This page covers a healer-focused strategy for High Priest Venoxis in Zul'Gurub. 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

Stage One - The Priest

This stage begins the encounter and ends when Venoxis reaches 50% health.

• Accompanied by four Razzashi Cobras.
  • Razzashi Cobra 
    • Susceptible to crowd control.
    • Target random players with Poison (dispel, poison), dealing light damage over time.
• Interrupt or dispel Holy Fire (dispel, magic).
• Stay 15-yards away to avoid Holy Nova and Holy Wrath.
• Purge Renew to prevent the healing over time.

Stage Two - The Serpent

This stage begins when Venoxis reaches 50% health and ends when he's killed.

• Venoxis transforms into a serpent and will no longer use any abilities from stage one.
• Avoid the Poison Clouds (dispel, poison) left at Venoxis' location.
  • The current tank will likely always be hit by this as they move Venoxis out of the cloud.

Season of Mastery Differences

• Currently, I'm not aware of any differences.

Resistance Levels

• Tanks should have as much Nature Resistance as possible without sacrificing other stats.
• Melee and Ranged/Healers 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.

• Be aware of any dispelling that needs to be done as it can get out of control quickly.
• If melee players stay on the boss during stage one, keep them near full health so they can survive Holy Wrath.
• Damage on the tank increases significantly during stage two.

Debuffs to Track

• Major: Holy Fire (dispel, magic), Poison Cloud (dispel, poison)
• Minor: Poison (dispel, poison)
• Buffs to Purge: Renew

Addons

High Priest Venoxis Healer DBM Settings

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