
Gothik the Harvester, Healer Guide
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago for patch 1.13.6 by Preston.
This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Gothik the Harvester in Naxxramas. 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
During this encounter, players fight against Gothik's minions before engaging him directly.
Stage One - Divided Efforts
This stage begins the encounter and ends after about 4.5-minutes.
- Gothik's room is divided into two sides. The side you first enter is called the Living Side, the other side is called the Undead Side.
- When Gothik is engaged the gate between the two sides closes and Gothik teleports to his balcony.
- Enemies will first spawn on the Living Side, and when killed will spawn a similar enemy on the Undead Side.
- Living Side
- Enemies are susceptible to most forms of crowd control, slows, and snares, except where noted.
- Unrelenting Trainee
- The tanks will be dealing with
Eagle Claw and
Knockdown.
- The tanks will be dealing with
- Unrelenting Deathknight
- Targets random players with
Intercept, stunning them.
- Stay at least 8-yards away to avoid
Shadow Mark, players hit will become targets of
Shadow Bolt Volley.
- Targets random players with
- Unrelenting Rider
- Susceptible only to slows.
- Deals light damage to players affected by
Shadow Mark with
Shadow Bolt Volley.
- Deals light damage over time to all players with
Unholy Aura.
- Undead Side
- Spectral Trainee
- Susceptible to stuns.
- Deals light damage to all players with
Arcane Explosion.
- Spectral Deathknight
- Susceptible to stuns.
- The tanks will be dealing with
Sunder Armor.
- Don't stand in front to avoid
Cleave.
- Stay at least 8-yards away to avoid
Whirlwind.
- Drain mana from and deal moderate damage to players with
Mana Burn.
- Spectral Rider
- Interrupt
Drain Life to prevent the healing.
- Deals light damage over time to all players with
Unholy Aura.
- Interrupt
- Spectral Horse
- Stay at least 10-yards away to avoid
Stomp.
- Stay at least 10-yards away to avoid
- Spectral Trainee
Stage Two - The Harvester
This stage begins after 4.5-minutes in stage one and ends when Gothik is killed.
- Any enemies leftover from stage one will need to be dealt with, either by crowd controlling or killing them.
- Gothik
- Joins the encounter starting on the Living Side, and switches sides every ~15 seconds.
- At 30% health, the gate dividing the sides opens.
- Applies stacks of
Harvest Soul to all players, reducing all stats.
- Deals moderate damage to random players with
Shadow Bolt.
- Joins the encounter starting on the Living Side, and switches sides every ~15 seconds.
Resistance Levels
- Players generally won't make use of additional resistances on this encounter.
Healing Notes
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.
- Players will be split into two groups during most of the encounter, and while players may appear in range they may not be in line of sight due to the wall and gate dividing the two sides.
- Healing should remain relatively low as long as neither side is being overwhelmed by enemies.
- During stage two, help DPS Gothik whenever possible to be sure you outpace the stacks of
Harvest Soul.
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Knockdown,
Sunder Armor
- Minor:
Eagle Claw,
Shadow Mark
Addons
Healer DBM Settings for Gothik the Harvester
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