This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Abyssal Commander Sivara in The Eternal Palace. 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, logs information, and Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.

General Mechanics and Abilities

Normal and Heroic

• Chimeric Marks affects all players with either Frost Mark or Toxic Brand.
  •  Players must avoid other players with the opposite Mark as well as mechanics that deal the opposite damage type (e.g. frost must avoid nature damage).
    • Players failing to do this trigger an Unstable Mixture, dealing damage to all players over time and resetting Mark stacks on the player(s) that caused it.
  • Being hit by mechanics of the same element type as your Mark will apply another stack, increasing the potency of the Mark effect.
  • Players affected by Frost Mark will move 5% slower per stack.
    • On Heroic, affected players must constantly move to prevent being Frozen by Frozen Blood. This is indicated by the Extra Power Bar on the UI.
  • Players affected by Toxic Brand will take 5% less healing per stack.
    • On Heroic, affected players must avoid moving too much to prevent becoming Delirious from Venomous Blood. This is indicated by the Extra Power Bar on the UI.
• The tanks will be dealing with Frostvenom Tipped.
  • The tank with Frost Mark will gain stacks of Rimefrost.
    • Upon expiring, a patch of Frozen Ground is left behind that's larger for each stack.
  • The tank with Toxic Brand will gain stacks of Septic Taint.
    • Upon expiring, a patch of Septic Ground is left behind that's larger for each stack.
• When Crushing Reverberation is cast on the current tank, players with the same Mark as the tank must stack on the tank to help split the damage.
  • This also knocks back all players, whether they're splitting the damage or not.
• At 100% Energy, Overwhelming Barrage causes bolts of either element type to shoot from Sivara.
  • Move to the side that corresponds to your Mark and attempt to dodge as many of the bolts as possible.
• During Overflow:
  • Players with Frost Mark must stack with players affected by Overflowing Chill to split the damage dealt.
    • Upon expiring, a patch of Frozen Ground is left behind.
  • Players with Toxic Brand must stack with players affected by Overflowing Venom.
    • Upon expiring, a patch of Septic Ground is left behind.
• Frostshock Bolts are targeted at random players and must be intercepted by players with the proper Mark.
  • The first player hit is stunned for 30-seconds and can be freed by another player clicking on the bolt holding them down.
  • Frost Bolt must be intercepted by players with Frost Mark.
  • Toxic Bolt must be intercepted by players with Toxic Brand.
• Inversion switches some player's Chimeric Marks.
  • When this is cast, move at least 4-yards away from other players to avoid Inversion Sickness spreading your Mark to other players. 
  • On Heroic, Inversion also switches some Frozen Ground and Septic Ground patches.

Mythic Differences

• Chimeric Marks is cast frequently, applying additional stacks of Frost Mark or Toxic Brand to all players.

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
  • when players are resetting their stacks and triggering Unstable Mixture
• Use Minor Cooldowns
  • during Overwhelming Barrage
• Pre-heal Before (mainly for heal over time classes)
  • Overwhelming Barrage
  • triggering Unstable Mixture to reset stacks
  • Crushing Reverberation
• Potion of Replenishment use
  • after Inversion
• Other things to watch for
  • Players with high stacks of their Mark will be taking significant damage over time.

Debuffs to Track

Major

• Overflowing Chill causes players to need additional healing.
• Overflowing Venom also causes players to need additional healing.

 DBM Settings

Below are the DBM settings I'll be using for Abyssal Commander Sivara. 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 Abyssal Commander Sivara

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