Plaguefall, Healer Guide
Updated 1 year ago for patch 9.2.7 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers healer-focused strategies for the Plaguefall dungeon in Shadowlands. 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 and combat log information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
Bosses
Below are guides for the bosses in Plaguefall, including their abilities, healer notes, and addon settings.
Globgrog
- During Beckon Slime, all Slimy Morsels and Slimy Smorgasbords must be killed before reaching Globgrog to prevent the healing from Consume Slime.
- Deals light damage to and knocks back all players with Plaguestomp.
- Additionally, applies Debilitating Plague (dispel, disease) to all players, reducing movement speed and dealing light damage over time.
- Don't stand in front of the boss when it turns to cast Slime Wave.
- Players hit take moderate damage over time from Slime Wave.
Healing Notes
- If the boss is allowed to heal, this fight can become quite long, but the healing requirement shouldn't be too high beyond that.
Debuffs to Track
- Major: Slime Wave
- Minor: Debilitating Plague (dispel, disease)
Addons
Doctor Ickus
- Before engaging the boss, be sure all of the landmasses among the slime lake are clear as the boss will periodically jump to different areas, detailed below.
- The tank will be dealing with Slime Injection (dispel, magic).
- When dispelled, each stack of Slime Injection (dispel, magic) spawns a Slithering Ooze.
- Slithering Ooze
- Stepping on an Ooze kills it while dealing light damage to the player with Bursting Ooze.
- Must be killed before their Erupt cast finishes and deals moderate damage to all players.
- Slithering Ooze
- When dispelled, each stack of Slime Injection (dispel, magic) spawns a Slithering Ooze.
- Avoid the impact location of Slime Lunge, targeted on the player furthest from Ickus.
- On Mythic, avoid the subsequent impact locations of Oozing Outbreak.
- Periodically jumps to a Plague Cauldron and manifests a Plague Bomb slime that must be killed before its Virulent Explosion cast finishes and deals fatal damage to all players.
- Pestilence Surge summons several Pestilence Slimes, and on Mythic, Congealed Slimes.
- Pestilence Slime
- Target random players with Viral Globs, dealing light damage.
- When killed, leaves behind a Rapid Infection pool that grants haste and deals light damage over time while standing in it.
- On Mythic, Congealed Slime
- Reduces the damage taken by all enemies with in 7-yards with Congealed Contagion.
- Avoid the impact location of Withering Filth (dispel, magic).
- Pestilence Slime
- If no players are in melee range, Burning Strain deals moderate damage to random players and increasing damage over time.
Healing Notes
- Be aware of how many stacks of Slime Injection (dispel, magic) the tank has and dispel it before they get too high to keep the resulting Slithering Oozes from getting out of control.
Debuffs to Track
- Major: Slime Injection (dispel, magic), Withering Filth (dispel, magic)
- Minor: Burning Strain (dispel, disease)
Addons
Domina Venomblade
- The tank will be dealing with Cytotoxic Slash (dispel, poison), taking extra damage from Venomblades while active.
- When affected by Shadow Ambush, move at least 10-yards away from other players.
- Brood Assassins are periodically called to join the encounter.
- Brood Assassin
- Concealed by Shroudweb, which slows the movement speed of nearby players.
- This can be used to help find the Assassins and break their stealth.
- Targets random players with Assassinate, dealing increasing damage over time.
- Concealed by Shroudweb, which slows the movement speed of nearby players.
- Brood Assassin
- On Mythic, stay within 6-yards of at least one other player to avoid the Web Wrap from Solitary Prey.
- Web Wraps must be killed to free the affected player.
Healing Notes
- If no poison dispel is available, be prepared for the extra healing required on the tank while Cytotoxic Slash (dispel, poison) is active.
- Use cooldowns as-needed while Brood Assassins are hitting players with Assassinate.
Debuffs to Track
- Major: Shadow Ambush, Web Wrap, Cytotoxic Slash (dispel, poison)
- Minor: Assassinate
Addons
Margrave Stradama
- The tank will be dealing with Malignant Growth and the resulting Malignant Spawn.
- Malignant Spawn
- Avoid the impact location of Touch of Slime, which the tank should be soaking.
- If this doesn't hit any player, Touch of Slime instead deals heavy damage to all players.
- Avoid the impact location of Touch of Slime, which the tank should be soaking.
- Malignant Spawn
- When Margrave retreats below the slime pool, don't stand in front of the tentacles that spawn in the slime pool to avoid Plague Crash.
- Deals heavy damage to all players with Infectious Rain and then moderate damage over time.
- When no players are in melee range, Plague Rot deals increasing damage over time to all players.
- On Mythic, at 66% health and 33% health, Plaguebound Devoted continually join the encounter.
- Plaguebound Devoted
- Deal heavy damage to the tank and have a reduced movement speed. Should be kited and crowd controlled.
- Plaguebound Devoted
Healing Notes
- Use cooldowns as-needed during Infectious Rain.
Debuffs to Track
- Minor: Infectious Rain, Plague Rot
Addons
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Trash Mobs
Below are notes for the trash mobs in Plaguefall. Plaguefall is a relatively linear dungeon. The trash below is ordered as if you're completing the bosses in the order they're listed above.
Entrance thru Globgrog
- Plagueroc
- The tank will be dealing with Blightbeak (dispel, disease), reducing maximum health.
- Don't stand in front of these when Wing Buffet is cast to avoid the knock back. Be especially careful not to be knocked off the nearby cliff.
- Fungi Stormer
- Deals moderate damage over time to all players with Fungistorm.
- Fungalmancer
- Interrupt or purge Wonder Grow to prevent the stacking damage increase effect applied to all enemies.
- Avoid the locations of Binding Fungus roots.
- Pestilent Harvester
- Interrupt or dispel Hurl Spores (disease) to prevent the light damage over time and reduced movement speed effect.
- Avoid the locations of Doom Shrooms and the pool of plague around them.
- Decaying Flesh Giant
- Interrupt Creepy Crawlers to prevent Creepy Crawler grubs from being summoned.
- Avoid the impact locations of Toxic Pools.
- Gushing Slime
- Stay at least 10-yards away to avoid the light damage over time from Gushing Slime.
- Upon death, avoid the Putrid Bile pools left behind.
- Plaguebelcher
- Don't stand in front of these to avoid Belch Plague.
- Beckon Slime spawns several Slimy Morsels that heal the Plaguebelcher if they reach it.
Globgrog thru Doctor Ickus
- Rotting Slimeclaw
- The tank will be dealing with stacks of Corroded Claws (dispel, disease), reducing all stats.
- Unstable Canister
- Stay at least 10-yards away to avoid the critical damage from Violent Detonation.
- This can be used to damage enemies.
- Stay at least 10-yards away to avoid the critical damage from Violent Detonation.
- Blighted Spinebreaker
- Don't stand in front of these to avoid Festering Belch.
- Avoid the impact locations of Jagged Spines.
- Upon death, avoid the impact locations of Slithering Ooze.
- Slithering Ooze
- These must be killed before their Metamorphosis channel finishes and they transform into a Rotmarrow Slime.
- Slithering Ooze
- Plaguebinder
- Targets random players with Gripping Infection (dispel, magic), rooting in place and dealing light damage over time.
- Pestilent Slime
- Interrupt Viral Globs to prevent the light damage dealt to all players.
- When killed, leaves behind a Rapid Infection pool that grants haste and deals light damage over time while standing in it.
- Rigged Plagueborer/Wretched Plagueborer
- The tank will be dealing with Wretched Phlegm (dispel, poison), reducing movement speed.
- Upon death or when their timer expires, explodes with Plague Bomb (dispel, disease), dealing moderate damage to all players and enemies as well as moderate damage over time to any players within 10-yards.
- Rotmarrow Slime
- Interrupt Corrosive Gunk (dispel, disease) or stay at least 10-yards away to avoid the stacking damage over time effect.
- Purge Slime Coated to prevent a pool forming upon death, or be prepared to avoid the pool.
- Slime Tentacle
- The tank will be dealing with Crushing Embrace, dealing moderate damage over time.
- If no players are in melee range, Vile Spit (dispel, disease) deals stacking moderate damage over time to random players.
- Virulax Blightweaver
- Targets random players with Wasting Blight (dispel, disease), greatly reducing haste.
- Stay at least 10-yards away when Obliterating Ooze is cast to avoid the heavy damage.
- Upon reaching the area with Doctor Ickus, be aware of his movements as he periodically jumps around to different land masses even before engaging him.
Doctor Ickus thru Domina Venomblade
- This area includes Gushing Slimes, Slime Tentacles, Plaguebelchers, and Decaying Flesh Giants, detailed above.
- Defender of Many Eyes
- While channeling Bulwark of Maldraxxus, all players and enemies inside the 10-yard wide shield dome take 90% reduced damage.
- Venomous Sniper
- Interrupt Call Venomfang to prevent a Venomfang from being summoned.
- Avoid the path between the Sniper and the player targeted by Venompiercer (dispel, poison).
- Brood Ambusher
- When targeted by Ambush, stay at least 7-yards away from other players.
- Interrupt Enveloping Webbing or stay 10-yards away to avoid being rooted.
- Spawns several Stealthlings with Stealthlings, their spawn location is denoted by a shadow burst animation.
- Stealthling
- Are initially invisible.
- Use stuns, knockbacks, or disorienting effects to prevent these from all casting Ambush at the same time.
- Stealthling
Domina Venomblade thru Margrave Stradama
- Plaguebound Devoted
- Deal heavy damage to the tank and have a reduced movement speed. Should be kited when it large groups.
- Ickor Bileflesh
- Buffs enemies with Oozing Carcass, increasing movement speed, reducing damage taken, and granting immunity to crowd control effects.
Trash Debuffs to Track
- Major:
- Disease Dispel: Blightbeak (dispel, disease), Corroded Claws (dispel, disease), Wasting Blight (dispel, disease), Vile Spit (dispel, disease), Plague Bomb (dispel, disease)
- Poison Dispel: Venompiercer (dispel, poison)
- Damaging: Crushing Embrace
- Minor:
- Magic Dispel: Gripping Infection (dispel, magic)
- Poison Dispel: Wretched Phlegm (dispel, poison)
- Disease Dispel: Hurl Spores (dispel, disease), Corrosive Gunk (dispel, disease)
- Damaging: Rapid Infection
- Enrages to Soothe: None
- Buffs to Purge: Wonder Grow, Slime Coated
Trash Addons
Mythic+ Notes
Below are notes that pertain to high mythic+ levels and certain affixes. What constitutes a high mythic+ level will depend on your gear and group, so if you out-gear a particular mythic+ level these notes may not apply. The notes are grouped by affix but are in no particular order.
- Tyrannical
- Domina Venomblade
- Brood Assassin's Assassinate will likely require cooldowns to survive.
- Margrave Stradama
- Infectious Rain will require cooldowns to survive.
- Domina Venomblade
- Fortified
- Fungi Stormer
- Should be stunned to interrupt Fungistorm, or be prepared to use a cooldown to survive.
- Plaguebound Devoted
- It's even more important that the tank avoid being hit by these.
- Brood Ambusher
- It's even more important to interrupt Stealthlings' Ambush.
- Fungi Stormer
- Sanguine
- Fungi Stormer
- Will not move while channeling Fungistorm.
- Defender of Many Eyes
- Will not move while channeling Bulwark of Maldraxxus.
- Ickor Bileflesh
- Can be difficult to move due to their preference for casting spells. Be ready with interrupts and knock backs.
- Fungi Stormer
- Bolstering
- Decaying Flesh Giant
- Should probably be killed first, or carefully killed at the same time as other enemies.
- Ickor Bileflesh
- Often accompanied by many lower health enemies, and should probably be killed first.
- Decaying Flesh Giant
- Grievous
- No exceptional interactions noted yet!
- Raging
- Fungi Stormer
- Must be soothed quickly if channeling Furious Thrashing.
- Fungi Stormer
Videos
Mythic 0 Clear, Restoration Druid PoV
Below is a video of me clearing Plaguefall on Mythic 0 difficulty.
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