals. These mobs should be Storm Bolted and Intimidating Shouted to ensure that your tank does not die.

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Crashing Tide is a frontal cleave that should be face away from the pillar in the middle of the room. It leaves behind a line of Brine Pools.

Break Water erupts Brine Pool that will limit the space you have to stand and move. Furthermore, the final explosion does significant damage, utilize toggling to prevent any deaths.

ATidal Surge will be summoned to go across the room. Utilize the statue in the middle for cover from Tidal Surge to avoid any damage taken. This wave help clean the room by removing all Brine Pools in its path.

Viq'GothBossViq'GothGripping TerrorDemolishing Terror

On each platform a maximum of five Demolishing Terror spawn that Slams in a direction faced at the tank. Any untanked Demolishing Terror will instead begin casting Hull Cracker repeatedly leading to a wipe. Prioritise the demolishers.

Killing the Gripping Terror will release a Kul Tiran Engineer that will repair a cannon.

When the cannon is repaired interact with it to shoot a cannon blast at Viq’Goth. This cannon will be destroyed by Eradication and the player inside if he does not vacate it. Afterwards, cross the broken bridge to commence the next phase.

While fighting tentacles Viq’Goth will cast Call of the Deep. Avoid the swirlies, they will one shot.

The most important mechanic to micromanage is Putrid Waters. This will apply two debuffs to players that will deal massive amounts of damage over 30 seconds. The healer will only be able to dispel one at a time. If the dispel is not on you, utilize defensive utility to assist in reducing damage taken and save mana. Upon expiry or dispel of the debuff all players within range will knock them back. If this happens to you, use Charge and Heroic Leap to recover. In general, do not stack to avoid this.

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Sandswept Marksman shoots a projectile in a line he is facing called Power Shot. They will also apply Neurotoxin which will cause movement abilities to stun you.

Krolusk Pup are obnoxious little pups that will Head Slam causing a knockback. This will interrupt spell casting and also trigger Neurotoxin to stun you. This can not realistically be avoided without a dispel.

Charged Dust Devil cast a healing spell, Healing Surge, that must be interrupted. Additional kicks should be used on Lightning Bolt.

Sandfury Stonefist have a similar feature to Krolusk Pup in Ground Pound. This will knock all party members within 30 yards back. This will also interrupt spell casting and activate Neurotoxin.

There are several invisible Shrouded Fangs that are in the area. Two of them are at the bottom of the first case, one on each side. Be cautious to not run over them if doing a skip with invisibility. There is another Shrouded Fang that pats around the boss. Upon encountering players it will use Cheap Shot.

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Scaled Krolusk Rider have a Cleave and an unstoppable Noxious Breath cast that can be dodged by standing behind the Rider. Do not hit into Electrified Scales buff as that will deal exceptional amounts of damage. The scales can be purged.

Venomous Ophidian apply a Cytotoxin to the target. A heavy hitting dot that should be dispelled.

Sand-crusted Strikers cast Dust Cloud, preventing all abilities hitting their target. This can be especially frustrating with ranged mobs such as Sandswept Marksmans. They can still be dragged out but the tank has to move a significant distance for this to occur.

Scaled Krolusk Rider

Faithless Tender casts Greater Healing Potion that needs to be interrupted. Furthermore, Drain will attempt to consume an egg. To prevent this use Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout. If this is not stopped, the Tender gains Embryonic Vigor which heals and buffs them.

Crazed Incubator throw Lightning in a Bottle that will deal damage in area around it. When close to death, Incubators will attempt Pyrrhic Blast, killing themselves and the players if they are too close. This area of effect is surprisingly large at 10 yards,

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Interrupt Imbued Stormcaller’s Shock whilst avoiding Call Lightning damage from under the feet.

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Galvazzt is attempting to gain enough energy to cast Consume Charge. With each successive Consume Charge he will also buff himself with Capacitance. However, just one cast of Consume Charge is enough to wipe the group. Throughout the fight Energy Cores will spawn in random locations. These cores will attempt channel energy to Galvazzt. Standing between the two will instead absorb this energy in the form of a stacking Galvanize debuff. A single core will release 10 stacks. Rotate soaking players to provide everyone with the opportunity to drop their stacks. Utilize any personal defenses while soaking. In addition, Induction is cast that will add consistent group wide damage.
Avatar of Sethraliss
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Continuing forward there are two challenges, the first being a movement problem with Loose Spark blocking the path. Once across the bridge, Spark Channeler will Shock and summon Call Lightning swirlies to dodge.

Upon killing this mob, A central skull requires that two ornamental eyes be placed within it. There is one Orb on each side of the room. The tank can gather up as many Faithless Conscript and Orb Guardian to provide a clear path to be taken. Throw the orb to yourself with Heroic Leap or other team mates. Prevent Orb Guardian from dealing damage to Orb carriers by utilizing Charge, Hamstring, Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout.

When the orbs have been placed, proceed down the stairs with a death run or Shroud of Concealment if available. This can be pulled at the end of the boss fight while under the effects of Empowerment.

Heart Guardian are priority targets due to amount of tank damage they do with Heart Attack.
Plague Doctor are also very important to deal with as Chain Lightning and Snake Charm can be interrupted.
Hoodoo Hexer will apply Flame Shock via an interruptible Lava Burst cast. Do not pull too many of these mobs as they can not be stunned.

Boss
The Avatar of Sethraliss is being drained by Hoodoo Hexer that do not cast other spells. In order to heal the Avatar of Sethraliss eliminate all Hoodoo Hexer. Click on the Energy Fragment during this phase to help with healing this boss. Throughout the fight Plague Toad will attempt to chase down the healer. Focus on Plague Toad last. The healer should have the movement available to kite them during non-healing phases.

Throughout this encounter there will also deal Pulse damage to the entire group that will pressure the healer’s mana. In addition, the adds Heart Guardian and Plague Doctor require high healing to compensate for their damage throughput. Make these mobs priority damage targets. Drag these mobs onto Hoodoo Hexers for optimal cleave damage.

After several phases, Avatar of Sethraliss will provide an Empowerment bonus for your aid. This will make it easy to clean up the remaining boss mobs and any additional trash that you skipped on the stairs.

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The MOTHERLODE!!

Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler
Trash
Motherlode has several large spaces that allow players a variety of option to get trash percent. Typically the majority of the trash is done before the first and the second boss, while skipping the third and fourth boss trash. Regardless of the week, you should lust the first pull because there is so much trash available.

Mech Jockey does a short range Grease Gun cast prioritizing the highest threat player usually being the tank. However, if the tank is out of range it will cast on another player within range. When the tank is kiting, be prepared to utilize and Die by the Sword. These are instant casts, so if you are low start preparing to get hit instead of trying to react. Their other cast is Concussion Charge that can be interrupted. This is not very important to stop because it is easily dodgeable. Mech Jockey will also attempt to cast Activate Mech once as their first action when engaged. This can be stopped with Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout. Upon completion of the cast, they will enter a Mechanized Peacekeeper. No two Mech Jockey can enter the same Mechanized Peacekeeper. The Mechanized Peacekeepers deal more damage to the tank; however, they give more percentage than Mech Jockey. It is frequently considered favorable to let Activate Mech go through to gain trash percent. The exception is on Bolstering weeks as the health difference between Mechanized Peacekeeper and other mobs is significant.
Mechanized Peacekeeper will buff itself with Charged Shield. Do not stand near the tank to avoid this. Mechanized Peacekeeper will channel Energy Shield, hit it from the back instead. Tear Gas will be thrown that will disorient players while within. Avoid standing within these large zones. Mechanized Peacekeeper do not like moving whilst activating Charged Shield or channeling Energy Shield. Be careful on Sanguine weeks.
Refreshment Vendor has a powerful channeling cast, Iced Spritzer. Prioritize to interrupt it because upon completion will trigger Brain Freeze, stunning the target for six seconds. Another spell to interrupt is the heal provided by Kaja'Cola Refresher. Many packs will have multiple required interrupts, as such Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout can cover a potential lack of interrupts.
Hired Assassin have a priority interrupt on Toxic Blades. This will deal large tank damage and when combined with their Fan of Knives, will also apply to the entire group. Fan of Knives should be stopped with Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout to avoid group wide damage.
Addled Thug are mobs that have an unavoidable stun from Clothesline. Clothesline also does a significant amount of damage. Be careful when pulling multiple Addled Thug as the amount of random damage can easily combo players down. Inhale Vapors is an interruptible cast that will increase their damage. Though it is preferable to interrupt it, there are usually not enough kicks. Be careful on Raging weeks as the Clothesline becomes significantly scarier.
Off-Duty Laborer will Throw Wrenchs. Off-Duty Laborer have little health pools and do little damage.
Rowdy Reveler these are extremely weak neutral mobs that do not do anything. Avoid pulling them as they do not give percent. Be careful accidently pulling them on Necrotic or Bursting weeks as the extra damage can add up quickly.

Boss
Approximately ten minutes into the dungeon you should be approaching Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler. You can lust and kill the boss and then backtrack to collect any more percent that you wanted but weren’t able to get before lust was back off cooldown.

Throw Coins will spawn around the boss. Be sure to not have the boss near them as Coin Magnet will buff the boss with Pay to Win.
Static Pulse is an AoE ability that will deal large damage and knock players back. Be prepared to use , Die by the Sword or Rallying Cry in case of any Pay to Win stacks.
Footbomb Launcher will provide bombs that need to be kicked into the boss. If ranged players are unable to get to them, use Heroic Leap and kick them in. Upon connecting with the boss, the bomb provides a stack of Blazing Azerite. Stagger the last bomb to extend the duration of Blazing Azerite as long as possible. Use all offensive abilities during this debuff.
Shocking Claw is frontal cone in the direction the boss is facing. As a melee bait this away from ranged players to avoid them having to move during Footbomb Launcher.

Azerokk
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Immediately after Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler there will be several rats and goblins that deal significant amount of damage to tank and melee players. Consider lusting this area first on fortified weeks and kill Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler after.

Mine Rat use Throw Rock on players. This does significant damage and can only be stopped via Intimidating Shout or Storm Bolt.
Venture Co. Earthshaper are a high priority target due to the Rock Lance that does significant damage to the tank. Help interrupt this in any way possible. Additionally, the will apply Earth Shield that will absorb some damage and heal the target, this can be kicked and purged.
Wanton Sapper throw out Mining Charge that players will have to move out of. Sapper's will also cast Final Blast when they are low. You do not need to stop this as it will kill the mob; however, if you stand near it, it will also kill you. Wanton Sapper will upon death drop a bunch of Mining Charge nearby. Do not stand on top of them.
Azerite Extractor are immune to crowd control. Be wary of their frontal channel, Power Through. Upon death a Fanatical Driller will spawn.
Stonefury cast Furious Quake and Tectonic Barrier. Interrupt, Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout to stop the casts. The Furious Quake channel is fairly large and will do significant damage to the group. Shalebiter accompany Azerite Extractor. They cast a minor Shale Spit at the tank.
Be wary of the pack containing Taskmaster Askari as he extends the duration of the fight with Cover. This can not be stopped in any way other than to pulls mobs out of his range during this channel. Be wary of the Broad Slash that does significant damage in front of him.

Boss
Azerokk is a very easy boss after dealing with the five Earthrager that are out at the beginning of the fight. It can be difficult to kite these around the boss without a group member that can provide a significant slow. The ideal way to handle them is to group them together and then use Die by the Sword and AoE burst them down with Warbreaker and Bladestorm.

Earthrager will fixate players with Raging Gaze. Do not get meleed as they will apply a stacking debuff, Jagged Cut. Kite it around the boss if possible and get Sweeping Strikes + Executes from it if possible. Resonant Aftershock is a channel that can be stopped with Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout.
Azerokk will summon two additional Earthrager with Call Earthrager. He will also buff their damage and damage taken with Azerite Infusion. This is a good time to focus down the add, Avoid having players kite too much and lose boss damage because of it. Resonant Quake will cause Earthrager to Resonant Aftershock.
Azerokk will cast Tectonic Smash in front of him. Do not stand there.

Rixxa Fluxflame
Trash
After defeating Azerokk take the minecart down to avoid any mines that are laid out on the sides. This following area is tight, so be careful to not pull extra trash. This area is usually skipped with a deathrun, but if not a viable option going behind the houses on the left, hugging the wall is recommended.

Venture Co. Alchemist’s Transmute: Enemy to Goo is a polymorph like spell that should be interrupted. It will also apply a Caustic Compound to a player that can be interrupted.
Feckless Assistant has Transfiguration Serum that needs to be interrupted, else it will transform into a full health Grotesque Experiment that does a lot of damage with Festering Bite. If additional kick available Blowtorch should be stopped.
Venture Co. Mastermind are immune and CC. Mind Lash will do a lot of tank unavoidable tank damage. Leech Globule is a fast moving projectile that you should avoid to limit healing the mastermind. It will also apply Azerite Injection that needs to be purged. Venture Co. Mastermind pat all around the room, be careful to not pull them. Furthermore, they see invis preventing any stealth skips.
Weapons Tester cast Force Cannon in the direction it is facing. This knockback will deal damage and can potentially pull additional trash. Echo Blade is a frontal in the direction of the tank.
Test Subject are rats that grow stronger and larger the longer they remain alive due to Azerite-Enriched Blood. Burst them down before they get out of control.

Boss
Rixxa Fluxflame is a boss that requires good positioning to maximize space. Chemical Burn is applied to the two closest players. This allows players to bait who gets it. Only one can be dispelled at a time, therefore the undispelled debuff player should use defensives.
The boss will channel Azerite Catalyst that will spawn flame patches. There will also be additional patches via Gushing Catalyst from the nearby pipes. Make sure that you bait Propellant Blast at these flame patches to clear the room.

Mogul Razdunk
Trash
The path leading to Mogul Razdunk is covered in Crawler Mines that Seek and Destroy. This deals strong damage. However, Crawler Mine have little health and can be nuked fast. This area can be skipped with a death run or Shroud of Concealment. The mobs are immune to CC and have high health pools and provide little trash percent making it inefficient to pull. Furthermore, Ordnance Specialist’s Artillery Barrage have to be frequently dodged. A video on how to Shroud of Concealment or just walk by the last pack can be found here. You can also reset all the mobs pulled along this pathway by running underneath the boss's platform in an alcove behind the oil pool and barrel to the left of the stairs. The trash will not follow you to this point and will eventually reset. This skip takes a fair amount of time and therefore a death or shroud skip is faster.

Venture Co. War Machine have high healthpools and provide nearly no percent. They Deploy Crawler Mine, summoning a Crawler Mine. Tanks also have to deal with Charged Shot damage. Venture Co. War Machine sees through stealth.
Venture Co. Skyscorcher are ranged that shoot Buster Shot. They throw Concussion Charges and Azerite Heartseeker. Azerite Heartseeker hits the first person in its line. You can run it over the tank to avoid the damage.
Expert Technician needs to have both of its casts stopped. Overcharge will increase the haste of an ally and Repair will heal Venture Co. War Machine a percent amount that makes this even more important in higher keys.

Boss
Mogul Razdunk has a general phase and an intermission at 50%. During the intermission he is immune to damage. Upon defeating the mech, the goblin will be vulnerable to die.
General Phase

Homing Missile prioritises ranged players. Avoid standing in its AoE. If no ranged players are present make sure to stand max range and run out of melee if it targets you.
Mogul Razdunk will have two B.O.O.M.B.A.s active that will shoot a line of Micro Missiles in front of them. Make sure to move into safe areas beforehand. One B.O.O.M.B.A. will always shoot horizontally, while the other shoots vertically.
Gatling Gun is a frontal cone that moves with the boss in a circular motion. The closer you are to the boss, the less distance you have to travel, making it easier to dodge.

Intermission

To exit the intermission, Configuration: Drill needs to be removed. This can be done by moving Drill Smash when targeted onto all three Big Red Rocket. If it is far away, use Heroic Leap.
Do not stand near Big Red Rocket when they spawn or directly underneath Drill Smash when it is coming down. Use , Die by the Sword and Rallying Cry as needed to protect against this damage.
Two Venture Co. Skyscorcher need to be managed and killed during this phase.

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The Underrot
Taking Bounding Stride will help on Cragmaw the Infested if survivability is not an issue.

Elder Leaxa
Trash
The beginning trash has historically been skipped with a death run, invisibility potions, or shroud, but Chosen Blood Matron now see stealth. This means that in order to skip the trash is with a death run that contains a combat resurrection class or item. This trash is extremely tough due to wombo combo potential. Fortunately, these mobs have been nerfed recently.

Chosen Blood Matron charges to a target with Blood Harvest and immediately following that casts Savage Cleave. This is a heavy hitting ability that has to be dodged. When combined with the Matron’s Warcry this can one shot. Depending on luck either the right or left pathway will have a double Chosen Blood Matron pat. Choose the path that avoids this. Otherwise, both sides are mirrored.
Underrot Tick hit the tanks hard with Blood Maw. On death, Underrot Ticks will erupt with Blood Burst dealing group wide damage. It is difficult to stagger this due to the tick’s low health pool. Utilize Rallying Cry or Die by the Sword if necessary.
Fetid Maggot cast Rotten Bile which is dangerous in narrow pathways or tight areas. In Underrot packs are often packed tightly together. A lot of movement could result in pulling additional trash packs. To avoid this, a general rule of thumb is to stop Rotten Bile with Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout.
Devout Blood Priest have a lot important casts than need kicking. Most importantly, Dark Reconstitution that will heal nearby mobs. Next, Gift of G'huun will increase the strength of another mob significantly making it immune to death until purged or the timer runs out. Any unused kicks can be used on Blood Bolt to help with random damage.
Fanatical Headhunter throw Barbed Spear at random players. Multiple instances of similar damage can be fatal. Moreover, Hooked Snare is an undispellable root. This combined with Volcanic or Chosen Blood Matron’s Savage Cleave can result in death.
Befouled Spirit are casters that do not like to move. They will channel Dark Omen that will splash to other players. Make sure to spread including away from allies affect by Hooked Snare. Harrowing Despair is an interruptible cast that unless kicked will cause a wipe.

Boss
Elder Leaxa uses one of several abilities at a time. Each damaging source applies Taint of G'huun that can stacks.

The primary cast is Blood Bolt. This needs to have a set interrupt rotation, else risk the tank falling too far behind and dying.
Sanguine Feast will teleport Leaxa to a player and channel a damaging attack. You can stand at max melee range and not get hit by this ability.
Avoid standing in Creeping Rot. It is a slow moving projectile that moves in the direction Leaxa is facing.

Elder Leaxa will cast Blood Mirror creating one weaker duplicate image of herself. This duplicate will cast all the same abilities as Elder Leaxa. Prioritize killing it and make sure to utilize Sweeping Strikes to maximize on boss damage.
Cragmaw the Infested
Trash
Upon defeating Elder Leaxa avoid pulling the double Feral Bloodswarmer on the right. These are fixating mobs that do not allow for much space to kite. Instead, proceed with Underrot Ticks and Fetid Maggot. Further down the path additional new trash will be encountered. It is recommended to clear the entire room that houses Cragmaw the Infested.

Diseased Lasher are walking plants that stun with Decaying Mind. Interrupt this target to prevent the disease from being applied. A group without a disease dispel with have to heal through the healing absorption shield to release players from the stun if a cast goes off.
Living Rot are essentially free. Be wary of Living Rot swirls that fly around. This ability can be interrupted, but is not important to prioritize.
Feral Bloodswarmer are a pain to deal with. Feral Bloodswarmer fixates a player with Thirst For Blood. Their melees hit hard and fast. Moreover, if you try create too much distance when kiting they will charge to you and automatically get a free attack. Die by the Sword does not work well versus these mobs, it is a bit iffy. Instead, have a tight kiting pattern around the pack with Hamstring on the Feral Bloodswarmer. Run out slightly and when Feral Bloodswarmer gets too close Charge to the rest of the pack and weave in some damaging abilities. Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout can provide temporary reprieve versus the fixate. Furthermore, Feral Bloodswarmer will cast a Sonic Screech that does large damage and silences players. This should be considered a higher priority interrupt.

Boss
When Cragmaw the Infested casts an ability he will summon Blood Ticks. Having these spawn will cause your group to fall far behind. The Blood Ticks can be killed by running over them before they spawn. Tantrum will cause Blood Ticks to run around the room and throw out Blood Ticks everywhere. As a group spread out to collect these. Bounding Stride and Lightfoot Potion are useful for this ability.

Charge chooses a non-tank player, while Indigestion chooses the tank player. Both of these abilities can be baited against an edge of the room to minimize the spread on the Blood Tick, making it easier to pick them up.
Sporecaller Zancha
Trash
Moving deeper into the Underrot bring forth sever skeleton based trash. It is typical to see them being combined together to be most efficient. These larger pulls shine additional light on purges such as Arcane Torrent.

Fallen Deathspeaker spawn additional mobs that can slow progress. Make sure to interrupt Raise Dead which summons an additional Reanimated Guardian. Wicked Frenzyincreases the damage of Fallen Deathspeaker that should ideally be interrupted to prevent the tank from dying.
Reanimated Guardian are simple mobs that become tankier with Bone Shield casts. These can be interrupted or purged. If doing a large purge in a single cast like Arcane Torrent, let all Reanimated Guardian finish casting Bone Shield to get the maximum value.
Grotesque Horror are stationary casters that pop out of the ground. Interrupt Void Spit, a group damaging ability. Try not to pull other casters with these because the kick requirement can get too high. Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout both work.
Assign two kicks per Bloodsworn Defiler to interrupt Shadow Bolt Volley and Withering Curse which deal large amount of damage to the entire party. Outside of interrupts only displacement abilities work to stop the casts. Do not kick Summon Spirit Drain Totem as there are other more important abilities to stop. Instead move away from the summoned totem.

Boss
Sporecaller Zancha summons several mushrooms around the room with Boundless Rot. Tanks should use Shockwave to mow them down. Players targeted by Upheaval should go to further mushrooms and drop the Upheaval on them. A combination of Heroic Leap out and Charge back in is effective to maintain good uptime. Be sure to hit as many mushrooms as possible to avoid stacks from Festering Harvest. Festering Harvest will do more damage based on the amount of unsoaked mushrooms. Worst case scenario a player with immunity or a personal cooldown can run over mushrooms to soak them and call for a dispel.
Unbound Abomination
Trash
After defeating Sporecaller Zancha a shortcut opens up that can be accessed by a ramp near Elder Leaxa. All mobs between Cragmaw the Infested and Sporecaller Zancha make a return in this area. However, there is one new mob called the Faceless Corruptor. Avoid standing in front during Maddening Gaze casts. Berserker Rage can be used to get rid of the fear in case you get hit. Abyssal Reach spawns tentacles that will slap once in a small area around them. Be careful to not stand too close. The Faceless Corruptor is only affected by displacement utility.
Boss
Unbound Abomination converts damage into an energy resource that spawns Blood Visage via Blood Barrier. Six Blood Visage need to die to kill the boss. Titan Keeper Hezrel will solo the adds with Purge Corruption. Be sure to get as much Sweeping Strikes and Execute value from the adds onto the boss. Ensure that you are not getting hit by Rotting Spores or Vile Expulsion. Titan Keeper Hezrel will also cast Purge Corruption that will clear Putrid Blood from players and the Vile Expulsion pools nearby.

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Tol Dagor

The Sand Queen
Trash
The The Sand Queen’s area is very large. The Sand Queen is easier to do with additional space, so clear trash in front of the boss.

Sewer Vicejaw do Massive Chomp at the tank. This prevents the tank for tanking crocodiles for too long otherwise he will get one shot.
Silt Crab cast Squeeze at players within 10 yards, immobilizing and damaging them. This can be stopped with Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout. Multiple Squeezes at a time should warrants a defensive. Be careful pulling a lot of Silt Crab on Raging or Volcanic weeks.
There are patting Stinging Parasites that come close to the boss. They cast a stacking Itchy Bite. Kill Stinging Parasite before the stacks get too high.

Boss
The Sand Queen summons Sand Trap beneath all players that will grow in size. Standing in it will result in a knock up, stun, and damage. Be careful during Sandstorm that pushes players in a random direction. Be wary to not get pushed into Sand Trap. Sand Trap will also be accompanied by Stinging Parasite. Upon Stinging Parasite death, The Sand Queen will get Enrage. Avoid killing any Stinging Parasite before the Upheaval cast as this will buff the damage significantly. When targeted run out of the group and use , Die by the Sword or Rallying Cry as needed.

Jes Howlis
Trash
Entrance into the prison is guarded by Stinging Parasite and Sewer Vicejaw. The interior allows for different routes that are locked behind gates. All gates can be opened by any of the following: rogues, Scroll of Unlocking, and Monelite Skeleton Key.

Blacktooth Arsonist attack and throw Torch Strike at the tank.
Irontide Thug is immune to CC. Interrupt Debilitating Shout that would otherwise reduce group damage.
Cutwater Striker use Throw Rock on random players. This is cast frequently and does a lot of damage. Care for Sanguine as they don’t like to move being ranged mobs.
Despondent Scallywag are neutral mobs scattered throughout. They run away at low health through closed gates and can pull additional mobs. Kill them fast and use Storm Bolt if necessary.
Bilge Rat Seaspeaker have two important casts to interrupt. Watery Dome gives a large absorb shield that can be purged. It also reduces the damage taken by mobs affected by this shield. Salt Blast inflicts heavy tank damage.
Bilge Rat Looter don’t do much except Darkstep that increases their haste. This can be purged.
There is a single Block Warden that needs to be focused due to his Heavily Armed buff that increases his damage. Be wary of the Lockdown that will one shot.

Buffs in the Brig
In “the Brig” there are several caged npcs that will reward buffs for freeing them. Once freed they will apply a permanent raid buff that will linger through death. These stack with regular class buffs.

Orc or Dwarf provide Battle Shout.
Undead or Human provide Power Word: Fortitude.
Blood Elf or Gnome provide Arcane Intellect.
Tauren or Draenei provide Blessing of Wisdom.

Boss
Before pulling Jes Howlis consider opening the prison cells along the side with Irontide Raiders inside. These open during the boss fight but will not offer trash percent. However, if opened before starting the boss they will give percent.

Flashing Daggers can be line of sighted behind a pillar and can not be parried by Die by the Sword.
Interrupt Howling Fear that will fear the group. This can also be immuned with Berserker Rage.
At 70% Jes Howlis will stun the players with Smoke Powder and begin casting Release Prisoner. If you pulled the Irontide Raider prior to the boss there will not be any additional mobs joining.
Upon reaching the other side Jes Howlis will channel Motivating Cry. This needs to be interrupted to prevent too many Motivated stacks. They can be purged. Additionally, while channeling he takes 90% reduced damage.
Below 70%, Bobby Howlis will join the fight. He will leap onto players and stun them with Vicious Mauling. This has to be interrupted after Blade Turning absorb shield is removed. (This shield does currently not need to be broken to be able to kick him. However, expect this to be fixed soon)

Knight Captain Valyri
Trash
There is a new set of trash leading to Knight Captain Valyri. It is common to do the outside area together while melee dps enter cannons as this does more damage than actually pressing damaging abilities. The cannons now have 100 energy and each shot consumes 20. Each cannon can now only fire 5 shots total. Group all the mobs before shooting to maximize damage. Try not to splash your friends. Be careful this large amount of damage will pull threat and ranged shoots will kill you. Try to have a threat misdirection class, like hunter or rogues with you while doing this strat.

Ashvane Jailer and Ashvane Officer channel Handcuff on players silencing them, this needs to be interrupted. Riot Shield reduces the damage enemies take under its effect. Storm Bolt and Intimidating Shout work against it.
Avoid standing in front of Ashvane Marine and Ashvane Spotter to dodgeSuppression Fire. Shoot is used against highest threat target. Be careful while in the cannon.
Ashvane Flamecaster have two interruptible spells Blaze, at the tank, and Fuselighter, under a random player.

Boss
Knight Captain Valyri summons barrels that explode,Burning Arsenal, when any of the boss mechanics hit them. The radius for this explosion is large. Before the fight drag one of the barrels in ranged to the other corner. Attempt to keep this corner of the room safe when possible for future spawning barrels. Keep in mind that while carrying a barrel you are slower so dodging other mechanics can be harder. Be prepared to use defensives if there is no choice but eating a barrel explosion. Heroic Leap can be used to cross the room if needed as well.

Avoid standing in Cinderflame which is a giant frontal cone that deals fire damage. This spans the length of the entire room.
Fuselighter applies a magic dot to a random target, this can be dispelled.
Avoid standing in Ignition circles that spawn. Ignition does a lot of damage when they erupt. Move any close barrels out of this if possible.

Overseer Korgus
Trash
There is a small section of trash remaining with Ashvane Warden and Ashvane Priest. This section is often skipped with one person pulling mobs to the side and dying or invising to reset them. Ashvane Priest cast Inner Flames, a heal that needs to be interrupted. Righteous Flames can only be stopped with Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout.
Boss
Overseer Korgus can be a tricky boss if not handled properly.

Heartstopper Venom is applied to all players upon starting the encounter. This limits how much you can move before you are stunned. Getting stunned is deadly as all other abilities have the potential to punish you for it.
The boss should be in a corner that Massive Blast can not hit; however, in case of an unsafe area watch out for cannons turning at you and using Massive Blast.
Use defensives during Explosive Burst. This will also knockback, either put yourself against a wall use Charge to get back. Do not stack with other player to avoid splashing.
Deadeye does slight damage. The same player can not get hit by this a second time without dying. Be prepared to soak for them if needed.
Cross Ignition is an easy spell to side step.

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Waycrest Manor

Heartsbane Triad
Trash
There is some randomness in which door will open and what boss you will encounter first. A lot of groups prefer getting top left and hate top right the most. If you get either of the right doors, you can lust the packs inside. Otherwise you can lust the Heartsbane Triad.

Soul Essence are pulled at the beginning while waiting for doors to open. They cast Scar Soul which can be kicked but is a very weak ability with little priority.
Runic Disciple will cast Spectral Talisman to lessen the amount of damage they take, interrupt this. Spellbind should also be kicked to prevent ranged and healers from being unable to cast for 4 seconds. The most important kick is Ascension Ritual this will transform Runic Disciple into a full health Heartsbane Runeweaver.
Heartsbane Runeweaver need Etch interrupted, this is a fairly powerful nuke. This mob Heartsbane Runeweaver can not be stunned or feared. Do not stand in front to avoid Marking Cleave.
Enthralled Guard has a frontal Shadow Cleave.
Bewitched Captain cast Spirited Defense that needs to be kicked to prevent damage reduction. This can also be purged.
Heartsbane Vinetwister channels Grasping Thorns that can not be stopped by Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout.
Thistle Acolyte cast Bone Splinter at the tank, this can be kicked. Drain Essence is a drain that should be kicked. Blight Toad accompany them that will Toad Blight upon death. Don’t stand nearby to not lose damage uptime.
Dreadwing Raven that will choose random non-tanks with Pallid Glare.
Marked Sister will apply Runic Mark to players. Spread out to avoid cleaving team mates.

Boss
The Heartsbane triad consists of 3 phases each fighting a different boss. At 50% they will swap to the next sister with the Focusing Iris cast. Hitting off-targets is meaningless due to their Soul Armor buff. If the any of the phases take too long, Dire Ritual will begin channeling. Use ALL defensive available if the boss will not die in time as this will most likely one shot. At the beginning of the pull cast Storm Bolt, Die by the Sword, andIntimidating Shout to prevent a bad mind control. Ideally, Die by the Sword would be used two minutes before the boss to have it available again after fighting the first sister.

Sister Solena

During this phase the party is under effect of Aura of Apathy. This makes it difficult to recover from previous phases. This can be extremely punishing with Grievous.
Interrupt Soul Bolt.
The reason we used our defensives and utility before the boss was to avoid casting them while under the mind control effect, Soul Manipulation. Preventing yourself from being killed or CCing allies can be a big detriment. Make sure to break the mind control fast as Dire Ritual will begin casting if the phase takes too long.

Sister Malady

Interrupt Ruinous Bolt.
Aura of Dread is applied to the group that does rotting damage to the group. If you are not moving this effect will stack. Jumping also works and is recommended for melee players so not to run into each other during the spread mechanic.
Unstable Runic Mark applies a dot to you and will explode onto allies when it expires. Make sure to stay spread but to also keep moving.

Sister Briar

Aura of Thorns is applied to the party that will do damage when you hit the boss.
Interrupt Bramble Bolt.
Jagged Nettles will be cast on a non-tank player. Utilize e and if available Die by the Sword or Rallying Cry. This does a significant chunk of your health. This will continue to do high damage unless healed above 90%. Abyssal Healing Potion or Healthstone can help the healer recover.

Soulbound Goliath
Trash
The group will slowly progress deeper into mansion courtyard. There will similar mobs as previously indoors. In the courtyard new thorn based mobs will be encountered.

Jagged Hound are dogs that have very low health so be careful on Bolstering weeks.
Coven Thornshaper have a lot of require kicks. Effigy Reconstruction will heal Thornguard and Jagged Hound. This is a top priority. Off kicks should be used on Infected Thorn that applies a very painful dot on random party members. Be wary of Uproot knocks into other trash packs. Avoid entering the slow as it scales with keystone level. If Soul Fetish is uninterrupted, upon death it applies five stacks of a damage buff that is a purgeable. This will make Thornguard hit the tank very hard.
Thornguard hits the tank hard with Tearing Strike. Utilize Storm Bolt if the tank needs a second to recover from the damage. Enrage will also make Thornguard hit harder for 10 seconds.
Matron Bryndle is a mini boss that must be killed. Splinter Spike will spawn under players, move out before they pop out of the floor. Thorned Barrage is an uninterruptible channel on the tank.

Boss
Soulbound Goliath can be fought anywhere in the courtyard.

Soul Thorns will stun a random non-tank player and do significant damage to them while in the stun. Break that player out as fast as possible. You can immune the effect if it chooses you by precasting Bladestorm.
Soul Harvest will increase the damage of the boss that can be cleared by running into Burning Brush. Use Rallying Cry and as needed. Burning Souls will spawn and target whoever heals the most. If you utilize Abyssal Healing Potion or Healthstone be wary of getting hit with their Burning Fists.
There are strategies to never run the Soulbound Goliath through Burning Brush by kiting him around or Taunt swapping him back and forth. This does mean you lose your entire dps doing it, and hence only restoration druids do this strategy. However, this can go horribly wrong if after a Taunt, that player is chosen with Soul Thorns.

Raal the Gluttonous
Trash
This portion of the dungeon consists of narrow corridors and rooms which can limit visibility or ability to deal with sanguine. Pulling mobs into the courtyard will make it easier to deal with their mechanics.

Devouring Maggot are dangerous in large numbers due to uninterruptable Spit at random players. Utilize defensives when having multiple debuffs. Interrupt Infest to prevent additional Devouring Maggots from spawning.
Infected Peasant is Infected and will spawn Devouring Maggot upon death.
Pallid Gorger leaps to the furthest target. This should not be an issue if ranged are not stacked in melee. Avoid standing in front of them for Retch.
Gorestained Piglet hits the tank with a minor Snout Smack.Waycrest Reveler also do not really do anything of importance.
Banquet Steward rings his Dinner Bell that will do damage and silence players nearby, this should be interrupted.

If you get the right path or are looking for additional percent the library like room at the right of the dungeon can be scary, but offers good trash percentage.

It is imperative to interrupt Severing Serpent by Maddened Survivalist. This does significant damage to the group. Avoid standing in their Shrapnel Trap that will activate if you enter their area. Same goes for Freezing Trap that will stun for 8 seconds upon contact.
Crazed Marksman are ranged mobs that cast Shoot at the tank. Try to be spread for Tracking Explosive that has a small splash radius.
Diseased Mastiff bites the tank with Diseased Crunch.

Boss
Make sure to clean out the entire room before engaging this boss. Additionally, do not accidentally pull him as he does not reset and will instead wipe the group with Consume All if no one tanks him.

Tenderize is a frontal cone that will cast three times at players. Move around the boss to avoid this.
Rotten Expulsion will throw pools of goo with Bile Oozeling at player’s feet. Avoid standing in their Bile Explosion when they die.
Call Servant will summon several Wasting Servants. It would be inefficient to run out and stop hitting the boss to single target the Wasting Servants. Let them come in closer and Warbreaker and Bladestorm them down. Make sure that they do die as Consume Servant will buff the boss significantly. Make sure if the boss does get buffed to not get hit by Tenderize.

Lord Waycrest
Trash
Proceed down the stairs that are found after defeating the first three bosses. There are two entrances to either side of the courtyard. Many of the mobs have been encountered already.

Coven Diviner has Soul Fetish applied on it, its death will apply a damage buff to a nearby target. Fragment Souls will be consumed by Consume Fragments. This can be stopped with Storm Bolt or Intimidating Shout. Any additional kicks can be used on Soul Bolt that hits the tank.
Matron Alma applies Dread Mark to the group, they should spread to minimize splash damage and minimize the amount of stacks of Lingering Dread that gets applied. Make sure to also interrupt Ruinous Volley that does slight group damage. This mob pats back and forth across the hallway. Her large healthpool makes her undesirable to pull. You are going to have to wait for a good pat cycle to be able to dodge her.
Heartsbane Soulcharmer are high priority targets that drop Warding Candles. This reduces any damage monsters take while inside. Soul Volley is important to interrupt. A regular Soul Bolt will only hit the tank, but any off kicks should interrupt this as well.

Boss
The fight will begin with only Lord Waycrest entering the arena to fight. In phase two Lady Waycrest will also join the fight.

Phase 1

Virulent Pathogen will be targeted on a player. This does damage and will drop an explosion after a dispel or expiration. This explosion spreads to other players so make sure to use Heroic Leap to get out.
Lady Waycrest will summon purple puddles under players feet via Discordant Cadenza.
Lord Waycrest will get healed at to full by Lady Waycrest’s Vitality Transfer after reaching 30%. This will only occur three times. After the third, Lady Waycrest will join the arena in phase 2. After each Vitality Transfer cast, Lord Waycrest will receive a damage buff, Putrid Vitality.

Phase 2
In this phase focus Lord Waycrest because he will be doing excessive tank damage with his three stacks of Putrid Vitality. Lady Waycrest will join at 10% health, make sure that you utilize Sweeping Strikes + Execute during this to increase priority damage on Lord Waycrest. You can also now interrupt Wracking Chord while she is within the arena.
Gorak Tul
Trash
Gloom Horrors are the only trash packs that you will encounter. Their main damage comes from Dark Leap that will prioritise the furthest target. This can be dangerous as they like to leap together and cleave. These casts can be baited out by individual players with rotating cooldowns. Alternatively this trash is skipped. If no one does any damage to them or cast any abilities they can run through and up the right staircase. At which point the mobs will reset.
Boss

Gorak Tul will summon a Deathtouched Slaver via Summon Deathtouched Slaver. The Deathtouched Slaver will Dark Leap to a target in ranged. Make sure that players stay close to allow for optimal cleave. Death Lens is an uninterruptible cast that will stun and deal damage to a random player. This can stopped by Storm Bolt. Having too many Deathtouched Slavers will cause too much harm.
Dread Essence will heal any Deathtouched Slaver alive or resurrect any Deathtouched Slaver that are dead. This can be prevented by burning dead corpses with Alchemical Fire that can be picked up throughout the room. Make sure that Deathtouched Slaver is dead and burnt before Dread Essence.
Interrupt Darkened Lightning that will bounce between party members and deal damage.

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Comment by Thorwen

Great stuff. Was thinking about swaping to arms for a bit to keep things fun and different on my warrior and this guide will provide the necessary orientation and a look in to spec philosophy. Cheers!

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