Taloc, Healer Guide - World of Warcraft

Taloc Dungeon Journal Model This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Taloc 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

This is a two stage fight, during which players will be fighting Taloc directly and then his blood-fuel remnants.

Stage One - The Corrupted Construct

This stage starts the encounter and ends when Taloc reaches 35% health. It will begin again following Stage Two and ends when Taloc reaches 0% health.

When affected by Plasma Discharge, move away from the group to drop the resulting Blood Storm.
Avoid the the tank affected by Cudgel of Gore, they will be aiming this to absorb Blood Storms.
- Afterwards, don't stand between Taloc and the Cudgel to avoid Retrieve Cudgel.
Don't stand in front of Taloc when he turns and casts Sanguine Static.
The second time Stage One begins, Volatile Droplets continue to spawn from Stage Two.

Stage Two - Ruin's Descent

This stage starts when Taloc reaches 35% health and ends when the elevator reaches the bottom, after which stage one begins again.

During this stage, Taloc is Powered Down and takes 99% less damage.
Coalesced Blood leave behind Blood Storms as they move.
Volatile Droplet Fixate on random players and trigger Combustible Fuel if they reach their target.
On Heroic, avoid the Uldir Defensive Beams along the walls of the elevator shaft.

Mythic Differences

Stage One - The Corrupted Construct

When affected by Hardened Arteries, move at least 8-yards away from other players.
Stack with the tank affected by Enlarged Heart to help split the damage.

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 on
- Cudgel of Gore
Use Minor Cooldowns on
- Enlarged Heart (Mythic)
- As-needed in Stage Two
Pre-heal Before (mainly for heal over time classes)
- Cudgel of Gore
- Enlarged Heart (Mythic)
Potion of Replenishment use
- After Retrieve Cudgel
Other things to watch for
- Players affected by Hardened Arteries (Mythic)

Debuffs to Track

Major

Plasma Discharge causes players to need additional healing.
Hardened Arteries, causes players to need heavy healing.
Enlarged Heart, causes the affected player and those nearby to need moderate healing.

Minor

Fixate, may cause affected players to need additional healing.

DBM Settings

Below are the DBM settings I'll be using for Taloc. 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 Taloc in Uldir