Igira Normal and Igira Heroic guide! Igira the Cruel is the second boss of the Amirdrassil raid of Dragonflight. This Igira guide for Igira will walk you through the important healer, tank and DPS raid mechanics you need to clear this Amirdrassil raid boss.
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Igira is a single phase fight, modified by the weapon you select for her during the fight. She has three weapons, and you activate one as a raid during Marked for Torment by stacking in the ring around it until it disappears. That weapon's corresponding mechanic will be active (two casts) until the next Marked for Torment, where you choose a new and different weapon for Igira. Finish the fight before she tries to select a fourth time!
Throughout the fight, you kill spears that pin players and dodge Twisting Blades that fly out from the boss. Tanks must stack together and swap when the bleed stacks too high- try on 8 stacks to start. You can choose the weapons in any order you like, and depending on your DPS may only need to do two or even one weapon phase. The axe brings a group soak mechanic- put half the raid in the first soak and the rest in second. The sword adds leaps, run from the impact zones. The dagger brings Heartstopper- spread out and heal off the absorbs.
Heroic Igira adds a few more things to dodge. Healing off Heartstopper sends out orbs to avoid and the leap fires out lines of swirls to dodge. Choosing a weapon by soaking up it's circle leaves a vulnerability, so if you find players are dying to Gathering Torment you can assign separate groups for each Marked for Torment soak.
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