Tempest Keep Boss Guides - TBC Classic

Al'ar

Phase 1

Have a tank on the left ramp for the initial pull.
Al'ar will fly to each platform every 30 seconds in a clockwise rotation.
A tank needs to be at the next pillar to avoid raid wide AoE damage from
Flame Buffet
.
Every time Al'ar switches platforms, adds will spawn on the ground floor.
Melee DPS should bring the adds down to 10-20% health. Ranged DPS stays on Al'ar. Do not kill the adds until the beginning of Phase 2.
The tank on adds will eventually need dedicated healers.
When Al'ar switches platforms, he will sometimes fly to the middle of the room instead and start casting
Flame Quills
. Tanks on the upper platforms must jump down immediately.
After
Flame Quills
, Al'ar will fly to the East or West platform. There must be a tank present at both before he gets there.

Phase 2

Begins after killing Al'ar. He will cast
Rebirth
.
Kill all remaining adds from Phase 1. When they die, they deal 3% of Al'ar's max HP and explode, dealing damage and knocking back nearby players.
Tanks need to swap when afflicted by
Melt Armor
.
Everyone should avoid
Flame Patch
on the ground.
Everyone should spread out when Al'ar flies in the air to avoid
Dive Bomb
.
Al'ar will knockback and spawn 2 adds that need to be killed immediately after every
Dive Bomb
.

Notes

Rogues can use
Cloak of Shadows
to help finish off the adds and avoid taking damage from the explosions.
During phase 1, tanks should stand on the edge of the platforms so they are in line of sight of the healers.
It's possible to do the platform rotations with 2 tanks.

Void Reaver

Summary

Tank and spank the entire fight.
Void Reaver will cast
Knock Away
on the main tank, reducing their threat. Off tank should be second on threat.
Healers should focus all melee during
Pounding
.
Ranged should stay spread out and avoid
Arcane Orbs
casted on random players.

Notes

Rogues can use
Cloak of Shadows
to avoid damage from
Pounding
.
Arcane Orbs
spawn from the top of Void Reaver. It may be helpful to point your camera upwards so you can dodge them easier.
DPS need to watch their threat during this fight. Use any abilities that help reduce your threat. Rogues can
Vanish
, Hunters can
Feign Death
, and Warlocks can
Soulshatter
.

High Astromancer Solarian

Phase 1

Ranged should stay stacked throughout this phase.
Players targeted by Wrath of the Astromancer must run away from the raid immediately.
Healers should watch out for randomly targeted Arcane Missiles.

Phase 2

Begins every 50 seconds. Solarian will disappear and spawn adds from three portals.
AoE the adds down immediately. Solarian will return after 15 seconds along with 2 additional priest adds.
Cleave down the priest adds on top of Solarian. Interrupt their healing casts.

Phase 3

Notes

Solarian has no aggro table until Phase 3.
Priests can use
Fear Ward
and Shamans can use
Tremor Totem
to help with the AoE fear in Phase 3.

Kael'thas Sunstrider

Phase 1

Advisors will become active one at a time.
Thaladred: Silences players within 8 yds. Players targeted by
Gaze
must run away from him. Melee DPS should run away right before a new
Gaze
. Kill him in the back of the room.
Sanguinar: Tank and spank and occasionally casts
Bellowing Roar
. Ranged should stand at max range to avoid it.
Capernian: Only attacked by Ranged DPS standing at max range. She will cast
Arcane Explosion
if there are players within melee range. She will also cast
Conflagration
on random players within 30 yards which should be soaked by a tank. A Warlock should tank her more than 30 yds away.
Telonicus: Tank and spank. Places
Remote Toy
debuff on random players which periodically stuns for 4 seconds. Make sure none of your tanks have the
Remote Toy
debuff going into Phase 2.

Phase 2

Begins when Telonicus is killed.
Seven legendary weapons will spawn that need to be killed.
Bow: Tanked by a Ranged DPS, facing it away from the raid to avoid Mult-Shot.
Axe: Tanked off to the side to avoid Whirlwind. Killed by Ranged DPS.
AoE down the rest of the weapons. Make sure to interrupt the Mace when it casts the heal.
Everyone should loot their appropriate weapon immediately when they die.

Phase 3

Begins 2 minutes after Phase 2 starts. Kael'thas will resurrect all advisors.
Tanks should be standing on the corpse of their assigned advisor before this phase begins.
The strategy for dealing with advisors from Phase 1 is the same, but they are all active at the same time.
Kill Thaladred first. Melee DPS then switches to Telonicus and Ranged DPS to Capernian. Sanguinar is last.
The tank on Sanguinar can use the legendary Shield ability to become immune to fears.
Casters with the legendary Staff can use its ability to make all players within 30 yds immune to Stun, Silence, and Disorient effects which prevents a lot of the mechanics.
Healers with the legendary Mace reduce damage taken by Fire and Shadow spells by 50% when they heal targets.

Phase 4

Begins 3 minutes after Phase 3 starts with Kael'thas joining the fight.
Set up an interrupt rotation for
Fireball
.
Everyone should avoid
Flamestrike
.
Random players will be mind controlled. Melee DPS with the legendary Dagger should use a low damage ability to break it. You can CC players affected in the meantime.
Kael'thas will spawn a Phoenix that needs to be tanked away from him and killed by Ranged DPS.
When the Phoenix dies, it will turn into an egg that needs to be killed within 15 seconds or the Phoenix will respawn.
Players with the Staff need to keep the buff up on everyone to prevent the dissorient from
Arcane Disruption
which will wipe the raid.
Every 3 minutes, Kael'thas will cast
Shock Barrier
followed by 3
Pyroblast
.
The
Shock Barrier
needs to be broken in order to interrupt the
Pyroblast
casts. The first one can be absorbed with the legendary Shield's ability.

Phase 5

Begins when Kael'thas reaches 50% health.
Kill any remaining Phoenix during the transition.
Continue interrupting
Fireball
.
Ranged DPS should continue killing Phoenix and their eggs.
Kael'thas no longer casts Mind Control or
Pyroblast
.
During
Gravity Lapse
, everyone will swim through the air. Stay spread out during
Gravity Lapse
to avoid chaining
Nether Beam
. This ends after 30 seconds and every should be close to the ground to minimize fall damage.
Avoid
Nether Vapor
.
Gravity Lapse
ends after 30 seconds, make sure you are close to the ground before it ends to minimize fall damage.

Notes

tempest keep Boss Guides - TBC Classic