Broodtwister Ovi’nax Egg Map
To begin the encounter, position your raid group in Stage 1. It’s beneficial for players to spread out loosely within this area. This spatial distribution will significantly aid in effectively dodging the Sticky Web circles and avoiding damage from Vile Discharge. These two mechanics will be prevalent throughout the entire fight and, alongside egg management, constitute the primary abilities players need to handle.
Throughout the encounter, Sticky Webs will be consistently applied to multiple raid members. These are large, dispellable circles that impose a 50% movement speed reduction. Crucially, players afflicted with Sticky Web should move away from others before requesting a dispel. This precaution prevents the dispel explosion from negatively affecting other players. A general guideline is to avoid dispelling Sticky Web on melee players unless they explicitly request it, as they are typically positioned near other raid members.
When navigating Vile Discharge puddles, be particularly cautious if you are also affected by a Sticky Web circle. The 50% movement speed reduction from Sticky Web can make dodging Vile Discharge challenging, especially if you react at the last moment. Anticipate puddle placement and adjust your movement accordingly.
Shortly after engaging Broodtwister Ovi’nax, the boss will cast Experimental Dosage and Ingest Black Blood. This is because Ovi’nax initiates combat with 90 energy.
To progress through each stage of the fight, it’s necessary to correctly interact with the eggs using the Experimental Dosage circles. After popping the designated eggs, focus your raid’s damage on eliminating the spawned adds.
In each stage, four random players will be targeted with Experimental Dosage circles. These players are responsible for breaking the eggs in the correct sequence. Refer to the egg breaking order detailed below for each stage.
To streamline egg breaking and minimize confusion, utilizing raid markers via DBM or BigWigs is highly recommended. Assign specific markers to players and designate four players with good situational awareness to pre-mark the next eggs in the breaking sequence using world markers.
With this system, when a player receives Experimental Dosage, they simply move to the world marker assigned to them, simplifying the process and reducing errors.
It’s important to note that you have a total of 12 Experimental Dosage circles available per stage, while there are only 11 eggs. This provides a small margin for error, allowing for one missed egg break per stage without hindering progression.
Key Considerations for Success:
- Healers: Be prepared for Unstable Infusion, an absorb effect applied to all raid members every 7.5 seconds. This damage is unavoidable and requires prompt healing to mitigate the increasing absorb amount with each application.
- Tanks: When repositioning adds, exercise caution to prevent them from entering the Ingest Black Blood puddles. Contact with these puddles will trigger mutation in the adds.
- Raid Damage Mitigation: The majority of raid-wide damage stems from Volatile Concoction. Tanks must utilize strong defensive cooldowns to lessen the damage taken from this ability and communicate the need for external healer cooldowns. A percentage of the tank’s missing health is converted into raid-wide damage, emphasizing proactive mitigation.
- Egg Priority: Preventing eggs from contacting the Black Blood puddle is paramount. If an egg reaches the puddle, the raid will suffer significant damage, followed by the emergence of a Mutated add.
- Mutated Add Threats: Mutated Worms inflict substantial raid damage every 2 seconds until they are eliminated. A Mutated Worm necessitates an immediate raid-wide target switch for rapid elimination. Mutated Spiders and Parasites, while less immediately threatening, should still be avoided. Prioritize preventing mutations of any kind.
Stage Breakdown
Stage Mechanics Note: While each stage presents a different egg configuration and enemy composition, within each stage, the enemy sets follow a consistent pattern. These set patterns can be considered phases within each stage, as they introduce distinct combat dynamics. Let’s examine each stage’s sets in detail.
Stage 1: The “Spider Heavy” Phase
Stage 1 primarily features double sets of Spiders. This composition results in reduced healing effectiveness across the raid and increased damage intake for tanks. However, given that this stage occurs early in the encounter, overall damage levels are manageable. Raids can generally afford to passively cleave the Spiders while maintaining primary focus on Broodtwister Ovi’nax.
Stage 2: The “Parasite Swarm” Phase
Stage 2 shifts the focus to double sets of Parasites. This phase is characterized by high area-of-effect (AoE) damage potential. If Parasites are not dealt with swiftly, the situation can escalate rapidly. Effective use of slows, grips, and crowd control abilities like Vortex or Ring of Peace is crucial to group Parasites efficiently for quick elimination.
Players targeted by Parasite fixate should prioritize kiting them effectively. Each successful Infest cast will spawn additional Parasites, significantly detracting from overall boss damage as raid DPS is diverted to managing the parasite proliferation.
Stage 3: The “Worm Interrupt” Phase
Stage 3 introduces double sets of Worms as the primary add type. This phase demands a well-coordinated interrupt rotation. Allowing Worm casts to complete can quickly lead to player deaths due to their impactful abilities. Parasites in this stage are less numerous, appearing in single sets, making them easier to manage compared to Stage 2.
Stage Breakdown: Detailed Tactics
Stage 1: Detailed Strategy
This initial area is your starting point. On the first Experimental Dosage sequence, prioritize popping 3 Spider eggs and 1 Worm egg. Group all spawned adds onto the Worm and focus fire to eliminate it as quickly as possible. Subsequently, shift to cleaving down the remaining Spiders while maintaining boss focus.
Given this occurs at the fight’s outset, all external defensive cooldowns and personal tank cooldowns should be available. Utilize these proactively during the initial Spider wave to ensure tank survivability.
Following the initial pull and add wave, subsequent sets in Stage 1 are relatively straightforward, provided Worm interrupts are consistently executed during the second set.
Stage 2: Detailed Strategy
Upon transitioning to Stage 2, the first add set will be heavily focused on AoE damage from Parasites. Conserve raid resources and cooldowns, including grips, vortex effects, and Monk’s Ring of Peace, in anticipation of this initial wave.
You will encounter three groups of Parasites alongside a Spider. Prioritize rapidly nuking down the Parasites. After this initial burst, the remainder of Stage 2 is considerably less demanding.
While generally easier than Stage 1’s start, Stage 2 can become chaotic if numerous Infest casts occur, leading to a cascade of newly spawned Parasites. Vigilance and swift AoE are key.
Stage 3: Detailed Strategy
Stage 3 presents the most challenging add composition, particularly the initial set requiring the breaking of 3 Worm eggs and 1 Parasite egg.
Assign a dedicated ranged damage group to focus fire and interrupt one of the distant Worms. Designate a smaller team of 1-2 players to interrupt the other distant Worm; minimal interrupts are needed there as melee DPS and the boss will naturally reposition to that Worm after eliminating the central one.
Once all Worms are deceased, shift focus to eliminating the Parasites. It’s acceptable to have some Parasites remain active while Worms are prioritized, as these can be grouped with the subsequent add set and efficiently AoE’d down together.
From this point onward in Stage 3, based on Broodtwister Ovi’nax’s remaining health, consider skipping the breaking of distant eggs if the Black Blood puddle is unlikely to reach them before the boss is defeated. This risk-reward assessment can optimize damage output in the final phase.
Correcting Egg Breaking Mistakes
Popping the incorrect egg or having multiple players target the same egg, resulting in a missed break, is a common occurrence. If this happens, understanding mitigation strategies is crucial. Each missed egg almost guarantees a Mutated add. When faced with an inevitable mutation, prioritize which add type mutates. Parasites are the least threatening mutated add, followed by Spiders, with Worms being the most dangerous.
When a Mutated Worm is imminent, the raid must prepare for a rapid burst damage phase to eliminate it swiftly. Mutated Spiders, while less immediately dangerous, are still problematic due to their 75% health increase and raid-wide healing reduction debuff. If a Mutated Spider spawns, prioritize its elimination.
Mutated Parasites, being slightly faster and having increased health, are the least disruptive mutated add type. In many cases, the increased Parasite count can even be beneficial for damage parse optimization, as they provide additional targets for AoE damage.
