Tectus, The Living Mountain

Setup
We will use two tanks for this encounter and mark a specific healer for the ranged and other healers to stay grouped on throughout the fight. Four world markers will be placed in a square for the tanks to keep the boss and adds within without getting too far from healers. The fight wil proceed through a series of phases as the boss divides into smaller pieces, with Tectus dividing into two Shards and each shard dividing into four Motes. The fight ends when all eight Motes are dead.

Genral Tips

• Move out of the area for Earthen Pillar, it will kill you instantly
  • Earthen Pillar is always cast on the ranged or healers (any class) first
  • When Earthen Pillar is cast the ranged group will move Counter-Clockwise (right)
  • Earthen Pillar is permanent, in this way the room will slowly get smaller (soft enrage)
• Victims of Crystalline Barrage should lead the ground effect Clockwise (left) as it chases them
  • Crystalline Barrage will often start near the Boss so make sure it gets close to the wall before running clockwise (otherwise it will cross the middle of the room)
  • Do NOT stand in Crystalline Barrage! It will go away eventually but it can also be hard to see among the other ground effects!
  • Crystalline Barrage is physical damage!
• Stay out of Fracture as it will knock you back and is completely avoidable damage
• Prepare all damage increasing buffs for Tectonic Upheaval we must bring HP to zero in these burn phases or Tectus will heal.

Tanks

• Phase 1
  • Tank A will grab Tectus on the pull and hold aggro throughout
    • Be prepared to reposition because of Crystalline Barrage
    • If we have to reposition, always move counter-clockwise (our left, raid's right) using the world markers as guides
  • Tank B will gather Night-Twisted Earthwarpers and Night-Twisted Berserkers near the boss for cleave damage
    • The Night-Twisted Earthwarper must be faced away from the boss for Gift of Earth
    • Tank B should not aggro Tectus because of Petrification
    • The Night-Twisted Berserker will leap away at a random target wiping threat, be prepared to taunt again
• Phase 2
  • Tank A will taunt the left Shard of Tectus (marked with a star)
  • Tank B will taunt the right Shard of Tectus onto the star (keep threat but DPS the star)
  • Be prepared to reposition because of Crystalline Barrage, move together as much as possible
• Phase 3 (Heroism)
  • DON'T PANIC
  • Tank A will pick up 3 Motes of Tectus
  • Tank B will continue to tank the remaining Shard of Tectus and taunt 1 Mote of Tectus
  • Both tanks should save large physical damage reducing CD's for this phase (5 mobs)
  • Keep the mobs stacked and move together away from Crystalline Barrage

Healers

• Assign a healer to each tank and raid group
• Prepare tank and raidwide CDs for phase 3 (5 mobs) as damage increases (Heroism)
• Stay stacked up with the ranged group along the wall as much as possible (stay out of melee)
  • Move counter-clockwise (right) for Earthen Pillar
  • Run clockwise (left) if you get Crystalline Barrage
• Watch out for those that may have to cross Crystalline Barrage to return to their position
• Stay out of Fracture as it will knock you back and is completely avoidable damage

DPS

• Save damage increasing buffs for Tectonic Upheaval
• Kill adds before the boss in Phase 1
• Kill the marked target, DO NOT SPLIT DAMAGE (multi-dotting and splash/cleave only)
• Stay stacked up in ranged group along the wall with the healers as much as possible (stay out of melee)
  • Move counter-clockwise (right) for Earthen Pillar
  • Run clockwise (left) if you get Crystalline Barrage
• Stay out of Fracture as it will knock you back and is completely avoidable damage

Additional Note
Be prepared to inverse the direction of movement should our illustrious raid leader decide to have the raid move clockwise (opposite this guide and its examples).