Mummified Raptor Skull from King's Rest - Battle for Azeroth Mount Preview

Posted 2018/03/19 at 1:30 PM by perculia

Mummified Raptor SkullKing's RestStory spoilers explaining background for mount.Battle for Azeroth Mount ModelsGilded RavasaurBattle for Azeroth Digital Deluxe EditionMummified Raptor SkullT'zala

"The favored companion of Zandalari Kings, these fierce beasts are mummified and buried with their masters, so they may carry them through the afterlife."

Gale Slash: Dazar gathers the power of wind in his blade and slashes, creating a tornado that moves to a player's location and then swirls around the area, inflicting 5000 Nature damage every 2 sec. for 1 min to any players hit, and knocking them back.

Quaking Leap: Dazar leaps at the targeted player, inflicting up to 18500 to 21500 Physical damage to all players. This damage is reduced the further players are from the targeted location.

Blade Combo: A series of deadly melee strikes that deal increasing damage to their target.

Launch Spear: Launches a spear that inflicts 11875 to 13125 Physical damage to any players it impacts.

Reban: When Dazar reaches 70% health, he will call for Reban to join the battle.

Hunting Leap: Jumps towards a targeted player and unleashes a series of gutripping attacks, inflicting 8325 to 9675 Physical to players in a cone with each attack.

T'zala: When Dazar reaches 50% health, he will mount T'zala.

Deathly Roar: Inflicts 7400 to 8600 Shadow damage to all players and makes them run in fear for 2 sec.
Eternal Guardian: All damage done to Dazar is redirected to T'zala.

You could never take my crown!
My legend will outlast yours!
Dis is why I am king... and you are nothing.
Silence, prophet of lies!
I spent my life resisting your master, only for you to bind me to his will in death.
Dese intruders will die... but I need not listen to your prattling while I make it so.

You have broken Zul's hold! I serve dat swine no longer!
Crawl back to your master and see how he rewards failure!
You have freed me from a cruel fate, but Zul is merely a puppet in a larger plan.
Even now his master gathers power. Zul will not rest until all de world is in de blood god's grip.
For de sake of Zandalar... and for your kingdoms as well... you must stop him.

The Full ProphecyLei Shendefeats the loa Rezan

Followers, hear me.

When I journeyed to Pandaria, we attempted an ancient and forbidden ritual.

We awakened Lei-shen, the Thunder King of the mogu, who had been dead for many ages of this world.

In doing so, I learned the ancient ways to return an ancient king to life, and learned how to control them.

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Comment by Eluviathat is an awesome re-colour, love it!Comment by ExxorDI don't think its out of the ordinary for us to be forced to attack bosses who are being controlled against their will. We had Zeliek.Comment by NazthoriWill it only drop on higher difficulties? That's the real question.Comment by PlaidiatorI like how the raptor isnt a simple recolor. It has added mummy wrappings and skin texture to make it look old. Its always awesome when they take the time for these little details. Good to know I will be able to get this model without the deluxe edition. It will be the perfect mount for my troll affliction warlock. Might use it on a DK also!Comment by bbplayer1320Cant wait for the Horde reskin of their BFA Deluxe Edition Mount. -.-Comment by PurpleviolanceWould look sickening with my warlock on itComment by guardiantitanWonder if the Seabraid Stallion will get a recolor that's available in game as well. Rather interesting now that the MoP DD mount was not recolored and is no longer available, the WoD DD mount was recolored and put on a vendor and is still available, the Legion DD mount has not been recolored, and now the horde BfA DD mount has a recolor while the Alliance DD mount has yet to have one. Blizzard's really terrible about being consistent and they wonder why they keep pissing people off.

I have to wonder what difficulty the mount will drop in, though. Will it be like the Cata dungeon mounts that dropped in both normal and heroic or will it be more like the Legion Karazhan mounts that are mythic only? Personally, I'm not happy Blizzard keeps moving the carrot to higher difficulties. I didn't mind the dungeon glory achievements being heroic only and I never saw people have a fit if a random group didn't want to do an achievement. Then Blizzard moved the dungeon glory achievement to mythic only and moved any drop mounts to also be mythic only. With the move to personal loot, there's no reason the raptor can't drop in all difficulties. And there's no reason why the Legion Midnight can't be in heroic, either, for the same reason. If people were going to step up to higher difficulties before they moved the mounts to those difficulties, they would have done it because they enjoy it. Forcing people into higher difficulties when they don't enjoy it isn't fair. That's like saying everyone who works must love their jobs. A job is a means to an end. It pays the bills. Doesn't mean everyone likes their job. I personally hate mine and would jump ship if I found something I did like.

Blizzard keeps making up stupid crap reasons for changing things. They tried to take out flying which was for a really stupid reason only they saw was an issue when there was no issue in all of the expansions before. That then resulted in a very sharp divide among players that didn't exist before. They tried to take out tier from LFR and replace it with crappy rewards only to wonder why no one bothered to do LFR. Then they moved dungeon glory achievements and dungeon mount drops to mythic only. BfA will then be seeing the removal of tier sets all together so begs the question how that will be handled because I double the Heart of Azeroth thing will be a good enough replacement. I can't help but suspect real tier sets will return by the final raid because people are pissed with the crappy armor sets instead of class sets. Blizzard already tried armor sets twice before: Sunwell and then the Argent Tournament raid. People hated T9. Too few saw tier 6.5 to even complain. So why does Blizzard think they can successfully pull it off this time? Third time's the charm? Heh. That ignores the PvP changes, but I hate PvP so won't comment there.

Blizzard needs to stop fixing crap that isn't broken.Comment by Albaharmamarlooks like Alliance already gets access to a version of the Horde preorder mount, Horde having something to themselves for once was just too much to hope for i guess.Comment by TutorialBloxWonder if the Seabraid Stallion will get a recolor that's available in game as well. Rather interesting now that the MoP DD mount was not recolored and is no longer available, the WoD DD mount was recolored and put on a vendor and is still available, the Legion DD mount has not been recolored, and now the horde BfA DD mount has a recolor while the Alliance DD mount has yet to have one. Blizzard's really terrible about being consistent and they wonder why they keep pissing people off.

I have to wonder what difficulty the mount will drop in, though. Will it be like the Cata dungeon mounts that dropped in both normal and heroic or will it be more like the Legion Karazhan mounts that are mythic only? Personally, I'm not happy Blizzard keeps moving the carrot to higher difficulties. I didn't mind the dungeon glory achievements being heroic only and I never saw people have a fit if a random group didn't want to do an achievement. Then Blizzard moved the dungeon glory achievement to mythic only and moved any drop mounts to also be mythic only. With the move to personal loot, there's no reason the raptor can't drop in all difficulties. And there's no reason why the Legion Midnight can't be in heroic, either, for the same reason. If people were going to step up to higher difficulties before they moved the mounts to those difficulties, they would have done it because they enjoy it. Forcing people into higher difficulties when they don't enjoy it isn't fair. That's like saying everyone who works must love their jobs. A job is a means to an end. It pays the bills. Doesn't mean everyone likes their job. I personally hate mine and would jump ship if I found something I did like.

Blizzard keeps making up stupid crap reasons for changing things. They tried to take out flying which was for a really stupid reason only they saw was an issue when there was no issue in all of the expansions before. That then resulted in a very sharp divide among players that didn't exist before. They tried to take out tier from LFR and replace it with crappy rewards only to wonder why no one bothered to do LFR. Then they moved dungeon glory achievements and dungeon mount drops to mythic only. BfA will then be seeing the removal of tier sets all together so begs the question how that will be handled because I double the Heart of Azeroth thing will be a good enough replacement. I can't help but suspect real tier sets will return by the final raid because people are pissed with the crappy armor sets instead of class sets. Blizzard already tried armor sets twice before: Sunwell and then the Argent Tournament raid. People hated T9. Too few saw tier 6.5 to even complain. So why does Blizzard think they can successfully pull it off this time? Third time's the charm? Heh. That ignores the PvP changes, but I hate PvP so won't comment there.

Blizzard needs to stop fixing crap that isn't broken.Comment by fathom81Well i guess alliance needs the attention since all they got so far is crappy allies races.
And to be fair, the mount seems great but when you are riding all you see is a golden chair.Comment by CymillOh god the clipping on the spear behind the seat going into the tail, why Blizz just why?Comment by Bonechill...now the horde BfA DD mount has a recolor while the Alliance DD mount has yet to have one. Blizzard's really terrible about being consistent and they wonder why they keep pissing people off....Personally, I'm not happy Blizzard keeps moving the carrot to higher difficulties. ... Forcing people into higher difficulties when they don't enjoy it isn't fair. That's like saying everyone who works must love their jobs. A job is a means to an end. It pays the bills. Doesn't mean everyone likes their job. I personally hate mine and would jump ship if I found something I did like.Comment by imadwrGive to everyone a recolor of the Horde reward CE of BfA seems right huh? I now regret every penny i've spend on that purchase. >:(Comment by GerolanfalanGive to everyone a recolor of the Horde reward CE of BfA seems right huh? I now regret every penny i've spend on that purchase. >:(Comment by Vordred"Learned how to Control Them"...

Wait. Zul controlled Thunder King all that time!Comment by nittlesHohoho, move aside fossilized raptor, troll death knights got a new must-have mount!

And people, honestly, wait with being mad at the expansion until it's actually live :PComment by ForlornBlackbirdGive to everyone a recolor of the Horde reward CE of BfA seems right huh? I now regret every penny i've spend on that purchase. >:(Comment by kodora1316Give to everyone a recolor of the Horde reward CE of BfA seems right huh? I now regret every penny i've spend on that purchase. >:(http://www.wowhead.com/news=281120/battle-for-azeroth-mount-modelsComment by AlbaharmamarGive to everyone a recolor of the Horde reward CE of BfA seems right huh? I now regret every penny i've spend on that purchase. >:(http://www.wowhead.com/news=281120/battle-for-azeroth-mount-modelsComment by rogueMatthiasCool mount.

Though seems a bit of a $%^& move adding a (imo cooler) recolour of the Deluxe Edition mount to the game already.

Most people just get the Deluxe version to get an exclusive mount and pet. Paying the extra for something original and seeing this is a dungeon drop must be a bit of a kick in the balls to a lot of players...