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Comment by 677326

Completed this on 10 man tonight. We actually downed this on the second try with 8 players. This is two heal-able and only requires one tank. The fight is complex but once the mechanics are understood it is one of the easiest fights to complete.

In summary:
1. Stack at start of fight on tank and keep stacking to share dmg
2. Annihilate - run through the boss and avoid frontal cone!
3. Marching orders - goon wall, avoid it
4. Maddening shout - stack
5. Pillage - spread
6. Volley - run thru boss to avoid cone attack
7. Stay out of shiny
8. Interrupt rotation if the boss casts a spell
9. Avoid stuff on the ground.
10. Undying shadows, move fast and kite/kill.

We hit the enrage timer due to the lost DPS at the start, but the tank ended up kiting him around the room while everyone else interrupted/DPS'd down the last boss to success. Thus, I would recommend setting at least two on interrupt duty.

Here is a good link to some DoubleDragon videos we watched prior to doing it, that were very helpful: http://www.wowpedia.org/The_Spirit_Kings

Comment by 1008790

This was way we dealt with the Spirit Kings in our 10 man raid:

We used 1 tank, 2 healers and 7 damage dealer.

Since you encounter the Spirit Kings in a random order, you might want to alternate your tactics by some degree.

Every King has a set of abilities, he uses since the moment he becomes active. And he keeps using one of them after being defeated.

Qiang the Merciless
1. He calls for Flanking Orders every 40 seconds while alive and every 75 seconds while defeated. When this event occurs a group of mogu warriors will move in a direct path from one end to the other end of the room.
2. Massive Attacks is a frontal cone attack he uses in very short intervalls. It's damage is split by the number of targets hit. Make sure all raids members are being hit, otherwise Quiang oneshots people very fast.
3. Annihilate is another frontal cone attack but make sure that no one gets hit because it's doing high damage but not splitting like ability 2. It's cone is indicated by clouds of dust.
Stack together and have your tank coordinating the group. Everyone has to stand inside the tank, so he is the one to announce in which direction he dodges Flanking Orders, Annihilate or any other ability from the defeated kings which has to be avoided.
Group heal is needed, Conductivity can really help out, if healers are having mana issues with this fight.
Meng the Demented
Meng is a tricky one. He has two stances with increasing strength as his insanity increases. After reaching 100% insanity he switches the stance and starts again with an empty bar.
1. Crazed is the stance he deals increased damage. Prepare to heal your tank after insanity reaches futher than 60%.
2. While being affected by Cowardice, Meng acts like being feared by a warlock, running slowly through the room, but reflecting damage as insanity increases. As soon as insanity reaches 60% a damage stop is needed to preserve healer's mana.
In addition to that he has two active abilities:
1. Maddening Shout allowing you to deal damage to your raidmembers and also applies a damage over time effect, which is dispelled after receiving a set amount of damage (40,000 in 10 man). He keeps this ability after being defeated.
2. Crazy Thought is a 2 second cast, increasing Meng's insanity by 10.
Make sure to stack again, in order of breaking the effects of Maddening Shout very fast with area of effect attacks like Arcane Explosion. Those spells should not have any secondary effects.
The other aspect of dealing with the mad king is knowing how to interrupt his Crazy Thought spell. As a rule of thumb, after reaching 60% you do not want to interrupt anymore in order to pass this phase as quick as possible.
Make sure to have a damage stop at 60% insanity while Meng is affected by Cowardice in order to preserve healers' mana.
Zian of the Endless Shadow
1. He uses Undying Shadows to summon small orbs, looking like a purple skull, which fixate to a randomly chosen player. After being killed they form a voidzone, which shrinks till the Undying Shadow is reborn after 30 seconds. This time it chooses the closes player standing to the voidzone while it respawns as target for fixate. Those targets have low HP but deal a high amount of shadow damage to close players. He retains this ability after being defeated.
2. Charged Shadows is like a shadow version of chain lightning, but dealing the same amount of damage to every target. It's jumping range is 8 yards.
3. Shadow Blast is a debuff dealing a good amount of shadow damage to all targets within 8 yards.
Make sure to spread out the raid to prevent his abilities from dealing damage to more than one player.
The ones fixiated by Undying Shadows should kite it to the wall and make sure it gets killed there by ranged dps. It is tempting to deal damage as soon as possible, but this causes trouble with the void zones. Assign a "volunteer" to stand close to those void zones, to deal with the respawning adds.
Subetai the Swift
1. He uses Pillage to deal damage in a random area and applies a healing and armor reduction debuff to all targets hit by this ability. He uses this ability after being defeated.
2. He shoots a large Volley dealing small damage in a wide cone, followed by Volley dealing damage in a medium cone, finished by Volley which is a single shot, which can oneshot players.
3. Rain of Arrows choose a random target and pinning every player within 8 yards of the target down. Those pinned down players are unable to do any actions untill the arrows are killed. (One arrow per target hit)
Dealing with the pillager is pretty simple. Spread the raid prevents him hitting more than one target with Rain of Arrows. Targets affected by Rain of Arrows have to be freed asap!
Everything else is just dodging his cone attack and his Pillage, as well as the other kings' abilities.

Since the order in which you have to fight those kings is randomly chosen, you have to watch out for the abilities of the defeated kings and adapt to them, while killing the active one. Therefore I just mentioned the abilities of the active one, since the combinations which are possible would be too many.

The abilities which the kings use after being defeated are:

Flanking Orders (Qiang the Merciless)
Maddening Shout (Meng the Demented)
Undying Shadows (Zian of the Endless Shadow)
Pillage (Subetai the Swift)

Here is a video showing how my guild dealt with the bossmechanics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUo_ZVz8h4&feature=bf_next&list=PLHs1z6wAbUQDtrnOqLC6ggsBqTuMn2qKG
We had the order:

Qiang the Merciless
Zian of the Endless Shadow
Subetai the Swift
Meng the Demented

And notice that this video is showing how Qiang is pulled wrong.

Additions in heroic

At 30%HP the next King will spawn, so you have to fight two kings at the same time during the transitions.
The order is fixed to:
1. Qiang the Merciless
2. Subetai the Swift
3. Zian of the Endless Shadow
4. Meng the Demented
Each King gains a new ability that works as a self buff:
Impervious Shield makes Qiang immune to damage, dispells all debuffs and makes him attack for each hostile action that is dealt to him. (only dispellable with Mass Dispel)
Subetai does a debuff that reduces damage and healing done and armor value by 50% while affected by Sleight of Hand. If he is stunned the debuff will not be applied. Ranged DD have to watch out with slow flying projectiles as the cast is shorter than the time your projectiles may need.
Zian will deal high damage to the raid, when his Shield of Darkness is active. A damage stop is required until all 5 stacks are dispelled.
Meng gains the double amount of insanity, when affected by Delirious. Simply dispell this enrage effect when he is under 60% insanity and let it on him, when above this threshold.

A video of how my guild did the heroic difficulty can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmrxB5Tx_SI&list=PLHs1z6wAbUQDtrnOqLC6ggs

Comment by wowilovehead

Now's your chance to kill that bastard that has been beating you in the dps charts.
When he casts maddening shout, no one will notice (in LFR at least) when you "accidentally" kill that guy! ;p

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Meng the Demented <Mad King>

This NPC can be found in Mogu'shan Vaults .

Mogu'shan VaultsThe Stone GuardFeng the AccursedGara'jal the SpiritbinderThe Vault of MysteriesThe Spirit KingsElegonWill of the EmperorThe Spirit KingsZian of the Endless ShadowMeng the DementedQiang the MercilessSubetai the Swift

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Heroic		Mythic
Deadly		Important
Tank		DPS
Healer		Interruptible
Magic		Curse
Poison		Disease
Enrage

Kings' Procession

The Spirit Kings animate in sequence, with one King attacking the players until defeated, at which time another King enters the fray. Defeated Kings become entirely incorporeal, but continue to bring one of their powerful abilities to bear periodically.

On Heroic difficulty, each Spirit King animates and joins the battle when its predecessor is brought below 30% of maximum health.

Qiang the Merciless

When the players defeat the Warlord King, he remains in battle in a weakened state and only uses his Flanking Orders ability.

Flanking Orders – The Warlord King orders a flank, calling in a wave of Mogu attackers. These Flanking Mogu cast Overhand Strike, inflicting 975000 to 1025000 Physical damage to enemies in front of them within 4 yards.
The Warlord King retains Flanking Orders after being defeated.
Massive Attacks – No single man or woman can stand against the brutal attacks of the Warlord King. His Massive Attacks inflict 2800000 Physical damage, split among all enemies hit.
Annihilate – Qiang focuses on Annihilating his enemies in front of him, inflicting 2500000 damage to enemies within 20 yards.
Impervious Shield – The Warlord King uses his Impervious Shield, becoming immune to all attacks and spells. When struck with a harmful ability or spell during Impervious Shield, Qiang will retaliate with an extra attack.

Meng the Demented

When the players defeat the Mad King, he remains in battle in a weakened state and only uses his Maddening Shout ability.

Maddening Shout – The Maddening Shout of Meng the Demented causes all enemies to go mad, inflicting 92625 to 97375 Shadow damage every 3 sec. and causing all enemies to hate each other. Players regain their sanity after taking 60000 damage from another player.
The Mad King retains Maddening Shout after being defeated.
Crazed – The Mad King becomes more insane every 0.5 sec. Crazed increases the Mad King's Physical damage dealt by a percentage equal to twice his current Insanity. When the Mad King reaches 100 Insanity, he switches personalities to Cowardice.
Cowardice – The Mad King becomes more insane every 0.5 sec. Cowardice causes the Mad King to reflect damage equal to 50% of his current Insanity. When the Mad King reaches 100 Insanity, he switches personalities to Crazed.
Crazy Thought – A Crazy Thought crosses the Mad King's warped mind, increasing his Insanity by 10.
Delirious – The Mad King enrages, doubling the rate he gains insanity.

Subetai the Swift

When the players defeat the Bandit King, he remains in battle in a weakened state and only uses his Pillage ability.

Pillage – The Bandit King charges a random player and Pillages all enemies within 8 yards, stealing the victims' possessions. The Pillaged effect reduces the affected players' damage and healing done by 50% and increases their Physical damage taken by 50%.
The Bandit King retains Pillage after being defeated.
Volley – Subetai launches three Volleys in quick succession. The first inflicts 146250 to 153750 Physical damage to enemies in a large cone in front of the caster, then 292500 to 307500 Physical damage in a medium cone, and finally 585000 to 615000 Physical damage in a small cone.
Rain of Arrows – The Bandit King fires a Rain of Arrows at the location of a random player, inflicting Pinned Down on all targets within the 8 yard area. Pinned Down inflicts 58500 to 61500 Physical damage every 1 sec. until another player removes the arrow from the victim.
- Pinning Arrow – The Pinning Arrow causes Pinned Down, inflicting 58500 to 61500 Physical damage every 1 sec. until a player destroys the Pinning Arrow.
Sleight of Hand – Damaging attacks against the Bandit King cause the attacker to suffer being Robbed Blind. The effect reduces damage and healing done by 50% and reduces armor by 50%. The Bandit King becomes vulnerable to Stun effects while using Sleight of Hand.
- Robbed Blind – Robbed Blind reduces the target's damage and healing done by 50% and increases their Physical damage taken by 50%.

Zian of the Endless Shadow

When the players defeat the Sorcerer King, he remains in battle in a weakened state and only uses his Undying Shadows ability.

Undying Shadows – The Sorcerer King creates an Undying Shadow at the location of a random player. The Undying Shadow inflicts 73125 to 76875 Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within 10 yards until destroyed.
The Sorcerer King retains Undying Shadows after being defeated.
- Undying Shadow – The Undying Shadow inflicts 73125 to 76875 Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within 10 yards until destroyed. An Undying Shadow fixates on the closest nearby player when the Sorcerer King summons it. After the Undying Shadow dies it starts to reform itself, creating Coalescing Shadows. After 30 seconds the Undying Shadow fully coalesces and reforms.
  - Coalescing Shadows – The Coalescing Shadows inflicts 73125 to 76875 Shadow damage every 5 sec. to players within 10 yards. After 30 seconds the Undying Shadow fully coalesces and reforms.
Shadow Blast – The Sorcerer King launches a Shadow Blast at the location of a random player. The Shadow Blast inflicts 214500 to 225500 Shadow damage upon impact to players within 8 yards of the targeted location.
Charged Shadows – The Sorcerer King blasts a random player with Charged Shadows, inflicting 146250 to 153750 Shadow damage to the target then chaining to further targets within 8 yards of each other.
Shield of Darkness – The Sorcerer King protects himself with a Shield of Darkness. The Shield inflicts 292500 to 307500 Shadow damage to all enemies whenever a damaging ability lands on the Sorcerer King.
- Darkness – Inflicts 292500 to 307500 Shadow damage to all enemies.

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