Invasion Points Guide (Legion 7.3)

Table of Contents

• +1. Invasion Points
  • 1.1. Unlocking Invasion Points
  • 1.2. Locations
  • 1.3. Uptime
  • 1.4. Rewards
  • 1.5. Understanding the Notion of Environmental Hazards
  • 1.6. Differences & Similarities Between Invasion Points
    • 1.6.1. Differences
    • 1.6.2. Similarities
• 2. Invasion Points of Argus
• +3. Invasion Point: Aurinor (Islands)
  • 3.1. Map
  • 3.2. Objectives
    • 3.2.1. Stage 1
    • 3.2.2. Stage 2
  • 3.3. Environmental Hazards
    • 3.3.1. Astralfall
    • 3.3.2. Legion Command Ship
    • 3.3.3. Power Oscillation
    • 3.3.4. Temporal Precognition
• +4. Invasion Point: Bonich (Forest)
  • 4.1. Map
  • 4.2. Objectives
    • 4.2.1. Stage 1
    • 4.2.2. Stage 2
  • 4.3. Environmental Hazards
    • 4.3.1. Sacred Vines
    • 4.3.2. Legion Command Ship
    • 4.3.3. Swarming Insects
    • 4.3.4. Invigorating Pollen
• +5. Invasion Point: Cen'gar (Fire)
  • 5.1. Map
  • 5.2. Objectives
    • 5.2.1. Stage 1
    • 5.2.2. Stage 2
  • 5.3. Environmental Hazards
    • 5.3.1. Fire Enchanted
    • 5.3.2. Volatile Lava
    • 5.3.3. Burning Steps
• +6. Invasion Point: Naigtal (Marsh)
  • 6.1. Map
  • 6.2. Objectives
    • 6.2.1. Stage 1
    • 6.2.2. Stage 2
  • 6.3. Environmental Hazards
    • 6.3.1. Spore Pools
    • 6.3.2. Spore Laden
    • 6.3.3. Maddening Spores
• +7. Invasion Point: Sangua (Blood)
  • 7.1. Map
  • 7.2. Objectives
    • 7.2.1. Stage 1
    • 7.2.2. Stage 2
  • 7.3. Environmental Hazards
    • 7.3.1. Tentacles
    • 7.3.2. Legion Command Ship
    • 7.3.3. Coalesced Power
    • 7.3.4. Surging Blood
• +8. Invasion Point: Val (Ice)
  • 8.1. Map
  • 8.2. Objectives
    • 8.2.1. Stage 1
    • 8.2.2. Stage 2
  • 8.3. Environmental Hazards
    • 8.3.1. Buffeting Winds
    • 8.3.2. Blizzard
    • 8.3.3. Crippling Cold
    • 8.3.4. Flash Freeze
• +9. Stage 3: Legion Commanders
  • 9.1. Baldrazar
    • 9.1.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.2. Dread Knight Zak'gal
    • 9.2.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.3. Dreadbringer Valus
    • 9.3.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.4. Fel Lord Kaz'ral
    • 9.4.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.5. Flamebringer Az'rothel
    • 9.5.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.6. Flamecaller Vezrah
    • 9.6.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.7. Flameweaver Verathix
    • 9.7.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.8. Gorgoloth
    • 9.8.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.9. Harbinger Drel'nathar
    • 9.9.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.10. Malphazel
    • 9.10.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.11. Mazgoroth
    • 9.11.1. General Strategy
  • 9.12. Vel'thrak the Punisher
    • 9.12.1. Quick Strategy
  • 9.13. Vogrethar the Defiled
    • 9.13.1. Quick Strategy
• 10. Achievements
• 11. Changelog

Invasion Points are a new type of repeatable content added in Patch 7.3. The forces of Azeroth will have the opportunity to strike at the Burning Legion by shutting down Invasion Points on other worlds.

Players will first be introduced to Invasion Points through a quest that challenges them to enter and defeat demonic forces inside. Each Invasion Point can be accessed without a queue to enter, and while no group is required, additional players will be able to enter the Invasion point instance within a short period of each other.

There are two tiers of Invasion Points:

• Tier 1 Invasion Points allow anywhere from 3-10 players within the instance. While you can enter alone, you will ideally want at least two other players to join you in order to complete the scenario.
• Tier 2 Invasion Points (also known as Greater Invasion Points), will require a raid to bring down the boss within.

Multiple Invasion Points will be available on Argus at any given time. They are entered through portals, visible on your world map. Each player needs to click on the portal to enter.

Starting September 5th 2017, Invasion Points can be unlocked by talking to Illidan Stormrage aboard the Vindicaar (Where They Least Expect It).

Portals in locations on Argus, at random.

• In Krokuun, Invasion Point portals can be found at 46, 77 and/or 69, 82.
• In Mac'Aree, they are at 38, 12 and/or 61, 18.
• In Antoran Wastes, the portals are located at 60, 42 and/or 65, 70.

Each Invasion Point will cycle within 6 hours and despawn. Keep an eye out on timers indicated on your map.

Completing Invasion Points provides Argus Waystones which can be used toward earning a weekly reward (Invasion Onslaught), Veiled Argunite and an Artifact power token.

Within Invasion Points, you need to be aware of your surroundings. Moving circles of Blizzard will appear on the ground, vines will emerge from the ground following, and eventually, stunning you if you get caught and so forth. Environmental hazards vary with each Invasion Point and in this guide, we are explaining all the possible variants for each Invasion Point.

In this section, we will be discussing how Invasion Points differ from one another and what they all have in common.

• Invasion Points have different environmental hazards and at least one unique objective.
• The types of mobs you will be facing inside Invasion Points will differ with each stage.

• All Invasion Points have three stages. Based on PTR testing, each stage 1 deals with defeating Legion forces, until the bar reaches 100%. In stage 2, additional mobs will spawn, and in the final stage you will need to kill a random elite Legion Commander to complete the Invasion Point.
• Arrogance will trigger on every pull, making enemies deal 10% less damage to you for 4 seconds after you first damage them.
• Enemies inside Invasion Points are susceptible to or benefit from environmental hazards.
• If you wipe on Legion Commanders, their health will not reset.

A total of six Invasion Points can be found on Argus. In this section, you can find information about environmental hazards and different stages of the scenarios.

In the first stage, your group will need to kill Legion forces to fill the bar to 100%. In Aurinor, you can find 8 Temporal Anomalies. Standing in a Temporal Anomaly in stage 1 grants you the effect of Temporal Distortion, increasing your Haste and Movement speed by 15%. Make sure your group stands at the edge of the Temporal Anomaly, so that enemies do not benefit from it (they also get benefits if they stand in the Anomaly). Fight your way down and kill enough enemies for stage 2 to begin.

The objective of the second stage is to destroy 8 Temporal Anomalies. More demons will spawn and you will have to fight your way back to the entrance. Approaching and right-clicking a Temporal Anomaly will destroy it, granting you the effect of Temporal Alacrity, increasing your Haste and Movement speed by 3% for every destroyed Temporal Anomaly, stacking up to 8 times. The buff persists through death and in stage 3, your Haste and Movement speed will be increased by up to 24%.

We found the following hazards associated with Aurinar.

Astralfall causes Arcane crystals to fall from the sky, inflicting Arcane damage in a 7 yard radius.

• Avoid standing in swirling circles on the ground to evade Astralfall. Enemies caught in Astralfall will take damage from the effect.

A ship will periodically sear the landscape with Obliteration Beam, inflicting 250,000 Fire damage to nearby enemies every 0.5 seconds. Incoming attacks are indicated in chat with a warning that reads: "This area is targeted for Obliteration!"

• Pay attention to the warning and avoid standing in the area affected by Obliteration Beam.

Surging Power and Waning Power: Energy fluctuates in this world, damage and healing done oscillates, increasing up to 20% and decreasing up to 20%.

• Every second, you will gain the effect of Surging Power, which increases damage and healing done by 2% per stack (up to a maximum of 20% at 10 seconds). After that, the power of the effect will begin to decrease by 2% every second, until it reaches 0% and you gain the effect of Waning Power.
• Waning Power will decrease your damage and healing done by 2% per stack (up to a maximum of 20% at 10 seconds). After that, the effect will begin to dissipate by 2% every second, until it reaches 0% and you regain the effect of Surging Power.

Temporal Precognition: Temporal pockets occasionally show you where you should be 6 seconds in the future. Moving there avoids triggering Time Paradox, which inflicts Arcane damage.

• When you see a spirit link pointing to your future location, move to it, to avoid damage from Time Paradox.
• If you successfully move to your future point, you will gain Synchronicity. The buff increases all damage done by 25% and stacks.

In the first stage, you must defeat Legion forces, until you fill the bar to 100%.

Defeat 8 Invasive Gazers. They have the following abilities:

• Shadow Bolt, a damaging spell that can be interrupted;
• Fel Meteor, a fel meteor that crashes to the ground inflicting damage to enemies within 5 yards of the impact, setting them ablaze for Fire damage every 2 seconds for 8 seconds;
• Felflame Shield: a shield of fel fire that surrounds the caster, inflicting Fire damage to nearby enemies.

We found the following hazards associated with Bonich.

Sacred Vines will be moving toward you and if you are caught, you become rooted and take ticking damage for 8 seconds. The effect can be avoided by kiting mobs or moving, when Sacred Vines get near you.

A ship will periodically sear the landscape with Obliteration Beam, inflicting 250,000 Fire damage to nearby enemies every 0.5 seconds. Incoming attacks are indicated in chat with a warning that reads: "This area is targeted for Obliteration!"

• Pay attention to the warning and avoid standing in the area affected by Obliteration Beam.

Swarming Insects is an effect that can be visually distinguished as a green gas cloud moving across the area. Players caught in it will be incapacitated for 6 seconds and suffer 5% of maximum health as Nature damage every second.

Invigorating Pollen: Standing in trees that emanate light increases your Haste by 75%. The trees will disappear after a short time and reappear somewhere else near your location. Try to position mobs to take full advantage of the buff.

Glowing circles that look like healing pools will periodically appear on the ground and standing inside them causes Fire damage ( Searing Pain) every second, and at the same time, you will gain the effect of Searing Power, that increases damage dealt by 50% and healing done by 100% for 20 seconds stacking up to 60 seconds if you stand in it for 3 seconds. Maintain the buff to increase your damage and healing output. In the first stage, you must collapse 8 Smoldering Rifts. Defeat 8 Crazed Corruptors to begin stage 2.

Defeat 5 Molten Giants. Kite Molten Giants to the beginning of the instance to minimize the risk of pulling any other mobs that spawned during stage 2.

We found the following hazards associated with Cen'gar.

Fire Enchanted causes creatures to explode on death, dealing Fire damage. Melee should move or start kiting the mobs when they are at low health to avoid damage from the explosion, while ranged DPS finish them off.

Volatile Lava inflicts almost 1 million Fire damage to all players and creatures within 8 yards of the impact. Move out of the area to avoid knockback and damage of the spell. Tanking creatures on top of Volatile Lava will cause damage and knock them back.

Burning Steps causes creatures to melt ground into molten lava during combat. Standing in lava deals 500,000 Fire damage every second.

Find and click on Energized Vines to become Energized for 10 seconds. While under the buff, your movement speed will be increased and any Spore Stalks you pass through will burst, granting you Embedded Spores.

Embedded Spores increase your damage dealt by 10% and healing done by 5% per stack for two minutes (up to a maximum of 10 stacks). Try to maintain the effect of Embedded Spores at all times, to increase your damage output.

In another variation of the Invasion Point, the air gets so thick with spores that players get embedded with them just by standing in the area of Spore Stalks (becoming affected by Energized Vine) and coming into contact with Energized Vines will cause damage and violently remove any applications of Embedded Spores. Maintain the effect of Embedded Spores by avoiding Energized Vines.

During stage 1, you need to defeat Legion forces, until you fill the bar to 100% and stage 2 begins.

A Marsh Shambler becomes Fel Enraged and breaks free from the corrupters. Avoid the creature that is now patrolling the area. When pulled, the shambler will cast Baleful Beam and you should not stand in front of him in order to avoid damage. His second ability is Dark Spores. The caster casts spores at random locations nearby that deal damage to everyone within 5 yards of the impact. Avoid swirling circles on the ground to counter the ability.

The objective of stage 2 is to defeat 5 Hellfire Infernals that appear as soon as stage 2 starts. The infernals will cast Blazing Hellfire (channeled AoE ability) for 8 seconds, if not interrupted.

We found the following hazards associated with Naigtal.

Spore Filled causes creatures to be filled with spores due to exposure. On death, the spores will form a pool of spores on the ground that inflicts Decay damage to any player entering the area. Creatures drop a Spore Pool on death. Leave melee area when they the targets are about to die and let ranged finish them. Spore Pool causes players to suffer 1 million Decay damage every second.

Spore Laden causes Sinuous Devourers to periodically drop Dark Spores beneath them. Avoid the area of the impact.

Maddening Spores: Standing in disease clouds will cause the victim to succumb to Maddening Spores, causing them to attack their allies until their health is reduced below 50%.

The goal of stage 1 is to destroy 3 Legion Blood Drainers. Once a Legion Blood Drainer takes damage, it will Alert nearby Legion forces within 20 yards to attack you. When destroyed, it will spawn a Bloody Pool that increases all damage done by 25%, if players or creatures stand in it.

Defeat Legion forces until the bar reaches 100%.

We found the following hazards associated with Sangua.

When a Legion Blood Drainer is destroyed, you will see the following warning: As the machine erupts, something stirs beneath the surface. Every 30 seconds, a Deep Terror will emerge at your location. The tentacles Crush an area, slamming the ground, inflicting Physical damage and stunning all enemies in a cone in front of the caster. You do not need to kill them. Move out of the range of Deep Terrors and they will not be able to attack you. Mobs will become stunned and take damage when hit by Crush.

A ship will periodically sear the landscape with Obliteration Beam, inflicting 250,000 Fire damage to nearby enemies every 0.5 seconds. Incoming attacks are indicated in chat with a warning that reads: "This area is targeted for Obliteration!"

• Pay attention to the warning and avoid standing in the area affected by Obliteration Beam.

Coalesced Power causes Demon attacks to have a chance to inflict an additional 15,00 Shadow damage every second. This effect stacks up to 10 times. Receiving any crowd-control causes the demon to drop this gem. Applying crowd-control makes enemies lose the effect of Coalesced Power.

Congealed Plasma (blood globes) will spawn in the blood pool. When they die, blood splashes over all targets within 10 yards, increasing Haste by 15% for 20 seconds ( Surging Blood). When the aura expires, the target explodes dealing 250,000 Shadow damage to everyone nearby. This effect stacks up to 10 times. Try to stack them on top of each other to get as many stacks as possible. Refresh the duration of the buff every 20 seconds to avoid the explosion.

Val revolves around a buff called Brazier's Warmth. While standing close to a brazier, creatures and players gain 1% of their maximum health every 3 seconds. The brazier is used to mitigate environmental hazards, such as Crippling Cold or Flash Freeze and its Frozen. Find a position at maximum range, where you gain the effect of Brazier's Warmth, but mobs do not. Defeat Legion forces to fill the bar to 100%. It can be tricky to properly move casters out of the effect, but if you interrupt one of their spells, you will have a short timespan to readjust positioning.

Release 12 trapped Illidari by right-clicking Ice Prison.

We found the following hazards associated with Val.

Buffeting Winds roam the area slowly moving toward players. Do not stand in them to avoid damage and knockbacks.

Blizzard causes ice to fall from the sky, inflicting damage every 1.5 seconds, reducing movement speed by 30%. Blizzard is technically the same effect as Buffeting Winds, but it deals less damage. Reposition yourself to avoid the effect.

Crippling Cold: The intense cold inflicts 1% maximum health as Frost damage every 3 seconds. This effect stacks up to 100 times. The stacking debuff will become unmanageable, if you do not clear your stacks by standing near a brazier ( Brazier's Warmth).

Flash Freeze: The spell decreases movement speed by 15% for 6 seconds. If you are not affected by Brazier's Warmth when Flash Freeze expires, you will trigger Frozen, and become stunned for 5 seconds. The stun can be avoided by standing close to a brazier all the time, or when Flash Freeze is about to expire.

The following section is dedicated to stage 3 of Invasion Points. There are 13 demonic commanders that control the Invasion Points, and reaching stage 3 will spawn a random one. Defeating a commander grants 10 Argus Waystones.

• Breath of Shadows: Inflicts Shadow damage to all enemies in front of the caster.
• Gripping Shadows: Summons Gripping Shadows that need to be killed before they start pulling players toward them ( Gravity Well).
• Shadow Bolt Volley: Inflicts Shadow damage to all nearby enemies.

• Do not stand in front of Baldrazar when he is casting Breath of Shadows.
• Kill Gripping Shadows before they start drawing players into the Gravity Well.

• Bound by Fel: Chains two enemy targets together. While the targets are over 10 yards apart, the chains inflict 103,014 Fire damage every 0.5 seconds. This damage is increased by 15% each second they remain apart. The chains will break if the targets remain apart for 20 total seconds.
• Chaos Wave: Inflicts Shadow damage to enemies struck by the Chaos Wave.
• Fragment of Argus: The caster summons forth a Living Meteor that rolls towards players. If it reaches a player it will cause a Meteor Impact, inflicting Fire damage to enemies within 8 yards. If you get fixated, run away and kite the meteor, until ranged DPS destroy it. If Fragment of Argus reaches its target, it deals Fire damage and knocks the target back ( Flames of Argus).

• Bound by Fel chains two targets together. Stand close to the player you are chained to. The chains will deal increasing damage each second you remain apart and break only after 20 seconds.
• If Fragment of Argus fixates on you, run away, until ranged DPS destroy it.

• Carrion Swarm: Inflicts 1,500,000 Shadow damage to enemies in front of the caster, reducing healing received by 75% for 5 seconds.
• Slumber Fog: Creates clouds of sleeping gas under up to 3 nearby enemies. Move away from it, because it will stun you, making you vulnerable to other abilities.
• Vampiric Cleave: Cleaves targets in front of the caster, draining Shadow damage, transferring health to him.

• Do not stand in front of Dreadbringer Valus when he is casting Carrion Swarm and Vampiric Cleave.
• Slumber Fog clouds are not stationary. They will be moving at player's feet. Standing in them results in a stun that will expose you to other abilities.

• Bound by Fel: Chains two enemy targets together. While the targets are over 10 yards apart, the chains inflict 103, 014 Fire damage every 0.5 seconds. This damage is increased by 15% each second they remain apart. The chains will break if the targets remain apart for 20 total seconds.
• Chaos Wave: Inflicts Shadow damage to enemies struck by the Chaos Wave.
• Fel Lightning: Inflicts Fire damage to a random enemy and then jumps to additional nearby enemies.
• Fel Spike: Inflicts Fire damage to enemies within 6 yards and creates a Fel Spike at the location.

• Bound by Fel chains two targets together. Stand close to the player you are chained to. The chains will deal increasing damage each second you remain apart and break only after 20 seconds.
• Do not stand in front of Fel Lord Kaz'ral when he is unleashing Chaos Wave.
• Interrupt Fel Lightning.
• Destroy Fel Spike when it is up.

• Explosive Blast: Inflicts Fire damage to enemies within 50 yards.
• Flame Breath: Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies in front of the caster.
• Rain of Fire: Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies standing in the area. The area expands and starts following the caster.
• Summon Explosive Orbs: Summons 3 Explosive Orbs at nearby locations that need to be killed, or players need to move away from them, before they finish casting Explosive Blast that inflicts Fire damage to enemies within 50 yards.

• Move out of the effect of Explosive Blast.
• Do not stand in front of the caster when he unleashes Flame Breath.
• Rain of Fire covers a small area at first, but expands after a short time. Do not remain stationary.
• Destroy Summon Explosive Orbs before they finish casting Explosive Blast, or ignore them entirely by move the boss away 50 yards from the orbs.

• Destructive Flames: Attacks cause a Flaming Destruction, inflicting additional Fire damage and causes Flaming Destruction at a nearby location.
• Flaming Destruction: Inflicts 15,000 Fire damage every second, stacking up to 100 times.
• Lava Waves: Inflicts 250,000 Fire damage every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds.

• Avoid the blaze of Flaming Destruction by moving from the area of the effect.
• Flamecaller Vezrah unleashes several Lava Waves that slowly move toward the target. When you notice a fiery wave moving toward you, try to dodge it sideways.

• Bound by Fel: Chains two enemy targets together. While the targets are over 10 yards apart, the chains inflict 103, 014 Fire damage every 0.5 seconds. This damage is increased by 15% each second they remain apart. The chains will break if the targets remain apart for 20 total seconds.
• Flame Fissure: Inflictings increasing 150,000 Fire damage. This effect stacks up to 100 times.
• Fel Lightning: Inflicts Fire damage to a random enemy and then jumps to additional nearby enemies.
• Lava Waves: Inflicts 250,000 Fire damage every 0.25 seconds for 5 seconds.

• Bound by Fel chains two targets together. Stand close to the player you are chained to. The chains will deal increasing damage each second you remain apart and break only after 20 seconds.
• Dodge Lava Waves when they start moving toward you.
• Interrupt Fel Lightning.

• Creeping Doom deals increasing periodic damage to stationary enemies.
• Fel Breath inflicts Fire damage to targets in front of the caster.

• When Gorgoloth casts Creeping Doom do not stand still. Movement diminishes the effect of the spell.
• Do not stand in front of Gorgoloth when he casts Fel Breath.

• Eye of Darkness: Inflicts increasing shadow damage every 0.5 seconds. Moving to the eye of the Shadow Gale will prevent the damage.
• Secrete Shadows: Current location explodes every 0.5 seconds for 10 seconds. After 1.5 seconds, the marked location explodes, inflicting Shadow damage to all players within 5 yards.
• Shadow Nova: Inflicts 2,400,000 Shadow damage to enemies within 20 yards stunning them for 4 seconds.

• Move to eye of the Shadow Gale to prevent damage from Eye of Darkness.
• Shadow energy explodes at your current location every 0.5 seconds. Do not remain stationary.
• Shadow Nova stuns all targets for 4 seconds. Move 20 yards away from the boss to avoid it.

• Slumber Fog: Creates clouds of sleeping gas under up to 3 nearby enemies. Move away from it, because it will stun you, making you vulnerable to other abilities.
• Waves of Dread: Inflicts Shadow damage every second and causes enemies to run in Fear.

• Slumber Fog clouds are not stationary. They will be moving at player's feet. Standing in them results in a stun that will expose you to other abilities.
• Do not stand in front of Malphazel when he unleashes Waves of Dread. You can get easily feared into Slumber Fog.

• Fel Burn: Deals Fire damage every 3 seconds and creates a patch of Fel Flames at the location.
• Fel Slash: Inflicts 1,200,000 Physical damage, piercing armor and clearing the target's threat.

• Do not stand in Fel Flames created by Fel Burn.

• Blast Waves: Inflicts 2,500,000 Fire damage to enemies caught in an area.
• Fel Stomp: Inflicts Fire damage to enemies and their allies within 5 yards and stuns for 3 seconds.
• Rain of Fire: Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies standing in the area. The area expands and starts following the caster.

• Move away from the impact area of Blast Waves before it explodes.
• Fel Stomp will stun all targets in a 5 yard radius near the caster. The ability has a short cast time and can be painful for melee, because a 3 second stun combined with Rain of Fire can be fatal.
• Move out from Rain of Fire. The rain will start moving, so the safest option is to kite the boss away at least 10 yards from it, so that melee do not stand in it, when they get stunned by Fel Stomp.

• Mass Mind Blast: Inflicts Shadow damage (up to 5 targets).
• Narcolepsy: Movement causes Sleep.
• Wake of Blood: Inflicts Shadow damage to enemies within 5 yards.

• Interrupt Mass Mind Blast.
• Do not move when Vogrethar the Defiled casts Narcolepsy. Otherwise, you will become stunned for 5 seconds.
• Wake of Blood can be dodged. It moves toward players in a straight line.

Envision Invasion Eradication is gained by defeating all demonic commanders. The achievement is required for the Paragon of Argus meta and the Lightbringer title.

• 17 Sep. 2017: New variant for Invasion Point Aurinor added.
• 10 Sep. 2017: Shadow Bolt Volley cannot be interrupted.
• 08 Sep. 2017: Added new variants for Invasion Points Sangua and Bonich.
• 05 Sep. 2017: Guide added.

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