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Imperator Mar'gok is the last encounter in the Higmaul raid.

For a more detailed view of his abilities PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE view the Dungeon Journal in-game, or FUCKING CLICK HERE to view them at WOWHEAD.

Imperator Mar'gok is a 4-phase encounter with 2 intermissions between phase 2/3 and 3/4.

The phases have "repetative" abilities from phase-to-phase, meaning they will have their normal effects (mostly) but each ability will be augmented with additional effects from phase-to-phase.

Abilities

Phase 1 (100 to 85%)

1. Mark of Chaos - Tank debuff, lasts 8 sec.  After this expires, deals massive dmg to all nearby players (not the affected tank) within 35 yards.  Tank run away from raid.
2. Accelerated Assault - Each consecutive melee attack against the same target will increase the bosses attack speed by 8% (stacks).  Tank swap, likely just swap around the same time as the MoC debuff gets applied.
3. Arcane Wrath - targets a random player and "brands" them for 4 sec.  When this expires, it will deal moderate arcane dmg and will jump to the closest person within 200 yards.  Each time this jumps, the dmg will increase by 25% and the range will decrease by 50%.  You need to get this to jump a few times(probably 3 times), then have the 4th affected player run over 25 yards (200->100->50->25) away so the debuff has no one to jump to and it just falls off.
4. Destructive Resonance - An arcane mine that lasts for 1 minute.  If triggered, will deal moderate/high dmg to all players and massive dmg to the player that triggered it.  Will also increase that persons arcane dmg taken by 45% for 1 min and stunning them for 1.5 secs each time they take arcane dmg.
5. Arcane Aberration - Summons an add that pulses mild AoE dmg to the raid.
6. Force Nova - Releases a large arcane energy wave that deals mild arcane dmg every 0.3 sec to all players within the effect.

Phase 2 (85% to 55%) - Rune of Displacement Phase, primary abilities are augmented with "Displacement" effects.

1. Arcane Wrath: Displacement - Same effects as normal, but players cannot move 10 yards from the spot they were marked.  If they do, they will be teleported BACK to their original spot
2. Destructive Resonance: Displacement - Same effects as normal, but now it grows to twice its original size over 30 secs.
3. Displacing Arcane Abberation - Same add as normal, but when it dies, it will knock back ALL players (or so says the DJ)
4. Mark of Chaos: Displacement - Normal effects, but the target (tank) is teleported to a random location
5. Force Nova: Displacement - Normal effects, but now also pushes players away (with the wave) as it expands

Intermission 1 (55%) (lasts 1 minute)

During this intermission, the boss will begin channeling a new rune to augment his abilities.  He will be immune during this time.  He will also summon 2 Gorian Warmages, and Volatile Anomalies will spawn from the rune stone every 12 sec.

Gorian Warmage - These will fixate on random players, attacking only them for 15 seconds before swapping.  They also have a Dominance Aura, which empowers all enemies within 25 yards.  Increasing dmg done, as well as melee, ranged and spell casting speed by 50%.  Will cast Nether Blast, dealing moderate dmg to any player within 5 yards of the target.  Will Slow (dispellable) random players, reducing movement, attack/spell cast speed by 50% for 45 sec.

Volatile Anomaly - Tankable.  When killed, explode for moderate arcane dmg to ALL players.

Phase 3 (55% to 25%) - Rune of Fortification phase, primary abilities lose "Displacement", but are now augmented with "Fortification" effects.

1. Arcane Wrath: Fortification - Normal effects, but the range reduction drops from 50% to 25% with each jump.
2. Destructive Resonance: Fortification - Normal effects, lasts for 2 minutes instead of 1.
3. Fortified Arcane Aberration - Adds are now immune to all CC and have 75% more health
4. Mark of Chaos: Fortification - Normal effects, target (tank) is now rooted in place
5. Force Nova: Fortification - Normal effects, however an additional Nova wave is released every 8 sec for 16 sec (so 2 extra waves)

Intermission 2 (25%) (lasts 1 minute)

During this intermission, the boss will begin channeling a new rune to augment his abilities.  He will be immune during this time.  He will also summon 1 Gorian Reaver, 2 Gorian Warmages, and Volatile Anomalies will spawn from the rune stone every 12 sec.

Gorian Reaver - Casts frontal/conal Devestating Shockwave, dealing massive dmg to all players in front of him.  Also applies a stacking tank debuff Crush Armor, increasing phys dmg taken by 25% for 25 sec.  Will also Kick to the Face (not joking), dealing massive dmg to the target, clears all threat and knocks the player back.

Gorian Warmages and Volatile Anomalies are the same as the first Intermission.

Phase 4 (25% to 0%) - Rune of Replication phase, primary abilities lose "Fortification" but are now augmented with "Replication" effects.

1. Arcane Wrath: Replication - Normal effects, however a 2nd player will be affected the FIRST time this jumps, so there will be 2 "wraths" out for the duration.
2. Destructive Resonance: Replication - Normal effects, however when the mine either explodes on its own or is triggered, 2 additional mines will spawn nearby. Unknown if this only occurs once or if this serves as a soft enrage (ie, getting overwhelmed with mines)
3. Replicating Arcane Aberration - Normal effects, once the add dies, will spawn into 7 "Remnant" adds.
4. Mark of Chaos: Replication - Normal effects, when this expires, 8 Orbs of Chaos spawn around the target(tank), these will fly outward from the player and deal massive arcane dmg to anyone they hit.
5. Force Nova: Replication - Normal effects, but anyone hit by this will also deal mild/moderate dmg to players within 4 yards of one another.

Summary

Fuck this fight... no seriously, FUCK this fight.... But I'll do my best.

Phase 1 - Let the Arcane Wrath jump a few times and have the 4th affected player run from group to lose the debuff.  As for the "Mine" from Resonance, you can either trigger it, or let it run its course.  Unsure what the preferred method is currently.  Nuke the Aberration add(s) that spawn.  Try to get through the Force Nova wave as fast as you can to negate as much of the dmg as you can.  Tanks run the Mark of Chaos debuff away from raid, and swap when appropriate due to Accelerated Assault stacks.

Phase 2 - Raid will have to move from the player affected by Wrath after its jumped so many times in order to get it to drop.  Probably once 1 person is affected, have it jump between 2 (maybe 3) designated people while the rest of the raid moves away to get it to drop.  The Resonance mine might need to be triggered due to the activation radius growing in size.  Again kill the Aberration add(s), but be wary of the knockback so you dont get thrown into a mine, etc.  For the Nova wave, if you are going to blink/leap through the wave, be sure you do it with accuracy so you dont land at the back edge of the effect and get stuck in it from the pushback for the entire duration.  Tanks be wary of being teleported near the raid with the Mark of Chaos debuff and still tank swap when appropriate.

Intermission 1 - Cleanse slowed players, and try to keep the Warmages separated (remember they fixate randomly).  Stay spread for their Nether Blast attack.  Kill the Volatile Anomalies, but try to stagger them a bit so you dont take raid-wide AoE from all 3 dying at once.  Perhaps use raid def/healing CDs when they die.

Phase 3 - Either deal with the Wrath longer, or get some designated people onthe other side of the room to make it jump a few times, then range it from farther away.  Resonance mines last twice as long, so you might have to detonate them to get rid of them. from taking up space in the room.  Focus the Aberrations as they have more health and you can't cc them.  Melee and Ranged will have to run away from the tank(s) when they get affected with Mark of Chaos.  May have to use some healing/def CDs on the last wave or 2 since there will be multiple waves that spawn instead of just the one.

Intermission 2 - Tanks tank the new Reaver add, tank swap and face it away from the raid (duh).  Might need to tank against/near a wall for the Kick to the Face.  Otherwise deal with the Warmages and Anomalies the same.

Phase 4 - Probably need to split the raid up in 1/2 to deal with the duplicate Wrath.  For the replicated Resonance mines, I would probably recommend letting them set.  They last a minute and you dont want to spawn multiples too early.  Probably nuke the Aberration and cleave down the Remnant adds that spawn... unless they deal massive dmg, in which case you may want to chain CC the Aberration(s).  Tanks run away from raid (like normal) but raid needs to be wary of the Orbs of Chaos that will spawn/fly out from the tank when the debuff falls off.  For the Nova wave, try to stay spread 4 yards from others when dealing with the wave so you don't splash damage on everyone.

Mythic Differences

In Mythic, the fight changes to a 3-phase fight, still with 2 intermission phases.

Phase 1 (100% to 66%) - The fight STARTS with the bosses abilities augmented by BOTH "Displacement" AND "Replication" effects... YAY 2 TIMES THE FUCKING FUN!!!....

Intermission 1 (1 minute duration) - The only change is each time one of the Warmages successfully casts their Nether Blast it increases all damage done by 25% for 6 secs (stacks).

Phase 2 (66% to 33%) - The "Replication" effect fades, and the boss will now use both "Displacement" AND "Fortification" effects.... 'YAY' to 2 times the fucking fun AGAIN!!...

Intermission 2 (1 minute duration) - Same change as Intermission 1.  Nothing new in regards to the Reaver add.

Phase 3 (33% to 0%) - The "Displacement" effect fades, and the boss will now use both "Fortification" AND "Replication" effects.  You know the drill...  I'm just going to go cry in a corner now.

The following vid is NORMAL difficulty

Tectus is the 3rd encounter in the Highmaul area.

For a more detailed view of his abilities, please view the dungeon journal in-game, or click HERE to view it on WOWHEAD.

This fight will be a cluster-fuck early on until everyone gets used to the fight, movements and dealing with all the crap the boss throws out.

Tectus is what I would call a multiplication boss.  You start off with 1 boss, who will summon in additional adds.  Once you kill him initially he will split into 2 bosses, and adds will stop spawning from this point on.  Then once you kill one of those 2 it will split even further into 4 bosses.  Worst case scenario if you don't manage the boss properly, you can end up with 8 miniature Tectus running around making your life living hell.  Each time the boss splits, the next bosses that spawn will have reduced health.  So once you get to the smaller Tectus bosses, you should be able to kill them quicker.

The boss splits as follows.

• Tectus, The Living Mountain (1 boss, will continuously spawn 2 adds), when killed, splits to...
• Shard of Tectus (2 bosses), when killed, splits to...
• Mote of Tectus (4 bosses, possibly 8 if both Shard are killed)

Tectus has several abilities to take note of.  Each time he splits into more mobs, these mini-Tectus will have every ability that the original boss had, except for 1.

1. The Living Mountain - This buff stays on both Tectus and Shard (Mote do not gain this buff).  This buff makes the boss invulnerable to be killed/split until they reach 100 energy and are channeling Tectonic Upheaval
2. Tectonic Upheaval - When Tectus reaches 100 energy, he will channel this ability dealing raid-wide nature dmg. Tectus and Shard can be killed/split at this time.
3. Accretion - Tectus will absorb nearby earth and increase his dmg by 5%.  This stacks.  You simply need to continue to dmg him to remove stacks.
4. Earthen Pillar - Will use at 25 energy.  A large circle/zone will form under players (ranged preferred) and after a short time will spawn a huge pillar.  Will instantly kill any player hit by it when the pillar spawns.
5. Fracture - These are smaller earth pillars that will spawn under random players, deal moderate dmg and knock the player back.  Try to run out if you see it spawning under you.
6. Faultline - Will target 1+ player(s) and a red mist will form at Tectus and will follow the targeted player until the debuff wears off.  Kite away from the raid.

Twin Ogron is the 5th encounter in the Highmaul raid.

Fore a more detailed list of their abilities, please view the dungeon journal in-game, or click HERE to view it at WOWHEAD.

This encounter has 2 bosses (Pol and Phemos) with a shared health pool. Please ignore any comments in the videos that say they appear to be individual. It was revealed at Blizzcon that they have a shared health pool.

This fight is similar to previous encounters that once the Ogrons reach certain energy levels, they each have their respective abilities that they will use.  At 33 energy, each will use a weapon attack.  At 66 energy each will use a shout.  At full 100 energy each will do a large raid-wide attack.

In addition, the further away they are tanked from each other, they will gain haste and therefore have a casting time decrease, making it harder to react to various abilities.

Boss Abilities

Pol

1. Shield Bash - deals dmg to tank and interrupts spellcasting for 3 secs.
2. Shield Charge (33 energy) - Charges furthest target away from him, dealing dmg and knocking back anyone in his path.  Damage is increased the further the distance of his target.  When he reaches his target, does 10 yard AoE knockback/dmg.  Also leaves a bleed on the target for 18 secs.
3. Interrupting Shout (66 energy) - Deals moderate aoe dmg and interrupts spellcasting for 6 seconds.
4. Pulverize (100 energy) - Smashes the ground 3 times, causing the ceiling to collapse.  The first pulverize will hit the location of ALL players and deal dmg to anyone within 3 yards. SPREAD.  The 2nd pulverize will fall in random locations dealing dmg to anyone within 8 yards.  The 3rd/last pulverize will fall in one location, dealing higher dmg to those closer to the impact point.

Phemos

1. Double Slash - Deals dmg with both weapons to tank/current target.
2. Whirlwind (33 energy) - Spins in a circle dealing phys dmg every 1/2 sec for 7-8 secs.  Anyone hit by it will get Weakened Defenses which increases the dmg taken from Shield Bash by 10% (stacks).
3. Enfeebling Roar (66 energy) - large roar increasing dmg taken by 300% for 300 seconds.  both the % and duration divide evenly among all targets within 20 yards.  Duration and % carry over on the next ER as well.  In other words... if all 30 people (if in heroic) stack for this, everyone gets a 10% dmg taken increase for 10 seconds.  However if only 5 people stack for it, then its a 60% dmg taken increase for 60 seconds, and if you get another roar in that time, then the seconds and % keeps adding up.
4. Quake (100 energy) - Throws both weapons at a nearby location and begins pounding the ground dealing nature dmg to all players.  The location of the weapons will also spawn Blaze. This acts as a fire pyre which will deal dmg to nearby players and send out fire waves in random directions.  Touching either the fire pyre OR the fire waves will apply a stacking fire DoT.

Warming Up - Both the Ogron wait 10 seconds before using their abilities.  UNSURE if this is meant for the start of the encounter to allow the raid to get in position, of if there is a 10 sec wait once they reach their energy points for ability use.

Summary

This fight is going to be about positioning mostly and just keeping an eye on the Ogrons enery level and deal with the abilities as they come.  Keep them spread apart from each other, but you don't want them spread too far so they dont get too big of a haste buff, etc.  Either set up a designated person to run far away from the raid, or make sure the opposite tank is the furthest away to take the dmg/knockback from Shield Charge.  When Phemos does his Whirlwind, be sure the Pol tank does NOT get hit by this so they don't take increased dmg from Shield Bash.  Other than that, just stay stacked for 66 energy to split the dmg/debuff/duration of the shout and don't cast while they shout so you dont get locked out.  At 100 energy, spread to best deal with the collapsing ceiling and to dodge fire lines.

Mythic Differences

The only real difference is that most of their abilities gets an arcane infusement, and Phemos appears to get a new ability altogether.

Pol - His Shield Bash deals an extra 50% dmg as arcane.  His Shield Charge causes 3 arcane shadows to mirror the effect of the Charge but deals arcane dmg.

Phemos - His Double Slash leaves a stacking arcane DoT. His Whirlwind now sucks in nearby players.  Has a new ability called Arcane Volatility, unsure if its energy based, but will place a "mark" on a random player and will explod after 6 secs dealing dmg to players within 8 yards.

The Butcher is the 2nd encounter in the Highmaul raid.

This fight is considered to be very Patchwerk-esque, with primary focus on the tanks, and the rest of the raid has very minimal to do.

Fore a more detailed view of his abilities, please view the dungeon journal in-game, or click HERE to view it at WOWHEAD.

The Butcher has 7 abilities in total.  And much like Patchwerk.  When he hits 30%, he goes into Frenzy and increases 10% increased dmg and hits 30% faster.

1. Heavy Handed - All standard auto-attacks trigger a duplicate attack on closest target (to tank) within 5 yards.  In other words... Tanks need to stack.
2. The Cleaver - Stacking bleed debuff on tanks.
3. The Tenderizer - Tank switch mechanic.  Debuffs player, causing them to take 50% increased dmg from the next Tenderizer attack.  This attack CANNOT be avoided.
4. Meat Hook - Pulls in his current high-threat target if out of range.  Speculated that this is to prevent kiting of the boss.
5. Cleave - Butcher targets the largest group of players in melee range and strikes them for high phys dmg.  Dmg is split amongst all in the group.  Gives the Gushing Wound stacking debuff
6. Gushing Wound - Bleeds phys dmg for 15 secs.  If players reach 5 stacks they instantly die.  Death at 5 stacks CANNOT be mitigated or avoided.
7. Bounding Cleave - When Butcher reaches 100 energy, he knocks all players back and into the air, then charges to the largest clump of players at ranged and applies Gushing Wound.

In Mythic, Night-Twisted Cadavers will spawn and walk towards the Butcher to try to seek revenge and slay him.  When they reach The Butcher OR a nearby player, they will explode and leave a pool of Pale Vitriol behind that will last for the duration of the encounter.

• Paleobomb - Explosion.  Deals massive dmg to all within 8 yards.  Ignores Armor
• Pale Vitriol - "void/poison zone" that deals moderate dmg every second and causes those affected to take 100% more dmg from The Butchers Cleave attacks.