Kings' Rest, Healer Guide
Updated 3 years, 3 months ago for patch 8.3 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers healer-focused strategies for the Kings' Rest dungeon. 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 as well as Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
Bosses
Below are guides for the bosses in Kings' Rest, including their abilities, healer notes, and addon settings.
The Golden Serpent
- The tank will be dealing with Tail Thrash.
- When Serpentine Gust is being cast, stay 15-yards away from the boss.
- When affected by Spit Gold, move away from the group and the boss to drop the resulting Molten Gold pool.
- These pools should be grouped together to make managing them easier.
- Lucre's Call turns all Molten Gold pools into Animated Gold.
- Kill the Animated Golds before they reach The Golden Serpent and grant it a stack of Luster.
Healing Notes
- Use Cooldowns if the boss gains high stacks of Luster.
- Watch where players are running with Spit Gold as they could run out of range or line of sight.
Debuffs to Track
- Minor: Spit Gold
Addons
Mchimba the Embalmer
- Avoid the impact location of Burn Corruption and the resulting Burning Ground patch.
- Players affected by Drain Fluids take heavy damage over time.
- At the end of its duration, the player is affected by Dessication and must be healed above 90% health to remove it.
- A random player will periodically be Entombed.
- When trapped, use Struggle to wiggle the sarcophagus to help other players find where you are.
- Until the trapped player is freed, Mchimba will Open Coffins with increasing speed, releasing Half-Finished Mummies.
- Half-Finished Mummy
- Interrupt or dispel Wretched Discharge (disease).
- Half-Finished Mummy
Healing Notes
- Use Cooldowns as-needed to heal the player affected by Drain Fluids.
Debuffs to Track
- Major: Drain Fluids, Dessication
- Minor: Wretched Discharge (dispel, disease)
Addons
The Council of Tribes
During this fight, players will be fighting against one of the three council members at a time, in a random order set each week. Once a council member is killed, they return to their urn and appear periodically to use one of their abilities.
Kula the Butcher
- Stay at least 10-yards away from the boss during Whirling Axe, then be ready to avoid the Axes as they spin around the room.
- This ability is used from the urn after Kula has been killed.
- Targets random players with Severing Axe.
Aka'ali the Conqueror
- The tank will be dealing with Debilitating Backhand and should kite Aka'ali while Shattered Defenses is active.
- Stand between Aka'ali and the player targeted by Barrel Through to help split the damage from Barrel Through.
- This ability is used from the urn after Aka'ali has been killed.
Zanazal the Wise
- Interrupt Poison Nova.
- This ability is used from the urn after Zanazal has been killed.
- Interrupt Lightning Bolt if you have extra interrupts.
- Be prepared to kill the totems summoned by Call of the Elements.
- Explosive Totem casts Explode, dealing heavy damage to the group.
- Avoid the impact locations of Torrent from the Torrent Totem.
- Earthwall Totem casts Earthwell, putting an absorb shield on the currently active council member.
- Thundering Totem casts Thundering Crash, interrupting all players.
Healing Notes
- Use Cooldowns if any of the boss' abilities overlap and become overwhelming.
Debuffs to Track
- Major: Shattered Defenses
- Minor: Whirling Axe, Severing Axe
Addons
Dazar, The First King
- The tank will be dealing with Blade Combo.
- Avoid the Gale Slash vortexes as they move around the room.
- When affected by Quaking Leap, move away from other players to reduce their damage taken.
- At 80% health, Dazar summons Reban.
- Avoid the Hunting Leap cone after Reban leaps to a random player.
- At 60% health, Dazar mounts T'zala.
- All damage taken is redirected to T'zala through Eternal Guardian.
- Periodically Fears all players with Deathly Roar.
- At 40% health, activates Spear Launchers around the outside of the room.
- Avoid the impact locations of Impaling Spear as their impact locations move around the room.
- As you're walking into the room, if you fight the boss on the right side you can avoid most of the Spears because they start in that area and then move clockwise around the room.
- Avoid the impact locations of Impaling Spear as their impact locations move around the room.
Healing Notes
- Cooldowns will likely be needed towards the end of the fight as more mechanics are active.
Debuffs to Track
- Minor: Gale Slash, Impaling Spear
Addons
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Trash Mobs
Below are notes for the trash mobs in Kings' Rest. King's Rest has a relatively linear layout. The trash below is ordered as if you're completing the bosses in the order they're listed above.
Entrance thru The Golden Serpent
- Animated Guardian
- Don't be in front of these when they turn to cast Suppression Slam is cast.
- At 50% health, these gain Released Inhibitors, increasing haste by 100%.
- Inside the room with the Serpentine Seal, make sure the entire group is near the Seal before clicking it as it causes several groups of enemies to spawn in the room.
- Shadow-Borne Warrior
- Avoid the vortexes created by Gust Slash.
- Shadow-Borne Witch Doctor
- Interrupt Shadow Bolt Volley to prevent extra damage dealt to the group.
- Shadow-Borne Champion
- Vigilant Defense blocks all attacks from the direction the shield is facing.
- Dispel Ancestral Fury (enrage).
The Golden Serpent thru Mchimba the Embalmer
- One of the first rooms you enter contains several small encounters. These appear to happen in a random order.
- Encounter One
- Queen Wasi
- Damage or dispel the player affected by Seduction (purge) to break the Charm effect.
- King Timalji
- Kite Timalji if targeted during Bladestorm and avoid the whirlwind effect.
- Queen Wasi
- Encounter Two
- Queen Patlaa
- Avoid the Dark Shot pools.
- Skeletal Hunting Raptor
- Leaps to random players with Hunting Leap, dealing heavy damage to anyone nearby.
- Queen Patlaa
- Encounter Three
- King A'akul
- Dispel Hidden Blade (poison) to minimize the number of pools it creates.
- Bloodsworn Agent
- Avoid the Shadow Whirl impact locations.
- King A'akul
- Encounter Four
- Guard Captain Atu
- Targets random players with Axe Barrage.
- King Rahu'ai
- Move at least 10-yards away during Channel Lightning.
- Seneschal M'bara
- Interrupt Induce Regeneration (dispel, purge) to prevent the healing.
- Guard Captain Atu
- Encounter One
- Purification Construct
- Avoid the Purification Strike patches.
- Avoid the Purification Beam as the Construct slowly rotates.
- Embalming Fluid
- Avoid the impact locations of Splash Fluid and the resulting pools.
- Taking damage from these directly or from Splash Fluid applies a stack of Embalming Fluid (dispel, poison), dealing steadily increasing damage and slowing movement speed.
Mchimba the Embalmer thru The Council of Tribes
- Spectral Hex Priest
- Interrupt or dispel Hex (curse).
- Spectral Berserker
- Applies stacks of Severing Blade to the tank.
- Avoid the impact location of Blooded Leap.
- Spectral Witch Doctor
- Move enemies away from the Healing Tide Totem.
- Spectral Beastmaster
- When targeted by Poison Barrage (dispel, poison), move away from the group to mitigate the damage dealt.
- Targets random players with Deadeye Shot.
- Honored Raptor
- Leaps to random players with Hunting Leap, dealing heavy damage to anyone nearby.
- Spectral Brute
- Move out of the Ground Crush effect when it's cast.
The Council of Tribes thru Dazar, The First King
- Shadow of Zul
- Targets random players with Shadow Barrage.
- When affected by Dark Revelation, move away from the group to reduce the damage dealt.
- Creates purple Pool of Darkness zones that must be stood in by one player to prevent damage being dealt to the entire group.
- Periodically summons voidling adds that should be killed before they can Fear players.
Trash Debuffs to Track
- Major: Hidden Blade (dispel, poison), Embalming Fluid (dispel, poison)
- Minor: Suppression Slam, Gust Slash, Axe Barrage, Severing Blade, Poison Barrage (dispel, poison)
- Enrages to Dispel: None
- Buffs to Purge: Induce Regeneration, Seduction
Trash Addons
Mythic+ Notes
In this section you'll find notes about certain interactions bosses and trash mobs have with the Mythic+ difficulty increase or certain affixes that make them more troublesome than normal.
The Golden Serpent
- Spit Gold deals significant damage to affected players during Tyrannical and at higher key levels.
Mchimba the Embalmer
- Drain Fluids and Dessication deal significant damage during Tyrannical and at higher key levels.
The Council of Tribes
- Debilitating Backhand is particularly deadly during Tyrannical and at higher key levels.
Trash Mobs
- Minion of Zul
- Can apply and receive Bolstering, be sure they're not pulled with other enemies.
- Shadow-Borne Witch Doctor
- Shadow Bolt Volley can easily deal fatal damage with Fortified and Bolstering.
- The gauntlet room following The Golden Serpent is particularly difficult with Fortified.
- Embalming Fluid
- Can quickly get out of hand during Bolstering if too many are pulled at once or they're not killed evenly.
- Shadow of Zul
- Shadow of Zul is particularly difficult with Fortified.
Videos
[S4] Mythic 10, 1 Upgrade Clear, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me clearing Kings' Rest on Mythic 10 difficulty in time for a 2 upgrade during Season 4.
[S3] Mythic 10, 1 Upgrade Clear, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me clearing Kings' Rest on Mythic 10 difficulty in time for a 1 upgrade during Season 3.
Mythic 0 Clear, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me clearing Kings' Rest on Mythic difficulty.
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