Introduction

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The tips and recommendations listed here are based on educated opinions from PTR raid testing and reviewing logs and videos, so strategies can change as we develop a better understanding of each fight or as the spec and bosses are tuned. If you have any disagreements, feedback, or questions, please feel welcome to reach out to the team.

Miscellaneous Tips

• Recommendations on Single-Target profile bosses may include Icefury, this only applies if you do not have an active 4-piece bonus so will impact your choices on early progression only.

• Talent recommendations cover either with or without T28: Fireheart 4p, for advice specific to T28: Fireheart 2p see Surge of Power indepth discussion on our Talents page.

• The final three bosses (Lords of Dread, Rygelon, and The Jailer, Zovaal) were not tested on PTR so no footage for those bosses exists.

• GCDs spent on healing and utilities are GCDs not spent on damage, but both are necessary to down a raid boss. Find the balance to optimize your contributions to your raid team.

• Time spent in Ghost Wolf is time spent not doing damage. Practice proactive movement and utilize and instant casts as much as you can for movement heavy encounters.

• When talenting Primal Elementalist, always remember that you have an additional defensive (Harden Skin) and single target stun (Pulverize) through Earth Elemental.

• Recall that Stampeding Roar is now a baseline Druid ability. Depending on your raid comp, it may not be necessary to talent Wind Rush Totem.

• Additional Resources: - Warcraft Logs - Sepulcher of the First Ones Loot Table

Bosses

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Vigilant Guardian

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target with Cleave/AoE

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast or Aftershock
• 30: Spirit Wolf or Earth Shield
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem or Ancestral Guidance
• 45: Icefury
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast or Aftershock
• 30: Spirit Wolf or Earth Shield
• 35: Master of the Elements or Storm Elemental
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem or Ancestral Guidance
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper

Recommended Covenant:

• Night Fae with Dreamweaver or Korayn to capitalise on

Recommended Legendaries:

• If your group is able to kill Adds sufficiently fast in Normal or Heroic difficulty, you may find more value focussing on Single Target.

Damage

• Maintain Flame Shock on multiple targets
• Use Stormkeeper when Volatile Materium are spawning, consider having a buff active!
• Use to help reposition before Exposed Core!

Defensives:

• Use cooldowns as necessary throughout the fight, ensuring at least Astral Shift is available for Core Overload once the boss reaches 15%.
• If required, consider using Earth Elemental with Harden Skin. This may feel worse with an active 4-piece bonus but dying is worse.
• Depending on your group composition and positioning your group may not need Wind Rush Totem, in which case take Nature’s Guardian.

Utilities:

• Using Wind Shear to interrupt Point Defense Drone
• Using Thunderstorm to help position Adds when necessary
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid reposition before Exposed Core
• If talented, use Ancestral Guidance to help with incoming damage during Add spawns

PTR PoVs:

• Sheffy: Heroic

Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf or Earth Shield
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Icefury
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf or Earth Shield
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper or Ascendance

Recommended Covenant:

• Night Fae with Dreamweaver
• Necrolord with Plague-Deviser Marileth

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Use to maintain uptime while avoiding Retch or when repositioning for Ravening Burrow
• You can continue using instant-cast abilities whilst airborne from Ravening Burrow!

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift and healing consumables as required to deal with additional stacks of Ephemera Dust.
• Consider using Earth Elemental as an additional defensive with Icefury talented, or as required if using Primal Elementalist talented when 4-piece is active.

Utilities:

• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid avoid Retch

PTR PoVs:

• Sheffy: Heroic | Mythic

Artificer Xy'mox

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target with AoE

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast ( or Aftershock for Add damage )
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements (or Storm Elemental for Add damage )
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Icefury
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast ( or Aftershock for Add damage )
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Primal Elementalist (or Storm Elemental for Add damage )
• 50: Stormkeeper

Recommended Covenant:

• Night Fae with Dreamweaver or Korayn to capitalise on

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Focus down Xy Acolytes as fast as possible to prevent Hyperlight Ascension
• Use Stormkeeper when Xy Acolytes and Xy Spellslingers are spawning, consider having a buff active!
• Use to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Genesis Rings!

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift as needed when Gylph of Relocation is about to explode
• Consider using Earth Elemental as necessary for Vital Accretion or Harden Skin

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Debilitating Ray from Xy Spellslingers
• Use Thunderstorm to position Xy Acolytes and Xy Spellslingers if necessary
• Use Capacitor Totem to stun Xy Acolytes and Xy Spellslingers
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid avoid Genesis Rings

Added Notes:

• Position yourself accordingly whenever Glyph of Relocation is about to expire, so that a Dimensional Tear is between you and the exploding tank. This allows you to minimize the distance moved.

PTR PoVs:

• Sheffy: Heroic

Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target, with limited Cleave/Funnel

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Icefury
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper or Ascendance

Recommended Covenant:

• Night Fae with Dreamweaver

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Domination Cores can be played in more than one way from an Elemental perspective: - Maintain Flame Shock on both Dausegne and Domination Core, focus single-target damage into Domination Core - Maintain Flame Shock on both Dausegne and Domination Core, focus single-target damage into Dausegne - Maintain Flame Shock on both Dausegne and Domination Core, use Earthquake instead of Earth Shock and focus either Domination Core or Dausegne - Recommendation? Be sensible. For progression purposes it is important that Domination Cores die quickly because of Encroaching Dominion pools they spawn every 6 seconds whilst still alive, every group is different so your needs may vary but the priority should be to do what is necessary to kill the Domination Cores quickly and efficiently.
• Use to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Disintegration Halo
• Pool resources when Dausegne is about to cast Siphon Reservoir!

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift as needed when Staggering Barrage, Disintegration Halo or Inevitable Dominion happen
• Consider using Earth Elemental as necessary for Vital Accretion or Harden Skin
• Soulshape is useful for dealing with Disintegration Halo overlaps when playing as Night Fae

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Domination Bolt from Domination Core
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid deal with Disintegration Halo overlaps.

PTR PoVs:

• Sheffy: Heroic | Mythic

Prototype Pantheon

Boss Fight Profile: Cleave with spread priority Add spawn

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast or Aftershock
• 30: Spirit Wolf or Earth Shield
• 35: Master of the Elements or Storm Elemental
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Icefury or Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast or Aftershock
• 30: Spirit Wolf or Earth Shield
• 35: Storm Elemental or Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper or Ascendance

Recommended Covenant:

• Necrolord with Plague Deviser Marileth, is very effective for focusing Necrotic Ritualists
• Night Fae with Dreamweaver

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Focusing Necrotic Rituatlists is very important, maintain Flame Shock on as many targets whilst focusing one Necrotic Ritualist down (consider positioning for this purpose)
• Use to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Windswept Wings and Hand of Destruction

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift (and Fleshcraft if Necrolord) as needed for Windswept Wings
• Consider using Earth Elemental as necessary for Vital Accretion or Harden Skin

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Gloom Bolt from Prototype of War and Anima Bolt from Protoype of Renewal
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid deal with Windswept Wings and Hand of Destruction

PTR PoVs:

• Sheffy: Heroic

Lihuvim, Principal Architech

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target with Cleave / AoE

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Icefury
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast ( or Aftershock for Add damage }}
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements ( or Storm Elemental for Add damage }}
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper

Recommended Covenant:

• Night Fae with Korayn for
• Necrolord with Plague-Deviser Marileth

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Pool resources when Lihuvim is close to 100 energy to prepare for Synthesize
• Focusing down Degeneration Automa, Acquisitions Automa, Guardian Automa, Defense Matrix Automa is the highest priority when they are active
• Use to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Manifest Mote and Deconstruction Blast

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift as needed for Cosmic Shift or Deconstruction Blast
• Consider using Earth Elemental as necessary for Vital Accretion or Harden Skin

Utilities:

• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid reposition quickly for Synthesize

PTR PoVs:

• Sheffy: Heroic

Halondrus the Reclaimer

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Icefury
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf or Earth Shield
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Nature’s Guardian or Wind Rush Totem
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper or Ascendance

Recommended Covenant:

• Night Fae with Dreamweaver (consider Niya if you would otherwise have poor uptime and/or delay Fae Transfusion in order to facilitate uptime)
• Necrolord with Plague Deviser Marileth (less reliant on static positioning, additional defensive never hurts!)

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Make use of Elemental’s frequent instant cast abilities to deal with movement caused by Earthbreaker Missiles and Aftershock
• is important to use during Intermissions, and if time allows, during Phase 3.

Defensives:

• Using Astral Shift during Reclaim, and during Phase 3.
• Earth Shield does a lot of healing on this fight, and is no issue to recast due to movement required in all phases.

Utilities:

• Wind Rush Totem is exceptionally useful when placed going into Intermission phases

PTR PoVs:

• Remember: this footage is from before rework!
• Sheffy: Heroic

Anduin Wrynn

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target with Cleave / AoE

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast or Aftershock
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Storm Elemental or Master of the Elements
• 40: Wind Rush Totem or Ancestral Guidance
• 45: Icefury or Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast (or Aftershock for Add damage / you plan to use Storm Elemental)
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Storm Elemental or Master of the Elements
• 40: Wind Rush Totem or Ancestral Guidance
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper

Recommended Covenant:

• Night Fae with Korayn

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Use to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Blasphemy
• Pool resources, including Stormkeeper, for the Intermission phase

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift as needed for Befouled Barrier or Hopebreaker

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Psychic Terror from Grim Reflections
• Use Tremor Totem before Psychic Terror cast finishes if it would finish
• Use Fae Transfusion to assist with breaking Befouled Barrier
• Use Capacitor Totem to assist with controlling Adds
• If talented, use Ancestral Guidance with Stormkeeper for maximum effect

PTR PoVs:

• Sheffy: Heroic

Lords of Dread

Boss Fight Profile: Two target Cleave with Single Add spawn

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Storm Elemental or Master of the Elements
• 40: Wind Rush Totem or Nature’s Guardian
• 45: Icefury or Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast or Aftershock
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Wind Rush Totem or Nature’s Guardian
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper or Ascendance

Recommended Covenant:

• Necrolord with Plague-Deviser Marileth
• Night Fae with Dreamweaver

Recommended Legendaries:

• despite the RNG nature of this Legendary effect it plays well into the low target counts offered by the fight so on average should provide the most value
• You may consider this if you dislike the RNG nature of

Damage

• Maintain Flame Shock on both bosses.
• Prepare for Unto Darkness when Malganis is nearing 100 Energy by getting an buff active if it is equipped
• All damage is now increased by Unto Darkness meaning no special rules apply to how you would use abilities in this phase, normal 2 target priority is used (3 targets when Inchoate Shadow Add is gripped in)

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift during Unto Darkness, it should not be necessary to use defensives to deal with Cloud of Carrion if stacks are spread appropriately

Utilities:

• Tremor Totem can be used to remove Bursting Dread Fears in the event of a mistake. Be particularly mindful if your healers make this mistake, as it will typically be healers that dispel the fear from others! Can also be useful to clear Unsettling Dreams
• Wind Shear is excellent for the Inchoate Shadow Add but remember do not interrupt the casts until the Add has reached 100% hp and their buff is removed, doing so will cause more raid damage overall via Ravenous Hunger
• Thunderstorm can be used to knock the Inchoate Shadow Add into the bosses to more efficiently cleave it down.

Rygelon

Boss Fight Profile: Single Target with Priority Adds

Talents:

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Storm Elemental or Master of the Elements
• 40: Wind Rush Totem or Nature’s Guardian
• 45: Icefury or Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast or Aftershock
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Wind Rush Totem or Nature’s Guardian
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper or Ascendance

Recommended Covenant:

• Necrolord with Plague-Deviser Marileth
• Night Fae with Dreamweaver or Korayn for

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Swap to Collapsing Quasar Orbs and ensure they die before reaching the boss. Pooling resources is important if your group is struggling with this!
• Maintain multiple Flame Shock using Unstable Matter Orbs but do not focus them until the boss is about to start casting Massive Bang

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift as needed with Dark Eclipse, ideally use it before stepping into a Collapsing Quasar Field so it also covers the Dark Collapse. Don’t forget you need to move out of the raid before this goes off!

Utilities:

• Wind Rush Totem is very useful to help your group position for Massive Bang, as you need to be stood in the zones left by Burned Out Unstable Matter in order to avoid lethal damage.
• Earthbind Totem is very useful to slow Collapsing Quasar Orbs.

The Jailer, Zovaal

Boss Fight Profile: Single Target

Talents:

Talents without T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Storm Elemental or Master of the Elements
• 40: Wind Rush Totem or Nature’s Guardian
• 45: Icefury or Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper

Talents with T28: Fireheart 4p:

• 15: Echo of the Elements
• 25: Elemental Blast
• 30: Spirit Wolf
• 35: Master of the Elements
• 40: Wind Rush Totem or Nature’s Guardian
• 45: Primal Elementalist
• 50: Stormkeeper or Ascendance

Recommended Covenant:

• Night Fae with Dreamweaver (consider Niya if you would otherwise have poor uptime and/or delay Fae Transfusion in order to facilitate uptime)
• Necrolord with Plague-Deviser Marileth

Recommended Legendaries:

Damage

• Pool resources to help break Rune of Compulsion Mind Control.

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift as needed for soaking Martyrdom’s final blow with your tank or Desolation

Utilities:

• Wind Rush Totem is very useful to help your group avoid Oppression
• Tremor Totem can be used to break your own Mind Control by placing Tremor Totem when you are targeted by Rune of Compulsion, it does not remove Mind Control from your allies and you cannot cast Tremor Totem during the Mind Control itself.

Additional Notes:

• You can use the knock-up portion of Rune of Damnation to reposition depending on which way you face when stepping into the Pylon Conduit, it will push you the opposite way from where you are facing.