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Dun Scaith (Normal)

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Player Level: 60
Item Level: 235
Patch 3.5:The Far Edge of Fate
Orchestrion Roll:Promises & Shadow of the Body
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Raid Bosses

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Death Gaze Hollow

Phase 1 Alerts

  • You can fall off the edge of the ship.
  • Green Markers drop tornados.
  • Stand in front of the ice crystals that drop to avoid being pushed off the edge.
  • Dark squares on the floor will kill you when Void Death IV is cast. These act as the boss’ enrage timer and will fill the ship if the boss is not killed fast enough.
Attack Script
  • Spike of Darkness
  • Void Death
  • Void Aero II
  • Void Blizzard III
  • Void Aero III & Bolt of Darkness
  • Void Blizzard IV & Void Aero IV
  • Void Death IV
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Spike of Darkness
Tank Healer Tankbuster

Important Notes:
  • Focuses the Main Tank.
  • Does moderate damage.
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Void Death
Everyone Mechanic

Important Notes:
  • Places a large puddle in the middle of the ship.
  • Pulls all players in - run towards edge of ship to avoid.
  • Will pull twice before instantly killing anyone inside.
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Void Aero II
Everyone Marker

Important Notes:
  • Drops green markers on 1 player in each alliance.
  • Run away from group, marker drops tornado.
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Void Blizzard III
Everyone Cone AoE

Important Notes:
  • White, striped telegraphed cone AoE.
  • Stand between stripes to avoid.
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Void Aero III & Bolt of Darkness
Combo

Void Aero III
Everyone Circular AoE Knockback
  • Places a large tornado in the middle of the ship.
  • Knocks players back - be sure to be in line with the walls.
Bolt of Darkness
Everyone Area AoE
  • Large column attack that hits one half of the ship.
  • Players should use Void Aero III to knock them onto the empty side.
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Void Blizzard IV & Void Aero IV
Combo

Void Blizzard IV
Everyone Proximity AoE
  • Drops 2 proximity markers on 1 side of the ship
  • These drop large ice crystals.
Void Aero IV
Everyone Raid Wide AoE Knockback
  • After Void Blizzard IV, the boss will switch to the other side of the ship.
  • Knocks players off the ship - place yourself in front of an ice crystal to survive.
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Void Death IV
Everyone Enrage Timer Area AoE

Important Notes:
  • Dark squares will checker the floor.
  • These are safe until Void Death IV is being cast - get out or you’ll die.
  • These squares will fill the ship if the boss is not killed fast enough.
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Ferdiad Hollow

Phase 1 Alerts

  • Orange Markers drop scythes.
  • The Debilitator & Flameflow combo mechanic requires raid-wide organization.
  • Blackbolt requires the raid to stack and will place a stack marker on the appropriate player.
  • Add Phase - kill adds and watch out for the large AoE that covers half the arena.
Attack Script
  • Abyssal Scythe
  • Wormhole
  • Jester’s Reap
  • Jongleur’s X
  • Debilitator & Flameflow
  • Blackbolt
  • Blackfire
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Abyssal Scythe
Everyone Marker

Important Notes:
  • Drops orange markers on players.
  • These will eventually drop lasting scythe AoEs.
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Wormhole
Everyone Mechanic

Important Notes:
  • Spawns blue and yellow “Atomos” adds.
  • These adds tether to orb and donut markers.
  • Find the Atomos that is tethered to the donut marker and make note of its colour.
  • Run to the Atomos of the SAME COLOUR that is NOT tethered to the donut.
  • This Atomos will drop a large donut AoE - stand beneath it to avoid damage and a debuff.
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Jester’s Reap
Everyone Cone AoE

Important Notes:
  • A large frontal cone telegraphed AoE.
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Jongleur’s X
Tank Healer Tankbuster

Important Notes:
  • Does high damage, so prepare to heal/cooldown.
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Debilitator & Flameflow
Combo

Debilitator
Everyone Debuff
  • Adds either Fire Resist Down or Water Resist Down to the whole raid.
Flameflow
Everyone Mechanic
  • Spawns blue and orange puddles around the arena.
  • These puddles change colour when a player runs into them.
  • If the raid has Fire Resist Down: turn all the puddles blue.
  • If the raid has Water Resist Down: turn all the puddles orange.
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Blackbolt
Everyone Stack

Important Notes:
  • Places a stack marker on a single player.
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Blackfire
Everyone Puddle AoE

Important Notes:
  • Drops puddles around the arena that grow over time.
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Shadowcourt Handmaiden

Phase 1 Alerts

  • Coming Soon!
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Proto Ultima

Phase 1 Alerts

  • Coming Soon!
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Scathach

Phase 1 Alerts

  • AoEs are extremely fast - look for tells instead. Getting hit by an AoE adds Vulnerability stacks.
  • Tank “Connla” away from the boss and kill it as soon as possible.
  • Black and Red Markers drop consecutive orbs as you move. Kite them around the edge.
  • Add Phase - kill chimaeras while avoiding meteors. At least one player should stand in the meteor circle to soak up damage.
  • Thirty Cries requires the raid to stack and will place a stack marker on the MAIN TANK.
Attack Script
  • Thirty Thorns
  • Thirty Arrows
  • Shadespin
  • Thirty Sickles
  • Shadowlinks
  • Thirty Souls
  • Connla
  • Nox Orbs
  • Shadethrust
  • Shadow Limbs
  • Meteors
  • Thirty Cries
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Thirty Thorns
Tank Healer Melee DPS Tankbuster Circular AoE

Important Notes:
  • Begins by hitting the tanks 3 times.
  • Followed up with near-immediate melee range AoE.
  • Look for her jump animation.
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Thirty Arrows
Everyone Puddle AoE Column AoE

Important Notes:
  • Places a puddle that drops an array of weapons.
  • These weapons expand into columns (blue columns) - be far enough away to dodge this entirely.
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Shadespin
Everyone Cone AoE

Important Notes:
  • Produces cone telegraphed AoEs on either side of the boss.
  • Stand in front or in behind of her WINGS to avoid it.
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Thirty Sickles
Everyone Knockback Circular AoE

Important Notes:
  • Begins with a circular knockback.
  • The boss will then jump into a random spot on the arena, dropping an AoE telegraph.
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Shadowlinks
Everyone Mechanic

Important Notes:
  • When the floor goes dark, stop moving.
  • Moving or using attacks that move you spawn hands from the floor that will do damage over time.
  • It is safe to move when the floor clears.
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Thirty Souls
Everyone Raid Wide AoE

Important Notes:
  • This is a raid-wide AoE that must be healed through.
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Connla
Everyone Spawn Proximity AoE

Important Notes:
  • This add will spawn a proximity marker in the center of the arena when it spawns.
  • Tank this add away from the boss and destroy it as quickly as possible.
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Nox Orbs
Everyone Marker

Important Notes:
  • Players will be markers with red and black markers.
  • These marks will drop consecutive black orbs on each player as they move around - run around the edge to avoid splashing the rest of the raid.
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Shadethrust
Everyone Column AoE

Important Notes:
  • This attack has no telegraph - watch for her to turn away from the tank to a random player.
  • The other obvious indicator for this attack is a large circular symbol appearing on the boss’ back.
  • This attack is a column AoE, so move away from her front.
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Shadow Limbs
Everyone Tether

Important Notes:
  • Shadow Limb adds will spawn and tether to an individual.
  • Tethered players should look AT their add to freeze the add in place.
  • If the add reaches the player, they die.
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Meteors
Everyone Meteor

Important Notes:
  • Meteor telegraphs will spawn around the edge of the arena.
  • At least one player should stand in these circles to soak damage.
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Thirty Cries
Everyone Stack

Important Notes:
  • Places a stack marker on the MAIN TANK.
  • Stack up to soak the damage.
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Diabolos

Phase 1 Alerts

  • This is a two part fight - if you wipe during the second part, the first part will NOT repeat.
  • Watch out for gaze attacks - turn away from the boss.
  • Night Terror requires the raid to stack and will place a stack marker on the appropriate player.
Attack Script
  • Nightmare
  • Ultimate Terror
  • Deathgates
  • Ruinous Omen
  • Night Terror
  • Lifegate & Deathgates
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Nightmare
Everyone Gaze

Important Notes:
  • Turn away from the boss to avoid this.
  • Players will be put to sleep if hit.
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Ultimate Terror
Everyone Donut AoE

Important Notes:
  • This is a donut AoE - stand in melee range or at max range to avoid being hit.
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Deathgates
Everyone Spawn

Important Notes:
  • These adds will summon more adds if left alive - kill immediately.
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Ruinous Omen
Everyone Raid Wide AoE

Important Notes:
  • This attack is raid-wide and does heavy damage.
  • Stack and shield to survive.
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Night Terror
Everyone Stack

Important Notes:
  • Places a stack marker on a single player.
  • Stack up to soak the damage.
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Lifegate & Deathgates
Combo

Lifegate
Everyone Spawn
  • This gate must be killed 4 times before it stays down.
Deathgates
Everyone Spawn
  • Prioritize these as they spawn.
  • These gates will spawn more adds if left alive.

Phase 2 Alerts

  • This is a two part fight - if you wipe during the second part, the first part will NOT repeat.
  • The boss now has attacks from the previous boss, Scathach.
  • Black and Red Markers drop consecutive orbs as you move. Kite them around the edge.
  • Hollow Night requires the raid to stack on a player, however, all players should face AWAY from this player once stack to avoid the gaze.
  • Diabolic Gate requires raid-wide organization. Assigned players need to enter the Diabolic Gate and kill the add as fast as possible.
  • Healers should dispel Doom and bleed debuffs.
  • When the boss casts Hollow Omen, the raid should stack, shield, and mass heal.
  • Blindside requires the raid to stack and will place a stack marker on the MAIN TANK.
  • Blue Markers will drop column AoEs.
Attack Script
  • Hollow Camisado
  • Shadethrust
  • Nox Orbs
  • Hollow Night
  • Particle Beam
  • Deathgates
  • Diabolic Gate
  • Critical Gravity
  • Hollow Terror
  • Hollow Omen
  • Blindside
  • Earthshaker
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Hollow Camisado
Tank Healer Tankbuster

Important Notes:
  • This attack is heavy and should be watched for - cooldown and heal as necessary.
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Shadethrust
Everyone Column AoE

Important Notes:
  • This attack has no telegraph - watch for him to turn away from the tank to a random player.
  • The other obvious indicator for this attack is a large circular symbol appearing on the boss’ back.
  • This attack is a column AoE, so move away from his front.
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Nox Orbs
Everyone Marker

Important Notes:
  • Players will be markers with red and black markers.
  • These marks will drop consecutive black orbs on each player as they move around - run around the edge to avoid splashing the rest of the raid.
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Hollow Night
Everyone Stack Gaze

Important Notes:
  • Places a stack marker on a single player with an extra gaze.
  • Stack up to soak the damage.
  • Face AWAY from the affected player while stacked to avoid the gaze.
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Particle Beam
Everyone Mechanic

Important Notes:
  • Cause meteors to spawn around the arena.
  • At least one player should place themselves in each meteor to soak damage.
  • The center meteor requires more players.
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Diabolic Gate
Everyone Mechanic

Important Notes:
  • Pre-assigned players should enter this gate and kill the dragon add immediately.
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Critical Gravity
Everyone Mechanic

Important Notes:
  • Orbs will spawn around the arena - off tanks should pop these away from other players.
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Hollow Terror
Everyone Donut AoE

Important Notes:
  • This is a donut AoE - stand in melee range or at max range to avoid being hit.
  • Players hit by this will be given Shadowlinks and take damage over time.
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Hollow Omen
Everyone Raid Wide AoE

Important Notes:
  • This is a heavy raid-wide AoE that must be shielded and healed through.
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Blindside
Everyone Stack

Important Notes:
  • Places a stack marker on the MAIN TANK.
  • Stack up to soak the damage.
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Earthshaker
Everyone Marker

Important Notes:
  • Drops blue markers on players.
  • These will eventually drop column AoEs that cross the arena.