The Dancing Plague
- See also: The Dancing Plague (Extreme)
The Dancing Plague
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- Level
- 73 (Sync: 74)
- Difficulty
- Normal
- Party size
- Full Party
8 man • 2
2 
4 
- Unsyncing
- Allowed
- Time limit
- 60 minutes
- Roulette
- Trials
- Req. quest
Acht-la Ormh Inn- Patch
- 5.0
“The white dress, the shell crown, the stone scepter, the crystal shoes... Having acquired the four fae relics through considerable effort, you now stand ready to break the seal over Lyhe Ghiah and confront the Lightwarden of Il Mheg─the fallen faerie king, Titania. Yet even as you hunt the sin eater, you are in turn hunted by the forces of Eulmore, who have thrown all caution to the wind and march resolutely on the faerie kingdom...
— In-game description
The Dancing Plague is a level 73 trial introduced in patch 5.0 with Shadowbringers.
Requirements
Guide
The fight against Titania mainly consists of dealing with several "Rune" named abilities, as well as two consecutive add phases.
Phase 1
For the first 30% of the fight, Titania will use the following abilities:
Divination Rune: A frontal cone Tankbuster that hits for ~80k unmitigated. As always don't be infront of the boss unless tanking.
Bright Sabbath: Unavoidable Party-wide AoE.
Phantom Rune: This will either be a floor pattern that causes you to stack under Titania, or one that asks you to move away from her.
Water Rune: This has no cast bar but the spell causes 4 pools of water to spawn in the middle of the arena. These do not deal damage but provide you with a Fire Resistance buff if stood in for 5s. See Flame Rune.
Flame Rune: Titania will cast this after Water Rune has been in effect for ~15s. It will place a fiery fist in the air at the centre of the arena. After another short delay it will cause a marker to appear around a player. You need to stack on that player AND stand in a pool of water together to both share the damage and all benefit from the Fire Resistance buff.
Phase 2
At 70% Titania will cast "Midsummer Nights Dream" which will cover the arena in grass and introduce new abilities and adds to the fight.
Growth Rune: This is cast right after the phase transition and displays a star marker in the center of the arena. After a delay, roots will spread in the direction of the marker and stun anyone caught in them, also causing damage over time.
Frost Rune: Several circle markers will appear in the air over the arena in a delayed pattern. Once the arena is covered they will trigger in the order they were cast causing large amounts of damage. Move into the safe zones once the rune has triggered. This is followed instantly by Mist Rune.
Mist Rune: Places AoE markers under select players. Spread and do not overlap in order to reduce damage taken.
Add Phase
At 50% Titania will become immune, summon 3 Treant adds and dissappear.
Puck: Puck is the most dangerous of the 3 adds. He has a swipe attack called "Hard Swipe" which its for ~80k unmitigated damage. This hits in a non-telegraphed area in front of him remniniscent of 111-tonze swipe.
Peaseblossom: Peaseblossom also has a slam attack that he uses that deals a reasonable amount of damage but not as much as Puck. This is also targeted at the person currently tanking him. So that this slam and Puck's swipe do not overlap it is recommended that seperate tanks take these two adds. Peaseblossom also uses Peasebomb which places AoE markers to avoid on the ground.
Mustardseed: Mustardseed is the simpler of the 3. He deals damage in the form of line markers directly in front of him. Stand in the safe spots inbetween the lines.
In which order you deal with these adds is up to your group. Killing Puck first reduces the damage considerably on 1 tank and minimalises the chance of DPS getting hit by swipe. Killing Mustardseed first will reduce the movement needed by the group and possibly overall party damage. Peaseblossom mixes the two in smaller amounts but none of the three have huge amounts of health.