Restoration Druid Mage Tower Healing Challenge Guide - Lord Erdris Thorn - The War Within 11.0.2

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Questionably EpicQE LiveDungeon Tips addonRestoration Druid Mage Tower Challenge Transmog RewardDas Grabmal des SargerasDruid - Stormheart RaimentWhat is the Restoration Druid Mage Tower Challenge? - End of the Risen ThreatHowever, if you die, the NPCs will continue fighting until until one of them dies or the scenario is completeBest Restoration Druid Gear for Mage Tower ChallengeBest Restoration Druid Stat Priority for Mage Tower Challenge

Healing - Intellect > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike = Versatility

Damage - Intellect > Haste = Critical Strike > Versatility > Mastery

Best Restoration Druid Consumables and Enchants for Mage Tower Challenge

Type

Recommendation

Flask

Phiole der mäßigen Vielseitigkeit

Throughput Potion

Elementartrank der Macht

Health Potion

Outro Conversation

Drums

Wildbalgtrommeln

Weapon Rune

Heulrune

Food

Schicksalhafter Glückskeks

Slot

Recommendation

Weapon

Weise Hingabe

Cloak

Regenerativer Lebensraub

Chest

Erweckte Werte

Bracers

Hingabe des Lebensraubs

Legs

Temporaler Zauberfaden

Ring

Ring - Hingabe des Tempos

Best Restoration Druid Trinkets for Mage Tower Challenge

Trinket

Drop Location

Versprechen der Bruthüterin

Broodkeeper Diurna - Vault of the Incarnates

Flüsterndes Symbol der Inkarnation

Primal Council - Vault of the Incarnates

Ominöse chromatische EssenzPips smaragdgrünes FreundschaftsabzeichenBest Restoration Druid Talents for Mage Tower ChallengeTaifunErschütterndes GebrüllLycaras LehrenTaifunRestoration Druid Strategy & Walkthrough for Mage Tower ChallengeStage 1: The LandingNotable Enemies & Abilities

Verderbte auferstandene Armbrustschützin
Manastich - Ability that targets you indicated by a large blue arrow. Can be interrupted by crowd control or intercepted by ally NPCs. Deals heavy damage and drains mana over time. Dispel Immediately.

Verderbter auferstandener Magier

Arkaner Blitz - Upon successful cast, stacks a buff that grants increasing damage. Should crowd control at 2-3+ stacks to lower damage intake.

Verderbter auferstandener Soldat

Messertanz - Channel that deals significant AoE damage to your entire party. Crowd control to interrupt the channel or be prepared with high throughput abilities.

Fixieren - Empowers but slows the soldier causing them to fixate on you dealing high damage. Kite, crowd control, or use personal defensives and high single target throughput.

Wave 1: Verderbte auferstandene ArmbrustschützinManastichWave 2: Verderbte auferstandene Armbrustschützin & Verderbter auferstandener MagierVerderbter auferstandener MagierTaifunErschütterndes GebrüllWirbelsturmVerderbte auferstandene ArmbrustschützinManastichWave 3: Verderbter auferstandener Magier & Verderbter auferstandener SoldatVerderbter auferstandener MagierVerderbter auferstandener MagierVerderbter auferstandener SoldatVerderbter auferstandener SoldatMessertanzVerderbter auferstandener MagierVerderbter auferstandener MagierMessertanzWirbelsturmMessertanzVerderbter auferstandener SoldatFixierenSpurtVerderbter auferstandener SoldatWucherwurzelnVerderbter auferstandener SoldatMassenumschlingungTaifunWucherwurzelnBärengestaltWave 4: 2xVerderbter auferstandener Soldat & Verderbter auferstandener MagierVerderbter auferstandener SoldatMessertanzVerderbter auferstandener MagierTaifunErschütterndes GebrüllVerderbter auferstandener MagierVerderbter auferstandener SoldatVerderbter auferstandener SoldatGelassenheitVerderbter auferstandener SoldatFixierenVerderbter auferstandener SoldatFixierenWucherwurzelnVerderbter auferstandener SoldatVerderbter auferstandener SoldatWirbelsturmVerderbter auferstandener SoldatUrsols VortexVerderbter auferstandener MagierVerderbter auferstandener MagierWucherwurzelnBärengestaltVerderbter auferstandener SoldatWave 5: Verderbter auferstandener Magier, Verderbte auferstandene Armbrustschützin & Verderbter auferstandener SoldatVerderbter auferstandener MagierManastichTaifunVerderbter auferstandener MagierVerderbter auferstandener SoldatMessertanzVerderbter auferstandener SoldatFixierenInkarnation: Baum des LebensAnregenEisenborkeKonvokation der GeisterTrommeln der tödlichen WildheitStage 2: Searching for the RookStage 3: Desperate TimesPart 1: CaptureNotable Enemies & Abilities

Flackerndes Auge
Constant moderate pulsing AoE damage.

Explodes for roughly 70% of your max health in damage upon death.

Flackerndes AugeKatzengestaltPart 2: StairsNotable Enemies & Abilities

Teufelsgrollunterwerfer & Teufelsfledermausjunges
Minor auto attack damage.

Instabile Teufelskugel

Deals major damage when in contact with a player. Deactivated for a short time by dealing damage to them.

Flackerndes AugeTeufelsgrollunterwerferInstabile TeufelskugelSonnenfeuerSonnenfeuerInstabile TeufelskugelPart 3: Beyond Gate 1Versehrte SeeleVerderbte auferstandene ArmbrustschützinVersehrte SeeleVersehrte SeeleVerjüngungRasche HeilungNachwachsenVerderbte auferstandene ArmbrustschützinVersehrte SeeleVersehrte SeeleSonnenfeuerInstabile TeufelskugelPart 4: Beyond Gate 2Notable Enemies & Abilities

Flackerndes Auge
Short rotating laser beams that deal decent damage and increase your damage taken. Avoid standing in these beams.

Constant minor pulsing AoE damage.

Explodes for roughly 70% of your max health in damage upon death.

Schreckensverderber

Gedankenstachel - low damage cast that isn't too relevant.

SchreckensverderberFlackerndes AugeSchreckensverderberFlackerndes AugeFlackerndes AugeStage 4: What Lies AheadSättigungStage 5: Erdris and the RisenLord Erdris DornErblühenErblühenVerjüngungKonvokation der GeisterWildwuchsNachwachsenRasche HeilungEisenborkeRasche HeilungNachwachsenWildwuchsGelassenheitNachwachsenStage 6: Rise, Soldiers!Stage 7: A Thorn in the SideNotable Enemies & Abilities

Lord Erdris Dorn
Seele entzünden - Deals the player's current health as fire damage to all friendly NPCs.

Fel Leap - Leaps at the player dealing damage and leaving a fel patch on the ground.

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Kommentare

Kommentar von nooster

So are you really suggesting Balance Affinity and expecting Incapacitating Roar to be a part of the discussion? Just checking for a friend... Also, we only have about 7k mana going in, and DPS'ing uses valuable mana resources. Seems like catweaving or maybe even tanking everything makes more sense, but I've barely gotten started. Whomever wrote this dialed it in.

Kommentar von xhini

I dont know if you just wrote 9.1.5 infront of that guide, but the DPS phase isn't even close to being easy. You need to tryhard to get it intime and you have to pick balance or feral affinity and also heart of the wild or you won't make it.
In the first phase there is also a random spellqueue, so you can have 2 fixiates on you or they just cast another knife dance while you dont have any CC ready. Also the mana sting debuff does go on you sometimes even though there was someone between you and the mob.
In last phase there is no puddle to drop your hp sometimes, which makes it impossible to play the mechanic with the debuff.
This challenge is way more difficult than it was in legion.

Kommentar von Yummka

After struggling for quite a lot of runs (around 20 wipes on last boss + 2 due to a bug) and not being able to keep Jarod alive, I can say that last row talent Photosynthesis is so much better compared to Flourish, because it procs a lot and Flourish has 1.5 min CD. I just spammed Jarod with all the heals I had and Lifebloom kept him full.

Also I would advise everyone to buy tomes if they are cheap on your realm and swap talents in-between phases. You can use any tome, it doesn't matter that some don't work above lvl 50, because you are scaled to 45 inside of MT, so buy the cheapest ones.

The talents I ran were:

phase 1: 3-3-1-1-3-2-1
phase 2-4: 3-2-2-3-1-2-1
phase 5-7: 3-2-3-3-3-2-1 (I went guardian affinity because I was struggling with keeping myself alive, but balance is also good)

Lastly I don't see it nowhere in the guide, but you can use Ursol's Vortex on archers before they jump away, it will cancel their ability and pull them to the center of vortex. Use it during phase 1 on wave 2 archer, wave 4 on soldiers before they first start chasing you and last wave on archer. Use it also on archer inside the building on stairs.

Kommentar von Masai

This fight is kinda buggy, in last phase the dude jump on me but didnt left green ^&*! on the ground then i got the fire dot explosion and couldnt lower my hp. Or when you need to Heal the 3 npc he bring to him why do i sometimes get 3 waves of 3 adds then one phase of 2 adds ?

Kommentar von TheBigDeeb

if you looking for an easy guide for Restoration Druid mage tower challenge watch the below video :)
https://youtu.be/mDh3tsLjORU

Kommentar von ssithl

As the guide mentions it's for 10.0.5 , could the suggested talent build be likewise updated please? Resto tree particularly is dramatically different in game than displayed here.

Kommentar von Maniakra

This challenge will test every aspect of gameplay. It is difficult, and there is a learning curve, but when you learn the timing you will prevail.

I used two builds for this challenge, a CC build for Phase 1-3 and then a defensive rejuvenation build optimized for the final boss in Phase 5-6. The most difficult part for me by far was phase 1, dealing with the Verderbter auferstandener Soldat and interupting the Messertanz and chase. BIG NOTE: you want to interrupt the "channel" of the Messertanz and NOT the pre-cast. (If you interrupt the pre-cast they will just continue to channel the knife dance afterwards). I used boomkin for all of Phase 3, and in my opinion that whole section is basically a freebie. The final boss is a little tricky but I will explain how I dealt with it below.

Phase 1 Build: BkGAlOfJaEu03UKI2/Mrbr1a+RSSUKJJJkUCkApoFJBAAAAAAAAAAAAKJgkkQCAJJAIFSaRCAAAAAQEAaAE
Key Talents Phase 1- Schädelstoß / Erschütterndes Gebrüll / Wirbelsturm / Ursols Vortex / Taifun / Wilde Attacke
Beschützer des Rudels is big DPS increase btw.

Phase 6 Build: BkGAlOfJaEu03UKI2/Mrbr1a+RSSUKJJJkUiwBCkiWkEAAAAAAAAAAAAoIgkkQCSAkAIFSaJJAAAAAARAoBQA
Key Talents Phase 6 - Verbesserte Baumrinde + Dickes Fell + Wache der Natur

Kill Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvjsNqQtJtk&t=766s

Phase 1 Waves

1. Arbalest - I stayed in Boomkin and DPS'd this down while hiding behind friendly NPCs
2. Mage + Arbalest - interrupt Mage's Arkaner Blitz with Schädelstoß

3. Mage + Soldier
Interrupt Messertanz with Erschütterndes Gebrüll, immediately followed by a Ursols Vortex for the first chase. 2nd Fixieren run away with Wilde Attacke. Weave in a Wirbelsturm if you need to interupt another knife dance, or just want to buy yourself time to top off the party before the next wave.

4. Mage + Soldier x 2 *Hardest*
Interrupt Messertanz with Erschütterndes Gebrüll then I tank the double Fixieren by popping Gelassenheit. This keeps the Soldiers together in one place instead of spreading them out which will make it easier to interupt for the second Messertanz (again with Incap Roar). Use Taifun or Schädelstoß as needed for additional interupts or chase.

5. Mage + Soldier + Arbalest
Interrupt Messertanz with Erschütterndes Gebrüll (if possible try to also interrupt the Mage's Arkaner Blitz at the same time), then pop Inkarnation: Baum des Lebens to tank the Fixieren .

Phase 3-4

For trinkets I used Gereinigter Splitter des dritten Monds + Archimondes wiedergeborener Hass. The heirloom absorb trinket is AMAZING for the rest of the challenge because everything here on out is a Demon, which grants you 100% bonus to the shield. It is PERFECT for absorbing the damage from killing Flackerndes Auge which deal about 5000 dmg when killed. The legendary legion trinket scales down incredibly well, granting intellect and a big amount of secondary stats. You can ultimately substitute the second trinket for anything, imo should be intellect with an on use DPS proc if possible.

To deal with the first set of flickering eyes, focus down 1 to simply allow you to move out of the middle and get a little more breathing room. Use a Taifun to get some more space. I used Gereinigter Splitter des dritten Monds for the first eye, Eisenborke for 2nd/3rd, and Baumrinde for the rest, along with healing myself up in-between. For the orbs, demon, and bats in the next room, I spammed Sonnenfeuer to make sure those orbs were never active. This part presents no real threat to you.

For the feared ally on the stairs, I simply popped this decurse macro then Gelassenheit to heal the 3 adds.
#showtooltip Nature's Cure
/target Panicked Soul
/cast Nature's Cure
/targetlasttarget

Lastly, in the room with the Schreckensverderber, I Wirbelsturm him first and then focus on the 3 eyes. Try to "sort of" stay in the doorway while focusing down the Flackerndes Auge to the Right > Left > Back as priority. The reason is because the right one is in line of sight of the door immediately, and the Right + Left are the most immediate threat to you as they creep towards you. The one in the back is far away and poses no danger. Again, use the same defensive rotation of Gereinigter Splitter des dritten Monds + Eisenborke + Baumrinde for each eye kill.

Phase 5-6

1. Ghost Wave 1 - Gelassenheit
2. Ghost Wave 2 - Inkarnation: Baum des Lebens
3. Ghost Wave 3 - Rasche Heilung

For the boss I used drums and Trank der verlängerten Macht. Keep yourself at 50% hp, no more, ideally no less. Cancel your HoTs on yourself. If you are at 100% HP you will kill someone in your party when Seele entzünden expires. I tried different strategies for dropping the fel pools, but really a haphazard placement will work if you leave little clear patches for you to stand in later on. Try to maximize your DPS here inbetween keeping your party alive. This is where the heirloom trinket, and 2nd build with defensives will really shine, since the goal is NOT to heal yourself but to mitigate that damage and stay at 50% HP. The magic number you want to hit is about 7-8% HP on the boss. Even if you die your party can finish that off, assuming they are topped to 80-90% HP before you died.

Good luck!
/cancelaura Regrowth
/cancelaura Rejuvenation
/cancelaura Lifebloom

Kommentar von Elandura

This guide requires an immediate update. First of all, talent trees are nowhere to be found, there have been multiple changes to druid talent tree since the start of the expansion, and none of it is adressed here.
There are lines like using both Convoke and Incarn, which is from Shadowlands and impossible. Also, change the optimized item loot table with current season's items. No one can farm manic grieftorch etc anymore. They could go and do lfr, but who would endure that poppycöck...

Long story short, this needs a rework, an overhaul.

Kommentar von DeadOptimus

Talents aren't listed and no talent code. 0/10

Kommentar von Taotao10

I like how this guide just doesn't include talents

Kommentar von Ruckuspaw

Long time guardian main here. Haven't touched resto since early SL S1, nor have I touched the healer mage tower challenge since I finished it for my book early on in SL S4.

I did this in three tries a few days ago. My build was as follows (patch 10.2.5): BkGAORarfDaLt4uMx8TYOtl8G0IJRjkkki0SCcgUopFJBAAAAAAAAAAAAIgkkQCSCQSwCi0IpQCAAAAAICAAI

The only notable pieces of gear I had were Unblinking Gaze of Sethe and Balefire Branch.

Once you're past the first phase, you don't need Cyclone or Typhoon and can swap them out to either go the whole way down into Nature's Vigil, or to get Innervate and the third point in Lycara's Teachings. Up to you.

In phase 1, I kept the priority kill target dotted up as much as possible, hit it with Starsurge when it was available (always focus the mage in each group first!) and made sure to generally stand in melee, near Jarod. This makes it easier to hide behind him when Mana Sting happens, and it makes it easier for you to use your AoE CCs for the fourth and fifth sets of adds. In general, when you have a single soldier, use Cyclone to stop Knife Dance, though if you can hit the soldier and a mage simultaneously with Typhoon, do that.

On the fourth wave (1 mage, 2 soldiers), I made sure to use Incapacitating Roar on the first double Knife Dance. Because I was in melee, it also got the mage. I did not get double fixated, but if it happens to you, that's the time to pop Barkskin and Convoke. If you get a second double Knife Dance, use Typhoon and Cyclone as necessary.

On the fifth wave, same idea. I used Incap Roar on the first Knife Dance and got the mage with it as well. Generally, during phase 1, you should prioritize keeping Lifebloom rolling on Jarod and yourself, rolling hots on the rest of your party as necessary, CCing as necessary, and then worry about DPSing. Usually, you should have enough time at the start of each wave to target and dot up the mage before you need to spot heal or CC.

Phase 1 is the hardest part of the entire encounter. If you're going to swap talents, do it before the gauntlet phase. Be aware that the little Flickering Eyes you get off the bat to start the gauntlet do slowly move around, so if you stand in the center of the room for an extended period of time, one of them will get close enough to clip you with its AoE and probably kill you. Kill the eyes one at a time, move into the empty space they leave behind, and let your health fill back up before you kill the next one.

The next area, with the felguard and bat minions, is a great time to go into Moonkin Form and Convoke. Focus the felguard, and dot up the bats and Fel Orbs as necessary. As you're opening the gate to go up the stairs, be ready to dispell the Panicked Soul ASAP. You should be able to drop Efflorescence on all three adds you need to heal, just to speed things along a little. Once they're taken care of, pull the Arbalest and use Incap Roar or Typhoon to stop Mana Sting. As you make your way further up the stairs through the bunch of Fel Orbs, just go into Bear Form and spam Swipe. Easy mode. Open the gate, and target one of the Flickering Eyes as your priority kill target as you move into the next room.

In this last room, the Flickering Eyes should be your priority kill targets. Deal with them as before, and make sure you dodge the laser beams that the Dread Corruptor spawns. He doesn't do anything of consequence apart from the laser beams and can be killed last. I got through this whole gauntlet with about a minute and a half to spare. Take your time and don't get greedy.

During the next phase, with you healing up adds and saving your party members while they beat on each other, there are two things to remember. First, make sure you let one add get to Erdris without being healed to full, preferably an Arbalest. This way, you will have time to drink before the subsequent phase starts and the add attacks. If you heal up every single add, Erdris engages almost immediately (at least, that's how this worked in SL). And second, don't be afraid to burn through your mana and use CDs as necessary. If you have to Regrowth spam for a few GCDs, do it.

Once you're through this, drink as soon as you get out of combat, then heal up your party. You'll have enough time to get back up to full before your (hopefully) lone add attacks. Shortly after it dies, Erdris engages. Remember that he will always jump to your position, so do your best to stand right on the edge of existing green goo and use up as little floor space as possible. Pop drums at the start of this phase, along with a Potion of Unbridled Fury and an on-use trinket if you have it. Keep him dotted up (don't forget Adaptive Swarm!) and Starsurge him when you can. Moonkin Convoke on CD will help to burn Erdris down as well. You shouldn't need Convoke to keep your party alive.

Focus on keeping your party alive and your HP between 40% and 50% at all times. I cannot state this enough: it's better to be conservative with your HP and err towards it being a bit over 50%, than to play chicken with your HP and get yourself killed by a jump and subsequent tick or two of green goo. There isn't really a whole lot of group damage here apart from your Ignite Soul going off, so even if you're a bit high on HP and your party gets hit fairly hard, you should be able to recover. Ignite Soul takes 9 seconds from application to explosion, so don't panic when you get it--you have time to step into the green goo and get your HP down.

Erdris died with about half the room still clear space. The Potion of Unbridled Fury absolutely wrecks him if you pop it with drums and keep dots rolling on him. Unblinking Gaze of Sethe put in some work too, but the Potion alone chunked almost 19k of his health. That's massive. If you're having difficulty with the DPS check on Erdris, this and drums are the first two things I would recommend you try.

Restoration Druid Mage Tower Healing Challenge Guide - Lord Erdris Thorn - The War Within 11.0.2

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