- TotFW / BWD / BoT
- Aberrus
- Icecrown Citadel
- Ruby Sanctum
- Trial of the Crusader
- Ulgrax the Devourer
- Bloodbound Horror
- Sikran, Captain of the Sureki
- Rashanan
- Broodtwister Ovinax
- Nexus Princess Kyveza
- Silken Court
- Queen Ansurek
- Conclave of Wind
- Al'akir
- Omnotron Defense System
- Magmaw
- Atramedes
- Chimaeron
- Maloriak
- Nefarian
- Halfus Wyrmbreaker
- Valiona & Theralion
- Ascendant Council
- Cho#gall
- Sinestra
- Kazzara
- The Amalgamation Chamber
- The Forgotten Experiments
- Assault of the Zaqali
- Rashok, the Elder
- Zskarn
- Magmorax
- Echo of Neltharion
- Scalecommander Sarkareth
- Lord Marrowgar
- Lady Deathwhisper
- Gunship Battle
- Deathbringer Saurfang
- Festergut
- Rotface
- Professor Putricide
- Blood Prince Council
- Blood-Queen Lana'thel
- Valithria Dreamwalker
- Sindragosa
- The Lich King
- Halion
- Northrend Beasts
- Lord Jaraxxus
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- Twin Val'kyr
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TotFW / BWD / BoT
Nefarian
Strategy Guide
This fight has 3 phases. In the first phase, you fight Onyxia, and Nefarian joins the battle 30s later.
The 2nd phase starts when Onyxia is defeated. The room fills with lava, so split your raid evenly among the 3 safe platforms.
The final phase begins after 3min in phase 2 or once the adds are dead.
The final phase is similar to the first one, but without Onyxia.
During phase 1 and 3, Nefarian mind controls several players, they are killed if they reach the portal.
In phase 2, Nefarian debuffs random players, causing a knockback effect on nearby players when the debuff expires.
In heroic, the damage from Electrocute will require a careful planning of defensive cooldown.
Thanks to Kats & Layria for her careful work as copy editor for the English texts.
You start the encounter fighting Onyxia, with Nefarian joining 30 seconds later.
Both drakes breathe on their target and sweep players behind them.
Tank Onyxia and Nefarian away from each other if you can't handle their proximity buff.
Adds spawn around the room, they need to be kited away from both drakes.
Onyxia passively gains energy and even more at each time Nefarian casts Electrocute.
If Onyxia reaches full energy, she wipes the raid, so try to lower Nefarian's health as much as possible before that happens.
TANK
FACE THE BOSS AWAY
FROM THE RAID
Both Nefarian and Onyxia unleash a frontal cone breath that damages all players hit.
Additionally, it fully recharges the energy of the adds if they are hit, delaying their death.
Ensure that no one is caught in the breath.
TANK
ROTATE ONYXIA
BEFORE THE CAST
Every 25s or so, Onyxia discharges energy from her sides dealing massive damage to all players within 60yds.
Before this happens, the tank must rotate the boss to protect the raid standing on her flanks.
TANK
PICK UP AND
KITE THE ADDS
Before Nefarian lands, he launches several Animated Bone Warriors randomly in the room.
These damage all players within their landing area. The adds must be kited and managed properly.
They start with full energy that decreases over time. When it reaches zero, they collapse and deactivate, so there's no need to focus them.
If hit by Onyxia's or Nefarian's breath, they fully recharge their energy, which must be avoided through proper positioning.
They gain a stacking buff every time they hit a player, so use CC on them!
EVERYONE
USE DEFENSIVE
TO SURVIVE
Every time Nefarian loses 10% health, he electrocutes the entire raid, dealing massive damage.
This can easily kill players, so plan carefully when to trigger this ability and coordinate with defensive cooldowns!
It also increases Onyxia energy by 25%.
EVERYONE
TAKE THE MAXIMUM
BUFF POSSIBLE BEFORE
REACHING THE PORTAL
Nefarian mind controls a random player, who then walks toward a nearby portal. Reaching the portal kills the player.
While mind-controlled, they gain two abilities: Free Your Mind, which breaks the mind control, and Stolen Power, which increases damage and healing by 4% per stack, up to 450% for 15s.
Stolen Power is spammable. The goal is to stay mind-controlled long enough to gain many stacks, then use Free Your Mind right before reaching the portal.
Both Nefarian and Onyxia sweep all players behind them, inflicting damage and stunning them for 2s.
If Onyxia reaches full energy, she deals lethal damage to the entire raid.
Nefarian and Onyxia attack 100% faster if they are within 50 yards of eachother.
Both Nefarian and Onyxia sweep all players behind them, inflicting damage and stunning them for 2s.
Nefarian and Onyxia attack 100% faster if they are within 50 yards of eachother.
If Onyxia reaches full energy, she deals lethal damage to the entire raid.
Phase 3 begins after 3 minutes or once the adds are dead.
This phase is similar to the first phase, but the adds cannot deactivate as Nefarian constantly refills their energy.
It's crucial to lower Nefarian's health in the first phase to defeat him before your off-tank gets overwhelmed by the adds.
EVERYONE
FACE THE BOSS AWAY
FROM THE RAID
Nefarian unleash a frontal cone breath that damages all players hit.
Additionally, it fully recharges the energy of the adds if they are hit, delaying their death.
Ensure that no one is caught in the breath.
EVERYONE
USE DEFENSIVE
TO SURVIVE
Every time Nefarian loses 10% health, he electrocutes the entire raid, dealing massive damage.
This can easily kill players, so plan carefully when to trigger this ability and coordinate with defensive cooldowns!
EVERYONE
KITE THE ADDS AND
STAY OUT OF THE FIRE
Nefarian resurrects all the adds from the first phase.
He launches a spark that creates growing patches of fire, refilling the energy of the adds.
Since they can't die anymore, they must be kited and crowd-controlled until the end of the encounter.
Defeat Nefarian before your tank is overwhelmed by their stacking buff!
EVERYONE
TAKE THE MAXIMUM
BUFF POSSIBLE BEFORE
REACHING THE PORTAL
Nefarian mind controls a random player, who then walks toward a nearby portal. Reaching the portal kills the player.
While mind-controlled, they gain two abilities: Free Your Mind, which breaks the mind control, and Stolen Power, which increases damage and healing by 4% per stack, up to 450% for 15s.
Stolen Power is spammable. The goal is to stay mind-controlled long enough to gain many stacks, then use Free Your Mind right before reaching the portal.
Both Nefarian and Onyxia sweep all players behind them, inflicting damage and stunning them for 2s.
Both Nefarian and Onyxia sweep all players behind them, inflicting damage and stunning them for 2s.
Phase 2 begins when Onyxia is defeated. Nefarian flies off, and the room fills with lava, leaving 3 platforms emerged.
An add spawns on each platform, split your raid evenly to deal with them.
They cast an interruptible raid-wide damaging ability that must be kicked!
EVERYONE
SWIM TO A PLATFORM
AND KICK THE ADD
As the room fills with lava, an add spawns on each platform.
Split your raid evenly to deal with the adds.
Set up an interrupt order to stop every cast.
IF TARGETED
JUMP OF THE PLATFORM
BEFORE DEBUFF EXPIRES
Throughout the phase, Nefarian targets random players with a debuff that deals fire damage and knocks everyone back upon expiration.
Jump into the lava to avoid knocking back your allies!
While flying, Nefarian deals damage to random players throughout the phase.
While flying, Nefarian deals damage to random players throughout the phase.
