- Author: Passion
- Date: September 23, 2022
- Updated: September 23, 2022
- Expansion: WotLK Classic
Grand Widow Faerlina is the second boss of the Arachnid Quarter in Naxxramas. She is the caretaker of the spiders of Naxxramas, surrounded by her cultists and followers ready to give their life in service of Grand Widow Faerlina and the Lich King.
“The Grand Widow Faerlina, a botanist in life, breeder and caretaker of arachnids in death, she oversees the spider wing, developing the most potent of poisons for the Lich King.” –Commander Eligor Dawnbringer
This guide will offer a detailed, step-by-step tutorial on how to deal with Grand Widow Faerlina and her loyal followers.
Role Summaries
- Avoid Rain of Fire by moving away from it
- Kill a Naxxramas Worshipper on top of Grand Widow Faerlina after she casts Frenzy
- Dispel Poison Bolt Volley
- Avoid DPSing the Naxxramas Worshippers prematurely
- Dispel Poison Bolt Volley with spells like Abolish Poison, Cleanse, and Cleansing Totem
- The Naxxramas Worshippers should be tanked away from Grand Widow Faerlina so they don’t die early
- Avoid killing the Naxxramas Worshippers yourself!
Abilities
The abilities of this fight are mostly dealt with using correct positioning, ducking out of Rain of Fire, and making sure to Cleanse the three players closest to Grand Widow Faerlina. Because this fight begins with 5 targets, it only gets easier to manage as you progress and slowly take out the extra targets.
Grand Widow Faerlina
Naxxramas Worshipper
Raid Composition & Preparation
The Pull
On pull, you will want the 2 tanks to go for separate targets. The first tank will want to grab Grand Widow Faerlina and place her on the edge of the circle in the middle of the room. The second will grab the Naxxramas Worshippers, bringing them away from the rest of the mobs so they don’t accidentally die to AoE.
Ideally, your ranged players should spread out on pull so that Rain of Fire hits as few targets as possible, but it isn’t the most important factor as long as they quickly dodge out.
The Fight
This fight is relatively simple, but it can feel very chaotic at first. Your group will need to make sure they don’t accidentally kill the Naxxramas Worshippers prematurely. Typically this is done by fighting the boss close to the middle of the room and keeping the Naxxramas Worshippers separated from the stack.
Every time Grand Widow Faerlina is about to cast Frenzy, the off-tank should drag the Naxxramas Worshippers on top of her. As soon as Grand Widow Faerlina gains the Frenzy buff, kill the Naxxramas Worshipper to trigger Widow’s Embrace spell. Killing the Naxxramas Worshipper before she has the Frenzy buff will not do anything except waste a Naxxramas Worshipper.
During the fight, Grand Widow Faerlina will periodically drop Rain of Fire onto a random raid member. Everyone in the Rain of Fire will need to quickly weave out of it before they continue what they were doing. Around every 15-seconds, Grand Widow Faerlina will cast Poison Bolt Volley on the three closest targets, which is easily dealt with by dispels.
This really is all there is to the fight, outside of the chaotic beginning there isn’t much to worry about and this should be doable quick and easy.
Here are some of the main things that can typically go wrong in this phase:
- During the pull, the adds get messy, leading to them spreading and potentially killing players early.
- The Naxxramas Worshippers are accidentally killed, leading to Faerlina being free to tear the tank apart in Frenzy
- Players don’t react to Rain of Fire or simply underestimate it
Congratulations on defeating Grand Widow Faerlina! Time to move through the skittering spiders and cobwebs and into Maexxna’s lair.
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