Varos Cloudstrider Commander Varos Cloudstrider is the second boss located in The Oculus . He is one of the Azure - Lords of the blue dragonflight and captain of the forces there . Strategies . The fight is mostly a tank and spank which requires your party to be constantly repositioning to avoid the rotating Energize Cores arc . The ability causes several adjacent orbs around the outside edge of the platform to emit small tendrils toward Varos before releasing an actual blast that deals damage . The blast area depends on the location of the boss ; if tanked in the center , the blast covers about 1 / 3 of the platform . Subsequent discharges always rotate one orb ( 1 / 8th of the platform ) in a counter - clockwise direction . On occasion Varos will summon a Captain who grabs a nearby flying drake and will start firing a beam onto the platform that follows one random group member and damages anyone on contact . Simply get as far as you can from it without putting yourself in danger of the Energize Cores or dragging the beam across another party member . Although some say that killing the dragons around the area will affect Varos ' ability to summon Azure Captains , this is not true , as they appear out of thin air . However , in doing so you can eliminate the possibility for a player to accidentally aggro one of the nearby mobs ( a player would have to target and attack one to pull it ) . It has been strongly recommended that you clear out the dragons above the platform so that the summoned Azure Captain doesn ' t aggro them . Tanking in the center . This is the most simple way to fight him , but somewhat dangerous for the tank . The tank should sit in the middle , only moving in small circles to avoid a laser beam from an Azure Captain . The rest of the team will rotate around the tank and boss as needed . Remember that the Energize Cores will not over - rotate if the boss is moved or rotated ( his position does not affect the location of the blast , only the length of it ; imagine him firing a giant invisible cone of damage between the orbs ) . Tanking around the edge . Because the blast area of the Energize Cores appears between the orbs and Varos , a good tank can pull Varos to the edge of the platform ( the one with the blast area ) and drag him counter - clockwise around the platform ( in the direction that the blast area is rotating ) . While tanking , try to stay on the inside of the circle to avoid getting hit by Energize Cores . With the tank on the edge , the rest of the party can stand in the center of the area without having to dodge the blast area of the Energize Cores . Simply turn to keep facing Varos and avoid the beams as necessary . Healing Through . With enough dps and healing a group with a group healer ( Shaman or Holy Priest ) can heal through the damage of Energize Cores . If statically positioned at one side of the plataform you can get 3 to 4 Energize Cores blasts on a complete turn . Those blasts will drive your healer to switch group heals with tank heals to avoid the death of your tank ( As example a Priest can use Prayer of Mending and Flash Heal trough the blast to have the tank at max health while party member retain enough health to survive the next blast ) . A lightwell can help if party members are trained on how to use it Haste potions and / or trinkets can help the healer to get his job done . With this technique Varos fight becomes a dps race against your healer ' s mana pool .