Raids

• Vault of the Incarnates

Introduction

This guide was made possible by:

• Altenna (Discord: JudgeJames#0001 | Twitch | Twitter)
• Amani (Discord: Amani#0001 | Discord Server (RU) | Twitch)
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• Elivrio (Discord: Elivrio#1450, in-game : Tyrindra-Ysondre)
• Eokira (Discord: Eokira#7823)
• Gaka (Discord: Gaka#7410)
• HawkCorrigan (Discord: HawkCorrigan#1811)
• Kaldeak (Discord: Kaldeak#1394)
• Sheffy (Discord: Sheffy#4928 | Twitch | Twitter)

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.

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Miscellaneous Tips

• Recommendations that include Icefury are written with the assumption that you have access to Frost Shock, the same applies to Liquid Magma Totem, Totemic Recall and Call of the Elements.

• The final boss (Raszageth) was 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 Spiritwalker’s Grace, Gust of Wind and instant casts as much as you can for movement heavy encounters.

• Always remember that you can increase your maximum health by an additional 15 % and the uptime of Primordial Bond by using Earth Elemental provided it does not interfere with your Primal Fire/Storm Elemental usage when Primal Elementalist is talented which also gives access to an additional single target stun (Pulverize).

• Recall that Stampeding Roar is now more potent than Wind Rush Totem. Depending on your raid comp, it may be better to spend that talent point somewhere else.

• Additional Resources:

  • Warcraft Logs
  • Vault of the Incarnates Loot Overview

Bosses

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Eranog

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target with AoE

Talents:

Damage:

• Maintain Flame Shock on multiple targets.
• Use Stormkeeper when Flamescale Tarasek are spawning, consider having a Surge of Power buff active!
• Prioritize killing Flamescale Captain (Mythic) during Phase 1 and Primal Flame during Phase 2.
• Use Spiritwalker’s Grace and Gust of Wind to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Flamerift.

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift and healing consumables as required whenever you accumulate more stacks of Incinerating Roar.
• Use Healing Surge if necessary.

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Pyroblast from Flamescale Captain (Mythic).
• Use Thunderstorm if necessary to keep distance when chased by Kill Order from Flamescale Tarasek.
• Use Capacitor Totem and Earthbind Totem to keep Flamescale Tarasek stacked as soon as they spawn.

PTR PoVs:

• Amani: Heroic | Mythic

Terros

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target

Talents:

Damage:

• There are no phases or timings that require you to plan your cooldowns around.
• Use Spiritwalker’s Grace and Gust of Wind to maintain uptime whilst repositioning for either Rock Blast or Infused Fallout (Mythic).
• Preemptive movement is very important. Many abilities demand you to move quickly in a certain direction so optimizing your positioning in advance will give you the opportunity to use Gust of Wind for more difficult situations.

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift and healing consumables as required whenever you accumulate more stacks of Seismic Assault.
• If talented, keep Earth Shield up, use it as a movement filler throughout the fight.
• Use Healing Surge if necessary.

Utilities:

• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid repositioning for Rock Blast.

Added Notes:

• Both Spiritwalker’s Grace and Gust of Wind are not necessarly needed for Resonating Annihilation since Demonic Gateway will be ready for it.

PTR PoVs:

• Amani: Heroic

The Primal Council

Boss Fight Profile: AoE

Talents:

Damage:

• Maintain Flame Shock on all targets to utilize Splintered Elements, Magma Chamber and Skybreaker’s Fiery Demise.
• There are no phases or timings that require you to plan your cooldowns around.
• Use Spiritwalker’s Grace and Gust of Wind to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Primal Blizzard

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift and healing consumables as required for overlaps of Meteor Axe and Conductive Mark.
• If talented, keep Earth Shield up, use it as a movement filler throughout the fight.
• Use Healing Surge if necessary.

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Frost Spike from Kadros Icewrath and Lightning Bolt from Dathea Stormlash.
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid dealing with Meteor Axe and Conductive Mark.

Sennarth, The Cold Breath

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target, with priority target focus

Talents:

Damage:

• Always focus down Frostbreath Arachnids as fast as possible to limit the damage income by Chilling Aura.
• Use Spiritwalker’s Grace and Gust of Wind to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Gossamer Burst and other movement heavy portions of the fight.

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift and healing consumables as required whenever Frostbreath Arachnids are up to mitigate overlaps of Chilling Blast and Chilling Aura.
• Use Stoneskin Totem for Gossamer Burst.
• Use Healing Surge if necessary.

Utilities:

• Use Capacitor Totem and Thunderstorm to gather and stun Caustic Spiderlings if necessary.
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid repositioning during intermissions.

Dathea, Ascended

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target, with spread Cleave and AoE

Talents:

Damage:

• Use Stormkeeper optimally with Surge of Power active to burst down Thunder Caller.
• Use Spiritwalker’s Grace and Gust of Wind to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Conductive Mark and Cyclone.

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift and healing consumables as required for Conductive Mark and Cyclone.
• Use Healing Surge if necessary.

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Diverted Essence from Volatile Infuser and Storm Bolt from Thunder Caller.
• Use Capacitor Totem and Thunderstorm to gather and stun Thunder Caller if necessary.
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid dealing with Cyclone.

Added Notes:

• Gust of Wind can also be used to jump back to the boss after dealing with the adds on the platforms.

PTR PoVs:

• Amani: Heroic

Kurog Grimtotem

Boss Fight Profile: Priority-Target-Cleave, occasional AoE

Talents:

Damage:

• If talented, use Stormkeeper when Earth Breakers are spawning.
• Focus down Flamewrought Eradicator (Mythic), Frostwrought Dominator (Mythic), Earthwrought Smasher (Mythic) and Stormwrought Despoiler (Mythic) whenever they are active.
• Use Spiritwalker’s Grace and Gust of Wind to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Searing Carnage (Mythic) and Thunder Strike.

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift and healing consumables as required whenever Kurog Grimtotem accumulates high stacks of either Flame Dominance, Frost Dominance, Earth Dominance or Storm Dominance in combination with other abilities, when soaking Thunder Strike or when targeted by Lethal Current.
• Use Healing Surge if necessary.

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Frost Binds from Frozen Destroyer and Flame Bolt from Smoldering Hellion.
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid repositioning whenever you are switching altars.

PTR PoVs:

• Amani: Heroic

Broodkeeper Diurna

Boss Fight Profile: Single-Target or AoE, depending on assignment

Talents for boss damage:

Talents for Adds damage:

Damage:

• Use Stormkeeper to burst down add waves during Phase 1.
• Focus down Juvenile Frost Proto-Dragon whenever they are active.
• Use Spiritwalker’s Grace and Gust of Wind to maintain uptime whilst targeted by Empowered Greatstaff’s Wrath.

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift and healing consumables as required for overlaps of Chilling Tantrum, Icy Shroud and potentially Clutchwatcher’s Rage.
• If talented, keep Earth Shield up, use it as a movement filler throughout the fight.
• Use Healing Surge if necessary.

Utilities:

• Use Wind Shear to interrupt Ice Barrage from Primalist Mage and Static Jolt from Drakonid Stormbringer.
• Use Capacitor Totem and Thunderstorm to gather and stun adds waves if necessary.
• Use Spirit Walk to free yourself from Frozen Shroud.
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid reposition when new add waves are about to spawn.

PTR PoVs:

• Amani: Heroic

Raszageth, the Storm-Eater

Boss fight profile: Single Target, occasional Burst and AoE

Talents:

Damage:

• During intermissions, use Stormkeeper and Liquid Magma Totem to burst the adds.
• In P2, keep offensive CDs for Stormsurge, notably Stormkeeper.
• Use Spiritwalker’s Grace to maintain uptime whilst dealing with Static Charge (P1 bomb) and Fulminating Charge (P2 & P3 Bomb).

Defensives:

• Use Astral Shift, or even Refreshing Healing Potion and Healthstone if needed, when away from the raid to drop Static Charge (P1 bomb) and Fulminating Charge (P2 & P3 bomb).
• Use Healing Surge if necessary.
• If talented, use Ancestral Guidance to help healers, notably during Stormsurge (P2).

Utilities:

• Use Capacitor Totem, Thunderstorm, Wind Shear and Purge to destroy Volatile Spark rapidly.
• In P2, Thunderous Paws dispels Fulminating Charge slow, allowing you to quickly move out. Try to not use Ghost Wolf during P2 and P3, except if you get that debuff.
• In P2, Demonic Gateway can be used to trivialize the 1st and the 4th Tempest Wing. Remember to buy Gateway Control Shard in Valdrakken.
• In P2 and P3, use Gust of Wind to rapidly go through Tempest Wing.
• If talented, use Wind Rush Totem to help your raid repositioning during intermissions, Hurricane Wing (P1) and Tempest Wing (P2 & P3).
• Bloodlust/Heroism usage :
  • During Normal and Heroic progress, consider using it on the 2nd Stormsurge shield in P2.
  • If your fight is longer than 10 minutes, use Bloodlust/Heroism on pull and whenever available in P3.
  • Otherwise, use it on the 2nd Stormsurge shield in P2 (preferred) or on pull (fire and forget).

How to deal with Hurricane Wing in Mythic

In mythic mode, Static Charge does not drop a thunder pool that can be used to counter the push back of Hurricane Wing. It means that you need to counter the winds yourself. Here is a way to counter the mechanic.
Note: Gust of Wind is best used once the wind is over to quickly come back into melee range or even to jump back onto the platform.

1. Spiritwalker’s Grace before, Gust of Wind after.
2. Demonic Gateway during, Gust of Wind after.
3. • With an Evoker’s Time Spiral: Spiritwalker’s Grace before, Ghost Wolf if needed during, Gust of Wind after.
   • Without Time Spiral: Ghost Wolf before, Gust of Wind after.
4. Spiritwalker’s Grace and Ghost Wolf before, Gust of Wind after.
5. Ghost Wolf before, Demonic Gateway during, Gust of Wind after.

Of course, this is just a way to do it. Feel free to experiment with your movement CDs to find the most suitable way to beat it.