Character

Mechanic 1: Stacking Buff
Every 30 seconds or so the boss gains a stacking debuff increasing his damage. You can clear a stack of this debuff by dragging a slime in to him. The boss will heal relative to the amount of HP the slime has when he merges in to it.

Mechanic 2: Slimes
Platforms will light up also every 30 seconds or so. Anyone standing on the platform will spawn a slime that has perma-aggro on that player. If the player runs away the slime will explode doing massive dmg. Slimes need to be dps'd down to <25% and dragged in to the boss.

Important Mechanic 3: Split
Around 60% the boss will split in to 2 versions of himself now with only 30% hp and doing half damage. Buffs will stack now on both bosses and slimes need to be dragged to both bosses. Bosses need to be tanked far apart from each other. If they get to close they will merge and the buff will stack about 1 stack per 2-3 seconds essentially wiping you.

Important Mechanic 4: Boss Death
The 2 bosses must die close to the same time.

Unimportant Mechanic 1: Cleave
Don't stand in front of him

Unimportant Mechanic 2: Tail Swipe
Don't stand behind him

Unimportant Mechanic 3: Acid Spit
Will target 1 random person and spit a pool of acid on the ground.


Basic Strat:
Spread out. If you are all clumped in 1 area a platform may light up on the other side of the room. Know who is getting the slimes, be vocal. If you are not getting a slime get off the platform. Help DPS the slime down to 20% before it merges. Merge the slime from 3oclock or 9oclock on the boss to avoid dmg.

DPS avoiding unnecessary dmg is key.

Time the boss split having 0 stacks on him to make the fight easy. If he splits with 1 stack on him the fight will be difficult. Be vocal.

On split, take your 8man and split in to 2 even groups (2 dps, 1 tank 1 healer) and burn your respective bosses. Continue to drag slimes in to the boss during this phase to make it easy.


What we did:
Tank the boss on the spine of the 2 platforms in front of him from when you enter the room. This gives your MT 3 platforms he could potentially run to if they light up (you don't want your MT spawning slimes because they instantly merge in to the boss giving him a huge heal). Tank will take double dmg when they are together and requires lots of healing.

Upon split the OT will attack 1-2 times to get threat and sprint to the back left platform relative to when you enter the boss room. Take your time, be vocal, dps them down and collect your items.

Fight took about 10-12 minutes.

What we found hard:
Getting the split with 0 stacks. Aggro management during transition. Also a small learning curve from people for dragging slimes without taking damage and without getting too far away. Heals on DPS make this fight hard. Once we nailed the transition on split the entire fight was easy.