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Anka-Ra Destroyer

Upheaval

Tank: The destroyer winds up a massive overhead two-handed blow that creates a frontal shockwave and knocks down targets. Face him away from allies and hold block.

Dps: Stay behind the destroyer to avoid his frontal shockwave, and block if you are in front of him.

Whirlwind

All: The destroyer spins rapidly with his greatsword, dealing heavy physical damage to everyone within melee range. Step out of the red circle or hold block.

Anka-Ra Flame-Shaper

Inferno

All: The flame-shaper channels a continuous jet of flame that deals ramping fire damage across the group. Interrupt the channel immediately and prioritize killing the flame-shaper early in the pull.

Anka-Ra War-Priest

Healing Aura

Dps: The war-priest raises his staff and radiates a golden healing aura that rapidly restores health to nearby enemies. Interrupt the channel immediately and focus him down.

Tank: Interrupt the war-priest immediately whenever he begins channeling Healing Aura to prevent enemy packs from recovering health.

Enraging Welwa

Enrage

Tank: The welwa periodically grows in size and enters an enraged state, substantially boosting its physical attack damage. Hold block through its strikes and coordinate taunt swaps if tanking multiple enraged beasts.

Ra Kotu

Center Tanking and Execute Kite Strategy: Main tank positions Ra Kotu in the center of the courtyard facing strictly away from the group while the raid stacks behind the boss. Avoid touching the traveling sand tornados. At thirty percent health, Ra Kotu enters continuous Sword Swirl; the tank must kite the boss along a wide perimeter circle while damage dealers finish him from range.

Cleave

Tank: Ra Kotu draws back all six swords and executes a devastating frontal cleave that knocks back targets. Keep the boss turned away from the group at all times and hold block through the strike.

Six Sword Assault

All: Ra Kotu throws four flying swords outward into the arena, which travel forward and then boomerang back into his hands along curved paths. Watch the ground telegraphs and step between the returning blades to avoid heavy physical damage.

Sand Tornados

All: Swirling sand tornados drift slowly across the courtyard, knocking up and snaring any player who comes into contact with them. Maintain awareness and stay clear of their paths.

Sword Swirl

Tank: Upon reaching thirty percent health, Ra Kotu begins spinning all six swords continuously, creating an inescapable close-range death zone. Slowly kite the boss around the outer edge of the arena while keeping him moving.

Dps: At thirty percent health, do not enter melee range of Ra Kotu. Stay at safe distance behind his kiting path and burn him down with ranged abilities and ultimates.

Healer: Focus continuous healing and stamina sustain on the kiting tank during Sword Swirl, and ensure any damage dealer hit by stray blades receives rapid burst healing.

Yokeda Kai

Top Gate Group Split and Clone Interrupt Assignments: Send six players through the top gate (one tank, one healer, four damage dealers). Dodge or destroy the terrace ballistae on the way up. In the boss room, assign players to watch the cardinal points; when Yokeda Kai summons clones, locate the casting copies immediately and bash them to instantly dispel them.

Meteor Strike

All: Yokeda Kai drops a blazing meteor onto a target player, dealing heavy initial fire damage and creating a scorched fire puddle on the ground. Hold block to mitigate the impact and roll dodge out of the residual fire.

Inferno

All: Yokeda Kai channels flame above his head that pulses escalating fire damage across the entire room. Bash or interrupt him immediately to stagger him and stop the pulses.

Summon Clones

Dps: Yokeda Kai teleports to the room center and spawns three mirror clones at fixed positions. Clones begin channeling Inferno; bash any clone immediately to banish it instantly on contact.

Tank: Hold aggro on the real Yokeda Kai and bash any clone that appears within your reach during the split.

Yokeda Rok'dun

Bottom Gate Group Split and Welwa Stacking: Send six players through the bottom gate (one tank, one healer, four damage dealers). Tank must taunt Yokeda Rok'dun and all Enraging Welwas, keeping them clustered tightly in the center so cleave kills them. Avoid letting Welwas die in far corners where reanimated beasts might target healers.

Fire Bomb

All: Yokeda Rok'dun hurls an explosive fire bomb at a player that detonates for heavy flame damage and sends secondary fire lines streaking across the ground. Step between the traveling fire lines and avoid overlapping.

Welwa Revival

Tank: Yokeda Rok'dun periodically dashes to fallen Welwa corpses to revive them with enhanced ferocity. Quickly re-acquire taunt on all revived beasts and pull them back onto the boss.

Dps: Maintain continuous area damage on the cluster of Welwas on the boss, and burn down revived beasts before their enrage stacks overwhelm the tank.

The Warrior

Hard Mode: Destroy both Hel Ra Statues located on the stone plinths in the antechamber before entering the final chamber to fight The Warrior (Veteran difficulty only; achievement: Hel Ra Citadel Difficult Mode).

Phase Transitions and Shehai Preparation: To activate Hard Mode, smash both statues in the antechamber before engaging. In Phase One (one hundred to thirty-five percent health), keep the Warrior centered while the off-tank stacks animated adds for cleave. At thirty-five percent health, the Warrior shatters the arena walls with his Shehai sword; all twelve players must stack closely behind the boss for the final burn.
Shehai Storm Block Discipline: During Phase Two, The Warrior will plant his Shehai blade into the ground and summon Shehai Storm. Call out 'Block' immediately — every single player must hold block throughout the lightning strikes while healers push maximum healing and barrier ultimates.

Shield Throw and Mace Swipes

Tank: The Warrior swings his mace with heavy physical strikes and throws his shield across the arena. Keep him facing away from the group and hold block.

Dps: Watch for the long red rectangular telegraph from Shield Throw and roll dodge sideways out of its path to avoid severe damage and knockdown.

Healer: Avoid the Shield Throw line telegraph, and maintain active healing on the main tank who takes rapid mace damage.

Leap

All: The Warrior runs backward and leaps with force into the arena, creating an expanding red shockwave that deals heavy physical damage. Hold block or roll dodge out of the impact circle.

Shehai Cleave

Tank: At thirty-five percent health, The Warrior summons his radiant Shehai Greatsword. His frontal sword cleave deals lethal physical damage in a wide cone. Keep him faced strictly away from the group and never drop block.

Shehai Wave

All: The Warrior plunges his Shehai into the stone, sending a direct beam of destructive magic through the ground. Step out of the path or dodge roll when it aims toward you.

Shehai Storm

All: The Warrior channels a relentless tempest of lightning bolts striking every player in the arena. You must hold block continuously while standing close to healers until the barrage finishes.

Animated Anka-Ra Adds

Tank: Stone statues along the room's perimeter animate as Anka-Ra Destroyers and Flame-Shapers. The off-tank must taunt all adds, drag them onto The Warrior, and face them away from the group.

Dps: Prioritize interrupting the Flame-Shapers as soon as they animate, and cleave down all adds clustered on the boss.

Statues Hard Mode

All: With Hard Mode active, The Warrior's health increases to seventy-seven million, all physical and magic strikes deal significantly higher damage, and Shehai Storm hits with lethal intensity. All players must coordinate defensive ultimates and never fail to block Shehai Storm.