The Nokhud Offensive Dungeon Strategy Guide

By Petko Updated: 2024/04/10

The Nokhud Offensive Dungeon Entrance

Entrance Nearest Flight Path

The Nokhud Offensive Dungeon Quick TipsThe dungeon provides the flexibility to choose which boss you want to tackle first, except for the final boss, Balakar Khan. A standard route for The Nokhud Offensive will be going Granyth>The Raging Tempest>Teera>Balakar Khan. You can use Dragonriding to move from boss to boss, this is the only dungeon that uses this unique feature introduced in Dragonflight. There are no checkpoints in this dungeon, meaning if you die, you will be sent back to the beginning where you started the key - the entrance it the instance.4

First are the 3 Nokhud Lancemaster, located in 3 different packs, and must be defeated for the boss to spawn.

As a tank, be careful how you position this mob because of Cleaving Strikes; never stay in front of it.
Run away from War Stomp at all costs.
Interrupt Disruptive Shout to prevent the "lock on cast" effect and avoid taking AoE physical damage.

Nokhud Longbow is one of the few static mobs in this dungeon that you should pay attention to:

Nokhud Warspear is a high-priority target to kill.

Nokhud Hornsounder is the only important caster mob in this area.

Upon Granyth reaching a maximum energy (100), it takes approximately 27 seconds to cast Eruption.
The only way to stop Eruption is to use Dragonkiller Lance before it wipes your team because of its high AoE damage. Here are a few important things to know:

Run away from Tectonic Stomp. Failing to do so will knock you back and deal massive damage.

Focus on killing the Nokhud Saboteur at all costs to prevent them from casting Dismantle. Stun, disturb, knock-back, slow and immobilize effects work on them.

Save a mini-cooldown or your resources for the Nokhud Saboteur, and you get only 1 add per Dragonkiller Lance "shoot". Cleave it all together with the boss for maximum efficiency and help your team with any abilities that will slow down their movement speed (stuns included).

Move Granyth closer to the Nokhud Saboteur, which will allow your team to "cleave" both targets and deal with them more quickly.

Watch out for Shards of Stone, the unavoidable damage is not to be underestimated.

If an Eruption cast goes through, it will deal massive damage to the entire party. Be ready with healing cooldowns in case you see a second "tick" of the cast going through. High-damage alert!

Stormcaller Boroo, Stormcaller Arynga, Stormcaller Solongo and Stormcaller Zarii are identical mobs (with different names), spread across all 4 packs of mobs that must be killed to spawn the boss.

Primalist Stormspeaker is the most dangerous caster in this area, and has several abilities to watch out for:

Primalist Thunderbeast is another high-threat caster mob that you have to watch out for.

Primal Stormshield is the last trash mob you need to watch out for!

Periodically, every player in your party will get Lightning Strike. It is important to be spread out so you don't accidentally "clip' each other (imagine it as a massive Quaking mechanic). It will damage you upon expiration.

Collecting the lighting orbs will grant you 5% increased damage and healing for 20 sec, with a stacking effect. They will deal damage each time you "consume" one. A common strategy is to let your DPS have more so you can speed up the fight.

Don't stay under the boss, so you can avoid being hit by The Raging Tempest. Worry not, The Raging Tempest has a big hitbox!

Remember that, Lightning Strike will cause Electrical Overload, destroying any Lighting Orbs that get struck by it. Either collect them or make sure you don't cleave them.

Use defensives once the boss enters Electrical Storm.

Time your cooldowns once you have several stacks of Lighting Orbs, as each of them increases your damage by 5%.

If you want to collect the orbs as a tank, be mindful of the Wind Burst, as you want to be in a melee range at all times.

Beware of Energy Surge. This is a good time to use your mitigation.

When the Electrical Storm "phase" is active, make sure to have cooldowns to cover for the mass AoE damage coming for your team in the next 15 seconds.

Dispel the buff from Energy Surge as quickly as you can.

Soulharvester Duuren, Soulharvester Galtmaa, Soulharvester Tumen and Soulharvester Mandakh are the "Soulharvesters" that you must defeat to activate the boss. They are one of the high-threat casters you need to watch out for in this area.

Stay away from Ukhel Deathspeaker's Chant of the Dead to avoid taking damage, any nearby mobs that also stay in the cast will get empowered. A common strategy is to use knock effects or rely on your tank to move the mobs away to avoid them being empowered.

Interrupt Desecrated Ohuna's AoE damage-over-time effect - Rotting Wind at all costs.

Ukhel Beastcaller will hit your tank with Sundering Slash and call reinforcements Desecrating Roar (cannot be interrupted) Avoiding this mob is a common strategy in this dungeon.

Runaway from Frightful Roar. Any fear-immune or immunity affects work, in case you want to have higher up-time here (Example: Warrior's Berserker Rage, Shaman's Tremor Totem, Rogue's Cloak of Shadows, etc.).

Place Gale Arrow away from the boss' location, this will help you have fewer ground effects to worry about.

Beware of the pushback effect from Guardian Wind.

Dodge Maruuk's Earthsplitter at all costs. You have 2 seconds to avoid being hit by it. If you can't avoid it, remember that the damage is Physical so any immunities will help you survive here.

Do your best to cleave both bosses even if they are spread apart.

Use defensive cooldowns once each of the bosses has several stacks of the Ancestral Bond buff, Teera's Quick Shot will do insanely high damage!

Tank Teera and Maruuk together because of the Life Link passive. This will also allow your DPS to "cleave" both targets and speed up the fight significantly.

Bosses must be, at all times, no more than 20 yards away from each other to avoid the Ancestral Bond buff, which will increase their damage by 5%, every 1 sec.

When Teera casts Spirit Leap, quickly move to her to allow cleave on both targets.

When Brutalize is cast, use your mitigation to avoid dropping to a critical health level.

Watch out for Teera's Quick Shot, it is unavoidable damage to a random player in your party.

It is important to note that none of these non-boss-enemies is essential to "activate" the boss, unlike the previous encounters. You can simply stealth, reach Balakar Khan and engage the fight. However, if you decide to take on any trash mobs, here is a list of the most notable ones:There will be 2 avoidable mini-bosses prior to Balakar Khan - Batak and Balara. If you choose to engage them, you must kill them simultaneously to avoid the Raging Kin buff being present. Each of them has unique abilities under their belt:

Avoid Balara's Ravaging Spear at all times, failing to do so might turn lethal.

Dodge the Broad Stomp frontal cast by Batak (it has 20 yards range).

Beware of the Vehement Charge from Balara, it will deal damage and knock you back.

The boss has 2 phases, the second one begins as soon as Balakar Khan reaches 60%. During the "phase" the boss will be immune to damage and 4 of his trusted minions, Nokhud Stormcasters, will be present. Defeating them will conclude the intermission and it will make the boss available to be damaged again.

Balakar Khan will cast Iron Spear on a random target from your party, followed up by an immediate charge to "collect" his spear - Iron Stampede. A common strategy is to "bait" the charge near a wall to shorten his "charge" and have higher DPS uptime.

Dodge Upheaval and Crackling Upheaval abilities at all costs, failing to do so will drop you to critical health. Keep in mind that Crackling Upheaval will have a follow-up spell - Quake creating a lingering AoE pool on the ground that does damage upon contact.

Interrupt the Storm Bolt cast coming from the Nokhud Stormcaster during the Intermission. This will allow for better stacking on the mobs and enable "cleaving", which will speed up the phase.

Dodge the Lightning pools on the ground at all times during the Intermission.

Balakar Khan will cast Static Spear on a random player from your party. Upon hit, it will pull all party members to its location. You have a short time to react and get away from it to avoid being hit by the Iron Stampede (same charge as in Phase 1).

During the intermission phase, use your interrupt on cooldown so you can stack all of the Nokhud Stormcasters for a better cleave. This is a good time to use your defensive once you find it appropriate.

During Phase 2 (after the intermission) if you get targeted by the Iron Spear, use defensive cooldowns to help your healer.

Pay attention to Rending Strike as it leaves a nasty bleed effect and it also increases the damage from Savage Strike by 500%. It's best to use active mitigation or any sort of defensive at this moment.

Periodically, Balakar Khan will cast Conductive Strike on you. After taking the unavoidable initial damage you are with a Dispellable DoT, quickly ask for Dispel before Thunder Strike cast goes through.

Do your best to stack Nokhud Stormcaster during the intermission to allow your team to effectively cleave.

During the Intermission your entire team will be taking damage from Stormwinds, which is why you want to kill the Nokhud Stormcaster as quickly as possible to end the phase. Here is a good place to use your healing cooldowns.

Dispel the effect from Conductive Strike as quickly as you can. High alert dispel.

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Dungeon Map

Granyth Boss Guide in The Nokhud OffensiveImportant Granyth Trash Tips and TricksGranyth3Nokhud LancemasterCleaving StrikesRun away from War Stomp at all costs.Interrupt Disruptive Shout to prevent the "lock on cast" effect and avoid taking AoE physical damage.Nokhud Longbow is one of the few static mobs in this dungeon that you should pay attention to:Nokhud Warspear is a high-priority target to kill.Nokhud Hornsounder is the only important caster mob in this area.Granyth Tips and Strategy

Upon Granyth reaching a maximum energy (100), it takes approximately 27 seconds to cast Eruption.
The only way to stop Eruption is to use Dragonkiller Lance before it wipes your team because of its high AoE damage. Here are a few important things to know:

Run away from Tectonic Stomp. Failing to do so will knock you back and deal massive damage.

Focus on killing the Nokhud Saboteur at all costs to prevent them from casting Dismantle. Stun, disturb, knock-back, slow and immobilize effects work on them.

Move Granyth closer to the Nokhud Saboteur, which will allow your team to "cleave" both targets and deal with them more quickly.

Watch out for Shards of Stone, the unavoidable damage is not to be underestimated.

If an Eruption cast goes through, it will deal massive damage to the entire party. Be ready with healing cooldowns in case you see a second "tick" of the cast going through. High-damage alert!

The Raging Tempest Boss Guide in The Nokhud OffensiveImportant The Raging Tempest Trash Tips and TricksGranythThe Raging Tempest4Stormsurge TotemThe Raging Tempest

Any player within 10 yards of the Primalist Arcblade will get "cleaved" because of his Arcing Strike, you can't interrupt it but you can try to use stun or disturb effects to stop it.

Stormcaller Boroo, Stormcaller Arynga, Stormcaller Solongo and Stormcaller Zarii are identical mobs (different names), spread across all 4 packs that are required to be killed. Their ability Totemic Overload does AoE damage to everyone around the Stormsurge Totem. There is not any way to avoid it unless you stay further than 40 yards, that's why nuking it will be the best strategy.

Primalist Stormspeaker will be present in some of the packs to kill to "activate" the boss. Apart from his interruptible single-target ability - Stormbolt (it always goes on the tank) you should ALWAYS stop - Tempest as it radiates AoE damage with a stacking effect (DoT) that can be dispelled.

Beware when fighting Primalist Thunderbeast, the beast will occasionally cast Chain Lightning on a random player, the targeted person must not be within 10 yards of anyone so the spell won't bounce. Make sure you run out of his Thunder Clap too if you are a melee player to avoid being hit.

Last but not least - Primal Stormshield. Having a Purge effect will have immense value because of his absorb Stormshield. Failing to remove his shield will take much longer to deal with him. In addition, the non-boss-enemy will cast Shield Bash on any nearby enemy (15 yards) so if you are ranged, you might want to be further away from them to avoid being "locked" on a cast.

The Raging Tempest Tips and Strategy5030 secondsElectrical Storm

Don't stay under the boss, so you can avoid being hit by The Raging Tempest. Worry not, The Raging Tempest has a big hitbox!

Remember that Lightning Strike will cause Electrical Overload, to destroy any Lighting Orbs that get struck by it. Either collect them or make sure you don't cleave them.

Use defensives once the boss enters Electrical Storm.

Time your cooldowns once you have several stacks of Lighting Orbs, as each of them increases your damage by 5%.

If you want to collect the orbs as a tank, be mindful of the Wind Burst, as you want to be in a melee range at all times.

Beware of Energy Surge. This is a good time to use your mitigation.

When the Electrical Storm "phase" is active, make sure to have cooldowns to cover for the mass AoE damage coming for your team in the next 15 seconds.

Dispel the buff from Energy Surge as quickly as you can.

Teera and Maruuk Boss Guide in The Nokhud OffensiveImportant Teera and Maruuk Trash Tips and Tricks

Interrupt Desecrated Ohuna's AoE damage-over-time effect - Rotting Wind at all costs.

Ukhel Beastcaller will hit your tank with Sundering Slash and call reinforcements Desecrating Roar (cannot be interrupted) Avoiding this mob is a common strategy in this dungeon.

Teera and Maruuk Tips and StrategySoulharvester DuurenSoulharvester GaltmaaSoulharvester TumenSoulharvester MandakhTeera and Maruuk

Teera and Maruuk Boss Preview

A few important details to mention are that the two legendary centaurs share health - Life Link, so the best possible strategy will be to always tank them together so the DPS can effectively "cleave" them. They, just like every boss so far, will have energy: at the beginning of the fight, Teera starts at 50 and Maruuk with 0. Upon reaching 100 energy, they will cast their signature abilities - Teera's Gale Arrow and Maruuk's Earthsplitter. Here is a more detailed breakdown of the boss fight:Gale Tornado