Phase 1: Lashers

Each one of the ten Detonating Lashers removes 2 stacks of Attuned to Nature from Freya.

• Flame Lash: The Detonating Lashers' primary melee attack. Not generally notable since the Lashers don't melee for very much, but it is partially resistable.

The immediate impulse with Detonating Lashers, since they're in a large pack of 10, is a storm of AoE to kill them as quickly as possible. However, their Detonate ability makes this approach highly problematic- if too many die at the same time, they will instantly kill players around them. Consequently, we recommend an approach of "partial AoE" to bring the Detonating Lashers to a moderately low HP total, followed by single-target DPS to bring them down one by one in an orderly fashion. The raid may try to kill the Detonating Lashers wholly one by one, but they may find themselves falling behind the one-minute time limit.

Raid members should be within a reasonably close radius of each other, perhaps in a circle no more than 25 total yards across. Due to the constant aggro resets that the Detonating Lashers make, a very spread out raid will find Lashers running all over the place chaotically, making DPS (particularly melee) much more difficult. Clumping the raid on one exact spot is not advisable because it opens the raid up to massive damage from Sunbeam and Detonate combinations.

Since the period when several Detonating Lashers are exploding simultaneously may coincide with raid damage from Sunbeam, it may be advisable to use Divine Sacrifice (if a Protection or Retribution Paladin with the talent is present) or healing cooldowns such as Tranquility, Hymn of Hope, etc. to make sure the raid lives through explosion damage.

Phase 2: Elementals

The three elementals spawn simulataneously. Killing each one removes 10 stacks of Attuned to Nature from Freya. All three elementals must be killed within 10-12 seconds of each other or they will regenerate and reappear at full health. Any of the three elementals can be stunned.

Snaplasher

The Snaplasher has twice as much HP as the other two elementals, something to keep in mind when attempting to kill all three roughly simultaneously.

• Hardened Bark: Every attack made against the Snaplasher, whether it is a magical, melee, or ranged attack, and no matter how much it hits for, applies a stack of Hardened Bark to the Lasher, which increases its damage dealt by 10%. Hardened Bark falls off in 4 seconds. On 10-man mode, it also decreases the Snaplasher's movement speed by 5%. This means that hitting the Snaplasher 20 times immobilizes it completely in 10-man.

Storm Lasher

The Storm Lasher's spellcasts can be interrupted.

• Stormbolt: Deals about 9500 (about 6500 on Normal) damage to one target. 1.5 second cast.

• Lightning Lash: Deals about 7500 (5500 on Normal) damage to a target and chains, increasing its damage, to 4 successive targets (2 on Normal). 2 second cast.

Ancient Water Spirit

• Tidal Wave: Targets a player within 40 yards and charges towards them, dealing about 8500 (6000 on Normal) damage to them and players within the charge path, and causing a strong (40 yard) knockback effect.

DPS should be split up and accorded to handling the Elementals. Keep in mind that all three Elementals must die mostly concurrently; if 10-12 seconds pass after the first Elemental dies and at least one other is still alive, the first one will be resurrected.

Some ranged DPS are best equipped to handle the Snaplasher. The more it gets hit, the more dangerous its melee becomes, so a traditional tank cannot hold it for very long. However, on 10-man, after it gains 20 stacks of Hardened Bark, it will become immobilized. This does not act like a Frost Nova; the Snaplasher will not automatically melee players in melee range unless they are on top of the aggro table. Consequently, if extra DPS is needed on the Snaplasher due to it having more HP than the other two Elementals, melee are safe to join in once a ranged DPS has established a strong threat lead. On 25-man, the Snaplasher is not immobilized from Hardened Bark. Consequently, on 25-man, DPS should switch off the Snaplasher once its stacks grow to a high amount, and switch back off once Hardened Bark falls off (4 seconds).

DPS who are capable of interrupting spell casts, and particularly melee DPS, are best equipped to handle the Storm Lasher, which also requires a tank (but does not deal much damage to him/her). Of the two types of cast, Lightning Lash (which has a 2 second cast) is far more dangerous because it deals more damage to multiple targets, and should be interrupted as much as possible.

DPS who can keep a mob stunned as much as possible, and/or ranged DPS, are best equipped to handle the Ancient Water Spirit. Its Tidal Wave ability cannot be interrupted, and is very annoying as it causes the Ancient Water Spirit to run all over the place. The more time the Ancient Water Spirit spends stunned, the less time it can spend using Tidal Wave.

As the HP of these adds drops down, players should be mindful to slow or stop DPS on their target, or switch to another target, if necessary to ensure that the elementals die within ten seconds of each other.

Phase 3: Conservator

The Ancient Conservator spawns alone. Killing it removes 25 stacks of Attuned to Nature from Freya.

• Conservator's Grip: While the Ancient Conservator is alive, no one affected by this 50,000 yard range aura can attack or cast any spells. This might make the fight impossible if it were not for the next ability:

• Summon Mushrooms: Every 8 seconds, a set of mushrooms (called "Healthy Spores") will be summoned no further than 60 yards away from the Ancient Conservator. These mushrooms are critical to remove the Conservator's Grip.
• Nature's Fury: This is a debuff the Ancient Conservator places on one player every 10-12 seconds. It deals about 6000 (4500 on Normal) damage to the player and anyone within 8 yards every 2 seconds for 10 seconds.
  

Immediately when the Ancient Conservator spawns, Healthy Spore mushrooms will begin to form around it. All players must go to a mushroom, taking care not to pile too many players under the same mushroom but to have mushroom coverage for everyone in the raid nonetheless. A player affected by Conservator's Grip is entirely helpless and useless, and going to mushrooms quickly prevents this from happening to you.

Players must also be cautious of Nature's Fury. A player afflicted with this debuff must immediately run to an area where no players are standing. If necessary, this may mean leaving the area of mushroom coverage- but the player must be in range of heals, or they will die.

Phase 4: Boss Phase

Once the sixth add pack has been disposed of, Freya will no longer summon adds. However, she may begin to summon Lifebinder's Gifts with greater frequency.

Additionally, she gains a new ability, throwing exploding green seeds on the ground. The raid must avoid these seeds as much as possible, while DPSing Freya who is no longer able to keep herself healed to full in the absence of “the healing buff”.

As long as the raid pours its DPS into Freya, avoids green seeds, and doesn’t have a lapse in killing Lifebinder's Gifts, Freya will be successfully defeated. Like the other Keepers, she turns friendly at a low percentage of health and loot is obtained from a chest in the room.