Priory of the Sacred Flame Dungeon Guide: Location, Boss Strategies, and Trash

Priory of the Sacred Flame is a 70-80 dungeon located in Hallowfall, Khaz Algar.

This guide will be an extensive overview of the dungeon, providing vital information on how to complete it across all difficulties. We will cover all 3 Boss fights, as well as the most notable trash enemies in the dungeon and their important abilities. If you would like to learn about the rest of the dungeons in The War Within Season 1, please see our overviews linked below. Otherwise, without further ado, let us begin!

Right at the start of the instance, after the first initial packs, there is a buff located in the middle called Blessing of the Sacred Flame, which can be exclusively claimed by any Paladin or Priest specialization.

• The buff lasts for 30 min.
• The buff enables you to damage spells and abilities to inflict extra Holy damage.
• The buff does NOT persist through death.

• Use disturb effects to stop the Defend channel from Arathi Footman. Be mindful of the number of mobs you pull with them as they will stackable healing reduce debuff on your tank - Mortal Strike.
• Stop casting before the Arathi Knight's Disrupting Shout finishes to prevent you from being interrupted. In addition, they will apply Impale Bleeds on random members from your party.
• Don't step in any of the Caltrops of the Fervent Sharpshooter to avoid unnecessary damage. They will continuously damage your party members with Shoot and Pot Shot.
• War Lynx will Pounce on a random member from your party and apply Grievous Rip Bleed effect.
• Interrupt Fanatical Conjuror's Fireball and sidestep their Flamestrike cast.

There are 3 mini bosses located in the first area, each with a unique set of abilities: Guard Captain Suleyman, High Priest Aemya and Forge Master Damian. Upon death, each of the "mini-bosses" will call out the one of the guards surrounding Captain Dailcry - Elaena Emberlanz, Sergeant Shaynemail and Taener Duelmal, removing the Strength in Numbers debuff from the boss (which is likely to be lethal for the whole party) or even worse, Bound by Fate on Mythic difficulty.

Here is what you should know about each of the guards surrounding Captain Dailcry, if, for any reason (I don't recommend this), you decide to pull the boss with all 3 surrounding it:

• Sergeant Shaynemail will cast Lunging Strike on your tank, dealing high about of upfront damage and applying a Bleed effect. Make sure you stay away from its Brutal Smash AoE ability to avoid unnecessary damage.
• Interrupt Taener Duelmal's Cinderblast and Fireball.
• At last, Elaena Emberlanz is the least dangerous one, your Healer must pay attention to her Holy Radiance group-wide damage, your Tank to be mindful of her Divine Judgment ability and your entire party to interrupt her Repentance.

• Avoid the Hurl Spear frontal.
• Interrupt its Battle Cry Enrage cast.
• Use your defensive if you get targeted by the Savage Mauling cast.

• Use your active mitigation when Captain Dailcry uses its Pierce Armor, applying stackable Bleed effect.

• Spot-heal targets that get to be the victim of the Savage Mauling ability.
• Make sure to keep everyone healthy after each Holy Radiance cast from Elaena Emberlanz.

• Be mindful of the quantity Ardent Paladins you are pulling due to their group-wide damage ability - Sacred Toll. Also, please stay away from Consecration ground ability, or ask your tank to move the pack!
• Zealous Templar will target your with Templar Strike and Divine Storm and otherwise will be harmless to your team.
• IMPORTANTInterrupt Devout Priest's Greater Heal at all costs. Any spare interrupts should be used for their Holy Smite.

• Avoid the initial ground animation of Hammer of Purity and its follow-up effect.
• Interrupt Burning Light.
• Move away from the Castigator's Detonation ground effect after the initial hit of the Castigator's Shield.

• You can help your team soak any existing stacks of Sacrificial Pyre since the follow-up stackable debuff - Sacrificial Flame does high damage.

• When the boss reaches 100 energy, he will cast Vindictive Wrath, empowering each of their abilities. Make sure to keep your team healthy at all times.

• PRIORITY: Interrupt Risen Mage's Fireball and Fireball Volley at all times.
• Move any existing mobs away from Lightspawn's Burst of Light cast to prevent them from being healed (they cast it once they have low HP).
• Be mindful when facing Sir Braunpyke due to its Radiant Flame aura that does group-wide damage. The mini-boss is the only concern in this area!

• Interrupt as many Holy Smites as possible.
• Avoid being hit by the Holy Flame ground visual.
• If you get targeted by The Sacred Flame, keep on moving to avoid any unnecessary damage.
• Face away during the Blinding Light cast to reduce the incoming damage and avoid being disorientated.
• When the boss reaches 50%, it will cast Barrier of Light shielding himself and flying in the upper platform where you must interrupt its Embrace the Light cast once you break through the absorb.

• Move the boss away from any holy ground patches left by The Sacred Flame.
• Pick up the aggro of the incoming Arathi Neophyte after the cast of Barrier of Light.

• Use your major healing cooldowns during Inner Fire duration, as it will deal group-wide damage.
• Keep players healthy after each Blinding Light cast.

Type	Item	Stats
Polearm	Glorious Defender's Poleaxe	Mastery/Haste
Shield	Sanctified Priory Wall	Vers/Crit
Plate Wrist	Flameforged Armguard	Crit/Haste
Mail Hands	Holybound Grips	Haste/Vers
Cloth Waist	Honorbound Retainer's Sash	Mastery/Crit
Leather Feet	Stalwart Guardian's Boots	Haste/Mastery
Trinket	Signet of the Priory	Str, Int and Agi

Type	Item	Stats
1H Mace	Hand of Beledar	Mastery/Crit
Leather Head	Helm of the Righteous Crusade	Crit/Mastery
Cloth Chest	Zealous Warden's Raiment	Vers/Crit
Mail Wrist	Consecrated Baron's Bindings	Mastery/Haste
Plate Feet	Devoted Plate Walkers	Vers/Mastery
Trinket	Tome of Light's Devotion	On use effect.

Type	Item	Stats
2H Sword	Emberbrand Zweihander	Haste/Vers
1H Mace	Starforged Seraph's Mace	Crit/Vers
Cloth Head	Elysian Flame Crown	Mastery/Vers
Plate Shoulder	Reanimator's Pyreforged Shoulders	Crit/Vers
Leather Chest	Seraphic Wraps of the Ordained	Vers/Haste
Mail Legs	Divine Pyrewalkers	Crit/Vers
Ring	Radiant Necromancer's Band	Mastery/Vers
Trinket	Bursting Lightshard	Int

There are 4 total achievements to obtain in Priory of the Sacred Flame:

Achievement	Criteria
Priory of the Sacred Flame	Defeat Prioress Murrpray in Priory of the Sacred Flame.
Heroic: Priory of the Sacred Flame	Defeat Prioress Murrpray in Priory of the Sacred Flame on Heroic difficulty or higher.
Mythic: Priory of the Sacred Flame	Defeat Prioress Murrpray in Priory of the Sacred Flame on Mythic or Mythic Keystone difficulty.
Keystone Hero: Priory of the Sacred Flame	Complete Priory of the Sacred Flame at Mythic Level 10 or higher, within the time limit.