Garothi Worldbreaker, Healer Guide

Garothi Worldbreaker Dungeon Journal Model This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Garothi Worldbreaker in Antorus, the Burning Throne. 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 fight alternates between two similar Stages, the Normal Stage and the Weapons Stage.

Both Stages

If no players are in melee range of Garothi, Carnage is continually cast.
Avoid the tank affected by Fel Bombardment.

Normal Stage

During this Stage, you'll be fighting Garothi directly. This Stage ends when Garothi reaches 60% health (65% on Heroic) and again when he reaches 20% health (25% on Heroic).

Garothi's two cannons have unique abilities, both may not always be active
- Decimator
  - When affected by Decimation, move at least 12-yards away from the group.
- Annihilator
  - The impact locations of Annihilation must be soaked to prevent group-wide damage.
Searing Barrage deals light damage to the entire group.

Weapon Stage

During this Stage, you'll be fighting the weapons on Garothi's back. This Stage begins when Garothi reaches 60% health (65% on Heroic) and again when he reaches 20% health (25% on Heroic). The Stage ends when one of the weapons is destroyed.

Garothi channels Apocalypse Drive.
- This deals moderate damage to the group while channeled.
At least one of Garothi's cannons must be destroyed during the channel or fatal damage will be dealt to the group upon completion.

Garothi gains a stack of Empowered for each weapon not destroyed.
When a weapon is destroyed, its ability is no longer used in the Normal Stage.

Run away from Garothi when Eradication is cast to mitigate damage taken.
On Heroic, avoid the Surging Fel beam.

Mythic Differences

Normal Stage

Garothi's weapon's can no longer be completely destroyed and instead gain additional effects when killed.
- Decimator
  - Haywire causes Decimation impact locations to stun the affected player as well as deal heavy damage over time to the entire group.
- Annihilator
  - Haywire causes Annihilation to knock players back and create a second location that needs to be soaked again.

Weapon Stage

Luring Destruction deals heavy group-wide damage and pulls all players towards the boss before Eradication is cast.

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
- Decimation, particularly after the Decimator weapon is destroyed.
Use Minor Cooldowns on
- Eradication, particularly to get players to full health before the cast ends.
- On Mythic, Luring Destruction, which precedes Eradication.
Pre-heal Before (mainly for heal over time classes)
- Decimation
- Eradication
Leytorrent Potion use
- A few seconds after a Decimation, once the group has stabilized and if you're not soaking Annihilation.
Other things to watch for
- Players soaking Annihilation will need light to moderate healing, depending on how many players were soaking with them.

Debuffs to Track

(Optional) Decimation can be tracked as an early warning of the group-wide damage that follows.

Gear Recommendations

Below you'll find legendary and gear recommendations for healing Garothi Worldbreaker. Recommendations are mostly based on Mythic difficulty. Gear recommendations for classes other than Druids are largely based off the top items shown on WarcraftLogs. If your class Discord or other guide is recommending something else, let me know in a comment so I can make any necessary updates.

DBM Settings

Below are the DBM settings I'll be using for Garothi Worldbreaker. 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 Garothi Worldbreaker