Holy Paladin Healing Sepulcher of the First Ones Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.2
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Holy Paladin for each boss of the following raid: Sepulcher of the First Ones. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.2.
Disclaimer
In this section, you will find information pertaining to each boss individually in Sepulcher of the First Ones. Most of the initial tips are based on PTR testing. What worked on PTR might not work once the bosses become available on live servers. Lords of Dread, Rygelon and The Jailer were not available for PTR testing and little is known about how the bosses will be played out. Once the raid comes to live servers and we are able to test interactions, talents, legendaries, and covenants, the page will be updated. Until then it is important to note that recommendations are based on speculation and PTR testing.
Talent Cheatsheet
We advise to use the following talents on Vigilant Guardian.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Vigilant Guardian: Maraad's Dying Breath.
We advise to use the following talents on Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener: Maraad's Dying Breath.
We advise to use the following talents on Artificer Xy'mox.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Artificer Xy'mox: Maraad's Dying Breath.
We advise to use the following talents on Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle: Maraad's Dying Breath.
We advise to use the following talents on Prototype Pantheon.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Prototype Pantheon: Maraad's Dying Breath.
We advise to use the following talents on Lihuvim, Principal Architect.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Unbreakable Spirit or
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Virtue
We advise to use the following talents on Halondrus the Reclaimer.
- Level 15:
Bestow Faith (or
Crusader's Might, situationally)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Unbreakable Spirit or
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Halondrus the Reclaimer: Shadowbreaker, Dawn of the Sun.
We advise to use the following talents on Anduin Wrynn.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Virtue (or
Beacon of Faith, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Anduin Wrynn: Maraad's Dying Breath.
We advise to use the following talents on Lords of Dread.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith (or
Beacon of Virtue, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Lords of Dread: Maraad's Dying Breath.
We advise to use the following talents on Rygelon.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Glimmer of Light or
Beacon of Faith (or
Beacon of Virtue, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Rygelon: Maraad's Dying Breath.
We advise to use the following talents on The Jailer.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Virtue (or
Beacon of Faith, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on The Jailer: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Vigilant Guardian
We advise you to use the following talents against Vigilant Guardian.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Vigilant Guardian: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Venthyr
Tips
- The main value in playing Venthyr is due to
Core Overload that occurs when the boss reaches 15%. This does large ticking damage on the raid and you will want to kill the boss before it kills you. Using
Ashen Hallow here is extremely strong.
For more information, please refer to our Vigilant Guardian guide.
Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener
We advise you to use the following talents against Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Necrolord
Tips
- Placing
Beacon of Light on your ranged players soaking the extra damage from
Dust Blast will help keep them alive.
- Regardless of being melee or pressing
Divine Shield, you will still need to run to stack with your raid members for
Ravening Burrow
For more information, please refer to our Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener guide.
Artificer Xy'Mox
We advise you to use the following talents against Artificer Xy'mox.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'mox: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Venthyr
Tips
Divine Shield CANNOT be used to clear the
Continuum Stasis Trap on Mythic difficulty.
Divine Shield can be used to immune the damage from
Genesis Rings, allow you to travel freely through the rings.
Ashen Hallow will be strong in either intermission phase where the raid is taking stacking dot damage from
Genesis Supernova.
Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle
We advise you to use the following talents against Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Venthyr
Tips
- Venthyr players should make use of
Door of Shadows to bypass the
Disintegration Halo damage and debuff.
Divine Shield can also be used to prevent the damage and debuff application.
- The sole reason to play Venthyr on this fight is to skip over
Disintegration Halo, if you are not doing this actively, Necrolord may perform better.
For more information, please refer to our Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle guide.
Prototype Pantheon
We advise you to use the following talents against Prototype Pantheon.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Prototype Pantheon: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Necrolord
Tips
Divine Shield will cause your
Sinful Projection debuff to expire early and shoot lines towards your party members right away, potentially killing your allies.
For more information, please refer to our PrototypePantheon guide.
Lihuvim, Principal Architect
We advise you to use the following talents against Lihuvim, Principal Architect.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Unbreakable Spirit or
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Painsmith Raznal: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Necrolord
Tips
Tips for this boss will be added at a later date.
For more information, please refer to our Lihuvim, Principal Architect guide.
Halondrus the Reclaimer
We advise you to use the following talents against Halondrus the Reclaimer.
- Level 15:
Bestow Faith (or
Crusader's Might, situationally)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Unbreakable Spirit or
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith or
Beacon of Virtue
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Halondrus the Reclaimer: Shadowbreaker, Dawn of the Sun.
Recommended Covenant: Necrolord
Tips
- Due to frequent knockbacks in the intermission phase, it is incredibly
important that you position yourself in front of the boss and stay ahead of it
to prevent being chain knocked back and unable to hit the boss for
Crusader Strike.
For more information, please refer to our Halondrus the Reclaimer guide.
Anduin Wrynn
We advise you to use the following talents against Anduin Wrynn.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Virtue (or
Beacon of Faith, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Anduin Wrynn: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Necrolord
Tips
- Save your charges of
Vanquisher's Hammer for the healing absorb from
Befouled Barrier and for when you are healing adds in the
Kingsmourne Hungers phase.
- Try to use
Blessing of Sacrifice and
Lay on Hands on your party members who get hit by
Wicked Star. This silences them preventing them from being able to heal themselves or use life-saving abilities.
For more information, please refer to our Anduin Wrynn guide.
Lords of Dread
We advise you to use the following talents against Lords of Dread.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Faith (or
Beacon of Virtue, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lords of Dread: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Necrolord
Tips
Beacon of Light can be placed on raid members with weaker defensives (disc/holy priests) to help them live. If they are not in need of extra healing, then using on tanks is also acceptable.
- You should aim to use
Divine Shield during one or two swarms to reduce the total healing required by your raid group. One less person taking damage can make it noticeably easier to heal.
For more information, please refer to our Lords of Dread guide.
Rygelon
We advise you to use the following talents against Rygelon.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Glimmer of Light or
Beacon of Faith (or
Beacon of Virtue, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Rygelon: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Necrolord
Tips
Divine Shield should be used to immune the damage taken from
Cosmic Ejection.
For more information, please refer to our Rygelon guide.
The Jailer
We advise you to use the following talents against The Jailer.
- Level 15:
Light's Hammer (situational options:
Crusader's Might or
Bestow Faith)
- Level 25:
Judgment of Light (or
Holy Prism, situationally)
- Level 30: No specific recommendation
- Level 35:
Rule of Law
- Level 40:
Divine Purpose
- Level 45:
Awakening
- Level 50:
Beacon of Virtue (or
Beacon of Faith, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Jailer: Maraad's Dying Breath.
Recommended Covenant: Necrolord
Tips
- The Plague Deviser Marileth Soulbind is exceptionally useful on this fight as it
will allow you to immune the many knockbacks in the fight when channeling
Fleshcraft.
For more information, please refer to our The Jailer guide.
Changelog
- 06 Apr. 2022: Covenant, Legendary, and Talent recommendations updated.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page added.
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