Pullwise

S2 · Week 3

The Venomous Abyss · Wing 1 · The Soulcoilers · Boss 1

Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Boss 1 · keep the well clean

Heroic3 phasesVerified

Two stages and an intermission built around one rule: nothing reaches the Soulcoil Well. Every add that touches it feeds Nek'zali 5 energy and hits the raid; at 100 energy she enrages.

Pull brief

Method's one rule: nothing reaches the well. Icy Veins' overall plan: use Bloodlust when Nek'zali becomes active in Stage Two and defeat her before energy reaches 100.

  • Adds reaching the well unchecked, stacking energy too quickly.
  • Players standing in the Possession Barrage path, detonating the echo early for more raid damage.
  • Not enough healing through the overlapping DoTs in Stage Two.
  • Mythic: fumbling the Grasping Depths rotation, which wipes the raid.
Stage One decides Stage TwoPuddle placement and corpse positioning in Stage One directly set how hard the intermission and Stage Two are. Clean execution early is the strategy (Method).

Phases · 3

  1. Stage One · Soulcoiler Initiation
    Pull
  2. Intermission · Ritual of Awakening
    Nek'zali retreats at 50% health (Warcraft Wiki, Method). Icy Veins describes the trigger as reaching 100 energy, with energy resetting for Stage Two.
  3. Stage Two · Uncoiling
    Both Echoes of Jawae dead. The ritual completes and she returns at full power.

Positioning

B
Possession Barrage — the tank runs straight away from the boss, 30+ yards. Stay off the line between them.
B
Essence Rend — run to the room edge before the dispel. The Latent Cultist spawns where you stand.
B
Hungering Pyre — the tank parks the Echo on a corpse pile; melee stack in to split the fire.

Healer plan

  • Dispel Essence Rend targets at the edge of the room, not where they land (Maxroll, Icy Veins).
  • Do not be between the boss and the tank when Possession Barrage is cast (Maxroll).
  • Healing cooldowns cover the Soulcoil Ignition overlap; on Heroic make sure Ritual Burn is at zero going in (Icy Veins, Method).
  • Corpse Blight from defeated Amani is a stacking 30-second plague DoT to manage (Warcraft Wiki).
  • Stage Two: Soulcoil Rite stacks no longer fall off after Invoke. Watch raid damage climb and rotate cooldowns into Uncoiling.

Positioning

  • Raid spread around the room perimeter; nobody on the boss-to-tank line during Possession Barrage.
  • Coffins glow in one major area and one adjacent minor area (2–3 adds); route adds away from the well or toward the boss.
  • Essence Rend resolves at the edges. Latent Cultist puddles go where nobody walks.
Verifiedchecked Sep 2, 2026Mechanics from the dungeon journal text on Warcraft Wiki; responses from Icy Veins (updated Aug 13) and Method's Heroic guide (Aug 11); Holy notes from Maxroll. Sources disagree on what triggers the intermission (50% health per the wiki and Method; 100 energy per Icy Veins) and on the tank-swap threshold (5–6 stacks per Icy Veins; 30–40% healing reduction per Method). Both readings are shown. No source describes LFR or Normal differences. Sources: Paladin — Midnight 12.1 companion guide (author's own notes, verified Sep 1, 2026) · wow.gg — Venomous Abyss raid guide (raid encounter briefings, source 1) · Skycoach — Venomous Abyss raid guide (raid encounter briefings, source 2, cross-check) · Maxroll — Holy Paladin raid 12.1.0 · Warcraft Wiki — Nek'zali the Soulcoiler (dungeon journal text, patch 12.1.0; strategy section a stub) · Icy Veins — Nek'zali the Soulcoiler raid guide (updated Aug 13, 2026) · Method — Heroic Nek'zali the Soulcoiler boss guide (Aug 11, 2026) · Icy Veins — Holy Paladin gear & best in slot (updated Aug 25) · Wowhead — Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel