Waycrest Manor Mythic+ Dungeon Guide

Make sure you are hitting the Sister empowered by the Focusing Iris as this is the only time they take full damage and if a Sister becomes fully empowered they will cast Dire Ritual, likely resulting in a wipe. This empowerment always happens in the same order, starting with Solena, then Malady, then Briar, with the iris moving to the next Sister when the previous one reaches 50% or 0% hp.

While Solena is empowered, damage the player targeted by Soul Manipulation to 50% hp to end the effect, but try not to apply too many DoTs to them. Healers be aware of the Aura of Apathy that is active in this phase.

While Malady is empowered, stay loosely spread to avoid splash damage from Unstable Runic Mark, and if available use curse dispels to remove the DoT. Make sure you are moving or jumping consistently in this phase so that Aura of Dread doesn’t stack up on you.

While Briar is empowered, use a defensive if targeted with Jagged Nettles and healers make sure that player gets healed above 90% to end the DoT effect. DPS players be aware of Aura of Thorns this phase, particularly if you’re also the Jagged Nettles target.

Throughout the fight all 3 Sisters will be spam casting an interruptible spell in Soul Bolt, Ruinous Bolt, or Bramble Bolt. The empowered Sister will always cast on the tank, while unempowered Sisters will target random players. This means you’ll want to interrupt as many casts from unempowered Sisters as you can to reduce party damage.

Make sure to swap to the Soul Thorns as soon as they spawn to free the trapped player.

Tanks be aware of the stacking Soul Harvest buff on the boss, empowering both his melees as well as the tank buster Crush. To clear these stacks, bring the boss on top of one of the Wildfire patches that randomly spawn throughout the room. Healers be prepared when this happens as it will trigger Burning Brush and spawn Burning Souls that last for 10s which you want to run away from. 

The ideal time for tanks to clear is immediately after killing a Soul Thorns so that the abilities don’t overlap. It’s also beneficial to wait as long as you possibly can before clearing to reduce the overall number of Burning Brush casts during the fight.

Tanks make sure to stay in melee range so the boss does not cast Consume All

Avoid the puddles spawned by Rotten Expulsion and run to the tank if you have aggro on one of the Bile Oozelings that spawn. Be sure to also avoid the 4y AoE these mobs do on death.

Stay relatively close to the boss during Tenderize to make dodging the cones easier. This always casts in sets of 3.

Kill the adds spawned by Call Servant before they reach the boss, using slows and CCs as needed. If any reach the boss he will use Gluttonous Bile on the group which you want to avoid.

To start you fight Lord Waycrest alone, who will apply Virulent Pathogen to a random player. Have the targeted player move away from the rest of the party to not spread the disease, then step out of the 5yd swirly the expiration creates.

Throughout this phase, Lady Waycrest will be doing random target damage with Wracking Chord, and will occasionally spawn several swirlies you need to dodge via Discordant Cadenza.

Tanks be sure to defensive every cast of Lord Waycrest’s Wasting Strike

When you bring Lord Waycrest to 30% HP, Lady Waycrest will sacrifice 30% of her HP to heal him to full health and give him a stack of Putrid Vitality. After doing this 3 times, she will join the fight beginning herself until both are defeated. When this happens I recommend focusing Lord Waycrest down first and interrupting as many casts of Wracking Chord as possible.

Make sure every cast of Darkened Lightning is interrupted.

Cleave down the Deathtouched Slaver adds and use a CC to stop their random target Death Lens cast. Also, just like with the Gloom Horror trash, you can have 1 player stand at ranged to bait the Dark Leap casts and ensure it doesn’t splash to other party members.

Have 1 player pick up the Alchemical Fire vials on the ground and use their extra action button to throw the fire onto defeated Deathtouched Slaver adds to remove them from the fight entirely.

When the boss reaches 100 energy he casts Dread Essence which you should use a personal for if you aren’t full health. This will also resurrect and heal all unburned Deathtouched Slaver adds, so it’s important you have someone keep up with burning them so that you don’t get overrun.