Guide
Volcoross
Volcoross, the Lava Serpent, is said to be so large that no creature has lived long enough to see it at full size. The giant viper now wraps itself around the Emerald Dream to devour it completely.
Movie
Summary
Tank
Molten Venom swap tank.
Combusting Rage always have a tank in melee.
Healer
Serpent's Fury heal through.
Burning Vertebrae heal through.
DPS
Flood of the Firelands split raid in 2 & group soak.
Coiling Flames spread and survive.
Scorchtail Crash dodge.
Volcanic Disgorge bait and dodge.
Serpent's Wrath finish boss quickly.
Heroic Changes
When Volcoross smashes his tail on the platform, his tail shoots out lava waves. Dodge them.
Mythic Changes
When Coiling Flames expires on a player, they explode 4s later. Other players must soak the explosion to split the damage.
Coiling Flames always targets a melee and a caster in both groups. Each player must be soaked by a different group of players.
Split half of your raid into two groups of five players. One group soaks the explosions in melee, the other with the ranged.
Abilities
Molten Venom
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=419054 - The boss's auto-attacks apply a stacking DoT. Each stack increases the damage taken from Cataclysm Jaws.Tank swap when the boss begins to cast Cataclysm Jaws.
swap tank
Burning Vertebrae
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421675 - Passive and frequent damage to the raid.
heal through
Serpent's Wrath
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421703 - Shortly after the fourth Flood of the Firelands and the entire platform is filled with lava, Volcoross starts dealing lethal damage to the raid and quickly wipes you.
finish boss quickly
Combusting Rage
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=424218 - When no player is in range of the boss, he deals massive damage to the raid.
always have a tank in melee
Volcoross
1. Molten Venom
2. Burning Vertebrae
3. Serpent's Wrath
4. Combusting Rage
Mechanics
Scorchtail Crash
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=420421 - The boss's tail slams onto the platform, instantly killing any players it strikes.A shadow appears where the tail will strike.
dodge the tail slam hinted by the ground shadow or you die.
Flood of the Firelands
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=420934 - At 100 energy, Volcoross launches two massive globs of lava on the platform. After five seconds, they land and create permanent magma pools that cover an entire section of the ring.Each pool should be soaked by half the raid to split the damage. If less than four players soak then the raid dies. This forces you to split your raid into two, with each group circling the ring on different sides and soaking their own nearby pools.The globs always land near the pools that were dropped by the previous ones.At the end of the fight, the raid reunites. Kill the boss before the whole ring is flooded with magma.
split your raid in half. each half soaks its glob of magma on its side of the ring.
Coiling Flames
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421284 - A few players are marked with a circle for 12s, taking damage and dealing damage to nearby players. The circles slowly shrink and deal increasing damage.When Coiling Flames expires, it jumps to a new player. They all fade before the next Flood of the Firelands.
spread when you're debuffed. damage taken increases over time.
Volcanic Disgorge
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421616 - Regularly, Volcoross launches a few fire projectiles toward players, leaving small lava patches where they land.Stick near existing lava patches to conserve space. This encounter is all about managing the available space.
bait the projectiles next to existing lava and dodge.
Serpent's Fury
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421672 - At the start of the fight and after each Flood of the Firelands, Volcoross channels and deals heavy damage to the raid for 5s.At the end, Volcoross applies Coiling Flames to several players who are marked by a circle.Targeted players should quickly spread from others.
heal the damage, then players with a circle spread.
Volcoross
1. Scorchtail Crash
2. Flood of the Firelands
3. Coiling Flames
4. Volcanic Disgorge
5. Serpent's Fury
Video
Summary
Tank
Molten Venom swap tank.
Combusting Rage always have a tank in melee.
Healer
Serpent's Fury heal through.
Burning Vertebrae heal through.
DPS
Flood of the Firelands split raid in 2 & group soak.
Coiling Flames spread and survive.
Scorchtail Crash dodge.
Volcanic Disgorge bait and dodge.
Serpent's Wrath finish boss quickly.
Heroic Changes
When Volcoross smashes his tail on the platform, his tail shoots out lava waves. Dodge them.
Mythic Changes
When Coiling Flames expires on a player, they explode 4s later. Other players must soak the explosion to split the damage.
Coiling Flames always targets a melee and a caster in both groups. Each player must be soaked by a different group of players.
Split half of your raid into two groups of five players. One group soaks the explosions in melee, the other with the ranged.
Abilities
Molten Venom
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=419054 - The boss's auto-attacks apply a stacking DoT. Each stack increases the damage taken from Cataclysm Jaws.Tank swap when the boss begins to cast Cataclysm Jaws.
swap tank
Burning Vertebrae
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421675 - Passive and frequent damage to the raid.
heal through
Serpent's Wrath
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421703 - Shortly after the fourth Flood of the Firelands and the entire platform is filled with lava, Volcoross starts dealing lethal damage to the raid and quickly wipes you.
finish boss quickly
Combusting Rage
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=424218 - When no player is in range of the boss, he deals massive damage to the raid.
always have a tank in melee
Volcoross
1. Molten Venom
2. Burning Vertebrae
3. Serpent's Wrath
4. Combusting Rage
Mechanics
Scorchtail Crash
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=420421 - The boss's tail slams onto the platform, instantly killing any players it strikes.A shadow appears where the tail will strike.
dodge the tail slam hinted by the ground shadow or you die.
Flood of the Firelands
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=420934 - At 100 energy, Volcoross launches two massive globs of lava on the platform. After five seconds, they land and create permanent magma pools that cover an entire section of the ring.Each pool should be soaked by half the raid to split the damage. If less than four players soak then the raid dies. This forces you to split your raid into two, with each group circling the ring on different sides and soaking their own nearby pools.The globs always land near the pools that were dropped by the previous ones.At the end of the fight, the raid reunites. Kill the boss before the whole ring is flooded with magma.
split your raid in half. each half soaks its glob of magma on its side of the ring.
Coiling Flames
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421284 - A few players are marked with a circle for 12s, taking damage and dealing damage to nearby players. The circles slowly shrink and deal increasing damage.When Coiling Flames expires, it jumps to a new player. They all fade before the next Flood of the Firelands.
spread when you're debuffed. damage taken increases over time.
Volcanic Disgorge
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421616 - Regularly, Volcoross launches a few fire projectiles toward players, leaving small lava patches where they land.Stick near existing lava patches to conserve space. This encounter is all about managing the available space.
bait the projectiles next to existing lava and dodge.
Serpent's Fury
https://www.wowhead.com/en/spell=421672 - At the start of the fight and after each Flood of the Firelands, Volcoross channels and deals heavy damage to the raid for 5s.At the end, Volcoross applies Coiling Flames to several players who are marked by a circle.Targeted players should quickly spread from others.
heal the damage, then players with a circle spread.
Volcoross
1. Scorchtail Crash
2. Flood of the Firelands
3. Coiling Flames
4. Volcanic Disgorge
5. Serpent's Fury
