
Battleguard Sartura, Healer Guide
Updated 1 month, 1 week ago for patch 1.13.6 and Season of Mastery by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Battleguard Sartura in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj. 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
- Sartura enters a hard enrage after 10-minutes have passed, killing all players quickly.
- Accompanied by three Sartura's Royal Guard.
- Sartura's Royal Guard
- Susceptible to stuns while not
Whirlwinding.
- Use the same abilities as Sartura.
- Susceptible to stuns while not
- Sartura's Royal Guard
- The tanks will be dealing with
Knockback, which temporarily reduces threat.
- Stay at least 10-yards away to avoid
Whirlwind.
- Don't stand in front of the boss to avoid
Sundering Cleave.
- At 20% health, becomes
Enraged, gaining increased attack speed and physical damage dealt.
Season of Mastery Differences
- After killing The Prophet Skeram, players can interact with the Prophecy of Chaos at the back of the hallway leading deeper into Ahn'Quiraj.
- The Prophecy of Chaos allows players to increase the difficulty of all bosses by causing different lesser enemies to spawn during encounters. Higher difficulty levels are unlocked with higher reputation and award additional loot.
Glyph of Madness (Friendly) causes Claw Tentacles to spawn.
- Claw Tentacle
- Avoid the impact locations of
Ground Rupture.
- Hit random nearby players with
Hamstring, reducing movement speed.
- Avoid the impact locations of
- Claw Tentacle
Glyph of Darkness (Honored) causes Eye Tentacles to spawn.
- Eye Tentacle
- Interrupt
Mind Flay to prevent the light damage over time dealt to a random player.
- Interrupt
- Eye Tentacle
Glyph of Chaos (Revered) causes Giant Claw Tentacles to spawn.
- Giant Claw Tentacle
- Avoid the impact location of
Ground Rupture.
- The tanks will be dealing with
Thrash, taking a burst of moderate damage.
- If no players are in melee range, it will submerge and reemerge under another player.
- Avoid the impact location of
- Giant Claw Tentacle
Glyph of the Void (Exalted) causes Eye of C'Thun to spawn.
- Eye of C'Thun
- Stay at least 10-yards away from other players to avoid chaining the damage from
Eye Beam.
- Stay at least 10-yards away from other players to avoid chaining the damage from
- Eye of C'Thun
- The Prophecy of Chaos allows players to increase the difficulty of all bosses by causing different lesser enemies to spawn during encounters. Higher difficulty levels are unlocked with higher reputation and award additional loot.
Resistance Levels
- Players generally won't make use of any 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.
- Due to
Knockback, non-tank players may end up taking excessive damage, especially early on while the Royal Guards are still alive.
- This can also cause
Whirlwind to happen in less than ideal areas, dealing damage to players as they move away.
- This can also cause
- Tanks will need significant healing when Sartura
Enrages.
Debuffs to Track
- There are not particular debuffs to track.
Addons
Healer DBM Settings for Battleguard Sartura
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