How to tame Fenryr, Mythic Halls of Valor Solo Guide

By Beviah Updated: 2018/01/12

IntroductionKill Shot
this is a skill-based encounter.Builds

Level 45 Tier - Posthaste is an extremely potent choice, and probably the most viable for this challenge, however, Farstrider remains to have viability in this challenge with good critical strike rating. Due to it's unpredictable nature, it's recommended to stick with Posthaste. Trailblazer is not viable for this challenge because there is constant combat with no down-time.

Level 75 Tier - Binding Shot is undoubtedly your best choice. You are going to be dealing with multiple adds, making Wyvern Sting and Intimidation useless for this challenge.

Level 100 Tier - Whilst there is flexibility in this tier, it is recommended you use Aspect of the Beast if you are undergeared. In conjunction with The Apex Predator's Claw, this is without a doubt, your best talent for this encounter. This will be covered in more depth in the strategy section.

AddOnsDisclaimer:AddOns are by no means required for this challenge, however, they are strongly recommended for their precision and functionality.

Range Display is a simple AddOn that displays your approximate distance in intervals of five, it has a lot of customization and is amazing for this challenge because it allows you to better understand your positioning from the boss.

Deadly Boss Mods is an AddOn I think we all know very well at this point. For those of you who don't have it, it will allow you to comprehend what's happening in the encounter more efficiently and effectively with alerts, cooldown bars, and much more.

Hymdall and Fenryr EncountersHymdallHymdall's Abilities

Bloodletting Strike is a quickly casted melee ability that strikes in a small cone in front of him, dealing 1.3M+ damage, reducing healing received by 25%, plus an additional 300k damage DoT every 2 seconds for 4 seconds.

Dancing Blade is a quickly casted ranged ability in which Hymdall throws a blade at your location. When the blade reaches you, it will leave behind a whirling blade dealing 890k+ damage every two seconds while standing in the zone.

Horn of Valor deals unavoidable 650-700k damage after a short cast, and summoning three Storm Drakes periodically to breathe lightning in a linear path.

Storm Drake casts Static Field that deals 880k+ damage every two seconds whilst standing within it's path. During the life of the Static Field, Ball Lightning will be cast periodically. Each of these tornadoes deal an upwards of 1.1M damage.

Fenryr's AbilitiesHymdallDisengagesPhase 1:

Claw Frenzy instantly deals an upwards of 1.2M damage in a frontal cone, ignoring all armor and immunity effects.

Ravenous Leap is a slow casted ability that causes Fenryr to leap at you, dealing a moderate amount of damage, but applying a permanent, stacking DoT that deals 78k damage per stack.

Unnerving Howl is an interrupt for the duration of this phase, unless you are resurrecting your pet, this is no cause for concern.

Phase 2:Unnerving Howl

Unnerving Howl now summons three Ebonclaw Worgs with a stacking Strength of the Pack damage buff, in addition to it's interrupt effect.

Scent of Blood is a casted fixate debuff in which Fenryr will chase you for 6 seconds. This will increase your movement speed by 125% for the duration of the effect.

General Strategy

Equip The Apex Predator's Claw if you have it. This will allow your pet to gain the passive benefits from Cunning, Tenacity and Ferocity, allowing you to choose Tenacity without taking a hit to your pet's damage.

Be sure your pet is in Tenacity spec if you are under-geared or not confident and do not have The Apex Predator's Claw.

Be sure to have a Core Hound for Ancient Hysteria and Molten Hide. Be sure to bring a Quilen for the Stone Armor for failed attempts to provide extra surviability to your pet when you have a lingering Insanity debuff.

Be sure you're using Mend Pet on cooldown.

Be sure you're using Kill Command on cooldown to maintain Aspect of the Beast if you are using the talent.

If you have Hunter's Advantage, it makes Misdirection more important to use off cooldown.

Strategy for Hymdall

Move Hymdall to either end of the room and begin the encounter in the middle. It's best that Hymdall remains in his starting location, but feel free to move position him how you choose. You should always stay in the middle of the room to make movement easier.

Be sure when Hymdall casts Dancing Blade, to stay out of the middle of the path. The reason for this is because stacking Dancing Blades on-top of each other can make what would be a small mistake, a devastating one. Beware of your Dancing Blade placement at all times. This will make maneuvering to the safe zones easier.

Horn of Valor is the most important ability in this fight to track. Aside from it's unavoidable damage, the Storm Drake's Static Field and Ball Lightning is extremely important to avoid. A general rule of thumb is; when the first Storm Drake is summoned, be sure to move one row away from it, and stand on the same side that the Storm Drake was summoned in, so when the Static Field begins to dissipate, you will easily be able to move into it, avoiding all future Static Fields for that Horn phase. Remember to dodge the tornadoes summoned by Ball Lightning, because they deal a lot of damage.

If you feel your pet is going to die; move as far away from Hymdall as you can and cast Revive Pet, but do not endanger yourself either. Do not move into Static Fields to do this. Your pet will not instantly gain threat on Hymdall, Feign Death or Shadowmeld if you're a Night Elf, immediately after resurrecting your pet to transfer aggro to your pet or Hati.

Strategy for FenryrImportant Note: This map is not to be followed exactly. This is a rough guideline of what your rotation and positioning should look like while pointing out the areas that are off-limits.Phase 1:

Keep a 35-40 yard distance between you and Fenryr at all times. The reason for this it to will allow you to use Disengage at the end of Ravenous Leap's cast, to avoid the initial and DoT damage. Remember that distance is key for both phases, as he will continue to cast Ravenous Leap throughout Phase 2 as well.

Phase 2:

Turn off your pet's Thunderstomp to avoid getting aggro on the worgs.

Shortly after pulling, Fenryr will cast Unnerving Howl, summoning three Ebonclaw Worgs with three stacks of Strength of the Pack. Kite them around the rotation provided above.

Keep in mind, Fenryr will give you a 125% movement speed buff from Scent of Blood, be sure to abuse that when kiting the worgs, especially if you cannot kill them.

That being said, you have three panic buttons throughout this encounter; Aspect of the Turtle, Exhilaration and Aspect of the Cheetah. These should be considered your last resort buttons. Whilst Exhilaration can be used more recklessly than the other two, it's best to reserve them for clutch situations.

Binding Shot and Tar Trap are going to be your two most important tools throughout this fight if you cannot kill the worgs effectively. Be sure to time them effectively, so the effects do not overlap each other, or a Scent of Blood buff.

Do not recklessly use Disengages throughout this fight to get away from the worgs. This is a death sentence if you do not follow this because you will be caught by multiple Ravenous Leaps. Reserve Disengage for Ravenous Leap, use it as instructed during Phase 1.

Use your Disengages effectively. On the map, I have listed approximate locations of good places to use Disengage. When at Fenryr's den, be sure to look around for steep declines in terrain, so you can maximize the amount time you are in the air, and distance you travel. Keep track of where you are, so you do not attempt to Disengage on an incline, thus not travelling, therefore getting hit by Ravenous Leap and potentially worgs, which could be enough to kill you if you do not have any of your defensive cooldowns.

"Off limits" zones are marked on the map to be wary of being around. Often times they have horrible terrain, object placement, or corners, which is enough to get you killed when you are kiting for a long time.

Important Note: Do not change the rotation direction you are moving in. The worgs move roughly at your movement speed, so any distance you gain is important, because of how NPC pathing works, they will slowly catch up to you by cutting corners. If you begin to cut corners or make sharp turns in your rotation, you will eventually die by doing it enough.

Final Thoughts

Comments

Comment by Thoorin

Very nice guide, gonna try following this. That said, I am missing a very general introduction section - both for people who found this after hearing 'you can tame Fenryr', and for the future, when nobody knows what are you on about here. Add a short intro who and where Fenryr is, and what are the conditions to taming... eg, I still don't know after this guide, if I can off both bosses as MM, and then switch spec to BM... and if I didn't hear some word about 'spawn', I wouldn't understand why killing Fenryr is needed to tame him.

Comment by IchiroMatsumoto

Awesome guide. After the mythic buffs on 7.3 patch these encounters proved to be one hell of a challenge! I managed to kill Hymdall with your guide, although I switched to MM on Fenryr's phase 2 and kited him around the lake because it was easier for me. Sad thing is I didn't know I had to do both Hymdall and Fenryr in one go so I came back from work to kill Fenryr and I found myself not being able to tame him because his tameable version didn't spawn. 💔
It would be a great addition to your guide to clarify that (I'm saying this in a constructive manner; please don't misinterpret it, hahaha) given the weekly lockout, so it doesn't happen what happened to me (and several others) of having to wait until the weekly reset to try it again.
Thank you for this guide, it really helped to understand the encounters~♥

Comment by 1522504

Thank you for this guide, got him down after 8 tries.

Comment by Aerozia

No longer soloable. Scent of blood doesnt come off and the wolves move too fast to be kited.

Comment by kdemirci

it is not working, growl not working on boss

Comment by TheOldBear

With the stat squish and the lack of artifacts, I think I'm just going to wait for 120. I hope we're still able to do this at 120 tho. They haven't said anything indicating that it won't be, but, ehhhh...

Comment by Patsien

I'm not great at BM and, in BfA, I was able to do this pretty easy at level 111 (ilevel 227 with Apex Predator Claw). Thanks for the guide!

How to tame Fenryr, Mythic Halls of Valor Solo Guide

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