Restoration Shaman Healing Sepulcher of the First Ones Raid Guide — Shadowlands 9.2
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Restoration Shaman for each boss of the following raid: Sepulcher of the First Ones. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.2.
Introduction
On this page, you will find Restoration Shaman specific information to deal with each boss in the Sepulcher of the First Ones 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 Restoration Shaman and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.
While general Covenant guide recommendations apply, there are a few bosses where you can benefit greatly from Venthyr and Night Fae's mobility options. For the rest of them, Kyrian is a great default option due to being very strong for both stacked healing and DPS, but Necrolord has its place when strong spread healing is required, such as in Halondrus.
Talent Cheatsheet
We advise to use the following talents on Vigilant Guardian.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Vigilant Guardian: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Artificer Xy'mox.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Artificer Xy'mox: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Prototype Pantheon.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Prototype Pantheon: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Lihuvim, Principal Architect.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Lihuvim, Principal Architect: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Halondrus the Reclaimer.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Halondrus the Reclaimer: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Anduin Wrynn.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Anduin Wrynn: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Lords of Dread.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Lords of Dread: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on Rygelon.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on Rygelon: Primal Tide Core.
We advise to use the following talents on The Jailer.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary on The Jailer: Primal Tide Core.
Vigilant Guardian
We advise you to use the following talents against Vigilant Guardian.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Vigilant Guardian: Primal Tide Core.
Dodge the many swirlies that appear while moving with your group as needed
to group up all the adds present and empower two Automated Defense Matrix
adds around the encounter area. Aim Deresolution lines away from your
raid members whenever possible.
Once the Automated Defense Matrixes are empowered at 100 Energy, stay
inside the small bubble they create, and use healing cooldowns to survive the
extreme burst damage going out until an Unstable Core spawns.
Astral Shift and
Ghost Wolf are helpful to survive running the
Unstable Cores near the main boss on the giant door in order to detonate
it and proceed to the next encounter phase.
In the final phase, spread out to avoid being caught off guard by the
area-of-effect abilities of the boss and prepare to rotate healing cooldowns when
the boss goes under 15% health, as Core Overload will cause
increasingly dangerous amounts of raid wide damage over time until it is destroyed.
Debuffs to track on Raid Frames
None.
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:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener: Primal Tide Core.
Damage will ramp up over the course of the fight due to the boss gaining
Insatiable stacks every time the raid forces
Ravening Burrow
to reset
Ephemera Dust stacks. Use
Healing Tide Totem to deal
with the high sustained damage and
Spirit Link Totem to reduce damage
while stacking for the Dust-removing attack.
Other instances of damage in this fight are avoidable, but will quickly lead to a wipe if too many people get hit, especially in Mythic where permanent pools will be created for every person hit by any avoidable mechanic, on top of a few created by boss attacks.
Make sure to be standing alone in order to spawn as little Devouring Blood
pools under yourself as possible, and always cancel your casts to move out from
one, as it will deal damage, leave a dispellable debuff and also a permanent void
zone in Mythic. Keep avoiding these pools while running out of the large
Retch cone!
The three people who are furthest away from the boss will constantly be hit
with Dust Blast which stacks up
Ephemera Dust, so make sure to be
well away from them, but also focus heavy single-target healing on them and the
tanks, who will all be taking huge amounts of damage throughout the fight.
Debuffs to track on Raid Frames
Spell ID | Spell Name |
---|---|
364522 | ![]() |
359778 | ![]() |
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:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Artificer Xy'mox: Primal Tide Core.
Hyperlight Sparknova requires spreading and causes high damage, as
well as further damage over time. While this will not generally require cooldowns,
you should pay attention to any players who get hit by more than one explosion,
as damage quickly ramps up. Position
Dimensional Tear both
close and away from the middle in order to create a teleport path that allows you
to avoid the deadly
Genesis Rings.
Glyph of Relocation is a tank mechanic that deals high burst damage
to the raid when it expires and pulls everyone to the tank's location, making them
invulnerable to any
Genesis Rings in the way. Whether your guild
uses the pull to avoid the rings or to pre-position for using a
Dimensional Tear,
this explosion can easily one shot players, and it is advisable to use
Spirit Link Totem whenever possible before an explosion happens.
Genesis Rings can also be avoided with Venthyr
Door of Shadows or Night Fae
Soulshape,
making the fight much easier if you are ever caught out of position.
Genesis Supernova will inflict ramping damage to the raid during
the intermissions, which starts very low but can rise up to dangerous levels if
your group takes too long to kill all the adds. Random outgoing damage from add
abilities is also dangerous, so make sure to keep an eye out on everyone during
this period.
In Mythic difficulty, there will be multiple new adds to account for in the regular phases, which create extra damage that needs to be healed through and more ground mechanics to dodge, and you might have to solo heal one of the groups going into the three side areas required for a kill.
Debuffs to track on Raid Frames
Spell ID | Spell Name |
---|---|
362801 | ![]() |
Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle
We advise you to use the following talents against Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle: Primal Tide Core.
Infused Vulnerability will cause raid damage when it expires on the
tank. Soak
Staggering Barrage when you do not have the debuff and position
yourself near the edge of the platform when the Domination Core is up,
to place pools out of the main paths.
Disintegration Halo is the main mechanic of this encounter but is
relatively easy to deal with: use a speed increase such as
Wind Rush Totem
to quickly go through the first energy ring and try to go through the remaining
rings as soon as your debuff expires, as you will be one shot if you get hit while
the ring debuff is up. In Mythic you have to dodge many more rings so
good movement is critical!
You can also avoid hard overlaps of Halos entirely with Venthyr
Door of Shadows or Night Fae
Soulshape,
making the fight much easier.
The main raid damage in this fight will come from the periodic
Inevitable Dominion casts. Make sure to save cooldowns for it, as well
as some Mana to spam heals.
Debuffs to track on Raid Frames
Spell ID | Spell Name |
---|---|
361966 | ![]() |
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:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Prototype Pantheon: Primal Tide Core.
Focus-heal Runecarver's Deathtouch and dispel people afflicted once
they are inside the
Bastion's Ward zones on the ground, with no one else
close to them. Once the Prototype of Renewal becomes active, you will have
to focus-heal
Withering Seeds when they show up. Try to focus on one at
a time, as healing them to full provides the
Invigorating Bloom buff
which helps with healing the rest of the seeds.
Help interrupt Gloom Bolt from the Prototype of War and
Anima Bolt from the Prototype of Renewal whenever possible
and do not waste heals on anyone afflicted with the
Necrosis debuff
from standing inside the expanding green area of
Necrotic Ritual.
Once the Prototype of Duty casts Pinning Volley, the whole raid
will be pushed back and take high damage from
Windswept Wings, so use
this opportunity to use healing cooldowns and area of effect heals. Make sure
to focus-heal anyone who gets hit by the swirlies and ends up
Pinned.
Hand of Destruction from the Prototype of Absolution is one of
the most dangerous abilities, as it will not only deal high falloff damage but
also lines up with
Sinful Projection which creates 4 projectiles that
explode outwards from each player at th same time as the damage occurs, creating
a projectile hell that will stun and add
Burden of Sin debuffs to anyone
who is hit. Use
Wind Rush Totem and
Spiritwalker's Grace to continue
healing while avoiding all the projectiles going around.
In Mythic difficulty, you will have to use the new ability of the
Prototype of Absolution, Night Hunter to remove
Imprinted Safeguards from the bosses, while using cooldowns and
coordinated movement to avoid dying in the process.
Debuffs to track on Raid Frames
Spell ID | Spell Name |
---|---|
360687 | ![]() |
338085 | ![]() |
362352 | ![]() |
For more information, please refer to our Prototype Pantheon guide.
Lihuvim, Principal Architect
We advise you to use the following talents against Lihuvim, Principal Architect.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lihuvim, Principal Architect: Primal Tide Core.
Cosmic Shift pushes back and deals significant raid wide damage.
Make sure to not get pushed into unstable motes, as that will cause massive
damage and reduce the encounter area available drastically!
Deconstructing Energy can be used to remove unstable motes from the
encounter area safely.
During intermissions, there will be high raid damage from Protoform Radiance
which you probably want to use healing cooldowns on, and high burst damage plus
knockback whenever the Acquisitions Automa is killed, so watch out
not to be knocked away from the raid and into any nearby unstable motes.
Also during intermissions, watch out for Degenerate casts, as
they do massive amounts of damage quickly and their target will need to be focus
healed to survive.
Debuffs to track on Raid Frames
Spell ID | Spell Name |
---|---|
364092 | ![]() |
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:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Halondrus the Reclaimer: Primal Tide Core.
Spread out for Earthbreaker Missiles and prepare burst healing
for its aftermath, as everyone will be taking a ton of damage at once.
Dispel people with Crushing Prism once they are in front of where
the orbs are spawning, in order to slow them. If an intermission is close, you
can just dispel anyone left with the debuff, in order to avoid its slow during
the running.
The intermission phase is the ideal place to use both Wind Rush Totem
and
Spiritwalker's Grace, as you will have to perform high healing while
spread out and moving along with the boss, as anyone left behind will end up
instantly killed once the path closes.
The final phase is all about keeping the many orbs all around the boss from
hitting it, and everyone will be required to help, so many sure to keep an eye
out for orbs heading into the boss and use Astral Shift and
Ghost Wolf to kick away as many orbs as possible.
Debuffs to track on Raid Frames
Spell ID | Spell Name |
---|---|
365297 | ![]() |
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:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Anduin Wrynn: Primal Tide Core.
Use cooldowns to quickly heal Befouled Barrier and spot heal people
targeted by
Domination Word: Pain, especially if they also get hit by
Wicked Star, which you should move slightly to avoid when it is launched.
If going inside with Kingsmourne Hungers, heal Anduin's Hope
as well as the rest of your raid members inside. Venthyr
Chain Harvest is
an easy way to quickly heal the adds, if you are having issues.
Hopebreaker will inflict increasing damage over time to the raid, so
make sure to save some cooldowns and Mana for high stack periods just before
phase transitions. You will need high healing during intermissions as well, especially
as your healing will get progressively reduced by
Necrotic Claws stacks.
Help interrupt Psychic Terror and use
Tremor Totem if you
anticipate that a cast will go through in the second main phase with Anduin.
The final phase is all about burning the boss before Hopebreaker
stacks become overwhelming and
Beacon of Hope expires, which will
cause anyone afflicted with
Hopelessness to eventually die unless
they can use an immunity. Make sure to use cooldowns if too many people remove
their debuff at once, as it will cause high raid damage and potential deaths.
Debuffs to track on Raid Frames
Spell ID | Spell Name |
---|---|
366849 | ![]() |
365030 | ![]() |
365008 | ![]() |
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:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Lords of Dread: Primal Tide Core.
This boss was unavailable thus far and will be updated once we have live experience with it.
For more information, please refer to our Lords of Dread guide.
Rygelon
We advise you to use the following talents against Rygelon.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against Rygelon: Primal Tide Core.
This boss was unavailable thus far and will be updated once we have live experience with it.
For more information, please refer to our Rygelon guide.
The Jailer
We advise you to use the following talents against The Jailer.
- Level 15:
Torrent or
Unleash Life
- Level 25:
Echo of the Elements
- Level 30:
Spirit Wolf
- Level 35:
Earthen Wall Totem (situational options:
Ancestral Vigor or
Ancestral Protection Totem)
- Level 40:
Graceful Spirit (situational options:
Nature's Guardian or
Wind Rush Totem)
- Level 45:
Cloudburst Totem
- Level 50:
High Tide or
Wellspring (or
Ascendance, situationally)
We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Jailer: Primal Tide Core.
This boss was unavailable thus far and will be updated once we have live experience with it.
For more information, please refer to our The Jailer guide.
Changelog
- 23 Mar. 2022: Further adjustments based on live strategies.
- 07 Mar. 2022: Adjusted more tips based on live strategies.
- 02 Mar. 2022: Adjusted some boss tips after live experience.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page added.
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