Spires of Ascension Dungeon Strategy Guide

By Squishei Updated: 2021/05/31

Kyrian Covenant Dungeon Buff in Spires of AscensionSpear of DestinySpear of Destinystunning themmaking them take 20% additional damage10 secondsKin-Tara Boss Guide in Spires of AscensionNotable Kin-Tara Trash Tips and Tricks

Forsworn Mender will cast Forsworn Doctrine, healing a target by 10% health per second. This can be dispelled off the target and the first healing tick does not happen instantly - if you have a purge effect (Purge, Consume Magic, Tranquilizing Shot or Spellsteal), use this rather than interrupting it. Once it channels, forced displacement effects such as Death Grip stop the channel and prevent it from recasting.

Forsworn Castigator will cast Burden of Knowledge, dealing a high amount of damage to a random player and leaving a dispellable DoT.

Forsworn Goliath will cast Rebellious Fist, a large AoE within 30 yards.
Whenever a Forsworn Goliath tries to cast Rebellious Fist, it uses some of its Anima.

Once it's out of Anima, it will try to Recharge Anima, putting up a shield and periodically regenerating Anima while it holds. Once it breaks, the cast stops.

If the Goliath has less than 50 Anima, it is unable to cast Rebellious Fist.

Forsworn VanguardSweeping BlowKin-Tara Boss Tips and Strategy in Spires of AscensionKin-TaraAzules

Kin-Tara and Azules will have a Deep Connection between them, stacking a DoT for any player that enters the beam connecting them.

Kin-Tara needs to be tanked and has a heavy-hitting tankbuster Overhead Slash. Despite looking like a cleave, it is not a cleave, and it is safe (but a loss for melees) to stand in front of it.

If you are a DPS, focus your damage on (while still cleaving). This makes it safer for you as it has no threat table.

Azules

Azules will park at random spots in the arena and fire out Attenuated Barrage missiles.

These will fly out in front of Azules , so stand behind!

Charged Spear

This player should move away from the group as the spear will deal damage and leave a void zone on the floor.

Ventunax Boss Guide in Spires of AscensionNotable Ventunax Trash Tips and Tricks

Forsworn Stealthclaw stealth, so don't wander alone! Only one of them paths around, the others are in predictable spots.

Kyrian Dark-Praetor will occasionally charge through players, doing heavy damage and continuing to cast at range. If their main aggro target is not in melee, they repeatedly cast Dark Seeker at their main target

Forsworn Inquisitor attempt to cast Internal Strife, an upgraded version of the earlier Burden of Knowledge that applies to two players and causes both of them to radiate damage to themselves and everybody within 3 yards. Never let this go through!

Etherdivers have very low health, but have a deadly debuff Insidious Venom. AoE these down quickly and kick all their casts.

Forsworn Champion casts Forsworn Doctrine, which should be interrupted.

Forsworn Squad-Leader should be focused, as they reduce the damage of other nearby mobs take from area of effect damage by 75% through their Inspiring Presence.

Ventunax Boss Tips and Strategy in Spires of AscensionVentunaxVentunaxDark StrideShadowhirlDark Stride

Shadowhirls

When Ventunax runs out of energy, he casts Recharge.

This makes all Shadowhirls fire 9 bolts at the same time.

ShadowhirlBlinding Flash

Oryphrion Boss Guide in Spires of AscensionNotable Oryphrion Trash Tips and Tricks

Forsworn Warden - Greater Mending can be interrupted to prevent a heal.

You can interrupt Forsworn Devastator Dark Pulse to stop a high damage spell that hits a random target.

Forsworn Justicar - Forced Confession is a nasty DoT that can be interrupted. A successful cast means that player should spread out from the group as they will expel orbs every 3 seconds.

Forsworn HelionMenacing PresenceOryphrion Boss Tips and Strategy in Spires of AscensionOryphrionOryphrionCharged StompCharged Stompinsidecurrent positionPurifying BlastPurifying Blast

Feign DeathInvisibilityVanishShadowmeldEmpyreal Ordnance

Anima FieldCharged StompEmpyreal Ordnanceexactly 25 animaEmpyreal OrdnanceOryphrion100% extra damageDrainedEmpyreal Ordnance

Devos Boss Guide in Spires of AscensionNotable Devos Trash Tips and Tricksone at a time

Lakesis has Oppression, which simply increases the damage everybody takes

Klotos has Aura of Intimidation, which drops spears on the ground from which fast-moving projectiles flow out of

Astronos has Charged Spear, dealing progressively more damage to everybody as the fight goes on.

LakesisAstronosKlotosCharged SpearOppressionFeign DeathDevos Boss Tips and Strategy in Spires of AscensionDevos

Two players will be debuffed with Lost Confidence. When dispelled, it drops a pool on the floor. Any player it's on should try to place it at the edge of the room and the Healer should dispel it.

Devos will charge directly ahead of her in a straight line using Run Through dealing damage to anyone hit.

Abyssal Detonation

To dodge this mechanic, stand in the large blue bubble Archon's Bastion.

If you don't stand in the bubble, you die!

Screenshot used with permission from Kiov

This will summon 5 Anima Orbs that will need to be picked up by the group and returned to the Anima Conduit in the center of the platform.

You can only carry one Anima Orb at a time, and don't need to click anything.

Healers will have passive AoE damage to heal through and can dispel Lingering Doubt to remove some of the damage.

Lingering Doubt

This player will get a Vehicle targeting UI and a reticule to show where the spear will fly to.

Aim the spear at Devos and hit (Default: 1) to fire the spear at the reticule.
If the Spear hits Devos, it'll deal 10% of her health (modified by any damage amplification effects present on you and your versatility) and Devos will land and enter Phase 1 again.

Missing the Spear will cause 5 more Anima Orbs to spawn before you can try to throw the spear again.

List of All Trash Creatures and Abilities in Spires of AscensionForsworn GoliathForsworn VanguardForsworn MenderKyrian Dark-PraetorForsworn StealthclawEtherdiverForsworn ChampionForsworn SkirmisherForsworn InquisitorForsworn Squad-LeaderForsworn HelionForsworn WardenForsworn DevastatorForsworn JusticarForsworn UsurperKlotosAstronos

Mob

Spell

Spires of Ascension LootArmor and WeaponsKin-Tara

Type

Item

Stats

Neck

Azure-Venom Choker

STA Crit/Vers

Cloth Waist

Kin-Tara's Baleful Cord

INT Haste/Vers

Leather Hands

Winged Hunters' Gloves

AGI-INT Crit/Haste

Mail Chest

Forsworn Stalker's Hauberk

AGI-INT Crit/Vers

Plate Feet

Warboots of Ruthless Conviction

STR-INT Crit/Mast

Staff

Quarterstaff of Discordant Ethic

AGI Crit/Mast

Ventunax

Type

Item

Stats

Trinket

Overcharged Anima Battery

AGI

Cloth Feet

Dark Stride Footwraps

INT Crit/Haste

Leather Waist

Shadowhirl Waistwrap

AGI-INT Vers/Mast

Mail Waist

Dark Praetorian's Clasp

AGI-INT Vers/Mast

Plate Hands

Distorted Construct's Gauntlets

STR-INT Crit/Haste

1H Axe

Penitent Edge

AGI Crit/Mast

Oryphrion

Type

Item

Stats

Trinket

Empyreal Ordnance

Mastery

Trinket

Anima Field Emitter

STR

Cloth Legs

Purge Protocol Legwraps

INT Haste/Mast

Leather Head

Vicious Surge Faceguard

AGI-INT Haste/Vers

Plate Wrists

Thunderous Echo Vambraces

STR-INT Vers/Mast

Bow

The Philosopher

AGI Crit/Haste

Devos

Type

Item

Stats

Trinket

Boon of the Archon

INT

Cloak

Drape of Twisted Loyalties

AGI-INT-STR Crit/Haste

Cloth Chest

Sinister Requiem Vestments

INT Crit/Haste

Leather Legs

Abyssal Disharmony Breeches

AGI-INT Haste/Vers

Mail Wrists

Fallen Paragon's Armguards

AGI-INT Haste/Vers

Plate Chest

Breastplate of Brutal Dissonance

STR-INT Crit/Mast

Polearm

Devos's Cacophonous Poleaxe

AGI Vers/Mast

ConduitsKin-Tara

Class

Item

Spell ID

Druid Conduit

Hunter Conduit

Rogue Conduit

Warrior Conduit

Ventunax

Class

Item

Spell ID

Monk Conduit

Paladin Conduit

Rogue Conduit

Warlock Conduit

Oryphrion

Class

Item

Spell ID

Paladin Conduit

Royal Decree

Royal Decree (E)

Shaman Conduit

High Voltage

Warrior Conduit

Merciless Bonegrinder

Devos

Class

Item

Spell ID

Druid Conduit

Hunter Conduit

Monk Conduit

Paladin Conduit

Priest Conduit

Shaman Conduit

Legendary RecipesKin-Tara

Class

Item

Spell ID

Druid Legendary Recipe

Memory of a Cat-Eye Curio

Cat-Eye Curio

Ventunax

Class

Item

Spell ID

Rogue Legendary Recipe

Memory of Celerity

Celerity

Warlock Legendary Recipe

Memory of the Consuming Wrath

Wrath of Consumption

Oryphrion

Class

Item

Spell ID

Paladin Legendary Recipe

Memory of the Lightbringer's Tempest

Tempest of the Lightbringer

Warrior Legendary Recipe

Memory of the Thunderlord

Thunderlord

Devos

Class

Item

Spell ID

Hunter Legendary Recipe

Memory of the Rylakstalker's Fangs

Rylakstalker's Piercing Fangs

Monk Legendary Recipe

Memory of Ancient Teachings

Ancient Teachings of the Monastery

Shaman Legendary Recipe

Memory of the Doom Winds

Doom Winds

Mythic+ Tips for Spires of AscensionShadowlands Keystone Master: Season OneSintouched DeathwalkerClass Tips for Spires of Ascension

Blood DKFrost DKUnholy DK

Havoc DHVengeance DH

Guardian DruidFeral DruidBalance DruidRestoration Druid

Augmentation EvokerDevastation EvokerPreservation Evoker

BM HunterMM 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 ommNiCruiser

Does anyone else play through this Dungeon and think Devos has a good point? Think I'd rather join her as a covenant...

Comment by alpanhell

I think Devos argument is pretty silly. They've been doing it this way for eons, she finds one person (Uther) who has a wound from Arthas and she sees the runes from the Maw so no one should lose their memories? They could have found this wound and the info from Uther way before the memory loss (which they did). Also kind of silly that Archon is considering changing after this.

Also they haven't mentioned in any detail the Jailer's influence on Devos. I hope they do.

It makes sense why they would want to get rid of your memories. And as the Necrolord campaign showed with Alexandros Mograine the Arbiter doesn't pick you to go to Bastian if she thinks you have memories you want to keep.

Anyway we'll see if this finally makes sense at some point.

The whole afterlife thing is kind of ridiculous anyway. You're going to live for 60 years and then 10 thousand years later you're going to remember or even care what happened during those 60 years? Doesn't make any sense (same goes for most religions with an afterlife).

Comment by Hwistler

Kin-Tara needs to be tanked and has a heavy-hitting tankbuster Overhead Slash. Despite looking like a cleave, it is not a cleave, and it is safe (but a loss for melees) to stand in front of it.

False, this is very clearly a cleave hitting all targets in front of her, and what does the second part even mean — safe but a loss for melees?

Comment by 1967884

focus your damage on (NPC #331251) (while still cleaving).

Wowhead says "NPD not found".

Comment by yusuf

"However, these trash mobs should be pulled one at a time as the others will heal when one dies." This is not always true because with certain groups, you can pull the first two together, bring them both close to death, then after killing the first one, immediately kill the second one within three seconds, because it takes three seconds for the second one to heal. Thus, if you kill it before three seconds pass, then you lose nothing and gain the benefit of saving time with cleave attacks. Of course, it's risky in many PuGs but perfectly fine in many coordinated groups.

Comment by Wi1em

There is a dungeon-breaking bug at the last boss (seen at mythic 2, other people's milage may vary) where you bring all the orbs in, but the spear explodes in your face without hitting the boss. We did at least 5 tries and same thing happened over and over again. Had to abandon the run. People on Blizz forums and Reddit report the same thing.

Spires of Ascension Dungeon Strategy Guide

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