Enhancement Shaman DPS Castle Nathria Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.0.0

Last updated on Oct 25, 2022 at 22:12 by Wordup 32 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Enhancement Shaman for each boss of the following raid: Castle Nathria. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.0.0.

1.

Introduction

On this page, you will find Enhancement Shaman specific information to deal with each boss in the Castle Nathria 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 Enhancement Shaman and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

During the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will be simultaneously featured as Fated Raids. During this time encounters within each specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.

A lot has changed for Enhancement since Castle Nathria was released, and as such the selections we make is different to the original version. In the majority of situations, your Covenant selection should be Night Fae, with a few opportunities to play Necrolord.

Nathria also has quite a few instances of high value cooldown windows, which can decide your ability timings in sometimes unusual ways. It also means that, in some cases, you need to think about whether or not you can gain value from Essential Extraction Icon Essential Extraction, or should switch to Chilled to the Core Icon Chilled to the Core in your Conduit selections.

2.

Talent Cheatsheet

Enhancement has one primary build for raids that is fairly versatile. At times, a couple of points might be shuffled around in order to perform better in heavy AoE situations.

2.1.

Default Talent Build

Night Fae and Skybreaker's Fiery Demise Icon Skybreaker's Fiery Demise are the main components of this setup.

This build focuses on doing as much single-target as possible, and utilizes the Skybreaker's Fiery Demise Icon Skybreaker's Fiery Demise legendary in order to generate additional passive damage. Although it is focused on doing single target damage, it is also able to excel in light cleave situations by capitalizing on Hailstorm Icon Hailstorm-empowered Frost Shock Icon Frost Shocks and applying Lashing Flames Icon Lashing Flames to multiple enemies. It also brings a strong suite of personal defensives and mobility and will make for a strong baseline raiding setup.

Covenant: Night Fae

Legendaries: Witch Doctor's Wolf Bones Icon Witch Doctor's Wolf Bones with Seeds of Rampant Growth Icon Seeds of Rampant Growth

Soulbind: Dreamweaver (Link)

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3.

Shriekwing

No changes to the default talent, covenant, or legendary loadouts are recommended.

Heavily single-target oriented encounter that has some unusual timers due to the intermission.

3.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Shriekwing guide.

4.

Huntsman Altimor

Compared to the default talent loadout, we recommend removing the points in Storm's Wrath Icon Storm's Wrath and Elemental Blast Icon Elemental Blast in exchange for points in Crash Lightning Icon Crash Lightning and Primordial Wave Icon Primordial Wave.

No changes to the default covenant or legendary loadouts are recommended.

4.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Huntsman Altimor guide.

5.

Sun King's Salvation

No changes to the default talent, covenant, or legendary loadouts are recommended.

While there is some AoE in this fight, the most important damage windows are during Kael'thas's Cloak of Flames in the intermissions, which heavily benefit from single target burst and funnel.

5.1.

Tips

  • Pay special attention to adds dying to avoid taking hits from Fragmentation Icon Fragmentation, this is lethal if you stand in a stack.
  • You can assist with healing needed on both Kael'thas and on canisters with Healing Surge Icon Healing Surge.
  • Earth Shield Icon Earth Shield can be taken and applied to Kael'thas to improve the healing you do to the boss.
  • Place Earthbind Totem Icon Earthbind Totem at the back of the room to slow newly spawned Soul Infusers.
  • If you are having issues dealing with Cloak of Flames Icon Cloak of Flames, adjust Fae Transfusion Icon Fae Transfusion casts to align with the cast in the intermission.
  • For Mythic, pooling up 10 Maelstrom Weapon Icon Maelstrom Weapon stacks can be useful to instantly cast two Healing Surge Icon Healing Surges to deal with the Cloak of Flames Icon Cloak of Flames in the main phase.

For more information, please refer to our Sun King's Salvation guide.

6.

Artificer Xy'Mox

No changes to the default talent, covenant, or legendary loadouts are recommended.

Purely single-target focused encounter, but has some downtime and heavy movement constraints.

6.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Artificer Xy'Mox guide.

7.

Hungering Destroyer

No changes to the default talent, covenant, or legendary loadouts are recommended.

Purely single-target encounter with some forced downtime so try to avoid casting high value abilities just before these.

7.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Hungering Destroyer guide.

8.

Lady Inerva Darkvein

No changes to the default talent, covenant, or legendary loadouts are recommended.

The primary focus of this fight is single-target. While there are adds, they will usually be killed very quickly so value from cleave is low here.

8.1.

Tips

  • Wind Shear Icon Wind Shear is perfect to deal with the Condemn Icon Condemn casts as even if we are targeted by other effects, we can still keep it under control in the interrupt cycle.
  • Shift to Ghost Wolf Icon Ghost Wolf if you have to get to your spot with Shared Suffering Icon Shared Suffering, faster you get there the better.
  • Spirit Walk Icon Spirit Walk is best saved as an emergency tool to catch Bottled Anima Icon Bottled Anima if no-one else is nearby.
  • Astral Shift Icon Astral Shift works best if you are targeted by Shared Suffering Icon Shared Suffering as you will be moving out of the group, and potentially taking high damage. Otherwise, you can use this if you have Concentrated Anima Icon Concentrated Anima to reduce the initial impact.

For more information, please refer to our Lady Inerva Darkvein guide.

9.

The Council of Blood

Compared to the default talent loadout, we recommend removing the points in Storm's Wrath Icon Storm's Wrath and Elemental Blast Icon Elemental Blast in exchange for points in Crash Lightning Icon Crash Lightning and Elemental Assault Icon Elemental Assault.

No changes to the default covenant or legendary loadouts are recommended.

A deceptively single-target focused fight. While you will have a high uptime of cleave opportunities for Crash Lightning Icon Crash Lightning.

9.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our The Council of Blood guide.

10.

Sludgefist

No changes to the default talent, covenant, or legendary loadouts are recommended.

This is a single-target encounter with a hyper focus on 10 second burst windows every minute.

10.1.

Tips

For more information, please refer to our Sludgefist guide.

11.

Stone Legion Generals

Compared to the default talent loadout, we recommend removing the points in Storm's Wrath Icon Storm's Wrath and Elemental Blast Icon Elemental Blast in exchange for points in Crash Lightning Icon Crash Lightning and Elemental Assault Icon Elemental Assault.

No changes to the default covenant or legendary loadouts are recommended.

This has some quirks depending on whether you are in Heroic or Mythic. The former is very single-target oriented with occasional cleave, while the latter has some good opportunities for sustained AoE and funnel. Both Night Fae and Necrolord work here.

11.1.

Tips

  • In Mythic, Ashen Catalyst Icon Ashen Catalyst can be used to funnel to the active general, and then transition into two target cleave in the final phase.
  • Hailstorm Icon Hailstorm paired with Chilled to the Core Icon Chilled to the Core generates a lot of Maelstrom throughout the fight due to the intermittent add spawns, alongside free cleave damage.
  • Astral Shift Icon Astral Shift is best saved for situations where the raid is unstable and you need to soak Pulverizing Meteor Icon Pulverizing Meteor.
  • Save Spirit Walk Icon Spirit Walk for the intermission to grab stray Anima orbs at the edge of the room. Most of the time here will be spent in Ghost Wolf Icon Ghost Wolf to get them delivered as quickly as possible.
  • For Mythic, Wind Rush Totem Icon Wind Rush Totem is very useful for the group when Stonegale Effigy Icon Stonegale Effigy starts to push them off the platform.

For more information, please refer to our Stone Legion Generals guide.

12.

Sire Denathrius

No changes to the default talent, covenant, or legendary loadouts are recommended.

Denathrius has a lot of moving parts, but the primary concern for us is boss damage because of how short lived adds are. We sacrifice too much to pick up AoE tools here, so a full Witch Doctor's Wolf Bones Icon Witch Doctor's Wolf Bones is a lock in.

12.1.

Tips

  • Ghost Wolf Icon Ghost Wolf will suppress the slow from March of the Penitent Icon March of the Penitent if you have high stacks. You need to already be shapeshifted before this begins and you are silenced however.
  • Wind Rush Totem Icon Wind Rush Totem can be considered primarily for the final phase to re-adjust around the Hand of Destruction Icon Hand of Destruction casts while soaking the leftover seeds from Fatal Finesse Icon Fatal Finesse.
  • Soulshape Icon Soulshape and Spirit Walk Icon Spirit Walk can be used during Command: Massacre Icon Command: Massacre if you are caught in a bad spot.
  • Soulshape Icon Soulshape can also be used in an emergency if you get knocked by Crescendo Icon Crescendo to stay on the platform.
  • You are mostly here to just tunnel the boss or your given add, and as such there is very little that we interact with outside of just using things on cooldown.
  • For Mythic, Make sure to avoid Searing Censure Icon Searing Censure if you are assigned to interrupt Vengeful Wail Icon Vengeful Wail, as this will silence you.

For more information, please refer to our Sire Denathrius guide.

13.

Changelog

  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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