Captain Blackheart – Blackheart Haven Boss

Overview

Captain Blackheart is encountered in Blackheart Haven . Quite possibly one of the coolest bosses out there, who doesn’t love an undead pirate captain, right?! He has way too little health in my opinion but is a cool fight nonetheless.

In this fight, you can tank him where he spawns. All you have to do is hold him still. The tank should turn his/her back to the water and have the boss standing still while the group surrounds the boss from behind. DO NOT run around like crazy, it will kill you.

Mechanics

Skeletons – The boss will spawn up to 6 skeletons at a time constantly throughout the fight. Any melee types will run in and die to standard AOE damage, but the ranged ones will try to hug the water. Without moving if possible, the tank should be angling the camera at each one while holding a taunt on the boss and simply chain them in. The skeletons have REALLY low health so die very fast in AOE, but can do some serious damage if not pulled in fast enough. Get ’em in FAST!

Spin – The boss has a nasty spin attack in a small AOE. This does high physical damage but is very easy to avoid. The tank can block it and take barely any damage and the DPS/healer can block it also, but there is really no need. As soon as you see this mechanic as a NON-tank role, simply step out of it, and then get back in again.

Skeleton Curse!! – RANDOMLY the boss will pick a member of the group and slam them onto the ground. That member will be cursed and turned into a skeleton for 30 seconds! This could be the tank, the healer, OR the DPS, it is completely random. When you are a skeleton you cannot use ANY abilities. The only thing you can do is light or heavy attack. The light attack is a melee attack and the heavy attack is a constant “Death Breath”.

Stay in with the group, follow the mechanics as normal, and hold heavy attack to breathe on the skeletons and the boss to do damage. You can still receive buffs and heals but apart from that you are rendered useless class/role-wise. Do what you can and PRAY! If the healer gets turned into a skeleton, you will get no heals, so magickas and staminas need shields and heals slotted to close the gaps.

If the tank gets turned there will be NO taunt on the boss… If this happens, for goodness sake do NOT run around the room. Block any damage the boss throws at you if you are a DPS/healer and continue to do your job while the transformation runs out.

GOOD LUCK!

Tips & Strategy

• Tank: Hold Captain Blackheart still and chain the ranged skeletons into the group.
• DPS: Kill the skeletons in AOE and step out of Spin.
• Healer: Be prepared for another group member to lose access to their role abilities.
• Everyone: If cursed, stay with the group and use your skeleton attacks until the 30-second transformation ends.