Auriaya Encounter Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot

Auriaya is technically an optional boss and can be skipped by avoiding her patrol route. If you choose to engage her, you will deal with her and the army of cats she has at her disposal. This encounter mostly comes down to how your raid initially engages the boss. Auriaya herself is not too dangerous, but the 4 Sanctum Sentrys accompanying her can very quickly kill your tank in a split second. Figuring out a solid pulling strategy that works for your group is the critical factor to repeat success on this encounter.

• Melee DPS will need to quickly move in front of the boss to soak damage from the Sonic Screech.
• Be cautious on the pull; allow the tanks to go in first to control the adds and the bosses position
• Quickly burn down the Sanctum Sentrys at the start of the fight, or your tank will die when they run out of cooldowns.

• Be ready with large heals and defensive cooldowns on the tank assigned to the Sanctum Sentrys at the start of the fight.
• If the Feral Defender is left alive and not stunned, random raid members will start taking moderate Shadow damage. Be ready to top them up quickly.

• Surviving the initial pull against the 4 Sanctum Sentrys is the most dangerous part of the fight. Rotate between your defensive cooldowns and any external cooldowns available to survive this.
• Keep Auriaya facing toward the raid group to split the damage from the Sonic Screech.
• You can force the Feral Defender to attack you with taunt, allowing you to drag it away from the raid right before it dies if it is not stunned.

• Guardian Swarm
• Sonic Screech
• Terrifying Screech
• Sentinel Blast

• Seeping Feral Essence
• Feral Pounce
• Feral Rush
• Seeping Feral Essence

The most difficult part of this encounter is getting a reliable pull. The 4 Sanctum Sentrys hit extremely hard thanks to the Strength of the Pack they are all providing to each other. Tanks will need to use personal cooldowns upon engaging the boss, as these 4 adds will all hit like trucks. The tank assigned to these adds must have a large cooldown running on them. The raid will want to quickly AoE these adds down on the pull, burning all major cooldowns to kill them off as soon as possible, or else your tank will run out of cooldowns and die.

Auriaya herself is much less of a threat. Have your tank face her towards the raid as she will constantly cast Sonic Screech, which deals massive damage but is split between all players hit. Melee DPS can alternate between DPSing from behind Auriaya, then moving to her front to soak the Sonic Screech. Auriaya will also cast Guardian Swarm, summoning a pack of Swarming Guardians that can be instantly AoE'd down.

Auriaya will also summon a Feral Defender shortly into the fight. This cat ignores threat but can be taunted for the brief fixate and pounces on random players dealing moderate Shadow damage. The Feral Defender can also be stunned, preventing it from dealing any damage for a short time. Have your second tank try to grab these when they spawn, and all DPS swap to kill this add quickly. When it dies, it drops Seeping Feral Essence around its body. If the add dies in the raid, the entire raid must move a few steps out of the pool. Ideally, your tank will taunt the mob shortly before it dies, drag it away from the raid, and stun it so that it does not die on top of everyone.

Item	Type/Slot
Cover of the Keepers	Leather Head
Mantle of the Preserver	Cloth Shoulder
Ironaya's Discarded Mantle	Mail Shoulder
Raiments of the Corrupted	Clot Chest
Chestplate of Titanic Fury	Plate Chest
Nimble Climber's Belt	Leather Waist
Archaedas' Lost Legplates	Plate Legs
Elemental Focus Stone	Trinket
Shieldwall of the Breaker	Shield
Nurturing Touch	Wand

Item	Type/Slot
Cowl of the Absolute	Cloth Head
Unwavering Stare	Leather Head
Amice of the Stoic Watch	Mail Shoulder
Shoulderplates of the Eternal	Plate Shoulder
Cloak of the Makers	Back
Unbreakable Chestguard	Plate Chest
Gloves of the Stonereaper	Leather Hands
Sandals of the Ancient Keeper	Cloth Feet
Greaves of the Rockmender	Plate Feet
Ring of the Faithful Servant	Finger
Platinum Band of the Aesir	Finger
Runescribed Blade	Main Hand Sword
Stonerender	One Hand Mace
Siren's Cry	Bow
Libram of the Resolute	Libram
Fragment of Val'anyr	Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings

Auriaya is just one of the 14 encounters present in the Ulduar raid of Wrath of the Lich King Classic. If you would like to learn more about the other fights and their respective loot, please see our Ulduar Raid Hub page below.