Darkheart Thicket Mythic+ Guide

Oakheart

Seems the Nightmare has a sense of humor

Dungeon Journal+

Nightmare Breath   AoE   Fire   Debuff   ✔Avoidance   ✔Dodgeable (except tank)

Crushing Grip   Single Target   Nature

Shattered Earth   AoE   Nature   ✔Avoidance

Strangling Roots   AoE   Physical   ✔Dodgeable

You should know

• The tank is going to get absolutely melted during Crushing Grip and you’ll want to coordinate your defensive cooldowns so that you have one up for each grip (they hit almost every minute). Remember that it’s magic damage.
• At the end of Crushing Grip the tank will get dumped on a random allies position at the start of the cast. It’s important this person moves out to avoid damage. It’ll also prevent a volcano from popping up on volcanic week and ruining your tanks day.
• Shattered Earth can technically be out-ranged (50 yards) but it’s seldom worth the lost DPS time unless you’re a Boomkin or MM Hunter.
• Stack up before the Strangling Roots cast and then run through them to eliminate any little flowers spawning. You’ll take a bit of damage doing this so an immunity is recommended. A Druid can shapeshift out of the root effect to remove them very easily.

Tanking Tips

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Healing Tips

Difficulty: 3/5

• Top the party before Shattered Earth and otherwise focus your healing on the tank. During Crushing Grip Oakheart will do his best impression of a bench vice and squeeze the life out of your tank.

Dresaron

“I swear I didn’t touch any eggs” – Man with many whelps behind him

Dungeon Journal+

Breath of Corruption   AoE   Nature   ✔Dodgeable

Down Draft   AoE   Nature

Earthshaking Roar   AoE   Nature

You should know

• Tank the boss toward one side of the room, so that you have more room if you need to move the boss from falling rocks.
• The Down Draft pushback is stronger the further you are from the boss. You need to be stacked directly underneath him when the cast starts and you cannot stop to cast until the very end. This way even the slowest bastard in your group has no chance of clipping an egg. As soon as the draft ends you need to spread immediately for the incoming Earthshaking Roar.
• If you move immediately after the roar you can take no damage from Falling Rocks.
• A recent hotfix eliminated tanking the boss up near the wall and it’s usually easiest to just kill him in the middle of the room now.

Tanking Tips

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Healing Tips

Difficulty: 5/5

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Shade of Xavius

Often more difficult than Mythic Xavius was

Dungeon Journal+

Nightmare Bolt   Single Target   Shadow  

Feed on the Weak   Single Target   Shadow

Festering Rip   Single Target   Nature   ✔Dispellable

Induced Paranoia   Single Target   Debuff

Apocalyptic Nightmare   AoE   Fire   ✔Avoidance

You should know

• Apocalyptic Nightmare is cast when Shade hits 50% health and deals horrifying damage. On high keys you need to make sure you have some kind of damage reduction for this. The healer needs to pump out a healing cooldown as it hits since he often follows it up with a very dangerous Feed on the Weak.
• Keep Xavius out of the purple circles on the ground since he’ll gain +5% damage from any that hit him. A couple of stacks can be enough to push Shadow Bolt / Feed on the Weak into one shot territory (if they weren’t already).
• This fight is already pretty stressful for your healer so if you’re targeted by Feed on the Weak, pop a defensive cooldown immediately. Keep in mind that you’ll need one for when the boss hits 50% life.
• [Hunters] You can Feign Death the second he targets you for Feed on the Weak, killing his cast. Your healer will love you.

Tanking Tips

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Healing Tips

Difficulty: 5/5

• Coming Soon.