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Comment by Desacrasa

Formerly a sorcerer of Dalaran, Kel'Thuzad was one of the principal agents of the Lich King, responsible for the spreading of the Plague of undeath across Lordaeron. After being slain by Arthas during the events of the Third War, he was reborn as a lich. He then aided Arthas in summoning Archimonde, a powerful lord of the Burning Legion. However, Kel'Thuzad's true loyalty was to the Lich King, and not the Burning Legion. After the Legion's defeat, Kel'Thuzad supported Arthas in wresting power from the Dreadlords. When Arthas left for Northrend during the events of The Frozen Throne, he left Kel'Thuzad as his agent to command the Scourge in Lordaeron. He now commands Scourge forces in the Plaguelands from his necropolis floating above Stratholme, Naxxramas.

Taken from http://www.wowwiki.com/Kel'Thuzad

Comment by Tetris

How many epic items does he drop in one killing?

Comment by 1841

Love the HP/MP feature. :D

But, does Kel'Thuzad really have only 2,4 million HP? :o Thaddius has like 7 million. :P

Comment by Kaoswarr

Kel'thuzad Tactics
Taken from my guild site www.innersanctum.eu

Kel'Thuzad Abilities:

Frost Bolt: 7438-9562 Frost damage to primary target, in addition slows movement speed by 65% for 3 seconds.

Frost Bolt-Nova: 2550-3450 Frost damage to everyone in a 100yard area, in addition reducing movement speed by 65% for 4 seconds.

Chains Of Kel'thuzad: Main tank plus 3 Secondary random targets, mind control 4 players to serve as Kel'thuzad's minions, while under the mind control, your damage will increase by 200% and healing by 500%.

Mana Detonation: Places a mana bomb on a mana using target, the bomb will tick for 5 seconds then draining the target of half his mana and damaging the same amount to everyone in a 15 yard area.

Shadow Fissure: Summons a void beneath a random secondary target, within 5 seconds the target needs to move from the voided area, since it will cause 70000-150000 shadow damage to anyone standing on it.

Frost Blast: Secondary random target, Places the targeted player in an Ice block animation that will immobilize the target and draining his maximum amount of life over 5 seconds. In addition this will splash over to any players in a 10 yard radius, if unlucky can chain the entire raid.

Phase One:

In this Phase Kel'thuzad himself is untouchable, however once you step on the platform you'll swiftly notice that you are being surrounded by mobs in alcoves, make sure that you never touch any of these on purpose.

During the first phase you'll see some of those mobs moving towards the centre against one of your raid members. The illusion here is that all the mobs that you see in the alcoves are static unless triggered by any of your raid members by miss-targeting or any random event these will de-spawn once phase two is initiated.

The mobs that are moving towards your raid are actually spawning in the alcoves, that's how you'll be able to pinpoint them and kill them as fast as possible.

Now that you know this let's take a peek at what these creatures will do to you raid if not killed.

Soldier of the Frozen Wastes:

* Dark Blast: Once it reaches its target it will explode causing 1750-2250 to the raid.
* Once it reaches its target it will die along with the Dark Blast.

Unstoppable Abomination:

* Mortal Wound: Similar to Fankriss, this de-buff will decrease the amount of healing done on the target by 10% stacking up to 99 times.
* In addition these will hit regular hits for 3000-5000 damage do not grab aggro from the tanks.

Soul Weaver:

* Wail of Souls - 4250-5750 Shadow damage, in addition knocking them away from each other.
* One she reaches her target she will do the shadow damage and knock the 3 closest targets 3 yards.

What you'd want to do now is to assign all your hunters assisted by a couple of healers to clear out the Soldiers of the Frozen Wastes (the skeletons). These guys have virtually no HP and move at a normal walk speed.

In addition to take care of the Unstoppable Abominations you'll need to have a tank rotation just large enough to drop the de-buff on the first tank that tanked them. Drag these Abomination into the centre of the circle, do not worry they don't do any AoE damage; send all your Melee DPS on them since they have a respectable amount of HP, these guys also move on normal walk speed.

And Last but not least the Soul Weavers, place every single mage warlock and what ever ranged you can spare on these, they have a respectable amount of HP and they walk very very slowly.

During the 5 minutes phase one lasts the mobs will spawn at faster rate, so you're raid will be pressured for time. The basic idea is to get rid of most of the mobs once Kel'thuzad spawns, having 1 Abomination and 2-3 soul weavers alive when he spawns is within the ok limits, preferably having one of each is the best.

Make sure everything is under control and don't loose track of your ass.

Comment by Kaoswarr

Kel'thuzad Guide carried on
Taken from my guild website www.innersanctum.eu

Phase Two:

Now that you've worked your way though piles of Undead creatures and got your hands all nice and bloody, you're ready to meet Kel'Thuzad himself.

Have your main tank ready to grab Kel'Thuzad moments before he spawns, make sure to remind him to stop playing with the abominations well in time to loose the de-buff.

Once Kel'Thuzad is targettable have the main tank move him to the centre of the room and have the rest of the raid spread out around the room around 10 yards away form each other.

So here is the trick to survive this phase, you'll need to have a rotation with all the classes that can interrupt spell casting, this is the base of the fight and we strongly underline this.

The Frost Bolt as you may have guessed is interruptible. He initiates the cast of this spell by a unique animation, watch learn and counter it each time he trys to do it.

The best way to do this is:

As you may see in the picture the four green circles represents four melee interruption groups consisting of one warrior and one rogue in each placed at maximum melee range in the shape that is presented. These four groups will ALWAYS stay in no matter of the frost blast timer, if any of these groups should get hit only two people will be frost blasted at any given time. The rest of the melee squad will have to move out when the frost blast timer is ready preferably to their group healer and out of harms way to chain it on any other players.

This will be assisted by the mages that will counter-spell him as well, ask in the Loatheb fight they should have some kind of macro to notify who is on cooldown and which mage is next in line to counterspell.

While this is being done everyone else needs to avoid the Shadow Fissure, mana detonation and Frost Bolt-Nova, as in the Sapphiron formation you'll need to have a priest in every group out-healing the nova damage.

The Shadow fissure is one of the easiest abilities to avoid; we strongly recommend that you set your spell details up to maximum, once he casts it on you it will show a huge red circular animation with a lot of smokes poring out of it:

The only thing that you need to do is move 5 yards in any direction away from it wait 5 seconds and move back.

Secondly you'll need to avoid the mana detonation, since the room is small your raid will probably make use of every inch of it, the best way is to really be awake and see what's going on around you and move away from any players that gets it, or clear a path for him into the alcoves.

Thirdly you'll need to counter the frost blast, this spell is very much like the Emeriss Corruption of the Earth only difference here is that you have to rely on someone to save your life if you should get hit by it.

Basically you'll have a healer in every corner make sure to heal the frost blasted targets as fast as possible any amount of healing will do, most of the times sine several healers are healing you and hopefully you've been standing 10 yards from anyone else which in turn means that you're the only one that got frost blasted, however 2-3 targets are common and easily saved, any more than that and people will start to die.

Finally you'll need to keep the people that get mind controlled in check, by any means necessary, fear stun polymorph anything to keep them out of the game during this period.

In addition the mind control will take the primary tank with it, wiping any threat he's made over the fight. In any case you'll need tanks waiting idly by to go in and grab him. Make sure to cease all and any type of DPS during this period not to make him run amok. Once the secondary tank has him you can open up dps again.

If you manage to keep this up until 40% you'll enter phase three.

Comment by Kaoswarr

Kel'thuzad Guide carried on
Taken from my guild website www.innersanctum.eu

Phase Three:

Once you reach 40% in addition to what you were doing 6 Guardians of the Ice Crown will spawn these guys are un-killable they have as much Hp as Kel'Tthuzad if not more.

In addition to the insane amount of Hp they have they also have a nasty ability that will increase their damage by 15% and Size by 10% and this stacks up to 99 times.

However if they are shackled they will stop doing this ability which is called Blood Tap.

One more thing, You can't shackle more than three targets, this will force Kel'Tthuzad to dispel all of them which evidently would be bad for the raid.

Best way to go at this is to off thank 3 and shackle 3 and then switch shackle the one with the high amounts of the buff and take the ones that were shackled first.

You won't last long in this period and you need to remain disciplined and not loose track of what Kel'Tthuzad is doing to your raid during this time, since he will use all the abilities mentioned in phase two.

Once this is done we'd like to congratulate you on a fine end-boss kill and enjoy the loot.

This concludes our Naxxramas guides hope you have enjoyed this place as much as us, and we'll be back with more guides from The Burning Crusade! Stay tuned!

Inner Sanctum

P.S Sorry for the lengthy posts. It is a LONG fight :P

Comment by 9829

So I have a question. Does Kel'thuzad have a specific cooldown on Frost Blast? The post above says that the non-interruping melees can go in and out as needed. Does that mean you know when the Frost Blast is going to occur?

If so, what is the cooldown?

Comment by Tyrsenus

Notice that he's wrapped in chains, symbolizing the fact that his will is bound to the Lich King.

Comment by 16983

I like how blizzard couldn't be bothered to make a significantly different model for the last boss in the biggest pre BC instance.

Comment by 75076

Kel'Thuzad yells: YOUR PETTY MAGICS ARE NO CHALLENGE OF THE SCOURGE -> and cast frostbolt

Comment by 70401

Kel'Thuzad is Arthas' Faithful Companion.

Comment by 83140

Well how come thaddius has 7million and illidan stormrage only has 6.1mill? hes a melee as well but i expected him to have roughly 10mill+

Comment by 83140

oh cool thanks =) just wanted to know. btw why did i get bad feed back on that? just i question i wanted to know the answer of. =(

Comment by 83140

Key isnt that hard to get if yu have the gold for it.i would love to run him sometime for SG's especiall for the mace or sword that are prettymuch god til 70 (if ur not in a raiding guild r have a designated group)

Comment by 62177

If Saurfang wants a desert, he uses Kel'Thuzad as a lolypop.

Comment by 75076

Aftermath of Lightning's Blade downed this bad boy 2 weeks ago

and for all wondering why this fight is so hard i will give you a break down
Phase one has little importance and is many just used to waste mana it is not hard and has no effect on stage 2 unless your DPS is horrible.

PHASE 2:
Moves and abilities
Frost Bolt Single: 7000-12000 Frost damage on a single target. MUST be interupted this is resistable

Frost Boly Volly: 50000 Yard range: 2000-3000 Frost damage to every one in the room.this is resistable

Shadow Fisure: 5 second cast: forms under a play inflicted 40000-60000 Shadow damage if you dont move out. It is resistable but most likley if you stand in it you will die

Chains of Kelthuzad:(this is the deal breaker) Mind controls 5 people increaseing size by 200% damage by 200% and healing by 500%. They will buff(power infusion is possible) and heal kelthuzad. i can no stress how had this makes this fight. Some times you might lose all your tanks thats were the luck plays in.(ALSO IS A COMPLETE AGGRO WIPE! DPS must SLOW!)not resistable or breakable through will of forsaken

Mana Detonation: target will lose 50% of their mana dealing 100% damage to every one around them but no damage to them selves. This Brings in Cthun position ing into play no player can be 10 yards with in another during this fight witch makes it exreamly hard to keep interups going on kelthuzad

Frost blast: hits one play and every other play withen 10 yards. Takes 25% of their life over 4 seconds. Basicly they die if they dont get some sort of heal bandage ticks can save them

Think that is all the moves he has so while doing all that now at 40% other guys spawn. their are 5 only 3 can be shackled at one time if you shackle a 4rth all shackles break. so you need to off tank 2 and shackle 3
every time they switch targets they gain 15% size and 15% damage this stacks up to 99 times

This is were things get hairy once you get him to 43% slow DPS wait for a mind control Then it is balls to the wall as much as you can do, slow right before MC hits Pray a tank didnt get hit he picks up kel and you contiune DPS all his normal moves still apply stage 2 you should have more then 2 MCs in phase 3. Win collect super epic loot and go PVP thats how we roll.

Grats again to aftermath for beating the game love you guys!

Comment by 43910

With a raid of 70's, this fight becomes quite messy as most people have never done it before.

We had our all of our tanks blown up around 35%, and a shaman tanked him and we just nuked him down. Sapphiron is much harder than this.

Comment by yoshimo

Just to make it sure, when he casts chains , all threat for the complete Raid is reset to 0, isnt it?
Or

Comment by 111622

Level 60 - Kel'Thuzad
Level 70 - Illidan Stormrage

I'm hoping that level 80 final boss will be Arthas.

Comment by Maluna

It does not really make sense to judge bosses based on their total HP, as that is in no way an indication of their standing within the World of Warcraft. There are explanations for the differences in their health.

For example, Thaddius is a "Flesh Golem" and is effectively a souped-up abomination. Based on his size, and the fact that he consists of flesh and machinery, he is likely to have a great deal of stamina, and hence health. On the other hand, Kel'Thuzad is a lich. While he possesses great magical ability, his physical strength is severely lacking. In this way, he is similar to the caster classes you play, or any other creature dependant on magic rather than strength. If you want your boss' hitpoint pools to make sense from a lore perspective, then the above should be acceptable to you.

If you want health to make sense according to encounter difficulty then consider the following. Kel'Thuzad, compared to Thaddius, is a "busy" fight where you have other mobs to consider, notably in Phase 3. Thaddius on the other hand is fought alone, and as such all of your raid can focus fire on him. With Illidan, remember that despite an increased standard of gear for raid members, you have 15 fewer allies to aid you in bringing the boss down, and as such the boss health must be adjusted accordingly.

Comment by 158730

Where is the location of the neter of this instance?
I don't know how to get in it!
I think I need to enter stratholme but... then?
Anyway I think that this story is reaaaaaaallly depressing.
I fought for the life of those guys like all the population of the plaguelands... straholme is the city I have exterminated...

Comment by 156620

He basically looks like a lich on steroids.

Comment by 156439

I Saw kel'Thuzad In Old Hillsbrad-Caverns Of Time
He Just looks like an ordinary human back then.

Comment by 165328

Just killed him with a pug on Defias Brotherhood-EU

He is kinda a joke now at 70, and so is Sapphiron. Naxx at 70 is more or less a zerg party ..

Comment by 82522

Lore on Kel'Thuzad: (If Anyone is interested)

Biography: By the period shortly before the Second War, Kel'Thuzad was a member of the high council of the Kirin Tor — the masters of Dalaran. Of the Kirin Tor's leaders, Kel'Thuzad was the most eager to gain access to the Guardian's Library — the depository of knowledge hoarded by Medivh in his tower of Karazhan — and thus was most upset when the library was lost. After Medivh's death, Kel'Thuzad and the other senior members of the Kirin Tor questioned Medivh's apprentice, Khadgar, about what happened; Kel'Thuzad seemed particularly interested in discovering more about the mysterious Order of Tirisfal, which — as he pointed out to Antonidas, the leader of the Kirin Tor — was relevant when discussing Medivh.

Call Of The Lich King: There were a handful of powerful individuals, scattered across the world, who heard the Lich King's mental summons from Northrend. Most notable of them was the Archmage Kel'Thuzad, of the magical nation of Dalaran. Kel'Thuzad, one of the senior members of the Kirin Tor — Dalaran's ruling council — had been considered a maverick for years due to his insistence on studying the forbidden arts of necromancy. Driven to learn all he could of the magical world and its shadowy wonders, he was frustrated by what he saw as his peers' outmoded and unimaginative precepts. Upon hearing the powerful summons from Northrend, the archmage bent all of his considerable will to communing with the mysterious voice. Convinced that the Kirin Tor was too squeamish to seize the power and knowledge inherent in the dark arts, he vowed to learn what he could from the immensely powerful Lich King.

Forsaking his fortune and prestigious political standing, Kel'Thuzad abandoned the ways of the Kirin Tor and left Dalaran forever. Prodded by the Lich King's persistent voice in his mind, he sold his vast holdings and stored away his fortunes. Travelling alone over many leagues of both land and sea, he finally reached the frozen shores of Northrend. Intent on reaching Icecrown and offering his services to the Lich King, the archmage passed through the ravaged, war-torn ruins of Azjol-Nerub. Kel'Thuzad saw firsthand the scope and ferocity of Ner'zhul's power. He began to believe that allying himself with the mysterious Lich King would not only be wise, but potentially fruitful.

After long months of trekking through the harsh Arctic wastelands, Kel'Thuzad finally reached the dark glacier of Icecrown. He boldly approached Ner'zhul's dark citadel and was shocked when the silent undead guardsmen let him pass as though he was expected. Kel'Thuzad descended deep into the cold earth and found his way down to the bottom of the glacier. There, in the endless cavern of ice and shadows, he prostrated himself before the Frozen Throne and offered his soul to the dark lord of the dead.

The full version of his flight from Dalaran and encounter in Icecrown, where he meets Anub'arak and realizes, too late, the full plans of the Lich King, is told in the short story, The Road to Damnation.

The Lich King was pleased with his latest conscript. He promised Kel'Thuzad immortality and great power in exchange for his loyalty and obedience. Kel'Thuzad, eager for dark knowledge and power, accepted his first great mission: to go into the world of men and found a new religion that would worship the Lich King as a god.

To help the Archmage accomplish his mission, Ner'zhul left Kel'Thuzad's humanity intact. The aged, yet still charismatic wizard was charged with using his powers of illusion and persuasion to lull the downtrodden, disenfranchised masses of Lordaeron into a confidence. Once he had their attention, he would offer them a new vision of what society could be — and a new figurehead to call their king...

Cult Of The Damned: Kel'Thuzad returned to Lordaeron in disguise, and over the span of three years, he used his fortune and intellect to gather a clandestine brotherhood of like-minded men and women. The brotherhood, which he called the Cult of the Damned, promised its acolytes social equality and eternal life on Azeroth in exchange for their service and obedience to Ner'zhul. As the months passed, Kel'Thuzad found many eager volunteers for his new cult amongst the tired, overburdened laborers of Lordaeron. Surprisingly, Kel'Thuzad's goal to pervert the citizens' faith in the Holy Light towards belief in Ner'zhul's dark shadow was easily attained. As the Cult of the Damned grew in size and influence, Kel'Thuzad made sure to keep its workings secret from the authorities of Lordaeron at every turn.

With Kel'Thuzad's success in Lordaeron, the Lich King made the final preparations for his assault against human civilization. Placing his plague energies into a number of portable artifacts called Plague Cauldrons, Ner'zhul ordered Kel'Thuzad to transport the cauldrons to Lordaeron where they would be hidden within various cult-controlled villages. The cauldrons, protected by the loyal cultists, would then act as plague generators, sending the plague seeping out across the unsuspecting farmlands and cities of northern Lordaeron.

The Lich King's plan worked perfectly. Many of Lordaeron's northern villages were contaminated almost immediately. Just as in Northrend, the citizens who contracted the plague died and arose as the Lich King's willing slaves. The cultists under Kel'Thuzad were eager to die and be raised again in their dark lord's service. They exulted in the prospect of immortality through undeath. As the plague spread, more and more feral zombies arose in the northlands. Kel'Thuzad looked upon the Lich King's growing army and named it the Scourge — for soon, it would march upon the gates of Lordaeron and scour humanity from the face of the world.

Comment by 82522

Lore on Kel'Thuzad Cont.

War of the Undead: Kel'Thuzad, upon the Lich King's instruction, oversaw the infection of the small town of Brill where he was discovered by Jaina Proudmoore and Prince Arthas. From there he quickly fled and they followed him back to Andorhal, where he told Arthas of Mal'ganis in Stratholme. Arthas, in a rage, hunted Kel'Thuzad down and killed him, but not before Kel'thuzad told him his death would mean little. But they were not finished yet.

Arthas betrayed his kingdom and become a servant of the Lich King. Kel'Thuzad began to appear to him as a ghostly apparition after his protector, Gavinrad the Dire, was slain by Arthas and Kel'thuzad's remains were reclaimed. He appeared only to Arthas, and told him that he was not to trust the dreadlords, promising to explain all of the Lich King's plans to Arthas once he walked the earth again in Quel'Thalas.

Kel'Thuzad watched over Arthas as he made the slow procession to the Sunwell in Silvermoon against the stratagems of Sylvanas Windrunner. Eventually, Arthas ravaged his way through the two Elfgates and finally laid siege to Silvermoon itself, breaching through to the fabled Sunwell. Arthas placed Kel'thuzad's remains within the well, and with the help of Tichondrius, Kel'Thuzad was reborn into the terrifying form of a lich.

As they traveled to Alterac, Kel'Thuzad explained that the Scourge was merely the harbinger of the Burning Legion, and that he would summon the first of the demons, the eredar warlock Archimonde to the mortal world. After slaying the orcs guarding the Demon Gate, Kel'Thuzad communed with the dark lord who told him that he must go to Dalaran and steal the Book of Medivh.

Contact with ArchimondeAfter Arthas led the attack on Dalaran and killed Antonidas, the book was retrieved and Kel'Thuzad began the lengthy summoning process, with Arthas defending him from the many attacks of Dalaran and the Kirin Tor. When all was complete, Archimonde stepped through the portal and was free to act according to his plans. His first act was to promote Tichondrius to leader of the Scourge, rendering Arthas and Kel'Thuzad of little use. However, Kel'Thuzad, confident in the Lich King's grand design, disappeared amidst the chaos of Dalaran's destruction.

After The War: Kel'Thuzad resurfaced as the Legion raked across the Plaguelands, and in the aftermath of the invasion, he remained in the Capital as one of the Lich King's lieutenants. Arthas had gone to Kalimdor on Ner'zhul's command, and so only Kel'Thuzad and the banshee Sylvanas Windrunner remained in his stead. But they knew that the Legion was defeated long before the Dreadlords who remained in Lordaeron did.

Arthas returned in a fury and chased the dreadlords out of the Capital, and Kel'Thuzad was relieved to see him. With the Legion's generals gone, they turned to the human villages who were escaping to the mountain passes. Kel'Thuzad thought that perhaps they would be a fitting sacrifice to the Lich King. But as they cut a swath through the human forces, Arthas suffered some violent seizures, and Kel'Thuzad considered recalling their forces, but the King forbade it, and they continued on their macabre mission. In the aftermath, Arthas received a vision from Ner'zhul, who told him to return to Northrend. Kel'Thuzad immediately prepared for his departure, but they were abruptly ambushed by the dreadlords, and separated. The dreadlords unleashed their forces against Arthas, but Kel'Thuzad found his own way out of the city.

Kel'Thuzad later came upon Arthas in the clutches of Sylvanas and her wicked banshees. She was about to strike when Kel'Thuzad unleashed his forces against her and her sisters. With the banshees dead, Sylvanas was forced to retreat. Kel'Thuzad escorted Arthas to the shore, where he had prepared a fleet of ships for his departure. Arthas asked Kel'Thuzad, as his most loyal servant and twisted friend, to remain in Lordaeron and ensure that his legacy remain. Kel'Thuzad swore on what was left of his life to carry out that mission at any cost. In the battle that would follow between Sylvanas and the dreadlords, Kel'Thuzad took his forces into hiding, where he would plot his resurfacing into the new powers of the Plaguelands. He now resides in his necropolis Naxxramas, above Stratholme.

All This Leading up to his Wow Encounter.

Comment by danceelf

naxx is moving to northrend i WOTLK

Comment by 94338

His dying comment is:

Do not rejoice... your victory is a hollow one... for I shall return with powers beyond your imagining!

And Naxx is moving in WoTLK so most likely we will fight him again.

Comment by wrongwayassassin

he's still one of the coolest bosses...ever

Comment by 175785

Nihilum can be history to get world first kills at a boss 2 times ^^

Comment by 215932

Can anyone post his sound bytes?

Comment by Vlad

Kel'Thuzad (sounds)

"Prey for mercy!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_AGGRO01.wav")
"Scream your dying breath!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_AGGRO02.wav")
"The end is uppon you!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_AGGRO03.wav")
"Your soul is bound to me now!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_CHAIN01.wav")
"There will be no escape!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_CHAIN02.wav")
"Noargh... do not rejoice! Your victory is a hollow one, for I shall return with powers beyong your imagining!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_DEATH.wav")
"The dark void awaits you!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_SLAY01.wav")
"Hahaha~ hahaha!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_SLAY02.wav")
"Your petty magics are no challenge to the might of the scourge!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_SPEC01.wav")
"Fools! You have spread your powers too thin! Be free my minnions!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_SPEC02.wav")
"Enough, I grow tired of these distractions!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_SPEC03.wav")
"Minnions, servants, soldiers of the cold dark.. obey the call of Kel'Thuzad!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_SUMMON.wav")
"Who dares violate the sanctity of my domain? Be warned! All who trespass here, are doomed!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_TAUNT01.wav")
"Fools! You think yourselves triumphant? You have only taken one step closer, to the abbys!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_TAUNT02.wav")
"I grow tired of these games, proceed and I will banish your soules to oblivion!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_TAUNT03.wav")
"You have no idea what horros lie ahead! You have seen nothing! The frozen heart of Naxxramas awaits you!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_TAUNT04.wav")

Dialog with one of his minnions

"Our preparations continues as planned, master."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_DIALOG01.wav")
"I forsee no complications... wait! What is this?"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_DIALOG03.wav")
"Yes master!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_DIALOG04.wav")
"I will freeze the blood in your veins!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_FROST.wav")
"Master, I require aid!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\KEL_NAXX_HELP.wav")

Comment by Interest

For some reason using multishot or similar attacks that hit mobs in the alcove will cause everything to despawn, forcing the raid to restart the encounter after a couple of minutes.

Edit: This doesn't happen anymore.

Comment by 136555

according to the coin he threw in the Dalaran fountain, he really wants a hug... someone try it.

Comment by xander

This encounter has been reworked for WotLK. Here is what I observed from healing the 10 and 25 player variants. I want to put up preliminary information, so when someone makes a more comprehensive post, vote this one down.

For phase 1, the abominations, skeletons, and banshees remain. The banshees will aoe and knockback the entire raid when they get in range of their primary aggro target. Focus them down when they are up. The adds ramp up as phase 1 nears completion, and there were several adds up when Kel'Thuzad became active.

For phases 2 and 3, Chains of Kel'Thuzad has been removed for KT10 only. He seems to cast aoe frost bolt every 15 seconds or so, and uses frost blast about every 45-60 sec. Spread out throughout the phase to minimize frost blast impact. Because of spreading out, not all healers will have range upon frost blast so NS rotations are not feasible. For the 10 player variant, we had two druids who were able to rejuv the entire raid before each frost blast. This way we could swiftmend/nourish the victims - casting regrowth seemed too sluggish. Do not underestimate the danger of frost blast. I believe we dedicated 1 shaman to raid healing. In 10, detonate mana was of little consequence because we were already spread out. For 25, it was an issue once or twice.

There were two adds when phase 3 started in 10. We found that healing the offtank during phase 3 did not add too much additional stress for healers, until about 3-5 minutes in. It is important to have adequate dps to finish off the boss before the offtank becomes unhealable. In 25, our paladin tank just tanked KT and the adds and lived fine.

We thought the encounter was fun in its current state. The biggest problem we had was failing to spread out for frost blast, and slow heals on frost blast victims.

Edit 4/30/09 -- I think the most dangerous situation in this encounter is when a the melee all get the frost blast (a.k.a. the ice block) because they weren't spread out. I often found that any two aoe heals (wild growth and circle of healing) together can keep almost anyone alive. Tanks are a major exception to this rule - if the melee also get your tank tombed, the tank will need more healing due to higher max health. Normally in my raids two druids wg the melee and they are fine.

Comment by 227387

the description means that kel'thusad is final boss in frostwrym lair

Comment by Replica

Are the tactics same like at lvl 60 Naxxramas or have they changed it somehow?

Comment by blackcrusader

basicly, just addapted to a level 80 group

Comment by Darkomicron

He is very fond of his Cat.

Comment by 254981

In the 10 man ("Normal") version of Naxxramas, he summons two adds, both of which are immune to Shackle.

They do not hit that hard, however, and are easily tanked by the OT with a dedicated healer.

They can be shackled in the 25 man ("Heroic") version.

Comment by 7229

DPS really need to burn on last 40%. We had 2 wipes with OT getting frosted. Kills them in 2-3 seconds. The longer KT is up the more you're rolling the dice you get screwed.

Comment by 262206

For the 10 man fight, very simple but very luck based. Heres how it goes:

Phase 1: Everyone moves to the middle of the room, Kel will not attack and can't be attacked for this period. Waves of undead will come at you from all sides. Ranged go on the Skeletons (1600 hp, 1 hit and dead) and the banshees. It is imperative that the banshees not make it to the groups, however it is not difficult to accomplish. The melee will go on the Abominations. The waves last for 4 and a half minutes. Very simple phase.

Phase 2: The targeted/raid frost bolts dont hurt much, a shaman with frost totem or a pally with frost aura is plenty. Chains isnt used in 10 man. Mana Det isnt much of an issue, just have the ranged stay 10 yards from each other. Shadow fissure is very obvious and very slow to start damaging floor effect. When you see one under you, back out for a few seconds till its gone, and back to your original spot. Only issue with this is when MT gets the Fissure, he needs to rotate around Kel just enough to be outside the Fissure damage zone. Melee must rotate with him. The only remotely dangerous attack is Frost Blast. Wont be used on MT. He will target one random person and insta nuke them with this. 104% of their max life is delt over 5 seconds. Anyone within 10 yards of the target will also take a FB, and it will chain. This is the reason for a max of 4 melee in your raid. Only 4 people can be out of 10 yards of each other and melee Kel Thuzad. Between lag, human response time and the GCD the only heal you really have time for is an instant safely. The target MUST have some kind of healing in 2 seconds or they are dead and you need everyone alive for phase 3 till you out gear the instance. FB can not be bubbled or Ice Blocked out of, so no get out of jail free card for mages and pallies. If your healers are quick enough on FB, this phase is cake. Just conserve mana.

Positioning is absolutely key to this fight at this point. One MT tanks Kel in the middle. Melee is set up in a 4 point diamond around Kel. One melee in each spot at MAX range. If you have 5+ melee in your raid, your best bet is honestly just to have the OT sit in a corner or something. Everyone else should just spread out as much as they can making sure everyone is in heal range, making sure not to stand behind a melee so if he has to back out of a Fissure he can without risking 2 people getting hit with FB at once.

Phase 3: At 40% Kel will yell for help and 2 adds will come. Cant be CC'd in the 10 man version. The OT picks them up and sits on them, they despawn when Kel dies. At this point it becomes a DPS race, but not for the right reasons. The adds do increasing damage over time, and will eventually kill your OT, then wipe your raid. However you can easily beat the timer in heroic blues. The real reason that it becomes a DPS race is Kel can still use FB on your OT! There is no way to prevent it and if it happens its almost a guaranteed wipe. Save your blood lust, wings, IV, etc for this phase. If you luck out and your OT isnt insta-gibbed in the 3-5 FBs you will take in this phase you should be OK.

Kel has higher gear requirements than the rest of the zone, and a very annoying 4 man cap on the melee, but is far from the toughest fight to learn in the instance. Grobb, Heigan and the 4 Horsemen are all tougher fights to learn. If you can do those, you got this guy.

Comment by 258260

especially for paladins Divine Shield doens't help agains the ice block and i guess mages' Ice Block doesn't help to get outta it as well...
P.S. Humas racial working as a pvp trinket(Every Man for Himself) doesn't get u outta iceblock too

Comment by Runawaynow

Soldier of the Frozen Wastes: Casts Dark Blast when it touches an enemy unit causing 1750-2250 shadow damage to the raid and will kill the Soldier itself. Dark Blast is not partially resistible.

In 25 man Naxx, the Dark Blast IS partially resistable.

Comment by 265081

The adds at 40% are IMMUNE to shackle in both 10 man AND 25 man. Don't give out information if you don't know what you're talking about. Try doing the encounter before you post.

Comment by 91656

Fun facts learned from doing this fella last night.

Phase 1 shouldn't be a problem, even if you happen to pull an alcove full of adds. Hunters, make sure your pet is on passive for this. Banshee's should be given high priority as the Wail of Souls can really hurt near then end when/if you have multiple banshee's up.

Phase 2: The Frostbolts really aren't anything to worry about, just heal up. Make sure to sheep/stun the MC'd players. (This is an instant and can't be interrupted). Detonate Mana, it's crucial that if you get this debuff you not be around anyone. (I'm looking at you Retadins). If you wind up with poor timing and get detonated and frostbolted, that could easily put you in the dead category. Watch out for Frost Blast. Frost Blast does 105% of your maximum health as damage, it's mandatory that any player with this debuff get thrown at least one greater heal to survive.

Phase 3: At 40% 4 Guardians of the Icecrown will spawn, these are "nerub" type mobs that are immune to shackle and have the stacking buff mentioned above. We found having our pally tank them was the easiest seeing as if they don't change targets, they don't hit that hard. Just burn Kel'Thuzad, the adds will despawn when he dies.

Good Luck!

Comment by 260714

how hard is killing him on normal and heroic? like the last boss of karazhan in tbc ?

Comment by 179654

I have one question : After Kel'thuzad is killed, how do we exit the instance other than using hearth or mage portals? My raid got stuck inside the zone after the kill... It's kind of annoying!

Comment by 254804

Is it possible for druids to shapeshift out of the mana draining portion of detonate mana?

Comment by 233502

Due to a low populated server I have never attempted this in the 40man version.

My guild have recently merged with another guild for raiding, (another low populated server reason) and we attempted the Heroic version last night. Can be a pain with too much Melee in the heroic version let alone 10man.

I am already aware that paladin's cannot bubble and mage's cannot iceblock out of Frostblast. Hence my username, I am indeed a lock with a tip. I'm affliction spec and rarely use my imp due to commanding shout overtaking bloodpact. In the 10 man version I used my voidwalker instead and another lock laughed it off saying it won't work (he already knew what was intended), I replied "we'll see who has the last laugh".

I can infact tell the locks that Sacrifice does work in the 10man as well as the 25man version. So if you hardly use your pet and are worried about not getting a heal in the heroic one, simply have fun absorbing and wondering why blizz loves us so much.

Comment by Asilya

Tip for the 10 man version (maybe even the 25 man, but we're only at naxx 10 because we miss the player base for 25)

In our setup we have 6dps, 2 tanks and 2 healers...
2 out of 4 dps is melee, being a dk and a pallie...

If your raid would have problems with the ice block assign people to eachother to bandage eachother.

We do it like this, the DK and the pallie, mage and warlock, boomkin and shadow priest, so everyone in the raid has one target they will bandage if he would get iceblocked...

The ot should be healed by the healers if he would get iceblocked during the fight and the 2 healers heal eachother trough iceblock offcourse.

To make this easy you can use macro's like
/target <playername here>
/use Heavy Frostweave Bandage

Or

/target focus
/use Heavy Frostweave Bandage

Assuming you put your focus on your bandage target offcourse.

Note this is only to take the stress away from our healers, as we're using a 2 healer setup, if your guild would be struggling on healing the iceblocks, this migth do the trick..

Comment by 48301

Heroic, we had two tanks kiting the Guardians of the Icecrown. KT cast 'Chains of Kel'Thuzad' on both of these tanks causing a wipe at about 10%.

Comment by 106874

Great we just downed him where is the portal out? WTB Mage... wait we had only melee dps now what?

Comment by 284239

how many people does it need for this raid?

what's the best line-up for this?

Comment by Gershuun

A tip for warlocks who are running low on shards by the time you get through enough Sapphiron + Kel'Thuzad attempts in a night of raiding, is that you can actually farm your shards off of the adds during phase 1.

Comment by Kidvid01

A funny thing happened the other day when we were killing him on heroic. He decided to mind control one of the paladins in the raid, and the paladin died almost immediately. When he looked back through his combat log, he had cast Hand of Sacrifice on Kel'Thuzad. Was pretty funny after the fact, but it doesn't seem like it's really fair. So pallies, burn your HoS, maybe on a Frost Blast victim.

Comment by 195360

I have just tanked Kel'Thuzad in its 10man version. Here's a few tips for the tank:

-Aggro is not a problem, since when the fight begins most of the raid will be killing what's left of the adds and getting into position.

-Make sure everyone spreads out as soon as phase 2 hits, since everyone will be bunched up at the middle from phase 1.

-Wear your Frost Resistance gear from the Sapphiron fight. The regular frostbolts were hitting me for 12-10k, and he will spam them at times, putting some stress on your healers. I wore all 3 frost resistance gear plate pieces, plus the pally aura, for a total of 415 FR, and I fully resisted half the frostbots. The ones I did not resist, I absorbed around 6k damage. This will help out your healers a LOT.

-He hit me for around 5-6k in melee, and pretty slowly, so his melee is not a problem at all.

-You MAY be targetted by a Void Fissure, MOVE out of it and make the other melee adjust. You will not survive it.

Comment by 107659

me and my guild just downed him today after liek 5 tries, every time we got him down to like 1-5% untill kel thought about poping iceblock on the OT tanking the adds and he got owned and was more or less a wipe. i personally think it is a luck battle from 45% down as if your OT get the iceblock while tanking the 2 adds and unless you healers spam him immediatly it is a wipe (in my case)

Comment by 203775

''wear your Frost Resistance gear from the Sapphiron fight. The regular frostbolts were hitting me for 12-10k, and he will spam them at times, putting some stress on your healers. I wore all 3 frost resistance gear plate pieces, plus the pally aura, for a total of 415 FR, and I fully resisted half the frostbots. The ones I did not resist, I absorbed around 6k damage. This will help out your healers a LOT."

Just killed hima nd we took all FR gear off and they hit for 4k max thats bs

Comment by Nitros14

Wowwiki has an updated article for the WOTLK versions, you should port that, this one is way out of date.

Comment by 263003

If anyone is wondering if its possible to do it with 1 tank, then the answer is yes (on normal at least). Tanked all the abbo's in phase one and the 2 adds with KT in phase 3 and it went pretty smooth. Maybe i just had great healers, maybe was good geared (22.7k HP unbuffed), but its doable if DPS dont start wiping at the beginning (we had one down when KT was about 60% HP).

Comment by TMWNN

For the 10 man fight, very simple but very luck based.

Phase 3: At 40% Kel will yell for help and 2 adds will come.

The real reason that it becomes a DPS race is Kel can still use FB on your OT! There is no way to prevent it and if it happens its almost a guaranteed wipe.

I've underlined the reasons why the seemingly-obvious strategy of using an off tank on the Guardians of Icecrown is flawed. The main tank should also tank the adds.

As a tank, my job is to eliminate random chance as a factor in a boss fight as much as possible. That's why I made sure I was uncrittable before entering my first Northrend raid. That's why (as a paladin) I worked so hard to hit 102.4% pre-Wrath of the Lich King. Manageable predictability is always better than significant risk of an unmanageable event.

If the odds were 1%, or even 5%, that the off tank keeping the adds busy would get ice blocked during the fight, the risk would be acceptable. But in a fight in which the adds appear when the boss is still at 40% health, and every 45-60 seconds there is a 11% (1/9) chance that the off tank is ice blocked, likely killing him (due to the sudden Frost Blast damage on top of the adds' attacks) and, at the least, certainly causing the adds to run rampant? Unacceptable. Having the main tank also handle the adds eliminates this risk. There is no net increased healing pressure, overall; if anything, healers become more efficient because a) there's only one tank and b) there is less overhealing.

What should the off tank do, instead? If there's room around the boss for another melee, he should stay second on Kel'Thuzad and the adds' threat tables, in case the main tank gets killed. If there's no room, he should find a quiet corner, stay alive (if druid or paladin, help heal), and be prepared to jump into the fight.

Comment by Whiterea

Kel'Thuzad cackles maniacally.

Comment by 184400

Well, despite what I've found said in most tactics, the Chains of Kel'thuzad targets CAN BE immune to polymorph depending on what they are. For instance... our resto druid. He was immune to polymorph, but could be banished. So, it's a good idea to have somebody who has alternative methods than just polymorph, like stuns and fears(since I doubt assigning a Banish-er would be worth anyones time).

Comment by OpticalRofl

/hug

P.S.i found your coin.

Comment by 307960

Have any hunters tried keeping a freezing trap down and standing on top of it during the 25 man? I would think that you should be able to pretty effectively cc yourself if you should get mind controlled using this method. I haven't done 25 man yet and was wondering if this would be effective.

Comment by 313897

Apparently... This guy wants a hug.

Comment by Onzka

Altho i'm pretty damn sure that phase 3 begins at 45%. Correct me if I am wrong. :) Just correcting wowhead i think there's 45% on the strategies on last comment page too :)

Comment by Teshiruu

Am I the only one that noticed that in Northrend, once again, his phylactory goes undestroyed?

I get the impression that this, as before, isn't the last time we'll be seeing our jolly old lich friend.

Comment by Drogba

Possible Bug? Tonight we did KT and the Main tank died to Shadow fissure while tanking him, Even though she died, KT still target her while she is dead constantly.

Comment by Spazmoose

The greater heal can wait. As soon you see the debuff pop up on someone, throw your fastest heal on them, preferably an instant one.

Tresjin is absolutely correct here. Greater heals will take too long to cast, and the person will end up dead before you land the heal (the Frost Blast, a.k.a. ice block, does the 104% damage in 4 seconds).

As a holy priest, I have noticed that PW: Shield helps immensely on this fight when people get frost blast, especially if you have the glyph to add a healing effect to the PW: Shield. It will not only throw an instant heal on the target, but it does stop some of the damage. My strategy is to throw a quick shield, then flash heal. Since using that method, I have had very few people die to the frost blast (unless multiple people get hit).

Comment by 124694

It is possible to cause an evade bug on Kel'Thuzad if you move him around his throne too much. Best to follow the advice in the other comments and get him to the middle of the room quickly.

On 10-man, we have our tank usually hold him right in front of the throne so we don't have as much movement. On one attempt, the tank charged almost instantly and turned him around, causing the tank to stand pretty much on the throne. Then when a shadow fissure came and the Main Tank had to move, Kel'Thuzad moved onto the edge of the small ramp before the throne. The next shadow fissure, the tank moved and Kel'Thuzad couldn't follow and melee any more, so he evaded and went to 100% health.

We tried to keep going because it was a solid attempt (healers were at full mana, Phase 2 hadn't started), but KT would periodically evade more with no tank movement. We all ran to his portcullis and he despawned after attempting to assassinate a few people with frost bolts.

A few minutes later, he reappeared and we downed him. It was an amusing combat log with 2 million damage done and no player deaths and no boss deaths.

Comment by 144140

There is nothing mentioned about an aggro reset, however on multiple occasions when our guild's tanks - including myself- have been tanking him, he's randomly run off to oneshot clothies (who have and are low on omen.) And no the tanks didn't get mc'd or frostblasted.

One of these seemed to coincide with phase 3 but im not sure if it's just random as they also happened before.

Something for your tanks to watch out for anyways.

Comment by Thrizie

He made me use hand of sacrifice on him and my guild proceded to tear me to pieces in seconds :(

Comment by 291866

Blood Stained Savages of Dragonblight... our second group had some funtime, people had never done this fight before, and it was a laugh.

This is what happened when we downed him (from the perspective of a healer):

1st phase is easy, 1 person dies, we are still doing good DPS and such, all good. 2nd phase, pretty easy, no one dies.

THEN, the 3rd phase...

Adds come, OT picks them up, gets a frostblast to the face, dies, MT picks him up. Melee are in chaos, not in the right position, this does not bode well. I get frostblasted, our 1 other healer has his hand stuck in a pringles tube or something, I die. Luckily he is a druid, I get a battle ress. Innervated, I'm OK again, we continue. At 10%, the melee are in the wrong position, they ALL get frostblasted, INCLUDING the MT. We heal him through all that, melee (3 DPSers) die. Then druid dies from frostblast, tells me to keep on healing the MT, I'm the only person healing, ouchies. MT dies because of 300% damage buffed adds or summat, KT and co run wild. We all die, shammy ankhs, 10k crit with lava burst, we loot.

Long and short of it is, BSS are imba, Shamans are imba, I get heart attacks while raiding, Vent CAN deafen, and KT is bloody hard boss!

:)

No, that was NOT made up, really.

Comment by 195360

A little additional tip for 25man. My guild downed him today. We had 4 tanks: One MT, 2 OTs for the adds, and one backup tank in case an OT died (me).

There's a strat that proves very useful:
Taking into account that Kel'Thuzad is going to be tanked in the middle circle of the room for maximum space efficiency, have your backup tank standing on Kel'Thuzad's throne. Once the adds spawn, the OTs pick them up and bring them to the sides of the throne, left and right, keeping the distance from each other as to not chain frost blasts.

With this formation, if an OT gets forstblasted or mind controlled, the backup tank can Immediatly TAUNT or AoE aggro the adds on the affected tank, immediatly popping defensive cooldowns, such as Shield Wall, giving the healers time to heal the OT. Most healers would agree that healing the offtank through adds AND a frost blast is nearly impossible.

This strategy can work wonders, and it only involves the backup tank having his finger ready to press the TAUNT button.

Comment by mrlag

with patch 3.1.0 Chains of Kel'Thuzad no longer wipes all threat

Comment by rzzr

He is not very pet friendly, at least to my dino! I noticed that my pet just had to be close to a shadow fissure to die! I am not sure if maybe he touched it with his tail but this happened more than once. Best to act on the safe side and recall your pet if they are next to a fissure, once it errupts send the pet back in again. Could be my dino has a big hit box :(

Comment by 143112

Tips for those attempting an Immortal run-

The one thing likely to kill you (and that has shamefully been ending our attempts at a server first Immortal achievement) is an almost inevitable aggro pull after the mind-control.

In many cases Kel'Thuzad will frost-bolt right after the mind control. Whether a mage has a huge crit, a warlocks DoTs tick, or a Holy Light nails someone for 20k, someone is likely to pull aggro. A good idea is to have anyone with interrupt abilities (Shaman, Rogues, Warriors, Warlock pet macros, even Mages) tick on KT after his MC cooldown timer is up and wait to cast their interrupts when he targets someone and starts a frostbolt. Make sure to stop using these abilities shortly before the MC cooldown is up to make sure they are off of their cooldown. In the 2-4 seconds spent interrupting these frost bolts, the tank should likely be able to regain control of the boss.

This is only important for those trying to get Heroic: Glory of the Raider before 3.1 comes out and they remove the special mounts from the game. Good luck to all!

Comment by Laila

Amazed this hasn't been mentioned, but the Frostbolt and the Frostbolt Volley are directly related.

When he casts Frostbolt, if you interrupt it, that's it, he'll simply wait and try to cast it again.

If you do not interrupt Frostbolt, he will immediately follow it with Frostbolt Volley.

Comment by rzzr

Useful tip. If you have Deadly Boss Mods installed type /range and it will show you any player within 10 yards. This is handy as you need to be 10 yards appart when he does Denonate Mana and Frost Blast

Comment by jostler

Is it possible for a Fury warrior to use Heroic Fury to get out of KT's MC spell Chains of Kel'Thuzad ?

Comment by blaumeux

just something for the DPS DK watch out for if you get MC make sure that you arent in frost presence , happens me all the time when i get MC it goes frost presence. or else you aggro KT and may cause some problems

Comment by 299213

I think it can be said without Disagreements on first attempts

This boss is a MAJOR CLUSTER*!@#

Comment by 322625

Poor, poor Kel'thuzad, all those years of being a very successful evil-doer and now he gets the same treatment as Kael'thas; spawned again as nothing more than the first raid encounter of WotLK. I was half expecting him to say something like, "Level 60 Naxx was merely a setback!" And his new voice actor simply must be bipolar, I mean like halfway through his lines it sounds like he forgot what he was saying and switches the mood entirely, more annoying than chilling if you ask me. I suppose speaking as though he had throat cancer and being nerfed out of his skeletal arse is what he meant back in 60 Naxx when he promised to return more "powerful" than ever before...I guess he was right about me not rejoicing after all...<Rant off>

Comment by sneaky7

After defeating Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas on 80 level, i think, you still shouldn't say "goodbye" to him. I am almost 100% sure we will confront him once again, probably in Arthas lair... His phylactery didn't drop from him this time, means he had hidden it somewhere else.
And also you probably noticed that Kel'Thuzad's voice is different in WotLK, even though his phrases are all the same. Why would Blizzard hire a new actor for this? Most probably we will be hearing from this guy once again some time later.

Comment by 113855

One thing I noticed about this encounter.

In original 40-man Naxx, when Kel'thuzad dies, you can loot his Phylactery, an item required by lore to be destroyed if a lich is to die. If you kill a lich and don't smash his phylactery, he can simply resurrect.

His phylactery never appears in Wrath...

Are we looking at Kael'thas 2.0 here? Will KT be starring in his own 5-man or perhaps as a boss encounter in Icecrown?

"Naxxramas was merely a setback! ...twice."

Comment by Urzu8

Heres what i want to know, how do you leave the instance after you defeat KT?

Comment by 333061

Really, we tried with 7 people( 2 pala tanks, 2 dps warrior, 1 holy pala, 1 holy pri and a hunter) and downed him to %7, but we were wiped. I and priest was OoM at that time, plus KT frost bolted the priest 2 times in a row and my mana therefore quickly ran out. Well, at least it was fun trying it :P

Comment by 83968

I was just curious if a shadow priest's Silence could interrupt the frost bolts. Obviously he wouldn't be silenced afterward, but could it still interrupt the current cast?

Comment by 285306

"Frost Blast ................. Cannot be used on the Main Tank."

It's wrong.

I just tanked KT in 10man and after changed position cause of the Shadow Fissure, I got hit with Frost Blast and we wiped.

(Sorry for any grammar mistakes)

edit: typos

I see somebody downrated it but then tell me why is my post wrong, please

Comment by mannaroth

Does anyone know if Pain Suppresion works to save someone with frost blast?

And I wasn't aware his mind control had a cooldown timer - what is it? I thought it was totally random (We've had a fight with 0 mind controls before)

Comment by wingsofscion

As a warrior MT for Kel'Thuzad on 10-man, this is a ridiculously easy fight.

Make sure that you are helping DPS down the Abominations in Phase 1.
Make sure that when abominations aren't up, you're at least shooting the banshees.
Pick up KT when he breaks.
Move when you get a void zone, but make sure your melee know you're doing so.
Interrupt Frostbolts; Shield Bash should be off cooldown for at least every other Frostbolt.

The one time I had the opportunity to do KT, though, we had our healers always make sure to save their HoTs for whoever was frost blasted. With a priest healer and a shaman healer, it was cake; the shaman would Riptide only the frostblasted, and the priest would toss Renew. The biggest difficulty is running heavy melee dps because you don't want to risk your tank getting frostblasted because melee don't know how to rotate with KT.

Comment by 169039

I cannot stress how important it is to keep your distance from other raid members, especially in heroic mode. My guild made it Kel'Tuzad's final 10% health with about six people still alive. Half of them got too close to each other and the healers couldn't keep up, and all of them were killed in the final ice block. The raid ended up wiping with Kel'Thuzad at 726 health.

You will have nightmares for years if you don't keep your distance. 726 will haunt me forever.

Comment by 146819

I have a question about Chains of Kel'thuzad (mind control spell).

Is it breakable with items and abilities that remove Charm effects, like WotF or Lichborne?

Comment by Marconia

A note to mages: Do not use Mirror Image during phase 1. More than once, I've had the images go after the mobs on the outside of the room, aggroing many, many more than necessary.

Comment by 199579

the shadow fissure has a 100% kill chance, on leather is hits for 120k, lol

Comment by 327430

how many tier 7 tokens does a boss drop each?

Comment by Amdoravel

im sure u all dont want to hear a good word about dks but.... if u happen to have a dk in ure group with rune tap and the glyph of rune tap its a instant heal that will heal 4 people that need it the most weather party or raid.... i pop this every time he casts frost blast and it will def save them from the frost blast with a 10% heal but they will need additional healing afterward to prevent a frost bolt volley from killing them

Comment by 237317

Does Kel'Thuzad still drop the Staff Head of Atiesh for those who have the quest, or has that drop been completely removed?

Comment by 352871

If you'd ever wonder why KT doesn't drop any boots, he doesn't even have feet himself.. Or should I say itself?

Comment by 144140

Btw, if you have a dk tank, make them use death grip on an abomination, it's very funny :D.

Comment by 100554

ok. lots of strategies here, but heres one thats quick and easy. phase 1 is the add phase. Banshees need to die first, then skeletons, with the abominations killed last. when KT becomes active tank needs to pick him up (duh). melee DPS need to be at max melee range and not too close to each other as KT will freeze a party member and anyone too close to them. whoever is frozen needs to be CONSTANTLY overhealed untill unfrozen. his frostbolts need to be inturrupted. Shammy and DK using mind freeze alternating for this works for us. 2 DKs would work too. STAY OUT OF RED RINGS. AoE heals need to be focused as he does a frost bolt volley. KT will spawn larger adds. the OT is DPSing up to this point. when the new adds come out OT needs to grab them and take them away from raid. MT is still on KT. 1 healer needs to be assigned to OT and 1 to MT with both watching the raid. dps STAYS ON KT pay no attention to the adds guys. just rinse and repeat till hes dead =D

Comment by 394063

Can anyone else see all the bosses of Naxxramas sitting around a table and talking like the Legion of Doom?

Comment by 346214

Naxxramas was merely a setba- oh wait...

Comment by 414781

Kel Thuzad is the last boss in naxxramas after you have killed all of the bosses in each wing and pass Saphiron you shall face the legendary Kel Thuzad.
He is the most powerfull boss in the naxx,because he calls out Patchework golems,spirits and skeletons.
But on the brite side Kel Thuzad has the lowest HP than any other boss on naxxramass

Comment by 365412

Those are the sound effects for 40 man KT, these are the ones for Wrath:

"Prey for mercy!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_AGGRO01.wav")

"Scream your dying breath!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_AGGRO02.wav")

"The end is upon you!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_AGGRO03.wav")

"Your soul is bound to me now!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_CHAINability01.wav")

"There will be no escape!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_CHAINability02.wav")

"Noargh... do not rejoice! Your victory is a hollow one, for I shall return with powers beyond your imagining!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_DEATH01.wav")

"The dark void awaits you!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_SLAY01.wav")

"Hahaha~ hahaha!" (I think this is unused and they kept the old laugh)
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_SLAY02.wav")

"Your petty magics are no challenge to the might of the scourge!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_SPECial01.wav")

"Fools! You have spread your powers too thin! Be free my minions!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_SPECial02.wav")

"Enough, I grow tired of these distractions!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_SPECial03.wav")

"Minions, servants, soldiers of the cold dark.. obey the call of Kel'Thuzad!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_SUMMONminions.wav")

"Who dares violate the sanctity of my domain? Be warned! All who trespass here, are doomed!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_TAUNTfirstwing.wav")

"Fools! You think yourselves triumphant? You have only taken one step closer, to the abyss!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_TAUNTsecondwing.wav")

"I grow tired of these games, proceed and I will banish your souls to oblivion!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_TAUNTthirdwing.wav")

"You have no idea what horrors lie ahead! You have seen nothing! The frozen heart of Naxxramas awaits you!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_TAUNTfourthwing.wav")

Something in the conversation with the Lich King
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_DIALOGue01.wav")

"Yes, master, the time of their ultimate demise grows close. What is this?"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_DIALOGue02.wav")

"As you command, master."
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_DIALOGue03.wav")

"I will freeze the blood in your veins!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_FROSTattack.wav")

"Master, I require aid!"
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_requestaid.wav")

The Mr. Bigglesworth quote
/run PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\Kelthuzad\\NA_kelthuzad_bigglesworthdies.wav")

Comment by 376704

I should mention that it's possible to tank both frost lords and Kel in phase three -if- your OT is on the ball, at least on 10 man. We managed to still kill him while our OT tanked all three, just as a backup if your MT manages to get killed by some fluke.

Comment by 374595

The Alliance warlock tier 9 set is named in remembrance of Kel'Thuzad.

Comment by Bmonkey

This fight is very easy....

1) Mobs will come at u from all sides but in turns so u have plenty of time to kill them, the skeletons can be one shotted, the abominations can be killed quickly before they reach the raid. the banshees attack from range.

2) When kelth engages the raid, look around to make sure all mobs are dead, then find a spot where u are atleast 10 yrds from anyone else in ur raid(mainly applies for range dps and heals).

3) Big beetles will then spawn and the ot should go and pick them, u only need one healer on ot as the bugs arnt a huge problem, about 4 spawn in heroic, and i think 2 in normal. Dps keep dpsing kelth, soon he will die and lootz will br urs :).

Comment by 433056

Just a tip for the priests. When Kel'thuzad is at or below 5% health, burn your guardian angel! We had one of our holy priests mind controlled and he threw guardian angel on Kel'thuzad in the last second. We still downed him, but we were pretty shocked to find that he was suddenly at 50% health instead of 0%.

(Might have been fixed since then though)

Comment by 423387

First defeated by Nihilum on the 7th of September, 2006.

Comment by 436655

looks hard i never got to do nax looks fun im looking forwered too it :D

Comment by 291438

jesus christ i scrolled down to make a comment and i was like

wtf is with all these text-wall comments?

Comment by theforgotten

Let this brood in your mind a bit.

When Naxx was first released, we killed him and took his phylactery(Spellcheck?) Somehow got stolen and he came back stronger.

Problem here is...We didn't even bother to take it this time....Oh dear. We might have an even stronger Kel.

Also, having two rogues on kick rotations wakes the FB interrupt a breeze. our healers thanked us

Comment by desertxsnow

Apparently, there is now/soon to be a "Lil' KT." It looks to be adorable as all get up and go to me. As of the day of 3.2.2 release, it is still unknown where he drops, much less a drop rate. Figuring/Hoping he'd drop from KT himself, giving a reason for doing Naxx again other than for badges for some. Good luck/Congratulations to finding & getting him where ever he is attained.

(I would post on his item himself, but currently, WoWhead does not have an item for him, and might as well let people know of him here.)

Comment by biogoo

Comment by Allakhazam

Our guild downed him today!
Loot: Soulseeker, Might of Menethil and Frostfire Ring. :)

Edited, Sep 22nd 2006 at 10:06am EDT by Skelic

Comment by Allakhazam

Our guild downed him today!
Loot: Soulseeker, Might of Menethil and Frostfire Ring. :)

Very nice loot if itaybarr's post is correct.

Hunter Buffs - Auras and Buffs Will Properly Apply to Ranged Attack Power in WoW Classic Phase 6
Posted by perculia | Wowhead Forums

Many helpful auras and buffs that improve Attack Power will properly apply to Ranged Attack Power in WoW Classic Phase 6, making Hunters more viable!

With this change, World Buffs like Fengus' Ferocity and Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer will benefit Hunters, as well as the AP from the Shaman set bonus Totemic Power and Paladin set bonus Holy Power, which both increase Attack Power by 140. While this is listed under the bugfix section of the patch notes, it's worth highlighting that this was never fixed in vanilla WoW.

Phase 6 also fixes , a bug that was documented in vanilla but not fixed until Burning Crusade. With both of these changes, we have to wonder if Classic Burning Crusade is on the way, leading Blizzard to depart from #nochanges to improve the game in future content patches.

WOW CLASSIC 1.13.6 PTR PATCH NOTES (Phase 6)
Posted by Kaivax | Community Manager | Blizzard Forums | 2020-10-07

The next version of WoW Classic is now available for testing on the Public Test Realm (PTR).

Naxxramas

Floating above the Plaguelands, the necropolis known as Naxxramas serves as the seat of one of the Lich King’s most powerful officers, the dreaded lich Kel'Thuzad. Horrors of the past and new terrors yet to be unleashed are gathering inside the necropolis as the Lich King’s servants prepare their assault. The Scourge marches again…

Please note: Raid testing in this PTR will be available only at designated times.

Items and Content

This patch includes the following new pursuits:

Being exalted with your Warsong Gulch faction now offers epic-quality leg gear.
Crafted nature resist pieces are now available with Cenarion Circle reputation.
Nature resist enchants for leg and head gear are now available from Zul'Gurub.
Several skill books for new skill ranks (, , , Conjure Food, , ) are obtainable.
There are now PvP objectives in Silithus and Eastern Plaguelands.
Band of Cenarius is available from A Humble Offering. (Corrected) ~~An Epic nature resist ring is available from a quest to kill an Elemental Lord in Cenarion Hold.~~
The Argent Dawn token system offers a way for players to earn gear by turning in components at Light’s Hope Chapel.

Please note: The release of some items above may come before or after this patch.

Bug Fixes

Many helpful auras and buffs that improve Attack Power now properly apply to Ranged Attack Power.

Developers’ notes: This was an issue that was the result of a technical limitation in original World of Warcraft that was fixed in later updates to the game. During internal testing we discovered that this issue also affected the Paladin and Shaman 6-piece Tier 3 set bonuses, and in fixing that, we decided to also fix it in many other situations where buffs and auras should affect Ranged Attack Power.

Resolved an issue that caused the Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether to sometimes stop functioning for Priests talented into Spirit of Redemption after logging out and back into the game with the trinket equipped.
Resolved an issue that caused the Shaman talent to not apply its damage improvements to other players in the Shaman’s party.

Developers’ notes: This talent was introduced late in original World of Warcraft and behaved in this unintended way until the beginning of Burning Crusade. It was considered a bug at that time, and will now be resolved here, as was originally intended.

Fixed some terrain exploits in Booty Bay that allowed players to grief players arriving or leaving via Flight Masters with no fear of reprisal from guards or other players.
Resolved an issue that caused the Mail recipient auto-complete filter to behave in a frustrating way when attempting to send a mail to someone who shares a similar name with a member of your current guild.
Stabling a pet with active no longer prevents other pets with from using the same ability.
Resolved an issue that caused a Hunter’s Auto Shot ability to occasionally experience a slight delay on recast if its cast was interrupted by .

Additional bug fixes will be added in future builds of the 1.13.6 PTR. Please use the in-game bug report tool for any issues you encounter, and thank you for testing with us!

WOWHEAD POST https://www.wowhead.com/cata/news=318385/hunter-buffs-auras-and-buffs-will-properly-apply-to-ranged-attack-power-in-wow-c#p4577583
BLIZZARD POST https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-classic-1136-ptr-patch-notes/667443

Comment by Rothia

TRACKING THE FIRST WOW CLASSIC NAXXRAMAS KILLS
Posted by Kaivax | Community Manager | Blizzard Forums | 2020-12-04

We’ve really enjoyed following along as the first guilds in the world completed each wing of Naxxramas, and then the final bosses.
Here’s what we’ve seen so far:

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Guild	Realm	Region	Time

The Plague Wing: Loatheb
1.	Rise	Netherwind	Americas	(2:13:39 PM PST)
2.	Bunnings Warehouse	Arugal	Oceania	(2:14:13 PM PST)
3.	gusy	Golemagg	EU	(2:14:14 PM PST)
4.	Risen	Whitemane	Americas	(2:15:01 PM PST)
5.	Quasar	Noggenfogger	EU	(2:16:36 PM PST)


The Spider Wing: Maexxna
1.	Innuendo	Razorgore	EU	(2:20:53 PM PST)
2.	APES	Gehennas	EU	(2:21:34 PM PST)
3.	Storm	Herod	Americas	(2:22:20 PM PST)
4.	JP	Firemaw	EU	(2:23:23 PM PST)
5.	举杯邀月	Dagger Hills	China	(2:24:29 PM PST)


The Abomination Wing: Thaddius
1.	Progress	Firemaw	EU	(2:21:32 PM PST)
2.	Onslaught	Skeram	Americas	(2:21:49 PM PST)
3.	Fully Rested	Pagle	Americas	(2:23:53 PM PST)
4.	Noobs	Huhuran	China	(2:24:38 PM PST)
4.	Эксодус	Chromie	Russia	(2:24:38 PM PST)


The Deathknight Wing: The Four Horsemen
1.	Rampage	Fairbanks	Americas	(2:42:37 PM PST)
2.	Progress	Firemaw	EU	(2:43:39 PM PST)
3.	《韶光》	Ouro	China	(3:02:39 PM PST)
4.	Rise	Netherwind	Americas	(3:02:51 PM PST)
5.	oWN	Arugal	Oceania	(3:11:06 PM PST)


Frostwyrm Lair: Sapphiron
1.	Progress	Firemaw	EU	(3:16:34 PM PST)
2.	Tribe	Sulfuron	EU	(3:42:00 PM PST)
3.	Onslaught	Skeram	Americas	(3:45:20 PM PST)


Frostwyrm Lair: Kel'Thuzad
1.	Progress	Firemaw	EU	(3:26:49 PM PST)
2.	Tribe	Sulfuron	EU	(3:53:34 PM PST)
3.	Onslaught	Skeram	Americas	(3:55:41 PM PST)

Well done!

BLIZZARD POST: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/tracking-the-first-wow-classic-naxxramas-kills/754613

Comment by metroboomkin

The guild Purpose just downed Kel'Thuzad with zero deaths on HC server Defias Pillager

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Kel'Thuzad

This NPC can be found in Naxxramas .

NaxxramasThe Arachnid QuarterAnub'RekhanGrand Widow FaerlinaMaexxnaThe Plague QuarterNoth the PlaguebringerHeigan the UncleanLoathebThe Military QuarterInstructor RazuviousGothik the HarvesterThe Four HorsemenThe Construct QuarterPatchwerkGrobbulusGluthThaddiusFrostwyrm LairSapphironKel'ThuzadKel'ThuzadNaxxramasCommander Eligor Dawnbringer

He serves the Lich King without question, a necromancer of great prowess in life, turned to a master of necromancy after his death. It is said he is the most loyal of the Lich King's subjects.

OverviewAbilities

Phase 1: Add Phase
During this Phase, Kel'thuzad will not be targetable. Soldiers of the Frozen Wastes (skeletons), Unstoppable Abominations (abominations) and Soul Weavers (banshees) will spawn instead. This Phase will last 3 minutes and 48 seconds.

Soldier of the Frozen Wastes - 71 of those will spawn during Phase 1. They have a 2,500 (25 Player: 4,000) hit points, slow movement speed, but will cast Dark Blast on any target in melee range. Dark Blast will instantly kill the skeleton and inflict 3,063 to 3,937 (25 Player: 4,375 to 5,625) Shadow damage to nearby players.

Unstoppable Abomination - 8 of those will spawn during Phase 1. They have ~75,000 (25 Player: ~190,000) hit points, don't hit too hard, but may apply a stacking Mortal Wound debuff, which decreases healing received by 10% per application.

Soul Weaver - 8 of those will spawn during Phase 1. They have ~55,000 (25 Player: 130,000) hit points, and move very slowly, but will cast Wail of Souls if their primary aggro holder is in melee range. The spell knocks up to three players 30 yards back and inflicts 4,250 to 5,750 (25 Player: 6,375 to 8,625) Shadow damage.

Phase 2

Frostbolt (Single) - A 2-second cast Frost Bolt, that hits Kel'Thuzad's target for 10,063 to 12,937 (25 Player: 29,250 to 30,750) partially resistible Frost damage.

Frostbolt (Volley) - An instant Frost Bolt Volley, that hits everybody in the raid for 4,500 to 5,500 (25 Player: 7,200 to 8,800) fully resistable Frost damage.

Shadow Fissure - Summons a Shadow Fissure underneath a random player. The fissure will stay inactive for about 3 seconds, after which it will become a beam of purple energy, instantly killing the player if they remain in it.

Detonate Mana - A debuff placed randomly on mana users. After 5 seconds, it will deal AoE damage based on maximum mana, to nearby players.

Frost Blast - Throughout the fight, Kel'Thuzad will freeze a player (and their nearby allies, if within 10 yards) in an Ice Block. The spell will damage the players for 26% of their maximum health every 1 second, for 4 seconds, adding up to 104% of the players' maximum hit points. Affected players will need to receive very quick heals, or they will die.

Chains of Kel'Thuzad (25 Player) - Kel'Thuzad will randomly Mind Control up to 3 players, increasing their size and damage by 200%. Enslaved players will also turn red, making them easy to spot. They will try to buff and heal (at +500% efficiency) Kel'Thuzad, and should be CC'd as quickly as possible. This effect lasts 20 seconds, and wipes all threat.

Phase 325 Player: 4

Guardian of Icecrown - The high amount of hit points those adds will have requires Off-tanks to hold them, while the raid finishes Kel'Thuzad. The Guardians cast stackable Blood Tap, which increases their damage by 15% per application.

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