Affliction Warlock DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)

• Consider using a defensive such as Dark Pact for Venomous Lash.
• Be mindful of potential Disembowel stacks if intermission adds aggro you.

• Prioritise damage on boss over saving cooldowns for adds during intermission.

• A well placed Demonic Gateway can trivialise Carnivorous Contest for the group. Demonic Circle can also help individually.
• Likewise, the use of Burning Rush, Demonic Gateway and Demonic Circle can speed up Chunky Viscera delivery.

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• Consider using a defensive such as Dark Pact for Gruesome Disgorge.
• Keep track of Crimson Rain and use Mortal Coil or Healthstone if required.

• Prioritise damage on boss over delaying cooldown for adds.

• Make sure to position yourself so that when you soak Gruesome Disgorge, you are in a good position to hit as many adds as possible.
• Demonic Gateway and Demonic Circle back can trivialise Goresplatter movements.
• Demonic Circle let you move through Spewing Hemorrhage

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• Consider using a defensive when targeted by Decimate.
• Use Demonic Circle to get back in the group after resolving either Phase Blades or Decimate if targeted.
• Demonic Gateway can help the whole raid handle Shattering Sweep mechanic.

• No delay required.

• Positioning on this fight will be key; you want to move as little as possible. The best way to accomplish this is to position yourself close enough to where you might need to move for mechanics like Decimate or Phase Blades so you shorten the required distance.

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• Depending on your strategy, if you are breaking multiple Sticky Web debuffs, consider using a defensive. If you are one of the targets, Burning Rush or a well placed Demonic Circle can break the tether quickly.
• Consider using a defensive cooldown for Web Reave.

• Infested Spawn are prone to be cleaved by melees in the group, so at best they offer opportunity to snipe shards through Drain Soul and/or Unstable Affliction.
• Hold cooldowns if boss energy is almost full as that will trigger a reposition of the whole raid.

• Pre-place Demonic Circle in order to break immediately Spinneret's Strands.

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• Consider using a defensive cooldown if needed for Ingest Black Blood cast.

• No delay required.

• Sticky Web debuff can be dispelled by Imp.
• Curse of Tongues can be used to deal with Medium Eggs worms casts.
• Consider using crowd control abilities such as Shadowfury to help deal with Parasites.

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• Consider using a defensive when targeted by Queensbane.

• No delay required.

• During Eclipse try to position yourself close to one of the sector, to minimise movements.

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• The fight will progressively get more and more mechanics, so feel free to rotate defensive cooldowns liberally.

• Call of the Swarm is a great source of additional funnel damage, so make sure to keep Agony and Corruption and Drain Soul the dying targets. These adds will fixate on the closest player on spawn, so be sure to leave this to more mobile ranged specs.
• Consider delaying cooldowns if they are within 10-20 seconds of Reckless Charge, in order to benefit from the double damage window on Anub'arash.
• Save cooldowns for Shatter Existence and Spike Storm phases in order to break the shield quickly.

• Curse of Weakness and Curse of Tongues should be used respectively on Anub'arash and Skeinspinner Takazj
• Imp can dispel Stinging Swarm around. Be sure to ask ahead of time and be prepared to use this on the raid.

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• Consider using a defensive cooldown with 2 or more stacks of Frothy Toxin.
• Have defensive cooldowns during the intermission to phase 2.

• No specific guidance.

• Triggering Reactive Froth will push the player in the air for about 2 global cooldowns when instant casts can be used to not lose dps.

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