Skyreach Dungeon Strategy Guide - Warlords of Draenor

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Aviana's Request can only be completed on Heroic difficulty and rewards Aviana's Feather.

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Ranjit: Chakram-Breaker Greatsword, waist, head

Araknath: Solar Containment Unit, Spire of the Furious Construct, feet, neck

Rukhran: Beakbreaker Scimitar, Rukhran's Quill, hands, wrist

High Sage Viryx: Arcanic of the High Sage, Viryx's Indomitable Bulwark, Fires of the Sun, ring, legs, shoulder

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RanjitAraknathRukhranHigh Sage Viryx

RanjitNotable Trash Mobs:

Diving Chakram Spinner - deals heavy tank damage with Throw Chakram

Initiate of the Rising Sun - casts a powerful Magma Explosion Supreme that should be interrupted

Outcast Warrior - Piercing Rush should be side-stepped to avoid taking heavy damage

Whirling Dervish - move out of Storm

Solar Elemental - creates a Solar Zone that heals enemies, casts Magma Explosion Supreme that should be interrupted, heals allies to full with Solar Heal

Soaring Chakram Master - deals heavy party-wide damage with Spinning Blade

Blinding Sun Priestess - deals heavy tank damage with Solar Wrath, debuffs a player with Solar Detonation

Solar Familiar - Empowers enemies, casts Blinding Light which blinds players unless interrupted or players face away

Whirling DervishBlinding Sun PriestessInitiate of the Rising SunSolar ElementalSolar FamiliarRanjit Tips & StrategyRanjitWindwallWindwallWindwallChakram Vortex

Move Ranjit away from Windwalls that spawn on melee DPS

Drag Ranjit to a clear quadrant before Chakram Vortex begins

Side-step Piercing Rush to avoid taking heavy damage

Use Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp and damage cooldowns at the start when the fight is least hectic

Move away from Windwalls that spawn on or near you

Side-step Piercing Rush to avoid taking heavy damage

Ranged DPS should use cast-while-moving cooldowns during Chakram Vortex

Party damage will be moderate to heavy following Fan of Blades

Tank damage is high throughout the fight, especially during Chakram Vortex

Use damage-reduction CDs or mobile healing throughput CDs during Chakram Vortex

Move away from Windwalls that spawn on or near you

Side-step Piercing Rush to avoid taking heavy damage

Heroic and Challenge Mode Difficulties:Blazing GroundChakram VortexBlazing GroundBlazing GroundBlazing GroundHigh Sage ViryxBlazing GroundWindwallChakram VortexAraknathNotable Trash Mobs:Adept of the DawnMagma Explosion SupremeSun TrinketSkyreach ArcanologistSolar DetonationAraknath Tips & StrategyAraknath

The construct will use Smash on the tank, which deals heavy damage but can be easily side-stepped and avoided, and will periodically cast Supernova, dealing unavoidable heavy damage to the entire party.

Each time Araknath casts Supernova, he gains a stacking buff that increases the next Supernova's damage; this serves as a soft enrage mechanic, as eventually a healer will run out of mana or Supernova will exceed players' health pools.

Skyreach Sun Construct PrototypeEnergize

Side-step Smash

Stand in Energize to prevent the boss from being healed

Use a personal damage-reduction CD if you need to stand in a Smash to soak

Energize beam, or if soaking an Energize during Supernova

Stand in Energize to prevent the boss from being healed

Use a personal damage-reduction CD if soaking an Energize during Supernova

Prioritize healing the players soaking an Energize beam (they will have the Energize debuff)

The tank will take heavy damage if affected by Smash

Use cooldowns to mitigate or respond to Supernova's heavy party damage late in the fight

Stand in Energize to prevent the boss from being healed

Use a personal damage-reduction CD if soaking an Energize during Supernova

Heroic and Challenge Mode Difficulties:EnergizeEnergizeSupernovaSupernovaEnergizeRukhranNotable Trash Mobs:SuntalonExciteDread Raven HatchlingRukhran Tips & StrategyRukhranSummon Solar Flare

These adds will detonate in a powerful Sunstrike if they come into contact with their target.

When a Summon Solar Flare is killed, it erupts in a Sunburst, spawning new Summon Solar Flares from any Pile of Ash within the Sunburst radius. It is therefore important to kill Summon Solar Flares quickly, but to kite the Summon Solar Flare away from Pile of Ash to avoid spawning new adds.

The Summon Solar Flares can be snared and stunned, but not rooted. Note that when stunned, the Summon Solar Flare's Fixate target loses the Fixate debuff and the beam that links the Summon Solar Flare to the player, but the Summon Solar Flare will resume chasing that player once the stun wears off.

Use Active Mitigation when Rukhran casts Pierce Armor, to avoid gaining Pierced Armor, or to reset stacks of Pierced Armor

Assist in snaring/killing nearby Summon Solar Flares

Stay within melee range of Rukhran to prevent Screech damage on the party

Use a powerful damage-reduction cooldown if you are Fixated by a Summon Solar Flare and must trigger Sunstrike

Use Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp and damage cooldowns at the start of the fight

When Fixated by a Summon Solar Flare, kite it away from Pile of Ash

Snare and stun Summon Solar Flares when possible

Kill Summon Solar Flares when they are further than 5 yards away from Pile of Ash, to prevent spawning additional Summon Solar Flares

Be more than 10 yards from a dying Summon Solar Flare to avoid taking Sunburst damage

The tank will take heavy damage from Pierce Armor, especially if affected by Pierced Armor

Use damage-reduction or throughput CDs if players trigger Sunstrike; this is especially likely if the tank is Fixated by a Summon Solar Flare

When Fixated by a Summon Solar Flare, kite it away from Pile of Ash

Snare and stun Summon Solar Flares when possible

Heroic and Challenge Mode Difficulties:Searing QuillsSummon Solar FlareSunstrikeSearing QuillsScreechHigh Sage ViryxNotable Trash Mobs:

The schematic below should assist players in successfully navigating the wind maze.

While personal movement-speed boosting abilities, and Stampeding Roar, are helpful for this task, should not be used, as there are untargetable birds that deal light to moderate damage and will cause players to be dazed.

Whirling DervishAdept of the DawnAdorned BladetalonPiercing RushSolar MagnifierEmpowerWhirling DervishSolar Magnifier

Solar Elemental - casts extremely powerful heals, creates Solar Zones, and summons Sun Trinkets

Soaring Blade - deals heavy tank damage with Throw Chakram

Whirling Dervish - summons powerful Storms players must move out of

Soaring Chakram Master - deals heavy party damage with Piercing Rush and Electrified Chakram

Solar Familiar - Empowers enemies, casts Blinding Light which blinds players unless interrupted or players face away

Solar ElementalWhirling DervishSolar Familiar

Soaring Chakram Master - deals heavy party-wide damage with Spinning Blade

Radiant Supernova - casts Solar Detonation on all players; spread out to avoid damaging your allies

Solar Construct - Casts Protective Barrier, preventing 90% of damage to all nearby allies; this should be interrupted

Solar Magnifier - Empowers enemies

Life-Pact Familiar - when the Radiant Supernova is near death, the Life-Pact Familiar will heal it to full

Radiant SupernovaSolar ConstructSolar MagnifierLife-Pact FamiliarGrand Defense ConstructSmashBurnHigh Sage Viryx Tips & StrategyHigh Sage ViryxCast Down

The affected player will be seized by a Solar Zealot, who will begin to carry the player off of the platform, eventually dropping the player over the edge of the platform to their death.

Solar Zealots are susceptible to snares, stuns, and roots, and should be killed quickly.

The player being carried by the Zealot can still use all their abilities and can DPS the Zealot as well.

Cast DownBlazing GroundBlazing GroundSkyreach Shield ConstructShielding

Tank Viryx against the barrier to the previous room, as far away as possible from the edges of the platform

Assist in snaring and stunning the Solar Zealot

Interrupt the Skyreach Shield Construct's Shielding

Interrupt High Sage Viryx's Solar Blast when possible

Move Viryx away from any Blazing Ground pools that players drop nearby

Snare and stun Solar Zealots, and kill them as quickly as possible

If targeted by Cast Down, move in to the center of the platform before the Zealot picks you up

If targeted by Blazing Ground, kite the beam away from the middle of the platform, ideally to the outer edge

Kill the Skyreach Shield Constructs

Interrupt the Skyreach Shield Construct's Shielding

Interrupt High Sage Viryx's Solar Blast when possible

Tank damage is heavy during this encounter, and players targeted by Blazing Ground are likely to take heavy damage

If targeted by Cast Down, move in to the center of the platform before the Zealot picks you up

If targeted by Blazing Ground, kite the beam away from the middle of the platform, ideally to the outer edge

Assist in snaring and stunning the Solar Zealot, if possible

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Comment by 1403120

Quick Tanking Notes, WoD Heroic Skyreach by Stackoverflo-Perenolde:

Rukhran Heroic Tanking Guide
Tanks: This is the DPS and Healer’s fight to lose, not yours. Rukhran summons adds that Can’t Be Tanked. Just ignore them, they fixate on not-tanks. The DPS guys need to focus fire and burn them down (preferably not on top of piles of ash if they want to live, cuz explosion when add dies on ash pile). Stand in front of Rukhran and take the pain. You can pop CDs for his minor mechanics if the healer is distracted by adds, or falling behind. The only exception is “Quills”. Two things, when you see this about to start: run and hide behind the pillar, but right when it’s about to end you need to GET BACK in front of Rukhran. If he doesn’t have anyone to Melee he will TPK your group with his Screech in 2 second flat. The only time he doesn’t screech is during Quills.

Araknath Heroic Tanking Guide
A decently-geared tank will not move much in this fight. Walk up to Araknath, stand in front of him, and intercept any energy beams that are convenient to intercept, but don’t go out of your way to do this, it’s the DPS’s job. Pop a minor CD every time he hits the floor and curves into a ball. Save major CDs for if the healer seems to be falling behind. This is a good fight to focus on maximizing your DPS output as a tank, cuz not much happening. That’s all.

Ranjit Heroic Tanking Guide
This is a boss kiting fight. The tanks job is to keep the boss out of the AoE the boss drops. Boss drops Four Winds onto the battle field which basically is a 4-armed wall that rotates, quartering the battle field. So you basically tank the boss and walk backward in between the rotating arms, being careful not to touch them, ’til they go away. Boss also drops little single wind walls (typically on top of DPS) that you have to maneuver around. Passing through a wall isn’t the best idea, but sometimes you have to, so pop a minor CD if you do.

High Sage Viryx Heroic Tanking Guide
Pull this guy back to the entranceway and put his back to it. DPS needs to understand that Adds are vastly more important than the boss here. Step 1: Stay out of the fire. Step 2: You’ll probably get hit by a beam: Kite the beam left across the entrance way to one corner, then reposition boss back slightly to the right of all that AoE that appears on the floor due to beam. Tell DPSes to kite any beams on them AWAY from the entrance. Do keep the Boss’s back to the entranceway. Kite him to the right for the next beam. By then the AoE for the first beam will have gone away and you can position him slightly to the left of where you started. And seriously, ignore the flying Adds grabbing your team mates, they can’t be taunted and it’s the DPSes problem. Focus on moving the boss out of the AoE. The ONLY Add you need to worry about is the construct. Tank the boss ON TOP of this robot-looking fellow and single target the Add, interrupting him when you see the word “shield” in his cast bar, cuz that’s a bad day right there. Please save your CDs and Potions for when one of the flying adds picks up your healer.

Comment by peyana

Ran this yesterday, and our tank must have followed your advice, because he did exactly what you suggest up top. However, he left it to the dps to take care of the flying add that picked up the healer. No harm no foul, was easy peasy!

Comment by Dayani

Updated 12/8 to add CM strategy details for Araknath and to account for the recent hotfix that means Ranjit will no longer spawn Windwalls on tanks :) -- Dayani

Comment by 916058

It's counterintuitive to me, that you advise kiting Lens Flare to the edge of the platform on heroic Ranjit.
Surely it would be better to kite it around the middle of the platform. That way there's;

No chance you'll potentially force healer or dps through puddles on the edge during a Wind Wall.
And always a clear path for the tank.

Comment by 1486920

Thanks a bunch for this guide, when I was rolling through the normals and heroics, I'd never really paid attention to the mechanics of the fights, but the addition of mythics makes knowing each boss imperative. 10/10

Comment by Ivanya

Well, just soloed this on normal difficulty on lv 100 Hunter. Spirit pet helped heal, and it wasn't hard to kill the flyers with cast down before the edge. IL is only 690 and was in beast mastery. Just follow the green path in the wind area, and if you start getting blown towards edge, jump back to the green so you don't die falling. The right path is fairly easy, and the left is just slightly harder, but sill doable. Kill the constructs at Vyrix, and try to stay near the entrance when you hear 'Cast them down!' You'll have a bit more time to kill your flyer. Good luck!

Skyreach Dungeon Strategy Guide - Warlords of Draenor

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