Grim Awakening Live Stream 
Grim Awakening Guide (PTS version) 
Kyzan Kill Video (PTS Version) 
Kyzan Strategy (PTS Version) 
Prince Kaliban Kill Video (PTS Version) 
Grim Awakening Live Stream will be available at http://www.twitch.tv/wigglesrift as soon as the shards are up.
Witness the full might of the Grim Awakening bosses ! Celebrate each kill with a 30 days patron pass giveaway ! Demon Lord helm codes and Infinity Edition Keys will also be handed out during the stream !
Let’s enjoy 2.3 !
Grim Awakening is the first Tier 2 raid of Storm Legion and it’s a Fire raid. For the first time in Telara’s recorded history, the new tier will start with a 10 man raid.
This means you will need 500 hit and/or 500 toughness for Grim Awakening. If you have all the tier one pieces of gear or just gear from Frozen Tempest or Endless Eclipse you will meet the requirements without having to use runes.
The Grim Awakening bosses are going to drop a new kind of currency and tier 2 items. Clearing this raid a few times before the tier 2 20 man raid comes out will give you a head start.
All credit goes to Skarrj for guessing the entrance location on the first try ! The entrance to Grim Awakening is in Kingsward, at 4542, 8616. Just take the porticulum to The Academy and you’re going to see it. Don’t forget to use Quantum Sight !
There are a lot of non boss encounters inside Grim Awakening. And to make matters worse, the mobs have mechanics so it’s not going to be just an AOE fest.
Before the first and the second boss you will have to clear packs of Reawakened Harbingers, Defilers, Tempests and Tacticians.
The Reawakened Harbingers place a dot on a random raid member that inflicts damage if the target stands still. It’s quite painful, so you want to strafe or jump when you get the dot.
The Reawakened Defilers place stacks of Foul Growth on other mobs. They will have to be purged or they will heal to full.
The Reawakened Tempests and Tacticians do AOE damage, frontal cone AOEs and place bubbles on the raid.
Before the third and the fourth boss there are different trash packs. As you go up the maze you will encounter packs made out of Wardens of Salvarola, Fallen Awakened, Corrupted Blademasters and Corrupted Sadists.
The Wardens of Salvarola do a fast cast (1.5 seconds) which has to be interrupted or it AOEs the entire raid. They also stack a debuff on the raid. If the debuff reaches 30 stacks the person dies. You can LoS the mobs to reset the stacks, but the idea is to burn them down before the stacks reach 30.
The Fallen Awakened also has a cast that can be interrupted. If it goes through it will summon a bunch of imps. If you see a blue bar, hit the interrupt button.
The Corrupted Blademasters have a nasty cleave so they have to be faced away from the raid. I don’t remember the Corrupted Sadists doing anything special.
There are 4 bosses inside Grim Awakening and a lot of trash. Although each 10 man had some sort of fun mini event (and bonus marks !) there isn’t one in GA. But to compensate for that, the bosses are fun !
Once you get pass the trash you will face Prince Kaliban, the same one you’ve defeated in Empyrean Core. This is a really fun encounter, although it can go every wrong very fast. I love the new mechanic this boss introduces to the game and I hope I will see it again in a 20 man version.
After some more annoying trash you will reach Kyzan, the awesome Bahmi. Kyzan is a very hectic boss, a lot of movement, dodging, purging, running around. It’s a fight that will keep you on your toes for the entire duration. Another fun boss in my opinion, I mean, what can be better then having 10 people locked inside a small room with an angry Bahmi ?
If you defeated Prince Kaliban and Kyzan and you didn’t got lost in the maze means you reached the third boss in Grim Awakening, Salvarola. This is where the fun is supposed to stop and the real deal supposed to start.
As is it on PTS right now, this boss is not really hard, but I’m sure that by the time he will reach live he will be a beast. He is still an worthy opponent and if you miss the Zilas beam you should give him a try 
Salvarola Strategy
Salvarola Kill Video
The last boss in Grim Awakening is Ultane. This encounter has epic potential. He is one of the most intense bosses I’ve seen in Rift so far. All I can say is, whoever thought the waves on Ituziel or Akylios were hard, go have a try on Ultane. Don’t forget to bring your surfboard.
This encounter has it all. AoE damage, tank damage, focused damage on a player that requires cooldowns, waves, bubbles, ground aoe, transition phases and the cherry on the cake, the last phase which will probably end up being a very chaotic 35%.
Ultane Strategy
Ultane Kill Video
No achievements are yet available for this raid.
Have fun running around, dodging all the evil mechanics this angry Bahmi throws at you. I love this fight and I can’t wait to see the final version on live.
I can already feel the Cleric pain when Phase Rip is going to spawn on them while they are channeling Nysyr’s Rebuke.
You can also find all our attempts (or most of our attempts) on Qarlsberg’s stream: http://www.twitch.tv/qarlsberg and more videos on Oria’s Youtube Channel.
The full tactic for Kyzan can be found at http://rift-mmorpg.com/rift-raid/kyzan-strategy-pts-version/. Good luck and don’t forget your insolses !
Kyzan is the second boss in the 10 man raid Grim Awakening. He is an angry Bahmi and the fight involves a lot of running around. Really fun encounter.
Health: 22.000.000
Enrage timer: 6 minutes (?)
Difficulty: easy
Must have ability: 5 purges, 2-3 AOE dispells
Last updated: 29.03.2013
2 tanks: anything will do, but if possible, having a Cleric tank with 21 points in Sentinel for mass dispell will help a lot.
2 healers: if you have the cleric tank to dispell you can use 2 healers. If not you might need to add another healer for an extra aoe dispell.
1 support: Bard or Archon
5 DPS: having more then 1 melee DPS can make things messy. Again, this is not a melee friendly fight. Having everyone ranged DPS is the best way to go.
This encounter has a lot of purple mechanics. There is a lot of dodging, purging and dispelling to do.
Abilities:
There is not a lot to this fight except dodging mechanics, dispelling and purging, but somehow it’s a really fun fight still. Spread out for Delayed Annihilation, run to the edge of the room if you are affected by Necrotic Expansion, yell “Dispell” when Bone Harvest is up, purge Abhorrent Growth and nuke down the beacons.
