Ny'alotha, the Waking City

Damage Dealers

• Position yourself to avoid unnecessary damage from Unstable Vita.
• Position yourself to avoid chaining damage from Chain Lightning.

Healers

• Position yourself to avoid unnecessary damage from Unstable Vita.
• Prioritize healing on targets affected by Unleashed Void.
• Position yourself to avoid chaining damage from Chain Lightning.

Tanks

• Monitor Ra-den's energy to anticipate Decaying Strike timing.
• Position Ra-den to avoid unnecessary damage from Unstable Vita.

Essence of Nightmare

Essence of Vita

Essence of Void

Tanks

• Take turns tanking to mitigate the effects of Shadow Claws and Shadow Wounds.
• Utilize Devoured Abyss to escape the effects of Stygian Annihilation and interrupt the spellcasting of Dark Manifestations.
• Intercept orbs of Forbidden Mana before they reach Maut and use their power to aid your allies.
• Remove Ancient Curse before the curse becomes deadly.

Damage Dealers

• Utilize Devoured Abyss to escape the effects of Stygian Annihilation.
• Quickly break Maut's Obsidian Skin before it completes its cast of Obsidian Shatter.
• Destroy Dark Manifestations before they're able to aid Maut.
• Remove Ancient Curse before the curse becomes deadly.

Healers

• Utilize Devoured Abyss to escape the effects of Stygian Annihilation.
• Avoid triggering Drain Essence near allies.
• Remove Ancient Curse before the curse becomes deadly.

Damage Dealers

• Move away from your allies when afflicted with Madness Bomb and Insanity Bomb.
• Adaptive Membrane transfers full damage to the wearer only if the absorb shield is broken before the duration expires.
• Utilize Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 and Stage 2 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.
• Manage Gaze of Madness' Breed Madness.
• Utilize Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.

Healers

• Move away from your allies when afflicted with Madness Bomb and Insanity Bomb.
• Eternal Darkness and Infinite Darkness inflict Sanity loss and high raid-wide damage, and upon losing all Sanity a player becomes a Servant of N'Zoth.
• Utilize Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 and Stage 2 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.
• Utilize Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.
• Be aware that Adaptive Membrane absorbs damage but reduces healing received.

Tanks

• Take turns tanking Fury of N'Zoth to avoid excessive Black Scar stacks from Mandible Slam.
• Targets afflicted with Adaptive Membrane are immune to crowd control and interrupts.
• Move away from your allies when afflicted with Madness Bomb and Insanity Bomb.
• Utilize Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 and Stage 2 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.
• Targets afflicted with Adaptive Membrane are immune to crowd control and interrupts, and reduces healing received.
• Utilize Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.

Fury of N'Zoth

Gaze of Madness

Wrathion

Fury of N'Zoth

Mycelial Cyst

Synthesis Growth

In Mythic difficulty, Synthesis Growths expel Nightmare Antigens upon death.

Wrathion

Fury of N'Zoth

Tanks

• Make sure that neither tank has both Crush and Dissolve at the same time.
• Avoid Shad'har the Insatiable's breath attacks.
• Shad'har the Insatiable's damage increases noticeably after casting Frenzy.

Healers

• Debilitating Spit initially inflicts high single target damage, then changes to damage multiple targets as it spreads through the group.
• Avoid Shad'har the Insatiable's breath attacks.
• Tanks will be taking high damage after Shad'har the Insatiable casts Frenzy.

Damage Dealers

• Use any abilities you have to reduce damage taken from Debilitating Spit.
• Avoid Shad'har the Insatiable's breath attacks.
• Move away from other players if targeted by a Living Miasma to avoid hitting allies with Slurry Outburst.

On Normal difficulty and higher, after gaining Umbral Mantle, Shad'har the Insatiable explodes occasionally, causing an Umbral Eruption.

On Heroic difficulty and above, as Shad'har the Insatiable's health gets lower, the frequency with which Umbral Breath occurs increases.

On Normal difficulty and higher, Shad'har the Insatiable's Entropic Mantle coalesces the void into Entropic Buildup at random nearby locations.

On Heroic difficulty and above, as Shad'har the Insatiable's health gets lower, the frequency with which Entropic Breath occurs increases.

On Normal difficulty and higher, after gaining Noxious Mantle, Shad'har the Insatiable spits a pool of Bubbling Overflow into the center of the room.

On Heroic difficulty and above, as Shad'har the Insatiable's health gets lower, the frequency with which Bubbling Breath occurs increases.

Damage Dealers

• Focus damage on Crackling Shards when they emerge.
• Move to a safe space during Burning Cataclysm to avoid taking lethal damage.
• Running through Crackling Shards while afflicted with Burning Madness destroys them.

Healers

• Allies afflicted with Burning Madness receive heavy Fire damage.
• Move to a safe space during Burning Cataclysm to avoid taking lethal damage.
• Running through Crackling Shards while afflicted with Burning Madness destroys them.

Tanks

• Tank swap before your stacks of Searing Armor get too high.
• Move to a safe space during Burning Cataclysm to avoid taking lethal damage.
• Running through Crackling Shards while afflicted with Burning Madness destroys them.

Crackling Shard

Summoned from molten pools. Any shards still remaining at the end of Stage Two are turned into Lava Pools.

Ashwalker Assassin

Conjured from smoke and ash, these servants of Wrathion stalk the players during Stage Two.

Tanks

• Work with your fellow tank to avoid taking too many stacks of Shadow Shock.
• Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.

Healers

• Allies afflicted with stacks of Shadow Shock can take intense amounts of damage.
• Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
• Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.

Damage Dealers

• Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
• Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.

Tanks

• Void Ascendants drop Gift of the Void when defeated. Pick up and use it to remove Void Corruption.
• Face Twilight Breath and Annihilation away from other players.
• Despair inflicts damage to the raid based on your missing health when it expires.

Damage Dealers

• Void Ascendants drop Gift of the Void when defeated, allowing tanks to cleanse Void Corruption and use Annihilation on Cultists.
• Help your tanks by damaging Cultists and using crowd control.
• Move away from allies with Encroaching Shadows.

Healer

• Heal tanks affected by Despair to prevent heavy raid damage.
• Players who are targeted by Annihilation or have high stacks of Void Corruption require significant healing.
• Move away from allies with Encroaching Shadows.

Void Ascendant

At the beginning of the encounter, Vexiona is accompanied by a powerful Void Ascendant.

Void Ascendant

As she takes to the skies, Vexiona empowers one of her Cultists to become a Void Ascendant.

Shadow of Vexiona

Tapping into the Void creates a Shadow of Vexiona. The Shadow periodically casts Twilight Decimator for the remainder of the encounter.

Tanks

• Tek'ris and Kaz'ir take reduced damage when the positioning requirements of Tek'ris's Hivemind Control or Ka'zir's Hivemind Control are not met.
• Aqir Drones are Mindless and do not obey threat.
• Ensure that Ka'zir's Mind-Numbing Nova is interrupted.

Healers

• Echoing Void causes substantial damage to all players.
• Aqir Darters inflict damage to all players with Psionic Resonance.
• Aqir Drones will attack allies at random.

Damage Dealers

• Control and quickly defeat Aqir Darters to reduce damage taken by their Psionic Resonance.
• Move away from allies during Echoing Void to avoid taking additional damage.
• Ensure that Ka'zir's Mind-Numbing Nova is interrupted.

In Mythic difficulty, pools of acid seep from Acidic Aqir eggs before hatching.

In Mythic difficulty, Echoing Void also triggers Entropic Echo.

Aqir Drone

Aqir Darter

Damage Dealers

• All damage dealt to Drest'agath while not affected by Void Infused Ichor will be regenerated.
• Destroying appendages can trigger Throes of Agony.
• Void Glare, Entropic Crash and Mutterings of Insanity are each increased in power based on how many of each type of appendage is active.

Healers

• Be aware of which allies are inside Obscuring Cloud, as it will block line of sight in and out of the cloud.
• Throes of Agony can cause substantial damage to all players.
• Void Glare, Entropic Crash and Mutterings of Insanity are each increased in power based on who many of each type of appendage is active.

Tanks

• If left alone, Drest'agath will begin using Void Grip on random allies.
• Volatile Seed can be used to apply Volatile Corruption to her appendages.
• Void Glare, Entropic Crash and Mutterings of Insanity are each increased in power based on who many of each type of appendage is active.

This ability is cast upon reaching 100 Agony

Eye of Drest'agath

Tentacle of Drest'agath

Maw of Drest'agath

Tanks

• Face Eye of N'Zoth away from your allies
• Interrupt Organs of Corruption casting Pumping Blood
• Defeat Bloods of Ny'alotha when your raid has enough health to survive Hemorrhage

Healers

• Flee from allies to when they are afflicted with Touch of the Corruptor
• The raid will suffer heavy damage when targeted with Cursed Blood
• Your tank will need assistance when afflicted with too many stacks of Eye of N'Zoth

Damage Dealers

• Interrupt Organs of Corruption casting Pumping Blood
• Defeat Bloods of Ny'alotha when your raid has enough health to survive Hemorrhage
• Reduce allies to <30% health when they are afflicted with Touch of the Corruptor

Blood of Ny'alotha

These globules of Ny'alotha's blood spawn only from previously defeated Organs of Corruption while Il'gynoth is active.

Organ of Corruption

Three Organs of Corruption spawn around the arena. Defeating one ends this stage, reviving Il'gynoth with restored health.

Clotted Corruption

When Il'gynoth submerges and his organs are revealed, a deadly Clotted Corruption forms. Capable of absorbing the Blood of Ny'alotha, this mass of plasma can quickly grow out of control.

Tanks

• Invoke Azeroth's Radiance strategically to ensure you and your allies remain sane in the face of N'Zoth's assault on your Sanity.
• Position carefully within the arena to ensure that Mindgrasp does not pull you into a Veil of Anguish.
• Move Psychus around the space strategically to control its placement of Creeping Anguish.
• Be certain that Basher Tentacles are tanked at all times, or they will cast Tumultuous Burst.

Healers

• Invoke Azeroth's Radiance strategically to ensure you and your allies remain sane in the face of N'Zoth's assault on your Sanity.
• Position carefully within the arena to ensure that Mindgrasp does not pull you into a Veil of Anguish.
• Leave room for pairs of your allies with Paranoia to reach one another safely.
• Dispel Corrupted Mind before it expires to preserve your allies' sanity.

Damage Dealers

• Invoke Azeroth's Radiance strategically to ensure you remain sane in the face of N'Zoth's assault on your Sanity.
• Position carefully within the arena to ensure that Mindgrasp does not pull you into a Veil of Anguish.
• Leave room for pairs of your allies with Paranoia to reach one another safely.
• Maximize the effects of Synaptic Shock to bring down Psychus before it can cast Manifest Madness.

Psychus

Mind's Eye

Exposed Synapse

Severed Consciousness

N'Zoth

Basher Tentacle

Corruptor Tentacle

Spike Tentacle

Through the Mindgate

Players re-enter the Mind of N'Zoth via a defeated Mindgate Tentacle, intent on wounding the Old God's psyche and weakening his physical form. Players are subjected to N'Zoth's mental reconstruction of fearsome creatures over whom he has held sway in Azeroth.

N'Zoth

Thought Harvester

N'Zoth

Basher Tentacle

Corruptor Tentacle

Spike Tentacle

Through the Mindgate

Players re-enter the Mind of N'Zoth via a defeated Mindgate Tentacle, intent on wounding the Old God's psyche and weakening his physical form. Players are subjected to N'Zoth's mental reconstruction of fearsome creatures over whom he has held sway in Azeroth.

N'Zoth

Thought Harvester

Tanks

• Position Xanesh so that allies can safely participate in Void Ritual.
• During Void Ritual coordinate with allies that are Voidwoken to safely eliminate the Void Orb.
• Abyssal Strike inflicts significant damage.

Healers

• During Void Ritual coordinate with allies that are Voidwoken to safely eliminate the Void Orb.
• Move away from your soul to reduce damage taken from Soul Flay.
• Anguish causes damage to all players throughout the encounter.

Damage Dealers

• During Void Ritual coordinate with allies that are Voidwoken to safely eliminate the Void Orb.
• Move away from your soul to reduce damage taken from Soul Flay.

Queen Azshara