Priory of the Sacred Flame Mythic+ Guide (WoW: The War Within, Season 2)

Overview

Priory of the Sacred Flame is a 3-boss dungeon located in Hallowfall, within the city of Mereldar, in The War Within. It is part of the Mythic+ rotation in Season 2 and features holy-themed enemies with fire and light-based mechanics. On Mythic+ difficulty, the dungeon is timed with a 32-minute, 30-second completion window. Beating the timer upgrades your Keystone, unlocking higher difficulty levels and better rewards.

The dungeon's unique challenges include managing sanctified ground, avoiding blinding light, and handling powerful boss abilities. Below, you'll find strategies for each boss, Mythic+ specific details, and information on the valuable loot and rewards available.

Boss Strategies

1. Captain Dailcry

Description: A disciplined commander who uses martial prowess and loyal guards to protect the Priory.
Key Abilities:

Savage Mauling: Commands his mount to immobilize and damage a player. Battle Cry: Deals physical damage to all players and buffs his Trusted Guards. Strength in Numbers: His guards gain increased health and damage while near him.

Mythic+ Specific Mechanic:

Bound by Fate: On Mythic difficulty, the Trusted Guards share damage with Captain Dailcry, making them harder to kill separately.

Strategies:

Kill two of the three lieutenants (Guard Captain Suleyman, High Priest Aemya, or Forge Master Damian) before engaging Captain Dailcry to reduce the number of Trusted Guards. Focus on interrupting Battle Cry to prevent guards from gaining buffs. Use crowd control on adds and focus damage on the boss to break the Bound by Fate link. Tanks should use defensive cooldowns for Savage Mauling.

Valuable Loot:

Radiant Necromancer's Band (Ring, Item Level 639–655) Signet of the Priory (Trinket, Item Level 639–655) 2. Baron Braunpyke

Description: A holy warrior who wields fire and light to smite his enemies.
Key Abilities:

Vindictive Wrath: Empowers his abilities, increasing damage. Sacrificial Pyre: Spawns a pyre that must be soaked by players to prevent lethal damage. Castigator's Shield: Throws a shield that slows and damages players.

Mythic+ Specific Mechanic:

Empowered Pyre: The Sacrificial Pyre requires more soaks and deals increased damage.

Strategies:

Assign players to soak the Sacrificial Pyre to prevent group-wide damage. Use immunities or defensives to mitigate the DoT. Spread out to avoid overlapping damage from Castigator's Shield. Use defensive cooldowns during Vindictive Wrath to handle increased damage. Interrupt Holy Smite to reduce tank damage.

Valuable Loot:

Elysian Flame Crown (Cloth Head, Item Level 639–655) Zealous Warden's Raiment (Cloth Chest, Item Level 639–655) 3. Prioress Murrpray

Description: A devout priestess who channels the Sacred Flame to heal and damage players.
Key Abilities:

The Sacred Flame: Calls down a beam of fire that leaves damaging ground effects. Blinding Light: Deals damage and disorients players looking at her. Barrier of Light: Shields herself and becomes immune to interrupts at 50% health.

Mythic+ Specific Mechanic:

Overwhelming Power: Adds gain increased damage and must be killed quickly.

Strategies:

Avoid standing in Sanctified Ground left by The Sacred Flame. Turn away during Blinding Light to avoid disorientation. Break the Barrier of Light quickly and interrupt Embrace the Light to prevent heavy group damage. Focus on killing adds to prevent them from gaining Overwhelming Power.

Valuable Loot:

Tome of Light's Devotion (Trinket, Item Level 639–655) Bursting Lightshard (Trinket, Item Level 639–655)

Mythic+ Affixes

Mythic+ dungeons feature weekly rotating affixes that add extra challenges. Examples from Season 2 include:

Fortified: Non-boss enemies have more health and deal increased damage. Tyrannical: Bosses have more health and deal increased damage. Bolstering: Non-boss enemies buff nearby allies when they die.

Impact on Priory of the Sacred Flame:

Fortified makes trash pulls more dangerous, especially with sanctified ground and blinding light. Tyrannical increases the difficulty of boss fights, particularly Prioress Murrpray’s Blinding Light. Bolstering requires careful pulling to avoid empowering adds.

Strategies:

Use crowd control and stuns to manage Fortified trash. Save major cooldowns for Tyrannical boss phases. Pull small groups to prevent Bolstering from overwhelming the team.

Tips for Optimizing Your Run

To beat the 32-minute, 30-second timer:

Route Planning: Use the Mythic Dungeon Tools addon to plan an efficient path. Crowd Control: Stun and interrupt dangerous casts from trash mobs. Positioning: Stay spread out for mechanics like Blinding Light and The Sacred Flame. Communication: Coordinate interrupts, cooldowns, and add management via voice chat or in-game chat. Efficiency: Chain pulls where safe to maximize time.

Valuable Loot and Rewards

Completing Priory of the Sacred Flame on Mythic+ difficulty offers:

Gear: Item Level 639–655 from bosses. Great Vault: Up to Item Level 662 based on your highest weekly Mythic+ run. Achievements: Mythic: Priory of the Sacred Flame Keystone Hero: Priory of the Sacred Flame (grants a teleport to the dungeon). Mount: Wick’s Lead (rare drop from Prioress Murrpray).

Boss-Specific Loot Summary:

Captain Dailcry: Radiant Necromancer's Band, Signet of the Priory Baron Braunpyke: Elysian Flame Crown, Zealous Warden's Raiment Prioress Murrpray: Tome of Light's Devotion, Bursting Lightshard