
The Slave Pens, Healer Guide
Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago for patch 2.5.2 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers healer-focused strategies for The Slave Pens dungeon in The Burning Crusade. 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 and combat log information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
Bosses
Below are guides for the bosses in The Slave Pens, including their abilities, healer notes, and addon settings.
Mennu the Betrayer
- Interrupt
Lightning Bolt to prevent the light damage dealt.
- Summons various totems throughout the encounter.
Mennu's Healing Ward should be killed quickly to prevent the healing over time.
Tainted Stoneskin Totem should be killed quickly to prevent the reduced melee damage taken effect.
Tainted Earthgrab Totem should be killed quickly to prevent players from being affected by
Earthgrab, rooting them in place and dealing light damage over time.
- Move at least 15-yards away from
Corrupted Nova Totem to avoid the moderate damage from
Fire Nova when the totem expires or is killed.
Healing Notes
- As long as the totems are kept under control this fight shouldn't be very healing intensive. The hardest totem will be the
Corrupted Nova Totem, which is most likely to hit the tank and melee DPS.
Debuffs to Track
- Minor:
Earthgrab
Addons
Rokmar the Crackler
- Interrupt
Water Spit to prevent the light damage dealt to all players.
- Soothe
Frenzy to remove the increased attack speed and physical damage dealt effect.
- Targets random players with
Grievous Wound, dealing light damage over time until the affected player is healed to full health.
- Targets random players with
Ensnaring Moss, reducing melee attack speed and casting speed.
Healing Notes
- Keeping players near full health can make dealing with
Grievous Wound easier.
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Grievous Wound
- Enrages to Soothe:
Frenzy
Addons
Quagmirran
- The tank will be dealing with the knock back from
Uppercut.
- Don't stand in front to avoid
Cleave.
- Don't stand in front when the boss turns to cast
Acid Spray.
- Deals light damage to all players and then light damage over time with
Poison Bolt Volley (dispel, poison).
Healing Notes
- Use cooldowns as-needed on
Poison Bolt Volley (dispel, poison), especially if no poison dispel is available.
Debuffs to Track
- Minor:
Poison Bolt Volley (dispel, poison)
Addons
-
There are currently no notable addons for Quagmirran.
Trash Mobs
Below are notes for the trash mobs in The Slave Pens. The Slave Pens is a relatively linear dungeon. The trash below is ordered as if you're completing the bosses in the order they're listed above.
Entrance thru Mennu the Betrayer
- Greater Bogstrok
- Dispel
Decayed Strength (disease) to remove the decreased strength effect.
- Dispel
- Bogstrok
- The tank will be dealing with
Piercing Jab, reducing armor.
- The tank will be dealing with
- Coilfang Slavehandler
- Accompanied by nearby Wastewalker Slaves and Wastewalker Workers. Generally, once the Slavehandler is killed the lesser enemies will reset and stay neutral.
- Wastewalker Worker
- The tank will be dealing with
Rend, taking light damage over time.
- The tank will be dealing with
- Wastewalker Slave
- Interrupt
Frostbolt to prevent the light damage dealt.
- Stay at least 5-yards away to avoid
Frost Nova.
- Interrupt
- Wastewalker Worker
- The tank will be dealing with
Hamstring, reducing movement speed.
- The tank will also be dealing with
Head Crack, reducing stamina.
- Accompanied by nearby Wastewalker Slaves and Wastewalker Workers. Generally, once the Slavehandler is killed the lesser enemies will reset and stay neutral.
- Coilfang Champion
- The tank will be dealing with
Sunder Armor, reducing armor.
- Don't stand in front to avoid
Cleave.
- Stay at least 8-yards away to avoid
- The tank will be dealing with
- Coilfang Enchantress
- Interrupt
Entangling Roots (dispel, magic) to prevent the root effect and light damage over time.
- Avoid the location of
Lightning Cloud.
- Interrupt
- Coilfang Defender
- The tank will be dealing with the stun from
Shield Slam.
- Has a chance to reflect spells while
Spell Reflection is active.
- The tank will be dealing with the stun from
- Coilfang Technician
- Avoid the location of
Rain of Fire.
- Avoid the location of
- Coilfang Collaborator
Mennu the Betrayer thru Rokmar the Crackler
- This are includes Coilfang Technicians, Coilfang Collaborators, Coilfang Defenders, Coilfang Champions, Greater Bogstroks, Bogstroks, detailed above.
- Coilfang Observer
- Deals moderate damage to random players with
Magma Splash.
- Dispel
Immolate (magic) to prevent the light damage over time.
- Deals moderate damage to random players with
- Coilfang Scale-Healer
- Interrupt
Heal to prevent the healing.
- Purge
Power Word: Shield to remove the damage absorption effect.
- Stay at least 10-yards away to avoid
Holy Nova, this also heals nearby enemies.
- Interrupt
- Coilfang Tempest
- Dispel
Deadly Poison (poison) to prevent the light damage over time.
- Dispel
- Coilfang Ray
- Interrupt or dispel
Psychic Horror (magic) to prevent the fear effect.
- Interrupt or dispel
Rokmar the Crackler thru Quagmirran
- This area includes Coilfang Defenders, Coilfang Champions, Coilfang Enchantresses, Greater Bogstroks, Bogstroks, and Coilfang Scale-Healers, Coilfang Observers, detailed above.
- Coilfang Soothsayer
- Dispel
Decayed Intellect (magic) to remove the reduced intellect effect.
- Targets random players with
Domination, charming them and making them hostile to other players for 10-seconds.
- Dispel
- This section contains an optional event to free Naturalist Bite, who will provide all players with the
Mark of Bite buff, increasing all stats and nature resistance.
- The enemy wave during the event contains a Coilfang Champion, Coilfang Enchantress, and a Coilfang Soothsayer.
Trash Debuffs to Track
- Major:
- Magic Dispel:
Cripple (dispel, magic),
Psychic Horror (dispel, magic),
Decayed Intellect (dispel, magic)
- Disease Dispel:
Decayed Strength (dispel, disease)
- Incapacitating:
Shield Slam
- Damaging:
Piercing Jab,
Head Crack,
Sunder Armor
- Magic Dispel:
- Minor:
- Magic Dispel:
Entangling Roots (dispel, magic),
Immolate (dispel, magic)
- Poison Dispel:
Deadly Poison (dispel, poison)
- Damaging:
Rend,
Magma Splash
- Magic Dispel:
- Enrages to Soothe:
Enrage
- Buffs to Purge:
Power Word: Shield
Trash Addons
- There are currently no notable addons for The Slave Pens trash mobs.
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