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The Venomous Abyss

Vashnik the Malignant

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Phase 1

No abilities for this difficulty.

Vashnik the Malignant

FIGHT OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

Single phase encounter with a lot of adds. Adds need to die before reaching the center of the room.

Bring the boss around the room to different fountains. Fountains spawn different add types and add different mechanics. The boss is empowered by the two closest fountains.

Keep moving the boss around to different fountains. He gets a buff to that type each time he is empowered by that fountain.

FIGHT CHANGES

A new mechanic sometimes creates soak circles.

Burning Venom adds apply a raid-wide stacking DoT debuff when they die.

FIGHT CHANGES

Malignant Tumors spawn around the room and need to be destroyed by Plague Froth waves.

Siphoning Infection DoT deals more damage.

Phase 1

The ideal sequence is probably fire, blood, then shadow.

Pick an ability to see its details.

Imbibe

Fountains

The room has three fountains: fire, blood, and shadow.

Each Imbibe cast, Vashnik is empowered by the 2 closest ones, gaining new abilities.

When activated, a Fountain does hit of raid-wide damage.

When active, fountains spawn different adds.

Everyone

Move boss to the fountains you want to activate.

What to do

Move to chosen Fountains

Malignant Tumor

Mythic mechanic

Malignant Tumors spawn around the room after each Inbibe cast.

These tumors can be destroyed by Plague Froth waves.

If you don't destroy all the tumors, they will wipe the raid.

Everyone

Destroy Tumors with Plague Froth waves.

What to do

Destroy Tumors with waves.

Splitting Cot

Adds

Clotting Venom adds move very slowly but cannot be crowd controlled.

They split into more adds when they die.

Everyone

Kill the extra adds when it splits.

What to do

Kill split adds

Siphoning Infection

Soak

Several players are marked by a circle and debuffed with a DoT and massive healing absorb.

They take 100% reduced healing, but leech health from nearby players.

Help these players by standing near them until their shields are gone.

Everyone

Soak to help the debuffed player.

What to do

Help soak

Miasmic Coating

Adds

Shrouded Venom adds spawn with a massive absorb shield.

When they die, they explode and create swirlies you should dodge.

Everyone

Kill the adds through their absorb shields.

What to do

Kill the adds

Stygian Infection

Absorb

Several players are debuffed with a DoT and massive healing absorb.

Swirlies spawn around this player until their absorb is healed off.

Everyone

Heal off this absorb as soon as possible.

What to do

Heal through

Burning Presence

Adds

Burning Venom adds pulsing, raid-wide damage while alive. They deal a hit of raid-wide damage when they die.

After 1 minute, these adds become immune to crowd control and move 50% faster.

On Heroic, they also apply a raid-wide DoT. This DoT stacks.

Everyone

Kill these adds a few seconds apart.

What to do

Kill adds a few seconds apart

Exploding Infection

Fall off damage

Marked players will explode for raid-wide damage.

Damage is reduced by distance, so move far away.

Everyone

Move out of the raid with the explosion debuff.

What to do

Move out

Plague Froth

Spread

Players are marked by a circle with crossing lines.

These players will explode and shoot waves in the marked directions.

Spread out and don't get hit.

Everyone

Spread out and dodge waves

What to do

Spread and dodge

Malignant Catalyst

Soak

A burst of raid-wide damage that creates soak circles.

They explode for massive damage if no players soak them.

Everyone

Make sure a player is in every soak.

What to do

Soak

Toxic Vapor

Ramping damage

Permanent raid-wide ticking damage. Damage increases with each Imbibe cast.

What to do

Heal through

Dripping Fangs

Tankbuster

Tankbuster. Hit of damage followed by a DoT and 100% vulnerability debuff.

Tank

What to do

Tank swap