Heigan the Unclean

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Heigan the Unclean is the 2nd boss of the plague wing in Naxxramas. This encounter was made famous for its “dance” mechanic. This truly unique encounter is fairly easy to master…if you can dance!

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Heigan the Unclean Abilities

Phase 1

    * Spell Disruption - 20 yard aura around Heigan, increases casting times by 300%.
    * Decrepit Fever - Disease applied to a random player, deals 3000 damage every 3 seconds and reduces maximum HP by 50% of all players within a 20 yard radius.
    * Eruption - 3 of the 4 quarters of the dancing area will erupt with green slim, dealing 6,000-7,000 damage to players caught around the edges, and dealing 12,000-14,000 damage to players in the middle.

Phase 2

    * Plague Cloud - Deals 7,500 damage per second to anyone still standing on the platform after Heigan teleports back up there.
    * Eruption - 3 of the 4 quarters of the dancing area will erupt with green slim, dealing 6,000-7,000 damage to players caught around the edges, and dealing 12,000-14,000 damage to players in the middle.

Heigan the Unclean Boss Strategy

Starting the Fight

Healers and ranged DPS will begin the fight by running to the platform that Heigan starts on, melee will simply follow the boss around. Positioning at this point is pretty straight forward. Players on the platform should try to stay at maximum casting range as to avoid the spell disruption aura. Likewise melee players will want to stay right on top of heigan’s model as the phase 1 dance starts.

Phase 1 Dance

The phase 1 “dance” isn’t nearly as difficult as the phase 2. Essentially you’ll have melee following your tank around the room while your ranged DPS and healers stand on top of the platform. As a melee DPS you need to make sure you aren’t hanging over the edge of an eruption wall. You don’t want to eat an eruption and cause your healers further healing.

As a tank you have the most important job on the fight. It’s your responsibility to make sure you move Heigan quickly enough and position him correctly before the next eruption goes off. Check out the phase 2 dance rotation map below, this is the same rotation used in phase 1 eruptions.

Note: Read / View the phase 2 dance strategy below, the same applies for tanking positions in phase 1.

Healing and Cleansing for Phase 1

As a healer this fight really isn’t too bad. The most important thing you want to be watching for is the decrepit fever. You need to dispel this immediately. Obviously a MT with 50% HP doesn’t make much of an MT. He / she could easily be dropped by Heigan.

Phase 2 Beginning

Phase 2 starts when Heigan teleports back to the platform. After a few seconds he will start casting plague cloud on the platform, which is why the entire raid must get to position 1 on the map below. The eruption dance will begin in a few seconds.

Dancing Your Way Through Eruptions

Now, Heigan will engage his eruption rotation. 3 of the 4 pieces of the room will eruption at the same time. The first safe location in the room will be 1, IE 2, 3, and 4 will erupt. After the first eruption the entire raid will move location 2, IE 1, 3, 4 will erupt. Then to 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc…The eruption will continue going left to right, then right to left continually for 2 complete rotations.

Note: It’s better to run closer to the platform as it reduces the total distance you must travel between positions due to the room’s curved perimeter.



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At this point Heigan will run down from the platfor and go back to your main tank. Ranged and healers should return to the platform and melee DPS will resume Heigan as well. Now you simply resume phase 1 and continue the phase 1 / 2 dance rotation until you’ve killed Heigan.

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Safe spot for heigan:

[JohnnieRat]

don't bank on that being a safe spot for much longer

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Another animation I found.

http://www.theorderls.com/belt/wm/wow/heigan.html