Kel'Thuzad - Sanctum of Domination Normal & Heroic Strategy Guide

By Hyperdk Updated: 2021/09/03

Kel'ThuzadKel'ThuzadKel'ThuzadSire DenathriusKel'Thuzad Quick TipsGeneral

Move to a safe spot during Howling Blizzard.

Move away from others when affected by Oblivion's Echo.

Stay away from Frostbound Devoted adds if you are fixated.

Stack with the player affected by Frost Blast to split the incoming damage.

Drop all Glacial Spikes in the same location to make killing them evenly easier.

In the third Phase Two, one Glacial Spike should be dropped far from the raid and ignored.

Avoid being hit by Demolish in Phase Two.

Move to safe zones in Phase Three to avoid standing in Deep Freeze.

Tanks

Taunt Swap after each cast of Soul Fracture.

Run over slain Soul Shards to pick up your soul fragment.

Pick up Unstoppable Abominations during Phase Two.

Healers

Use healing cooldowns when Glacial Spikes are slain.

Dispel players affected by Frozen Binds. Mass Dispel works best.

Send some healers into the Remnant of Kel'Thuzad realm during Phase Two.

Players will take continuous stacking damage during Phase Two and Three.

Each Phase One there will be an increasing number of Glacial Spikes, increasing the healing required as the encounter progresses.

DPS

Kill Frostbound Devoted adds before they reach their target and detonate.

Kill Soul Shards when they appear around the encounter area.

Interrupt Soul Shards when they cast Piercing Wail.

Kill all Glacial Spikes at the same time

Ignore the Glacial Spike that is dropped away from the raid in the third Phase One.

Send about half of your dps to the Remnant of Kel'Thuzad in each Phase Two.

Interrupt Soul Reavers when they cast Banshee's Cry in Phase Two and Three.

Kel'Thuzad Abilities & StrategyKel'Thuzad Phase One: 100% - 0%Dark EvocationFrostbound DevotedFrostbound Devoted

Oblivion's Echo silencing a nearby player.

Oblivion's EchoOblivion's EchoSoul ShardFrostbound Devoted

Frostbound Devoted adds will fixate random players, and cast Relentless Haunt.

If a Frostbound Devoted add reaches its target, it will explode, causing a large amount of damage to anyone within 5 yards.

Frostbound Devoted can be controlled using any form of CC.

During each Phase One, the number of Oblivion's Echoes applied to the raid will increase.

Soul FractureSoul Shard

Each Soul Shard will cast Piercing Wail, which deals a large amount of damage to the whole raid.

Piercing Wail can be interrupted by players, or by standing on them with Oblivion's Echo.

After a Soul Shard is killed, the tank can pick up the shard. After all three shards are picked up, the Soul Exhaustion debuff is removed.

Soul Exhaustion causes the player to receive 500% increased physical damage. If the players doesn’t collect all Soul Shards within a minute, they instantly die.

Glacial Spikes spawning under the marked players.

Glacial WrathGlacial WrathGlacial Spike

Glacial Spikes are adds that cannot be moved, and they lose 5% health every 2 seconds.

Upon death, Glacial Spikes will erupt causing Frozen Destruction, which applies a stacking frost damage dot to all players in the raid.

Each Phase One, there will be an increasing number of Glacial Spikes that spawn.

In the first two Phase Ones, we recommend stacking up all Glacial Spikes, killing them evenly, and using healing cooldowns to deal with the dot damage.

In the third Phase One, we recommend having a single Glacial Spike run far from the raid, while all the other ones are spawned near each other.

The stacked Glacial Spikes should be killed, while the far one should be ignored to die on its own.

Frost BlastFrost Blast

Most of the raid should stand near the marked player to split the incoming damage.

The Frozen Binds root can be removed by any dispels, mass dispel, and spells that remove movement impairing effects.

The marked player can also use an immunity to solo soak this mechanic if they have one available.

The raid moving to safe zones during Howling Blizzard

Howling BlizzardKel'ThuzadHowling Blizzard

The safe zone can be identified by looking for the larger gaps between ice patches when they appear.

Kel'Thuzad Phase TwoKel'ThuzadRemnant of Kel'ThuzadKel'ThuzadMarch of the Forsaken

Player entering the Phylactery during Phase Two.

Remnant of Kel'ThuzadNecrotic SurgeKel'ThuzadOblivion's EchoGlacial WrathNormal Realm

March of the Forsaken
Unstoppable Abomination
Unstoppable Abominations will spawn in Phase Two. These large mobs deal very heavy physical damage to their target, and periodically cast Demolish.

Demolish will target a random players and shoot out a wave of energy towards them, dealing a large amount of shadow damage.
Tanks can kite Unstoppable Abominations if needed.

Soul Reaver
Soul Reavers will deal damage to random targets, and will periodically cast Banshee's Cry.

If a cast of Banshee's Cry is successful, the Soul Reaver will gain a stack of Empowered Cry, causing them to deal 25% increased damage.
Soul Reavers should be interrupted and killed quickly.

Phylactery Realm

Players in the Phylactery Realm must deal 40% of damage in less than 45 seconds to the Remnant of Kel'Thuzad's health, which will end the phase. If players fail to deal the required damage, then the Remnant of Kel'Thuzad will cast Undying Wrath, killing all players.

Necrotic Miasma
A stacking debuff will be applied to all players within the Phylactery, dealing increasing shadow damage as the phase progresses.

Remnant of Kel'Thuzad casting Shadow Fissures and Freezing Blast.

Remnant of Kel'ThuzadShadow FissureShadow Fissure

It is best to assign Melee DPS or ranged who can DPS while moving due to this mechanic.

Freezing BlastRemnant of Kel'Thuzad

Players dodging Glacial Winds.

Glacial WindsRemnant of Kel'ThuzadKel'Thuzad Phase ThreeDeep FreezeDeep FreezeOnslaught of the DamnedUnstoppable AbominationSoul ReaverFrostbound DevotedAbilities Present in Phase Three

Sinister Miasma: makes healing increasingly difficult.

Deep Freeze: puts a time constraint on how long this phase can go on for.

Frost Blast: requires the raid to stack when a player is targeted.

Ice Shard: default tank damage mechanic.

Heroic Kel'ThuzadUndyingNecrotic EmpowermentKel'Thuzad Class Guides and Top Builds

Blood DKFrost DKUnholy DK

Havoc DHVengeance DH

Balance DruidFeral DruidGuardian DruidRestoration Druid

Beast Mastery HunterMarksmanship HunterSurvival Hunter

Arcane MageFire MageFrost Mage

Brewmaster MonkMistweaver MonkWindwalker Monk

Holy PaladinProtection PaladinRetribution Paladin

Discipline PriestHoly PriestShadow Priest

Assassination RogueOutlaw RogueSubtlety Rogue

Elemental ShamanEnhancement ShamanRestoration Shaman

Affliction WarlockDemonology WarlockDestruction Warlock

Arms WarriorFury WarriorProtection Warrior

Comments

Comment by Belirs

According to the dungeon journal the following things change for P2 on Heroic difficulty that have an impact on your strategy :

1.

Undying : Unstoppable Abomnations and Soul Reavers defeated while the phylactery is open revive after 10 sec and return to the fight

->Bring P2 adds to low hp and kill close to phasing/killing remnant of kt

2.

Soul Marked : You are barred from, re-entering Kel´Thuzad´s Phylactery.

-> If permanent we´d have to split the Dps/Healer into 3 groups for each Phylactery phase.

Comment by Cr00xY

Can you even call any raid boss "a boss" if it does not exist in at least 3 different versions/locations?

Kel'Thuzad - Sanctum of Domination Normal & Heroic Strategy Guide

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