Tazavesh: So'leah Gambit Dungeon Guide: Location, Boss Strategies, and Trash

Last updated on Jul 04, 2025 at 19:00 by Petko 2 comments

This page will cover everything you need to know about the Tazavesh: So'leah Gambit Dungeon in the War Within Expansion, including strategies for events, trash, and bosses.

1.

Tazavesh: So'leah Gambit

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 3 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 3, please see our overviews linked below. Otherwise, without further ado, let us begin!

2.

Hylbrande and Trash Mobs in the Area

2.1.

Notable Trash Before Hylbrande

  • Focus on interrupting Murkbrine Shellcrusher's Cry of Mrrggllrrgg Icon Cry of Mrrggllrrgg mass Enrage Icon Enrage cast.
  • Avoid being hit by Murkbrine Fishmancer's Exploding Pufferfish Icon Exploding Pufferfish. Any spare kicks should go towards their Waterbolt Icon Waterbolt.
  • IMPORTANT Focus on destroying the Invigorating Fish Stick Icon Invigorating Fish Stick coming from Murkbrine Scalebinder.
  • Use defensives during Coastwalker Goliath and avoid being hit by their Boulder Throw Icon Boulder Throw cast.
  • Get away from melee when Stormforged Guardian is casting Charged Pulse Icon Charged Pulse.
2.2.

Hylbrande Boss Guide

Hylbrande
2.2.1.

All Roles

  • Avoid being hit by the Titanic Crash Icon Titanic Crash frontal.
  • If you get targeted by Purged by Fire Icon Purged by Fire, kite it away from the boss to avoid being damaged and having better Purging Field Icon Purging Field ichor management.
  • Make sure you defeat Vault Purifiers as quickly as you can while interrupting their Valorous Bolt Icon Valorous Bolt cast and stopping their Empowered Defense Icon Empowered Defense channel (makes the boss take 25% reduced damage).
  • During the Sanitizing Cycle Icon Sanitizing Cycle cast, have one person interact with the console while the rest of the party assembles the right sequence of colors.
2.2.2.

Tank

  • Use your active mitigation during Shearing Swings Icon Shearing Swings.
  • Do your best to stack the Vault Purifiers on top of the boss to enable better stacked cleave.
2.2.3.

Healer

  • Make sure targets that are about to be hit by Purifying Burst Icon Purifying Burst are topped-up.
3.

Timecap'n Hooktail and Trash Mobs in the Area

3.1.

Notable Trash Before Timecap'n Hooktail

  • If you do have Enrage Icon Enrage dispel, use it to as many Super Saison Icon Super Saison debuffs coming from Burly Deckhand as you can.
  • Interrupt Hourglass Tidesage's Brackish Bolt Icon Brackish Bolt and side-step their Tidal Burst Icon Tidal Burst ground visual.
3.2.

Timecap'n Hooktail Boss Guide

Timecap'n Hooktail
3.2.1.

All Roles

  • Never stay near the water else you will end up dying from Deadly Seas Icon Deadly Seas sharks.
  • Be stacked at all times to make clearing all the adds easier with Infinite Breath Icon Infinite Breath, since they fixate random members and will be walking in the same direction.
3.2.2.

Tank

  • When Corsair Brute & Corsair Cannoneers spawn, aim the Infinite Breath Icon Infinite Breath cast on top of them to kill them.
3.2.3.

Healer

  • Be mindful of how you handle the Time Bomb Icon Time Bomb debuff as upon dispelling, the whole party takes damage from Temporal Detonation Icon Temporal Detonation.
4.

So'leah and Trash Mobs in the Area

4.1.

Notable Trash Before So'leah

  • IMPORTANT: Focus on dodging the Adorned Starseer's Drifting Star Icon Drifting Star and focus the Wandering Pulsar Icon Wandering Pulsar when it spawns.
  • Interrupt Focused Ritualist's Unstable Rift Icon Unstable Rift at all cost, otherwise will wipe your whole squad. Any spare kicks should be used for Hyperlight Bolt Icon Hyperlight Bolt.
4.2.

So'leah Boss Guide

So'leah
4.2.1.

All Roles

  • During Phase 1 focus on the So'Cartel Assasins, defeat them swiftly and interrupt their Shuriken Blitz Icon Shuriken Blitz cast.
  • During Phase 2 when the boss enters Power Overwhelming Icon Power Overwhelming state, use the Hyperlight Jolt Icon Hyperlight Jolt to break the stars and resume the remaining of the phase. He will do that multiple times during the entirety of Phase 2
  • Out-range the Hyperlight Nova Icon Hyperlight Nova cast coming from the stars.
  • Avoid being hit by the Energy Fragmentation Icon Energy Fragmentation frontals coming from the stars.
4.2.2.

Tank

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4.2.3.

Healer

  • Use your major healing cooldowns during Collapsing Star Icon Collapsing Star. Make sure to never have more than 1 stack of the debuff since you have 30 sec to play around, no need to rush!
5.

Tazavesh: So'leah Gambit Loot Table

5.1.

Hylbrande

Type Item Stats
2-H Axe Skyreaver, Greataxe of the Keepers Icon Skyreaver, Greataxe of the Keepers Crit/Vers
Staff Spire of Expurgation Icon Spire of Expurgation Mastery/Haste
Mail Shoulder Hylbrande's Retrofitted Shoulderguards Icon Hylbrande's Retrofitted Shoulderguards Mastery/Haste
Plate Shoulder Stoneflesh Spaulders Icon Stoneflesh Spaulders Crit/Haste
Cloth Hands Codebreaker's Cunning Handwraps Icon Codebreaker's Cunning Handwraps Mastery/Vers
Leather Boots Boots of Titanic Deconversion Icon Boots of Titanic Deconversion Mastery/Crit
5.2.

Timecap'n Hooktail

Type Item Stats
1-H Mace Fatebreaker, Destroyer of Futures Icon Fatebreaker, Destroyer of Futures Mastery/Vers
1-H Sword Timetwister Tulwar Icon Timetwister Tulwar Mastery/Vers
Cloth Head Cowl of Branching Fate Icon Cowl of Branching Fate Crit/Vers
Plate Head Crown of Absolute Command Icon Crown of Absolute Command Crit/Haste
Mail Head Dragonbane Diadem Icon Dragonbane Diadem Crit/Vers
Leather Head Rakishly Tipped Tricorne Icon Rakishly Tipped Tricorne Crit/Haste
Neck Cabochon of the Infinite Flight Icon Cabochon of the Infinite Flight Haste/Vers
5.3.

So'leah

Type Item Stats
Staff Staff of Fractured Spacetime Icon Staff of Fractured Spacetime Mastery/Haste
Warglaives Event Horizon's Edge Icon Event Horizon's Edge Mastery/Haste
Leather Legs Anomalous Starlit Breeches Icon Anomalous Starlit Breeches Crit/Vers
Cloth Legs Hyperlight Leggings Icon Hyperlight Leggings Mastery/Crit
Ring Signet of Collapsing Stars Icon Signet of Collapsing Stars Haste/Vers
Trinket So'leah's Secret Technique Icon So'leah's Secret Technique Int, Agi, Str + Special Effect
Mount Cartel Master's Gearglider Icon Cartel Master's Gearglider -
6.

Changelog

  • 04 Aug. 2025: Guide Added.
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