Opulence Battle of Dazar'alor Raid Strategy Guide

By FatbossTV Updated: 2019/03/01

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Orc

Troll

Undead

Tauren

Blood Elf

Goblin

Pandaren

Highmountain Tauren

Nightborne

Mag'har Orc

Druid

Night Elf

Death Knight

Dwarf

Night Elf

Human

Draenei

Human

Gnome

Demonhunter

Night Elf

Hunter

Dwarf

Night Elf

Human

Draenei

Human

Dwarf

Pandaren

Draenei

Night Elf

Dark Iron Dwarf

Mage

Dwarf

Night Elf

Human

Gnome

Pandaren

Night Elf

Dark Iron Dwarf

Monk

Dwarf

Night Elf

Human

Draenei

Human

Pandaren

Draenei

Night Elf

Dark Iron Dwarf

Paladin

Draenei

Human

Priest

Night Elf

Human

Draenei

Human

Gnome

Pandaren

Night Elf

Dark Iron Dwarf

Shaman

Dwarf

Draenei

Dwarf

Pandaren

Draenei

Dark Iron Dwarf

Rogue

Dwarf

Night Elf

Human

Gnome

Pandaren

Night Elf

Dark Iron Dwarf

Warlock

Dwarf

Human

Gnome

Human

Warrior

Dwarf

Night Elf

Human

Draenei

Human

Gnome

Pandaren

Draenei

Night Elf

Dark Iron Dwarf

Loot

Cloth: Waistcord of Flowing Silk

Leather: Amethyst-Studded Bindings

Mail: Boots of the Gilded Path, Goldenscale Girdle

Plate: Coinage Stampers

Cloth: Crown of the Seducer

Leather: Crown of A'akul's Dark Reign

Mail: Electrified Crown of Rahu'ai

Plate: Crown of Bloody Succession

1H AGI Warglaive: Bloodtooth, the Soulfeaster

1H INT Mace: Goblet of Glittering Favor

1H AGI Dagger: Greed's Folly

INT: Incandescent Sliver

TANK: Diamond-Laced Refracting Prism

Quick TipsPhase One

Split the raid into two even groups and defeat the guardians down the east and west paths.

Follow the guardian into each next chamber when it loses 10% health, otherwise you'll be set on fire!

Dodge the Flame Jets and kite the Ruby Beam if it follows you.

Healers: use healing cooldowns to counteract the Pulse-quickening Toxin and dispel the Hex of Lethargy.

Move to the opposite side of the raised arm of the guardian when it casts Crush.

Stay behind the Yalat's Bulwark guardian as it channels Flames of Punishment.

Let the Volatile Charge debuff expire at the sides of the chamber when fighting The Hand of In'zashi.

Make sure everyone picks up a Crown Jewel from the altars on either side of the seventh chamber, with one healer per side picking the Amethyst of the Shadow King.

Kill both guardians at the same time.

Phase Two

Position the boss in the middle of the encounter space, with the raid stacked up behind him.

Let the Liquid Gold debuff expire at the edge of the room to correct place the Molten Gold pools.

Crowd Control and quickly kill the Spirit of Gold adds before they reach the edge of the room.

Healers: ensure that all players are Shadow-Touched before and during the Wail of Greed cast.

Opulence Abilities & StrategyPhase One: Raiding the VaultHoard Power

This will cause him to deactivate both guardians, giving him 100% more damage done and maximum health for each guardian deactivated.

This buff will render the fight unbeatable, as the incoming damage from the bosses abilities will simply one shot anyone who is targeted.

Instead the raid must defeat both guardians before entering the lair of Opulence.

Yalat's BulwarkThe Hand of In'zashi

The adds must remain within their paths, as otherwise the encounter will reset.

The raid must split into two groups with an equal amount of roles per group. Only one tank is required per path.

When splitting the raid, the two groups should have an equal damage output, as both guardians need to be defeated at approximately the same time.

Split the raid into two even groups and progress down each path!

When this occurs, the guardian will automatically move into the next chamber before casting Consuming Flame, coating the floor of the previous chamber with Creeping Blaze.

Players must move with the guardian into the new chamber, as the Creeping Blaze will quickly kill any player who stands within it.

The Creeping Blaze also prevents players from backtracking or switching sides easily, so once you are on a path: you stick with that path.

TrapsFlame JetFlame Jet

The entire group needs to identify where the fire is going to be and quickly stand within the areas of the chamber which are fire free.

Ideally the tank will also move the guardian into this free space as to allow melee DPS to damage it without burning alive.

Pulse-quickening Toxin

If players under 50% health take damage from this, they will gain the Quickening Pulse debuff which increases all secondary stats by for 10 seconds.

Healers need to be prepared to deal with heavy incoming damage towards the end of any chamber with this trap, using healing cooldowns as they see fit.

Healers shouldn't go out of their way to get players to 50% before topping them up again, as this is more likely to lead to an accidental death and the bonus stats isn't required to safely pass through this chamber.

Hex of LethargyRuby Beam

Healers need to dispel this debuff as soon as they can.

Players with the debuff should avoid movement, only moving when they need to position themselves safely for other mechanics.

Ruby BeamScorching Ground

This ability does not apply a debuff to the fixated player. Instead it will always spawn directly on top of the fixated player.

The targeted player should attempt to kite the beam towards the edges of the chamber as to give the rest of the group more space to move around in safely.

Chamber #

Health Range

Trap(s) Present

100-90

None

90-80

Flame Jet

80-70

Ruby Beam

70-60

Pulse-quickening Toxin

60-50

Ruby Beam / Hex of Lethargy

50-40

Flame Jet

40-30

None (Jewel Room)

30-00

None (Overload)

Crush

This deals damage to all players within the chamber whilst dealing additional damage and stunning all players who are in an 180 degree cone in front of the guardian.

Players need to quickly side step behind the guardian during Crush.

The guardian will not rotate to follow the tank once the cast has begun, allowing the tank to also safely side step the ability.

Tanks should position the guardians with lots of room to both its left and right side to give players enough room to dodge the incoming Crush.

Crush can also be outranged.

The Hand of In'zashiVolatile Charge

This 8 second debuff deals moderate ticking nature damage before exploding upon expiration, dealing damage to all players within 6 yards.

The debuff will then transform into an orb which is left at the location in which the Volatile Charge expired. This orb will pulse damage to nearby players every ~4 seconds.

Players afflicted with Volatile Charge must move to the edge of the chamber to allow their debuffs to expire in low traffic areas.

It is occasionally possible to stack Volatile Charge orbs on top of one another by allowing the debuff to expire on top of an existing orb when it is between pulses.

Healers should spot heal the debuffed players as to ensure they do not die to ticking damage aspect of the ability.

The Volatile Charge orbs left behind by the debuff are permanent and will eventually fill a chamber if the guardian isn't damaged quickly enough.

Let the Volatile Charges expireat the edge of the room.

Yalat's BulwarkFlames of Punishment

This is an 6.5 second channel, during which the guardian will blast out a series of 10 frontal cones whilst spinning clockwise.

Players hit by the cone will take a large initial burst of fire damage and receive an 8 second dot.

The entire group should stand behind the guardian and move clockwise as it spins, as to avoid all of the frontal cones.

It is ideal if a player is closer to the guardian when this ability comes in, as they will have to travel a shorter distance overall when dodging the cones.

Flame JetFlame JetFlames of Punishment

In this situation, players should always opt to get hit by the Flame Jets over the frontal cones, as they deal far less damage.

Stay behind the guardian to avoid the frontal cones!

The Zandalari Crown Jewels

The jewels will give the player a powerful permanent buff which will remain active for the rest of the encounter.

Each player may only take one jewel, but multiple players can choose the same jewel.

Players should interact with the Jewels quickly as to gain their beneficial effects as soon as possible.

Players are only able to take jewels that are allocated to their role.

Steal the jewel that is best for your raid!

Diamond of the Unshakeable Protector

This absorbs 50% of all incoming damage up to a maximum of 300% of the player's maximum health. When this absorption is broken the player will be afflicted with Depleted Diamond for 30 seconds.

Once the Depleted Diamond debuff has expired, the Diamond of the Unshakeable Protector buff will reactivate.

This buff is useful when tanking the boss, as the tanks can take turns tanking the boss whilst they have their Diamond of the Unshakeable Protector buff up, taunting off each other when the Depleted Diamond debuff ends.

Amethyst of the Shadow King

This increases haste by 50% and causes all healing spells (including AoE spells) to apply Shadow-Touched to their targets, reducing all shadow damage taken by 90% for 1 minute.

If a Shadow-Touched player takes shadow damage, they will restore 1% mana to players within 10 yards via Dark Knowledge.

One healer per path should take this buff, as the Shadow-Touched buff is useful in countering the Wail of Greed ability cast by Opulence in phase two.

Tailwind Sapphire

This causes all healing spells (including AoE spells) to grant Tailwinds to their targets, increasing damage done by 5% for 30 seconds.

Upon reaching 5 stacks, the healer with this jewel will receive the Soothing Breeze, increasing that players healing and damage done by 100% for 12 seconds.

This should be picked up by all other healers who didn't take the Amethyst of the Shadow King, ideally those who heal multiple targets often as this will apply Soothing Breeze most often.

Ruby of Focused Animus

This buff causes the players damage dealt to apply a stack of Focused Animus to the target, increasing the damage taken by all sources by 1% for 6 seconds. This can stack.

This buff should be granted to a single player per side. This is because the Focused Animus debuff cannot be applied to a single target more than once per second.

The Ruby of Focused Animus should be a ranged player as they will always continue dealing damage to the enemy, even when they have to move for mechanics.

This buff is best assigned to the two ranged players in the raid that deal the least damage, as the other jewels will grant stronger individual bonuses.

The Focused Animus does not stack via damage over time debuffs, instead the player must actively attack the target with an ability or auto attack to apply the debuff.

This will be beneficial for the last phase where the groups are rejoined and are fighting Opulence, but one group will lack the Focused Animus on their construct for the final 40% of its health.

Emerald of Earthen Roots

Whilst standing still, players with this buff will quickly gain stacks of Earthen Roots, granting them 1% damage done per stack up to a maximum of 30%. These stacks quickly diminish upon movement.

This buff is best gained by the majority of DPS, as it is a simple way of gaining a large amount of extra damage.

Players with this buff should limit movement as much as they can in a safe manner, whilst ensuring they continue to move when mechanics dictate.

Opal of Unleashed Rage

This jewel will grant the player a stack of Unleashed Rage each time they hit a new enemy, increasing damage done by 2% permanently. This can stack.

Although the initial damage bonus of this jewel is low, it will gain substantial power during phase two when the raid will encounter the Spirits of Gold adds.

This jewel is best given to classes who have good execute damage and will hit all of the Spirit of Gold adds during phase two, such as Warriors.

This jewel is also a good choice for raids with overall lower damage, as the longer the fight goes on the stronger this buff becomes due to more Spirit of Gold add spawns.

Topaz of Brilliant Sunlight

This jewel will grant the player a stack of Incandescence every 0.95 seconds whilst they are stood alone.

Upon reaching 100 stacks, they will gain the Grossly Incandescent! aura for 20 seconds, granting the player and all nearby players Brilliant Aura, increasing critical strike chance by 100%.

If phase two is short, we recommend having a maximum of 2/3 players with this Jewel, as they can grant the raid 40/60 seconds of 100% critical strike chance towards the end of the encounter by staggering the rate in which they gain stacks.

If phase two lasts a long time, the a larger raid size might want to opt to have 5 people gain this buff and begin to stack it up as part of a rotation.

This rotation would start with 1 person stood out for 20 seconds with the other four not gaining stacks.

After 20 seconds, and every 20 seconds after that point, a single Topaz of Brilliant Sunlight player would begin to stand alone to start gaining stacks.

95 seconds after the first person gained the stacks, they can return to the raid and give everyone the Brilliant Aura for 20 seconds.

Once the first Brilliant Aura has expired, that player would stand alone to start gaining stacks, whilst the second player moves into the raid, as their Brilliant Aura has just triggered.

You would repeat this cycle, with each Topaz of Brilliant Sunlight player taking turns at buffing the raid. This would grant the raid 100% critical strike chance 100% of the time.

This rotation requires a large amount of coordination to pull off and can easily go wrong. On normal/heroic difficulty we do not recommend going for this rotation as it simply isn't necessary.

Diamond of the Unshakeable Protector - 2 Tanks

Amethyst of the Shadow King - 1 Healer per side

Tailwind Sapphire - Remaining Healers

Ruby of Focused Animus - 1 Ranged DPS or 1 Ranged DPS per side

Opal of Unleashed Rage - Execute/Add damaging DPS

Topaz of Brilliant Sunlight - 2 Ranged DPS

Emerald of Earthen Roots - All other DPS

OverloadOverloadFlames of PunishmentVolatile ChargeVolatile Charge

Players must ensure that they deposit their Volatile Charge orbs efficiently, making the most of the space available as to not run out of room.

Empowered Volatile Charge orbs are bigger!

Flames of Punishment

This makes dodging the cones more difficult, as the group has a far smaller space in which to remain safe.

The safe spot is always directly behind the guardian, so the raid should ensure they are all stacked up there throughout the ability.

The guardian will still rotate clockwise throughout the ability.

The range of the cone has also been increased, removing the possibility of out-ranging it in this larger room.

Empowered Flames of Punishment covers a much larger area

Flames of PunishmentVolatile Charge

Mobile DPS should be assigned to the eastern path as they will be able to more efficiently damage the guardian as it casts the empowered Flames of Punishment.

Phase Two: Toppling the GuardianHoard Power

He will not gain any buffs as there is no active guardians. Players can simply use this time to get into position and plough some free damage into the boss.

The raid should stack directly behind the boss, who should be tanked in the direct centre of the room, to allow healers to efficiently heal and apply their crown jewel buffs to the raid.

The only players who shouldn't be stacked behind the boss is the tanks and any DPS players with the Topaz of Brilliant Sunlight.

Molten GoldLiquid GoldLiquid Gold

This deals moderate fire damage every 3 seconds for 12 seconds. Upon expiration, the player will create a pool of Molten Gold at their location.

Molten Gold will deal fire damage to any player who stands within it.

Players afflicted with Liquid Gold must move to the edges of the encounter space to drop the Molten Gold pools away from the raid when the debuff expires.

As the Molten Gold is permanent, this acts as a pseudo-enrage, as the raid will eventually run out of space. This makes efficient Molten Gold placement a high priority for all raid members.

Spirits of GoldSpirits of GoldSpirit of Gold

Upon reaching the edge they will Channel Gold, spawning several Gold Burst piles around the room which deal a moderate burst of physical damage to anyone within the 5 yard landing zone.

The adds are susceptible to roots, slows, displacements and stuns, all of which should be used to keep them under the boss whilst the DPS nuke them down.

Wail of GreedWail of Greed

Healers with the Amethyst of the Shadow King should ensure that all players are Shadow-Touched before this ability comes in, as to counteract the heavy damage it deals.

The raid should also attempt to stack up to assist healers in efficiently healing the raid.

This ability will deal the most damage to the raid over the course of phase two, making it an excellent time to assign healing cooldowns.

When the channel completes, the boss gains a stack of Greed, permanently increasing his damage done by 25%. This will stack after each channel, eventually leading to one shots if the boss gets too many stacks.

Heroic DifficultyPhase OneThief's BaneThief's Bane

This 30 second debuff will deal lethal shadow damage to the player when it expires.

The healer who picks up the Amethyst of the Shadow King must apply Shadow-Touched to all players on their path within 30 seconds as to allow them to survive this incoming hit.

Phase TwoCoin SweepCoin ShowerCoin Sweep

This damage is enough to deplete the Diamond of the Unshakeable Protector buff.

Tanks should taunt off of one another just before each hit as to ensure that the target of the spell always has a full Diamond of the Unshakeable Protector buff.

Tanks should also use active mitigation and defensive cooldowns to survive this large hit.

Coin ShowerCoin Shower

The raid should stack up and the Coin Shower marked player should stand with them to help split this damage.

Abilities that mitigate or immune physical damage can be used to solo the hit, such as Blessing of Protection, Aspect of the Turtle and Netherwalk.

Mythic Difficulty

Players need to communicate and be flexible whilst dealing the guardians and the deadly traps during phase one.

During phase two, players must maintain the reduced duration Focused Animus debuff whilst dealing with mechanics at a vastly increased rate.

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Comments

Comment by BlizzardCS

We've received some reports that during this encounter, groups are not seeing the various jewels spawn. If your group runs into this, performing a "soft reset" on the raid should resolve it. Details here!

Comment by Rudy199

Is this the famous Activision monster?

Comment by MapleWarrior

Wow, that's expensive ammunition....

Comment by NeonSlowpoke

When not moving at all, I noticed my emerald buff would stack up to 5% and then drop off and start stacking again. Is this a bug? I'm hoping this is a bug.

Comment by Wudy

Can anyone confirm or clarify if "shadow-touched" is being triggered by AoE healing spells? It says on this page that "targets by healing spells" would get shadow-touched, which somehow indicates that AoE doesn't trigger it. But then in the tooltip of the actual item it mentions "your heals apply Shadow-Touched". Any clarification would be appreciated since imo it does impact strategy.

Comment by Ryawy

It appears that on normal mode, Flames of Punishment only goes clockwise. It's also not worth finishing your cast.

Also, Gorefiend's Grasp is amazing on the boss for handling the adds. You can let them go as far as the dark inner ring before pulling them in.

Comment by Krazzie47

The Opal capped out at 20 stacks for me today, despite another two rounds of adds. If it hadn't the damage increase would of been insane!

Comment by Deizen

On Normal mode, the left quardian only used the frontal Crush. It's also worth nothing that that if one group kills their guardian before the other, half the raid will have to engage the actual boss, with the other group joining in when they've killed their guardian, there is NO waiting for the other group.

Comment by Deweey

Hey there, anyone know how many jewelry stack there is for each ? they are infinite or some are limited ?

Comment by thordreen

Does anyone know the number of players affected by Hex of Lethargy with 15/20/25 players?
Just trying to figure out if the players hit scales with number of players.

In a 10 man normal with 2 healer 4 people getting hit with it feels very overtuned imo.
Very easy for a single healer(per path) to get overwhelmed given dispell's 8s recharge vs the spells short recast time.

Comment by mooshkin

Does Opulence engage and cast Hoard Power as soon as the first guardian is killed? If so, does that mean both guardians must be killed within the 5 second Hoard Power cast time? That seems really tight timing.

Or can a group wait in the final/eighth chamber, until the other group kills its guardian, and then both groups enter the main boss space at the same time?

Comment by Lacrosseguy108

one thing im confused about is the piles of gold after you down the boss. do the piles have a chance to drop anything like boes? or random pieces of non boss loot?

Comment by vindurza

The worst thing about him is DBM does not warn about the fire lasers

Comment by doctorthrob

Does anyone know how to solo this in Dragonflight? I'm not sure if it's possible without two people.

Opulence Battle of Dazar'alor Raid Strategy Guide

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