Hellfire High Council

Hellfire High Council is a boss encounter in the in Tanaan Jungle. It is a Council encounter that tests the healers' ability to heal through large amounts of raid-wide damage.

''Thousands of Iron Horde orcs accepted the blood of Mannoroth, but none grew as powerful as the three that stand before you. Dia Darkwhisper, champion of Void magic and an outcast of the, rose quickly to power - the left hand of. , with his insatiable hunger for blood, emerged the victor in hundreds of trials by combat. He was bested only once, in a draw, by Blademaster Jubei'thos. Tainted with fel sickness, they serve Gul'dan as both Highguard and Council of War.''

''We couldn’t in good conscience make a fel orc raid set in Draenor without a throwback to Gurtogg Bloodboil, the brutish Black Temple boss whose signature Bloodboil ability makes a return in this encounter. Accompanying Gurtogg are champions of other allied orc clans, expressing the core of each clan’s power with a fel twist.''

Each member of the council has a special attack that they will only use below 30% health. These effects will persist until the end of the encounter.

• If you are afflicted with Mark of the Necromancer when Dia Darkwhisper casts Reap, the ground beneath your position will burn for the remainder of the encounter, so position yourself carefully.
• Use defensive abilities to maximize your chance of survival if Gurtogg Bloodboil targets you with his Fel Rage.
• Move away from the impact point of Gurtogg Bloodboil's Demolishing Leap to minimize damage taken.

• Dispel Dia Darkwhisper's Mark of the Necromancer before its damage becomes lethal, but do not dispel prematurely as doing so causes the effect transfers to 2 additional targets when dispelled.
• Use defensive abilities to maximize your chance of survival if Gurtogg Bloodboil targets you with his Fel Rage.
• Move away from the impact point of Gurtogg Bloodboil's Demolishing Leap to minimize damage taken.

• When Dia Darkwhisper uses Nightmare Visage, use defensive abilities to reduce the damage you take.
• Keep Dia Darkwhisper away from her allies, else they will gain the effects of Void Haze.
• Move away from the impact point of Gurtogg Bloodboil's Demolishing Leap to minimize damage taken.

Two tanks are required: one to take Dia Darkwhisper, and the other to handle both Gurtogg Bloodboil and Blademaster Jubei'thos. Each boss has an additional ability unlocked at 30% health, meaning it is better to focus them down one at a time. The kill order is: Gurtog first, then Jubei'thos, and Dia last.

Gurtogg will stack Bloodboil on the tank that steadily stacks. The only way to get rid of it is to wait until he is finished with his Fel Rage, giving enough time for the stacks to fall off. As the stacks inevitably get higher, tanks and healers must keep an eye out and be prepared to use cooldowns in the moments before Fel Rage starts. Fel Rage will cause Gurtogg to fixiate on one of the DPS and only attack him. He runs too fast to outrun, so this will test the healer's ability to keep said player from dying to Gurtogg's attacks. He will also leap at players and hit them for some damage. At 30%, pop Bloodlust because he will start casting Tainted Blood on the whole raid, steadily reducing their maximum hp by 10% per stack. Since this effect stacks quickly and remains for the rest of the fight, it is imperative to get Gurtog down quickly when he reaches low health.

Blademaster Jubei'thos' attacks mostly consist of attacks that effect the whole raid as opposed to just the tank. Using Windwalk, he will randomly slash random players (Regardless of distance) in addition to hitting the tank. His Felstorm will cause unavoidable AOE damage to the whole raid. When he casts Mirror Image, he will split into multiple copies around the room and begin channeling a large amount of AOE fire damage to the raid which must be healed through. Any damage taken by the Mirror Images is also taken by Jubei'thos himself. The amount of damage the raid takes will decrease as more images are killed. AT 30%, he will start using Wicked Strike, which is similar to Windwalk, except it hits half the raid and deals far more damage. DPS should try to stack up to be more easily healed, especially if Jubei'thos happens to use Mirror Images during his Wicked Strike phase. Be mindful that he continues using Wicked STRIKE after being killed.

Dia Darkwhisper is arguably the most dangerous to tanks and her high damage output the reason she should be tanked separately from the other two. Use an interrupt to pull her further away from Gurtog and Jubei'thos. Her Nightmare Visage increases her attack speed and damage for about 8 seconds before changing back. Brewmaster monks excel here as they can stack Elusive Brew due to her normal attacks being undodgeable spells that do negligible damage, and pop it during Nightmare Visage to receive almost no damage by dodging all her attacks. Dia casts Reap on those who randomly have the Mark of the Necromancer debuff, causing those affected to spawn void zones underneath them. When you have been targeted by Reap, move to the edge of the room to drop it safely. Lastly, she will cast Wailing Horror which is yet another raid wide damage attack. The raid can avoid the worst of it by moving to the edge of the room, avoiding most of the damage the flying voidwalkers do.

• Halls of Blood
• Mythic: Hellfire High Council
• Don't Fear the Reaper

• Aggro
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• Mirror Images
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• Wicked Strike
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• Being Marked of the Necromancer
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• Killed a player
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• Death
• yell

• Unused quotes
• For the Burning Blade!
• Taste my blade!
• I walk in shadow.
• Like the wind!

• Reap
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• Wailing Horror
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• Mark of the Necromancer
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• Killed a player
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• Death
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• Unused quotes
• They come for us! They will not find what they seek!
• I have shown them... the Netherlands.

• Demolishing Leap
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• Fel Rage
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• Tainted Blood
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• Killed a player
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• Death
• yell

• Unused quote
• I hunger.

Hellfire High Council Heroic - Mage

Hellfire High Council Mythic - Boss Voices - Mage

Ion "Watcher" Hozzikostas has this to say about the many fixes and changes regarding Dia Darkwhisper's Mark of the Necromancer and Reap abilities:

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