Welcome to the guide to the fight against Tirana Velhari, the ninth boss of the Hellfire Citadel gang.
Meeting lore
By the time Gul'dan brought his gift to the Sargerei, Velhari had already made his ambitions clear and had risen through the ranks with brutal ferocity. Known to her enemies as the Tirana, Velhari was one of the first to accept the Fel Touch, enhancing her combat prowess. He now wears a mockery of the sacred symbol of the naaru as a sign of his belief in the new order.
Tirana Velhari
Tyrant Velhari begins combat with Aura of Oppression. Upon losing 10% of her health, Velhari summons an ancient despot to aid her in the fight.
At 70% health, Velhari changes his active aura to an Aura of Contempt. When he loses 10% of his health, Velhari summons an ancient harbinger to restore his health.
At 40% health, Velhari changes his active aura back to Aura of Malice. When he loses 10% of his health, Velhari summons an Ancient Sovereign to bolster his defenses.
Skills
Tirana Velhari
- Edict of Condemnation: Edict of Damnation deals 701006. Shadow damage spread across all affected players. This effect occurs every 3 seconds. for 9 s.
- Touch of damage: Places a shield of Shadow magic around a player that absorbs 1361454. of Healing. If Touch Damage is dispelled, the remaining absorb jumps to another random player.
- Seal of Decomposition: Melee attacks sometimes curse the target with Shadow magic, reducing healing and absorption received by 10% for 18 sec. This effect stacks.
Phase 1: Oppression
- Aura of oppression: Emits a cursed aura, causing players to receive 14820. Shadow damage when moving. This effect increases over time.
- Annihilating Strike: Tracks a player for 180352 to 199337 damage. Fire damage in a frontal cone. All affected players create a Searing Blaze at their location. Generates 1 p. of corrupt power.
- Searing blaze: Creates a searing blaze at the target location. After a short duration, the blaze explodes, inflicting 60539 to 66913 damage. Fire damage to players within 2 yards. and throws them into the air.
- Hellish tempest: Causes players to burst into flames and periodically burn themselves and all players within 2 yards at 33641 to 37183. Fire damage. All affected players create a Searing Blaze at their location. Generates 3 p. of corrupt power.
- Searing blaze: Creates a searing blaze at the target location. After a short duration, the blaze explodes, inflicting 60539 to 66913 damage. Fire damage to players within 2 yards. and throws them into the air.
Ancient despot
- At 90% health, Tyrant Velhari summons an ancient despot to aid her in the fight.
- Despot's attack: Hit the ground and project a ball of intense heat.
- Roaring flames: Players affected by Attack of the Enforcer receive 33250 to 36750 points. Fire damage. All affected players create a Searing Blaze at their location.
- Searing blaze: Creates a searing blaze at the target location. After a short duration, the blaze explodes, inflicting 60539 to 66913 damage. Fire damage to players within 2 yards. and throws them into the air.
Phase 2: Contempt
- Aura of contempt: Emits a cursed aura that causes players to be unable to receive healing above 80% of their maximum health. This effect increases over time.
- Corrupted shadows: Crushes a player with dark magic, dealing 68400 to 75600 damage. Shadow damage and unleashes a Corrupted Blast. Generates 1 p. of corrupt power.
- Corrupt blast: Players affected by Corrupted Shadows also deal 61855 to 68367. Shadow damage to players within 5 yards.
- Source of corruption: Curses random players with dark power, causing subsequent casts of Corrupted Shadows to also hit targets from Source of Corruption. Grants immunity to Corrupted Blast. Generates 3 p. of corrupt power.
Ancient Harbinger
- At 60% health, Tyrant Velhari summons an ancient harbinger to aid her in the fight.
- Harbinger's Relief: The Ancient Harbinger unleashes a Shadow debuff that heals her master for 2% of their maximum health instantly and an additional 2% every 3 seconds. for 9 s.
Stage 3: Malice
- Aura of Malice: Emits a cursed aura that causes players to deal an additional 20% damage and take an additional 10% damage. This effect increases over time.
- Bulwark of the tyrant: Inflicts from 52440 to 57960. Shadow damage to the current target and other random players, leaving a trail of Scorched Ground at their locations. Generates 1p. of corrupt power.
- Razed ground: Scorched Ground deals 24192. Shadow damage every 1 sec. to the players inside.
- Tyrant's Gavel: Inflicts from 43733 to 48338. Fire damage to all players and knocks them back. Additionally, it radiates flames that inflict 17262 damage. Fire damage to all players every 2 sec. for 8 s. Generates 3 p. of corrupt power.
Ancient Sovereign
- At 30% health, Tyrant Velhari summons an Ancient Sovereign to aid her in the fight.
- Sovereign's Ward: The Ancient Sovereign casts a protective glare at his master, reducing damage taken by 90% for 20 sec. This effect is removed if the Ancient Sovereign dies.
Strategy
We are facing a meeting of three phases but of short duration; This encounter will put the entire raid to the test as we will have to kill Tirana as quickly as possible, tightening the dps, or the healers will not be able to hold the raid, since throughout the fight the damage increases over time.
From the beginning and throughout the game we will have to face three skills, so it is important to know how they work.
Edict of Condemnation: we will see a giant hammer appear above our head if we are fixed by this ability, we will be surrounded by an area that will make three ticks, each one smaller than the previous one.
To withstand the damage of this ability it is necessary to share it, the easiest thing is to approach the melee if we are the target of it but be careful, sometimes it can coincide with Hellish tempest complicating this task quite a bit.
Touch of damage: healing the target we will be able to eliminate the damage absorption shield, since if we dispel it it will jump to another player but it will not be eliminated.
Seal of Decomposition: The tank with Tirana will be affected by stacks of Seal of Decomposition, decreased by received healing and absorption by 10% per stack. They will exchange Tirana and his henchmen, when present, every two accumulations.
Phase 1: Oppression
The first phase lasts until Tirana's health drops to 70% healthDuring this phase, we will have to deal with Tirana and also with an ancient despot, who will join the meeting to help her.
While the despot is alive, it will be our priority in focus since it will cause fireballs to appear in the room that we will have to dodge or we will be affected by Roaring flames , provoking Searing blaze to nearby players, or what is the same, a lot of fire damage.
Taking into account that during the first phase Tirana will have active its Aura of oppression, which inflicts Shadow damage just by moving, it is vitally important to eliminate the Ancient Enforcer as soon as possible.
During this first phase, in addition to the fixed skills of the encounter, we will have to deal with the Hellish tempest. This ability will cause us to burn, taking Fire damage the entire band inevitably but also generates Searing blaze , ability that will appear in the form of a small area of fire. To avoid being affected by it, we must advance in "little steps." Remember that during this phase the movements must be minimal, since we receive damage due to the Aura of oppression from Tirana.
Another skill that will be present in this phase is Annihilating Strike , with which we will see an arrow appear in the direction of the player set by it. We must avoid the trajectory so as not to be affected by the fire damage generated by the ability, in case of being targets we must leave the Searing blaze that will appear under our feet.
Phase 2: Contempt
At 70% health, Tirana switches to her contempt phase, also changing to Aura of contempt. Now we can move but, we will never see our life jammed, which begins to generate stress in our healers.
For this phase we will have left two assigned marks, one on each side of the boss to separate the players affected by the Source of corruption of those who are not. It is very important that players affected by Source of corruption are placed together in one of the marks, as it will be immune to the Corrupt blast, while the unaffected will take a lot of damage if they are hit by it.
We will repeat this group change mechanic for the duration of the phase and we will also face an Ancient Harbinger, who will join the encounter and try to heal Tirana. To prevent Tirana from healing, we will assign a rotation of slices to interrupt the Harbinger's ReliefIn case we miss a cast, we can dispel or purge Tirana.
Once on the scene, the Ancient Harbinger will be our top priority. To help us in this phase we will make use of Heroism, since due to the Aura of contempt of Tirana, if this phase takes too long, we will not be able to receive cures.
Stage 3: Malice
Once we manage to lower Tirana's life to 40% health, we will begin the third and last phase of the encounter, Malice, this phase is a full dps run.
We will be affected by the Aura of Malice, with which we will see our damage increase progressively but, we will also receive more damage as the encounter progresses, so we must not let this phase drag on too long or we will irretrievably die.
In this third phase Tirana will be aided by an ancient Sovereign, this minion will again be our priority because he will place a Sovereign's Ward about Tirana preventing us from hurting her.
During this phase we will all advance together with the tanks and the melee, since Tirana will do Bulwark of the tyrant about random players, who will leave Razed ground behind him. In this way, the entire band will advance to the outside of the room, leaving the areas behind.
We must also be attentive to Tyrant's Gavel , ability by which we will be repelled from the melee and safely pushed to areas with Razed ground, so we must quickly resume the position.
To have a more complete view of the meeting, we advise you to also watch the video guide.