The Coven of Shivarra Abilities

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Contents
  • 2. Lore
  • 3. Outline
  • 4. TL;DR
    • 4.1. Tanks
    • 4.2. Healers
    • 4.3. DPS
    • 4.4. Everyone
  • 5. Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp
  • 6. Changelog
• ×Abilities
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. The Coven of Shivarra
    • 2.1. Passive/Shared Abilities
      • 2.1.1. Shivan Pact
      • 2.1.2. Sense of Dread
    • 2.2. Noura, Mother of Flames
      • 2.2.1. Fiery Strike
      • 2.2.2. Whirling Saber
      • 2.2.3. Fulminating Pulse
    • 2.3. Asara, Mother of Night
      • 2.3.1. Touch of Darkness
      • 2.3.2. Shadow Blades
      • 2.3.3. Storm of Darkness
    • 2.4. Diima, Mother of Gloom
      • 2.4.1. Flashfreeze
      • 2.4.2. Chilled Blood
      • 2.4.3. Orb of Frost
  • 3. Torment of the Titans
    • 3.1. Torment of Aman'thul
    • 3.2. Torment of Golganneth
    • 3.3. Torment of Khaz'Gororth
    • 3.4. Torment of Norgannon
• +Normal/Heroic Strategy/Tactics
  • 1. Positioning and Strategy
    • 1.1. Noura, Mother of Flames
    • 1.2. Asara, Mother of Night
    • 1.3. Diima, Mother of Gloom
    • 1.4. Further Boss Rotations
    • 1.5. The Titans' Torment
      • 1.5.1. Machinations of Aman'Thul
      • 1.5.2. Fury of Golganneth
      • 1.5.3. Flames of Khaz'Goroth
      • 1.5.4. Torment of Norgannon
  • 2. Tank Concerns
  • 3. Healing Concerns
  • 4. Useful Tips
  • 5. Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp
• +Mythic Strategy
  • 1. Mythic Mode Abilities
    • 1.1. Thu'raya, Mother of the Cosmos
      • 1.1.1. Touch of the Cosmos
      • 1.1.2. Cosmic Glare
  • 2. Strategy
  • 3. Heroism/Bloodlust/Time Warp
  • 4. Changelog

General Information

On this page, we list all the abilities from the The Coven of Shivarra encounter in Antorus, the Burning Throne. The idea is to give you a solid understanding of the encounter before you read the strategy.

If you are already familiar with the encounter, then you can skip to the strategy and tactics page or access any other page of the guide by using the table of contents on the right.

The Coven of Shivarra is a council-style boss with a variety of abilities. Each member of the Coven uses a different type of Elemental magic as they engage the raid. Throughout the fight, the Titans will warp time and space in various ways that affect the environment.

Only two of the Coven will engage the raid in active combat on LFR, Normal, and Heroic difficulty. The third member of the Coven will torment a random Titan Soul, which eventually creates a "Titan's Torment" mini-phase that the group must tackle. Based on our information from PTR, the inactive member of the Coven will swap places with one of the active bosses every 180 seconds.

Shivan Pact causes Coven members to take 99% reduced damage when within 18 yards of each other. All members of the Coven share health.

Sense of Dread inflicts increasing Shadow damage during any Torment of the Titans (see Torment of the Titans section for additional information).

Fiery Strike inflicts heavy Fire damage in a frontal cone, and applies a debuff that increases Fire damage taken by Fiery Strike by 100% per stack.

Whirling Sabers are periodically flung at random players, inflicting moderate Fire damage when it lands. The Whirling Saber then begins to spin and slowly travel back towards Noura in a line, inflicting light Fire damage every second to enemies caught within the whirl.

Fulminating Pulse affects several targets, inflicting moderate ticking Fire damage every second for 10 seconds. Upon expiry, the targets explode in a Fulminating Burst, dealing heavy Fire damage to anyone within 6 yards.

Touch of Darkness is basically a Shadow Bolt that targets random players and deals moderate Shadow damage.

Periodically, Asara conjures 3 Shadow Blades, which she sends flying outward in a line. Anyone hit suffers heavy Shadow damage and is knocked back.

Storm of Darkness deals moderate Shadow damage every second for 15 seconds.

Flashfreeze is targeted on the current Tank, inflicting heavy Frost damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 10% for 20 seconds, per stack.

Chilled Blood is applied to random players, absorbing a set amount of healing. When the effect expires, the targets are frozen for a duration based on the amount of absorb remaining.

Orb of Frost inflicts moderate Frost damage to all players when it spawns. The orb is stationary, persists for 20 seconds, and slows the movement speed of all players within 30 yards by up to 85%. The intensity of the snare is reduced by distance.

At timed intervals throughout the encounter the raid will have to deal with a Titan's torment. There are four different torments for the raid to overcome; generally speaking, the raid will have to evade obstacles or deal with a new mechanic, all while the bosses continue to engage the raid. The torments are always accompanied by spectral adds that either need to be killed or avoided.

Some of the adds must be killed to end the Titans' torments, while others simply need to be avoided.

Spectral adds will spawn all around the edges of the room. Each will begin to channel Machinations of Aman'Thul, which will restore the adds to full health and inflict light Arcane damage to all players every second (per add) for 21 seconds. This is repeated until they are killed. This effect stacks.

The Fury of Golganneth is a storm that inflicts heavy Nature damage to players whenever they are within 2 yards of each other. During this time, the raid must avoid spectral adds that march through the arena.

Four spectral adds will spawn around the room in a square shape and begin to cast Flames of Khaz'goroth, which spews flames forth into the center of the room. During this time, the raid must also avoid waves of spectral adds that march through the raid.

The Spectral Army of Norgannon manifests and marches through the raid in lines from all four sides of the room. These spectral adds can be crowd controlled.