Keep in mind that a lot of the boss encountes, if not all, have an enrage timer where the boss goes into mode that deals a lot of damage and can one shot the group. Good DPS is essential for some of the fights here. I will point out any fights with unforgiving enrage timer.

The first encounter

This is not a boss fight but the first instance where you start combat in Black Talon (right after a cutscene) can be a pretty rough fight for healers. Those guys hit pretty hard but kill the 3 adds first and then the main guy. Tanks should try to taunt and grab all the adds if possible unless he/she is undergeared.

Light side 1st boss - Sergeant Boran

This is the fight encounter you get if you choose the light side during the cutscene conversation. It is a party of 4, Sergeant Boran being the main boss in this group. Kill the healer (Doc Simon) first, interrupt his heals (Medscan - 3 second cast time). Kill the other 2 adds and then focus on Sergeant Boran last. Adds can be kited by the DPS if the tank cannot keep all of them to him/herself. Tanks may need to manually aggro all of the adds.

No real special mechanics on this fight otherwise. Crowd Control (CC) abilites do not work here as all of the adds here have boss immunity.

SWTOR - Hardmode flashpoint - Black Talon - Sergeant Boran

Darkside 1st boss - GXR-5 Sabotage Droid

The main thing with this boss is the probe droid he spawns that will explode and deals around 7 k damage to nearby party members. They like to spawn near the melee as well but some do spawn near the ranged occasionally.

Ranged DPS should take them out or everyone can avoid the probe droids and kite any droid around them. These droids only last for a short duration and will automatically self - detonate after awhile.

Also, at the time of writing, the dark side is kinda bugged and a lot of the enemies do not spawn so you can avoid quite a bit of trash and get straight to this boss.

Drops: The first boss drops a Tionese waist item. Here is the one for Sith inquisitors.

SWTOR - Hardmode Flashpoint - Black Talon - GXR-5 Sabotage Droid

Commander Ghulil

He comes with two adds, which can be killed quickly. His main thing is an ability called plasma probe, which can be and should be interrupted. If you interrupt this ability, this fight is pretty much a "tank and spank" fight.

If left un-interrupted, these plasma probes will place themselves around party members and spray fire AoE for 2 minutes, hurting anyone nearby. You can avoid these quite easily but tanks may need to move when a plasma probe lands near them.

Drops: he drops legs. Here is the sith inquisitor light armor version.

SWTOR - Hardmode Flashpoint - Black Talon - Commander Ghulil

GXR-7 Command Droid

This guy is a bonus boss you can unlock. Once you destroy four computer consoles, he will spawn!

He has a pretty short enrage timer but you can get around this by having the tank line of sight (LOS) him around a pillar and have the tank pop out whenever to throw out a taunt.

DPS do not need to LOS him but should becareful to not over-DPS and get aggro. Once the boss is enraged, it can one shot the DPS. Better be slow than sorry!

SWTOR - Hardmode flashpoint - Black Talon - GXR-7 Command Droid

Yadira Ban (aka Bubblegum)

She is the last boss of the flashpoint, we call her bubblegum due to her skin color! She also have a very short enrage timer, you need to kill her quickly or she will enrage. If she does enrage, tank should pop their cooldowns and kite her if need.

Her abilities cannot be interrupted.

The main thing with this boss is periodically throughout the fight she will pull the entire party member in via an ability called Cyclone Nova (this also snares everyone and can be cleansed) and everyone needs to run out or she will do a massive AoE that will kill you!

You don't have to run too far out to avoid it. The distance in the picture below is perfect!

Drops: She drops the token for a Columi wrist piece and Biometric Crystal Alloy for crafting.

SWTOR-Hardmode Black Talon - Yadira Ban

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