- Neurlock - Covenant of the Fallen - Dark Iron (US)
The Spirit Kings - 10m Normal
Background
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Ancient records tell of these legendary rulers, powerful mogu who carved an empire out of the very rock of Pandaria. Their names still cause the lands to tremble: Zian of the Endless Shadow, Meng Sharpfang, Qiang Steelskin, and Sebotai Swiftfoot. Some say their spirits lurk in the vaults, lost in ghostly memories of battle and glory.
Fight Summary
Meng Sharpfang
The Mad King. Upon being defeated, the Mad King remains in battle in a weakened state, only able to use his Maddening Shout ability.
- Maddening Shout — The Maddening Shout of Meng Sharpfang causes all enemies to go mad. Inflicting 10,000 Shadow damage every 3 sec and causing all enemies to hate each other, players regain their sanity after taking 10,000 damage from another player. The Mad King retains Maddening Shout after being defeated.
- Crazed — Becomes more insane every 0.5 sec, at 100 sanity Meng switches personalities to Cowardice. While Crazed the Mad King has increased Physical damage dealt by 200% of Meng's sanity.
- Cowardice — Becomes more insane every 0.5 sec, at 100 sanity Meng switches personalities to Crazed. While Cowardice the Mad King reflects damage equal to 50% of Meng's sanity.
- Crazy Thought — The Mad King has a Crazy Thought, increasing his insanity by 10.
Qiang Steelskin
The Warlord King. Upon being defeated, the Warlord King remains in battle in a weakened state, only able to use his Flanking Orders ability.
- Flanking Orders — The Warlord King orders a flank, calling in a wave of Mogu from the flank! These Flanking Mogu cast Overhand Strike, inflicting 500,000 Physical damage to enemies within 4 yards in front of them. The Warlord King retains Flanking Orders after being defeated.
- Massive Attacks — The Warlord King's attacks are so brutal that no single man can stand against him. Attacks inflict 600,000 Physical damage, split among all enemies hit.
- Annihilate — Qiang focuses on Annihilating his enemies in front of him, inflicting 1,500,000 damage to enemies within 20 yards.
Sebotai Swiftfoot
The Bandit King. Upon being defeated, the Bandit King remains in battle in a weakened state, only able to use his Pillage ability.
- Pillage — Charges a target and begins to cast Pillage, stealing all of the target's possessions. Pillaged reduces damage and healing done by 50% and reduces Armor by 50%. The Bandit King retains Pillage after being defeated.
- Volley — Sebotai casts three quick Volleys. The first inflicts 50,000 Physical damage to enemies in a large cone in front of the caster, then 75,000 Physical damage in a medium cone, finally 100,000 Physical damage in a small cone.
- Rain of Arrows — The Bandit King casts Rain of Arrows at the location, causing Pinned Down on all targets within 8 yards of the area. Pinned Down inflicts 15,000 Physical damage every 1 sec until the arrow is removed from the victim.
- Patriot Arrow — The Patriot Arrow causes Pinned Down, inflicting 15,000 Physical damage every 1 sec until the Patriot Arrow is destroyed!
- Robbed Blind — Reduces damage and healing done by 50% and reduces Armor by 50%.
Zian of the Endless Shadow
The Sorcerer King. Upon being defeated, the Sorcerer King remains in battle in a weakened state, only able to use his Undying Shadows ability.
- Undying Shadows — The Sorcerer King forms an Undying Shadow at the target location. Undying Shadows inflict 20,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec to enemies with 10 yards until it is killed. The Sorcerer King retains Undying Shadows after being defeated.
- Undying Shadow — The Undying Shadow inflicts 20,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec to enemies within 10 yards until it is killed. Undying Shadow will fixate on the closest target to it when it spawns. After being killed the Undying Shadow dies and starts to reform itself, causing Coalescing Shadows at the location. After 30 seconds the Undying Shadow fully coalesces, reforming itself.
- Coalescing Shadows — Inflicts 20,000 Shadow damage every 1 sec to enemies with 10 yards. After 30 seconds the Undying Shadow fully coalesces, reforming itself.
- Shadow Blast — The Shadow Blast inflicts 100,000 Shadow damage to enemies within 8 yards of the target.
- Charged Shadows — Inflicts 85,000 Shadow damage to enemies within 8 yards of each other.
- Darkness — Inflicts 200,000 Shadow damage to enemies all enemies.
Fight Strategy
The key to this fight will be in the way you deal with each of the kings. There will be a lot of precise movements needed so it will be important that everyone moves quickly to where they need to be.
Meng Sharpfang
This King has a very unique strategy. A rotation will be needed to interrupt his “Crazy Thought”. It will likely require a rotation of 3 people to make sure that it gets covered. At a certain point however we will stop interrupts so that he can switch to his other personality. Some testing will be needed in order to figure out when exactly this will be as it will depend on what the healers can heal through. For now we will shoot for when his insanity hits 70.
During the fight the raid will need to stack up for his Maddening Shout ability. When this is cast DPS need to perform any burst AoE that they can in order to get the raid free. Once you take 10,000 friendly fire the raid will be free.
In an ideal situation this is how Meng Sharpfang will go.
Crazed Personality
- 0 sanity - Tank boss in middle of the room. Interrupters will rotate on Crazy Thought. Just before maddening shout is cast the raid will stack up on the boss. (My hope is that there will be a Deadly Boss Mods timer on this.)
- 70 sanity - Interrupters will stop interrupting Crazy Thought. Tanks will want to rotate their damage reduction cooldowns until Meng reaches 100 sanity. DPS can continue to DPS. Healers need to be prepared to use any cooldowns that they can to help the tank live.
- 100 sanity - Meng will change to his Cowardice personality and start to wander around the room.
Cowardice Personality
- 0 sanity - Meng will wander around the room. Interrupters ignore Crazy Thought and do not interrupt. DPS will need to watch their damage dealt. Just before maddening shout is cast the raid will stack up on the boss. (My hope is that there will be a deadly boss mods timer on this.)
- 70 sanity - DPS will need to slow/stop DPS. At this level of insanity you will be taking a lot of damage for the damage that you deal. DPS that can use any personal damage reduction cooldowns can continue to DPS. You need to to be self aware of the damage that you are taking. Healers should try to conserve/regen mana during this phase.
- 90-100 sanity - All DPS will stop. Tanks get into position to move the boss back to the center of the room. The raid should not be taking any damage so healers use this time to regen mana. At 100 sanity he will shift back to his Crazed personality.
Abilities that also may occur when we are fighting this King:
- Flanking Orders: Be aware of your surroundings and where the guards are coming from. Try your best to move to the same side of the room that the tank moves to avoid the flanking orders.
- Pillage: This ability will occur at the location of one of the raid members. This will happen on any player in the raid so try to stay somewhat spread out to give you a better chance of moving out of it.
- Undying Shadows: The player that is targeted with this ability will need to kite it to the outer edge of the room. One ranged will be assigned to killing the Undying shadow once it has been kited to the outside of the room.
Qiang Steelskin
Tank will need to face the boss away from the range classes. Both tanks and melee classes will need to stand in front of the boss so that they can absorb his Massive Attacks cleave. Tanks and melee must be careful to run out of his Annihilate ability. This ability is a frontal cone attack and will one-shot you.
During the fight be aware of your surroundings and where the guards are coming from for his Flanking Orders ability. Try your best to move to the same side of the room that the tank moves to avoid the flanking orders.
Abilities that also may occur when we are fighting this King:
- Maddening Shout: Before this gets cast the raid will stack up. After this is cast DPS needs to perform any burst AoE that they can in order to get the raid free. Once you take 10,000 friendly fire the raid will be free.
- Pillage: This ability will occur at the location of one of the raid members. This will happen on any player in the raid so try to stay somewhat spread out to give you a better chance of moving out of it.
- Undying Shadows: The player that is targeted with this ability will need to kite it to the outer edge of the room. One ranged will be assigned to killing the Undying shadow once it has been kited to the outside of the room.
Sebotai Swiftfoot
The raid will need to stay spread out. After charging a random raid member he will cast his Pillage ability. This looks like a whirlwind effect so get out of it as soon as possible.
Move out of the direction that he is casting Volley.
When he casts Rain of Arrows anyone not caught and pinned to the ground will need to DPS the arrows to free those caught in it. Stay spread out so as to minimize the number of people caught in the arrows.
Abilities that also may occur when we are fighting this King:
- Maddening Shout: Before this gets cast the raid will stack up. After this is cast DPS needs to perform any burst AoE that they can in order to get the raid free. Once you take 10,000 friendly fire the raid will be free.
- Flanking Orders: Be aware of your surroundings and where the guards are coming from. Try your best to move to the same side of the room that the tank moves to avoid the flanking orders.
- Undying Shadows: The player that is targeted with this ability will need to kite it to the outer edge of the room. One ranged will be assigned to killing the Undying shadow once it has been kited to the outside of the room.
Zian of the Endless Shadow
If Undying Shadow is cast on you then kite it to the outside of the room. One ranged DPS will be in charge on killing this add once it reaches the outside of the room. Everyone else in the raid needs to try and stay 10 yards away from the Undying shadow.
Melee and Tanks will need to rotate to interrupt Shadow Blast. The more of this that is interrupted the less damage the raid will take and the less healers will have to heal.
Stay spread out at least 8 yards from those around you in order to avoid AoE shadow damage that is cast.
Abilities that also may occur when we are fighting this King:
- Maddening Shout: Before this gets cast the raid will stack up. After this is cast DPS needs to perform any burst AoE that they can in order to get the raid free. Once you take 10,000 friendly fire the raid will be free.
- Flanking Orders: Be aware of your surroundings and where the guards are coming from. Try your best to move to the same side of the room that the tank moves to avoid the flanking orders.
- Pillage: This ability will occur at the location of one of the raid members. This will happen on any player in the raid so try to stay somewhat spread out to give you a better chance of moving out of it.
It is likely that this fight is going to take multiple tries as we get use to the different abilities. Try to be patient and be aware of your surrounds and what is going on and we will get this boss down easily.
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