Enhancement Shaman DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (Season 1)

Ulgrax as Enhancement is predominantly a single-target encounter as, while there are add spawns during the intermission, the entire raid has nothing else to do, and they can be dealt with during Juggernaut Charge. As such, I would recommend a build focused purely on boss damage.

• Use Astral Shift / Stone Bulwark Totem if you are targeted by Digestive Acid.

• Ascendance should be used on the pull, and then ideally as soon as the boss returns from the intermission after Ready to Feed is completed. The intermission begins at 1m30 and lasts for 45 seconds, plus any extra time spent feeding the boss. Plan around these timers, do not use cooldowns in the intermission.

• Use Wind Rush Totem either on Carnivorous Contest to help players push against, or during the intermission to help avoid Juggernaut Charge.

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Dealing with The Bloodbound Horror mostly depends on how your raid wants to set up each group that is sent downstairs. As dealing with these is the make-or-break of the encounter, I would recommend picking up Crash Lightning to add in some additional cleave, but otherwise, do not invest too much into AoE. If your raid is struggling with add damage, pick Arc Discharge, otherwise take Storm Swell for boss damage.

• Use Astral Shift / Stone Bulwark Totem after Goresplatter hits to reduce the follow-up DoT.

• Ascendance should be used on the pull, and ideally only ever used when you are upstairs hitting the boss. Downstairs should not need extra cooldowns to deal with.

• Use Wind Rush Totem during Spewing Hemorrhage beams.
• Interrupt Black Bulwark from ranged, but still focus down the Forgotten Harbinger adds — these are more dangerous.
• Use Spirit Walk to get out the Goresplatter circle, then Feral Lunge to re-engage the boss.

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Sikran is a pure single-target boss burn encounter that also has a large amount of movement needed should you be targeted by Phase Blades. Your main goal is to keep as much uptime on the boss as possible while handling the number of mechanics that force you out, so I would recommend a pure boss damage build.

• If targeted by Phase Blades, use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem as it is about to hit to reduce both the up-front damage and the follow-up DoT.

• Use cooldowns as they are ready; no special considerations here.

• Use Wind Rush Totem to help the raid get out of Shattering Sweep, and then use Feral Lunge to quickly re-engage the boss.

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The key part of Rasha'nan is single-target damage to burn the boss down; however, the add spawns are dangerous and investing a small amount of points to help keep these under control is recommended. I would advise picking up Crash Lightning, but they should be killed before you can effectively get value out of either Crashing Storms or Arc Discharge so only pick these if your raid is struggling.

• Try to use Astral Shift or Stone Bulwark Totem for each Erosive Spray if the healers are struggling.

• Use them on cooldown whenever you can guarantee full uptime on the boss. Watch out for the transition timer to avoid using it as the boss flies away.
• If you can time Tempest casts with Infested Spawn, this has huge value, but do not disrupt your cycle to try and force it — boss damage is more important.

• Use Wind Rush Totem as the boss moves across the platform to help the raid reposition. This should be ready for each of these if you talent into Ascending Air.
• Ancestral Guidance is best used either during Erosive Spray or when Infested Spawn is cast to stabilize the raid from your AoE damage in the event any Infested Bite casts trigger.
• Use Capacitor Totem and Earthbind Totem to lock down the add spawns to prevent them from reaching their fixate targets.

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Broodtwister Ovi'nax is one of the more complex encounters within Nerub'ar Palace, as it requires your raid to carefully balance dealing with a large number of adds and the boss. Due to the bounce range of Chain Lightning and our extremely efficient cleave, I would advise picking up a more AoE-centric build here.

• Use Astral Shift / Stone Bulwark Totem as Experimental Dosage is expiring if you are targeted. This keeps you healthy from the eruption damage and gives healers more time to clear off the healing absorb.

• Generally, I would recommend using your cooldowns at any point where you have full boss uptime, as adds should be killed in a steady stream without needing extra damage.
• Primordial Wave on the other hand should always be used when there are adds active.

• Save Spirit Walk to get to your assigned egg in case you are targeted by Experimental Dosage.
• Instead, use Thunderous Paws to self-dispel Sticky Web. Be careful not to do this in melee. You can also set up a group dispel area using Wind Rush Totem with Jet Stream for players to walk in and clear off their debuff, but make sure they know not to stack in there.
• Use either the boss or Colossal Spiders as anchor targets to AoE from, as these are the priority targets with the most health.
• Whenever Voracious Worms are active, use Wind Shear to interrupt them from range even when you are not currently focusing them down.

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Nexus-Princess Ky'veza is again a very single-target focused encounter with no additional targets, but a large amount of movement needed. I would recommend a pure boss damage build here.

• You need to watch your health here, and if you feel like you are not being topped use Stone Bulwark Totem to buy healers time to avoid Reaper.
• Astral Shift is best saved for when you run out with Assassination as this will often mean moving out of the raid away from healers.

• Use cooldowns as soon as they are ready, so long as you can guarantee full uptime on the boss.

• Save Spirit Walk in case you are targeted by Assassination, and use it to run to your spot quickly.
• Wind Rush Totem is best used for Nether Rift to help the raid push back against the drag and stay on the boss.

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The Silken Court is a two-target encounter with an extremely large amount of movement. Depending on how effectively they are tanked, you should have a reasonable amount of uptime on both of them, warranting the pick of Crash Lightning and Arc Discharge (as Storm Swell will fizzle too often), and this can also help in dealing with the Shattershell Scarab adds.

• Use Astral Shift / Stone Bulwark Totem on Venomous Rain.

• Use cooldowns whenever they are ready, ideally when you can guarantee full boss uptime, and they are both stacked.
• If you can time Primordial Wave and Tempest for after Anub'arash casts Reckless Charge he takes double damage, but do not hold them too long to take advantage of this.

• Use Feral Lunge following Void Step casts. Save Spirit Walk to make sure you can quickly get out of the Entropic Desolation circle.
• Use Wind Rush Totem with Jet Stream during the intermission to help players adjust around Shatter Existence cones comfortably.

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Unfortunately, Queen Ansurek was not tested on the Beta realms at all, so exactly how the fight plays out and what is most important is unknown. Currently, I would recommend a single-target build (in particular Elementalist) as it is likely boss damage will be most important here.

• At the time of writing, this encounter is unknown. Check back after the raid's release.

• At the time of writing, this encounter is unknown. Check back after the raid's release.

• At the time of writing, this encounter is unknown. Check back after the raid's release.

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