Midnight · Raid

The Venomous Abyss

Normal and Heroic

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Stop skeletons reaching the well. At 50% health kill the echoes, then finish Nek’zali before her energy fills.

Tombs → well
Intercept skeletons between their tombs and the well; the tank brings the boss toward that side.
Debuff → outer edge
Leave Essence Rend hazards outside, keeping a route for the tank and group.
Echo → shared circle
The main group joins the tank’s circle; Slithering Flame targets stay apart.

Intercept skeletons before the well; take your personal debuff away from the group.

1
Well and skeletons
The tank moves the boss toward incoming skeletons. Break their shields and kill them before the well.
2
50% health: echoes
Nek’zali becomes immune. Leave each echo’s spawn impact and kill the active echoes in sequence.
3
Circles and flames
Share the tank’s large circle. Players outside it receive Slithering Flame and stay apart.
4
Final phase
After the echoes die, attack Nek’zali again. Use major offensive abilities and move clear when the spirits relocate.

Gravebound Advance
Shielded skeletons leave the tombs and walk toward the well.
What to do
Break the shield with magic damage, then gather and kill the skeletons. Each arrival at the well increases raid damage and brings the enrage closer.
Essence Rend
A player has Essence Rend.
What to do
The target moves to the edge, then a healer dispels the magic effect. A hazard remains where it was removed.
Possession Barrage
The boss aims Possession Barrage at the current tank.
What to do
The tank moves farther away to reduce the explosion. Everyone else clears its line; intercepting it early endangers the raid.
Hollowing Strikes
Hollowing Strikes builds on the tank.
What to do
Trade tanks before the healing reduction becomes overwhelming. Prepare mitigation and coordinate the swap after Barrage.
Soulcoil Ignition
The well ignites and projectiles cross the room.
What to do
Dodge the projectiles. Healers cover the damage sequence; use a personal defensive when your health is low.
Hungering Pyre
During intermission an echo prepares a large circle around the tank.
What to do
The main group enters and shares the hit. Slithering Flame seeks players outside; keep it away from the group.
Uncoiling
The echoes are dead and Nek’zali returns.
What to do
Use major offensive abilities and kill the boss before 100 energy. Constant damage pressures healers; leave the relocated spirits’ hazards.

A shielded skeleton walking toward the central well.

Break its shield with magic damage, then kill it before the well.

On Heroic, burn its corpse with Slithering Flame during intermission.

An echo appearing in the boss’s 50% intermission.

Attack the active echo and share its large circle.

Once all echoes die, Nek’zali returns to the fight.