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The Fractal Continuum (Normal)

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Player Level: 60
Item Level: 145
Patch 3.0:Heavensward
Orchestrion Roll:TBD
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Dungeon Bosses

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Phantom Ray

Phase 1 Alerts

  • This boss has a high amount of health and places a lot of AoE attacks at once - be ready to stay mobile.
Attack Script
  • [Double Sever (I)
  • Rapid Sever
  • Double Sever (II)]
  • [Repeat]
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Double Sever
Variation

Double Sever (I)
Everyone Cone AoE
  • This attack will hit multiple times in a row and alternate between the quarters of the arena.
  • Each attack places 2 cones opposite of each other (North & South or Each & West).
Double Sever (II)
Everyone Cone AoE Circular AoE
  • Alongside the cones from the original version, this version places multiple circular AoEs randomly around the arena.
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Rapid Sever
Tank Healer Tankbuster

Important Notes:
  • This attack hits the primary threat target for high damage - heal and cooldown as necessary.
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Minotaur

Phase 1 Alerts

  • None of this boss' attacks have visual telegraphs - players should pay attention to the cast bar and react accordingly.
  • When players are standing near the boss, stand behind him to avoid cleaves.
1111-tonze Swipe & Continuum Conservators
  • 1111-tonze Swipe is an unavoidable raid wide AoE that will instantly wipe the group if it isn't interrupted by summoning a Continuum Conservator via the use of the Biomass Incubators around the arena.
Attack Script
  • [11-tonze Swipe
  • 111-tonze Swipe
  • Disorienting Groan & 10-tonze Slash
  • 1111-tonze Swipe]
  • [Repeat]
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11-tonze Swipe
Tank Frontal Cleave

Important Notes:
  • This attack has no telegraph - tanks should keep the boss facing away from other members at all times.
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111-tonze Swipe
Tank Melee DPS Point Blank AoE Knockback

Important Notes:
  • This attack has no telegraph and hits within melee range in a circle for high damage and knockback.
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Disorienting Groan & 10-tonze Slash
Combo

Disorienting Groan
Healer Raid Wide AoE
  • The boss will hit the group with a raid wide attack and then proceed to charge at random party members, dealing further damage.
10-tonze Slash
Everyone Cone AoE
  • Immediately after he is finished charging, the boss will face a direction and attack with a long frontal cone with no telegraph - stand behind the boss or far off to the sides to avoid being hit.
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1111-tonze Swipe
Everyone Mechanic Spawn Buff

Important Notes:
  • This attack will wipe the group if it is not interrupted.
  • The attack can be interrupted by interacting with one of the Biomass Incubator objects around the arena during the cast.
  • This will summon a Continuum Conservator that will distract the boss.
  • Players should kill this add the moment the boss' attack is interrupted as the boss will try to consume the add, buffing its strength.
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The Curator

Phase 1 Alerts

  • DPS players should switch to Clockwork Alarum adds the moment they spawn.
  • Avoid standing on glowing floor tiles.
  • Players affected by the bomb debuff should avoid others until the debuff falls off.
Educator / Alarum Tiles
  • When a tile in the arena is lit up, avoid touching it at all costs - players who stand on these tiles will be affected with a Vulnerability Down debuff.
Aetherochemical Explosion
  • Players will occasionally be affected by this debuff - move away from others to avoid hitting them with damage and knockback.
Attack Script
  • [Sanctification
  • Unholy
  • The Educator
  • Clockwork Alarums
  • Mines]
  • [Repeat]
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Sanctification
Tank Cleave

Important Notes:
  • This boss will attack in a cone directly in front of it - tanks should keep the boss facing away from the group.
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Unholy
Healer Raid Wide AoE

Important Notes:
  • This attack hits the group for mild raid wide damage.
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The Educator
Everyone Mechanic Debuff

Important Notes:
  • The boss will force a series of tiles on the floor to glow - these tiles will give any player who touches them a Vulnerability Down debuff.
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Clockwork Alarum
DPS Mechanic Spawn

Important Notes:
  • Over the course of the fight increasing numbers of Clockwork Alarum adds will spawn.
  • Each add will stand on a tile and attempt to make it glow, giving it the same effect as The Educator.
  • DPS players should switch to these adds the moment they spawn to avoid having the arena covered in glowing tiles.
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Mines
Everyone Circular AoE

Important Notes:
  • The boss will occasionally spawn a number of mines on random tiles.
  • After a short amount of time, these mines will explode and hit players for damage and a Paralysis debuff.