Shiva EX
Shiva Extreme Guide Hey guys, Mrhappy here and welcome to my guide for Shiva Extreme, the new primal in
Patch 2.4. Keep in mind that this not the only strategy for defeating Shiva, just the one we saw the most success with. Should another, more effective strategy be discovered, I will be sure to update this guide.. Before attempting this fight I recommend an average item level of
110 for each party member, though having some members at less than this is fine if they know the fight. This fight is broken up into 3 phases, as listed on the screen right now. If you would like to skip to a specific phase, please click the phase you’d like to skip to now, or use the index at the top left of the video at any time. Phase 1 takes place from 10080% of Shiva’s Health. For this phase, and the majority of the fight, the tank should hold Shiva in the center circle, facing her towards the North side of the room. The rest of the raid should loosely stack behind her, reacting to her attacks as they come out.
Shiva’s main mechanic is what I like to call “Shiva’s Arms”. Shiva has access to three different weapons she can switch between throughout the fight, and each type of weapon causes her to use different attacks. The order in which she uses these forms is semirandom, with only a few switches being the same every time. For Phase 1, she only has access to two of these weapons: her sword and her Staff, as well as her unarmed mode.
When Shiva is using her sword, she will gain the buff Frost Blade
. During this time her
attacks will occasionally decrease the blunt resistance of her target, causing them to take more damage from her attacks while in Staff form. She will also gain access to the following moves. The first ability she gains access to is Icebrand: a conal attack that deals very high damage split between everyone it hits. The entire party should be hit by this to ensure minimum damage. Whenever she switches to Sword form, the
Patch 2.4. Keep in mind that this not the only strategy for defeating Shiva, just the one we saw the most success with. Should another, more effective strategy be discovered, I will be sure to update this guide.. Before attempting this fight I recommend an average item level of
110 for each party member, though having some members at less than this is fine if they know the fight. This fight is broken up into 3 phases, as listed on the screen right now. If you would like to skip to a specific phase, please click the phase you’d like to skip to now, or use the index at the top left of the video at any time. Phase 1 takes place from 10080% of Shiva’s Health. For this phase, and the majority of the fight, the tank should hold Shiva in the center circle, facing her towards the North side of the room. The rest of the raid should loosely stack behind her, reacting to her attacks as they come out.
Shiva’s main mechanic is what I like to call “Shiva’s Arms”. Shiva has access to three different weapons she can switch between throughout the fight, and each type of weapon causes her to use different attacks. The order in which she uses these forms is semirandom, with only a few switches being the same every time. For Phase 1, she only has access to two of these weapons: her sword and her Staff, as well as her unarmed mode.
When Shiva is using her sword, she will gain the buff Frost Blade
. During this time her
attacks will occasionally decrease the blunt resistance of her target, causing them to take more damage from her attacks while in Staff form. She will also gain access to the following moves. The first ability she gains access to is Icebrand: a conal attack that deals very high damage split between everyone it hits. The entire party should be hit by this to ensure minimum damage. Whenever she switches to Sword form, the