
Terestian Illhoof, Healer Guide
Updated 11 months ago for patch 2.5.1 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Terestian Illhoof in Karazhan in The Burning Crusade. 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, combat log information, and Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
General Mechanics and Abilities
- Terestian Illhoof
- The tanks will be dealing with
Shadow Bolt.
Sacrifices a random player, stunning them and placing them in Demon Chains while dealing heavy damage over time and healing Illhoof.
- The Demon Chains are a targetable entity and must be killed to free the affected player.
- Periodically opens a
Fiendish Portal, spawning several Fiendish Imps.
- Fiendish Imp
- Targets random players with
Firebolt, dealing light damage.
- Targets random players with
- Fiendish Imp
- After 10-minutes, goes
Berserk, greatly increasing damage dealt.
- The tanks will be dealing with
- Kil'rek
- Targets random players with
Amplify Flames, increasing fire damage taken.
- Upon death,
Broken Pact causes Terestian Illhoof to take increased damage.
- Targets random players with
Healing Notes
Quick Notes
The notes below mostly pertain to progression difficulty, meaning if you out-gear the encounter or use extra healers they may not apply.
- Use Cooldowns
- as-needed to keep the
Sacrificed player alive
- as-needed to keep the
- Other things to watch for
- Players will be taking random damage from
Firebolt and
Amplify Flames.
- Players will be taking random damage from
Debuffs to Track
Major
Sacrifice causes players to need additional heavy healing over time.
Minor
Amplify Flames can cause players to need additional healing.
Useful Addons
DBM Settings
Below are the DBM settings I'll be using for Terestian Illhoof in Karazhan. You can set them up however you'd like, but these ones should work well as a starting point.
Healer DBM Settings for Terestian Illhoof
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