*Note: In this phase, the first Cauterize will always come from either the North or East side of the arena, and the second will always come from the South or West side of the arena. After the second time, he will land to the ground using Touchdown. Stack in the middle and repeat, as he will do this twice. Make sure that no targeted party members are stacked and that everyone avoids the Divebomb. If you're having trouble finding Nidhogg, you pay attention to his shadow, or read the note below.) Nidhogg will also target 4 players with Horrid Roar. Nidhogg will then dive accross the arena in a straight line from where he his, covering about half the arena. Divebomb Phase:Īfter Nidhogg jumps, stack in the middle to bait Horrid Roar ground AoEs, and look for where Nidhogg is along the arena's walls. After 32 seconds, he will jump and preform his first divebomb phase. This cleave is followed by a Deafening Bellow, and then another cleave. Pull Nidhogg and face him away from the party, as he will cleave shortly after. I'd recommend pulling with a Deployment Tactics Adloqium to prevent damage from his first Deafening Bellow. Failiure to avoid this attack will result in ~12k damage and a stack of Burns, a DoT that ticks for ~ 2.5k. Can be avoided by running anywhere except under the middle of Nidhogg.
It can be unlocked by completing the quest Nidhogg's Rage by Alys in Mor Dhona.
The Minstrel's Ballad: Nidhogg's Rage, more commonly called Nidhogg EX, is an Extreme difficulty primal that was added in patch 3.3: Revenge of the Horde.