THE VENOMOUS ABYSS · ALL EIGHT BOSSES
Raid leader guide
Assign before the pull. Call the moment. Review the mistake.
Open the full visual guide →Route: Nek’zali → both wings (Sentinels / Vashnik and Explorers / Sszorak) → Twin Fangs → Coiled Altar → Ula’tek.
Before the first pull
- Name primary assignments and backups.
- Agree on markers, interrupts and healing cooldown order.
- Confirm the selected difficulty and each boss’s extra assignments below.
Calls below are proposed voice prompts. Use boss casts and live timers; they are not a timed script.
Nek’zali the Soulcoiler
Keep the well clear. Control the adds. Stay alive.
Assign before pulling
- Tank run-out lane at Square; dispel edges at Star / Diamond.
- Name an add-control lead and a healing cooldown order.
- Our Bloodlust: when the boss returns after the Echoes.
Say it on voice
- “Adds first — protect the well.”
- “Barrage: tank out, clear the lane.”
- “Soul Transfer ending — leave the beam, then attack the Echo.”
- “Echoes down — Lust and finish.”
Name Hungering Pyre group soakers.
Did an add reach the well, a dispel land in the group, or a player block the tank lane?
Entombed Sentinels
Two sides. Even health. Make four.
Assign before pulling
- Split tanks, healing and damage evenly between the two sides.
- Set Star / Diamond for teams; reserve Square for toxin pairing.
- Name someone to call health imbalance and tank exchanges.
Say it on voice
- “Check health — ease off the lower boss.”
- “Toxins: green one with three, two with two; one partner only.”
- “Stasis over — tanks exchange, teams stay.”
Explain the 1+3 / 2+2 toxin pairing before pulling.
Check boss separation, health imbalance and accidental extra toxin collisions.
The Lost Explorers
Find the fish. Choose the ultimate. Balance all three.
Assign before pulling
- Name fish carriers and backups; announce Gebbo → Nama → Iku.
- Assign teams to the melee leap circle and two ranged circles.
- Name a mushroom jump caller and healing cooldowns for cleanses.
- Keep a clear Blink Nova run-out away from the raid.
Say it on voice
- “Fish ready — target our explorer in melee and use extra action at 90–95 energy.”
- “Blink Nova target out — keep the landing away from us.”
- “Wave at the mushroom — jump together.”
- “Drop your element, then cleanse with the opposite before the next volley.”
Stack all three bosses for cleave.
Was the fish late, Blink Nova too close, a mushroom triggered early, or a leap circle uncovered?
Vashnik the Malignant
Rotate fountains. Kill the adds. Protect the middle.
Assign before pulling
- Tank route: Fire + Shadow → Fire + Blood → Blood + Shadow.
- Set add priority: Fire, then Blood, then Shadow.
- Stagger Exploding dispels at safe raid health; assign nearby Siphoning helpers.
Say it on voice
- “Next fountain pair — move with the tank.”
- “Adds first — nothing reaches the middle.”
- “Infections: fire out, help blood, shadow keep moving.”
Name the next fountain pair before Imbibe.
Check fountain positioning, missed adds and infection handling before asking for more boss damage.
Sszorak
Read the winds. Place the cysts. Bounce back.
Assign before pulling
- Read the wind motes; reset markers every cycle.
- Name Mutilate soakers and a cyst caller.
- Assign a wind caller and cooldowns for Dig In.
Say it on voice
- “Ravage: tank alone. Mutilate: raid soak; each tank takes one of each.”
- “Motes 1–2–3 set wind order; cysts go opposite on expiry.”
- “Stack tight — ride the wind into the next cyst.”
- “Third wind done — safe positions, clear the spare cysts.”
The raid shares Mutilate. Stack for winds; safely clear spare cysts afterward.
Check cyst placement, early or expired cyst bursts, and whether Mutilate hit a player still debuffed.
The Twin Fangs
Manage venom. Share the feasts. Keep moving.
Assign before pulling
- Balance damage between Vexhul and Ithraz.
- Name low-stack globule collectors and a Feast caller.
- Set an outer pool lane; assign priority damage to the central adds.
Say it on voice
- “Low stacks collect globules before expiry — keep pools outside.”
- “Feast ready — soak and clear venom stacks.”
- “Stone Breaker: soak three impacts in order, then swap.”
- “Submerge — follow the beam, stay on the platform.”
Group-soak Feast to clear venom.
Check venom levels, uncovered Feast hits and pools blocking the next movement lane.
The Coiled Altar
Gather hazards. Clear with the frontal. Finish together.
Assign before pulling
- Star: hazard collection. Diamond: Guillotine soak.
- Name soak teams, fragment collectors and Soulcoiler interrupts.
- Our Bloodlust: Zul’jan’s Soulbinding damage bonus.
Say it on voice
- “Hazards to Star — clear the frontal; collect your own Gravebound fragments.”
- “Guillotine team in — then run over 40 yards from the axe.”
- “Zul’jan nearly down — clear venom, heal transition.”
- “Final overlap — balanced damage, finish together.”
At least three per Guillotine soak.
Check soak coverage, frontal clears, missed fragments and boss health imbalance.
Ula’tek
Protect the eggs. Split the sides. Survive the last platform.
Assign before pulling
- Name egg carriers and balanced side teams, with one tank per side.
- Assign interrupts, cauldron tank and one caller coordinating both corridors.
- Set melee, ranged and healer Bite teams; assign DPS helpers to healers. Our Lust: first heart.
Say it on voice
- “Eggs into Coils — raid shares each soak.”
- “Big egg timer starts at pickup; small eggs first, big egg last. Tank at cauldron.”
- “Bite teams stay until the debuff is fully cleared — then spread for Purge.”
- “Rotate counter-clockwise before the platform breaks.”
Group-soak Coils; keep the two side teams balanced.
Check Coil coverage, Bite completion before spreading, egg order, tether coordination and platform evacuation.