Ysondre 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
Acid Inscribed Pauldrons	Acid Inscribed Pauldrons
Jade Inlaid Vestments	Jade Inlaid Vestments
Leggings of the Demented Mind	Leggings of the Demented Mind
Strangely Glyphed Legplates	Strangely Glyphed Legplates
Hibernation Crystal	Hibernation Crystal
Emerald Dragonfang	Emerald Dragonfang

• You will need at least 2 tanks so that Noxious Breath can be prevented on the current tank most of the time, allowing for greater threat generation.
• As usual with Dragon bosses, turn them away from the raid such that your raid group is standing to the side of the boss, as they will do a very dangerous breath attack from the front and also have a tail sweep attack from their backs.
• Their breath attack, Noxious Breath inflicts a damage over time effect, increases the cooldown on your abilities by 10 seconds and stacks up to 6 times. This all but requires a tank swap, as even one application of the breath will cause you to fall very behind on threat generation.

• Make sure to avoid the green clouds that roam the encounter area, as they will sleep you for 5 seconds, possibly causing deaths in the process.
• Spread out to avoid chaining Lightning Wave, which can be dangerous on its later bounces.

• Make sure to avoid the green clouds that roam the encounter area, as they will sleep you for 5 seconds, possibly causing deaths in the process.
• Spread out to avoid chaining Lightning Wave, which can be dangerous on its later bounces.
• Use area of effect spells to quickly take down the Demented Druid Spirits that spawn from the boss at 75%, 50% and 25% health before they can spread out and wreck havoc on the raid.

• Lightning Wave is Ysondre's area of effect damage ability. This can be dangerous if you let it hit all of its possible 10 targets and your group should be roughly spread out around the boss in order to minimize chaining. Remember that Mage and other area of effect heavy classes will need to be closer to the boss in order to quickly take the Demented Druid Spirits down.
• As many Demented Druid Spirits as you have players in your raid are summoned from inside the boss whenever he loses 25% health. While these can easily be killed with area of effect abilities, failing to do so quickly could allow them to spread out and cause deaths.
• Mark of Nature is cast on any player who dies during the fight, lasts for 15 minutes and causes them to fall asleep for the duration of the debuff if they re-engage Ysondre, thus preventing players from re-joining the fight if they die at any point.
• Noxious Breath is a breath attack in front of the boss and forces a tank swap by reducing the threat output of the affected tank significantly.

Ysondre is the easiest Dragons of Nightmare fight as you only need a basic tank swap and raid spread in order to take him down, with his 25% health loss mechanic being easily handled by using area of effect abilities at the right times.

Start the fight by pulling the boss to the open area at the bottom of the ramp and have your main tank turn him sideways, such that the raid group can spread out around him.

Whenever the boss hits 75%, 50% and 25% health, have your DPS use their area of effect attacks to quickly kill the Demented Druid Spirits that spawn, and repeat until he is dead, and good luck with the loot!

You can see an example kill here, by Baron / Cstrike Gaming.

Item	Slot
Ancient Corroded Leggings	Legs
Acid Inscribed Pauldrons	Shoulder
Acid Inscribed Greaves	Feet
Strangely Glyphed Legplates	Legs
Leggings of the Demented Mind	Legs
Hibernation Crystal	Trinket
Dragonbone Wristguards	Wrist
Emerald Dragonfang	One-Hand
Hammer of Bestial Fury	Main-Hand
Jade Inlaid Vestments	Chest
Trance Stone	Off-Hand
Staff of Rampant Growth	Two-Hand
Dragonspur Wraps	wrist
Green Dragonskin Cloak	Back