The first Legion raid (patch 7.0), seven bosses in the corrupted Emerald Dream. On 7.3.5 it is cleared by a small group for the appearances, Tier 19 tokens and achievements.
Entrance and difficulties
- Entrance: Val'sharah, at the roots of Shaladrassil (57, 40) — next to Darkheart Thicket.
- Item levels: LFR 835, Normal 850, Heroic 865, Mythic 880. Xavius drops gear 5 item levels higher.
- LFR is split into three wings that open one at a time; queuing requires 835 ilvl.
- This is where Tier 19 tokens drop — the other half of the set is in The Nighthold.
Boss order
The raid is not linear: first the Darkbough wing (Nythendra, Il'gynoth, Elerethe Renferal). After it Ursoc, the Dragons of Nightmare and Cenarius open up — they can be taken in any order. Xavius becomes available last.
Nythendra
The first boss and a check on "do not stand in the bad stuff": the dragonfly throws rot and swarms of insects around.
Step out of the pools and dispel the rot in time, otherwise it will jump to the person next to you.
Il'gynoth, Heart of Corruption
The fight goes against a giant eye and tentacles outside the lair. When the eye goes down, the raid runs inside and attacks the heart itself.
The main thing is to run back out in time: the eye recovers and kills everyone who stayed in the lair.
Elerethe Renferal
Two forms. In spider form finish off the spiderlings and do not stand in the venomous pools; Web of Pain links two players together — do not run more than 20 yards apart.
In roc form she flies over to another platform: run across the bridge, do not linger on the old platform and dodge the shadow tornadoes.
Ursoc
A simple damage fight. The boss picks a target and after a few seconds charges at it — do not stand in the line.
The tanks get two stacking debuffs, swap by stacks.
Dragons of Nightmare
Four dragons share a single health pool, but the raid only fights two of them at a time (one of which is always Ysondre).
The group splits in half, each half handles its own dragon. Dispel the sleep and the roots, and finish off the summoned souls and spirits.
Cenarius
The first phase is about the Nightmare Brambles: gather up in Malfurion's Cleansing Ground, and then the waves come over to your side.
At 35% the second phase starts: the boss gets nastier and adds Spear of Nightmares and new minions.
Xavius
The final fight has three phases. Everybody builds up stacks of Corruption; at maximum a player loses control and attacks their own side.
Only Ysera's dream removes the Corruption: you are put to sleep, and you have to quickly destroy your own Dream Simulacrum.
If you are going to farm appearances solo on 7.3.5, take Normal or Heroic: LFR gives its own set of colours, and Mythic is only needed for the achievements and the Mythic appearance.
In short
- 7 bosses, LFR 835 / Normal 850 / Heroic 865 / Mythic 880.
- The entrance is in Val'sharah by Shaladrassil.
- Nythendra and her wing first, then Ursoc, the dragons and Cenarius in any order, then Xavius.
- Tier 19 tokens and artifact relics drop here.