Cauldron of Carnage Raid Guide

Welcome to the Ultimate Cauldron of Carnage Raid Guide! This guide includes information for LFR and Normal difficulties. Simply click on your chosen difficulty to access all the details you need. We've also included color codes to highlight important points for Healers, Tanks, and DPS.

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Cauldron of Carnage Raid Guide

Encounter Overview

The Cauldron of Carnage is a single-phase fight with an intermission. The raid needs to be split into 2 groups (odds - left /evens - right) as both bosses must be kept on opposite sides of the arena. Once the intermission ends each side will swap to the opposite side. So odds go right and evens go left. This repeats.

Phase 1

Normal

Setup

• Mechanics change depending on which boss you are fighting.

• Each boss applies a stacking debuff every 5 seconds.

• If bosses are closer than 40 yards they become immune to damage.

• When one boss dies before the other, the surviving bosses damage is buffed by 50% every 5 seconds.

  
  

Flarendo Mechanics (Left)

Scrapbomb

• Giant bomb that must be soaked, it also knocks those players backwards.

Blastburn Roarcannon

• Targets and tracks one player, this should be aimed to the left towards the wall. This will instakill anyone and it gives the targeted player a second to avoid it.

Eruption Stomp

• Knocks the tank upwards and sends out fire waves from the stomp location.

Torq Mechanics (Right)

Static Charge / Static Discharge

• An extra bar appears, this fills when you move and depletes when you stand still. If it fills then the player is stunned for 6 seconds.

Thunderdrum Salvo

• Fires a bunch of missiles that track players for 6 seconds. Avoid these but be mindful of your Static bar.

Lightning Bash

• Heavy physical damage and whatever damage isn't mitigated will hit again as nature.

Role Specific Duties

Tanks

• Keep the bosses apart.

• Use a defensive before Eruption Stomp and Lightning Bash.

Healers

• Expect ramping raid damage with the debuff stacks increasing.

• Expect a burst of damage during the Scrapbomb soak.

• Expect constant damage during Thunderdrum Salvo.

DPS

• Help soak the Scrapbomb on Flarendo side.

• Don't fill your Static bar on Torq side.

• Cleave both bosses down evenly, switch sides if needed.

LFR

Setup

• Mechanics change depending on which boss you are fighting.

• Each boss applies a stacking debuff every 5 seconds.

• If bosses are closer than 40 yards they become immune to damage.

• When one boss dies before the other, the surviving bosses damage is buffed by 10% every 5 seconds.

  
  

Flarendo Mechanics (Left)

Scrapbomb

• Giant bomb that must be soaked, it also knocks those players backwards.

Blastburn Roarcannon

• Targets and tracks one player, this should be aimed to the left towards the wall. This will instakill anyone and it gives the targeted player a second to avoid it.

Eruption Stomp

• Knocks the tank upwards and sends out fire waves from the stomp location.

Torq Mechanics (Right)

Static Charge / Static Discharge

• An extra bar appears, this fills when you move and depletes when you stand still. If it fills then the player is stunned for 6 seconds.

Thunderdrum Salvo

• Fires a bunch of missiles that track players for 6 seconds. Avoid these but be mindful of your Static bar.

Lightning Bash

• Heavy physical damage and whatever damage isn't mitigated will hit again as nature.

Role Specific Duties

Tanks

• Keep the bosses apart.

• Use a defensive before Eruption Stomp and Lightning Bash.

Healers

• Expect ramping raid damage with the debuff stacks increasing.

• Expect a burst of damage during the Scrapbomb soak.

• Expect constant damage during Thunderdrum Salvo.

DPS

• Help soak the Scrapbomb on Flarendo side.

• Don't fill your Static bar on Torq side.

• Cleave both bosses down evenly, switch sides if needed.

Intermission - 100 Energy

Normal

Setup

• The bosses charge at each other and duke it out in the middle of the arena for 20 seconds. They take full damage here and this is when each side will switch bosses to reset their debuff stacks.

  
  

Overview

There are a bunch of ground effects going on here and constant raid damage. This is the time to pop a defensive and to be mindful of your feet.

Key Mechanics

Colossal Clash

• Triggers at 100 energy. Both bosses fight in the center of the arena for 20 seconds dealing raid damage.

• Each Clash increases in damage by 15%.

Zapbolt

• Multiple lightning strikes shown by circles.

Fiery Wave

• Multiple fire waves travel across the arena.

Role Specific Duties

Tanks

• Swap bosses.

Healers

• Raid damage happens every second and this increases with each Clash.

• Swap sides.

DPS

• Avoid all the ground effects and use a defensive.

• Swap sides.

LFR

Setup

• The bosses charge at each other and duke it out in the middle of the arena for 20 seconds. They take full damage here and this is when each side will switch bosses to reset their debuff stacks.

  
  

Overview

There are a bunch of ground effects going on here and constant raid damage. This is the time to pop a defensive and to be mindful of your feet.

Key Mechanics

Colossal Clash

• Triggers at 100 energy. Both bosses fight in the center of the arena for 20 seconds dealing raid damage.

• Each Clash increases in damage by 15%.

Zapbolt

• Multiple lightning strikes shown by circles.

Fiery Wave

• Multiple fire waves travel across the arena.

Role Specific Duties

Tanks

• Swap bosses.

Healers

• Raid damage happens every second and this increases with each Clash.

• Swap sides.

DPS

• Avoid all the ground effects and use a defensive.

• Swap sides.

Final Tips

• Always point Flarendos breath towards the west wall!

• Don't move unless you have to for Torq!

• Switch sides during the Intermission!

With this guide, you're ready to Rumble with the Kings of Carnage!

Good luck!