IceCrown Citadel guide - Lower Spire P2
This is the second part of the Lower Spire guide,here come with the Heroic Mode of this raid.
Heroic Mode - Lord Morrowgar
While fighting Lord Morrowgar on heroic mode there are not a whole lot changes. This is likely due to it being the first fight in the raid and Blizzard playing relatively nice. However, the two small changes do up the difficulty quite a bit, so make sure everyone is aware of them and adjusts accordingly.
The first change is that the flames that Lord Morrowgar spawns now inflict a DoT on players that are hit by them in addition to the initial damage that they cause. The second change is that he will continue to cast Bone Spike Graveyard while in the middle of his Bone Storm ability. The third change is that he is immune to taunt. The last change is that he has more health and inflicts more damage, but that is pretty standard on all heroic mode bosses though.
To deal with these changes players need to be more aware of the flame and react quickly to it. Ranged DPS will need to keep on top of bone spikes and make sure to free players during Bone Storms. Lastly players MUST ensure the tanks get threat after a bone storm before they start to DPS or you will die. Without the ability to taunt back, DPS has to be extremely careful.
Lady Deathwhisper
Lady Deathwhisper is an undead lich that is in charge of the Cult of the Damned. She is found just after Lord Morrowgar and is a fight that requires groups to be split up to deal with different aspects. The fight is made up of two distinct phases.
In the first phase Lady Deathwhisper is protected by a mana shield that must be burned through before you can enter phase 2. This means that several DPS need to be assigned to burn it down. While she is protected by the shield though, she will summon in guards from the alcoves along both sides of the room. This is where the rest of the raid waits and picks up the adds as soon as they enter the fight.
The adds that enter the fight are either Adherents or Fanatics. Adherents are casters that do AOE damage, while Fanatics are melee based that have nasty frontal cleaves. Both will occasionally become empowered by Lady Deathwhisper, and when they do they gain even more power to their attacks, and need to be killed as soon as possible.
Once the adds get to very low health they will start to cast Dark Martyrdom. If they succeed they die in an AOE blaze of glory. In addition, if they succeed Lady Deathwhisper will bring them back to life as reanimated versions of themselves. These reanimated versions can only be harmed by damage opposite to what they cause. Meaning the casters can only be harmed by physical damage and the melee only by magic.
Once Lady Deathwhisper’s shield has been brought down, finish up any adds that are still alive and then everyone should focus on her. Make sure though that when the shield is getting low that a tank gets into position.
This is the second phase and all of her spells change. She now starts hitting players with a multi target frost bolt, and hits the tank with a single target frost bolt spell. In addition she will stack a debuff on the tank that lowers threat by 20% per stack. This means that at least two tanks will need to trade agro back and forth every 3rd stack so that they can stay ahead of the DPS.
Lastly spirits will spawn around the room that can not be tanked or damaged, instead they do damage to anyone close to them. So if you get threat from one, that player must kite them around until they disappear.
The whole fight must be finished within 10 minutes or Lady Deathwhisper will enrage and wipe the group. Overall it is not a difficult encounter, the hardest part is figuring out the balance of DPS to put on adds and the shield. If you survive the adds, the second phase is a breeze.
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Heroic Mode - Lord Morrowgar
While fighting Lord Morrowgar on heroic mode there are not a whole lot changes. This is likely due to it being the first fight in the raid and Blizzard playing relatively nice. However, the two small changes do up the difficulty quite a bit, so make sure everyone is aware of them and adjusts accordingly.
The first change is that the flames that Lord Morrowgar spawns now inflict a DoT on players that are hit by them in addition to the initial damage that they cause. The second change is that he will continue to cast Bone Spike Graveyard while in the middle of his Bone Storm ability. The third change is that he is immune to taunt. The last change is that he has more health and inflicts more damage, but that is pretty standard on all heroic mode bosses though.
To deal with these changes players need to be more aware of the flame and react quickly to it. Ranged DPS will need to keep on top of bone spikes and make sure to free players during Bone Storms. Lastly players MUST ensure the tanks get threat after a bone storm before they start to DPS or you will die. Without the ability to taunt back, DPS has to be extremely careful.
Lady Deathwhisper
Lady Deathwhisper is an undead lich that is in charge of the Cult of the Damned. She is found just after Lord Morrowgar and is a fight that requires groups to be split up to deal with different aspects. The fight is made up of two distinct phases.
In the first phase Lady Deathwhisper is protected by a mana shield that must be burned through before you can enter phase 2. This means that several DPS need to be assigned to burn it down. While she is protected by the shield though, she will summon in guards from the alcoves along both sides of the room. This is where the rest of the raid waits and picks up the adds as soon as they enter the fight.
The adds that enter the fight are either Adherents or Fanatics. Adherents are casters that do AOE damage, while Fanatics are melee based that have nasty frontal cleaves. Both will occasionally become empowered by Lady Deathwhisper, and when they do they gain even more power to their attacks, and need to be killed as soon as possible.
Once the adds get to very low health they will start to cast Dark Martyrdom. If they succeed they die in an AOE blaze of glory. In addition, if they succeed Lady Deathwhisper will bring them back to life as reanimated versions of themselves. These reanimated versions can only be harmed by damage opposite to what they cause. Meaning the casters can only be harmed by physical damage and the melee only by magic.
Once Lady Deathwhisper’s shield has been brought down, finish up any adds that are still alive and then everyone should focus on her. Make sure though that when the shield is getting low that a tank gets into position.
This is the second phase and all of her spells change. She now starts hitting players with a multi target frost bolt, and hits the tank with a single target frost bolt spell. In addition she will stack a debuff on the tank that lowers threat by 20% per stack. This means that at least two tanks will need to trade agro back and forth every 3rd stack so that they can stay ahead of the DPS.
Lastly spirits will spawn around the room that can not be tanked or damaged, instead they do damage to anyone close to them. So if you get threat from one, that player must kite them around until they disappear.
The whole fight must be finished within 10 minutes or Lady Deathwhisper will enrage and wipe the group. Overall it is not a difficult encounter, the hardest part is figuring out the balance of DPS to put on adds and the shield. If you survive the adds, the second phase is a breeze.
To be continued.View more wow guides here.
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