Siege of Boralus Dungeon Guide: Location, Boss Strategies, and Trash

Last updated on Sep 07, 2024 at 01:22 by Petko 2 comments

This page will cover everything you need to know about the Siege of Boralus Dungeon in the War Within Expansion, including strategies for events, trash, and bosses.

1.

Getting into Siege of Boralus

Siege of Boralus is a max-level dungeon located in the Tiragarde Sound, Kul Tiras continent.

Siege of Boralus Location

This guide will be an extensive overview of the dungeon, providing vital information on how to complete it across all difficulties. We will cover all 4 Boss fights, as well as the most notable trash enemies in the dungeon and their important abilities. If you would like to learn about the rest of the dungeons in The War Within Season 1, please see our overviews linked below. Otherwise, without further ado, let us begin!

2.

Siege of Boralus Layout

Siege of Boralus Dungeon Map
3.

Chopper Redhook + Trash Mobs in the Area

3.1.

Notable Trash Before Chopper Redhook

  • Although Scrimshaw Gutter is a non-elite mob, it will deal high damage with Tooth Breaker Icon Tooth Breaker, don't pull threat on it, or you will end up dying!
  • Interrupt Irontide Waveshaper's Brackish Bolt Icon Brackish Bolt and stop their Watertight Shell Icon Watertight Shell cast. In case it goes through, you can always opt to Dispel it before it explodes.
  • Avoid staying in the Blacktar Bomber's Burning Tar Icon Burning Tar ground visual and use defensives if you get targeted by Fire Bomb Icon Fire Bomb.
  • Avoid the Scrimshaw Enforcer's Slobber Knocker Icon Slobber Knocker frontal.
  • Outrange the Irontide Raider's Savage Tempest Icon Savage Tempest and use defensive if your health is low before each Iron Hook Icon Iron Hook as it does group-wide damage and pulls you in.
3.2.

Chopper Redhook Boss Guide

Chopper Redhook
3.2.1.

All Roles

  • If you get targeted by On the Hook Icon On the Hook (the boss prefers Ranged specs at first), make sure to run towards any Heavy Ordnance Icon Heavy Ordnance (bombs) on the ground. The longer you take to move him towards the Heavy Ordnance Icon Heavy Ordnance, the more stacks of Boiling Rage Icon Boiling Rage. The boss will have, eventually catching up with you, which will be lethal.
  • Avoid staying in the Cannon Barrage Icon Cannon Barrage ground effects.
  • If Chopper Redhook does not soak all Heavy Ordnance Icon Heavy Ordnance before they expire, use defensive cooldown and soak them to prevent them from doing group-wide damage.
  • if the On the Hook Icon On the Hook expires, the boss will cast Iron Hook Icon Iron Hook to all enemies, dealing damage and triggering a secondary effect - Gore Crash Icon Gore Crash, which you must run away from.
  • Sidestep the incoming Heavy Slash Icon Heavy Slash from Irontide Cleaver.
3.2.2.

Tank

  • Gather the threat of any existing Irontide Cleaver & Irontide Powdershot and do your best to stack them under the boss to enable cleaving.
3.2.3.

Healer

  • Keep your party healthy at all times due to continuous attacks from Irontide Powdershot and its Molten Slug Icon Molten Slug.
  • Use your major healing cooldowns when Chopper Redhook casts Iron Hook Icon Iron Hook as it will deal group-wide damage.
4.

Dread Captain Lockwood + Trash Mobs in the Area

4.1.

Notable Trash Before Dread Captain Lockwood

  • Riptide Shredder will mostly exclusively be a threat to your tank with its auto-attacks and Singing Steel Icon Singing Steel ability.
  • TANK ALERT: Pre-use your active mitigation when pulling more than a few Irontide Curseblades due to their Cursed Slash Icon Cursed Slash frontload damage, leaving a CurseCurse effect.
  • Use defensive cooldown if Irontide Powdershot is firing its Molten Slug Icon Molten Slug on you.
  • Interrupt Ashvane Commander's Bolstering Shout Icon Bolstering Shout and stay away from your party when targeted by Azerite Charge Icon Azerite Charge.
  • Stay away from the Ashvane Spotter's Sighted Artillery Icon Sighted Artillery ground visuals. Try to remove her Evasive Icon Evasive buff before she casts Bounding Retreat Icon Bounding Retreat and run away from melee.
  • Dodge the incoming Broadside Icon Broadside from Ashvane Cannoneer.
4.2.

Dread Captain Lockwood Boss Guide

Dread Captain Lockwood
4.2.1.

All Roles

  • When the boss has Evasive Icon Evasive buff, make sure to use Slow or Snare to remove it, else she will disengage and cast Gut Shot Icon Gut Shot to a random member of your party.
  • Sidestep the Clear the Deck Icon Clear the Deck frontal.
  • Use defensive if you get hit by Fiery Ricochet Icon Fiery Ricochet.
  • Sidestep the continuous ground visuals coming from Mass Bombardment Icon Mass Bombardment.
  • Dread Captain Lockwood will Withdraw Icon Withdraw on the ship at 66% HP and 33% HP, spawning 2x Ashvane Deckhands and a Ashvane Cannoneer. Once you defeat the Ashvane Cannoneer, you will be able to pick up his Unstable Ordnance, shoot towards the boss and resume the fight.
4.2.2.

Tank

  • Collect the threat from Ashvane Cannoneer and Ashvane Deckhands once they spawn from the Withdraw Icon Withdraw cast.
4.2.3.

Healer

  • Use your healing cooldowns if multiple people have the Fiery Ricochet Icon Fiery Ricochet DoT effect.
5.

Hadal Darkfathom + Trash Mobs in the Area

5.1.

Notable Trash Before Hadal Darkfathom

  • Outrange the Bilge Rat Demolisher's Terrifying Roar Icon Terrifying Roar and use defensive if you are low health when Crushing Slam Icon Crushing Slam is about to happen.
  • Don't get too close to the Bilge Rat Buccaneer when he is casting Goin' Bananas Icon Goin' Bananas.
  • Interrupt Bilge Rat Pillager's Stinky Vomit Icon Stinky Vomit.
  • PRIORITY: Interrupt Choking Waters Icon Choking Waters cast at all costs. Any spare interrupts should be used for Water Bolt Icon Water Bolt.
  • Bilge Rat Cutthroat will only be dangerous for your tank due to its Rotting Wounds Icon Rotting Wounds DiseaseDisease debuff.
  • Another tank-exclusive dangerous non-boss-enemy is Ashvane Invader due to its Stinging Venom Icon Stinging Venom stackable PoisonPoison debuff.
5.2.

Hadal Darkfathom Boss Guide

Hadal Darkfathom
5.2.1.

All Roles

  • Use your defensives when Crashing Tide Icon Crashing Tide is about to happen and move away from the initial ground animation.
  • Sidestep the Break Water Icon Break Water frontal.
  • Avoid at all costs the incoming Tidal Surge Icon Tidal Surge waves as it will be lethal for you.
5.2.2.

Tank

  • Move the boss away from the brine ground pools appear after each Break Water Icon Break Water cast.
5.2.3.

Healer

  • Top-up your party after each Crashing Tide Icon Crashing Tide cast.
5.3.

Viq'Goth Boss Guide

5.3.1.

All Roles

  • Avoid staying in the water; else, you will be caught in Crushing Embrace Icon Crushing Embrace.
  • Avoid being hit by the Call of the Deep Icon Call of the Deep ground puddles.
  • Always prioritize killing the Demolishing Terror over Gripping Terror first, as it will continuously do group-wide damage with its Slam Icon Slam.
  • After defeating each Demolishing Terror, let the most mobile player from your party do the Cannons and use Blast Icon Blast on the boss.
5.3.2.

Tank

  • Always tank the Demolishing Terror to avoid it from casting Hull Cracker Icon Hull Cracker.
5.3.3.

Healer

  • Dispel as many Putrid Waters Icon Putrid Waters debuffs as you can. Always prioritize DPS players over your tank!
6.

Siege of Boralus Loot Table

6.1.

Chopper Redhook

Type Item Stats
Polearm Mutineer's Fate Icon Mutineer's Fate Crit/Mastery
1H Mace Boarder's Billy Club Icon Boarder's Billy Club Vers/Mastery
Leather Hands Gloves of the Iron Reavers Icon Gloves of the Iron Reavers Haste/Mastery
Cloth Waist Redhook's Cummerbund Icon Redhook's Cummerbund Haste/Mastery
Plate Legs Legplates of the Irontide Raider Icon Legplates of the Irontide Raider Mastery/Vers
Mail Legs Powdershot Leggings Icon Powdershot Leggings Vers/Mastery
Cloth Feet Top-Sail Footwraps Icon Top-Sail Footwraps Vers/Crit
Ring Band of the Roving Scalawag Icon Band of the Roving Scalawag Mastery/Crit
6.2.

Dread Captain Lockwood

Type Item Stats
1H Sword Saber of Dread Pirate Lockwood Icon Saber of Dread Pirate Lockwood Vers/Mastery
Mail Wrist Dread Captain's Irons Icon Dread Captain's Irons Vers/Haste
Cloth Hands Captain's Dustfinders Icon Captain's Dustfinders Crit/Mastery
Plate Hands Rope-Scored Gauntlets Icon Rope-Scored Gauntlets Crit/Mastery
Plate Waist Cannoneer's Toolbelt Icon Cannoneer's Toolbelt Crit/Vers
Leather Waist Port Pillager's Belt Icon Port Pillager's Belt Haste/Crit
Cloth Legs Powder Monkey's Leggings Icon Powder Monkey's Leggings Vers/Haste
Leather Feet Besieger's Deckstalkers Icon Besieger's Deckstalkers Vers/Crit
Mail Feet Sure-Foot Sabatons Icon Sure-Foot Sabatons Mastery/Haste
Trinket Dead-Eye Spyglass Icon Dead-Eye Spyglass Agi
6.3.

Hadal Darkfathom

Type Item Stats
2H Mace Dismembered Submersible Claw Icon Dismembered Submersible Claw Vers/Crit
Mail Waist Anchor Chain Girdle Icon Anchor Chain Girdle Haste/Crit
Leather Legs Seawalker's Pantaloons Icon Seawalker's Pantaloons Crit/Haste
Plate Feet Ballast Sinkers Icon Ballast Sinkers Haste/Crit
Ring Band of the Ancient Dredger Icon Band of the Ancient Dredger Crit/Haste
Trinket Hadal's Nautilus Icon Hadal's Nautilus Int
6.4.

Viq'Goth

Type Item Stats
Warglaive Coral-Edged Crescent Icon Coral-Edged Crescent Mastery/Crit
Cloth Wrist Iron-Kelp Wristwraps Icon Iron-Kelp Wristwraps Mastery-Haste
7.

Siege of Boralus Achievements

There are 4 total achievements to obtain in Siege of Boralus:

Achievement Criteria
Siege of Boralus Icon Siege of Boralus Defeat Viq'Goth in Siege of Boralus on MythicMythic difficulty.
Keystone Hero: Siege of Boralus Icon Keystone Hero: Siege of Boralus Complete Siege of Boralus at MythicMythic Level 10 or higher, within the time limit.
Stand by Me Icon Stand by Me Never let Dread Captain Lockwood leap away while she has the evasive aura before defeating her in the Siege of Boralus on MythicMythic difficulty.
A Fish Out of Water Icon A Fish Out of Water Kick fifteen Gasping Flounders back into the water then defeat Viq'Goth in the Siege of Boralus on MythicMythic difficulty.
8.

Changelog

  • 03 Aug. 2024: Page added.
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