Before engaging Auriaya, there are 2 trash pulls that need to be cleared before engaging her. We will pull both the right and left sides. Each of the adds needs to be tanked separately and far from each other. We usually have one at the middle of the stairs, one at the far end of the platform. Things to note – the adds spawn sparks that will travel to the closest giant. Usually this is the second of the pair however if there is only 1 alive it will head towards another group in the circle. If the spark reaches another giant, they will gain (I believe) a 50% damage increase. Therefore it’s important to burn these sparks as fast as possible. They can be CCed in 10 man, they can not be CCed in 25 man.
There’s 2 methods of burning these adds.
1st – Burn 1 add, anytime a spark forms, burn the spark. Burn 2nd add. NOTE: upon killing the first add, the second add gains a debuff that increases damage done by a large amount. Healers have been warned. Also – if sparks are still generated they still need to be first priority for burning as they will go pull adds on either side of the group you just pulled.
2 – kill the giants at the same time. You will have more sparks, but the damage to the second tank will not increase for long after the first dies.
Auriaya, like many fights in Ulduar is very movement intensive. The hardest part about this fight is the pull. Auriaya comes with 2 cats in 10 man, 4 in 25.
We utilize 3 tanks and a DK to pull this off. The boss tank stands out of line of sight on the far side and will eventually pull Auriaya to the center. A pally and warrior add tank will pick up the sentries and we use a DK’s death and decay to start the pull.
As she pats around close to the pull area, the DK drops D&D (can also use snake traps or other ranged pulls) then ducks around the corner. The add tanks pick up the adds and are then AOEed down. While the add tanks hold the cats, the boss tank taunts auriaya off and drags her to the center. Once the adds are down everyone stacks on Auriaya and the add tank but IN FRONT of her due to sonic screech. If you have enough DPS you can kill the cats before the first fear, else burn the cats first and then go after the boss.
The boss is tanked in the center of the circle, after each fear is the sonic screech therefore it is important that people stack back up in front of the tank as soon as the fear is finished. Tremor totems, if available, should be used in groups containing healers and tanks. Anyone with interrupts needs to help interrupt the Sentinel screech which can do a large amount of damage on top of the screech. Auriaya will call a Feral Defender who will pounce anyone outside of an 8 yard range. This needs to be offtanked though it will charge and stun people as well as pounce anyone too far away. Auriaya will also cast a swarm of guardians on a player which will need to be AOEd down and the player they are swarming will need extra heals.
The Feral defender does not need to be killed unless it is causing large amounts of damage to the raid. It will be taking AOE damage from the swarm’s and just needs to be kept an eye on. Once it is down to about 15%, it needs to be dragged out to a corner to be killed. If a fear is incoming, it can be stunned to hold it in place and prevent pouncing during the fear. Once the cat is dead it leaves a void hole on the ground which will stay up for the remainder of the fight. In 10 and 25 man we can usually get by without killing the cat at all or having 1 death.
Auriaya needs to be moved as soon as possible to avoid people running through the void zones during a fear.
Quick recap:
Kill initial adds
Group up in front of tank & dps boss
AoE swarms – extra heals on person being swarmed
Stun feral defender before fears
Tremor totem/Fear ward tanks/healers
After fear stack in front of boss – more people in front of boss = less damage per person
When feral defender is around 15% drag him out, stun him so he doesn’t pounce and burn him down
After defender is down, kite boss down to next level
rinse and repeat
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