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Wailing Caverns, Healer Guide

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago for patch 1.13 by Preston. View the change log.

This page covers healer-focused strategies for the Wailing Caverns 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.

Best for players level 15-25.



 Bosses

Below are guides for the bosses in Wailing Caverns, including their abilities, healer notes, and addon settings.

Lady Anacondra Dungeon Journal Model Lady Anacondra

 Healing Notes

  • Be aware of the increasing damage from Thorns Aura if there are additional enemies nearby that are also affected by the aura.
 Debuffs to Track
  • Major: Sleep (dispel, magic)

Kresh Dungeon Journal Model Kresh

Kresh is an optional netural boss near the beginning of the instance.

  • There are no particular abilities to know about.

 Healing Notes

  • Kresh has high armor which can cause the fight to last awhile if you have a lot of physical damage dealers.
 Debuffs to Track
  • There are no particular debuffs to track.

Lord Cobrahn Dungeon Journal Model Lord Cobrahn

 Healing Notes

 Debuffs to Track

Skum Dungeon Journal Model Skum

  • Periodically deals damage to three players with Chained Bolt.
  • Will attempt to run away in fear when at low health.

 Healing Notes

  • Be aware of the possibility of additional enemies being pulled when Skum runs away at low health.
 Debuffs to Track
  • There are no particular debuffs to track.

Lord Pythas Dungeon Journal Model Lord Pythas

  • Interrupt Healing Touch to prevent the healing.
  • Dispel Sleep (magic).
  • Deals damage to nearby players an reduces their attack speed with Thunderclap (dispel, magic).

 Healing Notes

  • Dispel Thunderclap (magic) from non-caster DPS, with the tank being priority.
 Debuffs to Track

Lord Serpentis Dungeon Journal Model Lord Serpentis

 Healing Notes

  • There isn't anything particularly difficult about this fight.
 Debuffs to Track
  • Major: Sleep (dispel, magic)

Verdan the Everliving Dungeon Journal Model Verdan the Everliving

 Healing Notes

 Debuffs to Track
  • There are no particular debuffs to track.

Mutanus the Devourer Dungeon Journal Model Mutanus the Devourer

Mutanus can be accessed after defeating the other non-optional bosses in the instance. To begin the encounter, return to the NPC at the beginning of the instance and escort them.

 Healing Notes

  • The tank should be the priority dispel for all of the boss' abilities, especially Naralex's Nightmare (dispel, magic).
 Debuffs to Track

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 Trash Mobs

Below are notes for the trash mobs in Wailing Caverns. Wailing Caverns has a semi-linear layout. The trash below is ordered as if you're completing the bosses in the order they're listed above.

Trash information will be added once I can find something reliable, or when I'm able to run the dungeon when Classic is live.


 Trash Debuffs to Track

  • Major:
  • Minor:
  • Enrages to Dispel:
  • Buffs to Purge:

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July 25, 2019 - 10:43 pm (Healer) - Added guide.