Abilities- Missile Salvo â€" Channeled ability that hits every member of the operations group that is in line of sight.
- Rocket Burst â€" Single target damage, indicated by a red circle on the targeted player. This does damage, DoT and a knockback to nearby players as well.
- Overwhelming Strike â€" Frontal cleave.
After 50% health- Storm Protocol â€" Missiles are fired at the raid for about 10 seconds, indicated by red circles on the ground.
- Shockwave â€" AoE damage to all players in melee range.
Enrage after 6 minutes
Normal Mode StrategyThe operation group should spread out in front of one of the turrets in a horseshoe around the boss. It is best if the healers are on each side of the pillar and ranged DPS spread out on the sides of the healers, that way healers can target every raid member. Melee DPS should be stood behind the boss spread out as much as possible without standing in front of him.
- As long as the group is spread out well then the only damage taken should be on the tank and persons targeted with red marks. If anyone takes damage that doesn't have a red mark on them then they are either standing infront of the boss or to close to someone else in the group.
- When the tank is hit with a swipe knockback he should run back to the boss as fast as possible. He might also be hit out of healing range but don't worry about that, he should be back in it with in a few seconds.
- At around 92% - 72% - 38% the boss will crouch down and say "I have been armed with 24 distinct weapons technologies". When he does this everyone should run behind the pillar that the ranged DPS and healers are standing in front off. Healers should use AoE heals to keep the group up. Ranged DPS can go to the side and DPS during this phase as long as they watch their health, run back out of LoS when on low health and they all go out on the same side of the pillar. Tank does not have to hide behind the pillar if his health isn't low. When the boss stands back up everyone can run back out to the same possitions as before
- When the boss gets down to 50% health he will start saying "Enemy tactics analysed, initiating storm protocol." He will put marks on the ground under operation members. Just move as quickly as possible out of the red dot on the ground and continue attacking.
- He will also start doing an AoE attack to all melee at 50% health, this damage is minor and should be easy to heal through.
- At about 8% health he will one last time crouch down and say "I have been armed with 24 distinct weapons technologies". He will not stand backup and has to be burned down as fast as possible when he does this. Everyone should be ready to run into melee range and gather under the boss when he does this. Use every defensive and offensive cooldown you have. Sorcerer healers should put Static Barrier up on every operations member at about 10% health before he crouches and healers should use AoE heals to keep the group alive as long as possible.
Hard Mode and Nightmare Mode StrategySame as normal mode except higher damage from all of the attacks and storm protocol will sometimes put multiple red marks on you in quick succession. So make sure to move a little more during this phase but still stay in the space you have available from spreading out so that you aren't running into other players. Enrage timers also get a little tighter so make sure DPS is kept up during the whole fight.
Small Tips for Classes
- If there is a sniper in the group, it is possible to stay out through one of the missile salvo's by using the sniper shield and have everyone stay under it.
- Sorcerer healers should put up Affliction and Consuming Darkness when they have the time, especially right before Missile Salvo. This is not a very intense fight healing wise and all DPS helps on hard and NM mode.
Positioning during the fight(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mz7LyTJzTO5F3eiEj4JftJJ1HN5HYa3A_Ys0wmO2sUFH7-RZhxhUzg9LFsXidOQp2NZFKxkC3d_hTY9uIhfzuNu-Hg)
Positioning during Missile salvo phase, note that Melee DPS should stand with healers through it(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/a36RUeX6EfKWLd4Bd1ZhDJC-5f7ZZPBtlRJbob1Wyv8UNFIS475y9_VElJPvcdAhvHtgs-L70W_EsauSARuABrPs9A)
An excellent summary! Thanks for this. It would be great if we could get something like this up for each boss!