
Blackfathom Deeps, Healer Guide
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago for patch 1.13 by Preston.
This page covers healer-focused strategies for the Blackfathom Deeps 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.
Best for players level 20-30.
Bosses
Below are guides for the bosses in Blackfathom Deeps, including their abilities, healer notes, and addon settings.
Ghamoo-Ra
- Periodically deals damage to nearby players with
Trample.
Healing Notes
- This can be a particularly long fight, especially with a lot of melee DPS, due to the boss' high armor.
Debuffs to Track
- There are no particular debuffs to track.
Lady Sarevess
- Don't stand in front of the boss to avoid
Forked Lightning.
- Periodically deals damage to nearby players and roots them in place with
Frost Nova (dispel, magic).
- Dispel
Slow (magic) to prevent the reduced attack speed on the affected player.
Healing Notes
- Players affected by
Slow may be unable to avoid
Forked Lightning.
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Slow (dispel, magic)
- Minor:
Frost Nova (dispel, magic)
Lorgus Jett
- The tank will be dealing with
Lightning Bolt.
Lightning Shield periodically causes physical damage dealers to take damage.
Healing Notes
- Be prepared to heal players taking damage from
Lightning Shield.
Debuffs to Track
- There are no particular debuffs to track.
Gelihast
- Targets random players with
Net, rooting them in place for 2-seconds.
Healing Notes
- The tank will be taking significant damage due to Gelihast's high attack speed.
Debuffs to Track
- There are no particular debuffs to track.
Baron Aquanis
This boss can only be summoned by Horde players while on the quest Amongst the Ruins.
- The tank will be dealing with
Frostbolt.
- Periodically deals damage to nearby players and roots them in place with
Frost Nova.
Healing Notes
- Be prepared to heal melee players hit by
Frost Nova (dispel, magic).
Debuffs to Track
- Minor:
Frost Nova (dispel, magic)
Old Serra'kis
- Occasionally drains life with its melee attacks.
Healing Notes
- Low DPS can cause the fight to last a long time due to the boss' consistent healing.
- Be aware of your breath meter if you're fighting the boss in its cave as there may not be anywhere to surface for air.
Debuffs to Track
- There are no particular debuffs to track.
Twilight Lord Kelris
- The tank will be dealing with
Mind Blast.
- Periodically [Mind Control]s a random player.
- Periodically targets all nearby players with
Sleep (dispel, magic).
- It may be possible to stand out of range of this.
Healing Notes
- If you're able to avoid
Sleep, try to dispel your highest DPS players first.
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Sleep (dispel, magic)
Aku'mai
- The tank will be dealing with
Frenzied Rage.
- Deals moderate damage over time to nearby players with
Poison Cloud (dispel, poison)
Healing Notes
- The tank will be taking significant damage during
Frenzied Rage.
Debuffs to Track
- Minor:
Poison Cloud (dispel, poison)
Trash Mobs
Below are notes for the trash mobs in Blackfathom Deeps. Blackfathom Deeps has a relatively linear layout. The trash below is ordered as if you're completing the bosses in the order they're listed above.
Entrance thru Ghamoo-Ra
- Blindlight Murloc
- Apply
Sunder Armor to the tank.
- Apply
- Murkshallow Snapclaw
- Can
Disarm the tank, possibly leading to threat generation issues.
- Can
Ghamoo-Ra thru Lady Sarevess
- Blackfathom Myrmidon
- Can
Disarm the tank, possibly leading to threat generation issues.
- Can
- Blackfathom Sea Witch
- Deals damage to nearby players and roots them in place with
Frost Nova (dispel, magic).
Frost Armor (dispel, magic) reduces melee attack speed, possibly leading to threat generation issues when applied to the tank.
- Deals damage to nearby players and roots them in place with
Lady Sarevess thru Lorgus Jett
- This area includes Blackfathom Myrmidons and Blackfathom Sea Witches, detailed above.
Lorgus Jett thru Gelihast
- Fallenroot Hellcaller
- Interrupt
Mana Burn to prevent the mana loss.
- Interrupt
- Fallenroot Shadowstalker
- Dispel
Curse of Weakness (curse).
- Dispel
- Twilight Acolyte
- Twilight Reaver
- Don't stand in front of these to avoid
Arcing Smash.
- Don't stand in front of these to avoid
Gelihast thru Baron Aquanis
- This area includes Twilight Acolytes and Twilight Reavers, detailed above.
- Blindlight Muckdweller
- Dispel
Leech Poison (poison) to prevent the healing.
- Dispel
- Blindlight Oracle
Baron Aquanis thru Old Serra'kis
- Aqua Guardian
- Deals damage to nearby players and roots them in place with
Frost Nova (dispel, magic).
- Deals damage to nearby players and roots them in place with
- Twilight Aquamancer
- Summon Aqua Guardians using
Summon Aqua Guardian.
- Summon Aqua Guardians using
- Twilight Loreseeker
- Purge
Enlarge from enemies to prevent the increased damage dealt.
- Purge
Old Serra'kis thru Twilight Lord Kelris
- There aren't any particular enemy abilities to know about in this area.
Twilight Lord Kelris thru Aku'mai
- There are four braziers around the statue in the center of the room that need to be lit one at a time to open the door. Lighting a candle spawns the following enemies:
- Aku'mai Servant
- Interrupt
Frostbolt Volley to prevent the damage dealt to all players.
- Deals damage to nearby players and roots them in place with
Frost Nova (dispel, magic).
- Interrupt
- Aku'mai Snapjaw
- The tank will be dealing with
Ravage, possibly leading to threat generation issues or increased damage taken.
- The tank will be dealing with
- Aku'mai Servant
- Twilight Elementalist
- Periodically interrupts a player's spell cast with
Earth Shock.
- Dispel
Flame Shock (magic) to prevent the damage dealt over time.
- Periodically interrupts a player's spell cast with
- Twilight Shadowmage
- Periodically mind-controls a player with
Dominate Mind.
- Summon Voidwalkers using
Summon Voidwalker.
- Periodically mind-controls a player with
Trash Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Curse of Weakness (dispel, curse),
Leech Poison (dispel, poison),
Flame Shock (dispel, magic)
- Minor:
Sunder Armor,
Frost Armor (dispel, magic)
- Enrages to Dispel: None
- Buffs to Purge:
Renew
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