Sha of Pride is the 4th encounter in the Siege of Orgrimmar raid, and 4th/last encounter in the Vale of Eternal Sorrows LFR.

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General Strategy/Overview

For those of you who raided during T11 in Cataclysm, think of this fight as Cho'gall on steroids.

The main mechanic to pay attention to is the "Pride Bar".  Each player begins this fight with this bar, it starts at 0 and maxes out at 100.  You gain 5 pride each time you are hit by his abilities, or effects related to his abilities.  Some are avoidable, some are not.

Norushen re-joins in this fight and assists the players, he will give the following ability randomly through the fight.

• Gift of the Titans - grants random players (will always affect at least 1 healer) immunity to Pride for 20 seconds.
  • Power of the Titans - If all players with Gift of the Titans stack within 8 yards, they will gain this buff giving increased haste, dmg dealt and healing by 15% for 15 seconds.

Sha of Prides abilities are as follows

1. Swelling Pride - Sha has a slowly gaining energy bar (appears to gain 1.5-2 energy per sec). When Sha reaches 100 energy, he will explode, dealing ~280k shadow damage to all players and increasing their Pride by 5.  If a player reaches a certain level of Pride, they will incur the following secondary effect when hit with Swelling Pride.
   1. Bursting Pride (between 25-49 pride) - creates a mass of Sha corruption at the players location.  After 3 seconds it will explode and deal ~240k shadow dmg to all players withing 5 yards.  Any person damaged receives an additional 5 pride.
   2. Projection (between 50-74 pride) - forms a projection(void zone) 15 yards from the players location.  After 6 seconds will explode dealing ~180k shadow dmg to all players, UNLESS the affected player is standing within the projection.  Any player affected by the explosion will gain 5 pride. Players can determine which projection zone is theirs by a GREEN arrow above the zone.
   3. Aura of Pride (between 75-99 pride) - Players hit by Swelling Pride will receive this aura that deals ~200k shadow dmg/sec to any player within 5 yards of the affected person.  Any player damaged by this aura will receive 5 pride. The aura lasts 25 secs.
   4. Overcome (100 pride) - When players reach 100 energy they receive this buff/debuff.  Increasing their damage and healing dealt by 50%. HOWEVER, once they are hit by Swelling Pride they will become permanently mind controlled and have their health increased by 100%.
2. Mark of Arrogance (healer warning) - Sha marks 2 players (5 in 25-man), dealing ~56k shadow dmg every 1 second for the remainder of the encounter.  This effect stacks.  The effect can ONLY be removed by SINGLE-TARGET dispells.  The player who dispels (aka the Dispeller) will receive 5 pride when they dispel someone.  Best to dispel when a healer is affected by Gift of the Titans.
3. Wounded Pride (tank warning) - wounds the tank for 15 seconds.  Affected targets receive 5 pride for each melee attack they receive from Sha while affected.  Requires tank swapping.
4. Manifestation of Pride - occasionally summons adds to attack players.
   1. Mocking Blast - fires a blast at a random target, dealing 180k shadow dmg, giving 5 pride. INTERRUPTABLE!
   2. Last Word - When this add dies, it will give 5 pride to the closest 2 players (unknown if it affects more players in 25-man)
5. Self-Reflection - at 35 Energy, he will cast Self-Reflection, causing up to 5 players to reflect on their actions, creating Reflection adds to spawn at their locations.  When casting this, he will primarily target those with 25 energy, then 50, then 75.
   1. When these adds are summoned, they will explode out of the ground after 2 seconds, dealing ~200k shadow dmg to players within 2 yards and giving 5 pride.  It appears the best thing to do is stack, then as soon as they spawn run out so they all explode in one location and nody gets hit.  See attached video to see stacking method.  AoE down and clear them out.
6. Corrupted Prison - at 70 Energy, he will activate 2 prisons (4 in 25-man) placing a player in each active prison.  When the prison activates, it will deal ~200k shadow dmg to players within # yards, knocking back and giving 5 pride.  Imprisoned players are stunned and receive ~64k shadow damage and 5 pride for every second they are imprisoned.  To be relased, players must stand on the 2 orange (lit) locks next to the prison simultaneously.
7. Reaching Attack - same as Sha of Fear in TOES, when there is no one in melee rangee, will deal 50% weapon dmg as shadow dmg.  Will also increase shadow dmg taken by 25% for 8 seconds.
8. Unleashed - When Sha reaches 30% health he will focus Norushen, and kill him.  He will then pulse ~195k shadow dmg every 10 secods for the remainder of the encounter and give 5 pride to anyone hit by Unleashed.
   1. Final Gift - before Norushen dies, he will purify all players and reduce their Pride stacks to 0.

This fight is all about knowing how to avoid getting unnecessary stacks of Pride.  From the attached vid, it appears the best strategy is to have the raid stack and tanks stack on opposite side of the boss, then when his abilities get used, quickly spread out to avoid extra dmg and pride stacks, then re-join to ensure they are always together for the Gift of the Titans buff, and to AoE adds. Tanks swap appropriately, and interrupt the larger adds when they are casting their Mocking Blast to get them into the raid to cleave/AoE down with other adds and Sha himself.