This guide is intended to provide a comprehensive description of theencounter with Twin Consorts in Throne of Thunder. It is targeted at anyonewho desires to understand the fight mechanics.

This guide is updated for World of Warcraft MoP 5.4.

The Twin Consorts is the eleventh boss encounter in the Throne of Thunder.This fight, against two female Mogu, is slightly different from the usualtwin fights, in that the bosses do not share health.

The fight is quite healing-intensive, but more than that, it requires verygood awareness and reactivity from all raid members.

1. General Information↑top

2. Loot↑top

In addition to the items listed below, the Twin Consorts drop the tokens thatyou will need for buying your Tier 15 Head parts.

2.1. Armor

Item Name	Armor	Slot	Main Stats
Robes of the Moon Lotus (LFR, Heroic)	Cloth	Chest	Intellect/Spirit
Girdle of Night and Day (LFR, Heroic)	Leather	Waist	Intellect
Bracers of the Midnight Comet (LFR, Heroic)	Leather	Wrists	Agility
Fingers of the Night (LFR, Heroic)	Mail	Hands	Intellect
Tidal Force Treads (LFR, Heroic)	Plate	Feet	Strength

2.2. Weapons

Item Name	Type	Main Stats
Suen-Wo, Spire of the Falling Sun (LFR, Heroic)	Staff	Intellect
Wu-Lai, Bladed Fan of the Consorts (LFR, Heroic)	Fist Weapon	Agility
Shield of Twinned Despair (LFR, Heroic)	Shield	Intellect

2.3. Amulets and Trinkets

Item Name	Type	Main Stats
Moonjade Necklace (LFR, Heroic)	Amulet	Strength/Dodge
Passionfire Choker (LFR, Heroic)	Amulet	Intellect/Spirit
Gaze of the Twins (LFR, Heroic)	Trinket	Strength/Crit

3. DPS Requirements↑top

Under the assumptions that a tank does half the damage of a DPS and that thebosses enrage after 10 minutes, the DPS requirements are as follows:

• 10-man with 5 DPS: 122k DPS;
• 10-man with 6 DPS: 104k DPS;
• 25-man with 16 DPS: 129k DPS;
• 25-man with 17 DPS: 122k DPS;
• 25-man with 18 DPS: 115k DPS.

4. Overview of the Fight↑top

The fight against the Twin Consorts is a four-stage fight, during which youwill fight Lu'lin and Suen, two bosses who do not share healthpool.

1. The Darkness Phase starts when you engage the bosses, and lastsfor precisely 3 minutes. During this time, you will mostly be fightingLu'lin, but Suen will sometimes appear for a few brief moments and castspells at your raid.
2. The Daylight Phase starts when the Darkness Phase ends, and alsolasts 3 minutes. During this time, you will mostly be fighting Suen, but Lu'linwill sometimes appear and cast spells at your raid.
3. The Break of Dusk Phase starts when the Daylight Phase ends, andlasts until one of the bosses is killed. During this phase, you will befighting both bosses at once.
4. Phase Four starts when either Lulin or Suen dies and lasts untilthe second boss is killed.
   • Killing Suen first causes Phase Four to be a Darkness Phase.
   • Killing Lu'lin first causes Phase Four to be a Daylight Phase.

During the fight, your raid can receive aid from the four Celestials:Niuzao, Chi-Ji, Yu'lon, and Xuen. By having raid members perform certainunique tasks, you can summon the help of each of these Celestials, up to twotimes per fight. Each Celestial will provide a different temporary benefit toyour raid.

We have prepared the following video preview of the fight against the TwinConsorts, based on the testing from the Public Test Realms. Once we can do thefight on live realms, we will also publish an up-to-date video guide. Westrongly recommend watching the video in order to get a better visual idea ofthe fight.

5. Class-specific Advice↑top

On our forums, we are maintaining threads with class-specific advice for each of thefights of Throne of Thunder. So, make sure to check them out, and if you have things toshare, do not hesitate to contribute!

Class	Forum Threads
Death Knight	Blood Frost/Unholy
Druid	Balance Feral Guardian Restoration
Hunter	All specs
Mage	All specs
Monk	Brewmaster Mistweaver Windwalker
Paladin	Holy Protection Retribution
Priest	Discipline Holy Shadow
Rogue	All specs
Shaman	Elemental Enhancement Restoration
Warlock	All specs
Warrior	Arms/Fury Protection

6. Darkness Phase↑top

The Darkness Phase begins when the bosses are engaged. Suen will disappear,and your raid will engage Lu'lin. Even so, Suen will sometimes re-appear tocast spells at your raid. The phase ends after 3 minutes.

6.1. Abilities

During this phase, Lu'lin will use several abilities.

• Moon Lotus is an ability that Lu'lin casts regularly during thisphase. She places a lotus flower at a random location in the room (generally,it seems to be far from the center). For a very long time (possibly until theend of the fight), this flower sends out clouds in all directions, which moveslowly. If players come in contact with these clouds, they are put to sleep(and essentially incapacitated) for 5 seconds.
• Cosmic Barrage is an ability that Lu'lin casts regularly. Shechannels the spell for a few seconds, spawning a number of stars on the floor.A few seconds later, each star chooses a random raid member and charges them,dealing damage in an 8-yard radius, and knocking any affected players back.It is important to note that this spell does not target melee players, probablyassuming that there is a minimum number of players at range.
• Beast of Nightmares is spell that Lu'lin casts a few times duringthe Darkness Phase. She summons a Beast of Nightmares, a hostile NPC,which fixates on one of the tanks. Only the tank on whom this mob is fixatedcan damage and kill it. Each time the fixated player receives a heal, thehealer who issued the heal receives a stack of a debuff called Corrupted Healing.
  • Corrupted Healing is a stacking debuff that deals a moderate amountof damage every second.

Suen also appears at times during this phase. She does not need to betanked. She casts two abilities.

• Tears of the Sun is a channeled attack that deals raid-wide Fire damageevery second.
• Light of Day is a nuke that Suen casts on random raid members, whichdeals damage in an 8-yard radius.

6.2. Strategy

During this phase, your raid must perform a few relatively simple tasks.

• Spread out, so that you do not take any additional damage from Cosmic Barrage and Light of Day.
• Avoid the clouds released by the Moon Lotus created by Lu'lin. They moveslowly, so avoiding them is not hard.
• Have which ever tank is not focused by a Beast of Nightmares tankthe boss.
• Have the tank that is focused by the Beast of Nightmares DPS and kill it.Healers must keep this tank alive with as few heals as possible, so as tominimise the amount of damage that they take from Corrupted Healing.

It is worth noting that you can apply DoTs to Suen when she appears to cast Tears of the Sun.

7. Daylight Phase↑top

The Daylight Phase begins after the Darkness Phase ends (so, 3 minutes intothe fight). During this phase you will mostly be fighting Suen, but Lu'lin willalso sometimes appear for brief moments. The phase ends after 3 minutes.

7.1. Abilities

During this phase, Suen will use several abilities.

• Fan of Flames is a stacking debuff that Suen casts on the currenttarget, necessitating a tank switch. Each stack increases Fire damage takenby 25%.
• Flames of Passion is an ability that Suen regularly casts during thisphase. She effectively charges a random raid member, dealing damage in a smallarea around them, and knocking back any affected players. On her way back tothe tank, she leaves a very damaging trail of fire in her path.
• Blazing Radiance is a stacking self-buff that Suen applies on herselfall throughout the phase. Each stack increases her Fire damage done. Thestacks of this buff can be reduced through one of the abilities that Lu'lincasts during this phase, which we talk about below.
• Suen continues to use Light of Day during this phase, which works justlike it does in the Darkness Phase.

Lu'lin appears several times throughout the phase. She is only presentmomentarily, during which time she casts an ability against your raid. She doesnot need to be tanked.

• Every 20 seconds, Lu'lin casts Ice Comet against your raid. Severalprojectiles land on a raid member's location, dealing damage to any targetsthey hit. After the effect is complete, a hostile NPC calledIce Comet is left behind.
  • If Suen is near to the Ice Comet, she slowly loses stacks of her Blazing Radiance over time. As this is happening, her heat also melts theIce Comet, slowly damaging it until eventually the Comet dies. The closerSuen is to the comet, the faster it melts.
  • Players who stand next to the Ice Comet are considered to be hiding in itsshadow, and they benefit from a buff called Icy Shadows, which greatlyreduces Fire damage taken, but also reduces attack and casting speedslightly.
  • Raid members can attack, damage, and kill the Ice Comet.

Finally, even though the Lotus Flowers spawned by Lu'lin during the DarknessPhase as part of her Moon Lotus ability will still be around, they do notdo anything during this phase.

7.2. Strategy

This phase is considerably more difficult than the Darkness Phase. Yourraid will have to keep Suen's stacks of Blazing Radiance very low, byhaving her tanked next to an Ice Comet for as much of the phaseas possible.

The boss will still have stacks of Blazing Radiance at certain points inthe phase, though, because the Comets are not always present, and because shesometimes charges distant raid members through Flames of Passion, movingaway from the comet, so her damage done will be quite high.

It is possible (and, indeed, recommended) that players who are targeted by Ice Comet move from that location, so as to avoid getting hit by theprojectiles.

Tanks also have to alternate tanking Suen, since she stacks the Fan of Flames debuff on her current target. The tank currently tankingSuen should try to benefit from the Icy Shadows buff, by standing init.

8. Break of Dusk Phase↑top

The Break of Dusk Phase begins after the Daylight Phase ends (so, 6 minutesinto the fight). During this phase you will be fighting both Lu'lin and Suenat the same time. The phase goes on until one of the two bosses is killed.

8.1. Abilities

During this phase, both Lu'lin and Suen are active. We will discuss whichabilities each of them possesses during this phase (note that they retainsome of their previous abilities, and Lu'lin also gains a new one).

8.1.1. Lu'lin

During this Phase, Lu'lin will not use Moon Lotus anymore, and anyLotus Flowers that are around will be harmless. She will also not use Beast of Nightmares or Cosmic Barrage anymore.

She will, however, continue to cast Ice Comet.

In addition to this, Lu'lin gains a new ability. Tidal Force is achanneled spell that Lu'lin uses often. While channeling it, she sends outwaves of water in many directions. These waves deal high damage to any playersthat they hit. While channeling this spell, Lu'lin deflects all spells castagainst her, and also dodges all attacks, effectively becoming immune todamage.

8.1.2. Suen

Suen will no longer use Fan of Flames or Flames of Passion duringthis phase, nor does she use Tears of the Sun.

She will continue to stack Blazing Radiance on herself during thisphase, as well as casting Light of Day on raid members.

8.2. Strategy

Since this phase ends when one of the two bosses is killed, it is yourraid's goal to kill one of the bosses as quickly as possible. Given the factthat Lu'lin is immune to damage for considerable portions of the phase, youshould focus your efforts entirely on Suen. This is a good idea also becausea fourth phase where you have to fight Lu'lin is easier than one where youhave to fight Suen.

Your raid should be spread out (to minimise damage from Light of Day.

You should continue to have Suen tanked next to the Ice Comets,to reduce her stacks of Blazing Radiance.

The greatest difficulty in this phase comes from the very damaging andvery difficult to avoid Tidal Force cast by Lu'lin. The waves movequite quickly, so raid members will have to quite reactive in order toavoid them. Since avoiding them will often prove difficult, if not impossible,you should try to have every one of them covered by some kind of defensivecooldown (such as Rallying Cry or Devotion Aura).

9. Phase Four: Final Darkness or Daylight↑top

When one of the two bosses is killed during the Break of Dusk Phase, youwill enter the phase associated with the remaining boss. That is to say,if you kill Suen, you will enter a final Darkness Phase, and if you killLu'lin, you will enter a final Daylight Phase.

Regardless of which phase you enter, you will remain in that phase until youkill the last remaining boss.

9.1. Darkness

Should you kill Suen first, and enter a final Darkness Phase, you should notfind this phase problematic. The raid damage is considerably lower than in thefirst Darkness Phase, since Suen no longer appears to cast Tears of the Sun and Light of Day at your raid.

All of Lu'lin's abilities from the previous Darkness Phasewill still be used, but at this point of the fight, your greatest concern willmost likely be the 10-minute enrage timer.

9.2. Daylight

Should you kill Lu'lin first, and enter a final Daylight Phase, you willfind that this phase is quite difficult. The difficulty comes from the factthat with Lu'lin dead, no more Ice Comets will appear, and, thus, youwill have no way of removing Suen's stacks of Blazing Radiance.

You will just have to make use of defensive and healing cooldowns, as wellas any offensive cooldowns you have left, in order to kill Suen as quicklyas possible. Note also that the enrage timer of the fight will be bearingdown on you.

10. Celestial Buffs↑top

Close to the walls of the room, there are four short pillars, and on topof each of them there is a projection of one of the four Celestials. Raidmembers can click the pillars, and if they successfully complete the taskthat they are given, the Celestial projected on the respective pillar willgrant aid to your raid.

You can receive help from each Celestial a maximum of two times per fight.More specifically, their cooldowns reset when you enter the Break of DuskPhase, so if you had used them before that, you will be able to use them onceagain.

The four effects are:

• Fortitude of the Ox, granted by Niuzao, which increases the maximumhealth of all raid members for 15 seconds;
• A Rush of Cranes, granted by Chi-Ji, which causes several cranesto pass through the room, dealing damage to your enemies;
• Serpent's Vitality, granted by Yu'lon, which restores your raid'shealth and mana;
• The Tiger's Celerity, granted by Xuen, which causes the majorityof boss abilities and effects to be slowed down, rendering them more easilyavoidable.

10.1. Triggering a Celestial

When a player clicks one of the Celestials' pillars, they are teleportedto another dimension. They are still in the room where your raid fights theTwin Consorts, but they are now alone.

Above their head will appear a marking (for example, the letter W).On the floor of the room, there will be a collection of stars. In order tocall upon the Celestial for aid, the raid member must re-create the markingabove their character by connecting the stars on the floor to form anidentical pattern.

Connecting the stars is done by simply walking over them. You can imaginethat your character is a pen, and the floor is a sheet of paper.

When the task is successfully completed, the raid member will be takenback out to the rest of the raid.

Make sure to check our video preview of the fightto see what activating a Celestial looks like.

10.2. Optimal Celestial Usage

There are two things to consider when choosing how to use theCelestials.

• The Break of Dusk Phase is by far the most strenuous one from a healing andsurvival perspective, so you want to make sure that you use the Fortitude of the Ox and the Tiger's Celerity during this phase tohelp you stay alive.
• The faster Suen dies, the easier the fight is, so you want to make sure todo as much damage to her as possible. This means that you should aim at usingA Rush of Cranes once during The Daylight Phase, and then once againduring The Break of Dusk Phase.

As such, our first recommendation is that you use A Rush of Cranes and Serpent's Vitality during The Daylight Phase, preferably not quite at theend of the phase. This will restore your healers' mana in preparation for TheBreak of Dusk Phase, and will also give you enough time for the cranes todamage Suen (the cranes do their damage over a rather long period of time,so you need to account for this).

Our second recommendation is to then use all 4 Celestials during theBreak of Dusk Phase. You can probably afford to have no Celestial up for thefirst Tidal Force, since everyone in the raid should be more or lesstopped off, so you can start with A Rush of Cranes. For the second Tidal Force,you should aim to have Fortitude of the Ox up, ensuring that your raid memberswill survive. You can then activate Serpent's Vitality again, to restore somehealth and mana for your raid before finally timing The Tiger's Celerity insuch a way as to coincide with the next Tidal Force cast (making the waveseasy to avoid).

11. When to Use Heroism/Bloodlust/Time Warp↑top

We recommend using Heroism/ Bloodlust/ Time Warp duringthe Break of Dusk Phase. This is due to the fact that this phase is by farthe most difficult one in the fight, and it is imperative to get out of itas quickly as possible by killing one of the bosses.

12. Learning the Fight↑top

Until the Break of Dusk Phase, your progress through the fightdepends solely on whether or not you can survive (phases end after 3 minutes).Therefore, to get accustomed to the first two phases, your raid can sacrificea few attempts during which the goal is to survive and not deal damage.

During the Darkness Phase, the real issue will be the Beast of Nightmares. The healers need to get used to casting onlytheir best single-target heals on the tank who is currently targetedby the beast.

During the Daylight Phase, the main task falls on the tankswho have to keep Suen close to the comets in order to remove herstacks of Blazing Radiance.

During the Break of Dusk Phase, the raid will need tobecome adept at avoiding damage from Tidal Force.

13. Heroic Mode↑top

The Heroic mode of Twin Consorts does not differ much from the NormalMode, but it is quite a difficult encounter nonetheless. Below, we will presentyou the differences between the Normal and Heroic versions, and then explainthe ideal strategy.

13.1. Differences From Normal Mode

Both bosses have increased health and deal increased damage. In additionto this, each boss gains a new ability in their respective phases (Lu'lingains a new ability in the Darkness Phase, and Suen gains one in theDaylight Phase).

Lu'lin's new ability creates a number of adds calledLurkers in the Night. These adds are invisible by default, and they dealdamage to random raid members. The only way to reveal these adds (allowing youto attack and kill them) is to have Suen move over their location while she ischanneling Tears of the Sun. As you can tell, all of this refers to theDarkness Phase. At the end of Darkness Phase, all the adds become visible.

It is worth noting that, once visible, the adds have normal threat tablesand they do not melee for very much.

Suen's new ability is called Nuclear Inferno. This is a spell thatSuen channels for 8 seconds every 60 seconds, during the Daylight and theBreak of Dusk phases. It deals a high amount of raid-wide Fire damage everysecond, and while channeling this spell, Suen is practically immune todamage (her spell deflection and chance to dodge are increased by 100%).

13.2. Strategy

There are two components to the strategy for this Heroic mode. The firstdeals with how your raid should handle the Heroic-only mechanics, while thesecond has to do with certain changes to the Normal mode strategy, mostly dueto the very intense tuning of the Heroic mode.

13.2.1. Dealing with Heroic Abilities

To handle the Lurkers in the Night, the intended method is to moveSuen around when she is channeling Tears of the Sun, so that the Lurkersin the Night are revealed and so that your raid can attack them. Remember thatSuen moves quickly and freely while she is channeling the spell, following theperson on whom she is fixated.

That said, however, revealing these adds during the Darkness Phase is notreally necessary, since their damage is quite low overall, and your time isbetter spent doing damage to the bosses instead. You should see how well yourparticular raid group can handle the damage that these adds put out beforedeciding whether or not to reveal the adds. A good time to AoE and kill theadds is at the end of the Darkness Phase, when they all become visible. Evenbetter, you can finish them off while Suen is casting Nuclear Inferno,since you cannot damage her then so you are not wasting any DPS.

Nuclear Inferno is extremely damaging, but you can reduce a largeamount of the damage that it deals by being close to an Ice Comet whileSuen is channeling the spell (the Icy Shadows buff you gain when near acomet reduces Fire damage taken by 60%). Other than this, you should simplymake sure that there is ample healing going out on the raid during thistime.

13.2.2. General Strategy Mentions

As in Normal mode, you will want to kill Suen first (in the Break of DuskPhase), and you will want to have the Break of Dusk Phase last as little timeas possible. In order to do this, you will have to deal as much damage aspossible to Suen during the Darkness Phase. This means that whenever Suenappears to channel Tears of the Sun, you should have everyone switch to herand apply DoTs and bleeds, as well as doing as much damage as possible.Ideally, Suen should be below 90% health when the Darkness Phase ends.

During the Daylight Phase, you will have to deal as much damage as possibleto Suen, including using Heroism/ Bloodlust/ Time Warp andthe A Rush of Cranes buff granted by Chi-Ji.

Finally, in the Break of Dusk Phase, you will have to focus Suen first,only attacking Lu'lin during Nuclear Inferno.

13.2.3. Using Celestial Buffs

Other than using Chi-Ji's buff during the Daylight Phase, as we mentionedabove, there are a few other recommended uses for the Celestials.

• Use Xuen's The Tiger's Celerity to allow your players to avoidthe damage from a Cosmic Barrage during the Darkness Phase.
• Use Fortitude of the Ox at the end of the Darkness Phase, to ease thetransition to the Daylight Phase (all the Lurkers in the Night will appearat once). Ideally, you can catch the final Cosmic Barrage of the DarknessPhase with the buff up.
• Use Serpent's Vitality during one of the Nuclear Infernos inthe Daylight Phase.
• Use Xuen's buff again about 15-20 seconds into the Break of Dusk Phase,so that you can avoid being hit by the first Tidal Force.
• Use the remaining 3 buffs at any point during the Break of Dusk Phase.

14. Concluding Remarks↑top

This concludes our raid guide for the Twin Consorts. We hope you havefound it helpful. Please do not hesitate to post any feedback you may have onour forums.

15. Changelog↑top

• 12 Jun. 2013: Added Heroic mode.
• 26 Mar. 2013: Improved many explanations of abilities and strategyrecommendations; added suggestion that tanks should try to benefit from the Icy Shadows buff; greatly expanded the recommended use of Celestialssection.
• 24 Mar. 2013: Updated health values; added mention of 10-minuteenrage timer; improved some explanations and recommendations; added DPS requirements.
• 22 Mar. 2013: Remove Elixir of the Jade Moon, which never made it to live.
• 13 Mar. 2013: Added link to forum threads that containclass-specific advice for the encounter.