High Priestess Mar ' li The troll Mar ' li was the High Priestess of the Primal God Shadra , the god spider . In order to quell Hakkar the Soulflayer , the trolls of the land banded together and sent a contingent of High Priests into the ancient city of Zul ' Gurub . Each priest was a powerful champion of the Primal Gods , but despite their best efforts they fell under the sway of Hakkar . Now the champions and their Primal God aspects feed the awesome power of the Soulflayer . Any adventurers brave enough to venture into the foreboding ruins must overcome the High Priests if they are to have any hope of confronting the mighty blood god . Mar ' li has two main forms , like the other bosses in Zul ' Gurub . She starts off in her troll form where she can spawn adds and cast 30 yard AoE poison . These spider adds quickly gain strength and size if not killed quickly . When she transforms into her spider form she will web everyone standing near her in place and charge . As soon as she webs everyone she will attack the person with the highest aggro that has not been webbed ( usually a healer if they are out of range . ) Strategy . For this fight you need two tanks . To start the fight , have a priest Mind Control the Speaker and make the Speaker attack Mar ' li . At this point four spiders will spawn that need to be AoE ' ed down right away . Once the spiders are down , and the Speaker gets pwned by Mar ' li , the tank will pick up aggro and all ranged classes should cluster up outside of her AoE range . So set up like this : x = Ranged / Healers MT = tank # 1 ( Main tank ) OT = tank # 2 ( Off tank ) r = Rogues Once the tank gets aggro , all melee apart from the OT begin attacking . Periodically , she will shapeshift into a spider form . When she does this , she ' ll web all the melee around her and wipe their aggro . She ' ll then charge the ranged group where the other tank will be waiting to pick up aggro and pull her back to the MT position . The OT is now the main tank , and the MT heads back to the ranged group to pick up the next charge . Be sure the ranged stay clustered up , otherwise it will be difficult for the tank to pick her up right away . Periodically , a spider will spawn . If the spider is not immediately killed it will grow larger and more powerful and will wipe the raid . Just call it out and have your ranged deal with them right away , they drop quickly . When in caster form , Mar ' li will attempt to life drain someone . Be sure to immediately counter this with an interrupt ability such as Kick or Shield Bash . It is sometimes hard to see if she is life draining or not , so pay attention . Do not let her heal herself ; it is a significant amount . There is some debate about the usefulness of mana drain . Some claim that it will not prevent her from casting her life drain , but direct experience from others contradicts this . Mana drain does appear to be a useful tactic . Alternate opening Strategy . The OT should tank the Speaker , while the MT tank the boss . The OT take the speaker back to the main raid place . Its pretty fast killing , so the OT will have the time to get to his place and be ready to the Archnopoly . This way you don ' t need the MC , just two tanks . Notes . 04 / 29 / 2006 - Tried using the Mind Control method on the Speaker , not sure if he has changed but priest was getting an immune message ( or at least that is what they said ) . Will try again for a definitive answer . If you kill the speaker , however , he will not respawn even after a reset of the encounter . 05 / 13 / 2006 - Something that my raid group does is leash the boss so we can pull the speaker and the initial wave of 4 spiders . We have a person mount and aggro , and then pull them all back to the passage leading up to the main spider room , have everyone stand at least behind the second set of torches , Mar ' li will then return to her spot , but the Speaker and the initial spawn of spiders will stay . This takes care of the speaker , and the initial ( hardest spawn ) of spiders when you actually fight her . Note , that I think this method only works if the speaker is alive , if tried after a wipe , Mar ' li does not appear to leash , and will stay to fight back in the hallway . 05 / 18 / 2006 - Draining mana does work to prevent Mar ' li from healing . However it is important that a hunter keep viper sting on at all times , as any positive mana can enable a heal . If Mar ' li is at zero ( 0 ) mana , we ' ve never seen her heal . 06 / 06 / 2006 - If the raid has 3 warriors , a variation is to form a triangle after killing the speaker and initial spiders , with the main group set normally with an OT guarding them . Then you have the other two tanks out in front , spread apart to either side of the path . A hunter is also with a tank . The solo tank gains aggro on the boss , and once webbed the hunter uses distracting shot to draw the boss from the group to the other tank . If it misses the third tank taunts the boss to the other tank . The hunter then moves to the other side and readies distracting shot for the next web attack . This minimizes the time the main group spends within range of the poison AoE , which saves lots of druid / paladin mana . 25 / 06 / 2006 - Seems to have been buffed somewhat in 1 . 11 . Higher spawnrates on small spiders for one thing . 26 / 08 / 2006 - Mind controlling the speaker works fine in 1 . 12 . Mar ' li kills him in 2 - 4 hits . 26 / 08 / 2006 - On the groups before Mar ' li they seem to have broken the geometry a bit so we ' ve been getting a lot of evades . 02 / 10 / 2006 - Be sure that no members of the raid stand on the rocks / eggs that line the room - the geometry problems have to do with those , and it can cause either trash mobs or Mar ' li herself to evade and heal back to full health 14 / 10 / 2006 - Druids in bear form are IMMUNE to her web . They can simply charge and taunt her before she even reaches the ranged group . 26 / 7 / 2007 - For lousy parties with only 10 - 15 level 60 + , it ' s enough to have the main tank and 2 people to deal with Mar ' Li while the rest of the party takes care of her adds . Quotes . Spawn spiders : Shadra form : Troll form : Death :