Blood Death Knight Tank The Eternal Palace Raid Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5

In this section, you will find information pertaining to each boss individually in The Eternal Palace raid.

This advice is extremely preliminary in nature — this guide will be updated regularly over the next few weeks as bosses are experienced in their live state.

We advise you to use the following talents against Abyssal Commander Sivara.

• Level 15: Heartbreaker (or Blooddrinker, situationally)
• Level 25: Hemostasis
• Level 30: Relish in Blood
• Level 35: Will of the Necropolis
• Level 40: Wraith Walk
• Level 45: Death Pact
• Level 50: Red Thirst

We advise you to use the following essences against Abyssal Commander Sivara.

• Major Slot
  • The Crucible of Flame — Rank 3: Concentrated Flame + Ancient Flame
• Minor Slots
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

• You can utilise Azeroth's Undying Gift to potentially solo soak Crushing Reverberation.
• You can collide with your co-tank to reset your energy, or soak a puddle of the opposite polarity.
• Mythic-only: Conduct your tank swap on the Overwhelming Barrage.
• Mythic-only: Each cast of Overwhelming Barrage, you should rotate the boss 180 degrees as the frost/toxic sides will swap each cast.

For more information, please refer to our Abyssal Commander Sivara strategy guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Blackwater Behemoth.

• Level 15: Heartbreaker (or Blooddrinker, situationally)
• Level 25: Hemostasis
• Level 30: Relish in Blood
• Level 35: Will of the Necropolis
• Level 40: Wraith Walk
• Level 45: Death Pact
• Level 50: Red Thirst

We advise you to use the following essences against Blackwater Behemoth.

• Major Slot
  • The Crucible of Flame — Rank 3: Concentrated Flame + Ancient Flame
• Minor Slots
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

• Ensure that you keep Radiant Biomass active on you by timing your taunt swaps when this debuff expires.
• Do not cross open water with Radiant Biomass active on you
• Mythic-only: Split the damage of Piercing Barb with the raid.

For more information, please refer to our Blackwater Behemoth strategy guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Radiance of Azshara.

• Level 15: Heartbreaker (or Blooddrinker, situationally)
• Level 25: Hemostasis
• Level 30: Relish in Blood
• Level 35: Will of the Necropolis
• Level 40: Wraith Walk
• Level 45: Death Pact
• Level 50: Red Thirst

We advise you to use the following essences against Radiance of Azshara.

• Major Slot
  • The Crucible of Flame — Rank 3: Concentrated Flame + Ancient Flame
• Minor Slots
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

• Swap after each cast of Tide Fist.
• You can negate the knockback from Tide Fist with Death's Advance.
• Pay attention to the add location when the boss is at approximately 90 energy to move to it efficiently.
• Mythic-only: Two adds now spawn in the intermission, so the raid will be split in two halves.

For more information, please refer to our Radiance of Azshara strategy guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Lady Ashvane.

• Level 15: Heartbreaker (or Blooddrinker, situationally)
• Level 25: Hemostasis
• Level 30: Relish in Blood
• Level 35: Will of the Necropolis
• Level 40: Wraith Walk
• Level 45: Death Pact
• Level 50: Red Thirst

We advise you to use the following essences against Lady Ashvane.

• Major Slot
  • The Crucible of Flame — Rank 3: Concentrated Flame + Ancient Flame
• Minor Slots
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

• Swap on each cast of Barnacle Bash, using Azeroth's Undying Gift to help with this.
• When you are not tanking, you can help the raid soak Rippling Wave with Anti-Magic Shell.
• You can cast Anti-Magic Shell to immune the Briny Bubble
• Mythic-only: The farthest Coral from the boss will now create a Empowered Rippling Wave, which will require 3 soaks.
• Mythic-only: The Waterlogged debuff is now a 20-minute debuff.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Ashvane strategy guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Orgozoa.

• Level 15: Heartbreaker (or Blooddrinker, situationally)
• Level 25: Hemostasis
• Level 30: Relish in Blood
• Level 35: Will of the Necropolis
• Level 40: Wraith Walk
• Level 45: Death Pact
• Level 50: Red Thirst

We advise you to use the following essences against Orgozoa.

• Major Slot
  • The Crucible of Flame — Rank 3: Concentrated Flame + Ancient Flame
• Minor Slots
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

• The damage when you start tanking will be very high and reduce with each stack of Desensitizing Sting. You should use Azeroth's Undying Gift for each tank swap, if available else you should use Vampiric Blood and/or Icebound Fortitude
• You can negate the knockback from the Hulk with Death's Advance.
• The boss will transition at 40%
• Mythic-only: Zoatroids spawn more frequently, which will mean that you may need to utilise players with immunities to soak Amniotic Splatter, if you do not have any stacks of Desensitizing Sting.

For more information, please refer to our Orgozoa strategy guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Queen's Court.

• Level 15: Heartbreaker (or Blooddrinker, situationally)
• Level 25: Hemostasis
• Level 30: Relish in Blood
• Level 35: Will of the Necropolis
• Level 40: Wraith Walk
• Level 45: Death Pact
• Level 50: Red Thirst

We advise you to use the following essences against The Queen's Court.

• Major Slot
  • Azeroth's Undying Gift — Rank 3: Azeroth's Undying Gift + Hardened Azerite
• Minor Slots
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

• Keep the bosses 21 yards apart from each other as much as possible.
• Swap before the Pashmar tank reaches 10 stacks to avoid the mind control effect from Pashmar's Touch.
• When Repeat Performance is active, rotate Blood Boil between casts to avoid being silenced.
• If you are tanking Pashmar during Zealous Eruption utilise defensive cooldowns or externals
• Mythic-only: When a decree is active, the section of the room closest to the banner representing that decree will have a Sphere of Influence around it.
• Mythic-only: There will always be a decree active.

For more information, please refer to our The Queen's Court strategy guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha.

• Level 15: Heartbreaker (or Blooddrinker, situationally)
• Level 25: Hemostasis
• Level 30: Relish in Blood
• Level 35: Will of the Necropolis
• Level 40: Wraith Walk
• Level 45: Death Pact
• Level 50: Red Thirst

We advise you to use the following essences against Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha.

• Major Slot
  • The Crucible of Flame — Rank 3: Concentrated Flame + Ancient Flame
• Minor Slots
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

• Ideally you should be the off-tank on this encounter due to how the DK toolkit functions being the main tank could lead to high damage being taken by your tanking partner
• Stay within 12 yards of your co-tank to reduce the damage from Mind Tether.
• Before the boss casts Delirium Realm, face him towards the centre of the room to allow for players to enter the Delirium Realm more easily.
• In the last phase of the encounter, ensure that other players are placing raid markers where the Maddening Eruption circles have spawned
• Mythic-only: Instead of Dark Pulse, the boss will cast Psychotic Split, which will require players in all realms to break a shield rather than just a shield on the boss.

For more information, please refer to our Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha strategy guide.

We advise you to use the following talents against Queen Azshara.

• Level 15: Heartbreaker (or Blooddrinker, situationally)
• Level 25: Hemostasis
• Level 30: Relish in Blood
• Level 35: Will of the Necropolis
• Level 40: Wraith Walk
• Level 45: Death Pact
• Level 50: Red Thirst

We advise you to use the following essences against Queen Azshara.

• Major Slot
  • The Crucible of Flame — Rank 3: Concentrated Flame + Ancient Flame
• Minor Slots
  • Conflict and Strife — Rank 3: Strife
  • Nullification Dynamo — Rank 3: Null Barrier

• In Phase 1, When you are on 3 stacks of Cold Blast using Anti-Magic Shell will prevent you from becoming Frozen.
• When tanking Azshara, swap on approximately 7 stacks of Arcane Vulnerability (or when the stacks drop).
• In Phase 2, Anti-Magic Shell will prevent stack gain of Arcane Vulnerability
• When Azshara reaches 100 energy, you will need to hide in a Line of Sight area (the pillars in the room act as line of sight). Utilise Wraith Walk to move quickly to these areas.
• Mythic-only: A new ability is present throughout the entire counter, Divide and Conquer.

For more information, please refer to our Queen Azshara strategy guide.