Defeating Algalon: A Preparatory Guide for Herald of the Titans

Di Vills [Last Updated]: 26/03/2023 Cronologia Patch: 10.0.7

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IntroductionAlfiere dei Titanithis guideAlfiere dei TitaniWhat Is Herald of the Titans Anyway?“Gearing”Choosing A ClassWhat Class and Spec Should I Play?Short Answer:Long Answer:Alfiere dei TitaniYOUEssential Classes

Death Knight - Rianima Alleato (Battle Rez)

Druids - Marchio Selvaggio and Pronto Ritorno (Battle Rez)

Mages - Intelletto Arcano

Paladin - Intercessione (Battle Rez)

Priest - Parola del Potere: Fermezza and Infusione di Potere

Warrior - Urlo di Battaglia

PreparationChromie TimeChromie TimeCromie

If you group with a friend that picked a different expansion than you, you can also queue for their expansion's dungeons as long as they remain in the group.

You do not necessarily need to return to Chromie every time you want to change expansions. While you will need to select an expansion to gain initial access to certain zones such as the Broken Isles, Outlands, Northrend, Pandaria, and Draenor, once you have gained access to a zone, you can go back to it at any point in time to experience scaled leveling as long as you have Chromie Time enabled.

If you choose to level outside of Chromie Time, zones have a level cap. This means that the mobs in zones will start and stop scaling at specific levels.

If you want a higher level player to run you through dungeons and raids, or you want to manually enter instances, you will need to speak to Chromie to return to the present. If this is not done, you will not be able to manually enter instances.

Getting to 30here

Arruolato - Starting at level 20, players can turn on War Mode in their faction's capital city (Orgrimmar for Horde and Stormwind for Alliance). While war mode does flag the player for pvp, it also passively increases their experience gains. The baseline for this buff is 10% with the strength of the xp bonus increasing depending on how underrepresented your faction is.

Fiasca delle Dieci Terre - Players who have characters that are level 50+ can obtain these xp potions for their alts. These potions are purchased for Medaglia al Valore della Brigata dell'Onore/Medaglia al Valore della VII Legionex5 (A currency obtained from completing content related to War Fronts) from Approvvigionatrice Mukra (Horde) and Approvvigionatrice Forgiadura (Alliance). These potions are great because they not only give a minor boost to primary stats, they also persist through death.

Holidays - Throughout the year, various holidays provide buffs that allow players to obtain buffs that increase xp gains. These holidays include Veglia delle Ombre, Fuochi di Mezza Estate, and Anniversario di WoW.

WHEE! - This buff can be obtained from riding the carousel when the Fiera di Lunacupa comes to town each month. However, be warned that this buff does not persist through death.

Cilindro di Lunacupa - An alternative to the WHEE! buff, this item gives the same effects as riding the carousel except that you do not have to return to the faire to reapply the buff. The drawback of this item, however, is that you need to do the faire dailies to obtain multiple or purchase them using Biglietto Premio di Lunacupa. Additionally, in case it was not already clear, these items DO NOT stack with WHEE!.

Turning Off XP GainsspoilerAllianceRoccaventoBehstenBehstenEsperienza EliminataALLHordeOrgrimmarSlahtzSlahtzEsperienza EliminataALLGearingour discordGranata a Stordimento dello ScagnozzoFinding Or Making A GroupThe G(aming) SpotAchievements DiscordAlfiere dei TitaniDiscordPre-ClearingLeviatano delle FiammeDemolitore XT-002KologarnLeviatano delle FiammeDemolitore XT-002KologarnThis is by far the most reliable method, but it is not the easiestbut you plan to run this FoS more than onceRaid DayORLeviatano delle FiammeDemolitore XT-002Flame LeviathanBrann BarbabronzeaLeviatano delle FiammeVehiclesSalvaged DemolisherDemolitore RecuperatoLeviatano delle Fiamme

As the driver, maneuver the vehicle, destroy the three rows of pillars leading to the boss room, and spam Pirite Blu at the boss during the encounter.

As the passenger, shoot down flying Pirite Liquida with Razzo Terra-Aria , use Aggancio Cassa to grab pyrite and refuel your demolisher, and give your demolisher a speed boost with Velocità Aumentata to escape from the boss when it fixates your vehicle with Inseguito.

Salvaged Siege Engine

Use Speronata to destroy the three rows of pillars leading up the boss.

Interrupt the boss with Elettroshock when it casts Sfiato delle Fiamme.

Salvaged ChopperPeceClearing to Flame LeviathanStorico di NorgannonColosso di UlduarMeccanoragno da BattagliaFlame Leviathan MechanicsAbilities

Ariete - Deals massive physical damage and knocks the target away (if possible).

Sfiato delle Fiamme - An AoE fire attack. This needs to be interrupted by siege engines.

Raffica di Missili - Deals very minor damage to a vehicle.

Inseguito - A fixate that randomly targets one vehicle (usually prioritizes demolishers)

Strategy

Demolisher drivers spam Pirite Blu (2 key) at the boss and make sure the debuff does not fall off. You want to maintain 10 stacks of the debuff at all times. Only move from the boss when targeted with Inseguito. Move towards Pirite Liquida when your pyrite gets low (blue bar on your vehicle frame).

Demolisher passengers spam Razzo Terra-Aria to knock down Pirite Liquida, use Aggancio Cassa to grab pyrite and refuel your demolisher.

Siege engines interrupt the boss when it casts Sfiato delle Fiamme.

XT-002 DeconstructorXT MechanicsAbilities

Bomba Gravitazionale - One of two abilities that XT puts on a random player (including tanks). Detonates after 9 seconds and pulls nearby players towards the detonation.

Luce Rovente - One of two abilities that XT puts on a random player. Pulses an AoE for 9 seconds that deals holy damage to all players within 10 yards.

Eccesso d'Ira - A periodic AoE ability channeled by the boss that deals 10% of the afflicted player's maximum health in physical damage per second for 8 seconds. This ability cannot be out-ranged.

NPC's

Cuore del Demolitore - This is dropped underneath wherever the boss is currently standing each time the boss loses 25% health. Any damage dealt to the heart while it is exposed deals damage to the boss. Killing the heart activates the boss's hardmode (and should be avoided).

Bombabot XE-321 - One of three types of mobs summoned during each heart phase. Explodes on death dealing damage to nearby players and robots.

Buttafuori XM-024 - Only one of these spawns per heart phase. A tank needs to pick this up.

Scartobot XS-013 - A little robot that slowly walks towards the boss. If the robot reaches XT, it is absorbed and heals the boss for 1% of its maximum health.

XT StrategyPhase 1

Before the pull, place a marker near each of the 4 trash piles (each corner of the room).

Get the boss's health to each 25% threshold as quickly as possible.

Move away from the raid with Bomba Gravitazionale or Luce Rovente. You do not need to run far away. Just move 15-20 yards away from others.

Make sure each player is in range of a healer for Eccesso d'Ira. Since healers at lvl 30 no longer have raid wide cd's, players will need to heal themselves (if possible) and healers will need to focus classes who cannot heal themselves.

Phase 2

Three waves of robots spawn per heart phase.

Add priority: Boombots > Scrapbots > Pummeller

Hero/Lust towards the end of the third heart phase.

Ranged DPS swap to the adds that spawn from the trash piles.

Melee damage the heart until roughly 20-30%, then swap to adds. Move away from boombots when they are about to die.

The off tank should pick up any pummellers that spawn. At the end of each phase 2, bring the pummeller(s) to the boss for cleave if they are still alive.

Defeating AlgalonMechanicsAbilities

Ascesa al Paradiso - Algalon's enrage mechanic. He will cast this ability 6 minutes into the encounter or if AT LEAST one player does not soak Big Bang.

Big Bang - Deals massive physical damage to anyone not phased by a Buco Nero and will remove players from the black hole phase. When this ability begins to be cast, all players (minus the tank currently tanking Algalon) should enter a Buco Nero to avoid taking damage. The tank that stays out must use a large cool-down such as Muro di Scudi to avoid dying. If the tank dies from Big Bang and no one else is unphased to deal with this mechanic, Algalon will cast Ascesa al Paradiso and wipe the raid.

Frantumazione Cosmica - One of the most common abilities that kills players learning the fight, Frantumazione Cosmica spawns a red, smokey/cylindrical object on the ground which detonates after a few seconds. Players who fail to move away from this ability will take a large amount of fire damage and also be knocked into the air causing them take significant fall damage upon landing. If a player gets knocked into the air, this ability can be countered with an immunity such as Scudo Divino, Caduta Lenta, or a teleport such as Trascendenza: Trasferimento. This ability will also deal fire damage to the entire raid. *Please note: The damage a player receives from this ability is reduced based on the player's distance from the impact point. The further away a player is from the impact point, the less damage the player will take. Additionally, make sure you have Projected Textures enabled in your in-game settings to ensure you see this mechanic. You can enable projected textures by going to Settings -> Graphics -> Projected Textures.

Pugno Fasico - Periodically Algalon will place this debuff on the tanks. If a tank reaches five stacks of Pugno Fasico they will become phased from the rest of raid for 10 seconds. Tanks should taunt at 4 stacks of this debuff.

Pugno Fasico - When a player (most likely the tank) reaches 5 stacks of Pugno Fasico they will become phased for 10 seconds. The best way to prevent this debuff is for the tanks to swap at 4 stacks of Pugno Fasico.

Assalto Quantico - Algalon's default attack. This ability hits the current tank for significant physical damage.

NPC's

Buco Nero - These are created when a Stella Collassante dies and explodes. Players that enter a Black Hole become phased and must deal with Materia Oscura while inside. Black Holes can be removed by kiting a Costellazione Vivente through it.

Stella Collassante - These adds ONLY spawn during Phase 1, lose 1% of their maximum health every second, and cast Esplosione del Buco Nero when they die, which inflicts massive shadow damage to the entire raid. When a Stella Collassante dies, it spawns a Buco Nero.

Materia Oscura - Exists in the phase from entering a Buco Nero and also periodically spawn from Buco Nero in Phase 2 of the encounter.

Costellazione Vivente - These adds ONLY spawn during Phase 1, spawn in groups of 3, and attack players with Sbarramento Arcano which deals light arcane damage. These adds can either be ignored, passively cleaved down, or they can be kited through Buco Nero which will remove both the constellation and the Black Hole. *Please note: If you choose to close Black Holes, make sure you don't accidentally run into a Black Hole yourself or you will be phased inside the Black Hole which puts you at risk of dying to Materia Oscura if you have no way to self-sustain.

StrategySuggested Compositions10 Player:15 Player:25+ Player:Phase 1

After the RP ends, have a raid member use a Tamburi della Rabbia (or equivalent) and begin nuking the boss. If dps feels low you can opt to save drums for after the first Big Bang.

The main tank will tank Algalon where he stands (only moving the boss if a Stella Collassante comes too close to melee to avoid accidental cleave) until they reach 4 stacks of Pugno Fasico. The off tank will then taunt hold the boss until after the first Big Bang is over.

When the Stella Collassantes come out, a player (possibly 2 players in comps larger than 18 players) need to begin killing one star at a time around Algalon. When the stars die, they will deal massive AoE damage to the entire raid. While the first explosion isn't particularly lethal (because everyone will most likely be topped and there’s not much else going on), the person killing stars will need to make sure the raid is close to topped before killing anymore stars.*Please note: It is very important that no one except for the player(s) assigned to kills stars damages the stars as any AoE can cause stars to die early and cause multiple stars to explode at once, wiping the raid.

Avoid being knocked into the air by Frantumazione Cosmica and reduce damage taken by moving away (The raid leader should make regular callouts to help players avoid this mechanic).

(Optional) Kite or have death knights in your group grip Costellazione Vivente through Buco Nero to close them. *Please note: These adds are stunnable and can be interrupted. Failing to deal with these adds can cause players to unexpectedly die after a black hole explosion.

When Algalon begins channeling Big Bang, all players except for the tank that is currently tanking Algalon needs to run into a Buco Nero to avoid being one shot (sometimes they don't automatically phase you so you may need to strafe inside them to become phased). The tank staying out needs to pop a big cool down and a healer may need to use an external cool down such as Bozzolo di Vita to keep them alive. The tank that goes in with the rest of the group needs to pick up the Materia Oscura so that they don’t kill the dps and healers. Once Algalon finishes casting Big Bang, players will then be ported out back into the room. *Please note: Algalon will also cast this ability in Phase 2 as well. However, most groups typically only deal with 1 Big Bang depending on DPS.

If you didn't already use Tamburi della Rabbia on pull, use it after Big Bang ends and ignore the Stella Collassante unless they are close to dying and you're not going to reach 20% before one dies.

Phase 1 TL;DR

Heroism/Bloodlust: Use Tamburi della Rabbia on pull (or an equivalent drum), otherwise use it after the first Big Bang.

Main Tank: Don’t get hit by Frantumazione Cosmica. Tank Algalon until you reach 4 stacks of Pugno Fasico. Make sure to tank the boss where he stands and only move the boss away to prevent melee from cleaving Stella Collassante if necessary. Taunt off the off tank when your stacks are reset and Big Bang isn't about to be cast.

Off Tank: Don’t get hit by Frantumazione Cosmica. Do your best to stay alive while the other tank reaches 4 stacks and use a big cool down to survive Big Bang.

Healers: Don’t get hit by Frantumazione Cosmica. Coordinate cool downs for Stella Collassante explosions. Run into a Buco Nero before Algalon Finishes casting Big Bang so you don’t get one shot. Use a cool down on the off tank for every Big Bang.

Star Killer (Ranged DPS): One to 3 ranged will be assigned to kill the Stella Collassante (depending on group size). Kill stars one at a time and let healers top everyone before killing additional stars.

DPS: Don’t get hit by Frantumazione Cosmica, nuke the boss, go into a Buco Nero for Big Bang to avoid being one shot. Don't cleave the Stella Collassantes!

Phase 2Buco NeroStella CollassanteCostellazione ViventeBig BangFrantumazione CosmicaMateria OscuraBuco NeroCheese StrategySuggested Compositions10 Player:15 Player:Overview

As soon as the rp ends, immediately use Tamburi della Rabbia (or an equivalent drum) and begin nuking the boss.

Everyone (including the healer when able) should do as much damage to Algalon as possible to get him to 20% before ANY collapsing stars die. If collapsing stars die before you phase (20% boss health), it will be a wipe because they will all die around the same time.

Ignore the constellations when they spawn (if possible), otherwise try and have the tank get aggro on them.

Once Algalon reaches 20%, he will put down 4 black holes on the ground.

Run/misdirect adds from the black holes to the tank if desired, otherwise continue to burn him until the fight ends.

If necessary, have the tank soak Big Bang in p2 (This is cast ~1 minute and 45 seconds into the fight)

Big BangPugno FasicoCommunities and EntertainmentCommunities:

The Gaming Spot Discord (Herald of the Titans News, Wowhead Guide Updates, and NA Alliance and Horde Runs): https://discord.gg/vTfTGW8

Herald of the Titans Community (Primarily EU): https://discord.gg/3ADPPTQ

Citizens of Dalaran! Community (NA Alliance Only): https://discord.gg/DZdE6P5

Achievements Discord: https://discord.gg/achievements

Entertainment

Tank Spot’s Algalon Strategy Video from WotLK: https://youtu.be/fRfVDgTLMGA *Please Note: Some information is no longer relevant, but the video gives a great overview of the fight

Vills’ Twitch Stream: https://twitch.tv/villzies

Reply Code Alpha (MrVoletron Remix): https://youtu.be/d66FK9UjIvg

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Commenti

Commento di serhatald

Really nice guide, simple and great explanation. Thank you all!

I remember when we were trying to kill Algalon with ToC 25 heroic gear and still having a hard time. The fight was visually excellent.

Commento di Swordart21

Will still look down on guys with this title who did not achieved it during wotlk.

Commento di Dorave

"ALL Allied Races can be monks as well."

This is false. Lightforged Draenei cannot be monks.

Commento di theburningtundra

In the Gearing guide, Feral Druid does not have a shoulder listed.

Commento di Marsieh

As of BfA the Ilvl requirment is now <= 100. So you can now use all raids except icc25h and ruby sanctum 10h/25n/h for gearing. Everything else seems to drop ilvl100 max.

Commento di MatiSali23

Hi! First of all, good guide!

I have a question: Are we allowed to put BfA gems on our gear? Since now the requirement to link them is to have 100 item lv, Could it be possible?

Commento di tralum

Hey mate
First off i enjoyed your generall guide a lot and am currently trying to get the AV, so i appreciate the work you put into all these guides a lot.
BUUUUT ( yeah i know this had to come now :D) i have several rather specific suggestions that all come from the same 2 generall ones:
a) Normal mode Burning Crusade dungeon-gear, when farmed by a level 80 is in quite some cases supperior to level 80 raid gear.
Some examples are:
Shaarde the Lesser- weapon from Auchenai Crypts
as well as the Gauntlets of Divine Blessings from Magisters' Terrace
and the Girdle of the Immovable from The Slave Pens.
So as you can see there are quite a lot.
b) Proccing items (trinkets and weapons) dont seem to have an internal cooldown anymore, so quite a few of them have almost 100% uptime, which makes them in almost all cases supperior to active trinkets, which DO have their normal cooldown. (Sadly this issue does NOT seem to be shared by the ICC-faction rings.)
This is true for the tank weapon from icc "last word" (which still isnt particulaly good) and healing trinkets such as pandoras plea from mimiron, which, im fairly certain, makes it BiS for every heal class as it just gives a flat 91 int (i also think that the eye of the broodmother slipped past you for the heal shaman guide, but thats a side note)
(sorry for the double post I just really wanted to make sure you see this)

Commento di Sarkli

Good guide. My guild is using this as a base for knocking out the Feats of Strength soon. One thing i noticed that isnt mentioned, on the few caster guide i clicked on, is under consumables Superior Wizard Oil is not mentioned. It should be. It CAN BE APPLIED to a weapon in addition to your regular enchant. Also to note that at BFA level 80 it provides 32 intellect and the Cata flasks were able to use provide 34 intellect. Its basically giving you 2 flasks by using it.

Side note: I know sharpening stones used to work the same way in that they dont overwrite your weapon enchant. That being said i know there are some pretty decent ones out there that may work in a similar way for melee giving a bit of extra oomph to them as well.

Commento di DarkPhoenix666

Is the gear sheet up-to-date because some of the items listed for beast mastery are 105+ in the game.

Commento di achrystie

I went to the gear guide for priest and it has Evoker's Helmet of Second Sight, from a quest in BC as the helm slot.
It lists this item as ilvl 100, but if you do this quest at level 80, the ilvl is 105...was there some information somewhere that I was supposed to do this at 79 or something? What a waste of time. What item do I use now that I can't use this one?

Commento di nykion

Thank you very much! BFA changed a lot of content, glad to see content like this!

Commento di BeornwulfSaxon

I'd be really interested in seeing some thoughts on professions - i'm currently leveling a warrior for this and she's an engineer at the moment for filling out some other things, but i'd be interested to see what professions have what to offer here.

Commento di Serixon

Can anyone confirm whether or not this guide is updated for patch 8.2.5?

Commento di Albn

I'd say u guys got most of it down to earth except the tier list, alot of the downgrade classes at c and b are popping off but is greatly dependent on both playstyle and gear choosing.

Me myself i got both a Unh dk and a Affi lock, both are popping off at 2k dps (Unh) and 2.8k+ (affi). Most of them are just BIg build ups for the dps, just that u need to put in time to perfect it, so wouldn't put them at C tier when u put fury warriors at S that i've never seen break 2k dps in any group.

Just my opinion, great on the explaniation of the fight tho.

Commento di afaliwan

Hey Vills,

first of all great guide! I just wanted to mention few things:

I discovered that Resto-Druid is one of the S-Tier DPS Specs, with a huge lead to other S-Tier Specs. I was messing around on it a bit and thought I give it a try as a valid DPS-Spec and due to the scaling with Affinità dell'Aggressore Ferino and Spellpower it's just super OP atm. I am doing between 2.3k-2.7k DPS on Herald. I have uploaded a PoV to YouTube, if you want to check that out for proof since this might sound very strange. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSB_XKhQn9M

Also, I personally would put Disc as a S-Tier healing spec, because of their massive DPS in the BL Phase and Barrier being such a good raid cooldown for cleaving living consellations.
Having atleast two of them in a small group is just nice.

Anyway great guide again, Cheers.

Ilcp

Commento di Nerilyn

Can anyone tell me if I can save the lock on bosses killed by a raid of characters 80 to make the achievement in a second group, or will bug too?

Commento di darthmogrin

why gems in this guide are all from BC? What is wrong with Pietracupa Assoluta and other WotLK gems lor example?

Commento di Nuclalex

Hello everyone !
A quick question about the raid, is it possible to kill the 2 first bosses during one raid and come back the next day for Algalon, maybe with some other players ? In both raid groups, players will be level 80.

Many thanks in advance for your answer !

PS: If you would like to do this before the prepatch, please contact me as we'll attempt it next week.

Commento di cheinii

does party sync work :?

(guess the answer is no ofc, but juuust to be sure)

Commento di Adrrianpor

Erm, how do you do this achievement post squish when ALL the healers are missing their AOE heals?

Commento di Nicolfo

Is there any chance of updating this guide with some bis for the demon hunter (tank and dps)+shadowland update?

Commento di JustNicolas

If you want to farm items at lvl 77 (outdated guide) you need to lvl up until you are 29 and then farm the items. My character was 77 and got squished to 29. The items were stil iLvL 34 which is all good.

Commento di AerosDarking

Is this achievement still possible since Shadowlands came out? A lot of class buffs and key abilities are missing at level 30, like warlock soulwells and warrior group damage buffs. I'm debating leveling up my Herald alt since the meta has probably changed since 8.3.
I kept the alt at level 30 with the correct gear to help any guild members that missed the first achievement run we did (and so I didn't have to grind out all that gear again).

Commento di Wangey

Any chance we could get an update to the guide for 10.0 and DF, both tier list for talents/strength of classes but also any gearing changes that came along with it.

Thank you so much for all the work you've already done keeping this up to date!

Defeating Algalon: A Preparatory Guide for Herald of the Titans

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