Black Temple Raid Guide

Black Temple
Ascension raid guide

Written By Draz
Google doc version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ejcIywCtCaH1Vh2rj_oUbV_hp2a9nLxvWde06jSKJd4/edit?usp=sharing

Important information

Default raid comp

2 tanks
1 healer per 5 raiders approx
10 man raid group = 2 tanks, 2 healers, 6 dps
25 man raid group = 2 tanks, 5 healers, 18 dps
Melee dps should be less than half of the total dps players
Range/Caster dps should be at least half of total dps players
Most of your dps should be range/casters. Most fights in Black Temple have large advantages to this. Melee can be acceptable, but be aware that they will have a disadvantage in many fights.

Pictures

I’ve included pictures with each boss explanation. Some require the group to split up. I’ve indicated this with Blue Square and Orange Circle icons to indicate Left and Right.

Kill Videos

High Warlord Naj’entus – https://youtu.be/qsEqzMTrqoI
Supremus – Imperium – https://youtu.be/JDlx_GBF67M
Shade of Akama – https://youtu.be/blByRE1YM7s
Teron Gorefiend – https://youtu.be/D095nyv77hY
Gurtogg Bloodboil – https://youtu.be/XFjxduVASaA
Reliquary of the Lost – https://youtu.be/creZ9D0yR90
Mother Shahraz – https://youtu.be/CDF7qSmlG48
Illidari Council – https://youtu.be/D_xXLIcwvoM
Illidan Stormrage – HEROIC ONLY ATM https://youtu.be/iMdrHmyDNbE?si=BcRoy5dff1OsbPz8

Weakaura pack

Credit to Luciqq and We Go Again for making this weakaura pack
https://wago.io/lEhUupeoS

High Warlord Naj’entus

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/qsEqzMTrqoI
Default raid comp – Can be solo tanked if you properly handle oozes

Mechanics:

Tidal Shield – Boss gains a shield that must be taken off with a spine
Impaling Spine – Incapacitates a raider. Spine must be picked up by another player. Use the item in your inventory on the boss to remove Tidal shield
Static Charge – Debuff that does damage to those near you when it expires

Strategy:

Split healers and range dps into 2 groups. Move out when you get Static
1 tank will be on boss, 1 tank will focus on picking up adds (oozes named Filth) and picking up impaling spines.

Recommended Abilities:

Movement (to move for static)

Supremus

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/JDlx_GBF67M
Default raid comp

Mechanics:

Add Spawn – Spawns 1 large and a group of small adds

Shadowmoon Outrider + Shadowmoon Direwolf – Hunter that runs from the group and shoots.
Bonechewer Juggernaut – Enrages at low health

Volcano – Spawns a green patch which later turns into a volcano. Explodes when Supremus comes into contact with it. Each volcano applies 100% damage taken increase to Supremus. Green patch turns into Volcano after 10 seconds. 1st volcano spawns 15 seconds after pull, then every 20 seconds
Fixate – Supremus fixates the first person to attack him. This fixate changes to a different target every time he hits a volcano.

Ascended:

Eye Beam – Fixate target is also chased by 2 fire trails

Strategy:

Split group in 2 evenly. Half left, half right.
Prioritize attacking adds unless you’re fixated

Recommended Abilities:

Movement, Slows/Stun/Root for wolfs, DPS can taunt boss to move him slightly

Shade of Akama

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/blByRE1YM7s
Default raid comp

Adds:

Channeler – Starts on stage channeling into boss
Sorcerer – Spawns on the sides. Runs to boss and casts. Mobile version of Channeler
Defender – Reduces the damage that nearby enemies take by 50%
Spiritbinder – Healer
Elementalist – Caster
Rogue – Applies stacking 10% damage taken debuff to tanks

Ascended:

Damage done to Shade of Akama is reflected to Akama. If Akama dies, you lose.

Strategy:

Downstairs – Bring adds to the middle and CC/Interrupt them. Kill priority: Defender > Spiritbinder > Elementalist > Rogue
Upstairs – Interrupt channelers as you kill them

Recommended Abilities:

Solar Beam, Kicks, Flesh Hook, AOE Stuns, Steward of Eternity & Judgement of Light (to heal Akama), Mocking Blow & Challenging shout to taunt Shade

Teron Gorefiend

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/D095nyv77hY
Default raid comp
Mechanics:

Soul Reaper – Deals damage and applies Impale Soul debuff. 10 seconds after pull, then every 20 seconds
Wither and Rot – Death and decay like ability. 15 seconds after pull, then every 30 seconds
Grasping Death – Incapacitates raiders. 30 seconds after pull, then every 30 seconds
Shadow of Death – When debuff runs out, you die and become a ghost. Dying releases other ghosts that will attack the raid

Ascended:

Soul Fragment – Boss cannot die unless 1 person with more soul fragments than him lands the killing blow
Soul Shards – Boss consumes his stored soul shards at 25% hp to heal him for 1% max hp per soul shard.

Strategy:

Move when debuff at 10 seconds. Play the minigame to practice. https://teron.faldorn.net/
Kite boss in a circle so he doesn’t re-absorb his Soul Fragments
Range dps/healers stand on either Star or Triangle. Move to the other when standing on Wither and Rot

Shadow of Death:

Debuffs correspond to the order you enter raid. Last to enter is first to become a ghost

Teron Gorefiend – Vengeful Spirit tips

Example of perfect Spirit handling
Example of what it looks like to handle Vengeful Spirits perfectly. This is before the change that sends 1 person into the void early. The main difference is that you’ll click orbs for longer before needing to help the second person.

Vengeful Spirits ability guide:

Use 4 Volley followed by 5 Chains. After 5 Chains, step back to the stairs to make pushback more consistent. While moving back, cast 3 Spirit Lance at each mob. Tab targeting makes this easier. Goal is to get 2 stacks on every mob.
After root expires, the ghosts will move toward you. Use 6 Spirit Scream to push them back. Spirit Scream is weird and takes some getting used to. If used incorrectly, it can push mobs in a direction you don’t want. Always target the ghost nearest you.
Continue applying 3 Spirit Lance to all ghosts until 4 Volley and 5 Chains are available.
When no ghosts are alive, use 2 Spirit touch on the orbs that will be following the boss
When your group doesn’t need anymore orbs, you can start spamming 2 Spirit Touch on Teron Gorefiend to apply a stacking damage taken debuff. This debuff is personal and does not affect other ghosts or players.
Do not use 8 Spirit Shield or 9 Spirit Burst unless your raid leaders instruct you to. These kill your ghost but provide a buff to your raid for a short amount of time. If used improperly, these hurt overall dps and don’t provide their needed benefit.
Never press 1. It’s a waste of a global

Gurtogg Bloodboil

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/XFjxduVASaA
2 tanks, 3 healers – DPS should either be self heal or have high armor
Mechanics:

Boiling Blood – Stacking debuff that does fire damage. 10 seconds after pull, then every 20 seconds
Seismic Smash – Frontal ability that knocks players in the air. 20 seconds after pull, then every 20 seconds
Mak’gora – Targets 1 player and focuses them. Targeted player receives a huge buff. 1 minute 10 seconds after pull, then every 1 minute 10 seconds
Blood Shield – 99% of healing received is converted to a shield on the player

Ascended:

Living Blood – Blood puddles are animated into oozes.

Strategy:

Spread around the room, staying in range of all healers
Use a large healing cooldown on pull, ideally a nature healer using tranquility. Do this to ensure everyone has a Blood Shield
At 3 stacks of Boiling Blood, move to X and cloak of shadows. Wait for Seismic smash, then move to skull
Off tank must get aggro on the animated bloods and CC them on Moon.
Healers don’t soak mak’gora. Healers are squishy and can die easily
You need 5 Dsac s per Mak’gora, and 8 total

Recommended Abilities:

Cloak + 1 point in Elusiveness, Combat Readiness, self heal or high armor specs

Reliquary of the Lost

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/creZ9D0yR90
Solo tank
Boss 1 – Essence of Suffering:

Aura of Suffering – Reduces all healing recieved by 99% and reduces all defensive stats to 0
Soul Drain – Magic debuff applied to raiders that deals shadow damage. Dispellable

Boss 2 – Essence of Desire:

Aura of Desire – Reflects 10% of all damage done
Desire – Stacking debuff. Reduces all stats by 10% per stack
Spirit Shock – Kickable cast. Applies magic debuff that removes all threat
Rune Shield – Boss gains a shield buff. Spellsteal
Tease – Buff applied to raiders. Increases damage done by 100%, damage taken by 100%, and reduces resource costs by 100%

Boss 3 – Essence of Anger:

Aura of Anger – Applies Anger debuff to players
Anger – Take 1% of current health per second. Shadow damage
Soul Scream – Frontal cone that converts your resources (mana, energy, rage) into damage taken. Happens every 12 seconds

Intermission phases:

Adds spawn that must be killed or boss gains 1% damage per add
Dodge purple circles that move from the outside to the center of the room

Ascended:

Purple circles spawn at all times, rather than only during intermission phase. It’s also possible now to spawn a complete circle of swirls. This requires you jump over them.

Strategy:

Lust all 3 phases
You’re able to jump over the purple swirls. This is required at times
P2 don’t kill yourself with reflect damage

Recommended Abilities:

3 Bloodlusts, Dsac for p2, Spellsteal, kick, Misdirect, Disengage, Aspect of the Cheetah

Mother Shahraz

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/CDF7qSmlG48
Default raid comp – Parry tanks recomended
Mechanics:

Fatal Attraction – links 3 players together. Move apart to break chain. 35 seconds after pull, then every 30 seconds
Thoughts – Receive 1 of 4 thoughts debuffs
Beam – Deals damage to players until their beam and thoughts debuff match
Gauntlet – Boss moves to the other side of the room at 20%. Moves again at 10%.
Tank Debuffs – There are 4 separate tank debuffs (Mater, Filia, Avia, Virgo). Just taunt around 5 stacks and then swap taunt every time your debuffs fall off

Ascended:

Private Session – Boss summons a copy of herself that the tank must kill. Nobody else can see this copy

Strategy:

Tank boss in the corner
Split group evenly on each mark. Melee splitting between Yellow/Red, Casters and healers splitting between Blue/Green. Both tanks (if parry) stack on moon. If one tank is not parry, have one on Moon and one on the opposite side of the boss.
For Gauntlet, large groups can leave a small group at the original platform to avoid gauntlet wipes. Best group to leave is 1 Steward healer and 2 or 3 Shadow Visions/Self heal players
Players need high shadow resistance. Necklace and food recommended

Recommended Abilities:

Dsac, 1 improved aspect of the pack, movement abilities

The Illidari Council

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/D_xXLIcwvoM
Raid comp:
2 tanks, 3 heals, 5 dps (10 man)
Bosses:
Mage – High Nethermancer Zerevor

Nether Protection – 75% magic damage taken reduction. Spellsteal. Cast on pull, reapplied 30 seconds after being spellstolen
Empowered – Orbs follow players instead of moving in circles

Priest – Lady Malande

Sadism – AOE shadow damage to group
Empowered – Does more damage
Pleasure to pain – Heals priest. Kick
Empowered – Heals all bosses instead of just one
MInd flay – Deals damage
Empowered – Changes from mind flay to mind sear. AOE damage

Paladin – Gathios the Shatterer

Aura of Command – 30 yard aura. Reduces other bosses damage taken by 25% and makes them immune to interrupt
Empowered – Increase from 30 yard to 60 yard aura
Consecration – damage & silence area
Empowered – Consecration is permanent
Execution Sentence – Deals damage to people near you
Empowered – Last pulse must be stacked

Rogue – Veras Darkshadow

Smoke Bomb – LOS damage and healers
Empowered – Poison smoke bomb
Fan of Knives

Ascended:

Boss wearing the crown gets their abilities empowered. Empowered abilities don’t affect normal or heroic

Strategy:

Kill order: Rogue > Priest > Mage & Paladin
Have 2 range dps attack mage on pull until around 97% hp
Bring Rogue to Priest and AOE them down. Rogue priority
Paladin should have crown for >90% of the fight. Drop crown after priest is dead breifly, then get it back. This causes Consecrations to despawn
Tanks should spellsteal mage
Kick Mage & Priest. Don’t let Pleasure to Pain to cast. Don’t let mage get to 20 stacks

Recommended Abilities:

Cloak of Shadows (tanks need hasty/Elusiveness), Aura Mastery + Shadow Aura, Kicks, Pain Suppression, Spellsteal, Dsac

HEROIC ONLY – Illidan Stormrage

Kill Video – https://youtu.be/iMdrHmyDNbE?si=BcRoy5dff1OsbPz8
Default raid comp – try not to bring too many melee

Phase 1 – Illidan:

Flame Crash – Does high AOE damage and leaves fire patches. Fire patches drain your mana and do damage.
Shear – High tank damage. Taunt swap
Warglage – Throws a warglave at the player farthest from Illidan. Does large fire damage around the warglave
Parasites – Similar to Lady Vashj. Debuff expires which spawns adds that target players to re-infect. Does not happen during the first Phase 1, but does in subsequent phase 1.

Phase 2 – Flames of Azzinoth:

2 Flames spawn in their circle. If they’re moved out of circle, they do huge damage. Flames do frontal cone and drop flame patches in front of them.
Chaos Blast – Targeted at a player. Deals AOE damage and applies 100% fire damage taken debuff to all players near the target

Phase 3 – Betrayer’s Spire Guard:

Bats fly in and land on both sides of the room. Need to be tanked
Chaos Burst – All players must spread to avoid taking fire damage. This happens 1 time at the start of phase and again at the end of phase.
Shadow Blast – 1 range dps must pickup the Skull of Guldan and taunt Illidan. Pickup the Skull AFTER Chaos Burst and drop before the second one. Taunt boss to keep the Shadow Blast on yourself
Shadow Demon – Spawns on Illidan and stun 1 player per demon. All other dps must attack and CC them to stop them from reaching the player they’re channeling at

Adapted from a guide by Drazbeta published on db.ascension.gg.