Karazhan Boss Guides - TBC Classic

Attumen the Huntsman

Phase 1

Tank and spank.

Phase 2

Begins when Midnight reaches 95% health. Attumen (rider) will spawn near Midnight (horse).
Have a tank grab each one, positioning them on top of each other but facing away from the raid to avoid
Shadow Cleave
.
Everyone except the tanks can stack directly behind the mobs in melee range in preparation for phase 3. Hunters can be at minimum range.
Focus DPS on Midnight while passively cleaving Attumen.
Mages and Druids remove
Intangible Presence
from tanks immediately, followed by DPS.

Phase 3

Begins when either Attumen or Midnight reaches 25% health.
They merge into one boss with the HP of the highest one from the previous phase.
Mages and Druids remove
Intangible Presence
curse from tanks immediately, followed by DPS.
Everyone except the main tank stacks directly behind the boss in melee range to avoid
Berserker Charge
. Hunters can be at minimum range.

Notes

Clear all horse trash before pulling the boss.
You can reset the fight by running back to the entrance hall.
Warriors should use
Spell Reflection
on
Intangible Presence
and
Disarm
on Attumen.
Aggro completely resets when every phase begins. Hunters should use
Misdirection
then.
There is a repair vendor in the area behind the boss.

Moroes

Pre-Pull

Determine kill order. You should kill Lady Catriona Von'Indi and Lady Keira Berrybuck first since they heal, followed by Baroness Dorothea Millstipe (mana burner), Baron Rafe Dreuger (stunner), Lord Robin Daris, Moroes, then Lord Crispin Ference.

Pull

Separate kill targets and crowd control targets.
Off-tank should be second on threat on Moroes for when the main tank is hit with
Gouge
and loses threat.
DPS should cleave kill targets if possible and interrupt
Mana Burn
and
Greater Heal
.
Healers should remove
Blind
poison and heal targets with
Garrote
on them.
Moroes enrages at 30% health.

Notes

Abilities such as
Stoneform
,
Divine Shield
,
Blessing of Protection
, and
Ice Block
can remove
Garrote
.
Priests and Hunters can use
Shackle Undead
and
Freezing Trap
to crowd control adds. Paladins can use
Turn Evil
, but be careful since Fear pathing could cause the fight to reset.
Shamans should keep
Poison Cleansing Totem
down to help remove
Blind
.

Maiden of Virtue

Summary

Tanks should keep Maiden in the middle of the room where she stands.
Healers and Ranged DPS spread around the room to avoid chaining
Holy Wrath
.
Healers should immediately dispel
Holy Fire
.
Ranged should run into
Holy Ground
a few seconds before
Repentance
is cast so the damage will break them free.
Main tank should use defensive cooldowns after each
Repentance
cast.

Notes

Paladins can use
Blessing of Sacrifice
and
Divine Shield
to break free of Repentence.
Shamans can use
Grounding Totem
to absorb
Holy Fire
.
Mages and Rogues can use
Ice Block
and
Cloak of Shadows
to remove
Holy Fire
.

Opera Event (Big Bad Wolf)

Summary

When targeted with the
Little Red Riding Hood
debuff, run along the edges of the room and kite The Big Bad Wolf.
Tank and spank besides abilities
Terrifying Howl
and
Wide Swipe
.
Healers focus on the player with the
Little Red Riding Hood
debuff.

Notes

Shamans can use
Tremor Totem
to remove the fear from
Terrifying Howl
.
Priests can use
Fear Ward
to prevent the fear.
Rogues can
Vanish
, Hunters can
Feign Death
, and Paladins can cast
Blessing of Protection
to help deal with
Little Red Riding Hood
debuff.

Opera Event (Wizard of Oz)

Phase 1

Kill Dorothee first. She has no aggro table. Make sure not to kill Tito while she is alive or else she will enrage.
Kill Roar next, who will be tanked by the off-tank.
Kill Strawman next. He can be disoriented by using fire spells. If you have a Mage or Warlock, you can infinitely lock him down with
Fireball
or
Incinerate
. The off-tank can help tank him if the disorients are not enough.
Kill Tinhead last, tanked by the main tank. He can be kited after getting high stacks of
Rust
debuff if needed.

Phase 2

The Crone will spawn after all 4 bosses have died.
Avoid
Cyclone
and spread out to mitigate damage from
Chain Lightning
.

Notes

Roar can be feared by Warlocks and Hunters.
Any source of fire damage has a chance to disorient Strawman.
Flame Shock
,
Fireball
, and
Incinerate
are great options.

Opera Event (Romulo and Julianne)

Phase 1

Interrupt Julianne as much as possible.
Eternal Affection
being the highest priority.
Dispel
Devotion
buff.

Phase 2

Phase begins when Julianne dies.
Tank Romulo with his back close to a wall.
Dispel
Daring
buff.
Warriors
Disarm
him on cooldown.

Phase 3

Phase begins when Romulo dies and they both resurrect.
They must die within 10 seconds of each other.
Melee DPS focus Julianne for interrupts and Ranged DPS focus Romulo.
Each boss will use the same abilities from Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Adjust DPS as needed if one target is dying faster than the other.

Notes

Mages can
Spellsteal

Devotion
buff to increase their casting speed.

The Curator

Flare Phase

Kill Flares as soon as possible. They spawn every 10 seconds.
Ranged should be 10 yards away each other if possible to avoid the constant chain damage from the Flares.
Player with the second highest threat, ideally your off-tank, will be hit by
Hateful Bolt
throughout the fight. Healers should quickly top them off.

Evocation Phase

Begins when the 10th Flare spawns and lasts for 20 seconds.
Quickly kill the last Flare before switching to The Curator.
Use cooldowns during this phase since his damage taken is tripled.

Enrage Phase

Begins when the The Curator reaches 15% health.
Flares will no longer spawn. Burn the boss.
Hateful Bolt
will happen more frequently.

Notes

Warlocks should cast
Curse of Doom
after the 4th Flare spawns so it deals damage during the
Evocation
phase.

Chess Event

Summary

Move the Pawns out of the way to allow your more powerful pieces to move forward.
Kill the Bishops first since they heal, followed by the Queen and the King.
Watch out for Medivh's cheats. Move out of the Fire AoE.
Use your King offensively.

Notes

You can release control of your piece and take over a new piece shortly after.

Terestian Illhoof

Summary

Tank Illhoof and Kil'rek near the green circle in the room.
When Illhoof casts
Sacrifice
, kill the chains ASAP and heal the targeted player.
Kill Kil'rek to benefit from the
Broken Pact
debuff he puts on Illhoof .
AoE the Imps that spawn from the two portals.

Notes

Mages and Paladins can use
Ice Block
and
Divine Shield
to remove
Sacrifice
.
Illhoof will target the player before he casts
Sacrifice
which can help Healers set up HoTs, absorbs, or pre cast heals.

Shade of Aran

Summary

Casters should stand at least 10 yards away from Aran to avoid getting hit by
Counterspell
.
Set up an interrupt rotation for
Fireball
and
Frostbolt
casts. Let
Arcane Missiles
go through.
Healers watch out for players hit by
Dragon's Breath
.
Aran has 3 special abilities he casts every 30 - 45 seconds.
Stop moving before
Flame Wreath
cast finishes. Don't move out of the fire.
Circular Blizzard
slowly moves around the room. Avoid it by going to the center or the other side of the room.
After casting
Magnetic Pull
, Aran will then start casting
Arcane Explosion
that needs to be avoided by running away.
Aran will summon 4 Water Elementals at 40% health. Kill them quickly, or CC them if possible. They need to be tanked.
At 20% mana, Aran will
Polymorph
the entire raid and cast
Pyroblast
on everyone dealing significant damage. Healers should quickly top off the raid.

Notes

Warlocks can use
Fear
or
Banish
on Water Elementals.
Tanks can wear dps gear since there is no aggro table.

Netherspite

Portal Phase

This phase lasts for 1 minute and will start with 3 portals of different colors (red, green, and blue) spawning in the room.
2 tanks and 2 DPS are needed to soak each of the beams each phase.
After soaking a beam, players will receive the
Nether Exhaustion
debuff which will prevent them from soaking that color beam for 1 minute and 30 seconds.
You will need 2 different DPS for the next portal phase, and your tanks will switch colors from red to green and vice versa.
Tank #1 will soak the Red Beam, moving in and out every 5 stacks. (Once Netherspite has 5 stacks, move back in).
Tank #2 will soak the Green Beam for the entire phase.
DPS #1 will soak the Blue Beam for 20 stacks, then the second DPS will soak it for the rest of the phase.
Netherspite will get stacking damage reduction, heal, and spell damage increase if hit by the Red, Blue, and Green beams respectively,
Entire raid takes AoE damage from
Nether Burn
.
Everyone should move out of
Void Zone
immediately.
Healers will mainly be focusing on the DPS soaking the Blue Beam as they will take increased damage from spells and receive reduced healing based on their stacks.

Banish Phase

Begins when Netherspite banishes, turning into a shadowy form. Lasts for 30 seconds.
Nether Burn
and
Void Zone
will stop.
Netherspite will cast
Netherbreath
on random players.
Simply run to the far back side of the room away from Netherspite to avoid everything.
When the Banish Phase ends, aggro completely resets. The assigned tank needs to pick up Netherspite immediately and move to the red portal.

Notes

Portals will always spawn in the same location but the colors will randomly change each Portal Phase.
Netherspite doesn't cleave or tail swipe like most dragons.
The Red Beam will instantly give you 31k max health, and reduce your damage taken, increase your defense, and reduce your max health by 1k with every tick.
The Blue Beam increases your damage, but reduces healing received, and increases damage taken by spells with every tick.
The Green Beam increases healing done, reduces spell and ability costs, but reduces your maximum mana by 200 with every tick.
A Healer can soak the Green Beam instead of the off tank if you need help keeping the DPS soaking the Blue Beam alive.
Paladins should use
Shadow Resistance Aura
and Priests should use
Shadow Protection
.
Hunters should use
Misdirection
when each Portal Phase begins.

Prince Malchezaar

Phase 1

Tank should always have their back against the wall to avoid the knockback from
Shadow Nova
.
Every 45 seconds, an Infernal that continuously casts Hellfire around itself spawns in a random location.
Ranged should always stand 30+ yards away from the boss to avoid
Shadow Nova
, especially when affected by the
Enfeeble
debuff.
Melee should run out to avoid
Shadow Nova
.
Healers should dispel
Shadow Word: Pain
.

Phase 2

Begins when Prince reaches 60% health. He gains access to
Thrash
,
Parry
, and
Sunder Armor
.
The tank will take a lot of damage during this phase and should be healers' focus.
Shadow Word: Pain
is no longer casted during this phase.
Infernals will still spawn, as well as
Enfeeble
and
Shadow Nova
casts.

Phase 3

Begins when Prince reaches 30% health. Prince returns to phase 1 abilities with the addition of
Amplify Damage
and Flying Axes.
Infernals spawn more frequently. You will run out of space after about 2 minutes.
Healers focus on players randomly targeted by Flying Axes.

Notes

Adjust position accordingly based on Infernal spawns.
If you run out of room during Phase 3, it is better to get hit by a
Shadow Nova
than Infernals.
Priests and Retribution Paladins must avoid using
Shadow Word: Death
and
Seal of Blood
respectively when affected by
Enfeeble
.

Nightbane

Ground Phase

Tank should always have their back against the wall facing the outside.
Melee should stand on the side of Nightbane to avoid both
Smoldering Breath
and
Tail Sweep
.
Ranged should stand at max range to avoid
Bellowing Roar
.
Everyone should move out of
Charred Earth
if it spawns beneath you.
Healers should dispel
Distracting Ash
immediately.

Air Phase

Begins when Nightbane reaches 75%, 50%, and 25% health.
DPS should focus on the skeletons that spawn from
Rain of Bones
.
Healers should heal the player who gets targeted by
Smoking Blast
. It will deal damage every second for about 15 seconds. The target is based on threat.
Everyone should stand close to the boss to prevent the entire raid from getting constantly hit with fireballs.
Nightbane lands back on the ground after casting
Rain of Bones
and
Smoking Blast
. He cannot be taunted.

Notes

Shamans can use
Tremor Totem
to remove the fear from
Bellowing Roar
.
Priests can use
Fear Ward
to prevent the fear.
If timed correctly, Warriors can switch to
Berserker Stance
and use
Berserker Rage
to prevent the fear.
Be on your toes when the tank gets feared in order to avoid getting hit by
Tail Sweep
,
Cleave
, or
Smoldering Breath
.
Hunters should use
Misdirection
each time Nightbane lands.

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