Shrine of the Storm Dungeon Ability Guide

By FatbossTV Updated: 2018/12/20

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Murky Cerulean Signet

Gloves of Corrupted Waters

Water Shapers

Aqu'sirr's Swirling Sash

Briny Barnacle

Stormsurger's Sabatons

Sea Priest's Greaves

Footpads of the Serene Wake

Blessing Bearer's Waders

Galecaller's Boon

Seabreeze

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Belt of the Unrelenting Gale

Ironhull's Reinforced Legplates

Aq'mar, the Tidecaller

Bindings of the Calling Depths

Void-Drenched Cape

Leggings of the Drowned Lord

Bracers of the Sacred Fleet

Ensemble: Vestments of the Tidesages

Gauntlets of Total Subservience

Tentacle-Laced Spaulders

Mantle of Void-Touched Waters

Hauberk of Sunken Despair

Chain of Consummate Power

Stormlurker's Cowl

Conch of Dark Whispers

Chestguard of the Deep Denizen

Deep Fathom's Bite

Helm of Abyssal Malevolence

Cowl of Fluid Machinations

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Aqu'sirrNotable Trash Mobs

A large amount of trash is optional in this area of the instance and can be avoided by simply moving along a single route and by the group exercising restraint when using area of effect abilities.

Shrine TemplarProtective AuraHeaving Blow

If the cast does go off, you can use an Offensive Magic Purge to dispel it. Otherwise, focus the Shrine Templar to allow the group to do meaningful damage to the other trash.

This enemy will also cast Heaving Blow. This 3 second uninterruptible cast will send out short range shockwave aimed towards the tank, dealing damage and stunning any players caught by it.
The entire group should avoid this ability. The tank can move after the cast has begun as the Shrine Templar will not change direction to face the tank whilst casting.

Tidal SurgeTidesage Initiate

Do note that these enemies will attempt to run away in fear. If they run into other trash packs this will aggro them.

The group needs to quickly finish off the Initiates when they are on low health to prevent this from happening.

Wash AwayTemple AttendantWater Blast

These enemies will also cast Wash Away. They will mark a location on the ground at the beginning of their cast. After the cast completes, all players within the zone will take a burst of damage and be knocked back.

This cast is also interruptible, however the group should refrain from interrupting this as the damage is easily avoided by simply moving out of the targeted area.

Animated Droplet

The droplets will simply melee hit the target with the highest threat. They should be quickly bursted down to reduce incoming tank damage.

Tidesage SpiritualistSpirit's Swiftness

The group should still interrupt the casts from the spiritualists, however they should purge the Swiftness buff the gain to allow the group to continue interrupting future casts.

Rising TidesTidesage Spiritualist

Anchor of Binding will mark the location of a random player. A moment later an anchor will land at that location, dealing a burst of damage and rooting the player for 4 seconds.
This cast should be interrupted to reduce the overall movement requirement for the trash. If the group does not have a purge spell for the Swiftness stack, then the group should not interrupt this cast.

Mending Rapids

This cast should be interrupted as a high priority. If the cast goes through, the healing over time buff can be purged as it is a magical buff.

Living CurrentRising Tides

As soon as the players are airborne, the Living Current will cast Crushing Waters, slamming the bubbled players back to the ground whilst dealing high frost damage.

As neither the Rising Tides or subsequent Crushing Waters are avoidable (aside from running 60 yards away), the group should not engage multiple trash packs whilst simultaneously fighting the Living Current.

Aqu'sirr Abilities & StrategyUndertowAqu'sirrAqu'sirrSea Blast

The tank should ensure that they are always within melee range of the boss to prevent this Sea Blast from casting.

Surging Rush

Players need to quickly identify the direction Aqu'sirr is facing and move out of the way of this incoming charge.

The tank should quickly move towards the boss after the Surging Rush to ensure the Sea Blast is not triggered.

Undertow

The afflicted player should run against the push back to ensure they are not pushed off the platform. The healer should spot heal this player to keep them healthy.

Aqu'sirrChoking Brine

If the debuff is dispelled, several bolts will fly out of the player and land nearby. Anyone hit will gain the Choking Brine debuff.

The healer should either out heal the debuff, or dispel it whilst the group dodges the swirlies that spew from the player.

AqualingAqu'sirrAqualingAqu'sirr

The group should aim to remove these adds as soon as possible, preferably by focusing damage on a single add at a time as this will reduce the amount of abilities incoming.

As the adds will cast Sea Blast, the group should ensure that each add is within melee range of at least one player.

Although the adds do melee hit, the damage they deal is not very high due to the 40% damage reduction.

AqualingAqu'sirrHeroicAqu'sirrGrasp from the Depths

These tenctacles will root the player for 20 seconds whilst also dealing damage to the player every 2 seconds.

The group should destroy these Grasping Tentacles as soon as possible to allow their ally to move around once again.

Tidesage CouncilNotable Trash MobsAqu'sirrTidesage InitiateTemple AttendantTempestGalecaller ApprenticeGale Shear

Although this cast can be interrupted, the group should save its interrupts for the Tempest Cast.

After a 2.5 sec interruptible cast, the Galecallers will send out a tornado in a straight line via its Tempest cast.
These tornadoes deal high ticking damage to anyone caught in their path. Players should either interrupt the ability or dodge the tornadoes.

Slicing Hurricane

These zones deal ever increasing ticking damage and slow the player by 30%. Players should quickly move from these zones as to reduce the heavy incoming damage.

Windspeaker HeldisMinor Swiftness Ward

The healer must be prepared to out heal this incoming damage by using cooldowns if necessary.

She will also spam cast Windblast on the tank, dealing a small amount of nature damage. This cast should be interrupted as a low priority.

Heldis will also spawn a Minor Swiftness Ward underneath herself. This buffs both any trash enemy or any player who stands within it, increasing haste and movement speeds by 25%.
Targets inside the area are also immune to movement impairing effects. The tank should drag any trash out of the area whilst players stand within it to gain the haste buff.

Ironhull ApprenticeSundering Blow

The tank may need to use large damage reduction cooldowns to survive if they receive a large number of these armor reducing stacks.

This mob will also cast Whirling Slam, dealing damage to all players within 8 yards after a 3 second cast.
All players should move from this area to dodge the damage. The Ironhull Apprentice will not move whilst casting, allowing the tank to also dodge this damage.

Ironhull ApprenticeLesser Blessing of Ironsides

The tank should kite during this time, especially on high mythic keystone levels. Be careful not to kite into other trash packs!

Minor Reinforcing WardCarve FleshRunecarver Sorn

It will place a Minor Reinforcing Ward underneath itself, reducing damage taken by 75% for both trash and players alike.

The tank should move any trash out of the zone. The tank can also position themselves in such a way as to stand within the rune whilst preventing trash from gaining the buff.

Players need to stand within this rune when they are targeted by Sorn's Carve Flesh, as it deals substantial damage over the 6 second uninterruptible channel.

Guardian Elemental

Electrifying Shock will deal a burst of damage and apply a 20 second nature damage dot on to a random target. This magic dot should be dispelled by the healer as soon as possible.

Shipbreaker Storm is an 8 second channel which deals ticking damage to the entire group. Contrary to the animation, this damage cannot be avoided and must be simply out-healed.

The group should stack next to the Guardian Elemental to allow the healer to efficiently heal the group via area of effect spells.

Tidesage Council Abilities & StrategyBrother IronhullReinforcing WardBrother IronhullHindering Cleave

The group should ensure that they do not stand in front of Brother Ironhull at all times to ensure that only the tank is hit by this Hindering Cleave.

Brother IronhullReinforcing Ward

This area will decrease damage taken by 75% of all enemies and players within it, whilst also removing all negative effects when entered.

The tank should move both bosses out of this Reinforcing Ward to allow the group to output meaningful damage on to the bosses.

This small zone always spawns underneath Galecaller Faye, even if she is dead.

Galecaller FayeSwiftness WardGalecaller FayeSlicing Blast

This should be interrupted as frequently as possible. It is unlikely that the group will be able to cover each of the Slicing Blast casts.

The group should enter the Reinforcing Ward, left by Brother Ironhull, to remove the nature damage taken debuff applied by the Slicing Blast.

Galecaller FayeSwiftness Ward

This area will increase the haste and movement speed of any enemies and players who stand within it by 25%, whilst also granting immunity to movement impairing effects.

The group should attempt to stand within this area to gain a significant output increase. The tank should avoid positioning the bosses within this area as they will also gain these beneficial effects.

This large zone always spawns directly underneath Brother Ironhull, even if he is dead.

Normal difficulty

If the group lacks interrupts, Galecaller Faye should be killed first as the damage output by the Slicing Blast can become dangerous.

If the group can cover most Slicing Blast casts, the damage from Galecaller Faye is lower than the damage from Brother Ironhull and the Swiftness Wards can help reduce fight length.

Galecaller FayeBlessing of the TempestHeroic difficulty

Brother Ironhull will occasionally gain the Blessing of Ironsides buff, increasing his physical damage dealt by 100% but reducing his movement speed by 50%.
The tank should kite this boss around throughout the 8 second buff.

Make sure the tank doesn't kite this boss through an active Swiftness Ward, as the movement speed reduction will be void whilst the boss resides within the area.

Galecaller FayeBlessing of the TempestBlowback

This tornado will rotate around the encounter area, dealing damage and knocking back all players who come into contact with it.

The group should avoid interrupting Galecaller Faye during the 10 second buff as the tornadoes can cause significant damage to the group if they are spawned in great numbers.

Heroic difficultyGalecaller FayeSwiftness WardBlessing of IronsidesBlowbackLord StormsongNotable Trash MobsVoid SeedDeepsea RitualistUnending Darkness

This 3 second interruptible cast will deal a burst of shadow damage to all players and apply a 20 second debuff which increases shadow damage taken by 10-25% per stack (depending on difficulty).

This ability is cast very frequently and it's damage can quickly get out of control. All interrupts must be saved for this ability and the group should carefully chain their them to prevent any casts from going through.

The group will not have enough interrupts to cover two Deepsea Ritualists at once so the group should limited themselves to fighting one at any given time.

This mob will also apply Void Seed to all players via an uninterruptible cast. This is a 6 second debuff which will explode upon expiration, dealing shadow damage to the player and anyone within 6 yards.

Each player must spread at least 6 yards apart from one another before the debuff times out to keep incoming group damage to a minimum.

Deep SmashTidesage EnforcerDeep Smash

The group must move from these zones to ensure they do not take the heavy burst of damage.

Dredged SailorDeepsea Ritualist

They have the Reanimated Bones magic buff which absorbs a set amount of incoming damage.

This should be purged if possible as shield comprises a large portion of the sailors overall health pool.

Drowned Depthbringer

Void Bolt will deal a moderate burst of shadow damage to the tank. This should be interrupted as a low priority.

Rip Mind will deal a burst of damage and reduce the targets health by 10% for 8 seconds. This should be interrupted as a medium priority.

Touch of the Drowned will apply a magic 12 second magic debuff which deals ticking damage over time whilst drowing them. This should be interrupted or purged whenever possible.

The Drowned Depthbringers will also spawn many Abyss Dwellers with their Reveal Darkness cast which is uninterruptible.

Abyss DwellerLash

The group should quickly kill these tentacles using area of effect and cleave damage.

Mental AssaultAbyssal CultistDetect Thoughts

This cast should be interrupted when possible or the buff it applies should be purged.

Consuming Void is another interruptible cast which applies a spell damage absorption buff on the cultist and causes any spell damage to instead heal the cultist. Interrupt this cast or purge the buff.

Mental Assault will be cast at the tanks location. After the cast completes, a cone of void will deal damage and stun all players it touches for 5 seconds.

The group should make sure they do not stand in front of the cultist when the cast goes off. The tank can side step out of the ability as the Abyssal Cultists will not change direction once the cast has begun.

Colossal TentacleAbyssal CultistReveal DarknessColossal Slam

This cast is uninterruptible and the damage cannot be avoided.

Abyss DwellerLord Stormsong Abilities & StrategyLord StormsongAwoken VoidLord StormsongVoid Bolt

The group should interrupt this cast as frequently as possible to reduce incoming tank damage.

Awoken VoidWaken the Void

The orb will explode upon touching any player, dealing a large burst of shadow damage and stunning the player for 5 seconds.

This stun is a magical debuff and can be dispelled.

The group should kite these orbs whilst moving as a group. This will keep the orbs clumped up and make it easier to be soaked when Ancient Mindbender is cast.

Awoken VoidAncient MindbenderLord StormsongAncient Mindbender

The Ancient Mindbender will sit on the player for 20 seconds whilst casting Surrender to the Void. After 20 seconds the player will become mind controlled until they die.

The group can remove the Ancient Mindbender by damaging the afflicted player down to 50% health.

Ancient MindbenderAwoken Void

This will not cause the afflicted player to be stunned, allowing them to soak all five orbs in quick succession.

The damage from all five orbs should be enough to bring the player down to 50% by itself, allowing the rest of the group to focus their damage into the boss.

Heroic difficultyMind Rend

This debuff should be dispelled as soon as possible, as it also reduces the players movement speed by 50% which makes kiting the Awoken Void orbs more difficult.

Vol'zith the WhispererNotable Trash MobsLord StormsongAbyssal EelAbyssal Strike

This cast cannot be interrupted and the debuff cannot be dispelled. The healer must simply out-heal the damage whilst the DPS kill the eels before the stack gets too high.

Forgotten DenizenConsume Essence

The group should focus on killing and interrupting one Forgotten Denizen at a time, as focusing on both may lead to a Consume Essence cast going through, healing the add back to full hp.

Sunken DenizenLeviathan's Wake

The tank can kite the add if they get low health, giving the healer an opportunity to top them up.

Vol'zith the WhispererVol'zith the Whisperer Abilities & StrategyYawning GateVol'zith the WhispererYawning Gate

This zone deals ticking damage and silences players who stand within it. The zones are permanent.

The tank should position the boss at the edge of the encounter area to place Yawning Gate into ideal locations.

The boss should be quickly moved out of the zones to allow melee DPS to continue to damage the boss.

Tentacle Slam

If the player is hit by the slam, they will take a heavy burst of shadow damage.

All players must constantly be on the lookout for these tentacles so that they can avoid the Tentacle Slam.

Tentacle SlamWhispers of Power

This debuff increases the targets damage and healing done by 20% but causes their maximum health to decrease by 10%. This effect stacks over time.

The debuff should be left on the player as long as is safe, as the output increase is very valuable.

The healer should dispel this magic buff before the player takes damage to allow the player to be brought back to safe levels of health.

This stack caps at 9 stacks, increasing output by 180% but reducing the target's maximum health to 10%.

Grasp of the Sunken City

After 4 seconds, players will be put into one of two different phases depending on their role, with the DPS going into one phase and the tank and healer going into another.

Each team of players must defeat adds within their phase to return to the phase which contains the boss.

If a team defeats their adds before the other team, they will be placed within the other teams phase to help out.

Players will slowly loose breath whilst under the effects of Grasp of the Sunken City. This places a time restriction on the group as you must leave before you all drown!

Consume EssenceForgotten DenizenConsume Essence

The two adds are spaced far apart and require two 14 second cooldown interrupts each to be locked out of casting.

If the DPS is not high enough to do this strategy, all three DPS should nuke down and interrupt one add before then switching to the other.

The damage from the cast will hit players within both realms. If a cast is going to go through, the player afflicted with Whispers of Power should be dispelled before the group enters the Grasp of the Sunken City phase.

Sunken DenizenLeviathan's Wake

The tank and healer should output as much damage on to this add as possible.

The tank can kite the add if they get low health, giving the healer an opportunity to top them up.

They need to interrupt his cast, which is applying a large damage absorption shield, and the fight will return to normal.

Heroic difficultyCall the AbyssManifestation of the Deep

These adds will slowly move towards the boss, and upon contacting him they will explode. This deals damage to the entire group whilst giving the boss some energy.

The group should focus on killing these adds as soon as possible. They can be crowd controlled in all ways.

The tank may need to move the boss away from these adds to ensure they don't reach him too quickly.

Use Crowd Control to kill Manifestation of the Deepbefore they reach the boss!

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Comments

Comment by V4NQZ

Is the last Boss fight different from Guide on Live?
We wiped about 20times here, while doing all other Mythics pretty easy.

We noticed e.g that the Adds will still explode and doing a lot Grp dmg so u need to kill them 1 by 1. Guide says they only explode on contact with boss. so killing fast as possible as the guide says doesnt work.

Also we got a try where NOT the Healer got the debuff with dmg increase but a dps Shadow Priest.

Also we noticed that the Essence Cast wasnt dmging the players on the other realm (tank and heal).

Comment by RobocoxTV

This boss is a HUGE pain! But there are a few things that can definitely make it easier!

For starters

Healer should be ready to do DPS to the add in the first sunken phase, the add will go down quickly (tank should still maintain threat on the add) as long as the healer has the debuff (+DMG, +HEAL) - Healer should be very careful not to get hit by the slam from the tentacles.

DPS - Make sure everyone knows that the tentacles flash 3x where they are going to land - there is no reason that the DPS should be getting hit by the tentacles.

Tank: Kite the boss away from the adds when they first spawn - they will despawn when you go into the sunken phase I believe (I may be wrong) but honestly it was way easier for us to do it this way because then we were able to actually DPS the boss instead of trying to focus on adds the whole time.

Mitigate your DMG and give the healer a break - don't run into things!

Comment by Solmandra

What is meant by 'purge' the Swiftness buff in the Aqu'sirr section?

Comment by mobius1qwe

This 5-man miniraid is the hardest dungeon on current patch 8.0. Its really hard to find groups even for M+2, most +4, +6 keys are considered wasted since there's no one wanting to do them. Only high-end hardcore players are attempting this dungeon to change the key to something more manageable as most of the key-runs ends in breaking it.

Comment by lovelywaz

"Shipbreaker Storm is an 8 second channel which deals ticking damage to the entire group. Contrary to the animation, this damage cannot be avoided and must be simply out-healed."

This is not true. You can LoS the Guardian Elemental to avoid taking damage from Shipbreaker Storm. It's easily done around the corners of the bridge where he stands. On higher keys with Fortified It is better to LoS the cast unless your healer is really good with group heals.

Comment by Nekrotik

Tried soloing but as far as I can tell Lord Stormsong isn't soloable. The fight resets as soon as he casts Ancient Mindbender on you, and interrupts don't work.

Comment by Kailere

Lord Stormsong put me to sleep and I needed to complete the quest The Missing Ritual, I did not think it would work but I cleared to him and then ran past without aggroing and swam to Vol'zith.

Killed Vol'zith, hearthed out to talk to Brother Pike.

Comment by d3xx

On the way to Vol'zith (final boss) my char dies even though i'm in druid swim form. What am i missing?

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