Champion of the Light Guide - WoW Battle of Dazar'alor Boss Strategies and Loot

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Champion of the Light is a boss encounter in the Battle of Dazar'alor raid in World of Warcraft. Our strategy guide will help you to defeat the Champion of the Light encounter and the loot listing below contains all of the loot he drops on each difficulty.

Overview

Champion of the Light is the introductory encounter for the Battle of Dazar'alor. It is a two phase fight, with an enrage at 30%. Horde will fight Frida Ironbellows while the Alliance will fight Ra'wani Kanae. Mechanically, they are the same boss.

Fight Basics (Normal and Heroic)

• This is a two tank encounter, with one tank on the adds and one tank on the boss.
• Always tank the boss and adds at least 30 yards apart.
• Adds will cast healing and damage abilities.
• There are two primary buffs the boss will obtain: Seal of Reckoning and Seal of Retribution.
• The boss will start with Seal of Retribution, and every 50 secs swap to the other seal.
• Save Bloodlust / Timewarp / Heroism for 30%, when the boss enrages.

Phase 1 (Seal of Retribution)

• Seal of Retribution will buff all nearby adds for 15% increased damage and healing.
• DPS should be on the boss during Seal of Retribution. Interrupts on the adds are not necessary until the next phase.
• If an add dies during this phase, the boss gains stacks of Zealotry which permanently increase its damage done.
• Do not kill adds while the boss has Seal of Retribution.
• While Seal of Retribution is active, the boss's melee attacks on the tank will cause Retribution Wave, which does minor AoE damage to the raid.
• The boss will occasionally cast Wave of Light, a large slow moving golden wave. Avoid this and avoid letting any adds be hit by it.
• If Wave of Light hits an add it will cause it to gain a heal over time effect. This can be purged / spellstolen / dispelled.
• Upon reaching 100 energy, the boss will buff one add with Judgment: Righteousness which greatly increases that adds damage and healing. The boss will also gain Seal of Reckoning at this time.
• Switch to the add that was buffed, and kill it quickly.

Phase 2 (Seal of Reckoning)

• Hitting the boss during Seal of Reckoning will cause the boss to gain stacks of Zealotry. Nobody but the tank should hit the boss in this phase.
• During the Seal of Reckoning phase, you should aim to kill all of the adds that are currently active.
• Wave of Light is still cast during this phase, and you must still avoid it, as well as avoid letting the adds be hit by it.
• On Heroic difficulty, the boss will also cast Divine Protection on random adds during this phase, which lasts 6 seconds. Switch to a different add when this happens.
• Upon reaching 100 energy, the boss will cast Judgement: Reckoning which does a large AoE of holy damage to the raid. Stack and use cooldowns to mitgate this burst.
• The boss will then switch back to Seal of Retribution, and phase 1 repeats.
• At 30% HP, the boss will enrage increasing all damage done by 30% until killed.

Strategies by Role

All Roles

• Avoid being hit by Wave of Light.
• Turn your back to adds when they are casting Blinding Faith.
• Do not stand in Consecration left on the ground by adds.
• The boss will occasionally summon more adds with Call to Arms.

DPS

• Interrupt the Heal and Pennance cast by the adds to prevent enemies from regaining health.
• Do not attack the boss during Seal of Reckoning.
• Kill adds during Seal of Reckoning.
• Hit the boss during Seal of Retribution.

Healers

• During Seal of Retribution the entire raid will take holy damage each time the boss melee attacks the tank.
• When the boss reaches 100 energy with Seal of Reckoning, the raid will take a heavy burst of AoE damage, use cooldowns.
• Some healers should stay with the add tank all the time, while others stay with the main tank and the raid.

Tanks

• Sacred Blade is an 10 second DoT that stacks. You can remove it with taunt swaps, or by running away from the boss during long casts.
• When tanking the adds, move them out of Consecration.
• Avoid letting the adds be hit by Wave of Light.
• When tanking adds, use your interrupt regularly to help prevent enemies from healing.
• Crusader Strike and Divine Burst will do moderate damage to the add tank.
• Keep the boss and the adds at least 30 yards apart at all times.

Mythic Champion of the Light Strategy Guide

• On Mythic difficulty, the boss gains a new ability called Prayer for the Fallen.
• This ability causes all adds (both alive and dead) to stop what they are doing and cast an empowered ability.
• Disciples will cast Angelic Renewal, which will heal the boss to full HP if not interrupted.
• Crusaders will Divine Mallet, which will cause hammers to sprial out from them filling the encounter area.
• The raid will need to assign an interrupt to each Disciple (and mark the location of the dead ones) for easier tracking.
• Crusaders will need to die in relatively the same spot, to avoid hammers coming from all directions.
• Once a reanimated Crusader or Disciple finishes its empowered ability from Prayer of the Fallen, it will die once again.
• More information will come as well as a more detailed strategy for Mythic, once Mythic raids become available.

Champion of the Light Achievements

Champion of the Light Loot List

Champion of the Light drops item level 370 (LFR), 385 (Normal), 400 (Heroic), 415 (Mythic) loot. Loot can have higher item levels if it becomes Titanforged or Warforged.