Protection Paladin Tank Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5

In this section, you will find information pertaining to each boss individually in Castle Nathria.

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We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Shriekwing.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• Swap after each cast of Exsanguinating Bite.
• Exsanguinating Bite will apply 10 stacks of the Exsanguinated bleed which reduces healing received by 10%, and increases Physical damage taken by 5% per stack. You will lose 1 stack of this debuff every 1.5 seconds.
• Ensure you are on full or high health before Exsanguinating Bite.
• If you are a Kyrian, you can remove Exsanguinated with Phial of Serenity. Likewise you can remove this on yourself with Divine Shield or on yourself or co-tank with Blessing of Protection
• Spare Word of Glory casts can be used on your co-tank when not actively tanking the boss.
• Avoid being hit by the sonar orbs created by the boss. If you are hit by any of these it will trigger Descent.
• Mythic: You will not be able to see any of the Sonar orbs from the boss and will need to gain stacks of Bloodlight from The Blood Lantern to see them.

For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Huntsman Altimor.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• Swap on 2-3 stacks of Jagged Claws bleed from Margore. If you are a Kyrian you can use Phial of Serenity to remove this bleed should it be required. Likewise you can remove this on yourself with Divine Shield
• If you are tanking Bargast, drag him away before Rip Soul and Shades of Bargast.
• Divine Shield or Blessing of Spellwarding can be used to immune the damage from Rip Soul and spawn the add on 90% health.
• Hecutis will apply the Crushing Stone buff to himself after every swing (even if you parry it).
• Crushing Stone can be removed by moving Hecutis. One stack will be removed at a time, however it will deal raid wide damage.

For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Sun King's Salvation.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• As a Protection Paladin you have a unique strength over every other tank in that you are able to provide incredibly high amounts of healing to low health targets. There are many low health targets on this encounter, so make full use of that and support your healer team with talents such as Hand of the Protector and Holy Avenger to flood yourself with Holy Power to fuel those heals.
• Phase 1: Swap on 2 stacks of Vanquished. If you are a Kyrian you can use Phial of Serenity to remove these stacks should it be required. Likewise you can remove this on yourself with Divine Shield or on yourself or co-tank with Blessing of Protection
• Keep threat on the adds spawning in this phase.
• Help interrupt Vulgar Brand from the Vile Occultists.
• Priortise damage on the Soul Infuser adds to prevent them from reaching Kael'thas.
• Phase 2: Swap on 2-3 stacks of Burning Remnants.
• If you are using Blessing of Spellwarding you can prevent the Burning Remnants stacks from applying.
• When you are not tanking the Shade do not be in front of the boss.

For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Artificer Xy'Mox.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• Blessing of Spellwarding and Divine Shield will prevent Glyph of Destruction being applied to you.
• Pay attention to where Dimensional Tear are being placed by members in your raid. You will need to use these to cover a large distance to detonate Glyph of Destruction away from the raid should you not have any other mobility tools available such as Divine Steed, Soulshape or Door of Shadows.
• The above movement tools should also be used to help the raid move Seeds of Extinction in Phase 2.
• in Phase 3, Edge of Annihilation is the main mechanic from the boss. You will need to use your movement abilities to avoid being in the centre of the room when this detonates.

For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Hungering Destroyer.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• Each melee swing buffs the boss with a stack of Growing Hunger, which increases the amount of health the boss will leech from the tank. The buffs reset when the boss hits a new target. Keep stacks low.
• If there are any Gluttonous Miasma in melee, help soak these to make best use of free Word of Glory casts whilst not actively tanking.
• Ensure you have Shield of the Righteous active for Overwhelm. If you are at low health make use a personal cooldowns or an external cooldown.
• Drag the boss to the edge of the room for Consume at 100 energy to give the raid more space to move.
• Use Blessing of Sacrifice on players who are on low health with Gluttonous Miasma during Expunge.
• Heroic/Mythic: Blessing of Spellwarding or Divine Shield will both negate the knockback and damage from soaking Obliterating Rift.

For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Lady Inerva Darkvein.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• Swap on 2 stacks of Expose Desires.
• Container of Desires 33% Energy and above: Shared Cognition is active/ Damage taken from Expose Desires will be replicated to other players.
• Container of Desires 66% Energy and above: Use your mobility cooldowns such as Divine Steed, Soulshape or Door of Shadows to help get to away from the raid for Change of Heart. Alternatively, you can use Blessing of Spellwarding or Divine Shield before it has applied to negate the mechanic.
• The tank who is not actively tanking the boss should tank the Harnessed Specter add when it spawns. Once it spawns it is immobile. This add will cast Unconscionable Guilt which increases the damage of Warped Desires.
• Container of Concentrated Anima 33% Energy and above: Rooted in Anima is applied to the players with Concentrated Anima. Ideally the raid should be pre-positioned on the boss, however should this not be the case, the non-boss tank will need to move to the location of the Harnessed Specter as soon as possible.
• Container of Sin 33% Energy and above: Anima Web will link the 3 Sins of the Past orbs together. Aim to have the boss near the side of the room at all times to not get caught in the middle of this.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against The Council of Blood.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• Help interrupt Dreadbolt Volley when you are tanking Baroness Frieda.
• When you are tanking Lord Stavros, ensure YOU are facing the wall so when he casts Evasive Lunge he will teleport behind you and charge to the wall and not hit others.
• Swap on 2 stacks of Evasive Lunge or Duelist's Riposte.
• If you kill Lord Stavros last, you can use abilities such as Divine Steed, Soulshape or Door of Shadows to get fewer stacks of Two Left Feet. Alternatively, Blessing of Freedom can be used to ignore the slow mechanic whilst it is active.

For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Sludgefist.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

• Make sure to stand on your co-tank for Giant Fists.
• Run out of Destructive Stomp.
• Aim the boss towards a pillar for Hateful Gaze.
• When the boss reaches 30% health, he will buff himself with Gruesome Rage.

For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Stone Legion Generals.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• Utilise the Stone Breaker's Combo to remove bleeds gained throughout the encounter.
• The stun from Stone Breaker's Combo can be negated with Blessing of Spellwarding you can also break free from the stun with Divine Shield.
• Stone Breaker's Combo is cast on random raid members and never the tank. If they are not near the boss, go to them if you need to clear your debuffs.
• There should strictly be one tank on the boss and one on adds during Phase 1 and 2. In Phase 3, both bosses will be active and you will take one boss each.
• When your tanking partner is clearing their bleeds in Phase 3 have defensive cooldowns ready as you will likely be tanking both bosses for a short period of time.
• Mythic: The bleeds on this encounter cannot be removed with Blessing of Protection.

For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.

We advise you to use the following Legendaries against Sire Denathrius.

1. The Mad Paragon
2. Unity

Recommended Covenant: Venthyr

• Phase 1: Swap after each cast of Cleansing Pain.
• Intermission: You can pre-cast Blessing of Freedom as the intermission begins to avoid the slow from March of the Penitent.
• Phase 2: There will be two active bosses. Each tank will have a boss each. Swap on 4-6 stacks of Carnage. If you are a Kyrian, you can remove these stacks with Phial of Serenity should it be required. Likewise you can remove this on yourself with Divine Shield or on yourself or co-tank with Blessing of Protection
• Aim Sire Dentharius so that his Wracking Pain casts also hit Crimson Cabalist adds on the platform. This will also increase the damage they take!
• Ensure you tank near a mirror so you can move away from Hand of Destruction quickly.
• Phase 3: There is only one boss in this phase. Swap on each cast of Shattering Pain or 4-6 stacks of Scorn. Movement cooldowns will be required to get away from Hand of Destruction as you can no longer use the mirrors.
• Mythic: Sire Denathrius on Mythic hits very hard. It is highly recommended to have Splintered Heart of Al'ar as it is very likely you will trigger it.
• Mythic - Phase 3: During this phase you will be inside the mirror. Therefore all mechanics will be reversed in how they move you. Blood Price and Shattering Pain will pull you through the boss. Also, both Command: Ravage and Command: Massacre happen at the same time.

For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.