Fractillus
“An elemental born of the crags and dunes surrounding the Manaforge, Fractillus guards his domain by harnessing the power of the biting sands and hardened glass of the inhospitable wastes.“
Resources
Mechanics
Phase 1
Crystal Nexus
The walls this encounter are built on. If the raid allows six to be built in a single lane, the boss kills everyone. Players need to be knocked through them to break them.
Heroic
Important
Shattershell
Some players will receive a blue arrow above their head. After a few seconds, they will be rooted and then knocked back, breaking a single wall in the lane they’re in.
Important
Knockback
Root
Crystalline Shockwave
Some players will receive a purple shadowy mark above their head. After a few seconds, the boss will do a large shockwave in all lanes where marked players are, generating walls and knocking ANY players back that are in those lanes.
Important
Knockback
Shockwave Slam
Taunt swap after each one of these. The tank that receives it will leave a wall in the tank lane.
Mythic
Tank
Strategy
TLDR
- Taunt swap after Shockwave Slam
- Six lanes in room – 6th is for tanks only and 3rd lane is the raid’s safe lane
- If orb is on you, move to lanes 1/2/4/5
- 2nd and 5th wall in every lane is empowered and does a lot of damage when broken + requires players that broke it to space out
- Avoid going to lanes with four walls already unless situation is dire
- Dodge things on ground
Pre-Release Content Warning
These guides are best guesses based on available information from PTR boss testing, player speculation, and the in-game dungeon journal. Their accuracy is not guaranteed, but understanding the spirit of the encounters and how their mechanics interact is what’s truly important.
Take what’s said here with a grain of salt and be ready to adapt on raid day.
Crystal Nexus Heroic Changes
In heroic, the 2nd and 5th generated walls have void energy stored within. When broken, these will leave the breaking player with Null Consumption, a circlular AoE that needs to be taken away from other players. Once it pops, go back to the safe lane.
Shockwave Slam Mythic Changes
Fractillus instead generates three walls.