
Lady Ashvane, Healer Guide
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago for patch 8.2.5 by Preston.
This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Lady Ashvane 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
During this encounter players will be contending with Lady Ashvane's alternating stages.
Stage One - Hardened Carapace
This stage begins the encounter and restarts when the boss reaches 100% Energy. It ends when the Hardened Carapace is destroyed.
Hardened Carapace absorbs damage equal to 40% of the boss' maximum health, increasing in strength every time it regenerates.
- The tanks will be dealing with
Barnacle Bash, which forces a tank switch.
- Avoid the
Cutting Coral patches left behind.
- Avoid the
- Avoid the impact the locations of
Coral Growth.
- Intercept
Rippling Wave bubbles from
Coral Growth to prevent them from reaching Ashvane.
- Each
Rippling Wave that hits a player or the boss deals moderate damage to all players.
- Each
Rippling Wave that reaches the boss restores 10% health to the
Hardened Carapace.
- Players receive a stack of
Waterlogged each time they intercept a
Rippling Wave.
- Each
- When affected by
Briny Bubble, move at least 12-yards away from other players to prevent trapping them.
- These bubbles must be killed to free affected players.
- Avoid the impact locations of
Upsurge.
Stage Two - Exposed Azerite
This stage begins when the Hardened Carapace is destroyed and ends when Ashvane reaches 100% energy.
Barnacle Bash,
Briny Bubble, and
Upsurge continue during this stage.
- Targets random players with
Exposed Azerite, dealing light damage.
- When affected by
Arcing Azerite, position as many
Coral Growths between yourself and your partner as possible to destroy them.
- If not affected, avoid the areas between the affected players.
Mythic Differences
Stage One - Hardened Carapace
- When
Rippling Waves are triggered, there's now one
Empowered Rippling Wave that must be intercepted by three players.
Stage Two - Exposed Azerite
- When a
Coral Growth is destroyed by
Arcing Azerite, the impact locations of its five shards must be intercepted by players to prevent more
Coral Growth from spawning.
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
Rippling Wave are active
- when
- Use Minor Cooldowns
- as-needed during Stage Two
- Pre-heal Before (mainly for heal over time classes)
Potion of Replenishment use
- during Stage Two, after
Arcing Azerite
- during Stage Two, after
- Other things to watch for
- The steadily increasing group-wide damage as more players gain stacks of
Waterlogged.
- The steadily increasing group-wide damage as more players gain stacks of
Debuffs to Track
Major
Briny Bubble causes players to need additional healing.
Minor
Waterlogged causes players to need additional healing.
DBM Settings
Below are the DBM settings I'll be using for Lady Ashvane. 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 Ashvane
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