The Venomous Abyss · Boss 5

Sszorak

Single target · movement and gear checkBloodlust On pull, or in the Dig In window

Difficulty

A platform fight with soak groups and wind. Two soak groups alternate Mutilate, marked players drop Viscous Cysts at the edge, and Raging Crosswinds launch players, who have to collide mid-air. After two full rotations Sszorak digs in for a 25-second damage window while gales push the raid around.

Main loop

Apex Predator → Venomous Surge → Raging Crosswinds, twice

YouMeleeTankRangedHealerBossAdd / objectAvoidFrontalSoak

0:00 / 0:09

0:00Apex Predator combo begins
0:02Mutilate: group 1 soaks
0:06Mutilate: group 2 soaks
0:08Tempest tornadoes keep roaming

Boss near the platform edge, with the raid behind in two soak groups. Cysts go at markers opposite the wind tunnels.

Your job (melee)

Know your soak group. Stand in Mutilate only on your turn. Fewer than 5 people in it is lethal, and the second soak in a row is 500% worse (Mutilated Gash).
Dodge the roaming Tempest tornadoes. They stack a slow.
Caustic Claws drops pools at player spots. Pools increase damage taken by 30%, so don't fight in them.
If you get Venomous Surge, run out of the group before it detonates, then drop the Viscous Cyst at your marker opposite the active tunnel.
If you get a Raging Crosswinds arrow, aim it at another marked player and collide mid-air. Missing sends you toward the edge.
normal Normal: line up with a player whose arrow points the opposite way, and the knocks cancel.
heroic Don't use knockback immunity on Crosswinds unless called. It can strand your partner.

Abilities

Apex Predatortanksoak
Five-hit combo in random order: 2 Ravage, 2 Mutilate, 1 Tempest. Tanks taunt mid-cast.
Ravagetankswap
Tank frontal. Each hit adds 400% Ravage damage taken for 25 seconds.
Mutilatesoak
Raid frontal. Damage splits among everyone hit, and fewer than 5 players is lethal. Applies Mutilated Gash (+500% to the next Mutilate).
Tempestdodge
Roaming poison vortices. Damage, DoT and a stacking 30% slow.
Venomous Surgemove
10-second DoT on marked players, who detonate with distance falloff and leave a Viscous Cyst.
Viscous Cystmove
Lasts 2 minutes or until touched. Bursts with a knockback. Used to bounce back against the wind.
Caustic Clawsdodge
Impacts at player spots (6 yards) leave Caustic Residue: damage plus 30% damage taken.
Raging Crosswindsmove
Arrow circles on several players. After 8 seconds the wind launches them that way. Collide with another floater to land safely.
Ula'tek's Presenceheal
Raid Nature damage every 2 seconds for the whole fight.

Intermission

At 100 energy (Dig In)

YouMeleeRangedHealerBossAdd / objectSafe spot

0:00 / 0:08

0:00Dig In: stack in the middle
0:03Howling Maelstrom pushes everyone
0:04Ride it into the cyst opposite the tunnel
0:05Bounce back and burn

Everyone stacks in the middle. When the gale pushes, ride it into the cyst opposite the active tunnel to bounce back.

Your job (melee)

Sszorak takes 30% more damage for 25 seconds. This is your burn window.
Stack in the middle, get pushed by the gale, and hit the cyst opposite the active tunnel to bounce back.
Don't drift off the platform while you're tunneling the boss.

Abilities

Dig Inpriority
Boss takes 30% more damage for 25 seconds.
Howling Maelstrommove
Gales push everyone in set directions. Use the cysts to bounce back.

Retribution Paladin tips

Line up Avenging Wrath with Dig In. It's the only damage amp.
Divine Steed and Blessing of Freedom help you reach the right spot after a Tempest slow.

Death Knight (Frost / Unholy) tips

Wraith Walk and Death's Advance (if talented) help you recover after a push. Coordinate any knockback immunity with your Crosswinds partner.
Line up Pillar of Frost or your Unholy cooldowns with Dig In.

Other roles (short)

Tanks

Swap Ravage near the platform edge and taunt mid-combo. Move the boss to clean ground for Caustic Claws.

Healers

Heavy constant damage. Some raids bring a 5th healer.

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