Naxxramas (25) Boss Guides - Wrath Classic (WOTLK)

Anub'Rekhan

Summary

Spread out to avoid multiple players being hit by
Impale
.
Focus DPS on Crypt Guards. One will also spawn every time
Locust Swarm
is casted.
The main tank should kite Anub'Rekhan on the outer edge of the room when he casts
Locust Swarm
.
The rest of the raid should stay away from Anub'Rekhan during
Locust Swarm
to avoid getting silenced.
Kill Corpse Scarabs that spawn after Crypt Guards die, or when a player dies.

Notes

Hunters can use
Aspect of the Pack
during
Locust Swarm
to help the tank kite.
Crypt Guards can be stunned.
Hunters and Mages can use
Frost Trap
and
Frost Nova
to help control Corpse Scarabs.

Grand Widow Faerlina

Summary

Move out of
Rain of Fire
.
Cleanse poison from
Poison Bolt Volley
.
Off tank will pick up all 4 Worshippers.
Shortly before Faerlina gets the
Frenzy
buff, have a Priest cast
Mind Control
on one of Worshippers and move it to Faerlina and use the Widow's Embrace ability to remove
Frenzy
.
If you are the off tank, make sure you don't kill any of the Worshippers.

Notes

If you sacrifice a Worshipper before Faerlina gets
Frenzy
, it will delay it for 30 seconds, if you do it after she gets it, you will delay it for 60 seconds.
Shamans can use
Cleansing Totem
to help with
Poison Bolt Volley
.

Maexxna

Summary

Help the two players afflicted by
Web Wrap
, which is casted 20 seconds into the fight, then every 40 seconds afterwards.
Healers make sure to top off the tank and apply HoTs before
Web Spray
, which is casted every 40 seconds.
Tank Maexxna away from the raid because of
Poison Shock
.
Cleanse
Necrotic Poison
as quickly as possible.
AoE down the Spiderlings.
At 30% HP, Maexxna gains
Frenzy
.

Notes

Shamans can use
Cleansing Totem
to help with
Necrotic Poison
. This can be especially useful during
Web Spray
.

Noth the Plaguebringer

Phase 1

Decurse the 10 players with
Curse of the Plaguebringer
or else you will wipe because the raid will be afflicted with
Wrath of the Plaguebringer
.
Kill the three Plagued Warriors when the spawn.
Let the tank restablish threat after Noth uses
Blink
.
Cleanse the
Cripple
debuff after
Blink
.

Phase 2

Lasts for 70 seconds.
Kill the wave of skeletons. If you are in the second or third skeleton phase, prioritize the Plagued Guardian.
Watch out for raid damage from
Shadow Shock
.

Notes

Priests can use
Mass Dispel
to help with
Cripple
.

Heigan the Unclean

Phase 1

Lasts for 90 seconds.
Ranged DPS and Healers stand on the platform to avoid being hit by
Spell Disruption
.
Cleanse
Decrepit Fever
.
Tank and Melee move through the safe zones to avoid
Eruption
. Zone 1 is furthest left if you are facing the platform.
The order of safety zones will be 1-2-3-4-3-2-1-2.

Phase 2

Lasts for 45 seconds.
Heigan teleports to the platform. Ranged DPS and Healers must leave the platform to avoid
Plague Cloud
and go straight to zone 1.
Everyone must now move through the safe zones to avoid
Eruption
.
The order of safety zones will be 1-2-3-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-3-2.

Notes

Heigan has no Enrage timer. Your number one priority should be to avoid his
Eruption
spell.
You can use Smoke Flares to help mark each safe zone.

Loatheb

Summary

Every 20 seconds, Loatheb will cast
Necrotic Aura
.
Healers will only have a 3 second window to heal, so they can start pre-casting a heal before the debuff wears off to maximize healing during the window.
Every 30 seconds, Loatheb will cast
Deathbloom
.
Every 20 seconds, Loathebwill summon a Spore. Once the assigned group is within 10 yards, kill it to gain
Fungal Creep
.
After 2 minutes Loatheb will start casting
Inevitable Doom
every 30 seconds.

Notes

Priests can use
Power Word: Shield
and Paladins can use
Sacred Shield
during
Necrotic Aura
.
Druids can time their
Lifebloom
to pop once
Necrotic Aura
expires.
Paladins, Rogues, and Mages can use
Divine Shield
,
Cloak of Shadows
, and
Ice Block
to remove
Inevitable Doom
.

Instructor Razuvious

Summary

Two Priests are required in order to
Mind Control
two of the Death Knight Understudies.
Tank the remaining two Death Knight Understudies off to the side.
The first Priest tank should use
Bone Barrier
, followed by
Taunt
, then use
Blood Strike
on cooldown.
Right before
Bone Barrier
runs out, the other Priest tank should use their
Bone Barrier
and
Taunt
Razuvious.
After using
Taunt
twice, cancel the
Mind Control
and re-cast it on the Death Knight Understudy.
There will be some raid wide damage caused by
Jagged Knife
and
Disrupting Shout
.
Make sure to heal the Death Knight Understudies.

Notes

Bone Barrier
will be 6 on your bar,
Taunt
will be 5, and
Blood Strike
will be 4.
If you are the Priest, make sure there is enough distance between you and the Death Knight Understudy when you need to re
Mind Control
.
Death Knight Understudies are immune to
Taunt
. Priests can use
Fade
and Paladins can use
Hand of Sacrifice
to help lower threat on the Death Knight Understudies to help with the threat generated from
Mind Control
.

Gothik the Harvester

Phase 1

Gothik is invulnerable during this phase.
Split your raid into two groups, with more DPS on the undead side.
Waves of mobs will spawn on the living side, and once killed, a corresponding mob will spawn on the undead side.
Unrelenting Trainees are non elites that use
Death Plague
. Healers should dispel this. 35 of these will spawn in total.
When Unrelenting Trainees die, Spectral Trainees will spawn on the undead side. They will cast Arcane Explosion.
Unrelenting Deathknights are elites that use
Shadow Mark
and will
Intercept
. 14 of these will spawn in total.
When Unrelenting Deathknights die, Spectral Deathknights will spawn on the undead side. They have a Whirlwind ability.
Unrelenting Riders are elites that have
Unholy Aura
and will cast
Shadowbolt Volley
on targets afflicted by
Shadow Mark
. 4 of these will spawn in total.
When Unrelenting Riders die, Spectral Riders and Spectral Horses will spawn on the undead side. Spectral Riders have
Unholy Aura
and
Drain Life
, and Spectral Horses have
Stomp
.
This phase is all about controling the amount of mobs you kill on the living side, and making sure the undead side doesn't get overwhelmed. The undead mobs are stronger than the living mobs, so communication between both sides will be important.

Phase 2

Gothik will come down after about 4:30 minutes has passed.
He will cast
Harvest Soul
every 15 seconds on the entire raid, as well as
Shadowbolt
on his current target.
Kill all remaining mobs, then switch to Gothik.
Gothik will switch back and forth between the living and the undead side until 30% HP, then the gate will open and the entire raid can DPS him down together.

Four Horsemen

Summary

The Four Horsemen will run to different corners of the room when engaged.
Each Horsemen will cast a Mark on every player within 45 yards which will infinitely stack through the encounter increasing damage every application. Starts at 0, then increases to 500, 1,500, 4,000, 12,500, 20,000, then increases by 1,000 from here.
The Marks last for 25 seconds and there must always be someone in range to get hit by the Mark.
Each Horsemen will first cast their Mark 24 seconds after the pull. Korth'azz and Rivendare will apply it every 12 seconds afterwards, and Zeliek and Blaumeux will apply theirs every 15 seconds afterwards.
Split your raid into four groups. A ranged DPS and 1 or 2 healers for each of Zeliek and Blaumeux, and 1 tank, half of the remaining DPS, and half of the remaining healers for each of Korth'azz and Rivendare.
At 3 stacks of their respective Mark, the groups will switch for Zeliek and Blaumeux, and the same thing goes for the other 2 groups for Korth'azz and Rivendare.
The groups on Korth'azz and Rivendare will meet halfway, and the tanks will
Taunt
off each other and go to the other side of the room. Make sure to stay stacked during this because of
Meteor
from Korth'azz.
Zeliek will cast
Holy Bolt
and
Holy Wrath
so stay spread, and Blaumeux will cast
Shadow Bolt
and
Void Zone
.
Korth'azz will cast
Meteor
so stay stacked, and Rivendare will cast
Unholy Shadow
.
After Korth'azz and Rivendare are killed, the 2 groups will move over to help with Zeliek and Blaumeux. You will still need to alternate every 3 stacks.

Patchwerk

Summary

Patchwerk is a DPS check fight. He will
Berserk
at 6 minutes.
Three tanks are required for this fight, one to main tank, and the other 2 to soak
Hateful Strike
.
In order to soak
Hateful Strike
, the off tanks must be in melee range, and must be second/third in threat, and must have the highest health of available targets.
Patchwerk will
Frenzy
at 5% HP.

Notes

Melee DPS can dip into the slime to lose HP to avoid getting hit by
Hateful Strike
.

Grobbulus

Summary

Tank Grobbulus on the outside edges of the room and face him away from the raid because of
Slime Spray
.
Have your off tank pick up the Fallout Slime when the main tank gets hit by
Slime Spray
. Kill these as quickly as possible as they deal 1,000 damage every 2 seconds in a 10 yard radius.
Move Grobbulus slowly every time he casts
Poison Cloud
.
If you are targeted by
Mutating Injector
, move close to the last
Poison Cloud
before getting dispelled or dropping the pool, in order to conserve space within the room.
Mutating Injector
will be cast more frequently throughout the fight.

Gluth

Summary

Tank Gluth near the door on the other side of the room.
Two tanks are required to deal with
Mortal Wound
.
Taunt
off each other after reaching 3/4 stacks.
Zombie Chows will spawn from the grates in the back of the room and will need to be kited around the back of the room until Gluth uses
Decimate
.
Once
Decimate
is used, all Zombie Chows will be reduced to 5% HP and start to run towards Gluth. If any of them reach him they will heal him for 5% of his total HP, so kill them quickly.
Healers must top off the tanks after
Decimate
is used.
Gluth will Enrage throughout the encounter.

Notes

Kiting the Zombie Chows will be a raid wide effort. They are slowable and stunnable. Hunters should use
Frost Trap
, Mages should use
Frost Nova
and
Blizzard
, and Shamans should be using
Earthbind Totem
just to name a few.
Rogues can use
Shiv
combined with
Mind-numbing Poison
and Hunters can use
Tranquilizing Shot
to remove
Enrage
.

Thaddius

Phase 1

In this phase, you will fight Feugen and Stalagg. They must stay on their platforms the entire encounter.
Split the raid into 2 groups. Feugen and Stalagg need to die within 5 seconds of each other or else they will resurrect with full health.
Feugen has a
Static Field
aura, and Stalagg will cast
Power Surge
.
Both have an ability called
Magnetic Pull
that will pull the opposite tank to their platform.

Phase 2

After Feugen and Stalagg die, jump to Thaddius' platform. If you miss the jump and are late to the platform, make sure you stay away from the raid until a
Polarity Shift
is casted again.
Thaddius will become active after 15 seconds.
Once
Polarity Shift
is casted, group up with players with the same charge.
Healers watch out raid damage caused by
Chain Lightning
.
There must always be someone in melee range of Thaddius or else he will use
Ball Lightning
on the highest threat target.
Thaddius will Berserker Enrage after 6 minutes.

Notes

Priests can use
Levitate
and Mages can use
Slow Fall
to help with the jump.

Sapphiron

Phase 1

Sapphiron has a
Frost Aura
causing raide wide damage throughout the encounter.
Don't stand directly behind him to avoid being hit by his tail, and don't stand in front of him to avoid being hit by his Cleave.
Decurse
Life Drain
as quickly as possible.
Ranged DPS and Healers spread out on the same side of the room. Avoid
Chill
.

Phase 2

Occurs every 45 seconds. Sapphiron will fly into the air.
Stay loosely spread to avoid excess damage from
Icebolt
. This will be cast on 2 players every time.
After the players are hit by
Icebolt
, run behind the block of ice to avoid the damage caused by
Frost Breath
.
After reaching 10% HP, Sapphiron will no longer fly into the air.

Notes

Frost Resistance will help greatly with this encounter. Paladins can use
Frost Resistance Aura
and Shamans can use
Frost Resistance Totem
.
Try not to move Sapphiron too much if you're the tank. It's okay to be hit by
Chill
, it can be healed through.

Kel'Thuzad

Phase 1

Kel'Thuzad is invulnerable during this phase. He will become active after 3:50 mintues, this phase will be about managing the waves of adds.
Soldiers of the Frozen Waste are slow moving, low health mobs that explode when they touch an enemy causing Shadow damage to the entire raid. Ranged DPS need to take care of these.
Unstoppable Abominations will need to be tanked, and Melee DPS will be focusing on these.
Soul Weavers are slow moving, and will deal AoE Shadow damage and knock back at least 3 players if it reaches their target.

Phase 2

Finish off all remaining adds from Phase 1. Make sure to keep your distance from Soul Weavers.
Healers watch out for burst damage on the Tank caused by
Frostbolt
. This can be interrupted.
There will be AoE damage from
Frostbolt Volley
.
Stay spread out to avoid chaining
Frost Blast
(this can hit the tank), as well as
Detonate Mana
.
Move out of
Shadow Fissure
, this will one shot you.
Kel'Thuzad will cast
Chains of Kel'Thuzad
every 90 seconds or so. This will never happen on the Main Tank. Crowd Control these targets for the duration.

Phase 3

Starts at 45% HP.
Four Guardians of the Icecrown will spawn that need to be picked up by the Off Tanks. They will use
Blood Tap
about every 15 seconds but increases in frequency over time.
Continue DPSing Kel'Thuzad and ignore the Guardians of the Icecrown.

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