Dragon Soul is upon us!

This is the next in my short rundown (and videos) of our boss kills in Dragon Soul. As of now, we’ve been knee-deep in progression and gone 2/8 heroic modes. In this quick and dirty guide, I’ll be focusing on the new airship battle, called Warmaster Blackhorn  If you are looking for other bosses, check here. 

Warmaster Blackhorn Basics

This encounter was one of the first fights we found in DS that was actually a tad bit harder. Here’s the quick and dirty guide:

First, let’s start off with what we NORMALLY always tell you. This.

BUT on this boss, you NEED TO STAND IN THE POO…

Phase 1

• You’re on an air ship! If it dies, you die too (this is important to know)
• 2 tanks + 2-3 healers
• 2 big adds – each tank will pick up one
• purple drakes that ranged dps will kill
• 1 top prio add called a Twilight Sapper (sneaky little rogue dude) that drops down on the boat. Imperative that he dies before reaching the end of his walking path! He can be stunned and deathgripped to buy you more time. This is prio #1 if he’s up because if he hits, he’ll do 20% damage to the ship.
• 1 big huge drake that only throws big purple swirly things on the ship.
• STAND IN BIG PURPLE THINGS – technically called Twilight Onslaught . Yes, EVERYONE has to stack in that swirly to share the damage so it doesn’t hit the ship. See picture above!
• Setup a raid cooldown rotation for each big swirly. We typically use Aura Mastery on first, Divine Guardian on second, Hymn on third, Bubble on fourth, etc.
• Also stand in the small purple swirly things – technically called Twilight Barrage. In addition to the big swirly that the big drake throws on the ship, the smaller drakes will also pelt the ship. 1-2 people should stand in these to take the damage also – but don’t jump in there if you are at 50% hp or you’ll kill yourself!
• Big adds will mark the ground for Blade Rush . It’s indication that he’ll charge that target in like 5 seconds and two things have to happen now. 1: you must move out of his charge  and 2: everyone should get the fuck out of his charge path
• Rinse
• Repeat

Phase 2

Holy Paladin / Healing Tips

• You don’t have to move straight away after the big swirly aoe hit, you can stay long enough after to fire off a HS > HR > LoD then move to help heal up the group
• Bacon one tank, heal the other
• Glyph Divine Protection and be sure you use it on every single swirly.
• You can also use DP to take a small swirly solo
• You can also help out your dpsers but doing the first stun with HoJ on the little Sapper when he lands.
• in Phase 2 there will be tank swaps, so be sure you know who’s tanking when
• Don’t hesitate to bubble if you are going to get stuck in a shockwave
• in phase 1 it’s safe to use Divine Plea in between the big swirlies
• in phase 2 don’t use Divine Plea during a shockwave
• Use Aura Mastery in the cooldown rotation for big swirlies

Once you get down the fight in terms of eliminating damage to the ship, handling sapper quickly, and getting into P2 its an easy kill after.

Kill Video