DPS Raid Guide - LfR (Looking for Raid) Essentials - MoP

Par Tequima Dernière mise à jour : 11/10/2022 Changelog Patch : 5.4.0

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Dogs: Hit the Big Ones

Statues: AoE. Stay out of stuff on ground. If chained, RUN to your partner before they/you die.

Feng the Accursed

Phase 1: Stand in middle, 6 yards apart. In Epicentre, run to centre

Phase 2: Ranged stand in middle. If you get Wildfire Spark run to the side (entrance or exit). Melee on Draw Flame use damage reduction CD.

Phase 3: If you get Resonance RUN AWAY from raid. If not, on Velocity, stack under boss's legs.

Gara'jal the Spiritbinder

Adds: Stand away from bombs on floor - they AoE radiating out in an 8 point star shape. If a big troll targets you run. Stay out of their path. Ranged take down flying ones

Boss: DPS. Save damage reduction cooldowns for last 20%. If you click on totem, DoT the adds inside and kill as many as possible.

Part 2 - The Vault of Mysteries - iLevel 460The Spirit Kings

Qiang the Merciless: Stack in front, run through legs on Annihilate. Move from line of soldiers crossing room for Flanking Orders

Meng the Demented: Stay 8 yards apart. Stack on tank for Maddening Shout. AoE NO DOTS. Spread / Move out from red circle of Pillage.

Zian of the Endless Shadow: Ranged stay 8 yards apart. Melee interrupt. RUN to edge of room to kill and drop Undying Shadows.

Subetai the Swift: Ranged stay 8 yards apart. Move out of way of 2nd and 3rd Volley. Kill arrows if anyone pinned by Rain of Arrows.

Elegon

Phase 1: Melee, 2 people stay near boss ALL the time. Ranged stand just inside edge of outer circle, spread out near each one of the pillars EXCEPT in front of the boss. Make sure you are inside when the add (dragged outside by tank at 20% health) dies from Total Annihiliation

Phase 2: Spread out so at least one person is near each of the 6 pillars. DPS orbs before they reach pillars. DPS boss. Repeat until someone misses. RUN to ledge before floor despawns.

Phase 3: MOVE from white circles. DPS pillars. When all down, RUN to console to enable tank to get aggro on adds. DPS them.

Repeat above 1-2 times depending on damage done to boss, until Phase 4 starts.

Ranged stand just inside outer circle, melee max range. DPS boss using all available survival CD to do extra damage/prevent damage to you.

Will of the Emperor

Phase 1, Ranged: stack in centre. Kill priority: Courage before they reach & stun tank; dodge Strength circle on floor; cc Rages.

Phase 2: STACK in centre for heals. Kill remaining adds. Save CDs for boss.

All phases, Melee: stand with MT near stairs. Move to L or R from Devastating Arc. Move 12 yards back from Stomp. Bonus DPS if dodge 5 in a row: extra action button Opportunistic Strike

Heart of FearPart 1 - The Dread Approach - iLevel 470 Imperial Vizier Zor'lok

Run to the platform the boss is on. Gas in centre will kill you.

Right platform: when he casts Force and Verve stack under the yellow bubble.

Left platform: Attenuation spirals out clockwise or anticlockwise. Move right or left according to the the DBM arrow to dodge.

Centre platform: cc and dps to half health - NO DoTS - the players affected by Convert

Phase 4: gas goes and move to centre ring. He does all 3 abilities in random order but with more damage. Use heroism.

Blade Lord Ta'yak

Phase 1: Spread 8 yards apart; Move out slightly from whirlwinds; On Unseen Strike STACK on the target; Spread

Phase 2: Run to end of room, moving in snake shape to avoid the whirlwinds, use self-heals; DPS boss from side. Repeat.

Garalon

Unless you are the designated kiter to lay the Pheremone Trail, do NOT be the first to run in (warriors/rogues take note). DO stand at bottom of stairs.

NEVER stand in the purple circle under the boss (rogues, no Killing Spree, sorry) as will cause serious raid Crush damage.

Melee: DPS legs. Ranged: help melee if struggling, DPS boss. Move in a clockwise circle as a group, with the healers, to avoid frontal cone of Furious Swipe.

Heart of Fear - Part 2 - Nightmare of Shek'zeer - iLevel 470Wind Lord Mel'jarak

Phase 1: Only the designated 4 adds should be CC'd using Impaling Spear otherwise ALL the CCs will break. Spread 6 yards apart. Break healers etc out of amber shells. RUN to outside if you have Corrosive Resin. Interrupt Mending.

Phase 2: MOVE out from Wind Bomb. Move out of the way of Whirling Blades. Use damage prevention CD on Rain of Blades. Use heroism.

Amber-Shaper Un'sok

DPS amber shaper. Kill yellow blobs. DPS converted tank to 20% health. If converted, use button 1 to hit boss, button 2 to control explosion. Amber scalpel = RUN away from raid

Switch to monstrosity. When dead, head to centre. If you have expolosion and button 2 does not work, RUN from raid.

Grand Empress Shek'zeer

Phase 1 & 3: DPS empress. If you have debuff run in and out of ONE circle to explode it.

Phase 2: Turn adds from raid, RUN if fixated. DPS the add that is pulled out.

Last Phase: DPS empress. Run from cone on ground or you will be feared.

Terrace of Endless SpringProtectors of the Endless

Target the MT (Main Tank) and type /focus target. Hit the one he is hitting. If you have lightning on you RUN from raid (esp. if melee). DPS adds that appear.

Phase 2 & 3. Ranged, move closer to bosses. When lightning ring is on the ground, melee move out. When it spreads, ranged step in.

When dead, move from centre to avoid pulling next boss

Tsulong

Phase 1: DPS boss. Ranged/heals stand in sunlight. Melee run in to drop stacks at 9. Tank slightly away & swap & drop debuff at 9

Phase 2: Heal boss. Ranged: Slow/kill adds coming to damage boss. Melee on big add & spawns.

On trash after boss, interrupt the respawn.

Lei Shi

Never stand in front of Splash. On "Go Away" use survival cd and RUN to boss. On "Hide" use AoE (Arcane Blast, DnD etc) in water. Focus AoE on the water column. When 3 adds come up & boss immune, WAIT for tank to mark add

Sha of Fear

Melee: prio is adds outside the safety zone. Before "Breathe" move into zone. Ranged stay out of stuff on floor from adds.

If taken by cackle, DPS mini boss. Use survival CD on Deathbloom. Use portal in centre to return.

Throne of ThunderPart 1 - Last Stand of the Zandalari

Jin'rokh the Breaker

Phase 1: Ranged/healers: if you get on you, then RUN to the edge and use survival CD. NEVER pull the orb across another fissure. RUN to the puddle where the tank is thrown. Stand on outer edge of puddle so easy to run.

Melee: stay out of the tanks' Static, stand in puddle.

Tanks: Call out which pillar you are thrown to. Stay out of the water. Swap on static too high.

Phase 2: RUN out of the water to bosses legs before

Wind bridge Trash after Jin'rok

Stand on stairs and WAIT. Let the TANK pull ONE add to the stairs. Repeat * 3. Move to last safe place BEFORE stairs & WAIT until everyone there. Move to centre circle & kill add. Repeat for second wind bridge. Final trash - if you have lightning on you, RUN away from raid.

Horridon

Tank boss away from raid. Big adds are prio, esp. Dinomancers. Use Stuns as often as possible. Keep out of stuff on ground.

Council

Start on Sul. Ranged: spread. Stay out of stuff on the ground DPS the purple one. Kill/slow the add from the female priest before it reaches boss and heals it / player & kills them.

Throne of Thunder - Part 2 - Forgotten DepthsTankspot's guide to 25 man normalTortos

Ranged: spread out. Move out of blue circles. Use CDs on Stomp. DPS (and avoid) Whirl Turtle adds fast. When Tortos is near 100 rage, ASSIGNED kicker must use Extra Action button to interrupt Furious Stone Breath - allow travel time. Do not touch Vampiric Bats until taunted by OT.

Melee: when OT has taunted Vampiric Bats, DPS down. Use survival CDs on Stomp.

Flaming Head <Head of Megaera>

Stay spread out, but stack for heals when a head dies. DPS one head at a time, from Left to Right: Fire, Ice, and Venom. If you get hit by Cinders, stand in Ice; by Torrent of Ice, stand in fire; if you can't reach either, RUN from raid.

Ji-Kun

Spread out to avoid Caw damage, but not at edge during Downdraft, stack for Quills and use survival CDs. Soak up no more than 3 stacks of green stuff on ground (try to catch green gobs from Feed Young before they land. IF you are one of 3 assigned nest duty, fly up or down (see raid chat) to RED nest and kill young birds using limited-time feather.

Throne of Thunder - Part 3 - Halls of Flesh ShapingDurumu the Forgotten

Phase 1: DPS boss. On Lingering Gaze, RUN from raid to Outer Ring and drop void zone there.

Phase 2. DPS three adds when revealed. If you have ANY beam on you (LfR version - Normal mode it's ONLY red beam), move clockwise to uncover Crimson Fog add - one per beam.

Phase 3: Stack behind boss during Disintegration beam and use every survival CD you have.

Alt. strategy - run the maze ... Good Luck: Stand in the beam when it starts to load and then go either to the left (clockwise) or right side. Wait patiently and move when the maze reveals itself.

PrimordiusDark Animus

DPS down Anima Golem (Single target). Release Large Anima Golem (stay out of red stuff, if targetted then kite to Off-tank). DPS down THEN (its LfR not Normal mode) Massive Anima Golem (RUN to Main Tank, don't stand in front)

Caster stop casting in Interrupting Jolt or be silenced. If near tank, pop bubbles from Anima Ring

Throne of Thunder - Part 4 - Pinnacle of StormsIron QonTwin ConsortsLei Shen

Commentaires

Commentaire de asakawa

I really liked this guide.
I'm going to approve it right away but when I first clicked it, it took me a few moments to figure out what you meant by the title. In hindsight it is quite clear but I wonder if there might be a better title that you could use to grab peoples' attention. Give it some thought

Commentaire de Beowolfy

I like this guide but too many obscure acronyms, especially for those only beginning to particpate in raids. For example, what is MC'ed? Common ones like DPS are fine but for many of us who aren't old hands at the game, many of these--and, frankly, most of the other guides by folks who are very expert--are incomprehensible. Knowing the lingo may be part of this culture but it can also be extremely annoying, if not arrogant to assume everyone knows what you mean. Clarity first is the golden rule of any meaningful communication.

Commentaire de mrivorey

As a player that is brand new to raiding, this guide is exactly what I was looking for! Everything else out there seems to assume you already know the basics. Finally something that doesn't make those assumptions.

Thank you!

Commentaire de Siiw

Nice, clear, and useful guide.

You have mixed up the names of "Galleon" and "Garalon". Galleon is the world boss.

Commentaire de 1035533

Fallen Protectors: Pass the mark to a rogue (cloak of shadows), mage (iceblock), hunter (deterrence) or w/e. No need to make He's tank take extra damage from the boss for 2 mins (armor debuff). And you have to make sure you don't pass it to Rook's tank, unless they way outgear LFR. Honestly doesn't matter much in LFR, but it's a bad habit to learn.

Norushen: ALL adds have priority over the boss. The little adds buff the boss's damage, including his raidwide aoe. Soak the orbs dropped by the big adds.

IJ: a good strat for LFR/Flex is actually to have everyone stack up in melee range for phase1, so all the mines are really easy for even the most noob tanks to pop, and so aoe heals can just overpower all the weak damage. Tanks should be able to get all 3 mines every time. (even easier if they taunt at 2, then when clear. Instead of waiting to do the first taunt at 3.)

Nazgrim: pets don't give rage in D stance.

More advanced details that don't belong in a guide this brief:
Things like cloak procs, starfall, and some other uncontrollable cleave doesn't give rage either. So you can safely dps banners or adds next to the boss.

If the boss is still at low rage when his ability CD is coming up, it's ok to refresh dots. (esp. esp. aff lock, since you can refresh all 3 with one ability, only generating one rage. Other classes with strong dots can get away with this, too, esp. if you have good gear, so you're getting more damage per rage.)

Thok: Try to kite boss up/down the middle of the room. He always fixates one of the 3 farthest people, so avoid double fixate by not being miles ahead of him if he's moving slow.

Garrosh: riders in phase2? You mean just left over from phase1 I guess?
Also doesn't say anything about empowered whirl, and doesn't explicitly say to interrupt MCs, just dps them.

This goes for all fights: people that actually want to learn how to be a bigger help to any LFR they're in can and should just watch or read guides to the normal-mode versions of the fights. Sometimes the "lfr strat" that everyone uses is significantly different from the normal mode strat, because one of the mechanics on LFR doesn't exist, or can be trivially healed through. e.g. on Garrosh, minions buff each other's health and damage by such a small % that it works to aoe down a pack of several. This doesn't work well even in flex, and in normal even a minion with 3 stacks is VERY dangerous.

Sometimes LFR is actually qualitatively different. e.g. thok transitions based on health% in LFR, so you should bloodlust for fire phase, because you have to get through the same health% in fire phase regardless of how fast you got there. Unlike other difficulties, where shortening the fight is the most helpful thing. (stacking lust with everyone's pre-pots, trinket procs, and CDs is MUCH more effective than at any other time, even execute range.)

Commentaire de 1268283

Your definition of kite is incorrect. Kiting is intentionally slowing a target and leading it away from dps or generally keeping it busy until it needs to die. Usually done by frost mages or hunters, but most classes have some ways of kiting.

DPS Raid Guide - LfR (Looking for Raid) Essentials - MoP

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