Ascendant Council Raid Guide

The Bastion of Twilight Guide

The Bastion of Twilight Loot

Halfus Wyrmbreaker

Theralion & Valiona

Ascendant Council

Cho’gall

Sinestra

The Twilight Hammer’s most powerful cultists forcibly made one with the elements, this council oversees future ascendants.

Abilities

Feludius

Ignacious

Arion

Call Winds

Arion will summon a tornado that floats around the room, knocking back anyone that touches it as well as debuffing them with Swirling Winds.

Swirling Winds makes you immune to Quake, and is a necessary debuff to survive Phase 2.

Thundershock

Arion deals massive Nature damage to all players. This can be avoided by having the debuff Grounded.

Lightning Rod

Arion will target a random player, making them a Lightning Rod. This will be followed by Chain Lightnings on that player. The Lightning Rod will want to move a minimum of 15 yards away from the raid to avoid the Chain Lightnings bouncing between players.

Disperse

Arion teleports randomly throughout the room, followed by a 4 second cast of Lightning Blast, dealing massive Nature damage to the tank.

Static Overload (Heroic Only)

Arion charges a random player, dealing moderate Nature damage to them and all players near them every 2 seconds. Avoid this by spreading.

Terrastra

Gravity Well

Terrastra creates a Gravity Well on the ground, dealing low Nature damage to all players within it and debuffing them with Grounded.

Grounded makes you immune to Thundershock, and is a necessary debuff to survive Phase 2.

Harden Skin

Terrastra will shield himself, absorbing a large amount of damage. This needs to be broken ASAP.

While shielded, Terrastra will deal 100% increased Physical damage.

Quake

Terrastra deals massive Physical damage to all players. This can be avoided by having the debuff Swirling Winds.

Eruption

After a 1 second cast, spikes will impale all players near him, dealing high Physical damage and knocking them into the air. Duck out of melee range whenever this is cast.

Gravity Core (Heroic Only)

Terrastra crushes a random player, dealing moderate Physical damage to them and all players near them every 2 seconds. Avoid this by spreading.

Elementium Monstrosity

Raid Composition & Preparation

Healers

There is a lot to heal during this fight, but the final Phase does require high DPS. I recommend at least 5 healers, but you can bring one or two more if you aren’t able to keep up.

DPS

You want an even mix of ranged and melee DPS for this fight.

Tanks

You will need two tanks for Phase 1 & 2, one for each active ascendant.

Strategy

Phase 1 – Feludius & Ignacious

The fight opens with you fighting Feludius, the water ascendant, and Ignacious, the fire ascendant. Each will need to be tanked individually, with Feludius away from the raid and Ignacious tanked facing away from the raid. Melee DPS should focus on Ignacious, while ranged focus on Feludius. Ranged players will want to be spread, to avoid Water Bomb and Inferno Rush.

Feludius will cast Hydro Lance, which should always be interrupted. The bosses will also cast Heart of Ice and Burning Blood respectively. These should both be dispelled immediately. Players hit by Water Bomb will want to take a very quick step into the fire left behind from Inferno Rush. This will clear the Waterlogged debuff, and ensure you don’t get Frozen by Glaciate.

Occasionally, Ignacious will cast Aegis of Flame, giving himself a shield. DPS will want to all focus on him during this, breaking the shield as fast as possible. You will want both bosses to go down at the same time, so make sure neither boss is receiving significantly more DPS than the other.

On Heroic, Arion and Terrastra will join in from the sidelines, each casting their own spell. Arion will cast Static Overload, and Terrastra will cast Gravity Core. In Phase 1, both of these effects are handled by moving away from the affected player.

Phase 2 – Arion & Terrastra

After dealing with the first two ascendants, Arion, the air ascendant, and Terrastra, the earth ascendant, will join in the fight. Just like Phase 1, each ascendant requires its own tank.

Your first goal in this Phase is to locate and walk through the tornado in the room. This will give you the buff Swirling Winds, making you immune to Quake. Once Terrastra casts Quake, you will want to step into the Gravity Well on the ground. This will give you the buff Grounded, making you immune to Thundershock. You will repeat this pattern for the rest of the Phase.

Arion will cast Lightning Blast, which needs to be interrupted each time it is cast. Anyone targeted by Lightning Rod will need to move away from the raid, keeping at least 15 yards away from everyone else. Whenever Terrastra casts Eruption, players will want to move out of melee range.

Just like Ignacious in Phase 1, Terrastra will use Harden Skin, giving herselfa shield. DPS will want to all focus on her during this, breaking the shield as fast as possible. You will want both bosses to go down at the same time, so make sure neither boss is receiving significantly more DPS than the other.

On Heroic, Ignacious will cast Flame Strike, requiring players to quickly move out of the marked spot, and stay out of the lingering fire. Feludius will cast Frozen Orb, creating an orb that follows a player. This orb will need to be kited into the flames left behind from Flame Strike.

Phase 3 – Elementium Monstrosity

For this Phase you will only need a single tank. All four ascendants will merge into one Elementium Monstrosity. During this Phase, the Elementium Monstrosity will cast Cryogenic Aura, leaving ice on the floor. The tank will want to move the boss out of this area immediately. Moving the boss around the outer rim of the move gives the most room and minimizes the odds of trapping yourselves.

Ranged players will want to spread in the middle of the room. Electric Instability will be cast constantly throughout the Phase, and this will bounce to any players close by, increasing its damage constantly. Lava Seeds will also pop up in the room, which players need to avoid.

Finally, the Elementium Monstrosity will cast Gravity Crush, trapping a random player in a gravity bubble. This deals damage based on their maximum health twice per second for 6.5 seconds. Whoever is targeted by this will need to be immediately focused by healers to keep them alive.

Phase 3 can be chaotic, but for the most part it is just a burn Phase, so make sure to get the boss down fast!