Rashok, Healer Guide
Updated 2 weeks, 6 days ago for patch 10.1 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Rashok, the Elder in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible in Dragonflight. 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 contact me.
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
Normal and Heroic
- The tanks will be dealing with Wrath of Djaruun and the extra heavy damage from the immediate Earthen Crush and Flaming Slash. Both greatly increase the damage taken from subsequent attacks while the effects persist.
- Which attacks are used is random, and tanks must taunt to avoid being hit by two of the same attacks in a row.
- The tanks will also be managing Rashok's Energy to prevent him from reaching 100%.
- Rashok gains about 1% Energy per-second.
- When brought near the Elder's Conduit in the center of the room and afflicted with Elder's Conduit:
- 3% Energy is drained per-second until no Energy remains.
- No other abilities are used.
- Avoid the impact locations of Shadowflame Fissures.
- Deals moderate damage over time to all players with Scorching Heatwave.
- On Heroic, damage taken is increased over time by stacks of Scorched Flesh.
- Once the Elder's Conduit has drained Energy three times, stay more than 20-yards away to avoid the heavy damage from Shattered Conduit.
- If allowed to reach 100% Energy, deals fatal damage over time to all players with Ancient Fury.
- Don't stand in front when he turns to cast Shadowlava Blast. Players hit take likely-fatal damage.
- Every 35-seconds, during Searing Slam:
- If targeted by Searing Slam, move at least 10-yards away from other players and any existing Lava Vortexes to drop the resulting Lava Vortex.
- If an existing Lava Vortex is hit, Lava Explosion deals likely-fatal damage over time to all players.
- Avoid the paths of Lava Waves emanating out from all Lava Vortexes. Players hit take moderate damage.
- On Heroic, Lava Waves happen more frequently.
- This deals moderate to heavy damage to all players, increased by each Lava Vortex already present.
- If targeted by Searing Slam, move at least 10-yards away from other players and any existing Lava Vortexes to drop the resulting Lava Vortex.
- Every 40-seconds, during Charged Smash, stand in the impact location to split the damage dealt and reduce the amount of Energy gained by Rashok.
- At 35-seconds into the encounter, and about every 2.5-minutes after that, during Doom Flames:
- Players must stand in the impact locations to prevent them from hitting the ground.
- Players intercepting impacts take light damage over time from Doom Flames.
- Players must stand in the impact locations to prevent them from hitting the ground.
Mythic Differences
- About every 40-seconds, during Unleash Shadowflame:
- Avoid the locations of Shadowflame Energy orbs.
- After 15-seconds, these explode, dealing moderate damage to all players with Shadowflame Energy while applying a large healing absorption effect and greatly increasing damage taken from subsequent Shadowflame Energy explosions.
- These are destroyed if hit by players targetd by Searing Slam.
- Avoid the locations of Shadowflame Energy orbs.
- When targeted by Searing Slam, move within 10-yards of a Shadowflame Energy orb to destroy it, while still avoiding exisiting Lava Vortexes.
- Players hit by Charged Smash gain a stack of Overcharged, dealing stacking light damage over time.
- Being near an Elder's Conduit removes a stack and deals light damage to all players.
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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
- Scorching Heatwave [occurs about every 2.25-minutes*]
- *This assumes Rashok gets to about 99% Energy before afflicting him with Elder's Conduit.
- Scorching Heatwave [occurs about every 2.25-minutes*]
- Use Minor Cooldowns
- Doom Flames [occurs every 2.5-minutes]
- (Mythic) when Overcharged stacks are being removed
- Searing Slam [occurs every 35-seconds]
- Pre-heal Before (mainly for heal over time classes)
- Potion of Frozen Focus use
- Immediately following a Scorching Heatwave, before Doom Flames.
- Other things to watch for
- Healing required is somewhat sporadic, with the highest requirements being during Scorching Heatwave and Doom Flames.
Debuffs to Track
Major
- Searing Slam causes players to need additional moderate healing.
- (Mythic) Overcharged causes players to need additional light healing over time.
Minor
- Doom Flames causes players to need additional light healing over time.
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