Leotheras the Blind (Flex Heroic)

## Overview

Leotheras the Blind is the fifth boss of Serpentshrine Cavern, and outside of the 3 followers you have to be kill to initiate the fight, it mainly consists of him going in and out of his Demon form. Every phase lasts 1 minute, alternating between human and demon form, until 25% where you will be facing both forms at the same time.

He has 8,5M health at a raid size of 10, which is the minimum health scaling, increasing with 10% per player above 10 up to 25 players.

This Boss has a 12 minute enrage timer.

## Abilities

#### **Fierce Blow**

This is a special melee ability that has a chance to trigger every 3 seconds.

#### **Even out the Odds**

This is a special ability that blinds it's target, reducing it's chance to Hit, Parry or Dodge for 8 seconds, while initiating a flurry of attacks that hit for 50% weapon damage. This is a tank swap mechanic, but can be avoided by getting out of range as Leotheras is about to use this ability. Can also be fully tanked by Shield tanks using a cooldown, as the chance to Block does not get reduced. Leotheras first casts this ability 15 seconds after being released, and it has a 30 seconds cooldown.

**Whirlwind**
Leotheras spins around the room dealing 50% Weapon damage with both weapons per second, that lasts for 12 seconds and has a 30 seconds cooldown.

#### **Dancing Demon Blades**

Leotheras throws his weapons away, causing them to spin towards enemies, dealing 100% Weapon damage and appling Rend, dealing 600 physical damage every second, stacking up 100 times.

## Demon Form

In this form, Leotheras will continuesly cast **Chaos Blast**, and directly after the 5th Chaos Blast, he will cast **Insidious Whisper**, which he will only cast once per Demon phase. The phase lasts for 1 minute.

#### **Chaos Blast**

Chaos Blast is a Chaos ability with a 4 second cast time that deals 7800 - 10400 Fire damage to it's target, and everyone in an 8 yards radius. It leaves a debuff on it's target(s), increasing their Fire damage taken by 200% for 10 seconds. This ability will land on the target's position at end of the cast, so blinking out during travel time will not change the area of effect portion of the ability. The target will always take full damage, regardless of position after cast has ended. **This means move before cast ends.**

#### **Insidious Whisper**

Insidious Whisper is a special ability that summons your Inner Demon which will fight to take control, where you have 30 seconds to deplete its health, or you will be Mind Controlled for the remainder of the fight. The Inner Demon has 100k health, and killing it will grant you the **Victorious** buff, increasing your damage by 100% for 20 seconds. This ability does not affect the top 2 targets on the threat table, nor players with Spirit Stat allocation. This ability is cast after the 5th Chaos Blast (23 seconds) in Demon Phase.

## Phase 3 (< 25%)

During the last phase, you will be facing both forms of Leotheras, where the Human Form will continue to perform Even Out the Odds, Whirlwind and Dancing Demon Blades. The Shadow of Leotheras (Demon Form) will continue to cast Chaos Blast and Insidious Whisper. Insidious Whisper will first be cast after 30 seconds, and then every 50 seconds. That means it is very important to make sure the tanks are the top 2 on the threat meter 30 seconds into Phase 3, to avoid tanks spawning Inner Demons with 100k health you can't possibly deplete in 30 seconds.

## Tactics

#### Line up

This fight can be solo tankable, as you can avoid Even Out the Odds by sprinting, disengaging or blinking out right before he's about to perform it. You can have multiple Melee players, but make sure you have 2 designated safe spots for them to run out with Chaos Blast (1 for usual Chaos Blasts, the 2nd for the 5th Chaos Blast triggering Insidious Whisper, so you don't have your Inner Demon in a position someone else will into with a Chaos Blast on their tail).

Having a Power Word: Shield healer on this fight, increases the chance of success significantly. Even a poorly geared one. Make sure to only shield the players being targeted by Chaos Blast.

#### Positioning

Make sure you spread evenly in a circle around Leotheras, positioning the Healers in range of everyone. It's particularly important that the Power Word: Shield healer has range on *everyone.* If you have multiple Melee players, put 2 Raid Markers down or designate 2 specific spots where they can run out with their Chaos Blast (Make sure they run to the 2nd if it's the Chaos Blast that spawn Inner Demons).

#### Tips & Tricks

Make sure your Melee players run out a little before Whirlwind starts, as it can hit for a significant amount in a very short time.

Clicking **Escape** right before your Inner Demon is about to spawn will allow you to target it automatically (for melee crowded line ups)

Fire Resistance Aura (or FireResistance Totem) will give you an initial 70 Fire Resistance, granting a 16,6% reduced Fire damage taken if you previously had 0. (40 yards)

Having a Rejuvenation healer (Or a Power Word: Shield healer with Rejuvenation) with the Epic RE **Covering Crown** will reduce the damage of Chaos Blast by an additional 30%. (**Requires Treeform**).

You can use Divine Sacrifice (with 2/2 Divine Guardian talent) with a Cancelaura macro to simply give your entire raid team a 20% damage reduction for 6 seconds, which is extremely good during Whirlwind, both in Phase 1 and in Phase 3.

```
#showtooltip
/cast Divine Sacrifice
/cancelaura Divine Sacrifice

```

*Written by Barsk*