Moam Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot

As with previous phases of SoD, all bosses will drop both new and improved loot for players to collect. The list below shows the new and original loot for a side-by-side comparison.

Classic	SoD
Dustwind Turban	Dustwind Turban
Southwind Helm	Southwind Helm
Mantle of Maz'Nadir	Mantle of Maz'Nadir
Cloak of the Savior	Cloak of the Savior
Chitinous Shoulderguards	Chitinous Shoulderguards
Thick Silithid Chestguard	Thick Silithid Chestguard
Gauntlets of the Immovable	Gauntlets of the Immovable
Gauntlets of Southwind	Gauntlets of Southwind
Legplates of the Destroyer	Legplates of the Destroyer
Obsidian Scaled Leggings	Obsidian Scaled Leggings
Ring of Fury	Ring of Fury
Eye of Moam	Eye of Moam
Talon of Furious Concentration	Talon of Furious Concentration

• Absolutely do not use a Paladin to tank this fight if you are Alliance.
• You will only need a single tank for the boss, as there are no special tank mechanics this fight. If you do reach the intermission, your tank can pick up any of the three adds that your group is unable to banish, but they will die relatively easily.

• Your Mana will be constantly drained while Moam is active, so have Mana potions and other Mana consumables ready for this fight.
• All of your priests need to do nothing but cast Mana Burn on Moam.

• Priests, Warlocks, and Hunters must use Mana Burn, Mana Drain, and Viper Sting as much as possible whenever Moam is active.
• If you do not have a Mana drain ability to use, just burn the boss. If your group has mostly raid-geared players, you should be able to kill the boss before the intermission.
• If you do reach the intermission, any Warlocks should use Banish on the adds that spawn.

• All players with Mana drain abilities need to use them as much as possible. This includes Priests, Hunters, and Warlocks.
• Any casters in the group should have Mana potions and other consumables for this fight, since the boss will drain their Mana.
• Try to kill Moam before the intermission, but do not panic if you do not have the damage for it. Either Banish or kill the three adds that spawn.

Moam is a very simple fight that entirely comes down to your raid's output. Moam has exactly one mechanic, which is his Mana drain ability. While Moam is active, he will constantly drain your raid's Mana, adding it to his own pool. If Moam reaches full Mana, he will cast an explosion that will wipe the raid. To stop this, you will want any Priests, Warlocks, and Hunters in the raid to constantly be using Mana Burn, Mana Drain, and Viper Sting whenever Moam is active. If you do this, you can delay Moam's Mana drain enough to let you kill him before he ever reaches full Mana. Once you engage Moam, you have about 90 seconds until the second phase triggers, but this should be enough time to kill him for most groups.

If you do take more than 90 seconds, Moam will become invulnerable for a short time, spawning three adds. These adds can either be killed or Banished by Warlocks in your raid. Regardless of how you deal with them, the boss will become active again after a short time, and you will just resume killing him like in Phase 1. The only thing to focus on is draining his Mana and killing him before he ever reaches full Mana.