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Introduction
Hey everyone, and welcome to the Magister’s Terrace dungeon guide for season 1 of Midnight! In this guide I’ll be going over the abilities of all the trash mobs and bosses throughout the dungeon, as well as how I recommend you handle them. I’ll be focusing on the mythic and M+ versions of the dungeon, but most of this article will apply to both normal and heroic difficulties as well. I’ll also be including my recommended, PUG friendly route via the Mythic Dungeon Tools addon for anyone interested.
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Important Abilities
New: Try out the Mythic+ Dungeon Ability Tracker to filter for specific abilities within Magister's Terrace!
Ability TrackerMagister's Terrace Mythic+ Dungeon Route
If you are using the Mythic Dungeon Tools (MDT) Addon, you can import our PUG Friendly Route for the Mythic+ difficulty of Magister's Terrace below.
Magister's Terrace M+ Dungeon Route: https://wago.io/2CgxBEkJw
Video Guide
Arcanotron Custos Trash
Arcane Sentry
- This mob is immune to CC
- Ethereal Shackles targets the tank, use a root break or get a Magic dispel to remove the effect
- Arcane Beam channels into a random player, avoid the puddles it leaves behind
- Watch your health and positioning for the Crowd Dispersal AoE hit and knockback
Arcane Magister
- Polymorph targets a random player, prioritize interrupting this spell and if one goes off use a Magic dispel to remove it
- Arcane Bolt targets a random player, use any spare interrupts on this
Sunblade Enforcer
- Tanks beware of the Arcane Blade Magic buff and purge it if possible, otherwise use a defensive for the empowered strikes
- Note that kiting these mobs is difficult as they’ll use Charge to close the gap
Lightward Healer
- Holy Fire targets a random player, use a Magic dispel to remove it
- Power Word: Shield buffs a random ally, remove it with a purge if possible
Shortly into the dungeon you’ll reach a library that you must work your way through, fighting a couple new mobs while also avoiding any of the librarians, as getting too close to them will send you back to the library entrance. Inside this gauntlet there is also an Arcane Tome that, if collected, will grant a 5% haste buff for 30mins to your entire group which persists through death, so be on the lookout!
Animated Codex
- These mobs constantly pulse for AoE damage with Arcane Volley, so be careful how many you pull at once and be ready with defensives or healing cooldowns as needed
Blazing Pyromancer
- This mob is immune to CC
- Make sure to interrupt every cast of Pyroblast
- Be ready with defensives or healing cooldowns when Ignition is active
- Avoid the AoE hit and puddle created by Flamestrike
After defeating the Pyromancer the door out of the library will open up and the librarians will despawn, allowing you to continue into a courtyard where you’ll encounter a mix of new and familiar mobs. On top of that, you’ll also find Energy Crystals spread throughout this area that you can interact with to drain them, giving you a temporary damage and healing increase.
Spellwoven Familiar
- Beware of the AoE group hit from Blink, especially if in combat with other mobs that deal AoE damage
Brightscale Wyrm
- Try to stagger kills of these mobs to avoid being overwhelmed by their Energy Release cast on death, but also make sure to be close to them to gain the stacking buff it applies
Arcanotron Custos Boss Fight
Arcane Expulsion does an AoE hit and knocks players back while dropping a puddle under the boss for 2mins. Try to drop these along the edge of the room or overlapping existing puddles to conserve space.
Ethereal Shackles targets 2 random players, use a Magic dispel or freedom effect to remove it, otherwise you may need to use a defensive if it overlaps with Arcane Expulsion.
Tanks be ready with a defensive for the Repulsing Slam arcane hit and knockback, using the terrain around the room to stop the knockback if needed.
At 0 energy the boss uses Refueling Protocol, use damage cooldowns here and loosely spread to soak the incoming Energy Orb, just beware that this drops additional puddles and stacks up the Unstable Energy DoT on you, so you may need to use a defensive.
Seranel Sunlash Trash
Moving past the first boss you’ll encounter all the previously mentioned trash mobs, along with a single new one.
Runed Spellbreaker
- This mob is immune to CC
- Runic Glaive targets 2 random players, watch your health if targeted and be ready to use defensives or health potions if needed
- Shield Slam shoots a line towards the tank, point this away from your group and step out of the effect yourself
Seranel Sunlash Boss Fight
The boss drops a Suppression Zone underneath himself, try to place this near the centre of the arena to make it easier for players to clear their Runic Mark while being spread out to avoid cleaving each other.
When clearing Runic Mark make sure the 2 targets leave a gap to avoid comboing your group with multiple Null Reaction hits. The 2nd player to clear may need to hit a defensive.
If you have a purge then use it to remove the Hastening Ward buff, otherwise tanks will need to use a defensive when it is active.
When Wave Of Silence is cast make sure to step into the Suppression Zone just before it finishes to avoid the 8s pacify it applies.
Gemellus Trash
After defeating Seranel Sunlash you can head up the platform behind his arena and channel into the Cynosure of Twilight, causing many new void mobs to appear which you need to fight your way through to get back towards the start of the dungeon.
Voidling
- Tanks beware that these mobs deal additional shadow damage on their melees thanks to the Void Gash passive
Hollowsoul Shredder
- Dimensional Shred targets a random player, try to play closer to the pack to make cleaving these mobs down easier
Dreaded Voidwalker
- Shadow Bolt targets a random player, use spare interrupts on this cast
Shadowrift Voidcaller
- This mob is immune to CC
- Tanks be ready to pick up the mobs created by Call Of The Void
- Consuming Shadows deals heavy group damage, be ready with healing or defensive cooldowns and if needed you can line of sight to avoid the damage entirely
Unstable Voidling
- Try to stagger kill these mobs to avoid being overwhelmed by their Void Eruption cast on death
Void Infuser
- Make sure to interrupt every cast of Terror Wave
- Consuming Void debuffs a random player, healers be ready to dispel targets or use defensives and healing cooldowns if there are too many to dispel
Devouring Tyrant
- This mob is immune to CC
- Devouring Strike targets the tank, be ready with a defensive and any self-healing to help your healer remove the massive healing absorb it applies
- Void Bomb targets a random player, avoid cleaving your allies and use any self-healing you have to help your healer remove the healing absorb it applies
Gemellus Boss Fight
Triplicate is cast at the start of the fight and when the boss reaches 50% health, cleave the clones as much as possible since they all share health. Each clone will focus abilities into a different player, so below 50% health all players (including the tank) will be targeted.
Cosmic Sting leaves a puddle underneath the target, try to drop these out of the way.
When debuffed with Neural Link run to the clone you are linked to, indicated by an arrow beneath your feet, and touch them to remove both your debuff and the shield on the boss.
Run away from the pull-in if targeted by Astral Grasp, plus avoid the circles around all the clones that appear at the same time.
Degentrius Boss Fight
Avoid the Void Torrent Beam that cuts the arena in half and make sure you’ve split your group so you have players on both sides of the beam to catch the Unstable Void Essence soaks.
Tanks avoid cleaving allies with the Hulking Fragment hit, then back away from the boss and get dispelled by your healer to remove the Magic DoT it applies and drop a puddle out of melee range. Don’t worry about the stationary boss as he does not melee, instead using Entropy Blast on you no matter where you are.
Devouring Entropy debuffs random players with different durations, be ready with a defensive if your debuff is long, and try to aim your orbs so that they are easy for other players to see.
