Tanks
- Position the boss near the edge of the platform looking towards the lava.
- taunt swap after every Incinerating Maw.
- Incinerating Maw is a huge hitting attack and increases damage from further Incinerating Maws by 50% for 30 seconds.
- When the boss is about to cast Overpowering Stomp, quickly move to the other side of the boss to get knocked inwards.
Healers
- Igniting Roar deals more damage the longer the fight goes on.
- Searing Heat will cause players to take much more damage than normal.
- Overpowering Stomp often happens during other mechanics. Use healer cooldowns during these.
DPS
The Fight
Magmorax is by far the easiest boss in Aberuss. So long as players position correctly it’s basically free loot. The tanks should move the boss near the edge of the platform and all other players should stand in melee range directly behind the boss. His whole fight is fully scripted and requires little movement.
Molten Spittle is targeted onto a few players and will cause them to damage anyone within 5 yards and drops a Magma Puddle on the floor. These puddles grow over time, and shrink when players stand in them giving them stacks of the Searing Heat debuff. All players need to do for this is stack up together. Having everyone but the tanks in these puddles will evaporate them instantly and the stacks of Searing Heat will fall off before the next Molten Spittle is cast. If Magmorax touches the Magma Puddle, he will pulse for heavy fire damage every second until he no longer stands in it.
Magmorax will also use Igniting Roar which acts as a soft enrage as it increases the damage the raid tanks for the rest of the fight. This stacks every time he casts it, so the longer the fight goes on the more damage players will be tanking. He will also cast Blazing Breath which is a frontal cone fire attack cast towards a random player. This is one of the few times players actually need to move during the fight.
The last ability to watch out for is his Overpowering Stomp. When he uses this the tanks should run to the inside of the platform and everyone should move directly behind the boss if they aren’t already. He will cause a huge knockback, knocking players into the lava if they aren’t standing in a safe place. Straight after this the group should just assume the same positions and continue.
Glossary
Overpowering Stomp
Magmorax slams the ground causing players to take heavy physical damage and knocking them far back.
Incinerating Maws
A massive attack on his primary target that deals physical and fire damage and applies a debuff that causes the target to take 50% more damage from further Incinerating Maws for 30 seconds. This effect stacks.
Molten Spittle
Magmorax spits fire at several players causing heavy damage every 1.5 seconds for 6 seconds. When this debuff expires it will drop a Magma Puddle on the floor.
Magma Puddle
A puddle left behind after Molten Spittle expires. It will grow slowly unless a player stands on it. Players who stand on it will shrink it but get stacks of Searing Pain. If Magmorax stands on it he will explode with a Blazing Tantrum.
Searing Pain
Every second a player stands in a Magma Puddle, they will take light damage. This effect stacks. When a player reaches 40 stacks they will die.
Blazing Tantrum
When Magmorax stands in a Magma Puddle, he will gain 5 energy and pulse heavy fire damage to the raid every second.
Catastrophic Eruption
When Magmorax reaches 100 energy he will burst into flame increasing his physical damage dealt by 150% and causing him to pulse massive fire damage every 2 seconds and increase fire damage taken by 100%. This effect stacks.
Igniting Roar
Magmorax roars dealing heavy fire damage to the raid and increases the damage each second for the encounter. This effect stacks.
Blazing Breath
A frontal cone of fire damage dealing massive damage to anyone it hits.
