Keystone Codex
Spec
Mythic+ / Voidscar Arena
Mythic+ · Midnight

Voidscar Arena

Timer 30:00Bosses 3Must-kicks 5
Key level

Gladiator pits twisted by the Void. Choose a path at the start and at Atroxus, then clear three Brutalizers to open Charonus.

Interrupts and stuns

Rebuke · Hammer of JusticeMind Freeze · Asphyxiate (talent)
Mob / spellDoPriority
Dominated BrawlerDemoralizing Shoutkickmust
Voidtouched MagiShadowbolt VolleyCC immune.kickmust
Angry KroluskViolent Sandkickmust
Killvore ScreamerMad ShriekAoE fear.kickmust
VoidminderMending VoidHeals a nearby mob.kickmust
Enthralled ShamanLava Boltkickspare
VoidminderDimensional Shredkickspare

Spare-priority kicks appear from +7. Below that, save your kick for the must and high rows.

Trash to respect

  • Brutal Overseerprioritydodge
    CC immune. Break its shield during Brutal Slams. Avoid Macestorm, and run if fixated.
  • Aegyra the Unyieldingbleedpriority
    CC immune. Ferocious Leap bleeds a player, who moves to the room's edge (Earthsplitter follows). Destroy Champion's Spear fast, then spread for Savage Smash.
  • Raj'kess the Spellstormpriority
    Right path. Kill Orbs of Disruption before their casts finish.
  • Enthralled Shamanpriority
    Destroy the Magma Totems quickly.
  • Chitigothdodgeheal
    CC immune. Avoid the roaming Ravenous Swarms.
  • Protective Turtlepriority
    Stay away from Shell Guard. Swap to it while it's stunned (bonus damage).
  • Brutokdodge
    CC immune. Move less (Fel Steps). Stay out of the Smashing Charge line.
  • Agitated Voidscythedispeldefensive
    CC immune. Corrosive Essence on 3 players is poison, so dispel it.
  • Watchful Harrowersoakdefensive
    Left path. Stack for the Sky Strike soak, then run out. Void Beam channels on a player.
  • Devouring Brutalizerpriorityheal
    CC immune. Kill the low-health mob Devour targets before the cast finishes. Don't get pushed into packs by Dreadbellow.
  • Blistercreepdodge
    Circles on death.

Video guide

Route and setup

  • Start: take the left path (fewer interrupts, Proof of Endurance buff for 30 minutes). The right path gives Proof of Mastery and has more Shamans plus Raj'kess.
  • At Atroxus, the right path is recommended, especially with poison dispels (Ret Paladins have one).
  • Kill all three Devouring Brutalizers to open Charonus's arena.
  • Method's PUG-friendly route is linked from its Voidscar Arena guide.

Affixes at this level

Lindormi's Guidance+2 to +5
Marked enemies have 5% less health and deal 5% less damage, and deaths cost no time. Gone from +6.
Xal'atath's Bargain+5 to +11
One of four rotating Bargains (Ascendant, Voidbound, Pulsar, Devour). Solve it for a stat buff or eat a penalty.
Fortified or Tyrannical+7 to +9
Alternates weekly. Fortified: trash hits harder and has more health. Tyrannical: bosses do.
Fortified and Tyrannical+10 and up
Both at once. Plan a defensive for every big trash pull and every boss ability that hurts.
Xal'atath's Guile+12 and up
Replaces the Bargain. Each death costs 15 seconds until the last minute, so a death on a pull is often a depleted key.
The four Bargains
  • Ascendant: Stop 10 Orbs of Ascendance with interrupts, stuns, knockbacks or purges. Your kick, Hammer of Justice and Asphyxiate all count.
  • Voidbound: Break the Void Emissary's shield before Dark Prayer finishes. Swap to it immediately.
  • Pulsar: Intercept another player's tethered orb within 15 seconds.
  • Devour: Heal or dispel the shield on all five players.

Retribution Paladin tips

  • Cleanse Toxins makes the Atroxus right path easy (Corrosive Essence is poison).
  • Blessing of Freedom clears Condensed Mass slows on Charonus.
  • Hammer of Justice backs up the Dominated Brawler kick.

Death Knight (Frost / Unholy) tips

  • Lichborne makes you immune to the Killvore Screamer's Mad Shriek fear.
  • Anti-Magic Shell is excellent on Charonus and the Voidtouched Magi packs.
  • Death Grip interrupts a Voidminder's Mending Void.

01 Taz'Rah

Spread at the room edge for Nether Dash, clump the shade puddles, and keep rotating to dodge Dark Bloom orbs.

Rupture puddlesrotateTaz'RahT★MRH
YouMeleeTankRangedHealerBossAvoid
0:00 / 0:08
  1. 0:00Nether Dash goes through each player
  2. 0:03Shades leave Umbral Rupture puddles
  3. 0:05Rotate to dodge Dark Bloom orbs
Spread loosely near the edge, close enough that the shades' Umbral Rupture puddles clump together. Rotate after each set.

Your job (melee)

  • Spread loosely near the edge for Nether Dash. Keep the shades close together so their puddles clump.
  • Keep rotating around the room after Umbral Rupture to dodge Dark Bloom orbs.

Abilities

  • Nether Dashspread
    A line through each player, leaving shades that make Umbral Rupture puddles.
  • Void Blasttank
    Tank hit with knockback. Don't knock the tank into puddles.
  • Dark Bloomdodge
    Puddles shoot orbs.

02 Atroxus

Stay close to the boss so Noxious Breath is easy to dodge. Swap to the Toxic Creeper, which the tank kites.

Noxious BreathPoison puddleAtroxusT★MRHToxic Creeper
YouMeleeTankRangedHealerBossAdd / objectAvoidFrontal
0:00 / 0:08
  1. 0:00Hug the boss
  2. 0:02Noxious Breath: sidestep
  3. 0:04Toxic Creeper spawns: swap, tank kites it
Hug the boss so the random Noxious Breath frontal is easy to sidestep. The Creeper fixates the tank, who kites it.

Your job (melee)

  • Stay close so you can step out of Noxious Breath quickly.
  • On Monstrous Roar, swap to the Toxic Creeper. It pulses AoE while alive.
  • Avoid Poison Splash puddles. They apply Mind-Numbing Poison.

Abilities

  • Poison Splashhealdodge
    AoE plus puddles that apply Mind-Numbing Poison.
  • Noxious Breathdodge
    Frontal on a random player.
  • Monstrous Roaraddpriority
    Spawns a Toxic Creeper that fixates the tank. Its melee stacks Sickening Bite.
  • Hulking Clawtank
    Tank buster. Deadly with high Sickening Bite stacks.

03 Charonus

Gravity fight. Kite your Gravitic Orb through an Unstable Singularity to destroy both, and dodge Void Cascade.

Dark WavesSingularityCharonusTGravitic Orb★MRH
YouMeleeTankRangedHealerBossAdd / objectAvoidFrontal
0:00 / 0:08
  1. 0:00A Gravitic Orb fixates you
  2. 0:02Kite it into an Unstable Singularity
  3. 0:05Both are destroyed
Gravitic Orbs fixate DPS. Kite yours into an Unstable Singularity to destroy both. Don't get pulled into one yourself.

Your job (melee)

  • If a Gravitic Orb fixates you, kite it through an Unstable Singularity to destroy both. Use a defensive or freedom effect to clear Condensed Mass stacks.
  • Don't touch the singularities yourself. They apply Atomized.
  • Spread loosely for Cosmic Crash.
  • Void Cascade: if targeted, run away from the boss. Everyone else moves out of the path.

Abilities