
Lady Jaina Proudmoore, Healer Guide
Updated 2 years, 1 month ago for patch 8.1.5 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Lady Jaina Proudmoore in Battle of Dazar'alor. 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 with the encounter as well as Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
General Mechanics and Abilities
Normal and Heroic
This is a multi-stage encounter during which players will be fighting Jaina Proudmoore across the sea.
This is a "flashback" encounter for Alliance players, meaning they'll be completing it as Horde races.
All Stages
- Taking Frost damage applies stacks of
Chilling Touch.
- At 20 stacks, if players drop below 80% health they're
Frozen Solid, unhealable, and the block of ice must be killed to free them.
- Stacks can be removed using various mechanics in the different stages, noted below.
- At 20 stacks, if players drop below 80% health they're
Stage One - Burning Seas
This stage begins the fight and ends when Jaina reaches 60% health.
- Kul Tiran Ships
- Alliance ships will periodically move next to the ship you're on, click the ballista on the corresponding side to shoot the ship and force it to retreat.
- Kul Tiran Corsairs
- Avoid the impact locations of
Bombard and the resulting
Searing Pitch.
- Standing in
Searing Pitch slowly removes stacks of
Chilling Touch.
- Standing in
- Avoid the impact locations of
- Kul Tiran Marine
- Fixates on a random player with
Marked Target.
- Barrels dropped by
Set Charge must be picked up and thrown overboard using the Extra Action Button.
- Fixates on a random player with
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- The tanks will be dealing with
Ice Shard.
- On Heroic, applies a stacking debuff that increases damage taken from subsequent
Ice Shards.
- On Heroic, applies a stacking debuff that increases damage taken from subsequent
- When affected by
Avalanche, move near
Searing Pitch to clear them off the ship while avoiding the impact locations.
- Dispel
Grasp of Frost (magic).
- Avoid the large
Freezing Blast cone when Jaina turns to cast it.
- When
Ring of Ice is cast, stay at least 30-yards away from Jaina to avoid being frozen.
- When outside the Ring, players can stand in
Searing Pitch before the cast ends to avoid the root effect.
- When outside the Ring, players can stand in
- On Heroic, at 70% health
Time Warp increases Jaina's haste by 30%.
- The tanks will be dealing with
Intermission One - Howling Winds
This intermission begins when Jaina reaches 60% health and ends when players reach Jaina and interrupt her.
Howling Winds obscures vision.
- Avoid the
Glacial Shards traveling through the area.
- Avoid the
Blistering Tornadoes.
Stage Two - Frozen Wrath
This stage begins immediately after Jaina is interrupted and ends when Jaina reaches 40% health.
Arctic Ground gradually applies stacks of
Chilling Touch.
- Proudmoore Flagship
- When targeted by
Broadside, move away from the group.
- Alternatively, this can be used to break the
Refractive Ice encasing Unexploded Ordnance.
- This triggers
Burning Explosion which grants nearby players
Warmth, clearing stacks of
Chilling Touch, before exploding after 15-seconds and dealing heavy damage to any player still within 20-yards.
- This triggers
- Alternatively, this can be used to break the
- When affected by
Siegebreaker Blast, run as far away from the group as possible to reduce the damage dealt.
- When targeted by
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Ice Shard continues in this stage.
Avalanche now only affects the tanks.
- Avoid the impact locations as well as the
Hand of Frost shards that radiate outwards.
- Avoid the impact locations as well as the
- Avoid the
Glacial Ray beam targeted towards a random player.
- Avoid the impact locations of
Icefall as it travels in a line across the room.
Intermission Two - Flash Freeze
This intermission begins when Jaina reaches 40% health and ends when Jaina's Flash Freeze channel ends.
- Jaina teleports to the center of the room and channels
Flash Freeze, applying one stack of
Chilling Touch to all players every 15-seconds.
- A zone of ice to slowly creeps out from Jaina. Coming in contact with the ice instantly afflicts players with
Frozen Solid.
- At the end of the channel, Jaina instantly kills all
Frozen Solid players.
- A zone of ice to slowly creeps out from Jaina. Coming in contact with the ice instantly afflicts players with
- The Ice Wall at one side of the room must be killed to enter a safe zone, which contains Jaina's Tide Elemental.
- Avoid the impact locations of
Arcane Barrage.
- Jaina's Tide Elemental
- When affected by
Heart of Frost, stay away from other players.
- At 100% Energy, stay 12-yards away from the Elemental to avoid
Frost Nova (dispel, magic).
- On Heroic, interrupt
Water Bolt Volley.
- When affected by
- Avoid the impact locations of
Stage Three - Daughter of the Sea
This stage begins after Jaina's Tide Elemental is killed and ends when Jaina is killed.
Arctic Ground continues to gradually apply stacks of
Chilling Touch.
- Proudmoore Flagship
- Continues to use
Broadside and
Siegebreaker Blast.
- Continues to use
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Ice Shard,
Glacial Ray, and
Icefall continue in this stage.
- Don't stand in front of Jaina to avoid
Crystalline Dust.
- Avoid
Shattering Lances traveling from Jaina to any players that are
Frozen Solid.
Prismatic Image creates a copy of Jaina, these copies mimic her spells.
- On Heroic,
Orb of Frost should be soaked as it travels away from Jaina to reduce the stacks of
Chilling Touch it applies to all players upon expiring.
Mythic Differences
All Stages
Gathering Blizzard forces players to stand near each other to avoid being frozen by
Freezing Blood.
- The power of the storm will likely be tracked by the Encounter Power Bar on the UI.
- Below 50 power, players must be near at least one other player.
- Between 50 and 75 power, players must be near at least three other players.
- Above 75 power, players must be near at least five other players.
Stage One - Burning Seas
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Frozen Siege freezes a ballista and the ice block must be killed before it can be operated again.
Intermission One - Howling Winds
- Several Icebound Images must be killed to remove
Arctic Armor from Jaina.
Intermission Two - Flash Freeze
- Jaina's Tide Elemental
- Upon death, now splits into smaller copies of itself due to
Splitting Frost.
- Upon death, now splits into smaller copies of itself due to
Healing Notes
Quick Notes, All Difficulties
The notes below mostly pertain to progression difficulty, meaning if you out-gear the difficulty you're on or use extra healers they may not apply.
- Use Major Cooldowns
- during Stage Two when
Chilling Touch stacks are high
- during Stage Three as
Chilling Touch stacks grow steadily
- during Stage Two when
- Use Minor Cooldowns
- Pre-heal Before (mainly for heal over time classes)
Potion of Replenishment use
- heading into stage three
- Other things to watch for
- Players with high stacks of
Chilling Touch.
Set Charge barrels not being thrown overboard.
- On Mythic, players out of position as
Gathering Blizzard gets increasingly potent.
- Players with high stacks of
Debuffs to Track
Major
Frozen Solid causes players to need moderate healing over time.
Minor
- Several abilities cause players to need additional healing
Searing Pitch
Broadside
Heart of Frost
- (Optional)
Chilling Touch, generally these stacks will be kept under control by the affected players or they'll be out of control on the entire raid, so tracking it could just clutter raid frames.
- (Optional)
Marked Target, ideally the affected player will never be hit.
Frost Nova (dispel, magic) can be dispelled to help the affected player avoid another mechanic.
DBM Settings
Below are the DBM settings I'll be using for Lady Jaina Proudmoore. You can set them up however you'd like, but these ones should work well as a starting point. Some settings may be Mythic only.
Healer DBM Settings for Lady Jaina Proudmoore in Battle of Dazar'alor
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