Arcane Mage DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (Season 1)

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Using Mass Barrier can be a great option right after Venomous Lash goes out. It will reduce the damage taken by your allies, but it will also heal you during the damage over time effect that comes out after the initial hit, via Diverted Energy. However, you can also use it for Carnivorous Contest. Use it depending on which mechanics your group is struggling with more.
• If you are full health before Hungering Bellows happens, use Alter Time and then re-activate it after Hungering Bellows has gone out and you are low hp. You can delay it a bit for the damage over time ticks that follow, but do not delay it too long as it might cause healers to waste heals on you when you can make yourself hull health again.
• In general, you have many defensives to deal with the various types of mechanics happening; do not be afraid to use them often; you do not need to hold any specific defensive for any specific mechanic.

• It is not generally worth using CDs on the Add Phase unless you are attempting to parse. Simply use cooldowns on pull and then again when the boss returns.

• Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.

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Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Mass Barrier is great for Gruesome Disgorge as it lowers the damage allies take and heals you during the damage over time portion via Diverted Energy.
• Although generally not advisable, if you really need to take Gruesome Disgorge twice in a row (for example, if other people died and you do not have enough people left in the other group to kill the adds), you can use Ice Cold + Greater Invisibility to survive the hit of taking Gruesome Disgorge while having Unseeming Blight up.
• Using Alter Time right before Crimson Rain can be a good insurance policy in case healers are not able to remove the debuff quickly, as Alter Time can still heal you to full health even while the heal absorb is up.
• You can cast Alter Time before Goresplatter goes out, while still on the inside platform, then Shimmer to the outside platform. After the damage has gone out, and the inside platform is safe again, re-activate Alter Time to heal to full and place yourself safely on the inside platform again. If you do not have Alter Time ready, simply position yourself normally for this mechanic and use either Greater Invisibility or Ice Cold.

• I do not recommend using cooldowns on the add waves if you do not have to. Try to use your cooldowns as they come up on the boss.

• You can cast Alter Time before Goresplatter goes out, while still on the inside platform, then Shimmer to the outside platform. After the damage has gone out, and the inside platform is safe again, re-activate Alter Time to heal to full and place yourself safely on the inside platform again.
• You can Shimmer through Spewing Hemorrhage (Heroic and up only) to avoid having to move in circles around the boss. Just make sure to watch your range to your healers if you drop low.

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Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• If you get either Phase Blades or Decimate, use Alter Time before running away from the group. After Phase Blades or Decimate has gone out, re-activate Alter Time to heal back to full health and get back into the group.
• There are no specific defensive tips aside from that. Simply use your defensives for any mechanic if you are not full health. You have plenty of available defensives compared to the amount of mechanics that go out, so do not be stingy with them.

• On cooldown.

• Nothing fancy here yet, but do check back in after the Season has been out for a couple of weeks to see if any tricks or tips have been found.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Use Mass Barrier for Web Reave to lower the damage taken by the group soaking it. Depending on the number of people soaking it, you might also want to pop another defensive while soaking it, like Greater Invisibility.

• Keep an eye on the energy of the boss. If the energy is almost full, delay your cooldowns until after the boss has teleported away. You can use Evocation while moving towards the new location so you can immediately start burning as you get there.
• Do not delay your cooldowns for the adds; they are not worth using cooldowns for.

• If you get targeted by Spinneret's Strands, activate Alter Time before running out of the raid (or Shimmer). Then, re-activate it after the web is placed to immediately break the web and avoid all damage. You can also simply Shimmer out of it instead of using Alter Time, but Alter Time also prevents you from taking any damage and avoids you having to spend both Shimmer charges.
• Shimmer away with Corrosion. Make sure to Shimmer to the correct side so that the waves that follow move away from the raid.

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• If you are targeted by a Blood Parasite, use a defensive. Ice Cold is very strong for this, although it is probably overkill depending on how quickly your group kills these adds. Simply using Alter Time right as you get, it works as well, but usually, healers will keep healing you during it, making it mostly useless unless you can communicate this clearly with your healers, or they actively check for Alter Time.
• When the boss is about to cast Ingest Black Blood, activate Alter Time, if you drop low during this debuff, you can re-activate Alter Time to heal to full again, even through the heal absorb. Mass Barrier is also very good to use during this, as it will not only provide a safety blanket for nearby allies, it also heals you (and thus lowers the heal absorb) via Diverted Energy.

• Use on cooldown.

• You can Shimmer out with Sticky Web until you get dispelled.

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• If you get Queensbane (Heroic+ only), activate a defensive. Simply using Prismatic Barrier is usually enough, but you can also use Greater Invisibility in an emergency.
• If your group does not kill the boss before Eternal Night, you need to cycle your defensives very aggressively, as this phase does a very large amount of damage. Generally, I suggest starting off with Alter Time until you drop very low and then use Prismatic Barrier + Mirror Image into Ice Cold into Greater Invisibility into a final Alter Time. This will keep you alive for a decent amount of time, but you will eventually die in this phase as it is mostly unhealable.
• There are limited other mechanics to use your defensives for, so just use them if you ever drop low.

• On cooldown.

• If you are targeted by Twilight Massacre, use Alter Time at your current position, and then Shimmer to the image you are targeted by and aim it away properly. After it shoots the beam at you, re-activate Alter Time.

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Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• If your group fails to properly Ensnare the boss when it is charging the wall, you can survive the hit via Ice Cold on normal or heroic difficulty. On Mythic difficulty this will wipe the entire group regardless of your personal defensives, so there is not much point to even try to survive it.
• There are limited mechanics that do significant burst damage to you that is not avoidable, so there is nothing specific you need to hold on to your defensives for. I suggest just rotating defensives as you get targeted by various mechanics.

• You will most likely want to align your cooldowns with Entangled or Stinging Delirium as both make the boss take double damage. However, the exact timings of these mechanics fluctuated during testing and have most likely changed since then. Check back shortly after the release of the raid for the exact timings to maximize these damage increases.

• Use Alter Time when webbed by Web Vortex, before being pulled in. Then, after being pulled in, simply re-activate it to get back to your original position. If you do not have Alter Time ready, you can use Shimmer instead of being pulled in, but keep in mind that the circle is slightly bigger than the Shimmer range, you will still have to move a bit.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

Note that it is early days and that this section will be far more fleshed out as the Season progresses and cool tricks and tips are found.

• Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the first week for some tips.

• Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the first week for some tips.

• Little is known about this boss at the time of writing, but check back after the first week for some tips.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!