wow Sanctum of Domination Boss Video Previews

[Starym 3,779]

 

There's been quite a few bosses tested on the PTR in the Sanctum of Domination already so we'll be taking a look at a bunch of videos, to get a good feel for each of them in the upcoming patch! In terms of highlights so far, Kel'thuzad, the penultimate boss, has received a lot of praise as being really well designed, Soulrender is the new Heigan with a bit of a safety dance mechanic (and Garrosh present), the Remnant of Ner'zhul strips down and the Tarragrue gives us anima powers!

Let's start at the beginning with the first boss, the Tarragrue, where we actually get 4 anima powers to play with, at least until the 10% mark when he gets really pissed and takes them away:

Then we have the Eye of the Jailer (aka Odyn's eye he traded to be able to see into the Shadowlands) with a whole lot of chains and gunk on the floor placement involved:

Not that many videos on The Nine boss, where we face off against Sylvanas' Valkyrs:

Then we have the Remnant of Ner'zhul where we take off his armor and reveal more and more of his actual self:

And the dance begins with Soulrender Dormazain, as we inpolitely barge in on him draining Garrosh:

Guardian of the First Ones is Patchwerk type fight where you have to recharge the boss by bringing it to one of three pillars or it will wipe everyone:

Fatescribe Roh-Kalo is a really interesting one, with some puzzle/gimick type mechanics and a whole lot of space management, with the rotating floor with several rings acting as the "puzzle" where you have to bring the runes on the floor to a specific location:

And finally there's Kel'thuzad, who has already received pretty big praise from several top end raiders, including current RWF champion Complexity Limit GM Max:

Kt at the very worst will be among the top tier of second to last bosses over the last 4-5 years. Fight is so good

— max (@maximum) May 6, 2021

So, the penultimate boss is shaping up really well, with some callbacks to his previous Naxxramas encounters (the adds and his mind control mostly), but we also get to go into his phylactery and fight him there! The fight keeps escalating as Kel'thuzad gets stronger and stronger as you push him lower, with the same 3 phases repeating:

 

 

 

So, we're just missing Sylvanas and Painsmith Raznal to have seen the entirety of the SoD bosses, and then we just have to wait for the actual raid release to see what Mythic surprises Sylvanas has in store. The Kel'thuzad comments from top raiders are very encouraging, and that in conjunction with the generally positive Castle Nathria boss design feedback seems to bode very well for the new raid and the new race as well!

[Dejo93 984]

Hoo, boy. Heigan 2.0 is gonna be fun in LFR

[Ixa 48]

1 hour ago, Dejo93 said:

Hoo, boy. Heigan 2.0 is gonna be fun in LFR

No lies detected there. It was bad enough with Heigan himself. Ah well.. it'll be good for nostalgia. 😂

[Teufel 331]

I'm not why people are on about Heigan. Not only this one's dance is way more telegraphed, the room is divided in perfect quadrants with very obvious borders. I mean, you really feeling superior over a 2nd grade puzzle or smth?

[Dejo93 984]

6 hours ago, Teufel said:

I'm not why people are on about Heigan. Not only this one's dance is way more telegraphed, the room is divided in perfect quadrants with very obvious borders. I mean, you really feeling superior over a 2nd grade puzzle or smth?

Becauae people who play LFR are braindead

[Aernath 173]

Looks like a very nice compilation of ICC and Naxx, since lore-wise both got their powers and sources from these places it makes sense too. Very promising so far!

I just hope this won't stay for an excessively long time, so we don't get bored even from this.
Crossing fingers and hoping for the best! ^^