Heroic Tarragrue Boss Guide

BY Andrew Miesner / July 4, 2021

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Tarragrue

2 phase fight. P1 is 100-10%, with a hard burn phase for the last 10%.

Before the Encounter

• Your raid clears one Torghast floor to reach Tarragrue, picking up Anima powers.
• Everyone gets to pick 4 Anima Powers you get to keep for the boss.
• They’re all generic, and you should mostly just pick the best throughput ones for yourself.
• Have 2-3 people in the raid take the “Ever-Beating Heart” Anima power, you’ll need it.

Phase 1 Abilities

• Overpower
  • Tank smash that deals 83k Physical + applies a 4s stun
  • Also increases physical damage taken by 200% for 20s
• Chains of Eternity
  • Targets a player for 8s
  • Throws chain at them
    • Deals damage to the first person hit, 20k
    • Pulls that person to the boss, 30s stun. Deals 413k damage to you if you reach the boss
• Remnant of Forgotten Torments
  • Actually 3 similar abilities, with similar effects
  • Upper Reaches’ Might
    • Soak circle on the ground. Increases boss’s Physical damage by 50%
    • Can be soaked by players to reduce the potency
    • Each tick soaked by a player increases their physical damage taken by 10% for 1.5 minutes
  • Mort’regar’s Echoes
    • Increases boss’s Magic damage by 50%
    • Can be soaked by players to reduce the potency
    • Each tick soaked by a player increases their magic damage taken by 10% for 1.5 minutes
  • Soulforge Heat
    • Deals 10k Fire damage to the entire raid every 3s
    • Can be soaked by players to reduce the potency
    • Each tick soaked gives that player a DoT, 2k/5s for 1.5 minutes
• Predator’s Howl
  • Creates circle around several players, 5 yard radius
  • Pulses every 3s for 21s
  • Anyone hit by your pulse gets feared for 8 seconds
  • Magic effect, dispellable
• Grasp of Death
  • Targeted DoT against random player, heavy DoT for 40s
• Hungering Mist
  • Forms several images of itself around the room
  • Images then cause a black mist
    • Mist explodes after a few seconds, dealing lethal damage
  • There are small safe zones, raid needs to stack in the safe zone or people die
    • Safe zones are random around the room

• Fury of the Ages
  • Boss enrages himself, increases damage & haste by 25% for 35s
  • Can be dispelled by Tranquilizing Shot, Soothe, etc.

Phase 2 Abilities

• Jailer’s Gaze
  • At 10% HP, boss casts Jailer’s Gaze
  • Increases Tarragrue’s damage dealt by 500% until it dies
  • Also removes all Anima powers on the raid.
• The boss ceases all other abilities. You kill him before the turbo-buffed boss kills you.

Phase 1 Strategy

• Tanks should swap after every Overpower
• Raid should move together during Hungering Mist, and stack together in safe spots
• Chains of Eternity is tricky.
  • Whoever is targeted needs to run away from the boss
  • Remember at the beginning, when we mentioned having 2-3 people get the “Ever-Beating Heart” Anima power? This is why – it makes you immune to stun effects
  • Have a pre-assigned person with this “Ever-Beating Heart” stand in the way of the chain, and ensure this person is the one hit
  • Since Ever-Beating Heart players are immune to stun, they’ll only take the damage competent, then can run away from the boss. Since you never get pulled in, you don’t insta-die!
• Players debuffed with Predator’s Howl need to move away from the rest of the raid
  • Dispel these people if possible
• Healers will need to ensure they’re giving proper attention to people with Grasp of Death

Phase 2 Strategy

• At 10% HP, you lose all your Anima power and the boss absolutely TRUCKS you.
• Immediately pop Bloodlust here
• Your tanks will almost certainly not be able to survive the increased damage
• Instead, you’ll need to kite him around the room. Tanks should just run, using any movement abilities they have to get away from the boss
• Eventually, he’ll reach you, and you will die
• As he eventually reaches and kills people, the next highest person with threat needs to continue kiting
• You’re basically in a race – kill the boss before he’s killed off your raid

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