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Dathea, Ascended Guide
Dathea, Ascended in Vault of the Incarnates, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Dathea uses her newfound power to summon Raging Tempests within the chamber.
- These tempests blow across the chamber at Dathea's command when she creates Crosswinds.
- Tanks: Zephyr Slam inflicts increasing damage and knockback to Dathea's current target.
- Healers: Players afflicted with Conductive Mark take increased Nature damage.
- Damage dealers: Crosswinds causes all Raging Tempests to move to new locations.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Dathea uses her newfound power to summon Raging Tempests within the chamber. These tempests blow across the chamber at Dathea's command when she creates Crosswinds. Upon reaching 100 energy, Dathea summons Volatile Infusers to her aid with Coalescing Storm. These minions explode upon death in a violent Blowback.
- Crosswinds causes all Raging Tempests to move to new locations.
- Conductive Mark spreads and refreshes when players are close together.
- Cyclone pulls players toward Dathea and inflicts a high amount of damage.
- Players afflicted with Conductive Mark take increased Nature damage.
- Cyclone pulls players toward Dathea and inflicts a high amount of damage.
- Crosswinds causes all Raging Tempests to move to new locations.
- Zephyr Slam inflicts increasing damage and knockback to Dathea's current target.
- Dathea assaults her target with Aerial Buffet if they're not within reach.
- Dathea summons Volatile Infusers with Coalescing Storm.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Zephyr Slam inflicts increasing damage and knockback to Dathea's current target.
- Dathea assaults her target with Aerial Buffet if they're not within reach.
- Dathea summons Volatile Infusers with Coalescing Storm.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Players afflicted with Conductive Mark take increased Nature damage.
- Cyclone pulls players toward Dathea and inflicts a high amount of damage.
- Crosswinds causes all Raging Tempests to move to new locations.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Crosswinds causes all Raging Tempests to move to new locations.
- Conductive Mark spreads and refreshes when players are close together.
- Cyclone pulls players toward Dathea and inflicts a high amount of damage.
Normal, Heroic, and Mythic
Adventure Guide says
Only sentences the Adventure Guide itself marks as a difficulty change. We do not invent extra Heroic or Mythic strategy.
- On Mythic difficulty, nearby Volatile Infusers lay dormant until empowered with storm energy and empowering a Dormant Infuser removes all storm energy from other Dormant Infusers.
- On Mythic difficulty, Conductive Mark does not expire.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Coalescing Storm | On Mythic difficulty, nearby Volatile Infusers lay dormant until empowered with storm energy and empowering a Dormant Infuser removes all storm energy from other Dormant Infusers. | |
 Blowback | ||
 Diverted Essence | ||
 Unstable Gusts | ||
 Aerial Slash | ||
 Storm Bolt | ||
 Thunderbolt | ||
 Raging Burst | ||
 Raging Tempest | ||
 Raging Winds | ||
 Conductive Mark | On Mythic difficulty, Conductive Mark does not expire. | |
 Static Discharge | ||
 Cyclone | ||
 Crosswinds | ||
 Zephyr Slam | ||
 Aerial Buffet |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Ascended Squallspires
Daring Chasm-Leapers
Dathea's Cyclonic Cage
Dreadful Garnet Forgestone
Dreadful Quickened Bronzestone
Eye of the Vengeful Hurricane
Infused StormglaivesMystic Garnet ForgestoneMystic Quickened Bronzestone
Scepter of Drastic MeasuresStorm-Eater's BoonVenerated Garnet ForgestoneVenerated Quickened Bronzestone
Windborne HatsuburiZenith Garnet ForgestoneZenith Quickened BronzestoneMounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Achievements
Heroic: Vault of the Incarnates · Mythic: Broodkeeper Diurna · Mythic: Dathea, Ascended · Mythic: Eranog · Mythic: Kurog Grimtotem · Mythic: Raszageth the Storm-Eater · Mythic: Terros · Mythic: The Primal Council · Mythic: Vault of the Incarnates · Vault of the Incarnates
Entrance and instance
Vault of the Incarnates is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Vault of the Incarnates database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
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Player strategy
This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.
Questions
What does the Adventure Guide say about Dathea, Ascended?
Dathea uses her newfound power to summon Raging Tempests within the chamber.
How many abilities does Dathea, Ascended have?
The current datamine lists 16 named abilities on the Dathea, Ascended encounter.
What does Dathea, Ascended drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 16 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Vault of the Incarnates database page.
Does Dathea, Ascended change on Heroic or Mythic?
Yes. The Adventure Guide adds difficulty sentences on the abilities that change; those sentences are collected in the difficulty section. We do not invent additional Heroic or Mythic strategy.
Where does this guide's text come from?
Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.
Source and build
This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.