Gul'dan Guide for The Nighthold
Table of Contents
General Information
Welcome to our World of Warcraft encounter guide for Gul'dan in The Nighthold. We will teach you everything you need to know to defeat the boss in every difficulty.
On this particular page, we will give you a short overview of the fight as well as a list of things to watch out for (include LFR tips when applicable).
The other pages of our Gul'dan guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.
Contents
To make it easy to navigate the guide, we have split it into 2 pages:
- Abilities: read about the encounter abilities;
- Normal/Heroic Strategy/Tactics: find out how to defeat the encounter in Normal and Heroic modes.
Lore
Gul'dan is the final boss in the Nighthold.
The chain of events set in motion when Garrosh escaped to Draenor has continued, unbroken for all its twists and turns, leading to this very moment. Thwarted in Draenor, Gul'dan now stands on the precipice of achieving ultimate victory on behalf of his Legion masters. Standing atop the Nighthold, as the vortex of fel energy swirls in the skies overhead, the outcast orc warlock awaits his destiny.
Outline
Gul'dan is a 3-phase encounter that tests all aspects of a raid groups skills and coordination. It will take an exceptional group to bring him down.
TL;DR
Tanks
- Use
Resonant Barrier to avoid lethal situations during the encounter, such as
Shatter Essence and
Soul Vortex.
- Pick up the various adds that spawn throughout the encounter.
- Manage Gul'dan's Fel Energy with
Fel Scythe.
Healers
- Use
Scattering Field to reduce the group's Fire damage taken at key points throughout the encounter.
- Dispel
Drains when it is applied.
- Coordinate healing cooldowns for
Black Harvest.
DPS
- Use
Time Dilation to burst down key targets and push damage checks.
- Soak
Bonds of Fel to avoid players taking fatal damage.
- Interrupt
Carrion Wave casts.
- Absorb stacks of
Soul Corrosion to reduce the raidwide damage taken from
Black Harvest.
- Focus and cleave down important adds that spawn throughout the encounter.
Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp
While it maybe possible to get 2 Bloodlusts on this fight, it is
recommended that you use
Bloodlust during the third phase. This phase
is overall the most dangerous, and ending the fight as quickly as possible here
is the priority. The raid will be eventually be taking heavy damage from
Soul Corrosion stacks and
Black Harvest, and the
Bloodlust here doubles as a healing cooldown, keeping the raid
healthy.
Changelog
- 24 Jan. 2017 (strategy page): Rewrote Phase 1 strategy based on first week of Heroic raiding.
- 17 Jan. 2017 (this page): Guide added.
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