Restoration Shaman Healing Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)

Ulgrax's primary damage comes from two abilities: Venomous Lash during phase one and Juggernaut Charge during phase two. There will also be some damage from the raid pulls, circles, and the boss hungry phase at the end of each phase two.

Ulgrax Heroic Icy-Veins Example Restoration Shaman Timings
Talents: Standard Totemic Chain Heal

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To utilize the above example cooldowns in the game, you will need both the Method Raid Tools and WeakAuras addons. The note above is pasted into a personal note via Method Raid Tools and read out using the Kaze Weakaura found here: https://wago.io/n7l5uN3YM.

Use Astral Shift and / or Stone Bulwark Totem for the end of each Phase 2 or whenever you drop low on health, especially if you have a circle or add on you, or are being pulled towards the boss.

Ensure you are tracking the following buffs/debuffs on whatever raid frames you are using so you can focus heal them during the encounter:

• Digestive Acid - 435138

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

There are really only 3 primary mechanics that are relevant on this fight from an incoming damage/heal absorb perspective. Gruesome Disgorge is the tank frontal that you stand in to go to the other realm. This mechanic deals a large amount of up front damage and then deals constant ticking damage to you for the entire duration you spend in the other realm.

Goresplatter is a large damage over time effect that follows being forced to run away from the boss. This happens infrequently, requires a lot of movement, and often results in limited people being in range, prompting more focused healing on fewer targets. The final mechanic is a large heal absorb on a 30 second cadence called Crimson Rain, which will need to be healed through with area heals and cooldowns.

Bloodbound Horror Heroic Icy-Veins Example Restoration Shaman Timings
Talents: Standard Totemic Chain Heal

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To utilize the above example cooldowns in the game, you will need both the Method Raid Tools and WeakAuras addons. The note above is pasted into a personal note via Method Raid Tools and read out using the Kaze Weakaura found here: https://wago.io/n7l5uN3YM.

Use a defensive for Goresplatter and Gruesome Disgorge explosions, or if you absolutely need to cross a lot of tentacles being spawned by players in front of you.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

The primary incoming damage on this fight revolves around the core Cosmic Simulacrum mechanic. The boss will summon Simulacrums of various players targeted by a mechanic, which will pulse damage while active. These Simulacrums need to be shattered by Decimate, causing significant raid damage through Cosmic Shards.

If any Simulacrums are still alive, the boss will destroy them all themselves with Shattering Sweep. While there is a decent amount of damage taken just from the Simulacrums being alive, your primary ramp targets will be when the Simulacrums are destroyed via Decimate as this will cause significant damage over a short period of time. Shattering Sweep itself also does significant damage on its own even when not destroying any Simulacrum.

Sikran Heroic Icy-Veins Example Restoration Shaman Timings
Talents: Standard Totemic Chain Heal

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To utilize the above example cooldowns in the game, you will need both the Method Raid Tools and WeakAuras addons. The note above is pasted into a personal note via Method Raid Tools and read out using the Kaze Weakaura found here: https://wago.io/n7l5uN3YM.

Use a defensive if you are targeted by any mechanic or for the Shattering Sweep, especially if there are still any Simulacrums active.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

While there is a variety of mechanics causing damage on this fight, the primary raid damage mechanic is Erosive Spray plus the Lingering Erosion DoT it leaves. There will also be the occasional web mechanic called Spinneret's Websnap that is caused by players snapping their web strands, but while this is raid wide damage, the timing is a bit inconsistent due to being player driven and is not nearly as much damage as the Erosive Sprays.

Rasha'nan Heroic Icy-Veins Example Restoration Shaman Timings
Talents: Standard Totemic Chain Heal

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To utilize the above example cooldowns in the game, you will need both the Method Raid Tools and WeakAuras addons. The note above is pasted into a personal note via Method Raid Tools and read out using the Kaze Weakaura found here: https://wago.io/n7l5uN3YM.

Use your defensives as each Erosive Spray begins and if you need to cross a lot of damaging puddles during boss movement periods.

Ensure you are tracking the following buffs/debuffs on whatever raid frames you are using for focused healing purposes:

• Spinneret's Strands - 439784

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

Much of the raid damage in this encounter comes from Volatile Concoction, which deals raid wide damage when it expires from the tank and happens very often. Unstable Infusion is a heal absorb placed on the entire raid constantly throughout the encounter, which adds to the healing requirement.

Finally, Ingest Black Blood happens 3 times during the encounter and causes massive damage and healing absorbs to go out on the raid, making it the best mechanic to use healing cooldowns on.

Broodtwister Ovi'nax Heroic Icy-Veins Example Restoration Shaman Timings
Talents: 3-min Ascendance Totemic Chain Heal

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To utilize the above example cooldowns in the game, you will need both the Method Raid Tools and WeakAuras addons. The note above is pasted into a personal note via Method Raid Tools and read out using the Kaze Weakaura found here: https://wago.io/n7l5uN3YM.

As there is constant damage and healing absorbs on this encounter, use your defensives freely whenever you drop low, or if you are targeted by any mechanics.

Ensure you are tracking the following buffs/debuffs on whatever raid frames you are using in order to predict the Volatile Concoction raid damage and be able to heal and dispel Sticky Web:

• Volatile Concoction - 441362
• Sticky Web - 446349

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

The primary damage on this fight will come from 2 mechanics. Nether Rift does significant raid wide damage while active and the intermission mechanic, Starless Night, also does a large amount of damage. Targeting either of those mechanics for healing cooldown usage is a good idea. There is not much complexity damage pattern wise on this fight as it is almost entirely a movement and positioning encounter. Managing your movement and positioning properly is the most important factor to success.

Ky'veza Heroic Icy-Veins Example Restoration Shaman Timings
Talents: Standard Totemic Chain Heal

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To utilize the above example cooldowns in the game, you will need both the Method Raid Tools and WeakAuras addons. The note above is pasted into a personal note via Method Raid Tools and read out using the Kaze Weakaura found here: https://wago.io/n7l5uN3YM.

Using defensives for the dangerous raid damage of Nether Rift and Starless Night is a good idea, and you should also use something whenever targeted by a mechanic or if you get hit by the flying daggers.

Ensure you are tracking the following debuff on whatever raid frames you are using so you can know who to focus heal during the fight:

• Queensbane - 437343

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

This fight is broken up into 3 phases with 2 intermissions between said phase. Each phase has a variety of different mechanics that deal significant damage. In phase 1, Venomous Rain occurs every so often dealing solid damage to a select number of players. Burrowed Eruption deals a large amount of damage as the boss prepares to charge across the room, which is the best moment to use healing cooldowns at.

As you transition out of Phase 1, you will enter the first intermission where Entropic Barrage will be the primary damage source until the boss' absorb shield is broken. Using healing cooldowns here is also a good idea if you have any to spare.

Once into phase 2, Web Vortex and Stinging Burst become the primary sources of damage. Web Vortex happens when the boss grips everyone across the room towards the boss and webs them together. This involves a large burst of damage when it occurs. As this involves a large amount of movement from both the pull and the movement afterwards to break your web, it is a great mechanic to use Shaman cooldowns on, as you can stay fully mobile with Spiritwalker's Grace! The other primary mechanic in this phase is Stinging Burst which occurs whenever a debuff is dispelled, and this will generally be staggered and healed slowly over time.

Moving into the final intermission, Seismic Upheaval provides constant damage throughout the phase until the bosses absorb shield is broken. Finally, in Phase 3 of the fight, Unleashed Swarm is a large AoE channeled by the boss for a short duration, which is a great time to use a healing cooldown.

The Silken Court Heroic Icy-Veins Example Restoration Shaman Timings
Talents: Standard Totemic Chain Heal

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To utilize the above example cooldowns in the game, you will need both the Method Raid Tools and WeakAuras addons. The note above is pasted into a personal note via Method Raid Tools and read out using the Kaze Weakaura found here: https://wago.io/n7l5uN3YM.

Use a defensive if you are targeted by mechanics or are about to fail at dodging out of the way of anything, as many of the abilities are likely to one shot you if you are caught unprepared.

Ensure you are tracking the following debuff on whatever raid frames you are using so that you can help dispel them in a controlled fashion:

• Stinging Swarm - 438677

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

In Phase 1, Ansurek has a variety of damaging mechanics, but the Frothy Toxin damage will be the most dangerous. This is a large burst of damage shortly after jumping the Venom Nova. Silken Tomb can also be quite dangerous, especially if people are overlapping their circles or take too long to be freed, thus opening them to be hit by Web Blades as well.

After leaving Phase 1, you will be dealing with the Wrest mechanic on the boss shield intermission and small platform intermission, as the Queen attempts to pull you into her or off the platform with her webs. Each time she does so, it deals a significant amount of damage, making it a good time to use healing cooldowns. On the middle platform there will also be a dispel mechanic called Gloom Blast, which deals a massive amount of damage when removed and needs to be dispelled in a controlled way.

Once entering Phase 3, the primary damage is going to come from three mechanics: Gorge, Royal Condemnation, and Queen's Summons. Each of these results in a large amount of damage and all of them are good healing cooldown targets.

Queen Ansurek Heroic Icy-Veins Example Restoration Shaman Timings
Talents: Standard Totemic Chain Heal

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To utilize the above example cooldowns in the game, you will need both the Method Raid Tools and WeakAuras addons. The note above is pasted into a personal note via Method Raid Tools and read out using the Kaze Weakaura found here: https://wago.io/n7l5uN3YM.

Use a defensive if you are targeted by any mechanics, as all of them hit very hard. It can also be very useful to swap the standard Gust of Wind for Spirit Walk in order to break the first and third set of roots in Phase 1, which will allow you to only have to risk going in or require an external root break for the second set.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!