
MOTHER, Healer Guide
Updated 3 years, 7 months ago for patch 8.1 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers a healer-focused strategy for MOTHER in Uldir. 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 fight as well as Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
General Mechanics and Abilities
Normal and Heroic
MOTHER only needs to be brought to 10% health to end the encounter.
- Before the currently occupied chamber reaches 100% energy, players need to move through the
Defense Grid to the next chamber.
- Each player that moves through the
Defense Grid deals damage to the group.
- On Heroic, this also applies a stacking debuff to the entire group that increases their damage taken.
- Numbers of players that can safely move through at a time: 4-5 on Normal, 3-4 on Heroic, 2-3 on Mythic.
- Each player that moves through will spawn a Clinging Corruption inside the new chamber.
- Interrupt
Clinging Corruption casts to prevent the entire group from gaining the debuff.
- Interrupt
- The
Defense Grid walls break line of sight, so healing through them isn't possible.
- At 100% energy,
Cleansing Purge is cast inside the chamber.
- Each player that moves through the
- Don't stand in front of the boss to avoid
Sanitizing Strike. This ability will prompt a tank switch.
- Avoid the impact locations of
Purifying Flame.
- During
Wind Tunnel, avoid being pushed into the open fire vents at either side of the chamber.
- Starting in the second chamber, avoid the
Uldir Defensive Beam wall that moves across the chamber.
- Starting in the third, final chamber:
- Avoid the
Uldir Defensive Beam wall that falls from the ceiling in addition to the one that moves across.
- MOTHER takes increased damage due to
Depleted Energy.
- Avoid the
Mythic Differences
- When passing through the
Defense Grid, two new adds will spawn from tanks and healers.
- Tanks spawn a Resistant Bacterium.
- Applies a stack of
Bacterial Outbreak to the tank, increasing their damage taken from all Embodiment of Containment adds.
- Applies a stack of
- Healers spawn a Viral Contagion.
- Applies
Endemic Virus to random players.
- This must be dispelled in a controlled manner when the affected player is at least 10-yards away from other players to prevent
Spreading Epidemic from hitting anyone.
- This must be dispelled in a controlled manner when the affected player is at least 10-yards away from other players to prevent
- Applies
- Tanks spawn a Resistant Bacterium.
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 moving through the
Defense Grid
- when players are moving through the
- Use Minor Cooldowns
- when players are moving through the
Defense Grid
- if any
Clinging Corruption stacks are present on the group
- when players are moving through the
- Pre-heal Before (mainly for heal over time classes)
- players are set to move through the
Defense Grid
- players are set to move through the
Potion of Replenishment use
- After most of the group has recently moved through the
Defense Grid and immediately after
Wind Tunnel.
- After most of the group has recently moved through the
- Other things to watch for
- Players affected by
Endemic Virus (Mythic).
- High stacks of
Defense Grid or
Clinging Corruption.
- Tanks with high stacks of
Sanitizing Strike or
Bacterial Outbreak (Mythic).
- Players affected by
Debuffs to Track
Major
Bacterial Outbreak causes the affected tank to take additional damage.
Endemic Virus (magic), must be dispelled in a controlled manner.
Spreading Epidemic causes players to need additional healing.
Minor
Sanitizing Strike causes the affected tank to take additional damage.
- (Optional)
Clinging Corruption causes the entire group to take critical damage. Ideally this will never be present.
- (Optional)
Defense Grid causes the entire group to take additional damage depending on the number of stacks.
DBM Settings
Below are the DBM settings I'll be using for MOTHER. 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 MOTHER in Uldir
Videos
Mythic, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me and my guild killing MOTHER on Mythic difficulty.
Heroic, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me and my guild killing MOTHER on Heroic difficulty.
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