Nek'zali the Soulcoiler Raid Boss Guide - Midnight Season 2: Strategy and Rewards

By iMX3 Updated: 2026/07/29

Nek'zali the SoulcoilerThe Venomous AbyssNek'zali the Soulcoiler Strategy and Abilities for The Venomous Abyss in Patch 12.1Soulcoil WellRaised AmaniBoss Cheat Sheet Coming Soon!

Nek'zali the SoulcoilerLong ago, the shadow hunter Nek'zali and her followers were entombed for the blasphemous act of summoning Ula'tek. Restored by the very power she unleashed, she calls the other Soulcoilers from their tombs to serve her once more.

Overview: As Nek'zali energizes the [Soulcoil Well] by invoking the [Soulcoil Rite], she provokes the [Restless Amani] to the well.
Upon reaching 50% health, Nek'zali retreats to begin the [Ritual of Awakening]. Destroying Echoes of Jawae removes their [Tethers of Awakening] and draws her back.
Upon reaching full energy, she unwinds the Soulcoil and begins [Uncoiling], empowering her with new abilities until her defeat.

Damage Dealers:
[Essence Rend] lingers and leaves behind a [Latent Cultist] upon expiration.
[Restless Amani] awaken from the sarcophagi on the outer edges of the room, empowered with [Gravebound Advance] until they are destroyed.
Echoes of Jawae awaken during [Soul Transfer] and provide Nek'zali with [Tether of Awakening].
Healers:
[Essence Rend] lingers and leaves behind a [Latent Cultist] upon expiration.
[Soulcoil Ignition] inflicts significant damage to all players.
[Soulcoil Rite] inflicts deadly damage if too many souls enter the[Soulcoil Well].
Tanks:
[Possession Barrage] inflicts damage based on the distance each barrage travels.
Echoes of Jawae awaken during [Soul Transfer] and provide Nekk'zali with [Tether of Awakening].
[Sever] causes the same target to become increasingly [Hollowed].

Stage One: Soulcoiler Initiation

Soulcoil Rite: Each spirit consumed by the Soulcoil Well strengthens Nek'zali's ritual, granting her 5 energy and inflicting 66672 Shadow damage to all players and an additional 25002 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 24 sec. This effect stacks. (Normal, Raid Finder)

Soulcoil Well: The well hungrily absorbs any spirit that reaches its surface and any player that dies within, invoking the Soulcoil Rite.
Standing in the well inflicts 15 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Soulcoiled: Nek'zali claims the player's soul, compelling them to the Soulcoil Well. The target is sacrificed upon reaching its waters, killing them.

Soulcoil Rite: Each spirit consumed by the Soulcoil Well strengthens Nek'zali's ritual, granting her 5 energy and inflicting 66672 Shadow damage to all players and an additional 25002 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 24 sec. This effect stacks.
On Heroic difficulty, the rite's power afflicts players with [Ritual Burn]
(Heroic, Mythic)

Ritual Burn: Increases damage taken from Soulcoil Rite by 15% for 1 min. This effect stacks. (Heroic, Mythic)
Soulcoil Well: The well hungrily absorbs any spirit that reaches its surface and any player that dies within, invoking the Soulcoil Rite.
Standing in the well inflicts 15 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Soulcoiled: Nek'zali claims the player's soul, compelling them to the Soulcoil Well. The target is sacrificed upon reaching its waters, killing them.

Soulcoil Ignition: Nek'zali stirs the Soulcoil Well, invoking the Soulcoil Rite every 1 sec for 4 sec.

Anguished Echoes: An anguished spirit bombards the arena in a random location, knocking away and inflicting Shadow damage to players within 5 yards of the impact.

Essence Rend: Nek'zali seizes the essence of several players, pulling them in for 5 sec before knocking them away and inflicting 35 Shadow damage.
A ghostly essence remains embedded in the target, inflicting 10 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec for 15 sec. Upon removal, a Latent Cultist emerges at the player's location.

Latent Cultist: A loyal spirit of the Soulcoiler cult materializes, inflicting 65 Shadow damage to players within 6 yards and orbits the well, inflicting 40 Shadow damage every 1 sec and reducing movement speed by 40% to players standing within.

Restless Amani: Provoked spirits burst up out of the well, seeking sarcophagi on the outer perimeter of the room and awakening as Raised Amani. (Normal, Raid Finder)

Raised Amani

Gravebound Advance: Necromantic power drives the bones onward, absorbing magic damage equal to 25% of its maximum health. While fortified, the corpse is immune to death and fixates upon the Soulcoil Well.
Corpse Blight: Upon defeat, Raised Amani erupt in necrosis, inflicting 100009 Plague damage to all players within 15 yards and an additional 4 Plague damage every 1 sec for 20 sec.

Restless Amani: Provoked spirits burst up out of the well, seeking sarcophagi on the outer perimeter of the room and awakening as Raised Amani.
On Heroic difficulty, Raised Amani corpses remain on the ground upon defeat as [Vessels of Awakening].
(Heroic, Mythic)

Vessel of Awakening: A corpse lingers on the ground to be repossessed by Restless Amani while the Ritual of Awakening is active. (Heroic, Mythic)
Raised Amani

Gravebound Advance: Necromantic power drives the bones onward, absorbing magic damage equal to 25% of its maximum health. While fortified, the corpse is immune to death and fixates upon the Soulcoil Well.
Corpse Blight: Upon defeat, Raised Amani erupt in necrosis, inflicting 100009 Plague damage to all players within 15 yards and an additional 4 Plague damage every 1 sec for 20 sec.

Possession Barrage: Nek'zali launches spectral echoes in the direction of her primary target that burst on impact, inflicting 375033 Shadow damage to all players. This damage is reduced in effectiveness the further each echo travels. (Normal, Raid Finder)
Possession Barrage: Nek'zali launches spectral echoes in the direction of her primary target that burst on impact, inflicting 375033 Shadow damage to all players. This damage is reduced in effectiveness the further each echo travels.
In Heroic difficulty, each spectral echo applies [Hollowed].
(Heroic, Mythic)

Hollowed: Fragments of a player's soul are torn away, inflicting 12501 Shadow damage every 3 sec and reducing healing and absorptions received by 5% for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

Sever: Nek'zali's melee attacks rend her primary target with both hands, each strike inflicting Physical damage and applying Hollowed.

Hollowed: Fragments of a player's soul are torn away, inflicting 12501 Shadow damage every 3 sec and reducing healing and absorptions received by 5% for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

Intermission: Ritual of Awakening:
Upon reaching 50% health, a loyal Soulcoiler, Summoner Jawae, activates the Tethers of Awakening to protect Nek'zali from harm. Severing all the tethers causes her to return.

Grasping Depths: When souls leave the well, Soulcoil Well hungers, pulling relentlessly and inflicting 8334 Shadow damage every 1 sec to all players above until the Drowned Echo is defeated.
Players drawn in are swallowed into the for 1 min and are marked with Soul Exhaustion upon leaving. (Mythic)

Immortal Coil: A realm beyond reality coils with trapped souls, inflicting 7 Shadow damage every 1 sec. (Mythic)

Drowned Echo (Mythic)

Soulcoiler's Curse: The Drowned Echo coils around all players in the , ejecting them and leaving them Soulcoiled. (Mythic)

Soulcoiled: Nek'zali claims the player's soul, compelling them to the Soulcoil Well. The target is sacrificed upon reaching its waters, killing them. (Mythic)

Swirling Spirit: Spirits swirl within the Soulcoil Well, inflicting 66672 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 5 sec on contact. This effect stacks. (Mythic)

Soul Exhaustion: The Soulcoil Well violently rejects those it recognizes, inflicting 5 Shadow damage and leaving them vulnerable, increasing damage taken from the Soulcoil Well and Immortal Coil by 300%. This effect stacks. (Mythic)

Soul Transfer: Jawae transfers her essence to an Echo of Jawae over 15 sec. A surge of soul energy then inflicts 150 Shadow damage to players caught in the blast.

Echo of Jawae: A spectral echo of Summoner Jawae protects Nek'zali from harm. Defeating an Echo of Jawae severs their Tether of Awakening.

Tether of Awakening: Tethered to the Soulcoil Well, gaining immunity to all damage.
Hungering Pyre: Echo of Jawae erupts in soul fire, inflicting 1666812 Fire damage shared among all players within 10 yards. Slithering Flames seek out enemies who stray outside of the pyre.
In Heroic difficulty, the flames combust into [Cremation] upon expiration.
(Heroic, Mythic)

Slithering Flame: A serpentine flame slithers to a player and ignites, inflicting 125011 Fire damage and an additional 50004 Fire damage every 1 sec for 8 sec. This effect stacks.
Cremation: The lingering flame explodes, incinerating nearby corpses and inflicting 125011 Fire damage to players within 4 yards, and inflicting an additional 25002 Fire damage every 0.5 sec for 3 sec. (Heroic, Mythic)

Hungering Pyre: Echo of Jawae erupts in soul fire, inflicting 1666812 Fire damage shared among all players within 10 yards. Slithering Flames seek out enemies who stray outside of the pyre. (Normal, Raid Finder)

Slithering Flame: A serpentine flame slithers to a player and ignites, inflicting 125011 Fire damage and an additional 50004 Fire damage every 1 sec for 8 sec. This effect stacks.

Restless Amani: Provoked spirits burst up out of the well, seeking sarcophagi on the outer perimeter of the room and awakening as Raised Amani.
On Heroic difficulty, Raised Amani corpses remain as [Vessels of Awakening].
(Heroic, Mythic)

Vessel of Awakening: A corpse lingers on the ground to be repossessed by Restless Amani while the Ritual of Awakening is active. (Heroic, Mythic)
Raised Amani

Gravebound Advance: Necromantic power drives the bones onward, absorbing magic damage equal to 25% of its maximum health. While fortified, the corpse is immune to death and fixates upon the Soulcoil Well.
Corpse Blight: Upon defeat, Raised Amani erupt in necrosis, inflicting 100009 Plague damage to all players within 15 yards and an additional 4 Plague damage every 1 sec for 20 sec.

Anguished Echoes: An anguished spirit bombards the arena in a random location, knocking away and inflicting Shadow damage to players within 5 yards of the impact. (Mythic, Heroic)

Residual Toll: The ritual siphons souls, inflicting 8 Shadow damage to random players every 1 sec, leaving them Hollowed after 12 sec.

Hollowed: Fragments of a player's soul are torn away, inflicting 12501 Shadow damage every 3 sec and reducing healing and absorptions received by 5% for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

Stage Two: Uncoiling:
Upon reaching full energy, Nek'zali uncoils the Soulcoil Well, gaining new abilities until defeated.

Uncoiling: Nek'zali pours all her power into the Soulcoil Well, causing it to overflow, energizing her and inflicting 10418 Shadow damage every 0.9 sec until she is defeated.

Uncoiled Rage: Upon reaching full energy, Nek'zali gains her full potential, increasing her attack and movement speeds by 150% and all damage by 500%. Additionally, grants immunity to Taunt effects.

Invoke: Nek'zali beckons for Ula'tek, invoking the Soulcoil Rite as the well reverberates her call, instructing several Latent Cultists to begin Entwined Step. (Normal, Heroic, Raid Finder)

Latent Cultist: A loyal spirit of the Soulcoiler cult materializes, inflicting 65 Shadow damage to players within 6 yards and orbits the well, inflicting 40 Shadow damage every 1 sec and reducing movement speed by 40% to players standing within.

Entwined Step: Latent Cultists reenact the ancient ritual dances they once performed in life, repositioning around the arena in cascading sequences.

Soulcoil Rite: Each spirit consumed by the Soulcoil Well strengthens Nek'zali's ritual, granting her 5 energy and inflicting 66672 Shadow damage to all players and an additional 25002 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 24 sec. This effect stacks. (Normal, Raid Finder)

Soulcoil Well: The well hungrily absorbs any spirit that reaches its surface and any player that dies within, invoking the Soulcoil Rite.
Standing in the well inflicts 15 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Soulcoiled: Nek'zali claims the player's soul, compelling them to the Soulcoil Well. The target is sacrificed upon reaching its waters, killing them.

Soulcoil Rite: Each spirit consumed by the Soulcoil Well strengthens Nek'zali's ritual, granting her 5 energy and inflicting 66672 Shadow damage to all players and an additional 25002 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 24 sec. This effect stacks.
On Heroic difficulty, the rite's power afflicts players with [Ritual Burn]
(Heroic, Mythic)

Ritual Burn: Increases damage taken from Soulcoil Rite by 15% for 1 min. This effect stacks. (Heroic, Mythic)
Soulcoil Well: The well hungrily absorbs any spirit that reaches its surface and any player that dies within, invoking the Soulcoil Rite.
Standing in the well inflicts 15 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Soulcoiled: Nek'zali claims the player's soul, compelling them to the Soulcoil Well. The target is sacrificed upon reaching its waters, killing them.

Invoke: Nek'zali beckons for Ula'tek, invoking the Soulcoil Rite as the well reverberates her call, instructing several Latent Cultists to begin Entwined Step.
On Mythic Difficulty, interrupts all spell casts and silences interrupting players for 3 sec.
(Mythic)

Latent Cultist: A loyal spirit of the Soulcoiler cult materializes, inflicting 65 Shadow damage to players within 6 yards and orbits the well, inflicting 40 Shadow damage every 1 sec and reducing movement speed by 40% to players standing within.

Entwined Step: Latent Cultists reenact the ancient ritual dances they once performed in life, repositioning around the arena in cascading sequences.

Soulcoil Rite: Each spirit consumed by the Soulcoil Well strengthens Nek'zali's ritual, granting her 5 energy and inflicting 66672 Shadow damage to all players and an additional 25002 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 24 sec. This effect stacks. (Normal, Raid Finder)

Soulcoil Well: The well hungrily absorbs any spirit that reaches its surface and any player that dies within, invoking the Soulcoil Rite.
Standing in the well inflicts 15 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Soulcoiled: Nek'zali claims the player's soul, compelling them to the Soulcoil Well. The target is sacrificed upon reaching its waters, killing them.

Soulcoil Rite: Each spirit consumed by the Soulcoil Well strengthens Nek'zali's ritual, granting her 5 energy and inflicting 66672 Shadow damage to all players and an additional 25002 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 24 sec. This effect stacks.
On Heroic difficulty, the rite's power afflicts players with [Ritual Burn]
(Heroic, Mythic)

Ritual Burn: Increases damage taken from Soulcoil Rite by 15% for 1 min. This effect stacks. (Heroic, Mythic)
Soulcoil Well: The well hungrily absorbs any spirit that reaches its surface and any player that dies within, invoking the Soulcoil Rite.
Standing in the well inflicts 15 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Soulcoiled: Nek'zali claims the player's soul, compelling them to the Soulcoil Well. The target is sacrificed upon reaching its waters, killing them.

Essence Rend: Nek'zali seizes the essence of several players, pulling them in for 5 sec before knocking them away and inflicting 35 Shadow damage.
A ghostly essence remains embedded in the target, inflicting 10 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec for 15 sec. Upon removal, a Latent Cultist emerges at the player's location.

Latent Cultist: A loyal spirit of the Soulcoiler cult materializes, inflicting 65 Shadow damage to players within 6 yards and orbits the well, inflicting 40 Shadow damage every 1 sec and reducing movement speed by 40% to players standing within.

Sever: Nek'zali's melee attacks rend her primary target with both hands, each strike inflicting Physical damage and applying Hollowed.

Hollowed: Fragments of a player's soul are torn away, inflicting 12501 Shadow damage every 3 sec and reducing healing and absorptions received by 5% for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

Possession Barrage: Nek'zali launches spectral echoes in the direction of her primary target that burst on impact, inflicting 375033 Shadow damage to all players. This damage is reduced in effectiveness the further each echo travels. (Normal, Raid Finder)
Possession Barrage: Nek'zali launches spectral echoes in the direction of her primary target that burst on impact, inflicting 375033 Shadow damage to all players. This damage is reduced in effectiveness the further each echo travels.
In Heroic difficulty, each spectral echo applies [Hollowed].
(Heroic, Mythic)

Hollowed: Fragments of a player's soul are torn away, inflicting 12501 Shadow damage every 3 sec and reducing healing and absorptions received by 5% for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

All Nek'zali the Soulcoiler Rewards for The Venomous Abyss in Patch 12.1

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler drops a few notable rewards, including gear, player housing decor, and Mistcrests.

Gear

The tables below detail all the gear drops and respective item levels from Nek'zali the Soulcoiler.

Difficulty	Item Level of Drops	Mistcrests
LFR	279 Veteran 1/6	Veteran Mistcrest
Normal	292 Champion 1/6	Champion Mistcrest
Heroic	305 Hero 1/6	Hero Mistcrest
Mythic	318 Myth 1/6	Myth Mistcrest

Item	Slot
Initiate's Sacrificial Tights	Cloth Legs
Nek'zali's Spiritwalkers	Cloth Feet
Vestment of the Awakening	Leather Chest
Restless Spirit Shackles	Leather Wrist
Crown of the Eternal Fang	Mail Helm
Soulslither Spaulders	Mail Shoulders
Cursed Reliquary Cincture	Mail Waist
Skullguard of the Risen Sacrifice	Plate Helm
Entombed Cultist's Sabatons	Plate Feet
Strongblood's Ceremonial Cleaver	1H Axe
Hexing Spiritrender	1H Dagger
Tomb-Creeper's Claw	1H Fist Weapon
Bubblefin Splash Guard	Shield
Frostscale's Mystic Frond	Off-Hand Weapon
Amani Summoning Shawl	Back
Alluring Bubbleband	Ring
Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Healers	Trinket

More Rewards

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler has a chance to drop a Player Housing decor piece when defeated on any difficulty.

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler has a chance to drop a Player Housing decor piece when defeated on any difficulty.

Soulcoil Remnant

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler has a chance to drop helm transmog as Bonus Loot when defeated on any difficulty.

Soulcoiler's Rush'kah

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler Raid Boss Guide - Midnight Season 2: Strategy and Rewards

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