[0:00] This is a comprehensive dungeon guide
[0:02] for all Midnight Season 1 dungeons. The
[0:05] guide is made for healers, but you'll
[0:07] also get something out of it if you're
[0:08] not a healer. If you don't watch the
[0:10] whole video, I appreciate it, but you
[0:12] can also use the video chapters below to
[0:14] navigate to specific encounters which
[0:16] you find challenging. All right, let's
[0:18] talk about Seat of the Trium. From a
[0:21] pure HPS perspective, this dungeon is
[0:23] probably the hardest one on the healer,
[0:25] and it does have a number of challenges
[0:27] that need to be mastered. Most of the
[0:29] time, groups will do a bloodlust pull in
[0:30] the beginning containing two merciless
[0:33] subjugators who cast chains of
[0:35] subjugation. The cast puts a circle
[0:37] around each player in the group, slowing
[0:39] them and dealing a high amount of damage
[0:41] for the duration of the channel.
[0:42] Whenever chains of subjugations are
[0:44] going out, be prepared to do some very
[0:46] high healing and ramp up your healing
[0:48] beforehand if you can, especially if
[0:50] you're fighting two of them at once.
[0:52] Now, the chains can be dispelled by any
[0:55] snare removal effect, negating the
[0:57] mechanic entirely. Therefore, your whole
[0:59] party should use any available snare
[1:01] removal effects immediately upon being
[1:02] affected by the chains. It can also help
[1:05] to invite a paladin as their double
[1:07] freedom talent promises the removal of
[1:08] two chains at the same time. Make sure
[1:10] to not stack up on top of each other
[1:12] when the chains are going out, as
[1:13] overlapping circles will cleave across
[1:15] players. Also, don't count on puck
[1:18] groups to effectively remove the chains.
[1:20] Instead, treat each chains of
[1:22] subjugation cast as an instance of
[1:24] maximal danger and be happy if your
[1:25] group plays well rather than expecting
[1:27] excellent play and being underprepared.
[1:30] The pulls in the first room additionally
[1:32] include shadow guard champions, which
[1:34] can become a problem for tanks,
[1:35] especially if they are unaware of how
[1:37] they work. They cast relentless pursuit
[1:40] if the tank opens up a gap of at least
[1:42] 10 yards between himself and the
[1:44] champions, dealing high amounts of
[1:46] single target damage. Thus, tanks who
[1:48] like to chain pull and just roll into
[1:50] the next pack willy-willy might get
[1:52] smacked around by this charge. So, be
[1:54] prepared for some emergency tank
[1:56] healing. From a healing perspective, the
[1:58] first boss is very easy. The main damage
[2:00] event is oozing slam, which deals a
[2:02] moderate amount of initial damage and
[2:04] then some damage over time. Also, when
[2:06] the boss reaches 100 energy, he will
[2:08] cast Crashing Void, dealing a moderate
[2:11] amount of groupwide AoE damage as a
[2:13] single hit. However, both events are
[2:15] pretty easy to heal through and do not
[2:17] require the use of any additional
[2:19] cooldowns. The boss also has a tank hit
[2:21] in void slash, but it's not usually very
[2:23] dangerous. The main mechanic of the
[2:25] fight is ad control. He will
[2:27] occasionally spawn coal void ads which
[2:29] move toward him and will explode for
[2:31] very high damage upon reaching him.
[2:33] Therefore, they must be killed before
[2:35] they reach the boss. Also, the boss will
[2:37] target players with decimate, putting a
[2:39] circle around them and jumping on their
[2:40] heads after a short waiting period. If
[2:42] you get the circle, you want to move
[2:44] toward the sides of the room and place
[2:45] it there as it will spawn a void puddle
[2:47] on the ground in which coalesed void ads
[2:49] move faster. So you don't want it in the
[2:51] middle of the room. You can dodge the
[2:53] impact damage from decimate by using a
[2:55] movement skill while the boss is in the
[2:57] air or simply by moving laterally during
[2:59] his jump if you're far enough away.
[3:01] Also, make sure to not go near the ads
[3:03] when decimate is on you, as you don't
[3:04] want to accidentally make the boss jump
[3:06] on top of one of them. In the next area
[3:08] of the dungeon, you will have to kill
[3:10] four rift wardens who pulls high
[3:11] groupwide shadow damage until they are
[3:13] defeated. They are frequently paired
[3:15] with ruthless rift stalkers who cast
[3:17] backst step at individual players,
[3:19] applying a moderately powerful bleed
[3:21] effect. Make sure to prioritize these
[3:23] players with most of your healing as
[3:25] they will be taking damage from both the
[3:27] pulsing AoE rift warden and the bleed
[3:29] itself. After the four rift wardens have
[3:32] been slain, the next boss, Saprish, and
[3:34] his two pads will spawn. The boss will
[3:36] spawn void bombs on the ground during
[3:38] the fight. Be aware that they can also
[3:40] spawn underneath you. So you want to
[3:42] move out of the zone if they do. They
[3:44] will always spawn close to players, so
[3:46] you want the group to be stacked up
[3:47] neatly together to not spread the orbs
[3:49] out too far. After some time, the boss
[3:51] will cast phase dash, spawning a circle
[3:54] around each player with which they need
[3:56] to hit the void bombs to make them
[3:57] despawn. Your party should make sure
[3:59] that all void bombs disappear in this
[4:01] way. If any remain, however, the
[4:04] players, ideally the tank, should gather
[4:05] up the remaining orbs. Be prepared to
[4:07] heal players gathering up any stray orbs
[4:10] as they will take a moderate amount of
[4:11] ticking damage. If they gather more than
[4:13] one bomb, damage can become quite high,
[4:15] so be prepared for that. Shortly after
[4:17] face dash, the boss will cast overload,
[4:20] dealing a moderate amount of damage to
[4:22] the entire party over 8 seconds.
[4:23] However, if any void bombs are still
[4:26] active when the overload is cast, they
[4:28] will explode for moderate damage and
[4:30] increase shadow damage taken by 20% for
[4:32] 1 minute by a seeping void. Beyond this
[4:34] mechanic, one of his pets will jump
[4:36] around the room and cast dread screech,
[4:38] which is a fear effect that needs to be
[4:40] interrupted. The other pet will
[4:41] regularly target a player with shadow
[4:43] pounce, which is a 5-second bleed. Focus
[4:46] your healing on the player afflicted by
[4:47] shadow pounds whenever the pounce goes
[4:49] out and do AoE healing on top of that.
[4:52] After the boss fight, it's more of the
[4:54] same. You will have to fight two void
[4:55] infused destroyers simultaneously,
[4:57] making you have to deal with void burst
[4:58] on four targets instead of two.
[5:00] Especially when one player is targeted
[5:02] twice at the same time, you need to be
[5:04] ready to use your healing cooldowns to
[5:06] save them. In the arena of the third
[5:08] boss, you will find two special mobs in
[5:10] the pack to the left when you go down.
[5:12] They are called dark conjurers and they
[5:14] automatically cast pulsing void for the
[5:17] entire duration that they are alive,
[5:19] dealing substantial damage to your
[5:20] entire party. Be ready to do massive
[5:23] healing when this pack is pulled. Also,
[5:25] be ready for your tank to sprint ahead
[5:27] and pull it without a care in the world
[5:29] while you're still in the back drinking
[5:30] or your party is still up on the ledge.
[5:33] In my experience, tanks often pay
[5:34] limited attention to this mechanic and
[5:36] it can become dangerous if you are
[5:38] underprepared. The other packs in the
[5:40] room spawn void zones on the ground from
[5:42] which orbs emanate that will deal
[5:43] ticking damage to anyone hit by them.
[5:45] They also have a nasty channelneled cast
[5:47] in void infusion which deals high
[5:50] amounts of damage to the targeted
[5:51] player. Be prepared to do major single
[5:53] target healing here and blow your
[5:55] healing cooldowns whenever a player
[5:56] afflicted by void infusion has
[5:58] additionally been hit by one of the
[6:00] orbs. The third boss, Vice Roy, carries
[6:03] this mechanic into the boss fight,
[6:04] applying mass void infusion to three
[6:06] players at regular intervals, requiring
[6:08] rather high HPS. He will also spawn
[6:10] three void zones, which themselves spawn
[6:12] orbs flying through the room that need
[6:14] to be dodged. If you see the zones
[6:16] spawning, try not to stand between them,
[6:18] but rather move out a little so that all
[6:20] orbs are coming at you from the front
[6:22] rather than from all sides. This makes
[6:25] dodging them substantially easier. For
[6:27] the first set of void infusions, no
[6:29] additional damage is going on, but the
[6:31] second set is paired with umbrell
[6:33] tentacles channeling mind flle at
[6:35] players and dealing additional single
[6:37] target damage. This phase is quite
[6:39] dangerous as you constantly need to move
[6:41] around while healing significant group
[6:43] damage. Feel free to use your healing
[6:45] cooldowns here, especially if any of
[6:47] your teammates get hit by an orb. After
[6:49] two sets of void infusions have been
[6:51] cast, the boss will knock back all
[6:53] players and you need to run back to the
[6:54] center as only the area around him is
[6:57] going to be safe. He will then cast
[6:58] voidtorm, dealing moderate to high
[7:00] ticking AoE damage to all party members.
[7:03] In my experience though, healing through
[7:04] void storm is not that difficult, and
[7:06] I'd rather use my cooldowns during the
[7:08] dynamic phases of the fight to
[7:10] counteract any mistakes that were made.
[7:12] However, if you feel that incoming
[7:14] damage is too high, feel free to use
[7:15] your cooldowns on Void Storm. After
[7:17] Voidtorm has completed, the boss will
[7:19] continue the exact same spell sequencing
[7:21] until he is defeated. From an HPS
[7:24] perspective, the last boss, Laura, is
[7:26] probably the most challenging encounter
[7:28] in this season. When pulled, she will
[7:30] cast a durge of despair, causing all
[7:33] runes which are spread around the room
[7:34] to radiate damage onto the group until
[7:36] they are silenced. As in the beginning
[7:38] of the fight, all runes are still
[7:40] active. The highest incoming damage
[7:42] happens in the beginning of the fight.
[7:44] As the fight progresses, the intensity
[7:46] of damage will subside. After being
[7:48] pulled, Lura will cast disintegrate,
[7:50] which makes beams come out from her
[7:52] sides and rotate clockwise. Make sure to
[7:55] not get hit by any of the beams. After
[7:56] disintegrate comes the most dangerous
[7:58] part of the fight when she casts this
[8:00] golden beam on three players for the
[8:02] first time. Each of these players needs
[8:04] to aim the beam at one of the active
[8:06] runes to the side of the room, silencing
[8:08] it and reducing the damage taken from
[8:10] Durge of Despair going forward. Be wary
[8:13] though as discord and beam deals
[8:14] substantial damage to the targeted
[8:16] player when it goes off. Your healing
[8:17] cooldowns are best placed after the
[8:19] first disintegrate to ready your party
[8:22] for the first set of discord and beams.
[8:24] You should also make the fight easier on
[8:26] yourself by immediately positioning
[8:27] yourself in the path of one of the
[8:29] active runes after the first
[8:31] disintegrate. Do not wait until you're
[8:33] targeted by Discord and beam to start
[8:35] moving as mental load will already be
[8:37] high during the discord and beam phase
[8:39] and having to find a rune uh in this
[8:41] moment is an additional point of risk.
[8:43] Afterwards, dodge grim chorus by finding
[8:45] a safe spot in the room. You will then
[8:47] have to play an additional phase of
[8:48] disintegrate and discordant beam which
[8:50] will hopefully lead to all rooms having
[8:52] been silenced which triggers Laura's
[8:54] intermission in which she will take
[8:55] additional damage. After the damage amp,
[8:57] the fight starts from the top. Overall,
[8:59] Laura is tough to heal, but if you use
[9:01] your healing cooldowns on the first set
[9:03] of this golden beams, you should be fine
[9:05] most of the time. Okay, let's talk about
[9:08] Magister's Terrace. For healers,
[9:09] Magister's Terrace is a bit of an
[9:11] oddball as it ping-pongs between really
[9:13] easy and rather challenging fights. We
[9:15] begin the dungeon on the easier side, as
[9:17] the first pole is contained to the first
[9:19] room, and you'll therefore not have a
[9:21] high-risk, highreward bloodlust pole at
[9:23] the start of the dungeon. Nevertheless,
[9:25] you do want to lust early as waiting
[9:27] until the first boss means that you will
[9:29] have one fewer potential blood lusts
[9:30] available throughout the dungeon.
[9:32] Consequently, groups choose to lust the
[9:34] first or second pull most of the time.
[9:36] The first pull is extremely easy as
[9:38] there's barely any damage going on.
[9:40] Dispel the tank when he's targeted by
[9:42] ethereal shackles and make sure the
[9:44] group is topped off for crowd dispersal,
[9:46] which is an AoE hit cast at regular
[9:48] intervals by the sentry. If you're
[9:50] targeted by arcane beam, simply move
[9:52] around to not get hit by any void zones
[9:53] you spawn. The second pull is also quite
[9:55] easy with the main risk being posed by
[9:57] the light ward healers who put holy fire
[9:59] debuffs on individual players dealing
[10:01] high magic damage. Dispel one of the
[10:02] debuffs instantly and priority heal the
[10:04] other target. Tank damage in this poll
[10:06] is on the high side, so keep an eye out
[10:08] for that. In the second part of the
[10:10] dungeon, you will fight a blazing
[10:11] pyromancer who casts ignition, putting a
[10:14] moderately powerful damage overtime
[10:15] effect on all players. By itself, this
[10:17] damage is easy to heal, but the pull is
[10:19] often combined with animated codeexes,
[10:22] which appear unassuming, but are not.
[10:24] They cast a cleave auto attack, dealing
[10:26] damage to multiple targets at the same
[10:28] time and strongly amplifying the healing
[10:30] requirements on top of the ignition
[10:32] cast. In front of the first boss, you
[10:33] will encounter bright scale worms, which
[10:35] upon dying provide a 1% healing and
[10:38] damage buff to all players in the party
[10:39] via energy infusion, but they will also
[10:42] deal AoE damage when they die. It can
[10:44] get dangerous when the worms die at the
[10:46] same time as the pyromancers channel
[10:47] their ignition cast, so be prepared to
[10:49] blow your healing cooldowns on that. You
[10:51] won't need them for the boss. The first
[10:53] boss is extremely easy for healers.
[10:56] Dispel ethereal shackles when they go
[10:58] out. And that's about it. Okay. He also
[11:01] has a weak tank hit in repulsing slam
[11:03] and a weak AOE hit in Arcane Expulsion.
[11:06] After having cast two of each of those,
[11:08] he'll start his refueling protocol,
[11:10] which is a damage amp phase, increasing
[11:12] damage dealt to him by 20%. Orbs will
[11:14] spawn and migrate toward him. These orbs
[11:17] must be soaked by players before they
[11:18] reach the boss. This is the only phase
[11:20] of the fight where things can go
[11:21] sideways from a healing perspective. if
[11:23] a single non-tank player soaks too many
[11:25] orbs and gets multiple stacks of the
[11:27] damaging debuff they leave behind or if
[11:29] the boss is awkwardly placed in puddles
[11:31] and players go on a gooey adventure
[11:33] meandering all over the place. After the
[11:36] boss, you will encounter some of the
[11:37] hardest hitting trash in the season in
[11:39] the form of rune spell breakers who cast
[11:41] runic glaive at two targets dealing high
[11:44] ticking damage. They are paired with
[11:46] lightw healers who are applying holy
[11:48] fire making for a pretty challenging
[11:50] triage healing situation. Focus on
[11:52] dispelling holy fire instantly and be
[11:54] ready to use cooldowns. The first pack
[11:56] and the last pack are the most difficult
[11:57] while the mobs in the center of the
[11:59] hallway give you a bit of breathing
[12:00] room. The last pack is challenging
[12:02] because it contains two spell breakers
[12:04] putting four glaes out simultaneously.
[12:07] Don't be fooled by it only being a three
[12:09] mob pack. It hits hard. The second boss
[12:12] continues the glaive mechanic. He will
[12:13] target two players with runic mark
[12:15] spawning a small circle around them and
[12:18] dealing moderate to high ticking damage.
[12:20] Use your two target spot healing
[12:22] solutions to deal with this damage. If
[12:24] you're lucky, one of the runic marks
[12:25] will target the tank, making the fight
[12:27] substantially easier to heal. The boss
[12:29] will then spawn a suppression zone. If
[12:31] you're affected by runing mark, you will
[12:33] want to move into the zone to dispel the
[12:35] debuff. However, make sure to move into
[12:37] the suppression zone after it has
[12:39] spawned and not move into the circle
[12:41] that indicates that it will spawn. This
[12:44] happened to a friend of mine. Upon
[12:45] moving into the suppression zone, the
[12:47] debuff is dispelled and the group will
[12:49] take moderate damage that needs to be
[12:50] healed before the second player moves
[12:52] into it. Occasionally, the boss will
[12:54] cast wave of silence for which you will
[12:56] have to briefly move into the zone at
[12:58] the end of the cast or else you will get
[13:00] silenced. He will also buff himself with
[13:02] hastening ward. So, if you have a purge,
[13:04] use it. Mechanically, the fight is very
[13:07] easy, but healing requirements can be
[13:09] high. Your cooldowns are useful after
[13:11] the first player has dispelled his
[13:13] debuff in the suppression zone as the
[13:15] group will be low and the second player
[13:16] dispelling himself poses a risk to your
[13:19] group's safety as when he goes into the
[13:21] zone another hit of AoE damage will go
[13:23] out. The next notable enemy is the
[13:26] shadow rift void caller who occasionally
[13:27] casts consuming shadows dealing very
[13:30] high ticking damage over a short
[13:32] duration. Consuming shadows is one of
[13:34] the harder hitting abilities in the
[13:35] season so you'll need to ramp up your
[13:37] healing before it hits. It can be
[13:39] avoided by line of sight, but I have
[13:41] never seen that done. And it's not a
[13:43] good idea to line of sight as a healer
[13:44] when the rest of the group isn't doing
[13:45] it, as this will materially reduce your
[13:48] ability to heal. In the third boss
[13:50] arena, you will face the second type of
[13:52] threatening void walker trash, the
[13:54] devouring tyrant. He regularly casts
[13:56] devouring strike on the tank, dealing
[13:58] damage over time and putting a massive
[14:00] healing absorb on them. As soon as the
[14:02] strike goes out, you should pump as much
[14:04] single target healing into the tank as
[14:06] you have available. It's also a good
[14:07] idea to pre-cast the first tier when you
[14:09] see the devouring strike casting as this
[14:11] will let you get ahead of the game a
[14:12] little bit. The next boss, Jalis, is
[14:14] pretty easy, but this simplicity can be
[14:16] deceptive because he has a couple of
[14:17] moments where HPS requirements are very
[14:20] high. After being pulled, he will split
[14:21] into three and then cast cosmic sting
[14:24] onto three players, making them drop
[14:26] puddles on the ground and applying a
[14:27] nasty damage overtime effect. Later in
[14:29] the fight, the boss will split again, at
[14:30] which point Cosmic Sting is applied to
[14:32] all five players in the group. This is
[14:34] where your healing cooldowns are best
[14:36] used as the damage is substantial. He
[14:38] also casts Astral Grasp, pulling players
[14:41] in. I don't really know what it is, but
[14:43] my DPS die here all the time, probably
[14:45] because they are greeting melee up time.
[14:47] As a healer, there's not much you can do
[14:49] about that. However, if you're a healer
[14:51] who needs to cast, it can be a good idea
[14:53] to position yourself as far away as
[14:55] possible from the boss when Astral Grasp
[14:57] is going out. So, when you're being
[14:59] pulled in, you can stand still and cast
[15:01] without having to constantly run against
[15:02] the pole. After Jalos, there's one more
[15:05] challenging trash pack in front of the
[15:06] last boss where a void caller and a
[15:08] tyrant are combined, dealing heavy AoE
[15:11] damage, but also clobbering the tank.
[15:13] The pulls before that are very easy, so
[15:16] don't use any of your healing cooldowns
[15:18] on your way there. If you have a
[15:19] warlock, these two mobs can be skipped
[15:21] by gating onto the bridge. If you're
[15:23] making the group yourself, getting a
[15:24] warlock is a good idea for that reason.
[15:26] The final boss is the Gentrius. Your
[15:29] group should be spread out around him
[15:30] evenly as players will need to soak
[15:32] unstable void essence which is displayed
[15:34] as a soak circle on the screen. Soaking
[15:36] it is of the utmost importance as not
[15:38] doing so will put a nasty dot on all
[15:40] party members which can lead to a wipe
[15:42] rather quickly especially if more than
[15:44] one soaks are missed. If no soaks are
[15:46] missed, the main damage in the fight
[15:48] stems from devouring entropy dealing
[15:50] damage to three players simultaneously.
[15:52] Also, the boss casts hulking fragment on
[15:54] the tank which you need to dispel. Check
[15:56] out how your tank is playing the
[15:58] encounter. If he's moving away from the
[15:59] boss ahead of time, expecting your
[16:01] dispel, dispel instantly. This will
[16:03] spawn a void zone under him at the side
[16:05] of the room and he can then go back into
[16:06] melee range. If he's moving out only
[16:08] after the hulking fragment is applied,
[16:10] wait until he has moved out and then
[16:13] dispel. If he's not moving at all, just
[16:15] dispel the debuff quickly and let him
[16:17] figure out how he'll play around the
[16:18] void zones he's dropping. You will also
[16:20] need to dodge the little balls flying
[16:21] through the room. As the healer's
[16:23] attention is significantly more taxed
[16:24] than that of any other player on this
[16:26] boss, it is advisable for you to have
[16:28] your own quadrant in the room so that
[16:30] dodging orbs becomes easier. However,
[16:33] getting hit by an orb is not the end of
[16:34] the world as it only deals low to
[16:36] moderate damage and applies a movement
[16:38] speed reduction. All right, let's talk
[16:41] about Pit of Sarin. The first pull is
[16:43] usually a bloodlust pull containing
[16:44] several challenges. First, it contains a
[16:47] grave blade, casting frostbane slash at
[16:50] the tank, dealing moderate to heavy tank
[16:52] damage. As far as tank hits from dungeon
[16:54] trash go, these hit a bit harder than
[16:57] most others. Moreover, the pull contains
[16:59] a quarry tormentor, putting a curse of
[17:01] torment on a player. The curse deals
[17:03] moderate to high ticking damage to a
[17:05] player until it is either dispelled or
[17:07] its healing absorb is consumed. Thus, if
[17:10] you can't dispel curses, focus your
[17:11] healing on the target afflicted by curse
[17:12] of torment immediately. Finally, you're
[17:14] also fighting a dreadp lich, which casts
[17:18] torrent of misery at a player dealing
[17:19] moderate damage. What's special about
[17:21] the dreadp's lich is that will start
[17:23] pulsing moderate to high amounts of AoE
[17:24] damage due to dread pulse when it hits
[17:27] 50% HP and will continue to do so until
[17:30] it is defeated. Therefore, be prepared
[17:32] to do substantial AOE healing in the
[17:33] latter part of the pole. After the
[17:35] fight, you will move down to the next
[17:37] area of the dungeon where you will
[17:38] additionally encounter little skeleton
[17:40] mobs which cannot be killed until their
[17:42] master is defeated, but which can be
[17:44] very dangerous. Here, the Archinist
[17:46] Kadavas cast Netherburst, which is a
[17:48] cast that if it goes through, deals a
[17:50] very high AoE damage to your party and
[17:52] may outright wipe you at higher key
[17:54] levels. Contribute to interrupting
[17:56] Netherburst if you see that no one else
[17:58] is doing so by stunning or disorienting
[18:00] the Archinist Kadaava. You will also
[18:02] face some bats which cast plunge grip at
[18:04] a player, rooting them in place. Plunge
[18:07] grip can be cancelled by damaging
[18:08] through the shield on the bat or by
[18:10] casting a snare removal effect on the
[18:12] target affected by it. If you have such
[18:14] an ability, quickly dispel plunge grip
[18:16] by using it. If the shield is not
[18:17] destroyed and the snare is not
[18:18] dispelled, the bat will carry the
[18:20] affected player into the air and then
[18:22] drop them, causing very high fall
[18:24] damage. If all else fails, make sure
[18:25] that the players are at 100% HP before
[18:28] they are being lifted into the air, as
[18:29] the drop distance is not quite high
[18:31] enough to kill them. Going from here to
[18:32] the first boss you will face more of the
[18:34] same enemies in different combinations,
[18:36] but the basic mechanics remain the same.
[18:38] Depending on the route taken, the first
[18:40] boss you will face is Forge Master
[18:41] Garrost. For healers, this fight is one
[18:43] of the more difficult ones in the
[18:44] season. Due to siphoning chill, your
[18:47] entire party will take ticking damage
[18:48] for as long as the boss is alive. So,
[18:51] you will need to heal all the time.
[18:53] After being pulled, the boss will target
[18:54] two players with throw senite, spawning
[18:57] a circle around them. After a short
[18:59] time, the circle will lock in place and
[19:00] a chunk of ore will drop at its
[19:02] location. One of the ore chunks must be
[19:04] destroyed by the tank by positioning
[19:05] himself next to it and taking a hit from
[19:08] ore breaker. It's not a particularly
[19:10] dangerous tank hit, so you don't need to
[19:11] be overly concerned about the tank.
[19:13] After that, the boss will cycle into
[19:15] glacial overload. Here, you have some
[19:17] time to hide behind the remaining chunk
[19:19] of ore before it begins channeling. If
[19:21] you fail to hide, you will die. After
[19:23] the channel is complete, the boss will
[19:25] cast cryos stomp, dealing moderate
[19:27] amounts of AoE damage to all players.
[19:28] This is the dangerous part of the fight
[19:30] as you will have to dodge a bunch of
[19:31] stuff falling from the ceiling while at
[19:33] the same time making sure that you're
[19:34] not running into the puddle spawned from
[19:36] destroying the ore while also doing a
[19:38] ton of healing. Ideally, you want to use
[19:40] your cooldowns for cryos to stabilize
[19:42] the group in this dynamic period of the
[19:44] fight. Cryost will also apply cryo
[19:47] shards to two players, making them take
[19:49] additional frost damage. Note though
[19:51] that this is a snare and can be
[19:53] dispelled by snare removal abilities as
[19:55] well as your normal dispel. As a bit of
[19:57] general advice, you really should be
[19:58] wary of line of sight issues in this
[20:00] fight as the chunks of ore on the ground
[20:02] will disable you from healing players
[20:03] behind them. Also, if you're not
[20:05] expecting to run out of space in the
[20:07] fight because your damage is good, it
[20:09] can be helpful to position the ore
[20:11] chunks farther apart from each other to
[20:13] make more space for moving around after
[20:15] cryostorm. After the first boss, you
[20:17] will encounter Rhyorn Cold Wraith who
[20:19] put permeating cold on players, slowing
[20:22] them and dealing rather high damage.
[20:24] It's a magic effect and it can be
[20:25] dispelled, but like many other things in
[20:28] the dungeon, it can also be removed
[20:29] using snare removal effects. If you
[20:31] cannot remove one of the two debuffs,
[20:32] which always go out simultaneously,
[20:34] priority heal the affected player
[20:36] heavily, especially when you're also
[20:37] fighting at Dreadp's lich at under 50%
[20:40] health. The second boss in the dungeon
[20:42] is relatively easy, but does have a
[20:44] phase with high healing requirements at
[20:46] regular intervals. The first of those
[20:48] occurs immediately after he is pulled.
[20:50] Here, he will cast shade shift, which
[20:52] deals moderate amounts of ticking AoE
[20:54] damage to all players for 12 seconds.
[20:56] Also, shade shift will spawn multiple
[20:58] shades of crick around the room, which
[20:59] channel damage onto individual players
[21:01] and need to be interrupted and killed.
[21:03] Use your healing cooldowns during this
[21:05] phase if necessary. After the shades
[21:07] have been slain and the shade shift
[21:08] debuff has run out, the only real damage
[21:10] comes from plague expulsion, which is an
[21:13] AoE hit, dealing low to moderate damage
[21:15] to all party members and spawning poison
[21:17] puddles underneath them at regular
[21:19] intervals. The boss will then cast
[21:21] Lumbering Fixation, fixating a player
[21:23] and following them around at very low
[21:24] speeds. Just make sure to not be in
[21:26] melee range when you're targeted. After
[21:28] the fixation phase, he will cycle back
[21:30] into shade shift and you need to do
[21:31] substantial healing again. After the
[21:33] boss, if you're at 79% trash, you are
[21:35] safe to go up and have full trash
[21:37] percentage in the end. Most of the time,
[21:39] the first two packs are going to be
[21:41] pulled together, which can be
[21:42] challenging. Here, the challenges are
[21:44] three-fold. First, the tank will get hit
[21:46] by two Frostblane slashes, so be
[21:48] prepared to do some heavy tank healing.
[21:50] Second, you will need to dispel or heal
[21:52] curse of Torment as before. Third, the
[21:55] pack contains a rhyme cold wraith as
[21:57] well, casting permeating cold on two
[21:59] players. Make sure to have your dispels
[22:01] and snare removals handy. And don't be
[22:03] afraid to use some cooldowns on this
[22:05] pack. You will then face another
[22:06] Dreadpool Slitch before making it to
[22:08] Glaciith, the mini boss in the tunnel.
[22:11] Here, spread out the puddles, falling
[22:12] from the ceiling, and then quickly move
[22:13] along in the tunnel when the ice patches
[22:15] spawn. After some time, Glaciius will
[22:17] cast focused guard, immobilizing him and
[22:20] radiating moderate to high amounts of
[22:21] AoE damage onto the entire party. Be
[22:24] prepared to do some big AOE healing
[22:25] while it's channeling, especially if any
[22:27] other mobs from the tunnel are still
[22:29] alive. The Firebolt Scourge Lord
[22:30] Tyrannis is also rather challenging from
[22:33] a healing perspective. Immediately after
[22:35] being pulled, he will cast Bone
[22:36] Infusion, dealing ticking damage to all
[22:38] players for eight seconds. He will then
[22:40] target two players with Rhyme Blast, and
[22:42] each of these players needs to move to a
[22:44] bone pile that has a green pillar of
[22:45] light coming from it. After Rime Blast
[22:47] goes off, these players will take
[22:49] ticking damage and the bone piles will
[22:50] become frozen. He will do this twice,
[22:53] targeting all non-tank players while
[22:55] never targeting the same player twice.
[22:57] It is of utmost importance that each
[22:58] player targeted by Rhyme Blast hits a
[23:00] bone pile with light coming from it, as
[23:02] failing to hit one of them will make the
[23:03] next phase of the fight infinitely more
[23:05] difficult and probably unhealable at
[23:08] higher key levels. After Rime Blast has
[23:10] been cast twice, the boss will cast Army
[23:12] of the Dead, summoning enemies from all
[23:14] non-frozen bone piles with the green one
[23:16] spawning a special mob called Scourge
[23:18] Plague spreader. This enemy passively
[23:20] pulses festering pulse onto the entire
[23:23] party for the entire duration that it is
[23:25] alive. Ideally, your group damages it
[23:27] down quickly. If you're struggling with
[23:28] healing this damage, feel free to use
[23:30] your healing cooldowns here. If not, you
[23:32] can also hold them for when you are
[23:34] targeted by rhyme blast, as you might
[23:35] need to move out of range of of the
[23:37] other players for hitting the bone piles
[23:39] and might need a recovery tool when you
[23:41] return to your party. After the plague
[23:43] spreader is defeated, the boss will
[23:44] cycle back into the previous phase,
[23:46] beginning with bone infusion. Next up,
[23:48] let's talk about Windrunner Spire. Most
[23:51] groups pull the entire first room with
[23:53] bloodlust at the start of the dungeon.
[23:54] For healers, this pull is arguably one
[23:56] of the most challenging ones in this
[23:58] season. The difficulty here stems from
[24:00] three sources. First, the pull contains
[24:02] two restless stewards casting soul
[24:04] torment at two players in the group,
[24:06] which is a magic debuff that hits like a
[24:08] truck. So, make sure to dispel one of
[24:10] them immediately and priority heal the
[24:12] other. As there's two of them in this
[24:13] pool, you'll have a total of four
[24:14] debuffs going out, requiring major AOE
[24:17] healing. Additionally, you're facing two
[24:19] spellguard magazing arcane salvo, which
[24:23] shoots out arcane missiles at the entire
[24:25] party, dealing high AoE damage. In
[24:27] addition, keep in mind that the statue
[24:29] in the middle of the room causes line of
[24:30] sight issues, so try standing further
[24:32] away to be able to have a larger portion
[24:34] of the room in your vision range. This
[24:36] pool might require you to blow through
[24:37] all of your healing cooldowns, so don't
[24:39] hold back with using them. Going to the
[24:41] right side from here on, you will
[24:42] additionally face territorial dragon
[24:44] hawks channeling fire spit at individual
[24:46] players. This cast two deals a very high
[24:49] amount of damage, but the mob can be
[24:51] CCd. However, many groups fail to CC
[24:53] these dragon hogs properly, so it's
[24:55] generally a good idea to take metas into
[24:57] your own hand and immediately interrupt
[24:59] fire split when it goes out. On the
[25:01] platform before the first boss, you'll
[25:02] face a bloated lasher that casts spore
[25:05] dispersal, dealing high ticking damage
[25:07] to all party members for 10 seconds.
[25:10] Prepare for the cast by ramping up your
[25:11] healing beforehand. If the tank pulls
[25:13] the mob into the pack in front of the
[25:15] first boss, be very vigilant as this
[25:17] pack contains two territorial dragon
[25:19] hogs and an overlap of sport dispersal
[25:21] and fire spit can be lethal quite
[25:23] quickly. Here too, my suggestion is
[25:26] taking control of the dragon hogs into
[25:27] your own hands and focusing on
[25:29] immediately CCing them when they start
[25:31] casting fire spit as you will then only
[25:33] have to worry about the ticking AoE
[25:34] damage from spore dispersal. The first
[25:37] boss is Ember Dawn. He puts a flaming
[25:39] updraft on two players, causing them to
[25:41] take ticking fire damage and drop a fire
[25:43] zone on the ground after 6 seconds. This
[25:45] zone will spawn a tornado which randomly
[25:47] flies through the room for the remainder
[25:49] of the fight and will deal very high
[25:51] damage if accidentally run into. If
[25:53] you're targeted by flaming updraft, make
[25:55] sure to be moving when the debuff runs
[25:57] out, as you will otherwise get hit by
[25:58] the tornado and the void zone that
[26:00] you're spawning upon expiration. It is
[26:02] generally advisable for the group to
[26:04] place all tornadoes on one side of the
[26:06] room as this will make the other side of
[26:07] the room comparatively safer during the
[26:10] burning gale phase. Here the boss will
[26:13] pulse fire damage on the whole group for
[26:14] 16 seconds while at the same time
[26:16] rotating counterclockwise with a frontal
[26:18] cone attack that needs to be dodged.
[26:20] Burning Gale is a very challenging
[26:22] mechanic for healers as you need to do
[26:23] very high HPS while at the same time
[26:25] moving around and making sure that
[26:27] you're not being hit by any tornadoes or
[26:28] the frontal as well as additionally
[26:30] needing to heal any failure damage if
[26:32] your teammates get hit. Use your healing
[26:34] cooldowns during this phase. After
[26:36] burning gale, the boss will rotate back
[26:38] into flaming updraft, but this time
[26:39] casting it twice before the next Burning
[26:42] Gale phase begins. This sequence then
[26:44] repeats until the boss is defeated.
[26:46] There's also a tank hit in Searing Beak,
[26:48] but it's not very dangerous. Next, the
[26:50] left wing of the dungeon holds some new
[26:52] challenges. First, Ardent cutthroats
[26:54] cast poison blades, which need to be
[26:56] interrupted as their attacks will
[26:57] otherwise deal very high amounts of
[26:59] damage through applying a poison debuff.
[27:01] What makes this even more dangerous is
[27:03] that they teleport around using shadow
[27:05] rife, applying this debuff not only to
[27:07] the tank, but also to non-tank players.
[27:09] If you can, focus on immediately
[27:11] dispelling the debuff, and be prepared
[27:12] to do a lot of healing if you cannot.
[27:14] Moreover, you will face devoted
[27:16] wobringers who cast pulsing shriek,
[27:19] dealing high ticking group damage.
[27:20] Pulsing shriek is a cast that's
[27:22] uninterruptible until the shield on the
[27:24] wobringer is destroyed, at which point
[27:26] it can be interrupted. Next, the flesh
[27:28] behemoth casts feted spew at two players
[27:31] dealing high amounts of damage. Be
[27:33] careful not to be stacked up with other
[27:34] players as the effect cleaves by
[27:36] himself. The behemoth requires a lot of
[27:38] healing, but is quite manageable.
[27:39] However, he's often awkwardly pulled
[27:41] into the next room and paired with a
[27:43] pulsing shriek cast from the Wbringer in
[27:44] it. If on top of that any poison blades
[27:47] go through, and there's a lot of
[27:48] cutthroats here, you'll need to
[27:50] absolutely pump healing to keep the
[27:52] group alive. Therefore, it's advisable
[27:53] to hold your cooldowns in the period
[27:55] before pulling the behemoth and go into
[27:57] this somewhat awkward section of the
[27:59] dungeon locked and loaded. After that,
[28:00] the boss fight features an abomination
[28:02] and a banshee. The abomination cast
[28:04] splattering spew, which you want to
[28:06] carry out to the sides of the room, as
[28:07] it will spawn a poison puddle underneath
[28:09] you and deny this part of the boss arena
[28:11] for the rest of the fight. As was the
[28:13] case with the previous boss, you'll need
[28:14] to move immediately upon dropping the
[28:16] puddle on the ground to avoid taking a
[28:18] damage tick from it. However, expect
[28:20] your teammates to absolutely eat some
[28:21] puddle ticks, so you might need to do
[28:23] some additional healing or failure
[28:24] damage here. The boss has a tank hit in
[28:27] bone hack, but tank healing has not been
[28:29] a major issue here in my experience. The
[28:32] banshee puts a curse out on players
[28:33] named curse of darkness which your group
[28:36] can hopefully immediately dispel. If
[28:38] not, the targeted players will need to
[28:40] run away from the spawned ads until the
[28:41] debuff has run out. It is a fixate
[28:43] mechanic and the ad will melee for high
[28:45] damage if it reaches the player.
[28:47] However, it can be CCd, so feel free to
[28:49] put a stun or displacement on it if you
[28:51] can. At regular intervals, the banshee
[28:53] casts debilitating shriek, dealing very
[28:56] high AoE damage that stacks up with each
[28:58] tick. At the same time, the abomination
[29:00] targets one player with heaving yank.
[29:02] This player needs to run behind the
[29:04] banshee to make him hook her and end the
[29:06] debilitating shriek cast. The hook can
[29:08] also target you as a healer. So, you
[29:10] should stand very close to the
[29:12] abomination before debilitating shriek
[29:14] goes off, as the banshee will teleport
[29:16] to a random location around the
[29:17] abomination, and standing on top of it
[29:19] will make sure that you're always able
[29:21] to reach the banshee in time. However,
[29:23] if you're, for example, standing at max
[29:24] range on one side of the abomination and
[29:26] she teleports to the other, you won't
[29:28] make it. Debilitating Shriek becomes
[29:31] unhealable very fast, so interrupting
[29:33] the cast with the hook is of the utmost
[29:35] importance. On most key levels, you can
[29:37] emergency heal one failed hook, so hold
[29:40] your healing cooldowns for doing that.
[29:41] Two failed hooks, however, and you will
[29:43] likely wipe. Finally, the bosses need to
[29:46] die at the same time as they will enrage
[29:48] if they are not. However, if one is
[29:50] killed first, it should be the banshee,
[29:52] as otherwise you run the risk of her
[29:54] rotating into debilitating shriek
[29:56] without having the hook to interrupt it,
[29:58] which is a death sentence. After the
[30:01] boss, you will face some easy trash
[30:02] pulls. Dodge stuff on the ground and
[30:04] don't get your spell casting interrupted
[30:06] by interrupting screech. Interrupting
[30:08] screech is a moderately powerful AoE
[30:10] hit, but it's generally very easy to
[30:12] heal. The next area of the dungeon
[30:14] features spectral axth throwers who cast
[30:16] throw X surprise at individual players
[30:19] applying a bleed. Also, fantasmal
[30:21] mystics cast flame nova for a moderately
[30:24] powerful AoE hit. These pulls have
[30:27] relatively high HPS requirements, so be
[30:29] prepared to do some big group healing.
[30:31] The third boss is Commander Kolock,
[30:34] which will hit the tank with Rampage.
[30:36] Then he will cast Reckless Leap at two
[30:38] players in succession. He will jump at
[30:40] one player first, making rocks drop from
[30:41] the ceiling and leaving behind a nasty
[30:43] damage overtime effect on his target.
[30:45] Then he will jump on the second player,
[30:47] applying the same effect and spawning
[30:49] rock drops on the ground. Additionally,
[30:51] he will rotate immediately into
[30:53] intimidating shout, which requires
[30:55] players to stack up, or else they will
[30:57] take high damage and be feared. Three
[30:59] things to note here. first because you
[31:01] can see who is targeted by the second
[31:03] jump. You can preposition yourself by
[31:05] moving toward this player as this is
[31:07] where the boss will be when casting
[31:09] intimidating shout. Second, note that
[31:12] you only need to stack up with one
[31:14] additional player and not with all of
[31:16] them. Third, chill out and relax. You
[31:18] have plenty of time to stack up with
[31:20] your teammates. Indeed, you can even
[31:22] wait for the void zones to have
[31:23] disappeared and only then start moving
[31:25] to stack up, and you'll still have
[31:27] enough time for doing that if you're not
[31:29] very far away. The challenge for healers
[31:31] here is to keep healing the two affected
[31:33] players while navigating the movement
[31:35] game. The boss will then cast rallying
[31:37] bellow, dealing high groupwide damage,
[31:39] so make sure that the players affected
[31:40] by reckless sleep have been fully healed
[31:42] up. A bunch of ads will spawn that need
[31:44] to be killed. Incoming damage is
[31:46] moderate, but you should be careful to
[31:48] keep the group at high HP as a flame
[31:50] nova will go out at least once during
[31:52] this phase. After all ads have been
[31:54] slain, the spell sequences will repeat,
[31:56] but this time he will cast recklessly
[31:57] twice before rotating into another ad
[32:00] intermission. Finally, the last boss,
[32:01] restless heart, is much harder than it
[32:03] would need to be as your group will
[32:05] likely not help you with it at all.
[32:07] After a short time into the fight, the
[32:09] boss casts arrow rain, spawning little
[32:11] arrows on the ground and applying squall
[32:13] leap to all players. Squirrel Leap is a
[32:16] pretty nasty damage overtime effect that
[32:18] requires major healing. However, you can
[32:20] dispel it by moving into one of the
[32:21] arrows on the ground, negating its
[32:23] damage entirely. Make the fight easier
[32:25] on yourself by immediately moving into
[32:27] an arrow after the dot is applied. Your
[32:29] team will likely not do the same, but at
[32:31] least you won't have yourself to worry
[32:33] about. The boss will then leap to the
[32:34] other side of the room, applying squap
[32:36] again, and spawning a white circle at
[32:38] his previous location that will start
[32:40] expanding outward after a short leniency
[32:42] period. Here you'll need to run into an
[32:45] arrow to jump over the edge of the
[32:46] circle to avoid getting hit by it. This
[32:48] has the added benefit of dispelling the
[32:50] debuff and squall leap. And this time
[32:51] your teammates will have to do that too.
[32:53] Whenever an arrow is soaked, a void zone
[32:55] will spawn on the ground which you can
[32:57] clear when the boss casts gust shot.
[32:59] Simply move next to as many void zones
[33:00] as you can to clear parts of the room.
[33:02] Lastly, one player will occasionally be
[33:04] targeted by bolt gale, which is a
[33:06] frontal cone attack dealing moderate
[33:08] damage. This player should stand still
[33:10] while other players move out. These
[33:12] sequences then repeat until the boss is
[33:14] defeated. Okay, let's talk Agatha
[33:17] Academy. The dungeon usually begins with
[33:18] a major bloodlust pull of the entire
[33:20] room around the first boss. It's one of
[33:23] those pulls that are always done and
[33:24] often go wrong, subsequently making you
[33:27] question why they are always done.
[33:29] Anyway, the main danger in this pull is
[33:31] tank damage, but the damage on other
[33:33] party members is negligible. Tank damage
[33:35] stems from the vile lashes applying the
[33:38] vile bite bleed to the tank which stacks
[33:41] up with each time that it is applied. If
[33:43] you can do yourself a favor and get an
[33:45] evoker into your group who can dispel
[33:47] the bleed from the tank once during the
[33:49] fight, making it substantially easier.
[33:52] If you don't have an evoker, you'll need
[33:53] to heal through the stacks of vile bite.
[33:55] As a general rule, you want to refrain
[33:57] from using any of your healing cooldowns
[33:59] early in the fight. Instead, wait as
[34:01] long as possible with applying externals
[34:03] to your tank and do so only when you see
[34:06] that they don't have a defensive up
[34:08] themselves. So, as a druid, hold iron
[34:10] bark until the end. As a shaman, be
[34:12] ready to drop a spirit link on the tank
[34:14] and be next to him. Or as a disciplined
[34:16] priest, hold pain suppression. As a holy
[34:18] priest, well, your fault for playing
[34:21] holy priest, I guess. Generally, it's a
[34:23] good idea to wait until around four to
[34:25] five stacks of vile bite are applied
[34:27] before putting your damage reductions on
[34:29] the tank. Also, I recommend airing on
[34:31] the side of overhealing. In this pull,
[34:33] it's totally okay to just stand around
[34:35] and spam heal your tank the entire time,
[34:38] even if he's currently at 100% HP, as
[34:40] high vile bite stacks make his HP
[34:43] ping-pong around dramatically and you
[34:46] want a constant flow of inbound healing
[34:48] on him. After the first pull has been
[34:49] cleaned up, the overgrown ancient is the
[34:52] first boss in the dungeon. Stack on the
[34:54] tank so that the ads spawned by
[34:55] germinate all spawn in the same
[34:57] location. With most pugs, the strategy
[34:59] is to stack on the tank and then move
[35:01] slowly clockwise around the boss while
[35:03] germinate is running. After the first
[35:05] set of ads, the boss will cast branch
[35:07] out, spawning a little trayant on the
[35:09] ground and applying splinter bark to all
[35:11] players in the group, which is a ticking
[35:13] damage overtime effect. Make sure to DPS
[35:16] down the trayant quickly as it will
[35:18] spawn a green circle on the ground when
[35:20] it is defeated. Moving into that circle
[35:22] will heal the team to 100% HP and clear
[35:25] the splinter bark debuff. The circle
[35:27] will heal your team up to 100%. So you
[35:30] need not bother healing after the trant
[35:32] has died. If any of your teammates fail
[35:34] to move into the circle, be prepared to
[35:36] priority heal them, especially when the
[35:38] second branch outcast goes out later and
[35:40] they receive a second stack of splinter
[35:43] bark. After the ad has been defeated,
[35:45] stack back on the tank for the next
[35:47] germinate cast. At 100 energy, the boss
[35:49] will cast burst forth, making the ad
[35:51] stack a poison debuff on their target.
[35:54] Dispel it if you can, but it's generally
[35:56] not very dangerous. After the boss,
[35:58] you'll move across a platform with a
[35:59] mini boss hardly worthy of the name.
[36:01] Just don't get hit by stuff. On the next
[36:04] island, you will face three waves of
[36:05] birds with the little birds applying a
[36:07] bleed debuff to the tank. For the most
[36:09] part, this is not very dangerous, but be
[36:11] prepared to do some tank healing when
[36:13] the pack lives long enough and stacks
[36:16] get high. In the second wave, you will
[36:17] additionally face an alpha eagle. Be
[36:20] careful to dodge its frontal cone attack
[36:22] in Gust as it will knock you back and
[36:24] one-shot you at higher key levels. Also,
[36:26] he will cast raging screech, which is a
[36:28] moderately powerful AoE hit. The last
[36:31] wave has two alphas, but they are
[36:33] generally not very dangerous so long as
[36:35] you don't get hit by the frontal. You
[36:36] then summon the second boss, Croth, by
[36:39] carrying the orbs into the highlighted
[36:40] ground zone. First, he will hit the tank
[36:43] with savage pack, dealing some initial
[36:45] damage and then some damage over time. I
[36:47] remember this tank hit being quite
[36:49] dangerous in Dragonflight, but from my
[36:51] experience so far, it has lost quite a
[36:53] bit of its power, and the tank does not
[36:55] usually require much additional healing.
[36:58] A short time after savage pack, the boss
[37:00] will cast deafening screech, which is
[37:02] the main challenge for healers in this
[37:04] fight. If you can, prepare for deafening
[37:07] screech by applying healing overtime
[37:08] effects to your party beforehand.
[37:10] However, be careful to not be casting
[37:13] while it is going out as it will
[37:15] interrupt your spell casting and silence
[37:17] you. Deafening screech deals some
[37:19] initial damage and then some damage over
[37:21] time. The damage is rather substantial,
[37:23] so you will want to be on your toes
[37:25] here, but try to not use any healing
[37:27] cooldowns for dealing with it as you
[37:29] will need those later. At 75% HP, the
[37:32] boss will cast Ruinous Winds, which
[37:34] needs to be interrupted before the cast
[37:36] completes. You can do so by carrying the
[37:38] newly spawned orbs into one of the
[37:40] highlighted zones on the ground.
[37:42] Ideally, you will first carry the orbs
[37:44] into the left zone, which is called goal
[37:46] of the rushing wind. After carrying the
[37:49] three orbs into it, ruinous winds will
[37:51] be interrupted, and phase two will
[37:53] begin. Here, pick up one of the blue
[37:55] arrowed orbs at the side of the room to
[37:56] counteract the winds blowing you across
[37:58] the platform and give you a haste buff.
[38:00] Then, play phase two the same way as
[38:02] phase one. At 45%, the boss will cast
[38:05] ruinous winds again, which you interrupt
[38:07] by throwing orbs into the other zone.
[38:09] The boss will then start pulsing fire
[38:11] damage onto the group for the rest of
[38:13] the fight, which you need to heal
[38:14] through. In addition, he will cycle
[38:16] through his normal rotation in savage
[38:17] pack and deafening screech. This phase
[38:20] is substantially more challenging than
[38:21] the previous ones due to the constant
[38:23] ticking fire damage, and this is where
[38:25] your healing cooldowns should go. As an
[38:27] additional tip, especially if you're a
[38:29] healer who needs to cast a lot, start
[38:31] the third phase on the left side of the
[38:33] platform as the wind blows from left to
[38:35] right. And this will position you as far
[38:37] away as possible from being pushed away
[38:39] from your party. In the next pool, you
[38:41] will primarily need to watch out for the
[38:43] arcane ravagers who target individual
[38:45] players with vicious ambush, leaving
[38:47] behind a pretty nasty damage overtime
[38:49] effect. Also, the ravagers will cast
[38:51] rift breath onto the party after
[38:53] ambushing one player. So, make sure to
[38:55] be aware that rift breath is incoming
[38:57] after the ambush has happened and move
[38:59] out of the way quickly as standing in
[39:01] the breath will kill you almost
[39:03] instantly. Other than that, watch out
[39:05] for pulls with spellbound battle axes as
[39:07] they can deal substantial tank damage if
[39:09] the tank does not properly prepare his
[39:11] damage mitigations. In the last pulls
[39:13] before the third boss, help your team
[39:14] with pack control by interrupting,
[39:16] disorienting, and stunning as you don't
[39:18] want any surge or monotonous lecture
[39:19] casts to go off. Especially search is
[39:22] dangerous as it can oneshot players at
[39:25] higher key levels. If monotonous lecture
[39:27] goes through, note that it can be
[39:30] dispelled. The third boss is Veximos,
[39:33] and he can be challenging, although his
[39:34] base mechanics are rather simple. First,
[39:37] he will spawn a set of arcane orbs in a
[39:39] circle around him, which need to be
[39:40] soaked by players before they reach the
[39:42] boss. Soaking an orb will deal a low
[39:44] amount of damage and apply a debuff,
[39:46] increasing their arcane damage taken. As
[39:48] a healer, I generally advise you to only
[39:50] pick up one orb as you don't want your
[39:52] attention overly strained by the
[39:54] movement requirements and managing your
[39:56] own HP. After the orbs have been picked
[39:58] up, the boss will cast mana bombs at
[40:00] three randomly chosen non-tank players,
[40:02] dealing ticking damage for 4 seconds and
[40:05] leaving behind a void zone on the ground
[40:06] upon expiration. Thus, if mana bombs
[40:09] target you, make sure to move
[40:10] immediately after the debuff has
[40:11] expired, or else you risk taking damage
[40:14] from a tick of the void zone. Because
[40:15] you will spawn a void zone after
[40:17] dropping mana bombs, you also want to
[40:18] move out to the sides of the room a bit
[40:20] as you don't want the space overly
[40:22] cluttered. The sequence will then repeat
[40:24] and you need to pick up another arcane
[40:26] orb. Be careful here that your debuff
[40:28] from picking up the orb in the previous
[40:29] phase has expired before picking up the
[40:31] next one. The boss will then cast mana
[40:33] bombs again, commencing the main
[40:35] challenge of the fight. The second set
[40:37] of mana bombs is challenging because
[40:39] immediately afterwards, the boss will
[40:41] cast Arcane Fisher, dealing a high
[40:43] amount of AoE damage to the entire
[40:45] party. Thus, use your healing cooldowns
[40:48] during the mana bombs phase to make sure
[40:50] that your team is topped off and ready
[40:52] to take the hit from Arcane Fisher.
[40:55] Also, Arcane Fisher is a knockback, so
[40:57] make sure that your back is not directly
[40:58] turned toward a puddle, as you might get
[41:00] pushed into it, and the additional
[41:02] damage from a void zone tick might kill
[41:04] you. After Arcane Fisher, the boss
[41:06] cycles back into his usual sequence and
[41:08] will become dangerous again with the
[41:10] next Arcane Fisher at the fourth set of
[41:12] mana bombs. On your way to the final
[41:14] boss, there's only one more noteworthy
[41:16] enemy in Agatha Echone Knights, who will
[41:18] cast Arcane Smash, which is a moderately
[41:21] powerful AoE group hit by themselves.
[41:23] Echon Knights don't pose a relevant
[41:25] danger, but many tanks will pull three
[41:27] of them simultaneously before the last
[41:29] boss. This means that three Arcane
[41:31] Smashes will be cast in rapid
[41:33] succession, and you need to top off your
[41:35] group quickly between them. Now, Arcane
[41:37] Smash can be line of sighted, but I
[41:39] generally don't recommend doing that as
[41:40] a healer, as it requires everyone in
[41:42] your party to also be doing it. The
[41:44] final boss is a movement fight. Its main
[41:46] mechanic is that it applies overwhelming
[41:48] power to players, and at three stacks,
[41:50] they will spawn a void zone on the
[41:51] ground, which will constantly emit
[41:53] arcane orbs that need to be dodged.
[41:55] There are three ways to gain a stack of
[41:57] overwhelming power. First, the boss
[41:59] occasionally casts arcane missiles at a
[42:02] random player, applying a stack. Second,
[42:04] the boss targets two players with energy
[42:06] bomb, applying one stack on expiration.
[42:09] Energy bomb can be dispelled and can be
[42:11] useful to dispel to help your team with
[42:13] spawning the puddles in a safe location.
[42:15] However, it's also okay to let the
[42:17] debuff run out. Third, getting hit by
[42:19] any of the orbs floating around the room
[42:21] will also apply a stack of overwhelming
[42:23] power. Usually, the tank will try to
[42:25] kite the boss around the room and
[42:27] position it in areas where fewer puddles
[42:29] are currently located. As a player, you
[42:31] generally want to position yourself in
[42:32] areas in front of the boss in which
[42:34] there are fewer void zones. However, if
[42:36] you're already at two stacks of
[42:37] overwhelming power, you'll want to move
[42:39] into the more dangerous areas of the
[42:41] room where more puddles are currently
[42:42] active, as you will then place the
[42:44] puddle in a location that is already
[42:46] dangerous rather than cluttering a a
[42:49] location that is currently safe. Also,
[42:51] occasionally the boss will pull players
[42:53] in via power vacuum. Here, it is a good
[42:56] idea to already be standing very close
[42:57] to the boss when power vacuum hits, as
[42:59] this will cancel the pull in effect and
[43:01] make navigating between the flying orbs
[43:03] safer. As a healer, it's also advisable
[43:06] to try and stay close to the boss, as
[43:08] players during this fight, from my
[43:10] experience, stand absolutely anywhere
[43:12] and everywhere. And by positioning
[43:14] yourself near the boss, you will
[43:15] maximize the chances that all of them
[43:17] are within healing range. Next on our
[43:19] list, let's talk about Sky Reach. For
[43:22] the most part, groups will do a
[43:23] bloodlust pull in the beginning, pulling
[43:25] the first and second segments of the
[43:27] little ring area on which you are
[43:29] walking. As far as first pulls in
[43:31] dungeons go, this one is not
[43:33] particularly challenging, but there are
[43:34] a couple of things to watch out for.
[43:36] First, the pull includes a Dread Raven,
[43:38] which alternates between casting
[43:40] Dreadwind first and Dire Screech second.
[43:44] Dreadwind targets a random player,
[43:45] placing an arrow over their head and
[43:47] knocking them back. Simply make sure to
[43:49] not face your back toward the edge of
[43:51] the platform as you can get knocked off.
[43:54] From a damage perspective, Dreadwind is
[43:56] negligible. Second, Dire Screech is a
[43:58] powerful AoE hit with three instances of
[44:00] ticking damage, so be prepared for some
[44:02] strong AoE healing while it is cast.
[44:04] Additionally, the pool contains one
[44:06] adorned blade tail who casts blade rush
[44:09] at three players, putting a pretty
[44:10] painful damage overtime effect on them.
[44:13] However, as your healing output is
[44:14] greatly amplified by a bloodlust, that's
[44:17] not usually a major problem. One thing
[44:19] to watch out for during the first pull
[44:21] is that the little chairs in the table
[44:22] on the side of the room actually cause
[44:23] line of sight issues, so you need to
[44:25] work around that. The second pool
[44:27] contains two dread ravens, so you must
[44:29] be ready for some major AOE healing as
[44:31] both of them will cast dire screech.
[44:33] However, they will never cast the spell
[44:35] at the same time, so you're unlikely to
[44:37] encounter unhealable damage. The pecs on
[44:40] the platform before the first boss are
[44:42] generally uneventful so long as your
[44:44] teammates successfully interrupt the
[44:45] repel cast. The only real danger on this
[44:48] platform again stems from the blade
[44:49] talons and their blade rush. The first
[44:52] boss, Ranjit, does not produce many
[44:54] challenges on the healing front, but its
[44:56] constant movement requirements often
[44:58] make the fight rather chaotic in pugs.
[45:00] The boss has three abilities, only one
[45:02] of which deals any meaningful damage.
[45:04] Fan of blades. At regular intervals, the
[45:06] boss will cast it, dealing a high amount
[45:08] of ticking damage to your group.
[45:10] However, as there is, or at least there
[45:12] should be, no other damage going on
[45:14] during the fight. You can take your time
[45:16] healing the damage from fan of blades
[45:17] back up. Unless you're playing at very
[45:20] high key levels, it's unlikely that it
[45:21] will kill anyone in the group. Second,
[45:24] the boss targets a random player with
[45:25] coalesed wind. As a healer, you can also
[45:27] get targeted by this and you'll get an
[45:29] arrow over your head and after a short
[45:31] leniency period, you will be knocked
[45:33] back, taking a little bit of damage. To
[45:35] avoid being cast off the map, you want
[45:37] to either stand toward the middle of the
[45:38] platform or face your back toward one of
[45:40] the gates at the side of the platform.
[45:43] Here, you need to be careful though, as
[45:44] coalesed wind will spawn a void zone at
[45:46] the location where it hits you. So, if
[45:49] you stand too close to the gate, you
[45:51] will get knocked up, but then drop back
[45:53] down into the void zone which you have
[45:55] just spawned. and that will kill you.
[45:57] Third, the boss casts wind chakram,
[45:59] which throws a glaive away from him in a
[46:01] straight line, and the glaive will then
[46:03] return like a boomerang to its location.
[46:05] The ability is very well telegraphed
[46:07] with a big arrow, so you can easily
[46:09] avoid it by keeping an eye on the boss
[46:10] at all times. However, there's some
[46:12] things that are a bit tricky about the
[46:14] spell. First, when the chakr comes back,
[46:16] it does not return to the boss, but
[46:18] instead returns to the exact location
[46:20] from which it was thrown. This means
[46:22] that if the tank has moved the boss, you
[46:23] might unknowingly position yourself in
[46:25] the chakr's path if you expect that the
[46:27] glaive will return to the boss and not
[46:29] to its previous location. Also, when the
[46:31] chakr returns, its path ends a bit later
[46:34] than you might anticipate. As if the
[46:36] boss has not moved, its motion will stop
[46:38] inside the boss's hitbox, not next to
[46:41] it. So, if you're a mele player and
[46:43] stand awkwardly inside the hitbox of the
[46:46] boss, you will get hit. Now, all of
[46:48] these abilities are pretty
[46:49] straightforward, but are made more
[46:51] challenging by Ranjit's main mechanic,
[46:53] Chakram Vortex. With it, he will spawn a
[46:55] bunch of cyclones on the ground. One set
[46:57] of which is going clockwise and another
[46:58] set of which is going counterclockwise
[47:00] in a circular motion through the room.
[47:03] This phase requires constant movement
[47:04] and makes dealing with his other
[47:06] abilities more challenging. When you are
[47:08] targeted by coest wind during this
[47:10] phase, I think it's better to take the
[47:11] hit on the platform rather than trying
[47:13] to get to a gate as a bypassing cyclone
[47:16] can then be very dangerous. Simply make
[47:18] sure that there's nothing behind you
[47:20] when you get hit. Save your healing
[47:22] cooldowns for the phases during which
[47:23] chakra vortex is active as you will not
[47:26] at all need them when it is not. Also,
[47:28] if ever someone drops low because they
[47:30] get hit by a chakra or by a tornado,
[47:32] don't panic. you mostly don't need to
[47:34] heal them back up immediately unless
[47:36] there is a fan of blades cast going off
[47:38] directly after that. Overall, I'd advise
[47:40] you to focus more on movement and less
[47:43] on healing during this fight. After the
[47:45] boss is defeated, you will face a pack
[47:47] including a Herald of Sunrise who spawns
[47:49] a solar orb that needs to be DPS down as
[47:52] it will radiate damage while it is
[47:54] alive. So, be ready for some AoE
[47:57] healing. However, you should be more on
[47:59] the lookout here for tank healing as the
[48:01] adepts of dawn will cast fiery tailons
[48:04] at the tank which is a damage debuff
[48:06] dealing fire damage that stacks
[48:08] infinitely. So, if the mobs are not
[48:10] killed quickly and your tank fails at
[48:12] finding a way for resetting the stacks,
[48:14] the damage it deals to your tank can get
[48:15] out of hand very quickly. It's not
[48:17] magic, nor is it a bleed, so it cannot
[48:20] be dispelled. It can only be avoided by
[48:22] having it run out. However, the mobs can
[48:25] be CCd, so you can help the tank reset
[48:27] the STS by stunning them or displacing
[48:29] them. For example, with Ring of Peace.
[48:32] However, if the tank and the group fail
[48:34] to reset the STS, hold your external CDs
[48:36] and healing cooldowns up to the point
[48:38] where the damage is starting to become
[48:40] unmanageable and then be ready to blow
[48:42] through all of them in rapid succession.
[48:44] In the next room, you will face three
[48:46] solar constructs channeling solar flame
[48:48] at one player in your group, which deals
[48:50] rather high ticking damage over 6
[48:52] seconds. Be prepared to do some strong
[48:54] spot healing here as on higher key
[48:55] levels its damage can be quite
[48:57] substantial. Sometimes you will find
[48:59] tanks pulling all three constructs in
[49:01] the room together which can be very
[49:03] challenging. In this case, don't be
[49:04] afraid to use your healing cooldowns as
[49:06] you will likely not need them during the
[49:08] first minute or so of the boss fight.
[49:10] The second boss is Arachnath and the
[49:12] boss is extremely easy for anyone but
[49:14] the healer as it can constitute a bit of
[49:16] a healing check on higher key levels.
[49:18] The boss basically has two mechanics.
[49:20] First, solar infusion spawns three beams
[49:23] of light at random locations at the side
[49:25] of the room. After a bit of a leniency
[49:27] period, they will fire toward the center
[49:30] and must be soaked by one player each.
[49:32] Otherwise, they will heal and empower
[49:34] the boss for the rest of the fight. As a
[49:36] healer, you can definitely help out with
[49:38] soaking here. Just have your camera very
[49:40] far away from your character and tilt it
[49:42] in such a way that you are looking at
[49:44] the room from above. Then simply align
[49:46] the camera with the beam that is going
[49:47] down the side of the room to ensure that
[49:49] you will be hit when the beam starts
[49:50] channeling. While solar infusion is
[49:52] channeling, the three soaking players
[49:54] will take major ticking damage. So you
[49:56] need to be prepared to heal a lot during
[49:58] this phase. Try not to blow any
[50:00] cooldowns during the first phase of
[50:02] solar infusions as they will be needed
[50:04] after the second phase. And this is
[50:06] because after the second set of solar
[50:08] infusions has run out, the boss will
[50:10] reach full energy and cast supernova,
[50:12] which is a major AOE hit to the entire
[50:14] party. This is the dangerous moment in
[50:17] the fight as players will be low from
[50:19] solar infusions and must be quickly
[50:21] healed up before the supernova damage
[50:23] goes out. So, make sure you use your
[50:25] healing cooldowns during the solar
[50:27] infusions or directly before supernova
[50:29] hits. Beyond that, it's just rinse and
[50:31] repeat until the boss is defeated. In
[50:34] the next area, you will face two suntal
[50:36] tamers and their loyal suntal. The
[50:39] tamers cast mark of death, marking an
[50:41] individual player for, well, death and
[50:44] causing all sunt talent to fixate that
[50:46] player and kill him upon making contact.
[50:49] Thus, be careful that you are not close
[50:50] to the mobs when mark of death is cast
[50:52] on you. If you're far enough away,
[50:53] however, it's quite easy to run away
[50:55] from the mobs, and you just need to be a
[50:57] bit vigilant. You can also help
[50:59] protecting your allies by using
[51:00] utilities such as stuns, ring of peace,
[51:03] wing buffet, and other displacements.
[51:05] Afterwards comes Rook Ran as the third
[51:07] boss in the instance, which is a bit of
[51:08] a puck stomper. He has a tank hit in
[51:11] Burning Claws, but it's not very
[51:13] dangerous. However, he will spawn a
[51:15] Sunwing after a short while, which deals
[51:17] moderate pulsing damage while it is
[51:19] alive. It will also fixate a player so
[51:21] its movement can be steered. Fixated
[51:24] player should kite it to the side of the
[51:26] platform so that it dies as far away
[51:28] from the center pillar as possible.
[51:30] Ideally, you want to be standing in
[51:31] melee range when the fight starts so
[51:33] that if the ad spawns on you, you
[51:35] already have it in the right position.
[51:37] If a sunwing dies, it will leave behind
[51:39] an egg on the ground. And if another
[51:41] Sunwing later in the fight dies on top
[51:43] of that egg, the first Sunwing will
[51:44] resurrect and deal its usual pulsing
[51:47] damage. After the first Sunwing, the
[51:48] boss will spawn a second one and
[51:50] immediately go into his searing quills
[51:52] cast, flying to a random side of the
[51:54] platform and requiring you to hide
[51:55] behind the central pillar. Now, all of
[51:57] this is happening while the second
[51:58] Sunwing is alive, which is why it will
[52:00] mostly die at the pillar where you're
[52:02] all standing, and you don't want an egg
[52:04] already there from the first Sunwing. If
[52:06] there's ever a risk of an ad dying on
[52:08] top of an egg, use your displacement
[52:10] spells to knock it away. After the
[52:12] searing quills cast, the spell sequence
[52:14] of the boss repeats until it is
[52:16] defeated. Hold your healing cooldowns
[52:17] for the event in which a Sunwing is
[52:19] resurrected as this will mean having to
[52:21] heal the pulsing damage from two ads
[52:23] simultaneously which can require massive
[52:26] healing. The rest of the trash in the
[52:28] dungeon is more of the same. Just be
[52:30] aware of a dread raven making another
[52:32] appearance on the final platform which
[52:33] has a substantial AOE hit in dire
[52:35] screech and you don't want to be caught
[52:37] off guard by that. Also, there will be
[52:39] some more adorned blade tailins on the
[52:41] way to the final boss. So, be ready for
[52:42] heavy cleave damage on three players
[52:44] from their blade rush. The final boss is
[52:46] High Sage Virix, which has a very
[52:48] similar healing profile to the solar
[52:50] construct boss in that three players are
[52:52] simultaneously targeted by scorching ray
[52:55] taking high ticking damage which must be
[52:57] healed. Generally, you don't need to do
[52:59] a lot of tank healing here. So, if you
[53:00] have a spell like earth shield,
[53:02] symbiotic relationship, or a beacon of
[53:04] light, usually buffed to the tank, you
[53:06] will want to switch it to a DPS for this
[53:08] encounter. The boss occasionally fixates
[53:10] a player with lens flare, making them
[53:13] drop fire on the ground and denying this
[53:15] area of the boss arena. However, as a
[53:17] healer, you won't be targeted by it.
[53:19] Nevertheless, you can be targeted by
[53:21] cast down, which spawns a bird carrying
[53:23] you to the side of the platform,
[53:25] dropping and killing you there. Note
[53:27] that you can still attack and heal while
[53:29] the bird is carrying you. So, don't
[53:30] forget to keep playing while you're in
[53:32] its grips. If the bird is not killed
[53:34] early enough, you can still use movement
[53:36] abilities such as rescue, lifegrip, or
[53:39] teleport to save yourself or others from
[53:41] falling. Generally, you want to maximize
[53:43] the time the bird will need to carry you
[53:44] off the platform by fighting the boss as
[53:46] far away from the edges of the platform
[53:48] as possible. Finally, the boss has an
[53:51] interruptible cast in solar blast,
[53:53] dealing moderate to high damage to the
[53:55] tank if it goes through. However, that's
[53:57] rarely a problem in my experience. We
[53:59] are looking at my caverns. The first
[54:01] pull is usually a bloodlust pull with
[54:03] significant healing requirements. Watch
[54:05] out for the tank taking substantial
[54:07] damage from the melee attacks of the
[54:08] frenzied berserkers, especially when
[54:10] they are enraged by blood frenzy. Also,
[54:13] if a hulking juggernaut is added to the
[54:15] group, its rending gore cast will
[54:17] endanger the tank even more. However,
[54:19] there's also a lot of group damage going
[54:21] out from necrotic wave and the
[54:22] juggernaut's deafening roar. The main
[54:25] challenge in the fight is often helping
[54:26] the tank survive by applying externals
[54:29] and focusing your healing on them as
[54:31] well as making sure to not have your
[54:32] spell casting interrupted by deafening
[54:34] roar. Feel free to blow through all of
[54:37] your cooldowns on this first pull as you
[54:39] will probably not need them for the next
[54:41] one. Most routes go to the right side
[54:43] after the first pull as this segment of
[54:44] the dungeon is generally easier, but
[54:46] also because it allows you to farm some
[54:48] efficient trash percentage so you don't
[54:50] have to overpull. At the end of the
[54:52] dungeon, you can pick up a leech and
[54:54] damage reduction buff in Hearty Vile
[54:56] Branch Stew in the hut on the right
[54:58] side. Also, as a healer, be especially
[55:00] careful when an umbrell shadowbinder is
[55:03] pulled, as their shrink cast will
[55:05] absolutely annihilate the target on
[55:07] which it is cast. Be ready to
[55:09] immediately apply externals and deliver
[55:11] some major healing if you see a player
[55:14] being targeted by shrink and the cast
[55:16] not being interrupted. Most routes avoid
[55:18] pulling shadowbinders, but the final
[55:20] pack of the stairs in front of the first
[55:22] boss will always contain one. The first
[55:24] boss fight can be quite challenging for
[55:26] healers. However, it is rather
[55:28] predictable as it repeats the same
[55:30] sequence of spells for the entire
[55:32] duration of the fight. First, Moragin
[55:34] will throw a flanking spear at the
[55:36] target, applying a major bleed debuff in
[55:39] open wound. Focus on tank healing while
[55:42] the debuff is applied. Afterwards, the
[55:44] bird Necrrax will apply infected pinions
[55:47] to all players in your group, which is a
[55:49] disease that lasts for 30 seconds and
[55:51] deals moderate ticking damage. If you
[55:53] have a disease dispel, use it on
[55:55] cooldown. If not, prepare for some
[55:57] sustained rot healing. Moren will then
[56:00] put multiple freezing traps on the
[56:02] ground, which you don't want to run into
[56:05] yet. Anyway, if you do accidentally run
[56:07] into a trap, you will be stunned for 10
[56:09] seconds. Note that the traps have a bit
[56:11] of a wonky hitbox. The hitbox is exactly
[56:15] as large as the circles on the ground,
[56:17] which are visible before the trap
[56:18] spawns, meaning that the hitbox is quite
[56:20] a bit larger than it would seem from
[56:22] only looking at the trap itself. So, be
[56:25] careful to run a wider circle around
[56:27] them to not get hit by them
[56:28] accidentally. After the freezing traps
[56:30] have been put down, Necrux will cast
[56:32] feted quilltorm, spawning small puddles
[56:35] on the ground and a big one underneath
[56:36] itself, which need to be avoided. An
[56:39] easy way to dodge this mechanic is by
[56:40] standing close to the bird when he casts
[56:42] the spell and after the circle
[56:44] underneath it disappears, moving toward
[56:46] the bird as additional circles will
[56:48] never spawn under its own hitbox. The
[56:51] group should then position itself around
[56:53] Merin in such a way that multiple
[56:54] players are not stacked up as the boss
[56:56] will cycle into his vile branch sting
[56:59] cast shooting a wide cone of poison
[57:01] arrows dealing high damage and stacking
[57:03] a poison damage effect on all players
[57:06] which are hit. Ideally, the player
[57:08] targeted by the cast will stand still
[57:10] and all other players move out of the
[57:12] cone as quickly as they can. By branch
[57:14] sting is the most dangerous element of
[57:16] the fight and this is where your healing
[57:18] cooldowns should go. Next, necrracks
[57:21] will target one player with carry and
[57:23] swoop, charging toward them and killing
[57:26] them. To avoid getting one-shot by the
[57:28] mechanic, move into one of the freezing
[57:30] traps when targeted by carry and swoop.
[57:32] You will be momentarily stunned. the
[57:34] boss will charge into the trap and you
[57:36] will then be unstunned. Note that it is
[57:38] not sufficient to move behind the trap
[57:41] and let the boss charge through it. You
[57:43] must go into the trap yourself. The
[57:45] bosses will then cycle back to starting
[57:47] the sequence from the beginning.
[57:49] Finally, both of them should die at the
[57:50] same time as Morajin will revive Necrux
[57:53] if it dies first and Necrax will enrage
[57:56] if Morajin does. After the bosses are
[57:58] dead begins one of the easiest trash
[58:00] areas in the current dungeon pool from a
[58:02] healing perspective. The only thing to
[58:03] really look out for are the packs
[58:05] containing grim skirmishers who start
[58:06] the fight with grim ward applied to
[58:08] them, which is a shield that explodes
[58:10] for a high amount of damage when it is
[58:12] removed, either by dealing enough damage
[58:14] to it or by being dispelled. At higher
[58:16] key levels, multiple grim wards
[58:18] exploding at the same time can become
[58:19] quite dangerous. So, be ready for some
[58:22] large AoE healing. If you have a perch
[58:24] ability, you can also remove the grim
[58:26] wards from the enemies one by one,
[58:28] staggering the explosions in a
[58:29] controlled manner and healing their
[58:31] damage up before triggering the next
[58:33] one. Roxal is probably one of the easier
[58:35] mini bosses Blizzard have made, and you
[58:37] won't have any trouble. Note though that
[58:39] you can dispel ritual sacrifice by
[58:41] targeting the affected player with a
[58:43] snare removal effect, such as blessing
[58:45] of freedom or tiger's lust. The next
[58:48] boss is Vaza, which is one of the more
[58:51] HPS intensive encounters in this season.
[58:53] During the fight, your entire party will
[58:55] take constant ticking damage from
[58:57] withering myasma. It's not a lot of
[58:58] damage, but you can fall behind if you
[59:00] let your focus slip and don't heal the
[59:02] group for a bit. First, the boss starts
[59:04] out by casting drain soul on the tank.
[59:07] As far as tank hits go, its damage is
[59:09] moderate, and competent tanks will
[59:11] usually be able to handle it well.
[59:13] However, do be on the lookout for the
[59:15] tank dropping low when it is applied.
[59:17] The boss will then cycle into the rest
[59:19] phantoms phase, spawning four ghosts,
[59:22] each of which fixates and chases one
[59:24] player. As a healer, you will never be
[59:26] targeted by a ghost. It is the job of
[59:28] the rest of your group to kite the
[59:30] ghosts into each other, unleashing an
[59:32] explosion that you will need to heal.
[59:34] The damage from the explosion is high
[59:36] but manageable. If your team times the
[59:38] explosions awkwardly, and all ghosts
[59:40] explode at the same time, it can become
[59:42] a little bit more hectic. But at the
[59:44] lower key levels, this will not be
[59:45] enough to oneshot the group. Thus, don't
[59:48] overextend your focus onto healing your
[59:50] group up as quickly as possible. But
[59:52] instead, keep an eye on the boss as she
[59:55] will cast unmake during the ghost phase,
[59:58] which is a channel frontal cone attack
[59:59] that moves around the boss randomly,
[60:01] either clockwise or counterclockwise.
[60:04] Your top priority in this phase is to
[60:05] not get hit by unmake. Note that your
[60:08] tank might need to move around for
[60:10] positioning the ghost, meaning that the
[60:11] boss will reposition as well. Ideally,
[60:14] you want to stay as close to the boss as
[60:15] possible, as that will make dodging
[60:17] unmake significantly easier. Thus,
[60:19] follow your tank around when the rest
[60:21] phantoms phase begins and be vigilant
[60:23] when unmake starts channeling. The boss
[60:25] will then cycle back into drain soul,
[60:27] then go into another rest phantom's
[60:28] phase at the end of which she will begin
[60:30] channeling necrotic convergence, which
[60:33] places a shield on her and deals
[60:34] moderate to high ticking AoE damage to
[60:37] the entire party. Use your healing
[60:39] cooldowns during this phase if necessary
[60:41] and be careful to dodge the flying orbs
[60:43] in the room. Overall, there is a lot to
[60:45] heal during this fight, but the damage
[60:46] is usually foreseeable and controlled.
[60:48] It can become more problematic if your
[60:50] party fails to trigger the ghost
[60:52] explosions in a controlled manner and
[60:54] there are still ghosts alive when the
[60:55] next phase of the fight begins as that
[60:57] can cause explosions to trigger during
[60:59] necrotic convergence or even in the
[61:01] succeeding rest phantoms phase.
[61:03] Generally, it's a good idea to have
[61:05] healing cooldowns ready for these kinds
[61:07] of events and for the case in which two
[61:09] ghost explosions are triggered at the
[61:11] same time. On the bridge toward the
[61:13] final boss, you'll be facing more grim
[61:14] skirmishers and their grim ward. So, be
[61:16] on the lookout for high AoE group damage
[61:18] when their shields run out. Stay at the
[61:21] side of the platform as you don't want
[61:22] to get hit by the void zones moving
[61:24] through the center. However, when you
[61:26] are fighting bound defenders at the side
[61:28] of the bridge, be careful to not get
[61:29] knocked off the map by the tornadoes
[61:32] which they spawn. Right in front of the
[61:33] end boss, you'll find Ziljan pounding
[61:36] his ritual drums. The ticking damage
[61:38] from this cast will start as soon as the
[61:40] first member of your party has ascended
[61:42] the first set of stairs on the staircase
[61:43] toward the final boss and only stop when
[61:46] Ziljan is killed. And last, but
[61:49] definitely not least, you will face
[61:50] Rakul, which is also a rather
[61:53] challenging fight for healers. First,
[61:55] due to death gorged vessel, Rakul will
[61:57] deal a substantial amount of damage to
[61:58] all players every six seconds. This is a
[62:01] passive effect that just happens and has
[62:03] nothing to do with what's happening on
[62:05] the screen. Simply expect this damage to
[62:08] come in at regular intervals. As his
[62:10] first ability, the boss will cast Spirit
[62:12] Breaker on the tank, which is a
[62:14] moderately dangerous tank hit and will
[62:16] spawn a large puddle of goo on the
[62:18] ground. Focus on tank healing when
[62:20] spirit breaker is happening and switch
[62:22] your focus to group healing immediately
[62:24] after. After the first puddle from
[62:26] spirit breaker has spawned, the boss
[62:27] will start casting crush souls,
[62:29] targeting three players in the party
[62:31] with an arrow over their head and then
[62:33] jumping on top of them one by one. Each
[62:35] of these jumps will spawn a soulbind
[62:37] totem which draws one player toward it
[62:39] and deals moderate ticking damage to
[62:41] that player. These totems need to be
[62:43] DPSed down quickly. To facilitate that,
[62:45] the three players targeted by crushed
[62:47] souls should stack up closely together
[62:49] to spawn the totem next to each other so
[62:51] that they can be cleaved down. The main
[62:54] challenge is to not get hit by the jump
[62:55] from crushed souls as it deals
[62:57] substantial damage and can be lethal
[62:59] when combined with a tick from death
[63:01] gorged vessel. To avoid being hit, you
[63:02] want to move laterally while the jump is
[63:04] happening. You will have enough time to
[63:06] move out. You just need to anticipate
[63:07] that the jump is coming and be ready to
[63:10] move. Note that if you are stacked up,
[63:12] you will also have to dodge the jumps
[63:14] targeted at the other two players. The
[63:16] boss will then cycle back into the
[63:17] tankit and another set of totems before
[63:20] casting soul rending roar, which starts
[63:23] the intermission. Now, the fight is
[63:24] quite HPS intensive and can become
[63:26] chaotic when played suboptimally. So,
[63:29] feel free to blow through all of your
[63:30] healing cooldowns before the
[63:31] intermission starts as it will last for
[63:33] 45 seconds and give your cooldowns
[63:36] plenty of time to recover. After souling
[63:38] raw has been cast, you will be
[63:40] transported to the start of the bridge
[63:41] and need to run back to the boss while
[63:43] avoiding getting hit by the small ghosts
[63:45] in your way and CCing or interrupting
[63:47] the large ones. Doing so will grant you
[63:50] a movement speed and damage buff. So,
[63:52] you should CC as many of them as
[63:53] possible. Your group may take
[63:55] substantial damage on your way back to
[63:57] the boss, so you need to watch out for
[63:58] their HP a bit. Upon returning to the
[64:00] boss's platform, contribute to dealing
[64:02] damage to the boss while it's still
[64:03] stunned before getting ready to heal
[64:05] again after the stun ends, which
[64:07] restarts the entire boss sequence, which
[64:09] is then repeated until it is defeated.
[64:12] And last, but definitely not least, we
[64:14] are going to be looking at Nexus Point
[64:16] Zenas, which poses significant healing
[64:18] challenges in the form of many different
[64:20] abilities. Most routes lead into the
[64:22] left wing first. Here you will meet
[64:24] shadow guard defenders casting null
[64:26] sunder on the tank applying a healing
[64:28] absorb. The effect stacks and becomes
[64:31] very dangerous very quickly if stacks
[64:32] get too high. Therefore, you really want
[64:34] to be on top of tank healing and
[64:36] immediately heal off the healing absorb
[64:38] from no thunder on the tank before it
[64:40] begins stacking. If you fail to do that,
[64:41] the situation can become unhealable.
[64:44] Moreover, flux engineers cast
[64:46] suppression field on players, dealing
[64:48] high ticking damage to the player and
[64:49] anyone else standing in the circle.
[64:51] Also, if that player moves, they'll take
[64:53] additional damage from moving. Thus, if
[64:55] you're targeted by suppression field,
[64:57] try standing still. Although, of course,
[64:58] you'll still have to dodge the void
[65:00] zones on the ground. The best solution,
[65:02] however, is to dispel suppression field
[65:04] using a snare removal effect, such as
[65:06] blessing of freedom or shapeshift, uh,
[65:08] in which case the ability is negated
[65:10] entirely. Inviting a paladin can help
[65:13] deal with this mechanic as well. When a
[65:15] flux engineer dies, he will spawn a bomb
[65:17] on the ground that casts core spark
[65:19] overload and must be destroyed before
[65:21] the cast goes off. If a bomb does go
[65:23] off, it can be healable, but the damage
[65:25] is extremely high. So, be prepared to
[65:28] blow through all of your cooldowns. You
[65:30] will also fight some corride archists
[65:32] who cast transference, which is a
[65:34] healing redirect that transfers healing
[65:36] from your target onto the enemy mobs and
[65:38] should be dispelled. Archinists also
[65:40] channel Arcane Explosion, which deals
[65:42] high damage to all players and must be
[65:45] interrupted quickly. The hardest hitting
[65:47] mobs in this area are the circuit seers,
[65:49] who cast arcing mana, which is a nasty
[65:52] groupwide damage effect that needs to be
[65:53] healed. They also cast circuit sense,
[65:56] activating nearby mana batteries and
[65:58] causing them to begin casting core spark
[66:00] overload, the same mechanic that happens
[66:02] when the engineers die. DPS players need
[66:04] to kill these batteries before they
[66:06] explode. The first boss is Cass. He will
[66:09] make pink energy lines traverse the room
[66:11] from one side of the other and standing
[66:12] in these lines will kill you. You can
[66:14] see them spawning before they take
[66:16] effect. So make sure to move away before
[66:18] they appear. As a healer, you generally
[66:19] want to stack with the rest of the group
[66:20] here as players will occasionally be
[66:22] targeted by flux collapse and leave void
[66:24] zones on the ground which act as space
[66:26] denial for the remainder of the fight.
[66:28] Stacking prevents the entire room from
[66:30] being good up and makes it easier for
[66:32] the tank to navigate the boss's
[66:33] positioning. Ever so often, a player
[66:34] will be targeted by reflux charge. When
[66:37] reflux charge is applied, the energy
[66:38] lines will turn blue, and the player
[66:40] with reflux charge needs to move into
[66:42] them to make them go away. Generally,
[66:44] you want to move into intersections
[66:46] where many lines cross to clear multiple
[66:48] of them at the same time. In later
[66:50] stages of the fight, it can happen that
[66:51] a player must stand in a void zone while
[66:54] clearing lines, which will require you
[66:56] to give them externals and focus your
[66:58] healing on them a lot. Casreth also has
[67:00] a major healing check in core spark
[67:02] detonation. Here he will throw a bomb on
[67:04] the ground applying a massive healing
[67:05] absorb to all players and dealing damage
[67:07] to them until it is healed off. Ramp up
[67:09] your healing before the cob spark
[67:10] detonation hits and then blow your
[67:12] cooldowns to get rid of it. At most key
[67:14] levels, you'll have to play cob spark
[67:16] detonation twice, perhaps three times,
[67:19] so space your cooldowns out accordingly.
[67:21] Note also that when cobbark detonation
[67:23] comes down, you'll be knocked back and
[67:25] need to avoid getting knocked into a
[67:26] puddle or worse an energy line. The
[67:28] right wing of the dungeon is slightly
[67:30] less dangerous than the left one, but
[67:32] also on the dangerous side as far as
[67:34] trash is concerned. Dusk fright heralds
[67:36] channel entropic leech at individual
[67:38] players, which is a healing absorb that
[67:39] also deals very high ticking damage. The
[67:41] spell is very dangerous and you have to
[67:43] do some major single target healing to
[67:45] power through it. The heralds also cast
[67:47] dark beckoning, dealing blow to moderate
[67:49] pulsing damage to the entire group while
[67:50] also spawning little void walker ads
[67:52] that move outward and away from the mob.
[67:54] Getting hit by any of these ads will
[67:56] likely kill you. As a healer, it's
[67:58] therefore a good idea to stand at range
[68:00] to reduce the chances that a lapse of
[68:02] judgment or concentration will let you
[68:04] get hit. Unless, of course, you're a
[68:05] monk, in which case better focus up. The
[68:08] ad spawning is telegraphed, but in the
[68:10] sea of purple, their path is sometimes
[68:12] difficult to see. A second noteworthy
[68:14] enemy in this section of the dungeon is
[68:15] the no sentinel, who casts dread bellow,
[68:18] which deals moderate to high groupwide
[68:20] damage for 12 seconds. Grand nullifiers
[68:22] cast nullify of course which will
[68:25] oneshot players at higher key levels so
[68:27] the cast must be interrupted. Finally,
[68:29] don't stand in front of a dread flare as
[68:31] they have a frontal attack in void lash
[68:33] and you may get fixated and need to run
[68:35] away when targeted by flail storm. The
[68:37] second boss is also a bit of a puck
[68:38] stomper in my experience. He will target
[68:40] two players with eclipsing step dealing
[68:42] moderate damage and he will also
[68:44] regularly spawn one dread flare and two
[68:46] nullifiers that need to be killed. While
[68:48] the ads are alive, tank damage can be
[68:50] substantial, so be on the lookout for
[68:52] that. The boss will rotate into an
[68:54] intermission phase where a ray of light
[68:56] spawns. As soon as the ray of light is
[68:58] fully channeling, move into it to
[68:59] enhance your healing by 30% and your
[69:01] damage dealt by 300% via light scar
[69:04] flare. This phase is quite dangerous and
[69:06] you should be prepared to use your
[69:07] healing cooldowns here as light scar
[69:09] flare deals very high ticking damage to
[69:11] your party. if you can squeeze in a
[69:13] little bit of boss damage as it is
[69:15] greatly amplified. The light scar flare
[69:17] phase is especially dangerous if the
[69:18] dread flail is still alive as he casts a
[69:20] frontal attack that might kill you if
[69:22] you are standing too close. As a general
[69:24] rule, whenever there's ad still alive, I
[69:26] position myself at the end of the ray of
[69:28] light to ensure that I cannot get hit by
[69:30] any frontals. Bloodlust should be used
[69:32] during this phase. After the light flare
[69:34] ends, the boss will repeat the same
[69:35] spell sequences until she is defeated.
[69:37] Back in the center of the dungeon, after
[69:39] charging the console, you'll now move
[69:40] across the bridge, fighting lingering
[69:42] images, some fixating bats, and holy
[69:45] elementals. While you're still on the
[69:46] bridge, be wary of the lingering images
[69:48] luciferin flare, which is a frontal cone
[69:51] tag that needs to be dodged. However,
[69:53] dodging it can be difficult on the
[69:54] bridge, so you should either stay close
[69:56] to the mob at all times or be far enough
[69:58] away to outrange the frontal. The
[70:00] fixating bats are generally not very
[70:02] dangerous if you don't let them get near
[70:04] you. However, if they do, the damage is
[70:06] manageable. The holy elementals though
[70:08] are quite dangerous as they apply
[70:09] burning radiance to players dealing very
[70:11] high single target ticking damage. The
[70:13] spell can be dispelled but there are
[70:14] significantly more dots going out than
[70:16] you can dispel. So you will need to do
[70:18] some major priority healing. Also be
[70:20] vigilant when a player is targeted by
[70:22] burning radiance and blistering smite at
[70:24] the same time as they will tick down
[70:26] rapidly. The endos lraxraion is not
[70:29] particularly difficult for healers. His
[70:31] only meaningful damage ability is
[70:33] brilliant dispersion, dealing damage to
[70:35] three targets via an initial hit and
[70:37] some damage over time. Simply ramp up
[70:38] your healing slightly before it goes
[70:40] out, whereas you don't need to do much
[70:41] healing for the rest of the fight,
[70:43] except for some tank healing. In the
[70:45] intermission, the real Lothraxian needs
[70:47] to be interrupted to end the
[70:48] intermission phase. The real Lothraian
[70:50] is the one without horns on his head.
[70:52] I've seen in another guide that throwing
[70:54] a snowball at Lothraxion right before he
[70:56] splits into the intermission will make
[70:57] the snowball fly to the correct target.
[71:00] But as a healer, you don't need to
[71:02] bother with that so much as only shamans
[71:04] will have an interrupt to make use of
[71:06] this information. If the wrongion is
[71:08] interrupted in the intermission, the
[71:09] entire party is affected by core
[71:11] exposure, dealing heavy groupwide damage
[71:13] and increasing holy damage taken by 20%
[71:15] for 1 minute. If you can hold a healing
[71:17] cooldown for the unlikely case that your
[71:18] party fails the interrupt mechanic, and
[71:20] you will need to heal through core
[71:22] exposure. Now, Midnight Season 1 packs a
[71:24] number of interesting healing
[71:25] challenges, but if you've made it
[71:26] through the video, you should now be
[71:28] ready to meet them headon. If you're
[71:30] interested in seeing healer gameplay in
[71:32] the dungeons in action, check out my
[71:33] gameplay commentary video here. Like the
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