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At the start of the fight when you engage the Jormungar Behemoth and the other adds, Thorim will cast Sheath of Lightning on himself, making him almost entirely invulnerable to attacks. Have one tank turn the Jormungar away from the raid, and have the rest tank and AoE the adds, focusing primarily on the healers (the smallest one in front and the dark runed dwarf in the back).

After the initial mobs are down, the lever next to the gate on the left will become active. The raid should now split in half; one half should go down the hallway to reach Thorim, and the other half needs to stay and fight off adds and attacks by Thorim. At this point you will want to have both fire and nature resistance. You will have 5 minutes to complete the gauntlet (getting to Thorim) before he enrages and wipes the raid.

Once Thorim is activated, he will proceed with the fight, progressively gaining damage and attack speed as the fight goes on. This is a passive enrage timer, so speed is not a dependent requirement on his tank phase, but it is helpful.

The Gauntlet

The gauntlet requires a minimum of a tank, a DPS, and a healer. It is best to have additional DPS (ranged with CC preferred), as much as you can spare from the group killing adds, to quickly reach the end of the gauntlet where Thorim will engage the party. Speed is key at this point, because after five minutes he will wipe the raid. It is also important because everyone in the raid will be taking a lot of damage and healing becomes an issue during the encounter with Thorim.

There are 3 groups of 3 Warbringers. They are sheepable, fearable, mind controllable, etc. Two should be CC'd while you burn down the others. At the end of the hallway, there is a large golem. He raises one arm and does damage to anyone on that side of the hallway, much like the Skadi encounter in Utgarde Pinnacle. A short time after he is engaged he will gain a buff that decreases his damage by 50%, so if using cooldowns it's best to use them early.

After defeating the golem the door behind it will open and mobs will begin to spawn from the top of the stairs. Defeat the two sets of two mobs already standing there and make your way to the top of the stairs. When the giant is pulled he will buff any adds still alive, but the adds will stop spawning. Make sure the healer is in LOS of the tank yet out of the giant's stomp. This can easily be accomplished by bringing the giant to the top of the stairs and having the healer about halfway down.

After the giant is defeated someone must cast an ability on Thorim to get him to enter the arena. Avoid the large circles on the ground as they are traps that will paralyze you for a brief time.

Entrance Room

Those staying in the room will need to stack up in the middle to avoid the charged orbs around the sides. This will also make AoE healing to allies and AoE damage to enemies easier to dish out. The Large Vrykals do a whirlwind and need to be kept away from the main raid. The evokers casts HoTs that heal for massive amounts and also cast magic damage shield. Both are dispellable and need to be dispelled quickly. Wound poison also help here to reduce the amount they heal. But make sure to spread out when he targets someone with a stormhammer.

Alternatively, you can stay bunched up for stormhammers as damage taken during this phase is light unless someone gets too close to an overcharged orb. If your group chooses this method, it is optimal to make sure the healer with the center group has instant cast and group heals.

Once the gauntlet group reaches Thorim he will jump down, he needs to be picked up by the MT immediately. About 15 seconds in he will do his first Unbalancing strike, when he does this, the OT needs to taunt immediately. When you see the little lightning balls coming from a column this means he is about to use lightning charge, and that side of the room in a 60 degree angle around the column wil be shocked for a very large amount of damage, one shotting players after the third one. Spread out around him to avoid chain lightning links as well.

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