Kurog Grimtotem Awakened Heroic Boss Guide

Kurog surrounds himself with a barrier of elemental energy, reducing damage taken by 99%.

The elemental surges with power, inflicting 2,403 Fire damage every 1 sec. This stacks.

Basically the longer this add is alive, the more damage the raid will take.

Magma seeps from the elemental as it is struck, creating lava pools at random locations that inflict 108,146 Fire damage every 1 sec to players standing in it.

Those are the same lava pool that you get during Altar of Flame, just dodge them. Worth mentioning that the slower you kill the add, the more pools it will spawn.

An additional add will spawn from the lava pools, targeting players with a fireball, inflicting 76,094 Fire damage.

You won’t get many of those adds and they can be killed fast. Interrupt them to avoid damage spikes on random players.

The elemental surges with power, inflicting 2,403 Frost damage every 1 sec. This stacks.

The Frozen Destroyer unleashes a nova of frost that inflicts 72,097 Frost Damage to all players and an additional 16,823 Frost damage every 2 sec for 20 sec. It also reduces movement speed by 10%. This stacks.

You should always interrupt this as it hits pretty hard and the slow plus the DoT can get very annoying if you miss a few casts.

The Frozen Destroyer conjures violent winds, centered on itself for 8 sec, inflicting 96,129 Frost damage every 1 sec to players farther than 10 yards away.

Players standing within 10 yards take 24,279 Frost damage every 1 sec.

This forces every player to stack up on the add to reduce damage taken by this ability. You need to make sure to stack up quickly, as it will most likely kill anyone not close to it in 3 seconds or less.

Kurog inflicts 26,436 Nature damage to all players every 4 seconds while attuned to the Altar of Storm. Increases the damage of Storm dominance by 10%. This stacks.

Every altar shares this ability, just with a different name. There are several ways to add stacks to an altar:

1. Triggering the altar (moving the boss into the altar area)
2. Killing the Intermission add that is attuned to the Altar
3. Kurog casting Altars ultimate ability at 100 energy

Kurog charges several players with electricity for 5 seconds. Upon expiration, charged players inflict 168,227 Nature damage to players within 12 yards.

Large circle ability, players affected by it should simply move away from others. Make sure to move as soon as possible, since the space is limited and there are several players affected by this.

Applies Lightning debuffs to several players. Upon expiration, increases Nature damage taken by 30% and inflicts 12,016 Nature damage every 1 sec to the closest player for 8 sec. This stacks.

Now this ability is a bit more complicated than it sounds. The catch here is that it will target the NEAREST player, however, if the nearest player is another person who has Lighting Crash on them, they will both spread stacks to each other, and take very likely lethal damage. To solve this, a person affected with Lighting Crash (marked with blue arrow + charged animation) should always stand next to a player who is not affected by Lighting Crash! That way they will both take a bit of damage, and the debuff will expire.

Kurog calls down thunder, inflicting 84,113 Nature damage to players within 4 yards of the impact location. Impacts that fail to hit a player inflict 218,461 Nature damage to all players.

Several soak circles will spawn around the altar, all of them need to be soaked by at least 1 player, otherwise you will most likely wipe.

Kurog inflicts 40,855 Earth damage to all players every 4 sec while attuned to the Altar of Earth.

Increases the damage of Earth dominance by 10%. This stacks.

Kurog sends a tectonic ripple through the earth, inflicting 288,390 Nature damage to players struck by the ripple.

This is a melee ability only, it creates a circle around Kurog (15 yards) and players standing in it will take massive damage.

Envelops several players in earth, causing their next 379,713 healing to be absorbed.

Healers need to spot heal those targets to remove the absorb. Players affected should be extra careful to not take unnecessary damage and use defensives if needed.

Several Earth Breakers spawn from the ground, inflicting 216,292 Nature damage to players standing in the eruption and knocks them back.

Multiple large swirls will appear that need to be dodged, afterwards they will spawn Earth Breakers that should be picked up by a tank, stacked up and nuked down. Make sure to stun them when they are stacked since their attacks debuff the target to take increased physical damage by 6% per hit for 10 sec. This stacks.

The elemental surges with power, inflicting 2,403 Nature damage every 1 sec. This stacks.

Each melee attack against the same target increases the elemental’s physical damage by 3%. This stacks. When the elemental attacks a new target, Breaking Gravel is removed.

This add needs to be tanked always and you should tank swap at around 5-10 stacks.

Infuses several players with volatile earth for 5 sec. Upon expiration players inflict 168,227 Nature damage to players within 10 yards.

Players marked will have a large circle around them, you need to spread quickly and explode somewhere safe (simply, do not touch anyone with your circle).  A lot of players are targeted by this at the same time, so be prepared for a large spread.

Causes rocks to erupt from Ground Shatter drop-off locations, inflicting 216,292 Nature damage to players within 10 yards and knocking them away.

It's yet another swirl mechanic that needs to be dodged. However, if you previously dodged Ground Shatter and you are standing in the same spot, you will not have to move since Violent Upheaval will be cast at the same location where you dropped off Ground Shatter.

The elemental surges with power, inflicting 2,403 Nature damage every 1 sec. This stacks.

Vanishes and appears behind a random player to unleash Lethal Current.

Channels a lethal current into the player, inflicting 40,855 Nature damage to all players within 8 yards of the target every 1 sec for 6 sec.

This add can cause problems depending on the other Major add in this phase. It’s best to nuke this add down quickly to avoid any complications. You can stun the channel.

Kurog gains all the altar abilities at once. In addition, Kurog surges with elemental power, inflicting 7,210 Elemental damage every 0.5 sec. This stacks.

Burn Phase! You have to kill the boss before the stacks become too high. Additionally, you will have to deal with all abilities from Phase 1, so make sure to come into this phase with all cooldowns ready and hero/lust available.