The Lost Explorers

Council of 3 · puppet masterBloodlust On pull

Difficulty

Three tortollans (Trader Gebbo, Scrollsage Iku, First Mate Nama) are puppeted by Mor'zahi. Within 30 yards of each other they take 99% less damage, so keep at most two in cleave range. Pop Gebbo's crates for fish and slap a turtle with one to reset Mor'zahi before Final Ascension.

Whole fight

Single phase

YouMeleeTankRangedHealerBossAdd / objectAvoidFrontalSoakSafe spot

0:00 / 0:10

0:00Explosive Surprise: take the bomb to the edge
0:04Get on a Bouncy Mushroom
0:06Blast Wave ripples out: be in the air
0:09Soak Mighty Thud with your group

Never all three within 30 yards. Bomb at the edge, with a Bouncy Mushroom nearby to jump the Blast Wave.

Your job (melee)

Keep cleave on two explorers at most. If all three drift together, tell your tanks.
Interrupt Iku's Icebound Flames. If it lands, it's a dispellable DoT and a slow.
Stay out of Nama's front. Shell Spin stuns for 4 seconds. Melee can bait the shells toward the edge, away from ranged.
Frostfire Volley gives you a fire or frost DoT. Clear it by standing in the opposite patch. Frost patches are melee's job.
Soak a Mighty Thud circle with your group (within 6 yards), then leave the Aftershock crater.
If you get Explosive Surprise, drop it at the edge, then jump the Blast Wave on a Bouncy Mushroom or with a blink or leap.
Box crew pops Gebbo's crates for fish. If you're on it, expect a bleed (Splinters).
normal Normal: kill order is Gebbo, then Nama, then Iku. Bring them down close together, because each death empowers the others.
heroic Heroic: you get three fish. The fourth time Mor'zahi hits 100 energy is a hard enrage. Feed order is usually Iku, Nama, Gebbo.

Abilities

United Defensemove
99% damage reduction while all three explorers are within 30 yards.
Dark Whispers
Mor'zahi controls one explorer, which uses empowered versions of its abilities.
Final Ascensionenrage
At 100 energy Mor'zahi channels raid-wide Shadow every 0.5 seconds. Stop it with a Disgusting Fish.
Disgusting Fishpriority
From Gebbo's crates. Slapping a turtle with it resets Mor'zahi and empowers that turtle's ultimate. Fishy Feedback hits the raid.
Throw Junkmove
Crates land near players. Step on them to break them (Splinters bleed). Unbroken crates rupture after 25 seconds (Relic Rupture).
Explosive Surprisemovedodge
Bomb on a player. Drop it at the edge. The Blast Wave shockwave has to be jumped.
Bouncy Mushroomdodge
Launches you into the air. Use it to clear Blast Wave, then step off its spot before Fungal Burst.
Evil Eyesdodge
Shadow puddles from the statues. Hit within 3 yards.
Icebound Flameskickdispel
Iku's interruptible cast. Frostfire damage plus a dispellable DoT and a slow.
Frostfire Volleymove
Fire and frost missiles leave matching patches and DoTs. Clear each DoT in the opposite patch. If opposite debuffs collide, Elemental Explosion hits the raid.
Blink Novaspread
Iku blinks to a player and pulses Arcane. If it's you, move away from the raid first.
Mighty Thudsoak
Nama leaps to three marked players. Damage splits within 6 yards, and an empty mark hits the whole raid.
Shell Spindodge
Three shells in a frontal cone. 4-second stun.
Death empowermentsenrage
When an explorer dies, the others gain Smashing Shovel, Cataclysmic Invocation or Relentless Escalation. Keep health even.

Retribution Paladin tips

Rebuke Icebound Flames. Iku's kick rotation usually needs every melee.
Divine Shield is a clean answer to Blast Wave if you can't reach a mushroom.
Blessing of Freedom clears the Piercing Frost slow so you can reach a fire patch in time.

Death Knight (Frost / Unholy) tips

Mind Freeze Icebound Flames. Death Grip also interrupts it in a pinch.
Anti-Magic Shell soaks a lot of Blast Wave and Elemental Explosion damage.
Lichborne doesn't stop Shell Spin. It's a stun, so just don't stand in front.

Other roles (short)

Tanks

One tank on Iku (Shredding Shards), one on Nama (Steady Strikes). Swap on stacks. Keep the three apart.

Healers

Dispel Icebound Flames. Remove Splinters bleeds from the box crew. Plan around Fishy Feedback.

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