
Atal'Dazar, Healer Guide
Updated 1 year, 1 month ago for patch 8.3 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers healer-focused strategies for the Atal'Dazar dungeon. While it's tailored for healers, other roles may also find the information useful. If you have any suggestions or feedback, you can leave a comment below or tweet @PrestonDvorak.
This guide has been updated and maintained based on my own experiences as well as Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
Bosses
Below are guides for the bosses in Atal'Dazar, including their abilities, healer notes, and addon settings.
Priestess Alun'za
- The tank will be dealing with
Gilded Claws (dispel, purge).
- Before
Transfusion is cast, stand in a
Tainted Blood pool to prevent Alun'za from healing.
- Dispel
Molten Gold (magic).
- On Heroic, avoid the corruption orbs coming from the Golden Cauldrons at the front of the room.
- Players hit will take moderate damage from
Corrupted Gold.
- Players hit will take moderate damage from
- On Heroic, a Spirit of Gold will move around to absorb pools of
Tainted Blood.
- If no pools are present, the Spirit will attack players, causing them to need additional healing.
Healing Notes
- Pre-heal before and use Cooldowns on
Transfusion, when all players have
Tainted Blood.
- Watch for players hit by
Corrupted Gold and Spirit of Gold.
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Molten Gold (dispel, magic)
- Minor:
Tainted Blood
- Buffs to Purge:
Gilded Claws
Addons
Healer DBM Settings for Alun'za
Vol'kaal
- All
Reanimation Totems must be killed.
- These grant Vol'kaal
Bad Voodoo, healing him and redirecting any damage taken to a nearby
Reanimation Totem.
- On Heroic, these must be killed within 7-seconds of each other or they will be healed by
Reanimate.
- These grant Vol'kaal
- Once all
Reanimation Totems are killed, Vol'kaal is affected by
Rapid Decay.
- The tank will be taking increased damage.
- Avoid
Toxic Pools.
- Avoid the
Toxic Leap impact location.
- Interrupt
Noxious Stench.
- Failing to interrupt applies stacks of
Lingering Nausea (dispel, disease) to all players.
- Failing to interrupt applies stacks of
Healing Notes
- Use Cooldowns during
Rapid Decay, especially if a
Noxious Stench interrupt is missed.
Debuffs to Track
- Minor:
Lingering Nausea (dispel, disease)
Addons
Healer DBM Settings for Vol'kaal
Rezan
- The tank will be dealing with
Serrated Teeth.
- Avoid the
Ancient Dry Bones piles.
- Touching a pile will spawn a Reanimated Raptor and slow your movement speed.
- On Heroic, Rezan will also spawn a Reanimated Raptor if he passes over
Ancient Dry Bones.
- When targeted by
Pursuit, run away from Rezan.
- Being caught will deal critical damage over 8-seconds from
Devour.
- Being caught will deal critical damage over 8-seconds from
- Break line of sight on Rezan when
Terrifying Visage (dispel, magic) is cast.
Healing Notes
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Serrated Teeth,
Devour,
Terrifying Visage (dispel, magic)
- Minor:
Pursuit
Addons
Yazma
- The tank will be dealing with
Skewer.
- When Yazma reaches 100% energy, if targeted by
Soulrend, run far away from Yazma.
- Avoid
Echoes of Shadra and the resulting
Shadowy Remains.
- Interrupt
Wracking Pain to prevent the heavy damage on the targeted player.
Healing Notes
- Pre-heal before and use Cooldowns on
Soulrend, or shortly after while
Soulspawns are active.
- Watch for players hit by
Echoes of Shadra and
Wracking Pain.
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Wracking Pain
- Minor:
Soul Link
Addons
Trash Mobs
Below are notes for the trash mobs in Atal'Dazar. Atal'Dazar has an open layout and you can complete the first three bosses in any order. The trash below is ordered as if you're completing the bosses in the order they're listed above.
Alun'za Wing
- Dazar'ai Juggernaut
- Interrupt or dispel
Fanatic's Rage (enrage).
- Targets random players with
Merciless Assault, charging to their location and dealing moderate damage within 8-yards.
- Interrupt or dispel
- Dazar'ai Augur
- Interrupt
Fiery Enchant to prevent the damage dealt to all players.
- Interrupt or dispel
Wildfire (magic).
- Interrupt
- Dazar'ai Confessor
- Interrupt
Mending Word to prevent other enemies from being healed.
- Interrupt
Bwonsamdi's Mantle or move enemies out of the dome to prevent them from being immune to interrupts and other crowd control effects.
- Interrupt
- Dazar'ai Colossus
- Targets random players with
Soulburn, inflicting moderate damage over 6-seconds.
- Gains
Gathered Souls (dispel, purge) from nearby trolls.
- Targets random players with
- Gilded Priestess
- Targets random players with
Transfusion, standing in a
Tainted Blood pool prevents the healing and deals damage instead.
- Targets random players with
Rezan Wing, Center Courtyard
- T'lonja
- Targets a random player with
Frenzied Charge, stunning all players in its path.
- Interrupt
Dino Might to avoid Monzumi being healed.
- Targets a random player with
- Monzumi
- Move away when
Wild Thrash is cast.
- Move away when
- Feasting Skyscreamer
- Interrupt
Terrifying Screech to prevent the group from being Feared.
- Interrupt
- Zanchuli Witch-Doctor
- Targets random players with
Venom Blast.
- Targets random players with
- Shieldbearer of Zul
- Stun to interrupt
Bulwark of Juju to prevent the reduced damage taken on all enemies inside the dome.
- Stun to interrupt
- Shadowblade Stalker
- These are stealthed but can be uncovered using
Flare or similar abilities.
- If engaged from stealth, their initial target is stunned with
Waylaying Jab.
- Dispel
Venomfang Strike (poison).
- These are stealthed but can be uncovered using
- Toxic Saurid
- Leap to random players, dealing light damage.
Vol'kaal Wing
- Reanimated Honor Guard
- Reanimated Totem must be killed before the Reanimated Honor Guard can be damaged.
- Applies stacks of
Rending Maul to their current target.
Rotting Decay deals moderate damage to all players and targets random players with poison pools.
- Toxic Saurid
- Leap to random players, dealing light damage.
- Vol'kaal's Wing also includes Shieldbearer of Zul and Zanchuli Witch-Doctor, which are detailed above.
Trash Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Soulburn,
Venomfang Strike (dispel, poison),
Waylaying Jab
- Minor:
Wildfire (dispel, magic),
Rending Maul
- Enrages to Dispel:
Fanatic's Rage
- Buffs to Purge:
Gathered Souls
Trash Addons
Healer DBM Settings for Atal'Dazar Trash
Mythic+ Notes
In this section you'll find notes about certain interactions bosses and trash mobs have with the Mythic+ difficulty increase or certain affixes that make them more troublesome than normal.
Rezan
- Reanimated Raptors will apply stacks of
Necrotic, which can quickly get out of control if they're not dealt with.
Yazma
Skewer deals significant constant damage to the tank with
Tyrannical and on high level keys.
Trash Mobs
- Gilded Priestess
Tainted Blood bear a passing resemblance to
Sanguine pools.
- Toxic Saurid
Videos
[S4] Mythic 13, 1 Upgrade Clear, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me clearing Atal'Dazar on Mythic 13 difficulty in time for a 1 upgrade during Season 4.
[S3] Mythic 10, 3 Upgrade Clear, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me clearing Atal'Dazar on Mythic 10 difficulty in time for a 3 upgrade during Season 3.
Mythic 0 Clear, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me clearing Atal'Dazar on Mythic difficulty.
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