Worldbreaker Monolith

The gist of it: DPS adds when they are awake and push them evenly to 20%, then DPS the boss during the 30 seconds in which they are recovering.

More details: When the fight begins, three adds will spawn and the boss will gain a stacking buff called Lifebond corresponding to the number of active adds that prevents all damage. The maximum stacks of Lifebond is 3, one per add, though any number of stacks makes the boss immune to damage. As adds are pushed into recovery when their health drops to 20% or below, these stacks will fall off.

Push all three minor monoliths to sub-20% so they stop taking damage and enter a state of regenerating health for 30 seconds. This results in a stack being removed from the boss. Once the add heals to full, it will again be damageable, and the boss will regain a stack.

Whenever a minor monolith enters or leaves recovery, it is indicated by a knockback centered upon that add that does minor damage and pushes players away from it.

The strategy is to stack the adds and burn them down evenly so that they all go into recovery at the same time. It is possible to kill an add by accident so avoid stacking the Worldbreaker Monolith on top; nearby is good enough to maximize uptime. Rinse and repeat as many times as needed in order to kill the Worldbreaker.

Other damage and mechanics, and even the 9 minute enrage timer, are not particularly notable.

Abilities

• Spawn Adds: The boss spawns 3 minor monoliths that need to be damaged until they enter stasis, which lasts 30 seconds per add.
• Soul Rift: A purple circle will appear under the feet of the tank. Step out of it. 15 second cooldown.
• Drain Lifeforce: Every 30 seconds, once the boss hits 80% health, the boss will lay down a 180 degree cleave and apply a debuff called Drain Lifeforce to the group. It can be cleansed. Whoever is caught in the boss’ cleave will be stunned for 2 seconds.
• Lifebond: A protective buff that prevents the Worldbreaker Monolith from taking damage if even one is present. Push minor monoliths into a recovery state in order to these remove stacks.
• Ancient Protection: Upon killing the Worldbreaker Monolith, players in range will gain a buff that will allow them to tackle the Colossal Monolith instanced boss in veteran mode without going splat.

Positioning

Try to keep the boss centered on the “island” in the middle of the path it starts on or against the rock wall to the East. The boss has a tendency to reset if walked very far away from where it starts.