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The Venomous Abyss · Boss 6

The Twin Fangs

Two stationary bosses · resource managementBloodlust On pull
Difficulty

Vexhul (venom) and Ithraz (physical) don't share health and don't move. Everything applies Eternal Venom, a permanent stacking DoT. Too many stacks kills you, and the only way to drop stacks is to soak Ravenous Feast. Kill both close together, because the survivor enrages.

Phase 1 loop

Deluge → Stone Breaker → Emergence → Ichor → Stir → Feast, twice
GlobuleFeast 1Feast 2Ichor at edgeVexhulIthrazTT★MMRRHSpawn x3
YouMeleeTankRangedHealerBossAdd / objectAvoidSoak
0:00 / 0:10
  1. 0:00Caustic Deluge: soak a globule each
  2. 0:03Venomous Emergence: kill the three spawns
  3. 0:06Coiling Ichor: drop it at the edge
  4. 0:08Ravenous Feast: your group soaks to drop a stack
Bosses on opposite sides. The raid spreads loosely between them. Ichor puddles go to the edges and Feast soaks in three groups.

Your job (melee)

  • Watch your Eternal Venom stacks all fight. They never fall off on their own.
  • Soak Ravenous Feast with your group to drop a stack. Never soak twice in a row (Feasted makes the second hit 800% worse).
  • Kill the three Spawn of Vexhul fast. If one fixates you, aim its Corrosive Spit line away from the raid.
  • Dodge the rolling waves during Stir the Depths. Each hit is another stack.
  • If you get Coiling Ichor, walk to the edge and let the gore drop there (2 minutes, 50% slow).
  • Two-target cleave is your best friend here. Keep both bosses even.
  • normal Normal: Eternal Venom does massive damage and stuns at 11 stacks.
  • heroic Heroic: Eternal Venom kills instantly at 10 stacks.

Abilities

  • Eternal Venomenrage
    Permanent stacking DoT. Only Ravenous Feast removes stacks, one per soaker per Feast.
  • Caustic Delugetanksoak
    5-second channel on Vexhul's tank that drops Caustic Globules. Each globule needs one soaker (ideally low on stacks) or the whole raid gets a stack.
  • Venomous Emergencehealadd
    Unavoidable stack for everyone, plus 3 serpents in the middle.
  • Spawn of Vexhuladddodge
    Fixates a player and spits a line (Corrosive Spit) that applies stacks.
  • Stir the Depthsdodge
    6-second channel with raid damage and rolling waves.
  • Stone Breakertank
    Roar knockback, then slams that the tanks soak. A slam that hits no one hits the whole raid.
  • Ravenous Feastsoak
    Three strikes split heavy damage within 14 yards. Each soaker loses one Eternal Venom stack and gains Feasted for 8 seconds.
  • Coiling Ichormove
    Shrinking damage circle that drops Congealed Gore when it expires.
  • Uncoiled Wrathenrage
    If one serpent dies, the other gains 25% damage every 4 seconds.
  • Toxic Fumesheal
    Raid Nature damage every 2 seconds.

Intermission

At 100 energy (Submerge)
Vile FloodSanguine StormNoxious Slickbeam rotatesVexhulIthraz★MRH
YouMeleeRangedHealerBossAvoidFrontal
0:00 / 0:10
  1. 0:00Submerge: bosses swap sides
  2. 0:02Vile Flood sweeps the room
  3. 0:03Cross behind the beam early
  4. 0:06Dodge Sanguine Storm gore
Bosses swap sides. Vexhul sweeps a 14-second Vile Flood beam, so cross it early. Gore globs rain down.

Your job (melee)

  • Find Vile Flood's direction and get behind the beam early. The area it has passed is safe.
  • Melee moving to Ithraz's new side must cross the beam. Do it early.
  • Dodge the Sanguine Storm gore globs and stay out of Noxious Slicks (+30% damage taken).
  • Third Submerge: both bosses go to the middle and cast Caustic Rain. That's the hard enrage.

Abilities

  • Submergemove
    Bosses swap sides and leave Noxious Slicks (+30% damage taken while you stand in them).
  • Vile Flooddodge
    14-second rotating frontal beam. Heavy ticking damage and fast stacks.
  • Sanguine Stormdodge
    Gore globs for 18 seconds. Each impact hits within 4 yards.
  • Caustic Rainenrage
    Hard enrage after the third Submerge.

Retribution Paladin tips

  • Divine Shield is a common answer to the third Feast soak on Heroic. You still lose a stack.
  • Divine Toll and Wake of Ashes cleave both bosses if you stand between them. Keep them even.

Death Knight (Frost / Unholy) tips

  • Anti-Magic Shell soaks Eternal Venom ticks and Toxic Fumes. Use it at high stacks.
  • Icebound Fortitude is a solid pick for a Feast soak when you're high on stacks.
  • Unholy multi-dotting shines here. Keep diseases on both.
Other roles (short)

Tanks

  • Vexhul tank: stay in range (or Concentrated Spittle fires) and trade on Envenomed stacks. Ithraz tanks: alternate Stone Breaker slams.

Healers

  • Heal around stacks. Players high on Eternal Venom take priority for Feast soaks.
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