Quick Tips for Melee DPS in Hellfire Citadel

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Ciudadela del Fuego InfernalhereCiudadela del Fuego Infernal Hellfire AssaultDetailed guideKey Mechanics

Interrupt Contracted Engineer's Shock Pulse when possible. Grips, interrupts and aoe stuns are useful on these adds.

Kill adds in the following priority: Terror Vinculacrúor>Rabioso descomunal>Ingeniero contratado.

Kill Felfire-Imbued Siege Vehicles before they start damaging friendly cannons.

Do not stand in front of or on the sides of Triturador Fuego vils.

Do not stand in front of Escupellamas Fuego vils

Do not stand in Explosión de artillería while Artillería Fuego vil vehicles are out.

Atracador de hierro Detailed guideKey MechanicsPhase 1

Spread as much as you can around the boss for Orbe inestable.

Watch out for Inmolación patches of fire on the ground.

Do not stand in front of the boss when she does Tromba or Ataque relámpago.

If you are low on HP, use a personal defensive cooldown or healing tonic during Aporreo.

Phase 2

Do not stand in Fuel Streaks, they will become lit up with fire.

If you are targeted with Artillería, get 40 yards from other players.

Stay away from Artillería targets.

Kill Firebombs.

Do not stand in Golpe en caída, a large circle graphic indicating where the boss will be landing.

Kormrok Detailed guideKey Mechanics

Stand in Runas explosivas until they disappear. If they are empowered, another rune will spawn in front of you. “Herd” them ontop of eachother by moving toward an assigned marker. Once they all reach this central marker they will stop spawning.

Avoid Fel Outpouring, a wave that moves out from the purple pool. If Fel Outpouring is empowered, waves will spawn from all 3 pools.

Loosely stack for Manos codiciosas. If they are empowered they will be drawn toward the green pool.

Break out the tanks when they are affected by Manos codiciosas. One will be targeted shortly after the raid is put in Manos codiciosas.

Move 40 yards from tanks when they grow in size indicating they have been targeted by Ráfaga explosiva.

Environmental Hazards:

Spread out during Aporrear.

Avoid the purple slime waves.

Sanguino Detailed guideKey Mechanics

Run to the edges of the room if you are affected by Toque de fatalidad. This debuff will drop a pool at your feet when it expires.

Run towards the rooted target if you get Destino compartido. A line will form between you and them. If you are rooted, you must wait for the other Destino compartido targets to stack on you for this debuff to be removed.

If you die or are targeted by Sombra de muerte, you will be transported to another realm. In this realm it is important to kill as many adds as possible before your debuff expires. Do not stand in front of Espíritu iracundos in this realm. Exit the room by running to the middle before your debuff expires or you will die permanently.

Adds that reach the center of the other realm will be ported back to the bosses main room. Their remaining health pool is determined by how much they were damaged by players who were transported to the other realm.

Focus and interrupt Espíritu de Vinculacrúors.

Save offensive cooldowns for Festín de almas. Sanguino takes an additional 100% damage in this phase. This phase lasts up to 1 minute and phase occurs 2 minutes into the fight then 2 minutes after the last phase has ended. (usually at 2 minutes and 5 minutes).

Environmental Hazards:

Avoid purple pools.

Hellfire High Council Detailed guideKey MechanicsGurtogg Bloodboil

If you are targeted by Ira vil, Sangre Hirviente will start attacking you. Remain still. You will get both a damage buff and a buff to your defensive capabilities. This is a good time to use offensive cooldowns.

At 30% Sangre Hirviente will reach his Final Hour. Save offensive cooldowns for this phase as he applies a stacking debuff that reduces the raids maximum health pool.

Blademaster Jubei'thos

Do not stand near the arrow coming out from the boss. He will hurl his weapon which will damage you on the way out and as it comes back to the boss.

Use a defensive personal cooldown or healing tonic if you are low on hp during Tormenta Vil.

The boss will split into copies of himself. Each copy will do the same mechanics as the main boss.

At 30% Blademaster enters his Final Hour. Use offensive cooldowns as Blademaster's copies will deal increasing raid damage. This effect continues after his death.

Dia Darkwhisper

Do not stand in the path of Horror gemebundos.

If you have Marca del nigromante, you will drop a pool on the ground during Cosechar. Move out of the group until a pool drops under your feet.

At 30% Darkwhisper will reach her Final Hour. She will apply the debuff Marca del nigromante but will no longer do Cosechar. It is important to finish killing her quickly before your raid is overrun by the mark.

Kilrogg Ojo Muerto Key Mechanics

Kill and interrupt Terror descomunals.

Do not stand in front of Terror descomunals.

If you are chosen to soak Visions of Death, stand in a green rune the boss spawns in front of him. You will be transported to another realm where you will have to kill adds. If you die in this realm you will be transported, alive, back to the main boss room. Save cooldowns for when you come back to the boss room as you will have an increased damage buff.

Señor de las Sombras Iskar Key Mechanics

Run out to a designated area when targeted by Chakram vil.

During add phases kill adds in the following priority: Cuervo vil>Celador vil>Corrupted Priest of Terokk>Marginado ilusorio

Stand in the line of fire of Focused Blast to split the damage it deals with other raid members.

If you have the Ojo de Anzu, pass it to players affected by Vientos fantasmales. If there are no Vientos fantasmales, it may be a safe option to throw it to a tank or healer.

Using an addon like Iskar Assist can make this fight much easier to deal with.

Socrethar the Eternal Detailed guideKey Mechanics

In phase one, you may be assigned to help your tanks soak Arremetida reverberante. If you are, stand in front of the boss until you gain the debuff Defensas desarmadas. Do not soak again until your debuff has dropped.

Do not stand in the radius of Prisión vil, a large green circle placed on the ground.

Do not stand in front of the boss when he does Ataque de llamarada vil.

Do not stand in fire left by Ataque de llamarada vil.

Once the construct is killed, Socrethar will enter the fight.

Be sure to interrupt Ejercer Dominancia.

Kill Sargerei Dominators as quickly as possible.

If you have the debuff Fijación espantosa, do not let the Espíritu mortificador reach you.

Velhari la Tirana Detailed guideKey MechanicsPhase 1 – Oppression

Stay stationary when possible. Moving will cause you to suffer shadow damage.

Move out of the group when targeted by Annihilating Strike to avoid hitting the raid with her frontal cleave.

Move out of Llamarada abrasadora, a small red reticle on the ground.

Kill Ancient Enforcers

Phase 2 – Contempt

You may move freely again.

Move to an assigned spot with Fuente de corrupción. If a safe place is not designated, make sure you are out of the group as you will pulse damage in a 5 yard radius.

Kill and interrupt Presagista antigua.

Phase 3 – Malice

Kill Ancient Sovereign as quickly as possible. This add will shield Velhari la Tirana.

When not shielded, Velhari la Tirana takes additional damage during this stage.

Keep moving as the boss will spawn pools, which at the moment are very hard to see, under the raids feet.

Señor vil Zakuun Detailed guideKey Mechanics

Stop Wake of Destruction from hitting any Cristales viles. Estela de destrucción are waves that spawn out from the boss, a debuffed tank, or targets with Semilla de destrucción.

If assigned to, soak Fisuras estruendosas. Fisuras estruendosas appear as green swirls on the floor.

If you have soaked Fisuras estruendosas or Estela de destrucción, you will gain the debuff Energía latente. Be sure to not get hit by Estela de destrucción or soak a Fisura estruendosa while you have this debuff.

If you are targeted by Semilla de destrucción, run to the edges of the room away from other players affected by Semilla de destrucción.

Xhul'horac Detailed guideKey Mechanics

“Mixing” Fel and Void causes Aniquilación de Sombra vil which damages the entire raid. If you take fire damage you will become Fel Touched. do not take shadow damage while this debuff is active. If you take shadow damage you will become Vacío tocado, do not take fire damage while this debuff is active.

You will take fire damage if you stand in felfire.

You will take shadow damage if you stand in Vacío creciente or stand in a Agujero negro.

Save offensive cooldowns for 30%. The boss will start switching between Fel and Void phases.

Fel Phase

If you are targeted with Llamarada vil caótica, run to the edge of the room (away from any purple fire).

Interrupt Wild Pyromaniacs when possible to decrease the spread of felfire.

Kill Vanguard Akkelion and cleave down Pirómano salvajes.

Void Phase

Soak Black Holes if you are assigned to.

Kill Omnus and continue cleaving down any Pirómano salvajes in melee range.

Environmental Hazards:

Avoid green and purple patches on the ground.

Avoid green orbs unless you're assigned to intercept them.

Avoid purple swirls.

Mannoroth Detailed guideKey MechanicsMannorothPhase 1: Add phase

Kill Fel Iron Summoners.

Kill and interrupt Señor de fatalidads

Kill Fel Imps. Interrupt them when possible.

Stay away from Infernal nefastos as they pulse damage. Green swirls on the ground will indicate where they will jump to periodically.

Phase 2: Resurrection

Continue killing Diablillo vils. There are no longer Señor de fatalidads.

Run from Felseeker, a large green circle on the ground that grows three times before dissipating.

División damage with targets of Mannoroth's Mirada. This will require you to follow the feared target.

Phase 3 – Same phase 2, plus a spell, Fuerza de las Sombras, that repels random targets away from Mannoroth.

There are no longer Diablillo vils spawning.

Continue running from Buscador vil and soaking Mannoroth's Mirada.

If you are targeted by Fuerza de las Sombras, you will be pushed off the platform. Be careful not to stand near the edges of the room. If done properly, you can outrun this debuff without a speed increase.

Phase 4: EMPOWERMENT!

Continue running from Buscador vil.

Mannoroth's Mirada will now drop a pool that slows when its duration has expired.

The whole raid will be targeted by Fuerza de las Sombras. Handle this mechanic the same as in Stage Three.

Mannoroth will send waves from his front half. These waves will likely kill you and come out from the front half of his hitbox.

Environmental Hazards

Infernals and their pulsing AoE.

Buscador vil concentric, consecutive green telegraphs that you should be out of before they land.

Avoid the dark black circles that telegraph Tormentinferno vil.

Archimonde Detailed guideKey MechanicsPhase 1: The Defiler

Kill off Doomfire Spirits as top priority.

Kill Hellfire Deathcallers if there is no Espíritu Fuego apocalíptico up.

Phase 2: Hand of the Legion

Continue to deal with Phase One mechanics.

If you are affected by Tormento encadenado move out 30 yards from your current location. Try not to do this at the same time as another raid member as you will deal damage to the raid upon breaking your shackle.

Move out of the group with Caos forjado or Caos concentrado.

Kill and interrupt Gran maligno vilnato.

When the Felborne Overfiend is dead, kill Acechador nefastos.

Archimonde will no longer use Marca de la muerte or summon Overfiends.

Continue dealing with all previous mechanics.

If assigned to do so, stand ontop of the tank during Destierro abisal. When the tanks debuff expires you will be transported to the Vacío Abisal.

If you are targeted by the Estrella del Vacío in the Vacío Abisal, do not let it hit you.

Kill the Shadowed Netherwalker to be transported back to the bosses room.

If you are not transported to the Vacío Abisal, Kill Living Shadow. Do not let them hit their target.

You must also single target focus Fatídico infernals if you remain in the bosses room.

Environmental Hazards:

Fuego apocalíptico.

Quick Tips for Melee DPS in Hellfire Citadel

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