Drest'agath - Ny'alotha Raid Strategy Guide

By FatbossTV Updated: 2020/03/13

Void Infused IchorAberrant Regeneration

MautProphet SkitraShad'harIl'gynothDrest'agath Loot

Mar'kowa, the Mindpiercer - The weapon always comes with the Flash of Insight corruption effect, which increases your character's corruption by 20.

Ichorspine Loop

Writhing Segment of Drest'agath

Gloves of Abyssal Authority

Belt of Muttering Truths

Spinebarb Legplates

Halsheth, Slumberer's Spear

Drest'agath Loot GuideDrest'agath Quick Tips

Pick up Void Infused Ichor orbs from dead adds to deal damage that bypasses the bosses Aberrant Regeneration.

Tanks should taunt after each Volatile Seed cast and let the debuff expire on adds.

Move away from tanks when they are afflicted with Volatile Seed.

Make sure that one tank is always within melee range of the boss to prevent Void Grip from triggering.

Move away from enemies casting Entropic Crush.

Quickly identify the direction of the Void Glare beam and move out of it.

Quickly move away from your allies when afflicted with Mutterings of Insanity.

Kill adds before looking to do damage to the boss.

Move out of the Crushing Slam zone when fighting the Tentacle of Drest'agath. Melee should prioritize killing this add.

Avoid the Reality Tear zone that travels out from the tentacle during Throes of Agony.

Be spread 4 yards to avoid the splash damage from the Acid Splash cast when fighting Maw of Drest'agath adds.

Dodge the Spine Eruption rings around the maw during Throes of Agony.

Interrupt the Mind Flay and dodge the Falling Gore swirlies during Throes of Agony when fighting the Eye of Drest'agath adds.

Drest'agath General AbilitiesAberrant Regeneration

Drest'agath will constantly heal for 9.7 million health every 5 seconds, making all damage done to the boss pointless.

Players who are afflicted with Void Infused Ichor will deal damage to the boss that she cannot heal.

Several Void Infused Ichor orbs drop from each of the appendage adds that spawn throughout the fight in waves.

The raid should kill all appendage adds in a wave before standing in a Void Infused Ichor. This will grant them a 30 second debuff which allows them to deal unhealable damage to Drest'agath.

If an appendage add dies far before others, the Void Infused Ichor it drops may despawn, so players may want to use these to hit the boss for 30 seconds and then help finish off any remaining adds in a wave.

Adds drop Void Infused Ichor orbs upon death. Soak them to be able to damage the boss.

Throes of Agony

Each time an appendage add is killed, Dismemberment is triggered which grants the boss 20 agony over 4 seconds.

Upon reaching 100 agony, the boss will cast Throes of Agony, dealing moderate nature damage to the entire raid every 2 seconds over 10 seconds.

Healers she keep a close eye on how much agony the boss has, as to be ready to heal the raid when the Throes of Agony spell begins.

This also triggers any alive tentacles to cast a special Agony Ability. These abilities are discussed in each adds respective sections.

Volatile SeedVolatile Seed

This 10 second debuff deals high damage every 2 seconds and explodes in a Volatile Detonation upon expiration.

This explosion deals a large burst of shadow damage to all players and appendage adds within 13 yards.

All targets hit have all damage taken increased by 60% for 15 seconds.

Once a tank gains the Volatile Seed debuff, the other tank should taunt. The debuffed tank should then stand near a group of appendage adds or a single high priority add.

Players should give this tank space, as they do not want to also be hit by the Volatile Detonation.

Once the detonation has occured, the tank should return to the boss and be ready to taunt when the Volatile Seed is applied to the other tank.

During taunt swaps, the boss must always have a tank in melee range, as the boss is immobile and will hit any nearby player if a tank isn't within range.

If no players are within range, the boss will Void Grip the tank to her location, stunning that tank for 5 seconds.

Tanks: Stand on adds when you have Volatile Seed to increase the damage they take!

Drest'agath Duplicated AbilitiesEntropic Crash

Any active Tentacle of Drest'agath appendage adds duplicate this spell.

All players want to generate distance between themselves and any of the damage sources, ideally at least 20 yards.

Tanks should also move away from the boss. They will not trigger Void Grip as long as they return to her within a few seconds.

Move away from the boss and any Tentacles when Entropic Crash is cast!

Void Glare

Once the cast completes, the boss channels a beam at that location which deals high shadow damage every 0.5 seconds over 4 seconds.

Any active Eye of Drest'agath appendage adds duplicate this spell, each choosing their own target.

Players can identify the direction of the beam during the initial the cast by looking at the direction the boss or any Eyes of Drest'agath are facing.

Everybody needs to pay close attention to this, as getting hit by one or two beams for even a short period of time can be fatal.

Move out of the Void Glare beams as they deal a huge amount of damage!

Mutterings of Insanity

An Unleashed Insanity triggers when the debuff expires, dealing moderate shadow damage and stunning all players within 12 yards for 8 seconds.

This stun is a magic debuff and can be dispelled via any magic dispel, including mass dispel.

Any active Maw of Drest'gath appendage adds duplicate this spell.

Do note: This ability is currently marked as a Heroic mechanic in the in-game Dungeon Journal, however it was present during normal difficulty testing.

Move quickly away from your raid when afflicted with Mutterings of Insanity.

The player should be topped up by the healers and then dispelled as soon as the Unleashed Insanity triggers.

Certain low-mobility classes may not be able to move away from their allies before the debuff expires. Players need to be ready to move away from Mutterings of Insanity afflicted players in these situations.

Appendages of Drest'agath

These adds spawn in at set times and in non-random positions and configurations.

Each add has an Agony Ability which is always cast whenever Drest'agath gains 100 agony and casts Throes of Agony.

Tentacle of Drest'agathCrushing Slam

This after 2 seconds this zone explodes, dealing moderate shadow damage to anyone inside.

Players should keep a close eye on where this zone is as to avoid this incoming damage.

If players are struggling to see where the zone is, they can have a look at the tentacle itself, as it will face the direction it is going to slam towards.

The underbelly of the tentacle has a different texture and colour to the rest of its model, making it stand out as long as you pay close attention to it.

This add should be focused down by Melee DPS as a priority, as they have the easiest time dodging this mechanic as movement doesn't reduce their outgoing DPS.

Dodge the purple swirly marked by the Crushing Slam!

Reality TearThroes of AgonyReality Tear

A zone travels out from the Tentacle in a straight line, dealing damage to anyone nearby every 3 seconds.

9 seconds after appearing, the Reality Tear despawns.

Players should try to quickly identify where this zones is so that they can side-step out of its path.

The Reality Tear always travels in a straight line which makes it easy to dodge.

Eye of Drest'agathMind FlayMind Flay

This interruptible channel deals moderate ticking shadow damage to the target and slows their movement speed.

This spell should be interrupted as often as possible, as to allow targets to dodge mechanics as well as reducing the overall damage they take.

Errant BlastThroes of AgonyErrant Blast

This 9 second long channel spawns a piece of Falling Gore every 3 seconds.

Falling Gore marks a random location with a red swirly before landing on it, dealing a large burst of damage to anyone within its 8 yard landing location.

Often the Falling Gore will spawn far away from the raid and will require no attention from the raid. Players just need to be quick to dodge any red swirly circles that are nearby.

Avoid the red zones marked by Errant Blast.

Maw of Drest'agathAcid SplashAcid Splash

This uninterruptible cast deals moderate nature damage to them and anyone within 4 yards.

The targeted player cannot avoid this damage, instead they should just make sure that they are at least 4 yards away from other players.

Any player near a Maw of Drest'agath should keep spread as to minimise the amount of movement needed to counter this ability.

Melee DPS should prioritise other adds over the Maw of Drest'agath adds as to help minimise splash damage taken.

Spine EruptionThroes of AgonySpine Eruption

This is a 9 second channel which summons a randomly sized ring of spines every 3 seconds.

Players can see where the spines are by looking at the ground nearby, as the tips of the spines poke out of the ground.

Every 3 seconds a ring of spines will erupt from the ground and deal high physical damage to anyone in the area.

The spines then despawn and a new ring spawns. After the third ring has erupted, the ability will end.

Spine Eruption

Ranged players should stand at least 30+ yards away from any Maw of Drest'agath, as the ring of spines will not exceed a 30 yard radius.

Players that find themselves near the maw during Spine Eruption should try to find a nearby safe spot to avoid the incoming damage.

Dodge the zones or be 30+ yards away from the maw adds whilst they are casting Spine Eruption.

Heroic DifficultyUmbral AversionVoid Infused IchorUmbral Aversion

Whenever a player gets Void Infused Ichor they need to make the most of it by slamming into the boss for its duration.

Players should avoid accidentally gathering a Void Infused Ichor if they do not intend to nuke the boss during the next 30 seconds.

This addition stops specific players from constantly gathering Void Infused Ichor debuffs to slam into the boss throughout the fight.

Void MiasmaTentacle of Drest'agathVoid Miasma

This cloud deals moderate damage to any player within it every 3 seconds.

The cloud also acts as line of sight, as players outside can not directly hit any targets inside, and vice versa.

All melee DPS should enter the Void Miasma and kill the add as soon as possible.

One or two high mobility healers should enter the Void Miasma as to maintain line of sight on the players within, allowing them to heal the ticking damage from the Void Miasma.

Players must stand within the Void Miasma cloud to be within line of sight of the Tentacle of Drest'agath.

Mutterings of BetrayalMaw of Drest'agathMutterings of Betrayal

Any player within 10 yards of the add will gain 1 stack of a debuff which absorbs 71,422 healing.

This debuff is applied approximately every 4 seconds, and upon reaching 4 stacks the player will gain the Betrayed debuff.

Betrayed causes the player to become "hostile to allies" for the rest of the encounter, which eventually will lead to their death.

All players should avoid being within 10 yards of these adds at any given time.

Due to this aura, melee DPS cannot damage these adds reliably. As a result, ranged DPS should prioritise killing these adds as soon as possible.

If a player does accidentally gain the Mutterings of Betrayal debuff, healers should look to quickly heal them to remove the debuff.

Mythic DifficultyMythic Drest'agath Strategy Guide

The only significant Mythic change is that whenever an Appendage of Drest’agath dies, all other Appendages of the same type will trigger their Throes ability. The only difficulty this change adds to the encounter is more mechanics to dodge.

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Comments

Comment by Lantokk

It's hard to tell just from a video, but it looks as though Void Glare from Drest'agath can damage an appendage. If not, then the rest of this post is moot. If so, does Void Glare from an appendage damage the boss? And if so, is said damage permanent? Taking this inquiry yet further, might there be any other abilities that damage the boss in a similar way? It would be an interesting mechanic to allow more flexibility with different group compositions and sizes, something lacking in the otherwise awesome Eternal Palace raid.

Comment by Ryawy

My group found it helpful to set up all of the markers in a circle around the boss, so when the tanks got the Seed, they could call out colors to indicate which tentacles they were going to drop the 60% debuff on and the DPS could take advantage of it.

Edit: I also noticed that the tentacles seem to spawn in the same place with in each wave, at least on Normal and Heroic, and there are always two tentacles close enough that they can both be hit by the debuff at the same time. Tanks in particular may find this helpful so they can be in place if their Seed is about to go off right as the tentacles spawn. If you picture the room as a clock face with the door at the 6 o'clock position and the opposite side at the 12 o'clock position, the two tentacles that always spawn close together spawn first at 9, then at 6, then 3, then 5. Beyond the first four waves, I don't know.

Comment by Wolfenstein3000

Unable to solo as 437 Destruction lok due to mechanics

Comment by Jeolene

You can solo this encounter, you must pick up the little voidy colored orbs that spawn on the ground after you kill the tentacle adds, then you can burn the boss down. Don't hesitate to pick up more so you don't suddenly find yourself without the buff.

Drest'agath - Ny'alotha Raid Strategy Guide

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