The Aetherochemical Research Facility (Normal)

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Player Level: 60

Item Level: 142

Patch 3.0:Heavensward

Orchestrion Roll:TBD

Dungeon Bosses

Regula van Hydrus

Phase 1 Alerts

Tanks should stand between players and their tethered turret to soak damage.
Be wary of Magitek Spread - stand behind the boss to avoid being hit.

Attack Script

[Tankbuster
Turrets
Magitek Slug
Magitek Spread]
[Repeat]

Tankbuster
Tank Healer Tankbuster Debuff

Important Notes:

The boss will hit the tank with a stun debuff followed by a heavy attack - heal and cooldown as necessary.

Turrets
Everyone Spawn Tether

Important Notes:

Random players will be targeted by tethers spawning from turrets that should be destroyed as soon as possible.
Tanks should stand between the turret and the tethered player to soak damage.

Magitek Slug
Everyone Column AoE

Important Notes:

The boss will jump around the arena and target random players with a long column AoE - avoid as necessary.

Magitek Spread
Everyone Area AoE

Important Notes:

The boss will move to the center of the arena and attack with an extremely large AoE - stand directly behind him to avoid being hit.

Harmachis

Phase 1 Alerts

Turn away from the boss during the Petrifaction cast to avoid being petrified.
The Anti-Machina Form requires players to stack with each other to soak damage.

Weighing of the Heart

This cast indicates that the boss is about to transform - see variations to manage attacks in each form.

Attack Script

[Weighing of the Heart]
[Repeat]

Weighing of the Heart
Variation

Sphinx Form

Everyone Circular AoE Cone AoE

The boss' default form, a sphinx.
Riddle of the Sphinx: Circular AoE.
Ka: Cone AoE.

Anti-Cobra Form

Tank Healer Tankbuster

In this form, the boss takes the shape of a cobra and will hit the tank for heavy damage - heal and cooldown as necessary.

Anti-Naga Form

Everyone Gaze

In this form, the boss takes the shape of a naga.
Petrifaction: turn away from the boss to avoid being petrified.

Anti-Machina Form

Everyone Stack Meteor

In this form, the boss takes the shape of an avatar.
Ballistic Missile: 1 player will be marked and be required to stack with 1 other player to soak damage.
Meteor: 1 player will be marked with a meteor marker - all players should stack to soak damage.

Ascian Prime

Phase 1 Alerts

The first phase is a fight that begins with fighting Igeyorhm until 50%, followed by Lahabrea until 50%.
The active boss will attack players with a variety of attacks, while the inactive boss will teleport around the arena and throw out Column AoEs.
Be wary of Thin Ice during the second half (Lahabrea) - moving will cause you to slide in a single direction.

Attack Script

[Column AoE
Dark Orb
Sea of Pitch
Blizzard Spheres & Fire Spheres
Dark Fire II
Thin Ice]
[Repeat]

Column AoE
Everyone Column AoE

Important Notes:

The inactive boss will teleport around the arena and attack single players with this long column AoE.

Sea of Pitch
Everyone Puddle AoE

Important Notes:

The boss will drop multiple puddle AoEs on the arena - avoid as necessary.

Blizzard Spheres & Fire Spheres
Combo

Blizzard Spheres

Everyone Cirular AoE

Surrounds the edge of the arena with circular AoEs - stand in the center to avoid being hit, but be prepared to move to the edge to avoid Fire Spheres immediately after.

Fire Spheres

Everyone Cirular AoE

Covers the middle of the arena in circular AoEs immediately after Blizzard Spheres goes off - move to the edge of the arena to avoid damage.

Dark Fire II
Everyone Circular AoE

Important Notes:

Places multiple circular AoEs on the arena - dodge as necessary.

Thin Ice
Everyone Mechanic

Important Notes:

Turns the floor to ice - moving during this attack will cause the player to slide in that fixed direction for a period of time - only move when necessary to avoid AoE attacks.

Phase 2 Alerts

During Annihilation, destroy the Blizzard Sphere first before switching to the Fire Sphere.
Enter the Void Portals during Universal Manipulation to avoid being hit.

Void Portals

During the Universal Manipulation cast, Void Portals will spawn around the arena - running into these portals will cause you to avoid being hit by the attack.

Attack Script

[Shadowflare
Annihilation
Donut AoE
Ancient Eruption
Universal Manipulation
Entropic Flame
Void Orbs]
[Repeat]

Shadowflare
Healer Raid Wide AoE

Important Notes:

Hits the group for moderate raid wide damage.

Annihilation
Everyone Spawn Raid Wide AoE

Important Notes:

The boss will become invulnerable and summon 2 adds - a Blizzard Sphere and a Fire Sphere.
These adds must be killed before the Annihilation cast completes or they will buff the attack.
Players should focus on the Blizzard Sphere first before switching to the Fire Sphere.

Donut AoE
Everyone Donut AoE

Important Notes:

During Annihilation, this attack targets 2 players - these players should stack together and stop moving to allow the rest of the group to get to safety.

Ancient Eruption
Everyone Circular AoE

Important Notes:

Places multiple circular AoEs on the arena - dodge as necessary.

Universal Manipulation
Everyone Mechanic Raid Wide AoE

Important Notes:

During this cast, Void Portals will spawn around the arena.
Players should walk into the portals to avoid being hit by the attack.

Entropic Flame
Everyone Column AoE

Important Notes:

This attack hits in a column in 3 different directions.

Void Orbs
Everyone Spawn Tether

Important Notes:

Each player will be tethered to an orb - players should pop each others' orbs instead of their own to avoid being hit by debuffs.