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FIGHT OVERVIEW
Fight in 3 phases. P1 ends when Sarkareth casts Glittering Surge for the second time.P2 ends at 4min or when he drops to 40% HP.
In P1, Sarkareth applies a debuff on the raid. Players need to get hit by his breath or beam to clear it before he recasts Glittering Surge.
At the start of P2, Sarkareth sends everyone in the Emptiness Between Stars, a different phase. Everyone needs to soak the circles to come back within 20s or he wipes the raid.
In P2 and P3, getting hit by most abilities grants stacks of Oblivion. If you reach 10, you're sent back in the Emptiness Between Stars.
In P2 and P3, players need to soak bombs and get sent to the Emptiness to explode there and not kill the raid.
In P2, dodge the boss' big breaths and kill the adds.
In P3, dodge the boss' massive crash on the platform, the asteroids and the ghosts. Hide behind an asteroid to survive the boss' Supernova.
In P3, destroy the asteroids with a bomb applied on a player that must be soaked to split the damage.
EVERYONE
RAID IS PUSHBACKED AND EVERYONE
IS DEBUFFED. CLEAR DEBUFF BY
GETTING HIT BY BREATH OR BEAM.
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Oppressing Howl
Pushback
At the start of P1, Sarkareth casts a howl, deals damage and slightly knocks players back.
It also applies the Echoing Howl debuff to everyone. Players need to be hit by either Mass Disintegrate or Searing Breath to remove it.
Dispelling Echoing Howl deals a small burst of damage to the raid. Don't get dispelled all at the same time.
If players still have the debuff when the boss casts Glittering Surge, they die.
WHAT TO DO
CLEAR DEBUFF
EVERYONE
GET HIT BY BREATH TO REMOVE
ECHOING HOWL DEBUFF.
OTHERWISE DODGE
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Searing Breath
3s Cast Frontal
Regularly, the boss casts a breath in a cone towards a random player that applies a stackable but dispellable DoT. The breath hits 3 times.
Getting hit by a tick of the breath dispells Echoing Howl. Players who get dispelled take a DoT until the end of P1.
If you don't need to dispel Echoing Howl, dodge.
WHAT TO DO
GET HIT BY BREATH OR DODGE
EVERYONE
GET HIT BY BEAM TO REMOVE
ECHOING HOWL DEBUFF.
OTHERWISE DODGE.
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Mass Disintegrate
6s Cast
Regularly, the boss summons a ghost that casts beams towards a player that hits everyone in their trajectories.
Getting hit by a beam dispells Echoing Howl. Players who get dispelled are slowed and get a DoT for the rest of P1.
If you don't need to dispel Echoing Howl, dodge.
WHAT TO DO
GET HIT BY BEAM OR DODGE
EVERYONE
HEAVY RAID DAMAGE.
PLAYERS STILLWITH HOWL
DEBUFF WILL DIE.
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Glittering Surge
8s Channel
At the beginning and the end of P1, Sarkareth casts casts a 8s channel on the raid. It deals heavy damage.
Any player who still has the Howl debuff at the end of P1 gets stunned for 12s and takes lethal damage.
WHAT TO DO
HEAL THROUGH
EVERYONE
BAIT THE BOMBS AND
QUICKLY MOVE OUT.
HEAVY RAID DAMAGE.
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Scorching Bomb
12s Bombs
Regularly, Sarkareth spawns 2 bombs near players. They deal heavy pulsing damage to nearby players.
After 12s they explode, dealing heavy damage and applying a DoT to the raid. They also leave fire patches that grow and only disappear in P2.
Stay grouped up to bait the bombs at the same location, ideally starting with the sides of the platform.
WHAT TO DO
BAIT & MOVE OUT
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Burning Claws
Tank Mechanic
Tank stomp attack, inflicting heavy physical damage and a 27s DoT.
Upon DoT expiration, 15% of the DoT damage are inflicted to the raid. Try to mitigate them as much as possible.
WHAT TO DO
MITIGATE AND TANK SWAP
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Burning Claws
Tank Mechanic
Tank stomp attack, inflicting heavy physical damage and a 27s DoT.
Upon DoT expiration, 15% of the DoT damage are inflicted to the raid. Try to mitigate them as much as possible.
WHAT TO DO
MITIGATE AND TANK SWAP
The Emptiness Between Stars
At the start of P2, Sarkareth sends everyone in the Emptiness Between Stars, a different phase. Collect your soul by soaking the circles to come back.
In P2 and P3, getting hit by most abilities applies stacks of Oblivion.
When you reach 10 stacks of that DoT you're sent into the Emptiness for 20s. Collect buffs and your soul to come back to the fight or die.
EVERYONE
GETTING HIT BY ABILITIES GIVES
YOU STACKS. IF YOU REACH 10,
QUICKLY SOAK THE CIRCLES!
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Oblivion
20s Debuff
In P2 and P3, getting hit by most shadow abilities gives you a 25s stacking DoT.
If you reach 10 stacks, you're sent into the Emptiness, a different dimension, and you have 20s to collect your soul and return to the fight, or you die.
You can also collect orbs to stack a haste and speed buff, up to 10 stacks.
WHAT TO DO
PLAY SAFE
EVERYONE
WHILE IN THE EMPTINESS
TRY TO GATHER THE ORBS
TO GAIN HASTE AND SPEED.
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Astral Flare
23s Buff
While gathering your soul, you can gather nearby orbs to gain a stackable 5% haste and 10% movement buff for 23 seconds.
You can only have 10 stacks at max.
WHAT TO DO
GATHER THE ORBS
PHASE
2
After the second Glittering Surge, P2 starts. The boss sends all the players in the Emptiness Between Stars world mentioned above, you have maximum 20 seconds to exit.
Sarkareth spawns new bombs that must be soaked ASAP by a player. Then, this player needs to get sent to the Emptiness to explode there.
Dodge Sarkareth' breath, get out of the Desolate Blossoms and kill the adds.
EVERYONE
PLAYERS SOAK THE BOMBS ASAP
AND THEN GET SENT TO THE
EMPTINESS TO EXPLODE THERE.
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Void Bomb
20s Avoidable Bombs
Regularly, Sarkareth spawns a few bombs near players, they deal constant raid damage and apply stacks of Oblivion to everyone very quickly.
Each bomb must be soaked by a player ASAP. After 20s, the bombs explode and kill the raid.
Players who soaked the bombs must reach 10 stacks of Oblivion to be sent to the Emptiness and explode there. Quickly accumulate stacks of Oblivion by standing in Desolate Blossom pools.
WHAT TO DO
SOAK BOMBS ASAP
EVERYONE
EVOKER LIKE BREATH.
DODGE IT AND KILL
THE ADDS THAT SPAWN.
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Abyssal Breath
2.5s Cast
The boss flies to a targeted location with a big dragon breath, knocking back and inflicting heavy damage to players hit. Also applies Oblivion stack.
Leaves behind Null Glimmer adds that must be interrupted and killed. Feel free to use CCs (stun, silences, etc) here.
WHAT TO DO
DODGE THE BREATH
EVERYONE
GO IN A BLOSSOM IF YOU HAVE
THE VOID BOMB. OTHERWISE
STAY AWAY, THEY STACK OBLIVION.
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Desolate Blossom
Oblivion Stacks Source
WHAT TO DO
USE THE BOMBS TO STACK OBLIVION
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Ebon Might
Stackable Buff
Each ability casts by the boss grants any add alive a stackable 15% damage done and movement speed buff.
Upon reaching 5 stacks, adds are immune to CC and interrupts.
WHAT TO DO
KILL THE ADDS QUICKLY
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Void Claws
Tank Mechanic
Tank buster ability, heavy on hit damage with a stackable 18s DoT and a 25% healing reduction.
Upon expiration, the tank explode in a 20y radius inflicting 40% of the damage taken from the DoT.
WHAT TO DO
TANK SWAP AND EXPLODE FAR
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Ebon Might
Stackable Buff
Each ability casts by the boss grants any add alive a stackable 15% damage done and movement speed buff.
Upon reaching 5 stacks, adds are immune to CC and interrupts.
WHAT TO DO
KILL THE ADDS QUICKLY
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Void Claws
Tank Mechanic
Tank buster ability, heavy on hit damage with a stackable 18s DoT and a 25% healing reduction.
Upon expiration, the tank explode in a 20y radius inflicting 40% of the damage taken from the DoT.
WHAT TO DO
TANK SWAP AND EXPLODE FAR
PHASE
3
When Sarkareth drops to 40% HP or 4min into the fight, P3 starts.
Play the bombs just like in P2. Dodge Sarkareth' massive crash on the platform, the falling asteroids and the ghosts.
Destroy the asteroids with the bomb applied on a player. Hide behind an asteroid when Sarkareth casts his Supernova.
The tank buster ability is now a cleave. If any non-tank player is hit by it, it will kill the raid.
EVERYONE
PLAYERS SOAK THE BOMBS ASAP
AND THEN GET SENT TO THE
EMPTINESS TO EXPLODE THERE.
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Void Bomb
20s Avoidable Bombs
Similar to P2
Regularly, Sarkareth spawns a few bombs near players, they deal constant raid damage and apply stacks of Oblivion to everyone very quickly.
Each bomb must be soaked by a player ASAP. After 20s, the bombs explode and kill the raid.
Players who soaked the bombs must reach 10 stacks of Oblivion to be sent to the Emptiness and explode there. Quickly accumulate stacks of Oblivion by standing in Desolate Blossom pools.
WHAT TO DO
SOAK BOMBS ASAP
EVERYONE
WHEN THE BOSS DISAPPEARS,
GET READY TO DODGE A MASSIVE
AOE AND KILL THE ADDS.
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Cosmic Ascension
4s Cast
The boss disappears and comes crashing on the platform. Players hit take lethal damages and are knocked back.
Causes several asteroids to fall on the platform near players. Also summons similar adds than in P2.
Asteroids deal damage to nearby players and apply Oblivion stacks. Hide behind them to survive the supernova presented just below.
WHAT TO DO
DODGE
EVERYONE
HIDE BEHIND A ROCK TO
BREAK LINE OF SIGHT WITH
THE PORTAL AND SURVIVE.
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Scouring Eternity
5.5s Cast
The boss casts a massive explosion that kills anyone within line of sight of a summoned portal.
Hide behind an asteroid left by Cosmic Ascension to survive. Each active asteroid then deals a burst of damage to the raid. Too many asteroids will wipe you.
There are lines behind asteroids that show where it's safe. Don't stand in the puddles surrounding them.
WHAT TO DO
BREAK LOS QUICKLY
EVERYONE
HELP SOAK THE BOMB ON THE
PLAYER. PLACE BOMB NEAR ASTEROIDS.
MOVE AWAY AFTER SOAKING.
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Embrace of Nothingness
Soak on a Random Player
The boss puts a bomb on a player that explodes after 8s. Players must help soak it to split the damage. Also applies Oblivion stacks.
The explosion leaves a blackhole that destroys nearby asteroids. Try to destroy as many as possible while keeping a few to hide from the supernova.
Then the blackhole explodes and kills nearby players.
WHAT TO DO
SOAK THE BOMB THEN MOVE OUT
EVERYONE
IF TARGETTED, MOVE AWAY
FROM THE GROUPS. DON'T
STAND IN GHOST'S PATHS.
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Hurtling Barrage
Charge on Random Players
Sarkareth targets a few players, a few seconds later, flying ghosts cross the platform towards them, dealing heavy damage on their path and applying Oblivion stacks.
Players targetted need to move away from the group. Ghosts spawn from portals on the edges with an arrow to show their direction.
WHAT TO DO
DODGE
EVERYONE
DODGE THE SWIRLIES
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Void Slash
Tank Mechanic
Tank buster ability CLEAVE, heavy on hit damage with a stackable 21s DoT and a 25% healing reduction.
If anyone else but the current tank is also hit, it will most likely kill the raid.
Upon expiration, the tank explode, inflicting 40% of the damage taken from the DoT. The tank must explode in the Void Between Stars.
WHAT TO DO
TANK GOES IN THE VOID TO EXPLODE - TANK SWAP
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Void Might
P3 Soft Enrage
After each Cosmic Ascension, the boss gains a stackable 10% damage done buff.
WHAT TO DO
KILL THE BOSS
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Void Slash
Tank Mechanic
Tank buster ability CLEAVE, heavy on hit damage with a stackable 21s DoT and a 25% healing reduction.
If anyone else but the current tank is also hit, it will most likely kill the raid.
Upon expiration, the tank explode, inflicting 40% of the damage taken from the DoT. The tank must explode in the Void Between Stars.
WHAT TO DO
TANK GOES IN THE VOID TO EXPLODE - TANK SWAP
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Void Might
P3 Soft Enrage
After each Cosmic Ascension, the boss gains a stackable 10% damage done buff.
WHAT TO DO
KILL THE BOSS
RESOURCES
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General Aberrus By Causese
A general WeakAura pack that provides "icon" style mechanics/debuff as well as short descriptions for each. Pretty standard. We also recommend downloading Causese Sound addon to hear vocal announcements. Feel free to thank the amazing Causese here (sorry, no Twitter that I know of...).
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Co Tank Weakaura By Causese
Another must have by Causese if you play or are planning to play tank. It informs you when to taunt, and how your co-tank is doing with their mechanics.
Make sure to checkout the Causese Sound addon to also pair it with appropriate sound announcements.
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