Platform markers
Raid leadTanks
Place world markers at both ends of the platform for the tank frontals.
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Tactics / Midnight Season 2
The Venomous Abyss · Boss 07
The Coiled Altar
Control Zul'jan's orbs, break Malacrass's shields, then combine both sets of mechanics while keeping the bosses even.
Damage profileSingle target, then cleave
Structure3 phases + intermission
BloodlustIntermission
Pull priorityStack and destroy orbs -> break shields and ghosts -> Bloodlust Zul'jan -> kill both bosses together.
Assignments
Mark both ends. Assign soaks.
Orb collectors
Assigned players
Assign two or three mobile players to collect and stack the green orbs.
Heroic assignments
Raid lead
Prepare the raid assignments before the pull.
HeroicSplit the raid into two Guillotine soak groups and assign two or three interrupts for Wail of Terror in Phase 2.
Phase 1 / Zul'jan
Stack orbs. Sever carefully.
Green orbs and Sever
Assigned playersTanks
Collect green orbs near a marker. Tanks aim Sever through a few at a time to destroy them, then swap after every Sever.
HeroicEach destroyed orb applies a stacking damage-over-time effect to the raid.
Zul'jan death
Healers
Any leftover orbs explode when Zul'jan dies. Use healing cooldowns for the remaining detonations.
Guillotine
Everyone
Group soak near the edge, then run away from the huge follow-up explosion.
HeroicAlternate the two assigned soak groups.
Venomfang Poisons
Healers
Dispel Venomfang Poisons promptly.
Phase 2 / Malacrass
Break shields. Feed frontals.
Dreadmarch
DPSEveryone
Break mind-control shields before affected players walk off the edge. Bring fixating ghosts to the marker and face them so they stop; the tank frontal destroys them.
Soul Sever
Tanks
Swap after every Soul Sever and collect the Soul Fragments that appear.
Gloombomb
Marked players
Run large purple circles away, then collect your Soul Fragments after the explosion.
Eternal Nightfall
DPSInterrupts
Break the shield and interrupt the cast.
HeroicInterrupt and kill the Spiteful Soulcoiler add.
Intermission
Bloodlust. Burn Zul'jan.
Damage window
Everyone
Use Bloodlust and burn Zul'jan while he takes 100% increased damage.
Soul Fragments
EveryoneHealers
Run into green Soul Fragments before they reach and heal Zul'jan. Every stopped fragment damages the raid, so rotate raid cooldowns.
Phase 3 / Both bosses
Combine mechanics. Kill together.
Frontals and fragments
TanksEveryone
Stack green orbs and Dreadmarch ghosts for the tank frontal. Tanks swap after each frontal and collect Soul Fragments.
Defilement of the Coiled Altar
Healers
Heal through the large raid-wide healing absorbs while both bosses are active.
Shared finish
Everyone
Keep both bosses close in health and kill them together.
HeroicGuillotine soaks force the raid back and forth across the platform. Preserve space and follow the assigned groups.