Discipline Priest Healing Vault of the Incarnates Raid Guide — Season 4

On this page, you will find Discipline Priest specific information to deal with each boss in the Vault of the Incarnates raid. This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Discipline Priest and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

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These talents are the default recommendations for any boss that does not contain specific requirements. Specific adjustments can be found on a boss per boss basis in the sections below.

Please note that while this raid guide provides example ramp timers on all bosses, these ramp timers should be taken as general guidelines and not absolute requirements. Some bosses have variable timers based on your groups DPS and some groups may expect you to use your cooldowns in different locations to compensate for your specific healer composition.

Moving a point into Improved Mass Dispel is very valuable on this encounter on Mythic difficulty.

• Pulsing Flames
• Incinerating Roar

Timer	Ability Name	Ramp to Use
0:13	Incinerating Roar	Evangelism Ramp
0:59	Incinerating Roar	Rapture Ramp
1:44	Pulsing Flames	Evangelism Ramp
2:36	Incinerating Roar	Rapture Ramp
3:44	Pulsing Flames	Evangelism Ramp
4:13	Incinerating Roar	Rapture Ramp
5:45	Pulsing Flames	Evangelism Ramp

(Mythic Only) Mass Dispel on Leaping Flames cuts down significantly on the amount of incoming damage during this encounter.

The following buffs or debuffs should be visible on your raid frames for this encounter:

Name	Type	Spell ID
Leaping Flames	Debuff	394917

The following timers should be enabled in your Bigwigs or DBM addon for this encounter:

• Incinerating Roar
• Army of Flame

No Boss-specific talent adjustments need to be made for this encounter.

• Concussive Slam
• Explosive Reaction (Mythic Only)

Timer	Ability Name	Ramp to Use
0:13	Concussive Slam	Evangelism Ramp
0:55	Concussive Slam	Rapture Ramp
1:50	Concussive Slam	Evangelism Ramp
2:32	Concussive Slam	Rapture Ramp
3:26	Concussive Slam	Evangelism Ramp
4:08	Concussive Slam	Rapture Ramp
5:45	Concussive Slam	Evangelism Ramp

Many strategies involve most of your raid baiting Shattering Impact to fall in a specific location. As a ranged player, you are not a valid target for this ability and therefore don't need to be involved in this process, allowing you to better position for the following mechanics.

If you are attempting to ramp during a Rock Blast for a subsequent Concussive Slam and get targeted by Awakened Earth, not all pillars need to be dropped within the Rock Blast circle itself as long as they end up in a line. Feel free to stand behind the soak circle to make movement slightly easier while ramping.

The following buffs or debuffs should be visible on your raid frames for this encounter:

Name	Type	Spell ID
Awakened Earth	Debuff	381315
Rock Blast	Debuff	380487

The following timers should be enabled in your Bigwigs or DBM addon for this encounter:

• Concussive Slam

No Boss-specific talent adjustments need to be made for this encounter.

• Conductive Mark
• Meteor Axes

Timer	Ability Name	Ramp to Use
0:12	Conductive Mark	Evangelism Ramp
1:09	Meteor Axes	Rapture Ramp
1:49	Conductive Mark and Meteor Axes Overlap	Evangelism Ramp
2:44	Conductive Mark	Rapture Ramp
3:36	Conductive Mark	Evangelism Ramp
4:30	Conductive Mark and Meteor Axes Overlap	Rapture Ramp
5:08	Meteor Axes	Evangelism Ramp

Due to wanting to be healing during Primal Blizzard, ensure you are near a pool of fire before the blizzard starts so that as you are getting pulled in, you can side step into the fire during a penance cast and then go right back to casting your hard casted spells. Poor positioning in advance to Primal Blizzard will result in needing to run around during the Blizzard to clear your stacks, drastically cutting down on your potential output during these windows.

If someone in your raid fails to clear their stacks during Primal Blizzard and gets frozen, you can Leap of Faith them through or into the fire on the ground to instantly break the ice block.

The following buffs or debuffs should be visible on your raid frames for this encounter:

Name	Type	Spell ID
Primal Blizzard	Debuff	371836
Conductive Mark	Debuff	371624
Meteor Axes	Debuff	374039

The following timers should be enabled in your Bigwigs or DBM addon for this encounter:

• Primal Blizzard
• Conductive Mark
• Meteor Axes

No Boss-specific talent adjustments need to be made for this encounter.

• Chilling Blast
• Chilling Aura

Timer	Ability Name	Ramp to Use
0:17	Chilling Blast	Evangelism Ramp
0:55	Chilling Blast	Rapture Ramp
1:44	Chilling Blast	Evangelism Ramp
2:36	Chilling Blast	Rapture Ramp
3:44	Chilling Blast	Evangelism Ramp
4:13	Chilling Blast	Rapture Ramp
5:45	Chilling Blast	Evangelism Ramp

The talent Phantasm is extremely valuable on this fight as it can be used to remove stacks of Sticky Webbing. This allows you to utilize the webs often for Gossamer Burst without needing to worry about clearing your stacks to prevent the slow or becoming Wrapped in Webs.

The following buffs or debuffs should be visible on your raid frames for this encounter:

Name	Type	Spell ID
Wrapped in Webs	Debuff	372044

The following timers should be enabled in your Bigwigs or DBM addon for this encounter:

• Chilling Blast
• Gossamer Burst
• Frostbreath Arachnid
• Repelling Burst

No Boss specific talent adjustments need to be made for this encounter

• Cyclone

Timer	Ability Name	Ramp to Use
0:40	Cyclone	Evangelism Ramp
1:25	Blowback	Rapture Ramp
2:10	Cyclone	Evangelism Ramp
2:55	Blowback	Rapture Ramp
3:41	Cyclone	Evangelism Ramp
4:26	Blowback	Rapture Ramp
5:12	Cyclone	Evangelism Ramp
5:57	Blowback	Rapture Ramp
6:42	Cyclone	Evangelism Ramp
7:27	Blowback	Rapture Ramp
8:13	Cyclone	Evangelism Ramp
8:58	Blowback	Rapture Ramp

When ramping for Cyclone, there will be a point during the mechanic where you can't be casting anymore and are just stuck running away. To ensure you can get the most number of casts off before that is the case, be as far away from the boss as you can when the Cyclone starts. If your raid strategy doesn't include the usage of a Warlock gateway anywhere else, you can ask for a gateway to be placed from near the boss to the edge of the room and use it during Cyclone to get a few more casts off if needed.

The following buffs or debuffs should be visible on your raid frames for this encounter:

Name	Type	Spell ID
Conductive Mark	Debuff	391686

The following timers should be enabled in your Bigwigs or DBM addon for this encounter:

• Cyclone
• Blowback

No Boss specific talent adjustments need to be made for this encounter

• High stacks of Flame Dominance, Frost Dominance, Earth Dominance, Storm Dominance and their overlaps with any other fight mechanic

Some of the timers in this chart are less specific due to the variable potential of the boss as you can choose which order to do the phases. As such, if these example timers are not working out for you due to the order your guild/group has chosen, you may need to make adjustments.

Timer	Ability Name	Ramp to Use
0:15	Low Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Evangelism Ramp
1:00	Medium Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Rapture Ramp
1:46	High Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Evangelism Ramp
2:34	Intermission Mechanic	Rapture Ramp
3:29	Low Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Evangelism Ramp
4:35	High Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Rapture Ramp
5:20	Intermission Mechanic	Evangelism Ramp
6:20	Low Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Rapture Ramp
7:06	High Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Evangelism Ramp
8:05	Low Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Rapture Ramp
8:36	Low Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Evangelism Ramp
9:35	Medium Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Rapture Ramp
10:06	High Stacks + Mechanic Overlap	Evangelism Ramp

This boss is fairly straightforward in regards to execution which results in no boss specific tips related to discipline priest.

The following buffs or debuffs should be visible on your raid frames for this encounter:

Name	Type	Spell ID
Absolute Zero	Debuff	372456
Magma Burst	Debuff	382563
Lethal Current	Debuff	391696

The following timers should be enabled in your Bigwigs or DBM addon for this encounter:

• Biting Chill
• Absolute Zero
• Enveloping Earth
• Freezing Tempest

Moving a point into Improved Mass Dispel is very valuable on this encounter.

• Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper, which is used to break the eggs causing Clutchwatcher's Rage

Timer	Ability Name	Ramp to Use
0:20	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Evangelism Ramp
1:10	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Rapture Ramp
2:00	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Evangelism Ramp
2:50	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Rapture Ramp
3:40	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Evangelism Ramp
4:30	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Rapture Ramp
5:20	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Evangelism Ramp
6:10	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Rapture Ramp
7:00	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Evangelism Ramp
7:48	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Rapture Ramp
8:40	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Evangelism Ramp
9:30	Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper	Rapture Ramp

Both Icy Shroud and Frozen Shroud can be dispelled, so heavy use of Mass Dispel can be very powerful here if you can manage the additional mana expenditure as dispelling these debuffs instead of healing through them will drastically cut down on the healing requirement of the encounter.

The following buffs or debuffs should be visible on your raid frames for this encounter:

Name	Type	Spell ID
Frozen Shroud	Debuff	388920
Icy Shroud	Debuff	388717

The following timers should be enabled in your Bigwigs or DBM addon for this encounter:

• Greatstaff of the Broodkeeper
• Icy Shroud
• Frozen Shroud

No Boss specific talent adjustments need to be made for this encounter

• Static Charge
• Volatile Current
• Stormsurge
• Magnetic Charge
• Tempest Wing

Timer	Ability Name	Ramp to Use
0:23	Static Charge	Evangelism Ramp
0:58	Static Charge	Rapture Ramp
1:51	Hurricane Wing	Evangelism Ramp
4:06	Stormsurge	Evangelism Ramp
5:26	Stormsurge	Rapture Ramp
6:54	Stormsurge	Evangelism Ramp
8:51	Magnetic Charge	Rapture Ramp
9:26	Tempest Wing	Evangelism Ramp
10:28	Magnetic Charge	Rapture Ramp

Throughout the encounter, Volatile Current leaves behind sparks that need to be removed by being Crowd Controlled or dispelled. We have multiple ways to assist removing these if necessary in Mass Dispel and Psychic Scream.

During Phase 2, Fulminating Charge (on Heroic and lower) applies a slow to the people with the debuff. By utilizing Fade while talented into Phantasm you can remove the slow, making it significantly easier to move the debuff out of the group.

The following buffs or debuffs should be visible on your raid frames for this encounter:

Name	Type	Spell ID
Static Charge	Debuff	381615
Fulminating Charge	Debuff	399713
Magnetic Charge	Debuff	377467

The following timers should be enabled in your Bigwigs or DBM addon for this encounter:

• Static Charge
• Volatile Current
• Stormsurge
• Magnetic Charge
• Tempest Wing