Thwarting the Twins: a Legion Timewalking Mage Tower Guide for DPS (2024)

Last updated on Feb 15, 2023 at 18:22by Azortharion5 comments

Welcome to our strategy guide for the Mage Tower challenge Thwarting theTwins. On this page, we will tell you everything you need to know about theencounter, and how to defeat it. If you are not playing the specs listedbelow,check out one of our other Mage Tower guides for your spec.

Completing this Mage Tower Challenge will unlock a unique recolor of the Tier20 Raid Set from Tomb of Sargeras. Completing all 7 of the Mage Towerchallenges will unlock the Mage-Bound Spelltome Mount.

This Mage Tower challenge has been open as of Patch 10.0.5 and should bedoable until the end of the expansion. We will update this page in case thischanges! This guide is for the 'Thwarting of the Twins' Challenge, available tothe specs listed below.:

• Affliction Warlock
• Balance Druid
• Frost Mage
• Marksmanship Hunter
• Shadow Priest

To begin this challenge, you need to visit War Councilor Victoria onthe Broken Shore (coords. 45, 62). If you have your Dalaran Hearthstone,you can get there very easily. If you do not have your Dalaran Hearthstone, goto Orgrimmar/Stormwind and take the portal to Azsuna to fly to the Broken Shore.

The effects below will not function within the Timewalking Mage Towerevent:

• Dragonflight Embellishments
• Any Covenant-related effects (Covenant Ability,Signature Ability, Soulbinds, Conduits)
• Legendary Powers from Shadowlands or Legion (theitems will still provide stats, their equip effects will not)
• Legendary items from Questlines ( Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve,Warlords of Draenor Legendary Rings, Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest, Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings)
• Any Shards of Domination
• Any Battle for Azeroth systems (Azerite Gear, Traits, Essences)
• Any tier set bonuses
• Mists of Pandaria Legendary Meta Gems

You should also keep in mind that all items are scaled to item level120 in the Mage Tower. This means that your item level is completely irrelevant,and that all that matters is the quality of the items you are bringing. Thisalso means that sockets have exceptional value in Mage Tower Challenges.

Since many specs can do this challenge, we can not offer an individual BiSlist for every single spec. However, the sources for nearly all BiS items arethe same.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Any 2-Socket Helm	Throne of Thunder/Siege of Orgrimmar
Necklace	Heart of Azeroth or Prizerock Neckband (enchant with Enchant Neck - Mark of the Hidden Satyr)	Battle for Azeroth Main Storyline/Legion Archaeology
Shoulders	Any 2-Socket Shoulders (enchant with Greater Crane Wing Inscription/ Greater Tiger Claw Inscription;Scribes can use upgraded "Secret" versions of these)	Throne of Thunder/Siege of Orgrimmar/Dragon Soul
Cloak	MoP Legendary Cloak (enchant with Enchant Cloak - Minor Power)	No Longer Obtainable - MoP Legendary Cloak Questline
Cloak Alternative	Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve (enchant with Enchant Cloak - Minor Power)	Patch 8.3 'Through the Darkness' Questline (startsat Magni in the Chamber of Heart)
Chest	Any 3-Socket Chest (enchant with Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats/ Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats depending oniLvl)	Throne of Thunder/Siege of Orgrimmar
Bracers	Any 2-Socket Bracers (enchant with Enchant Bracer - Super Intellect/ Enchant Bracer - Greater Agility)	Cataclysm Tailoring/Leatherworking
Gloves	Any 2-Socket Gloves/ Vigilance Perch for Hunter (enchant with Enchant Gloves - Major Spellpower/ Enchant Gloves - Major Agility)	Throne of Thunder/Siege of Orgrimmar/Legion Legendary
Belt	Any 2-Socket Belt	Throne of Thunder/Siege of Orgrimmar or PandariaTailoring/Leatherworking. Add extra socket with Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs	Any 3-Socket Legs (enchant with Powerful Ghostly Spellthread/ Shadowleather Leg Armor)	Throne of Thunder/Siege of Orgrimmar or PandariaTailoring/Leatherworking
Boots	Any 2-Socket Boots/ The Sentinel's Eternal Refuge for Balance (enchantwith Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step/ Enchant Boots - Assassin's Step)	Throne of Thunder/Dragon Soul/Legion Legendary
Rings	WoD Pre-Legendary Ring (for example,Spellbound Runic Band of Unrelenting Slaughter) (enchant with Accord, orBinding ofHaste/Mastery/Crit/Vers depending on iLvl and spec)	WoD Legendary Ring Questline
Rings (alternatives)	Logic Loop of Division and Overclocking Bit Band	Operation: Mechagon
Trinkets	Chipped Soul Prism for all/ Dragonspine Trophy forHunter/ Unblinking Gaze of Sethe for Casters	Supreme Lord Kazzak World Boss/Gruul's Lair/Hellfire Citadel
Weapon (Hunter)	Hellscream's Warbow (LFR, Heroic)/ Shiver Venom Crossbow(enchant with Flintlocke's Woodchucker)	Siege of Orgrimmar Heirlooms (unobtainable)/The Eternal Palace
Weapon (Caster)	Dying Light(enchant with Enchant Weapon - Jade Spirit)	Icecrown Citadel

There are also potentially better weapons from utilizing Chromie Time, butthey require a leveled character on a second account and so are not within thescope of this guide.

If you prefer not to farm old raids for gear, you can use Crafted DreadfulGladiator's pieces as an alternative. These can be crafted by all the primarygear crafting Professions, and you will want to use the Relic of the Past VOptional Reagent to upgrade their item level when crafting. These items haveplentiful sockets, socket bonuses, and can fill gaps in your gear.

• Meta Gems: Burning Primal Diamond for Castersand Agile Primal Diamond for Agility users
• Intellect: 1x Timeless Tanzanite and rest Brilliant Queen's Garnet
• Agility: 1x Nightmare Tear and rest Delicate Queen's Garnet

• Greater Flask of the Currents/ Greater Flask of Endless Fathoms

• Potion of Unbridled Fury

• Any Main Stat Feast/Optimal Secondary Stat Food

The fight is split into two primary phases. Each time the fight cycles andyou begin Phase 1 again, you will meet a new ability.

From the beginning of the fight, a Possessed Karam Magespearwill chase you around. He must be kept constantly slowed with abilities like Concussive Shot/ Frost Bolt, or otherwise CC'd with abilitieslike Typhoon. He will get faster the longer the phase goes on. Werecommend kiting him in a circle around the room. He will regularly knock youback if you are within 10 yards using Rising Dragon.

You will also need to dodge purple pools on the ground.

At 35% health, the phase ends with Karam gaining the Purgatorybuff as Phase 2 begins.

You will now face Raest Magespear in the middle of the room. Heconstantly casts Shadow Bolt, along with spawning Shadowy Fiend andShadowy Vestige adds near him through Tear Rift that mustbe killed. We recommend standing near Raest during this phase so that you cancleave the adds more effectively, but only if you can survive it. If you haveAoE slows, it may be more effective to stand far away and cleave them from range.Kiting them is also an effective strategy if you are a mobile spec.

The fight is over once Raest dies, but you only have 30 seconds to attack himuntil he becomes immune from Shadowy Energies. This means that you willneed multiple cycles of the fight to bring Raest to 0% HP.

If after 30 seconds you have not killed Raest, Phase 1 begins anew with a newmechanic.

The second round of Phase 1 is the same as the first, with the addition of anew mechanic.

Every so often, Karam will spawn a Hand from Beyond at a random location inthe room. This mob does not move, but will start a 10-second cast called Grasp from Beyond which must be interrupted. Failing to interrupt it willcause a wipe unless you can immune the cast with Aspect of the Turtle or Ice Block. The mob has a low amount of HP and should be killed as soonas possible. If you can kill it before having to interrupt its cast, that is evenbetter.

This is the same as Phase 2, with the addition of Rune of Summoning, apurple rune on the ground which must be soaked by standing in it. Failing tosoak it will spawn a powerful Thing of Nightmare add that will almostcertainly kill you.

After 30 seconds, Phase 1 will begin, but Raest will remain active. Yourtask is to end Raest as soon as possible before you become overwhelmed by Karamand Raest's combined abilities.

• The fight is ultimately limited by how quickly you can burst downRaest Magespear, but remember that Karam gets faster the longer hisphase goes on. It is optimal to try and save your strong DPS cooldowns forPhase 2, but you will have to hit a balancing act of doing Phase 1 quicklyenough that you do not get overwhelmed, while still being able to comfortablykill Raest in roughly 2 phases of 30 seconds each.
• Using a mouseover or focus target slow macro for Karam is helpful, as youneed to keep him slowed while killing the Hand from Beyond.