Theater of Pain Guide

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Last Updated:February 26, 2025|Changelog

Welcome to the Theater of Pain Mythic+ guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.1! This guide covers everything you need to know about your upcoming dungeon runs!

Route

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It is recommended to use the Mythic Dungeon Tools addon to look at your route and mobcount before the Mythic+ dungeon starts. Below you can see an example of a Weekly Route meant for +10 keys or lower. High Key Route will be added later into the season!

Simply import the route into the Mythic Dungeon Tool addon and take a look at it with your group.

Weekly Route

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Utility Needs

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Enrage

Bleed

Disease

Curse

Magic Dispel

Magic Purge

Raging Tantrum
- An Enrage effect during which Raging Bloodhorn is inflicting physical damage to all players every 2 seconds.
Death Wish
- An Enrage effect which makes Unyielding Contender inflict increased damage but also take increased damage.

Common utility examples:
- Hunter
  - Tranquilizing Shot
- Rogue
  - Shiv
- Druid
  - Soothe
- Evoker
  - Oppressing Roar with Overawe
- Monk
  - Paralysis with Pressure Points

Jagged Gash
- Bleed inflicting physical damage for 8 seconds.
  - Avoidable by not getting hit by Meat Hooks during the Gorechop encounter.
Jagged Quarrel
- Bleed from a Shambling Arbalest. Usually goes on to dps players.
Ricocheting Blade
- Bleed from mini-bosses in the Xav the Unfallen's trash area.
  - Avoidable by line-of-sighting, does not recast.

Common utility examples:
- Evoker
  - Cauterizing Flame
- Paladin
  - Blessing of Protection

Withering Blight
- A stacking Disease debuff, inflicting plague damage and reducing damage and healing done by 20%.
  - Interruptible.
Decaying Blight
- Disease inflicting plague damage and reducing maximum health of the player by 5% for 20 seconds.

Common utility examples:
- Monk
  - Detox
  - Detox with Improved Detox for a Mistweaver
- Paladin
  - Cleanse Toxins
  - Cleanse with Improved Cleanse for Holy
- Priest
  - Purify Disease
  - Purify with Improved Purify for Discipline and Holy
- Evoker
  - Cauterizing Flame

Curse of Desolation
- Curse that spawns pools under the afflicted player every 3 seconds, inflicting damage to players within 3 yards of the impact and fearing them for a second.
Shadow Vulnerability
- Curse increasing shadow damage taken by 30%.

Common utility examples:
- Druid
  - Remove Corruption
  - Nature's Cure for Restoration
- Mage
  - Remove Curse
- Shaman
  - Cleanse Spirit
  - Purify Spirit with Improved Purify Spirit for Restoration
- Evoker
  - Cauterizing Flame

Withering Touch
- A Magic debuff that is applied during the first boss encounter. It is applied to 2 people at a time which makes it pretty useful to have an extra dispel available to cover all of them every time.

Common utility examples:
- Priest
  - Mass Dispel
- Warlock
  - Singe Magic

Bone Shield
- A huge Magic absorb shield.

Common utility examples:
- Warlock
  - Devour Magic
- Hunter
  - Tranquilizing Shot
- Priest
  - Dispel Magic and Mass Dispel
- Shaman
  - Purge
- Mage
  - Spellsteal
- Demon Hunter
  - Consume Magic

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Unyielding Contender

Battlefield Ritualist

Raging Bloodhorn

Required Enrage Dispel:
- Death Wish
  - An Enrage buff that makes caster inflict increased damage but also take increased damage.
Charge
- Charges an enemy and slows its movement speed.

Required Kick:
- Necrotic Bolt
  - Inflicts shadow damage to a random enemy and applies a healing absorb.
- Unholy Fervor
  - Heals the target each time they inflict damage.

Required Enrage Dispel:
- Raging Tantrum
  - Raging Bloodhorn goes into a Raging Tantrum inflicting physical damage to all enemies every 2 seconds.
    - This is an Enrage effect and can be soothed.

An Affront of Challengers

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An Affront of Challengers is an encounter where you fight Dessia the Decapitator, Paceran the Virulent and Sathel the Accursed all at the same time. Each of them has a set of their own unique abilities.

Noxious Spores

Decaying Breath

Searing Death

Withering Touch

Necromantic Bolt

Mighty Smash

Mortal Strike

Upon reaching 100 energy, Paceran in Theater of Pain throws vile concoctions at players, inflicting plague damage to any player within the impact location and creates a zone of Noxious Spores for 2.5 minutes, inflicting plague damage every 1.5 seconds to all players standing within it.

Big frontal cone targeted at a random player, inflicting plague damage to all players impacted.
- Always be close to the boss to have an easier time dodging the frontal.

Upon reaching 100 energy, Sathel in Theater of Pain applies a Searing Death debuff to every player, inflicting shadow damage to all players within 3 yards of the victim every 3 seconds for 9 seconds.
- Spread out to not cleave each other with the debuff.

Applies a Withering Touch Magic debuff to a random target, inflicting shadow damage every 2 seconds for 12 seconds.

Sathel in Theater of Pain blasts a random player, inflicting shadow damage.
- Interruptible.

Upon reaching 100 energy, Dessia unleashes a mighty smash that inflicts nature damage to all players and reduces their movement speed by 30% for 10 seconds.

Dessia in Theater of Pain strikes the tank, inflicting physical damage and reducing his healing received by 50% for 5 seconds.

An Affront of Challengers Spell Timeline in Theater of Pain

Xav the Unfallen Trash Area

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Nekthara the Mangler

Rek the Hardened

Harugia the Bloodthirsty

Shambling Arbalest

Ancient Captain

Advent Nevermore

Heavin the Breaker

Dokigg the Brutalizer

Whirlwind
- Inflicts physical damage to players within 13 yards.
Interrupting Roar
- Interrupts spell casting and inflicts physical damage to all players.
Whirling Blade
- Spawns a ground effect, inflicting physical damage to players standing in it.

Whirlwind
- Inflicts physical damage to players within 13 yards.
Unbalancing Blow
- Inflicts physical damage to a tank and reduces his dodge, parry and block chance by 100%.
Swift Strikes
- Increases caster's attack speed and melee attcks strike 2 secondary targets for 45% damage.

Required Bleed Dispel:
- Ricocheting Blade
  - Inflicts physical damage to a random target and applies a Bleed.
    - Can ricochet to additional targets within 5 yards.
    - Can be avoided by going line-of-sight.

Theater of Pain Harugia the Bloodthirsty

Shoot
- Inflicts physical damage to a random target
Required Bleed Dispel:
- Jagged Quarrel
  - Inflicts physical damage to a random target and applies a Bleed.

Required Kick:
- Demoralizing Shout
  - Reduces damage done by all players by 50%.
Commanding Presence
- Increases nearby allies damage dealt by 25% and reduces area of effect damage taken by 75%.
Shield Bash
- Inflicts physical damage, interrupting casting for 1 second.

Required Bleed Dispel:
- Ricocheting Blade
  - Inflicts physical damage to a random target and applies a Bleed.
    - Can ricochet to additional targets within 5 yards.
    - Can be avoided by going line-of-sight.
Seismic Stomp
- Inflicts physical damage to enemies within 60 yards.

Colossus Smash
- Inflicts physical damage and causes a tank to take 50% increased physical damage for 10 seconds.
Interrupting Roar
- Interrupts spell casting and inflicts physical damage to all players.
Ground Smash
- Stuns all enemies within 20 yards and inflicts physical damage to them.

Savage Flurry
- Inflicts physical damage to a tank every 0.5 seconds for 4 seconds.
Earthcrusher
- Inflicts physical damage to all players and spawns ground effects, inflicting nature damage to players within 4 yards of impact.
Whirlwind
- Inflicts physical damage to enemies within 13 yards.

Xav the Unfallen

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Blood and Glory

Might of Maldraxxus

Oppressive Banner

Brutal Combo

Upon reaching 100 energy, Xav forces 2 players into the dueling pit below. The winner of the duel is granted Glorified while the loser is affected by Bloodied.
- Players gain a stack of Glorious Combat every second.
- If neither player is defeated within 45 seconds, both players are affected by Cowardice.

Glorified
- Damage dealt increased by 10% for 20 seconds.
Bloodied
- Damage dealt decreased by 10% for 20 seconds.
Glorious Combat
- Combatants take 3% increased damage, stacking every second.
Cowardice
- Damage dealt reduced by 10% for 20 seconds.

Xav leaps to the center of the arena inflicting physical damage to all players and performs a random combination of attacks.
- Deafening Crash
  - Xav stomps, interrupting all spellcasting within 55 yards for 2 seconds and inflicts physical damage and knocks back players within 12 yards.
- Massive Cleave
  - Xav slashes in a frontal hemisphere, inflicting physical damage to all players struck.
- Crushing Slam
  - Xav slams the ground, inflicting physical damage to players in a line in front of him.

Xav plants an Oppressive Banner, reducing the movement speed of all players by 15% every 3 seconds while it persists.
- This effect stacks but can be refreshed to 0 with any kind of freedom effects like Blessing of Freedom.

A series of brutal melee strikes that inflict increasing physical damage to the tank.

Xav the Unfallen Spell Timeline in Theater of Pain

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Portal Guardian

Maniacal Soulbinder

Bone Magus

Soulforged Bonereaver

Nefarious Darkspeaker

Shackled Soul

Required Curse Dispel:
- Shadow Vulnerability
  - Applies a Curse to a random player, inflicting shadow damage and increasing shadow damage taken by 30%.
Soulstorm
- Inflicts shadow damage to all players every 2 seconds for 8 seconds.

Required Kick:
- Necrotic Bolt Volley
  - Inflicts shadow damage to all enemies and applies a healing absorb.
- Necrotic Bolt
  - Inflicts shadow damage to a random target and applies a healing absorb.

Required Kick:
- Bone Spear
  - Inflicts physical damage to a random player and applies a Bleed.
    - This cast is very deadly and should be always kicked.
- Grave Spike
  - Inflicts physical damage to a random player.
Required Magic Purge:
- Bone Shield
  - A Magic buff that absorbs incoming damage.

Bonestorm
- Inflicts physical damage to enemies within 8 yards every second for 4 seconds.
Bone Spikes
- Spawns pools on the ground at players locations every second, inflicting shadow damage to any player within 3 yards of the impact.

Required Curse Dispel:
- Curse of Desolation
  - Applies a Curse to a random player that spawns pools on the ground every 3 seconds, inflicting damage to players within 3 yards of the impact and fearing them for a second.
Required Kick:
- Spirit Frost
  - Inflicts frost damage to a tank.
Death Winds
- A frontal tornado that inflicts shadow damage and knocks any player caught in the path.

Required Kick:
- Bind Soul
  - Reduces the movement speed of the target and inflicts shadow damage every 1.5 seconds.

Kul'tharok

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Draw Soul

Well of Darkness

Necrotic Eruption

Necrotic Bolt

Death Spiral

Kul'tharok tears the souls from players, inflicting shadow damage every 2 seconds for 8 seconds.
- The lost souls move toward Kul'tharok and causes Soul Corruption when they reach him, inflicting shadow damage to all players.

Kul'tharok applies a Well of Darkness debuff to 2 random players, inflicting shadow damage to players within 4 yards.
- Spread out with it and don't cleave each other.

A frontal line on a tank, inflicting shadow damage to all players within it.

Inflicts shadow damage to a random target.
- Interruptible.

Kul'tharok spawns 4 orbs that travel around the arena and inflict shadow damage every second to any player who touches them.

Kul'tharok Spell Timeline in Theater of Pain

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Blighted Sludge-Spewer

Putrid Butcher

Disgusting Refuse

Diseased Horror

Rancid Gasbag

Required Kick:
- Withering Discharge
  - Inflicts plague damage to all players and applies a Disease to them.
- Decaying Filth
  - Inflicts plague damage to a random player and afflicts them with a Disease, inflicting plague damage every 2 seconds and reducing maximum health by 5%.
Leaping Thrash
- Leaps towards a random player, inflicting physical damage to all enemies within 4 yards.
  - Always stay spread while fighting this mob to reduce incoming damage on the group.
Disgusting Burst
- On death, inflicts plague damage to all players within 4 yards of the impact area and applies a Disease to them.

Devour Flesh
- Inflicts physical damage to the tank and heals the caster for 300% of the damage dealt.

Leaping Thrash
- Leaps towards a random player, inflicting physical damage to all enemies within 4 yards.
  - Always stay spread while fighting this mob to reduce incoming damage on the group.
Disgusting Burst
- On death, inflicts plague damage to all players within 4 yards of the impact area and applies a Disease to them.

Meat Shield
- Surrounds the caster with an absorb shield.
Decaying Strike
- Inflicts physical damage to a player and applies a Disease to him.

Disease Cloud
- Constantly inflicts plague damage to nearby players every 2 seconds while in combat.
Vile Eruption
- A double frontal infront and behind Rancid Gasbag that inflicts plague damage and disorients players struck by the frontal.

Gorechop

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Meat Hooks

Tenderizing Smash

Hateful Strike

Meat hooks descend and sweep across the arena. Players that are struck by a meat hook are stunned and suffer Jagged Gash, a Bleed inflicting physical damage every 2 seconds for 8 seconds.

Some meat hooks have Oozing Leftovers attached to them that will fall apart and attack players.
- Oozing Leftovers lose 2% of their maximum health every second.
- They leap towards a random player, inflicting physical damage and cleaving anyone within 4 yards of the impact location.
  - Try to stay spread whenever the mobs are alive.
- Upon death, they leave a pool of Coagulating Ooze that inflicts plague damage every 1.5 seconds to players standing in them and reduces their movement speed by 30%.

Gorechop pulls in all players and smashes the ground, inflicting physical damage and knocking back players struck.
- If you position yourself in the melee of Gorechop whenever it is time for a Tenderizing Smash, the pull in effect will not happen which is a very useful tip for range players.

Gorechop strikes the tank, inflicting physical damage.

Gorechop Spell Timeline in Theater of Pain in Theater of Pain

Mordretha, the Endless Empress

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Grasping Rift

Manifest Death

Dark Devastation

Reaping Scythe

Echoes of Carnage

Mordretha tears open a Grasping Rift that draws all players towards it for 6 seconds.
- Players that are pulled into the Grasping Rift are afflicted with Death Grasp Curse which stuns them and inflicts shadow damage every 2 seconds for 8 seconds.
  - Look for a Curse dispel if the player afflicted by this survived the initial hit as there is still a chance for him to survive by running out of the Grasping Rift.

Mordretha haunts all players, inflicting shadow damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. When this effect expires, it inflicts additional damage to the player and allies within 6 yards.

Upon expiration, each player summons a Deathwalker at their location.
- Deathwalkers cast a Death Bolt at a random target, iflicting shadow damage.
  - Interruptible.

Mordretha channels a frontal beam for 4.5 seconds, inflicting shadow damage every 0.5 seconds and pushing back players within it.
- Be close to the boss to have an easier time dodging the frontal since Mordretha is also rotating around herself during the channel.

Mordretha empowers her scythe and strikes the tank, inflicting shadow and physical damage.

Upon reaching 50% health, Mordretha inflicts shadow damage to all players and start to constantly inflict ticking shadow damage to the group every 2 seconds until the end of the fight.

On top of that, Ghostly Combatants will start to appear on the arena casting Echo of Battle and Ghostly Charge.
- Echo of Battle
  - Ghostly Combatants clash, inflicting shadow damage to players within 8 yards.
- Ghostly Charge
  - Ghostly Riders charge across the arena, inflicting shadow damage and knocking back players caught in their path.
    - Be careful, as their model is in fact bigget than they look. Always take an extra step to avoid them.

Mordretha, the Endless Empress Spell Timeline in Theater of Pain

Lootpool

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Trinkets/Jewelry

Weapons

Armor

Type	Item
Trinket	Grim Codex
Trinket	Soulletting Ruby
Trinket	Vial of Spectral Essence
Trinket	Viscera of Coalesced Hatred
Ring	Bloodoath Signet
Ring	Fleshfused Circle
Ring	Ring of Perpetual Conflict
Ring	Ritual Bone Band

Type	Item
2-Hand Axe	Dessia's Decimating Decapitator
Polearm	Xav's Pike of Authority
Dagger	Fleshcrafter's Knife
1-Hand Mace	Gorebound Predator's Gavel
1-Hand Axe	Gorestained Cleaver
Shield	Barricade of the Endless Empire
Off-hand	Deathwalker's Promise

Cloth

Type	Item
Shoulder	Plague-Licked Amice
Chest	Soulsewn Vestments
Wrist	Contaminated Gauze Wristwraps
Waist	Fallen Empress's Cord

Leather

Type	Item
Chest	Vest of Concealed Secrets
Waist	Girdle of Shattered Dreams
Legs	Fearless Challenger's Leggings
Feet	Vanquished Usurper's Footpads

Mail

Type	Item
Head	Amphitheater Stalker's Hood
Chest	Triumphant Combatant's Chainmail
Hands	Grips of Overwhelming Beatings
Feet	Boots of Shuddering Matter

Plate

Type	Item
Shoulder	Unyielding Combatant's Pauldrons
Chest	Abdominal Securing Chestguard
Wrist	Pit Fighter's Wristguards
Legs	Galvanized Oxxein Legguards

Credits

Written By: Wexi

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