Lost Explorers Raid Guide in the Venomous Abyss for Midnight Season 2

In this section of the guide, we will break down each individual mechanic of the fight and provide recommendations on how to deal with them, either individually or as a raid group.

• The Lost Explorers is a three-target council fight.
• The bosses do not share health.
• Keep two bosses together whenever possible so the raid can cleave them while controlling their individual health values.
• Use Grab Fish from Trader Gebbo's crates to choose which boss uses their ultimate ability.
• The recommended ultimate order is Trader Gebbo, First Mate Nama, then Scrollsage Iku.
• Use Bloodlust or Heroism on the pull.

• United Defense (Avoid stacking all bosses together)
  1. If all 3 bosses are within 30y of each other they will take 99% less damage.
  2. Rotate Nama between the other two bosses and always cleave to Nama to simplify things.

• Throw Junk (Find the fish in the crates)
  1. Trader Gebbo throws crates around the room which players must break open by walking over them.
  2. Breaking crates applies stacking Splinters bleed.
  3. One of these crates contains Grab Fish.
  4. Carry the fish into melee range of the chosen boss and use the Extra Action Button at 90-95 Mor'zahi energy.
  5. Feeding a boss triggers that boss's ultimate and permanently applies Disgusting Fish, preventing the same boss from being selected again.
  6. Failing to feed a boss before Mor'zahi completes his Empower cast causes Empowered Ascension, wiping the raid.
  7. Healers: Be prepared for increased damage on players who collect multiple Splinters stacks.

• Shell Spin (Turtle Shells - Baited on Melee DPS)
  1. First Mate Nama fires three turtle shells in a frontal cone aimed towards a random melee player.
  2. Anyone struck by a shell is stunned for 4 seconds.
  3. Melee players should remain close to Nama and bait the frontal towards the edge of the platform.
  4. Once it has been baited move out of the path.
  5. This happens frequently but not during Mighty Thud.

• Icebound Flames (Interrupt Iku)
  1. Assign a 2/3 person interrupt rotation on Scrollsage Iku to prevent this cast from going off.
  2. The active tank can assist with interrupts when positioning permits.

• Blink Nova (Run away circles)
  1. Scrollsage Iku teleports to a marked ranged player and deals raid-wide damage.
  2. The damage is reduced based on distance.

• Tank Mechanics
  1. Swap after each stack of Shredding Shards from Scrollsage Iku.
  2. First Mate Nama Steady Strikes while attacking the same target. Be ready with defensive cooldowns at high stacks.
  3. Move Nama between Gebbo and Iku as required to maintain two-target cleave while keeping all three bosses from overlapping.

• Explosive Surprise (Trader Gebbo)
  1. Bouncy Mushrooms will appear in the room and some players will be marked with a bomb.
  2. Targeted players should place each bomb near the edge of the room and away from the available mushrooms.
  3. After a bomb detonates, a Blast Wave travels across the platform.
  4. Wait for the wave to get close to the mushroom and run into it to jump over the wave.
  5. Mushrooms are consumed once activated. Do not selfishly go in early.
  6. Multiple players can use the same mushroom for a short period after it is triggered.

• Mighty Thud (First Mate Nama)
  1. Three players will be marked and Nama will leap to them based on the distance they are from the boss.
  2. Each impact deals Physical damage split between players within 6 yards and knocks them back.
  3. Place one marked player in melee and two at separate ranged positions so the three soak circles do not overlap.
  4. The raid should be split into two teams (Groups 1/3/5 = Team 1, Groups 2/4/6 = Team 2).
  5. Inside each of these teams the players should have a preferred soak (Melee, Ranged 1, Ranged 2).
  6. This mechanic will happen three times in the phase meaning Team 1 will soak the first and third set.

• Frostfire Volley (Scrollsage Iku)
  1. Scrollsage Iku targets several players with Fire and Frost missiles which must be spread apart.
  2. Each Fire missile (Ranged) creates a Fire Patch and applies Burning Flames.
  3. Each Frost missile (Melee) creates a Frost Patch and applies Piercing Frost.
  4. Place these pools towards the edge of the room.
  5. After placing a pool you are able to clear the opposite type of pool by running over it, however this will deal raid wide damage.
  6. Healers: This is a very high period of raid-wide damage, cooldowns should be used here.

Here we will list the most important aspects of the encounter. Keep in mind that we will not be listing every mechanic here, instead focusing on the ones that we deem the most important and impactful.

• Use Bloodlust or Heroism on the pull and cleave two bosses while balancing all three health bars.
• Never stack all three bosses together due to United Defense reducing their damage taken by 99%.
• Melee DPS: Always stay near Nama and bait Shell Spin towards the outer edge of the platform.
• Interrupt Icebound Flames.
• Move away from the raid when targeted by Blink Nova.
• Clear Throw Junk crates, collect Grab Fish, and feed it to the chosen boss at 90-95 Mor'zahi energy.
• Use the ultimate order Trader Gebbo, First Mate Nama, then Scrollsage Iku.
• Tanks: Swap after each Shredding Shards and rotate Nama between Gebbo and Iku.

• Drop Explosive Surprise bombs at the edge and away from the mushrooms.
• Wait for the Blast Wave to reach the Mushroom Toss and run into the mushroom.

• Place one Mighty Thud soak in melee and two at separate ranged positions.
• Do not overlap the circles, and ensure every leap hits at least one other player.
• Split the raid into two teams. Team 1 soaks Set 1+3, Team 2 soaks Set 2.

• Spread Frostfire Volley circles near the edge of the room.
• Run over the opposite type of circle to clear it. This will trigger raid-wide damage.
• Healers: Use raid cooldowns while the debuffs are being cleared.

Below you will find information on the most important changes on Mythic difficulty. Naturally many abilities will deal more damage or affect more players, while enemies have more HP, so we will be focusing on mechanical changes.

• Relic Rupture
  1. Breaking a crate will apply Splinters to the raid.
  2. If a crate is not broken within 25 seconds it will deal additional raid wide damage.