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Mists of Pandaria: Dungeons and Raids

Mists of PandariaOfficial FAQGeneral ChangesNew Race: PandarenNew Class: MonkClass OverviewTalent Revamp and CalculatorDungeons & RaidsModels and ItemsProfessionsPet BattlesNew Zones and LevelingPlayer vs PlayerLore & ArtMedianine new dungeons and three new raidsHeroic ScholomanceChallenge Modesdistinctive armor for Transmogrification and mountslooting system in LFR is completely redoneValor Points now augment items,written and videoEncounter JournalDungeon and Raid ChangesGeneral Changesthree new Raid dungeonsnine new dungeonsValor Points are completely reworked.Elder Tokens: 8 raid buffs

In Cataclysm, Heroic dungeons were intentionally designed as gear and difficulty checks on the progression to raiding. In Mists of Pandaria, the Raid Finder will be the appropriate transition from running dungeons to Normal raids. Heroic dungeons will largely be tuned to be about as difficult as they were in Wrath of the Lich King, allowing players to fairly quickly down bosses in PUGs and hit their Valor Point caps. Valor Points will follow a new philosophy with 4.3, as a parallel way to gear up alongside the Raid Finder, but not as a fill-in for boss drops.

The overall goal for this expansion is that any time you log in, you should be able to make some kind of progress on your character. Whether that's through Normal or Heroic raiding, queuing for a Raid Finder run, hitting dailies for rewards and VP, busting out a scenario with some strangers, or joining some buddies for a dungeon Challenge, we want you to be making meaningful progression on your character. Some ways will be faster than others, but no matter what you choose to do, you'll be making progress.

The goals for dungeons and raids in Mists of Pandaria are to create epic and challenging experiences, but Cataclysm also helped us learn where we can improve with the new expansion. The Raid Finder will help with taking that first step into endgame content, and it will be available for all Mists of Pandaria raids. Beyond that, we want to create more easily understandable encounters and move away from mechanics that simply set up groups to fail, while still keeping them challenging.

We’re also looking to address some of the issues that came with how the zones and locations were spread out in Cataclysm. While that’s largely addressed with Pandaria simply being one continent, it also includes giving dungeons and raids more of a presence in the world. All of the dungeons and raids in Pandaria exist as actual locations you can walk up to and fly over, and aren’t just encapsulated experiences hidden behind a portal.

As a part of our post mortem series on Cataclysm, we sat down with World of Warcraft Lead Encounter Designer Scott “Daelo” Mercer to hear his thoughts on Cataclysm dungeons and raids.

Q. What were your main goals going into Cataclysm?
We really wanted to make sure we were creating new challenges, strong mechanics, and cool creatures while staying true to the expansion and the themes we wanted to carry out. The three raid dungeons came out well and we had a lot of fun bringing the story of Nefarian and the Twilight’s Hammer to life. We were also able to add some dynamic mechanics in Throne of the Four Winds, which featured players moving across multiple platforms.

How did this evolve over the various content patches?
Zul’Gurub and Zul’Aman were entertaining raids with diverse mechanics, and they translated well when we converted them into Heroic dungeons for patch 4.1. Interesting mechanics and features that once were restricted to raids are now finding their way into our five-player dungeons.

Adding the Dungeon Journal in patch 4.2 was also a major step forward. We wanted to be able to share more information in the game so that players wouldn’t feel the need to go look everything up on external websites. While those sites are great at what they do, we felt like we needed to try to alleviate the need to go out of the game to find the information players wanted to see.

The addition of Raid Finder in patch 4.3 also opened up more opportunities for players to be able to experience our raid content. The feature has proven to be extremely popular, and not just with people who had given up on raiding. Many players use Raid Finder to gear up their secondary characters, gain Valor for the week, or just because it’s fun.

Q. What do you think worked best?
We’ve been reasonably successful with our tuning across all four raid difficulty modes. There were a few warts here and there, but we delivered on the idea that 10-player and 25-player raids could exist at a similar difficulty. We also had some memorable dungeons and cinematic moments in Cataclysm. I’m particularly fond of the interactive bombing run in Grim Batol involving the red drakes. Players really got a sense of the epic scale of Grim Batol, and how well they performed in the event could make clearing the rest of the dungeon much easier.

With our improved tools and the experience we’ve gained over the years, we’ve become better at finding ways to explain the mechanics of our encounters. Our bosses do a better job of warning players of incoming threats. In Dragon Soul we also began to better inform players of mechanics that caused them to die. Providing a better understanding of the encounters to players is an important goal. We feel that losing to a boss and not understanding why is frustrating, just as beating a boss and not understanding why you won is not as satisfying.

Q. What didn’t work out as planned or expected? Initially, we started off the Heroic dungeons at too high of a difficulty. The difficulty level rather abruptly changed when compared to the Heroics players experienced at the end of Wrath of the Lich King. This major change caught many players off guard, and frustrated some of them. The difficulty also increased the effective amount of time required to complete a dungeon to a longer experience than we wanted. With the release of patch 4.3 we’re now in a much better place. We’ve always talked about being able to complete a dungeon over lunch, and the Hour of Twilight dungeons get us back to that goal. End Time, Well of Eternity, and Hour of Twilight all provide epic play experiences to our players, but at the real sweet spot of difficulty, complexity, and time commitment.

Q. Was there anything that surprised you about how players reacted to a particular encounter?
Not particularly. Something we’ve learned over the years is to expect the unexpected. The community is very creative and intelligent. The most important thing for us is that players are having fun. They often find interesting ways of approaching things that maybe we didn’t expect, but as long the creative solution is still fun for everyone, we usually don’t have a problem with it.

Q. What have you learned from Cataclysm and what are some of your top goals for Mists of Pandaria?
We learned we could create a crazy encounter like the Spine of Deathwing. It took a lot of hard work from the whole team and it was a difficult design challenge to tackle. How do you orchestrate a fight on the back of a gigantic flying dragon without inducing nausea? How do we make sure you feel like you’re on Deathwing? Delivering that experience was really important and everyone wanted the opportunity to work on it. What was really great was that we launched the story of Cataclysm with the cinematic that showed Deathwing having his elementium plates being put on, then we end the expansion with those very same plates being torn off. It gives some real closure to storyline.

Mists of Pandaria, we will continue to provide new dungeons and raids while also presenting interesting new types of content in the form of challenge modes and scenarios. Players will also be introduced to new enemies in the Sha, Mogu, and Mantids. Making those creatures come to life will be a lot of fun.

Q. Do you have a favorite dungeon or encounter from Cataclysm?
There are so many. The Conclave of Wind was a great one. Working out interesting mechanics that allowed players to go from platform to platform was a lot of fun and the environment felt really epic. A fight like that was a goal of the encounter team for a very long time.

Blackwing Descent was another favorite and working out the mechanics for the Atramedes fight gave us a lot to think about. How do you create an encounter with a blind dragon that fights? So we gave him sonar and showed the interaction with a sound meter on the player’s UI.

In Bastion of Twilight, we really got to sell the corruption angle on Cho’gall which made for another really interesting fight.

Q. Is there a certain mechanic that you always wanted to do but couldn’t do prior to Cataclysm?
Not really. There are so many cool ideas to work with that I never feel held back. It’s easy to be creatively inspired by the people around you and their energy. It’s never a problem of coming up with ideas. It’s usually deciding which ones we want to go with next, but the possibilities are endless.

Q. Do you have a “dream” dungeon or encounter that you’d like to create if you had the opportunity?
I’ve never felt that I haven’t been able to do the things I want to do. Everyone on the team is completely dedicated to giving us unlimited opportunities to make epic and awesome experiences. But, if I have to mention something, it would be huge giant death robots. We had Mimiron in Ulduar, but you just can’t have too many death robots.

Q. Thank you for your time, Scott.
You’re welcome.

Discuss the latest Cataclysm Post Mortem here.

Challenge ModesBronzeSilverGoldrealm leaderboardChallenge-mode leaderboardscompetitive PvE without confrontationRealm Firsts for Gold and Full Silver challenges

Are you yawning at the idea of more five-player dungeons? You may be interested in Challenges. This is a new time trial system coming in Mists of Pandaria for level-90 dungeons. The challenge itself may not always be difficult, but ranking will be. Do well and you'll earn a bronze, silver, or gold medal. Completing the Challenge on gold will incur a stacking debuff on future attempts: it’ll start with a 5% debuff, but if you manage to finish with a gold medal time on that run you’ll receive a 10% debuff on your next run, and so on.

In addition to realm-wide bragging rights, completing Challenges will award you with unique Transmogrification items and other vanity rewards. Oh, did we forget to mention that your gear will be normalized? Sorry, no gearing up or stacking items to get the best times -- your item level will be normalized so that even when the next raid encounter comes out and new gear drops, your world-record will stand until some other group of chumps actually has the em to beat it.

Challenges will be enabled during any dungeon run that supports them, including those joined through the Dungeon Finder. To help get people together that are looking to achieve the same goals, a special flag will be available to only match you with others looking to do Challenges if you do use the Dungeon Finder.

Ghostcrawler

The difficulty at which we pegged our heroic dungeons and raids was controversial. They were designed to be about as tough as the dungeons were back in Burning Crusade, but the game has changed since then. Coming out of Lich King, we’d gotten the message loud and clear from players that they wanted tougher challenges. They liked the convenience of Dungeon Finder, but they missed using their crowd control and survival abilities and having to strategize about how to beat a given encounter. We designed the Cataclysm heroics with that in mind, and the players who wanted challenging content were thrilled.

The problem was that we had this whole group of players who felt like they couldn’t make any progress on their characters. Even if they wanted to end up raiding with their friends, they couldn’t earn the gear they needed to get into those raids (especially in the absence of Raid Finder). I don’t believe that the instances were too hard; it’s obvious there are players who enjoy that content. I believe the problem was that there were no alternatives. With such a diverse community, the goal is to have experiences that players from all over the spectrum can enjoy. We don’t want to shut anyone out. So, we’re addressing that with Challenge Modes in Mists. You’ll have normal and heroic mode dungeons, and then Challenge Modes, for players who are looking to prove their mettle. Likewise, you’ll have normal and heroic raids, and Raid Finder for players who don’t enjoy wiping on a boss week after week until they can master it.

New Dungeons in 5.0ScholomanceScarlet MonasteryDeadminesShadowfang KeepScholomancekeep the flavor of old instancesLayout was strengthenedJancice Barov keeps her flavorLilian Voss is fighting Darkmaster GandlinghereTemple of the Jade Serpent:shrine built for the last emperorherehereStormstout Brewery:light-hearted 5-manhozen have invaded the breweryfireworks, bouncers, and hone with party hats.virmenHoptallusfight angry beer spirits that have come to lifeYan-zhu the UncaskedherehereShado-pan Monastery:Shadow-pan's Clan's mountain retreathere

Three new dungeons were shown out of the nine total planned in the initial release of the expansion, starting with Temple of the Jade Serpent, the first dungeon you’ll encounter while leveling from 85 to 90. In this dungeon you’ll be tasked with defeating the Sha of Doubt, one of the elemental enemies threatening the shrouded continent and sacred pandaren ways.

The second dungeon previewed was the Stormstout Brewery. Chen Stormstout of WarCraft III fame is a revered figure within pandaren culture, and his brewery has been overrun by the Verming and Hozu, a couple of the less-than-savory races that also inhabit Pandaria. You’re tasked with reclaiming his family heritage… and his beer.

The third dungeon previewed at BlizzCon was the Shado-pan Monastery. Located in Kun-Lai Summit, this mountain retreat serves as the home and training grounds of the mysterious Shado-pan Clan, a ninja-like pandaren faction dedicated to protecting Pandaria. Again, the Sha have been set free and threaten the Shado-pan’s base of operations, and you’re tasked with dispatching them.

In addition to the three new dungeons that were shown, two classic dungeon crawls are getting the Deadmines treatment and will return in level-90 Heroic fashion. While they'll still be accessible in their lower-level form for those leveling their new pandaren, both Scarlet Monastery and Scholomance will be buffed up, spit-shined, and made relevant to max-level characters with new, challenging encounters and equally high-level drops. Scholomance is returning with a more streamlined layout and the Scarlet Monastery, too big to return as one dungeon, is being split up into two wings. The Graveyard and Cathedral are being combined into one level-90 Heroic dungeon, and the Library and Armory into another. Whitemane's Chapeau for everyone!

Raiding in 5.014 bosses totalLegendaries will be harder to acquiremay be some optional-mode style bossesMogu'Shan Palace:

One of the three new raids launching with Mists of Pandaria was also unveiled: Mogu’Shan Palace. This six-boss raid is located in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, and invites you to explore the hidden secrets of the elusive Mogu empire, one of the new indigenous Pandarian races.

Pushing a big red button for Mimiron was very cool, and again is fondly remembered. We have created something like 40 raid bosses since the creation of those encounters however, and we cant help but think that it would start to feel really gimmicky and forced if every raid encounter had its difficulty set by pushing a button, (or not killing adds, or changing the order you kill the bosses, or the other mechanics we used in Ulduar). We think Mimiron would feel less special if there were six more bosses in the game with big red buttons, and we’re just not sure the design space is there to have a near infinite variety of means by which players launch a heroic mode in game.

Nonetheless, because there are so many requests for those style mechanics, we are considering doing a few bosses with optional modes (in the same way Mimiron, Freya or Sartharion had them) in Mists of Pandaria.

Ghostcrawler

I feel like I should mention Abyssal Maw again. As with many cancelled features, it somehow took on a life of its own in the minds of players. Believe me, though -- you just don’t cancel things that you think are going to be awesome. It was three bosses inside Nespirah, with no unique art. The reason it was originally appealing to us was because we had so many Vashj’ir assets that we could use. But by the time it was time to do the work, we felt like we (and many players) had Vashj’ir fatigue. Now don’t get me wrong -- I loved Vashj’ir. I was an oceanographer, remember? Vashj’ir delivered on the promise of an underwater zone, but we feel like most players were ready to be done with it by the time they had quested through that. (Individuals will feel differently -- it’s that diverse player base thing again.) Firelands received a lot of new art, from bosses to environments, and we just didn’t feel like Abyssal Maw was going to compete. Who knows, though! We haven’t totally given up on the idea of cool underwater experiences, so maybe there’s potential we’d visit it again someday. (For my money, the zone I am personally saddest about cancelling is not Abyssal Maw; it was the Azjol-Nerub quest zone in Wrath of the Lich King.)

Speaking of raids, we also weren’t particularly happy with how accessible legendary items became in Cataclysm. Multiple characters in a single raiding guild were getting, and worse, expecting a legendary weapon. Legendaries are supposed to be rare and exciting, not a bar you fill up like some reputation grind, and certainly not something you feel entitled to get because it’s “your turn.” Dragonwrath in particular was usable by a large variety of class specs, which coupled with the guarantee to completion, just made them too ubiquitous. In the future, legendaries will be more legendary, perhaps so much so that not every raiding guild will have one. In that model, there might be those who almost, but not quite, complete one, but there will also be those who finish one and feel truly honored.

Looking for RaidLooking for Raid will be fully functional at the start of Mists of Pandaria,individual-based rolls like in Diablopotentially usable by your current specThe loot is per person and not per raidbuff allowing them an additional rollWhen choosing to cash in on your bonus roll, you will always win somethingThe game just “makes the roll” behind the scenes.partially offset the potential for just having really bad luck

Hey, how about that landslide of Mists of Pandaria information? It has taken a few days, and will probably take a few more, for the nuance of everything to really sink in. One of the topics we've been getting lots of questions about is the crazy new loot model we're introducing in Mists. We've answered several related questions in the forums, but thought it might be prudent to just put all the information in one place.I should clarify that the systems we're introducing are actually pretty simple in practice. I'm only going into a fair amount of detail because those are the kinds of questions we are getting. You don't have to understand all the particulars to participate, and we're certain that it will just all make sense once you are experiencing it in-game instead of hearing it described (that whole "show, don't tell" thing). Let's begin:Personal LootHere is how looting works in today's Raid Finder groups:

The boss dies.
The game randomly decides which items off of the boss's loot table drop.
The group rolls Need, Greed, or Pass on each item.
If you were raiding with a group of friends, you might discuss who should get each item. Even if you ultimately lost, hopefully you are happy that a friend got an upgrade and that your group as a whole is now a little bit stronger.
But if you're in Raid Finder, you are quite possibly alone with a bunch of strangers.
So, if you can Need, you probably do, because there's no time for discussion, some of the rollers may be AFK, and even if you piss someone off, you aren't likely to have to pay the social cost of doing so since you'll never see them again.
The highest roll wins.
Drama ensues.
Here's how the new Raid Finder system will work in Mists of Pandaria:

The boss dies.
The game automatically decides who won some loot, and gives those players a spec-appropriate item.
Some players may still get mad, but hopefully they are mad at the laws of probability and not at the rest of the raid.
So, realistically, that's really all you need to know to understand how it'll play out in-game. For those looking for more detail, here's what's happening behind the scenes:

The boss dies.
Each player has a chance to win loot, independent of the other players.
For each player who wins loot, the game randomly assigns them a spec-appropriate item from that boss's loot table. This subset contains only items that the game (meaning the designers in this case) thinks are appropriate for your class and current spec.
Notice that you aren't rolling Need or Greed. You don't have an option to Pass. The game just says "Take this."
You can't trade this item, or that would defeat the purpose of removing the social pressure on groups of strangers. If you don't want the item, you are free to vendor, delete, or disenchant it.
The big difference here is that instead of kill -> loot -> roll, the new system uses kill -> roll -> loot. The loot is not determined until the winners are determined. It's all automatic, and you're under no obligation to pass or roll — these choices no longer exist. The game decides who gets loot, not the players. The end. Nobody is going to be a callous jerk and take the item that you rightfully deserve. Nobody is going to try to talk you into trading an item to them because they are down on their luck and can't ever win a weapon. No DPS dude is going to ninja the tanking shield that you need for your guild to progress.We understand some players are interested in off-spec or transmogrification loot, and we will consider future changes to the system to accommodate those desires. However, we're not sure fundamentally that Raid Finder is the best avenue for acquiring that loot. You would either need to take it from another player who actually desires it for their main spec, or a conversation would have to take place to make sure nobody else needed it more than you do. In other words, you would have to stop people from just rolling Need whenever they could. I've seen some suggestions that we allow an option for essentially "I'm happy to get loot beyond just what my main spec can use," and maybe that's the kind of approach we could take, but let's make sure the basic design works first. For now, there are other avenues, such as dungeons, faction gear, normal raids or older content to provide off-spec or cosmetic gear.Here is a model I've seen some people say they want:

The boss dies.
I get the exact item or items I want.
I never have to come back and kill this boss again.
I politely ask Blizzard when there will be new content for me to run.
I added that, somewhat tongue in cheek, to point out that the intent of the new system is not to make killing bosses or getting loot more efficient, or to let you choose buffet-style which items you get. We like random loot being random, as long as it isn't so frustratingly random that you stop enjoying the experience. The intent of the new loot system is really to relieve social pressure on a group of random and anonymous strangers. We think it is reasonable for groups of friends, such as the typical raiding guild, to have a discussion about how to divvy up loot. That discussion is a tried and true RPG tradition going back to D&D or earlier. We don't think that is a reasonable expectation for Raid Finder, though.The personal loot system will initially be used for Raid Finder and for world bosses. We want to use it for world bosses because we want it to be fairly easy to form PUGs to take down these bosses when they're up. If my raiding guild is about to take on a world boss, and some lonely hunter is asking to join the group (it's always a lonely hunter, isn't it?), it would be nice to be able to bring him on without worrying about that jerk taking loot away from me or my friends. We want to foster a "the more the merrier" attitude with world bosses.This is why it's so important to us that the size of the group shouldn't matter. We don't want guilds to try to kill a world boss with the smallest number of players necessary in order to maximize loot per player. When everyone has their own chance at loot, why not make the group as large as you can? Note that you still have to be a member of the group that taps and kills the boss. We want to have a little bit of competition for world boss kills, especially between the Horde and the Alliance. We think that is part of the fun of world bosses; otherwise, why not just stick the gronn in a cave? (That sounds dirtier than I intended.) We don't want everyone in the zone to get credit just by lurking around. We want you to cooperate with other players, and we're trying to remove barriers to cooperation by eliminating loot drama.Bonus RollWe have one other new system that will use part of the personal loot model. This is what we're calling the bonus roll.Once upon a time, raiders had to invest a lot of time and effort every week preparing for a raid. This felt kind of cool in the abstract because it built anticipation, rewarded players who prepared for raid night, and otherwise just added a little more ceremony to the act of entering the dragon's lair to seek glory and treasure. The reality is that you spent your time killing mobs to farm flask materials or gathering Whipper Root Tubers. The reality didn't match the fantasy and we eventually greatly minimized the need to farm consumables altogether. Of course, that led to another problem, as raiders would log on for raid nights, finish, and then have nothing to do the rest of the week. The bonus roll is intended to give those players something to do that is hopefully more enjoyable than grinding elementals or Blasted Lands boars. We want to see players out in the world doing stuff, and we want that stuff to be a little more interesting (if not downright fun) than farming mats.The way it works is like this: We have two major Pandaren factions, the Elders and the Craftsmen. Completing daily quests and scenarios for each group earns you one of two currencies. The Craftsmen tokens are spent mostly on cosmetic items. The Elder tokens are spent mostly on power items. The intent here is to let players who want some optional content to be able to devote time to both Craftsmen and Elders, while more min-max focused players or players who don't want such a time commitment can stick to Elders. The Elder tokens can be used to purchase head enchants, some nice purple items, and the kind of gear you've come to expect from factions. However, they also sell an item called a Charm of Good Fortune. Imagine you can complete a quest once a week to buy one Charm for 25 Elder Tokens. You also might be able to save up a few charms, but you won't be able to hoard them until the next tier of content.If you have one or more Charms of Good Fortune, then whenever you kill a raid boss (in Raid Finder, normal or heroic) then a new UI window will pop up asking if you want to spend your Charm on a bonus roll. If you click yes, then you'll instantly get another shot at that boss's loot table! You will always win something from the bonus roll, such as a pile of gold, gems, or flasks. However, you also have a small (but not miniscule) chance of receiving a piece of epic loot. As with the personal loot system, the item will always be something designed for your current spec. Also, just as with personal loot, the game doesn't analyze if you already have the item, if the item would be an upgrade for you, or if you prefer axes to swords or anything like that.Most importantly, winning a bonus roll has no effect on what other players win on their bonus rolls or what the boss drops normally. If you have saved up several Charms (this will probably happen when you play but don't raid every week) then you can use one per boss, but you can't cash in multiples on a single boss kill. If you want to save up all of your Charms for the final boss because he (or she in the case of the mantid raid) drops weapons or whatever, that is your prerogative, but you'll only be able to spend one per kill. If you want to save up your Charms for heroic bosses, go for it.Here is an example of per-person loot and the bonus roll in action:

Stan is a death knight.
Jim Bob is a warrior.
Naomi is a hunter.
The three friends run Raid Finder together and tackle Mogu'shan Vaults. They get matched with a bunch of random folks from across their region. On the fourth boss, the Council of Kings, the game decides that Jim Bob wins an item. Jim Bob is a Fury warrior, so the game is either going to give him a two-handed Strength axe or a Strength bracer, because those are the two Fury-appropriate items on the Council of Kings loot table (in this theoretical example). Regardless of what Jim Bob wins, Stan might also win the same items. Naomi won't ever be offered those items, because they aren't appropriate hunter loot. If she had gotten lucky and earned loot for the kill, it would have been hunter appropriate.
Let's say Naomi is frustrated because Bob and Stan both won loot and because the trinket she wants won't ever drop. So, she decides to use a Charm of Good Fortune. Let's say she gets lucky and the game decides that she won an item instead of gold, flasks, etc. (Thanks, game!) She might get the trinket she wants, or she might get an Agility neckpiece that is also on the Council of Kings loot table. Her winning an item doesn't affect Stan or Jim Bob or anyone else, even if they use their Charms as well.
Okay, we're almost done here, but I did want to mention two other relevant changes.Area of Effect LootingYes, we em doing area looting. After killing a group of enemies, you may have a bunch of corpses lying around (perhaps because you went all Bladestorm on a bunch of hozen). If you loot one of the corpses, the loot window will include items from all of the nearby corpses for which you have loot rights. Some recent games have incorporated a similar feature, and it's one of those things that players just want in their MMO these days. It's already in and it works fine.The Future of ValorThe second change I want to mention is that we plan to adjust the role of Valor points. Valor (or the various other names that the currency has had over the years) was originally added to WoW for two reasons: it helped to mitigate really bad luck, for those times when the boss just refused to drop the item you wanted, and it helped encourage players to stay with the group even if they didn't need anything off the next boss.Over time, we have felt like Valor has taken on too prominent a role, to the point that it risks becoming more important than actual boss loot. This is particularly the case when the tier sets are available on the Valor vendors. We think killing dragons and ransacking their hoard is more epic than shopping at the magic armor store, so we want to shift back toward boss kills being the primary source of epic PvE gear.In Mists of Pandaria, Valor will be used to power a new feature that allows you to increase the item level of your existing epic items. This means that each week, you can become a little more powerful, hopefully allowing you to kill that boss that has eluded you thus far. There will be a bit of a game in trying to decide when to upgrade your gear versus hoping for a new piece to drop from a raid boss, but our plan is that even heroic gear can be upgraded slightly in this way.We won't allow you to upgrade Raid Finder gear so much that it becomes better than normal gear, but imagine if you can increase your item level by around eight points. At this time, we're thinking there won't be gear on the Valor vendors at all, but we'll see how that shakes out. Valor will come primarily from dungeons (including challenge modes) and scenarios. You might earn a little from daily quests and raiding as well, but that won't be as efficient.Final ThoughtsThat's a lot of information to absorb all at once I know, and I'm sure it will lead to dozens of questions. It'd be more helpful to us if you were to focus your discussion on how things will feel, and the basic rules of the system, instead of immediately leaping to the conclusion that you've figured out some exploit and ergo the whole thing is doomed to failure. We've stitched up a lot of the egregious loopholes already and the system is a little more complicated behind the scenes than I figured was worth getting into here.Check it out in beta if you get the chance. Let us know how it feels. We have time to iterate and refine this stuff. Good luck on getting the loot you want, too... but not too quickly.Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street is the lead systems designer of World of Warcraft. The first epic item he can recall getting was the Drillborer Disk.

Zarhym

A few salient points here:

First, other players will not affect your loot in any way. Another player winning will not cause you to lose. Another player winning a mace will not mean that she took your mace. If there are many rogues in the raid, your chance of winning a rogue item is not diminished. We may decide that each player has an X% chance to get loot, or we may decide that X number of players get loot, and then randomly determine who those lucky players are.

Second, the item you win will be “useful” in the sense that it’s potentially usable by your current spec. This does not mean that warriors will get leather because warriors can equip leather (at a huge stat loss). It also does not mean that the game will always give you an item you want or an upgrade for the items you have. It just looks and says “You are a Holy priest, so here is a random item chosen from the Holy priest-appropriate items that this boss can drop.”

This system is a different feature from the “bonus roll.” When choosing to cash in on your bonus roll, you will always win something, but it may only be gold. If you win an item, the game again looks at your spec and only awards you an item appropriate for your current spec (using the priest example above).

Finally, this loot system will only be used in Raid Finder, and possibly for world bosses. We might consider using it for Dungeon Finder depending on how it works out. However, we still like the basic design of organized groups of guilds or friends deciding who should get loot. We will also no doubt iterate and refine the system once players can try it out in beta.

This sounds far too complicated for the average player.

The main reason that they need to "fix" the way loot is gained is because people are too greedy/stupid and roll need on things they don't really need.

Sounds good so far.

On that note however, if the tech is being added to determine specs and rolls in raid to that detail though, can that system at least be used to have a boss not drop rogue items for a group that has no rogue, 8 weeks straight? WTB a system that doesn't drop holy plate when you hava resto shaman and resto druid, etc. You get the idea :) Something for guild/normal mode groups to at least filter so many wasted drops that are useful to no one.

It also does not mean that the game will always give you an item you want or an upgrade for the items you have.

so how does someone save up on gear to change spec?

I mean if an arms warrior wanted to respec prot, how can he get a decent shield before respecting? I mean if all shields are tank items and since he's not tank specced, does he have to respect to tank and then get run through an instance and contribute next to nothing as a prot warrior due to not being able to use alot of key abilities and doing less damage than with his arms spec?

Before this I would try and keep an eye out for good items for my off-spec assuming no one else needed the item in the group. When you do the same instance several times you're bound to get a tank that already has that item and so on

So you can win the same item over and over? Doesn't this seem like a waste of loot?

Will the items that we win be trade-able?

You have a personal slot machine to play, and so do each of the other 24 raid members, and no ones personal slot machine affects the outcome of anyone ELSE'S slot machine.

If you are in a 25-player group, can people "pass" and increase the chance that other players will win, by reducing the number of people rolling in the group?

What's going to happen with bows?

The way I understood it is:

Everyone rolls - after everyone rolls, the top rollers will be eligible for loot - the boss then releases its random loot and whoever the top rollers are (who are able to use the items) wins the item

Can't you guys just make the obvious: Make all the drop items unique?

This still doesn't really address the problem of people rolling when they really don't need anything. What if those top 4 or 5 rollers all don't need anything off the boss and just receive gold? Completely unfair to the other 20 people who could have made use of the boss drops.

This just seems like a waste of time and energy. There has to be a better way of making it fair.

I don't have a problem with someone winning a role if they can use the item even if it is offspec. I just don't like people being inconsiderate and rolling need when they don't need it or already have it.

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Darkmaster Gandling says: My dear, it appears we have visitors! Friends of yours, Voss?
Lilian Voss: You there! Make yourselves useful and deal with these summoners!
Darkmaster Gandling says: Their deaths only serve to empower my summons further! Behold!

Darkmaster Gandling says: What's the matter, Voss, getting tired?
Lilian Voss says: I'll never stop hunting your kind, necromancer. NEVER.

Darkmaster Gandling: You, too, are beautiful, Voss. Have you looked in a mirror recently?
Darkmaster Gandling: My dear, you should embrace this gift that has been bestowed upon you.
Lilian Voss says: I will not let you curse another soul with this nightmare.
Lilian Voss says: Run...necromancer..your life ends once I catch my breath.
Darkmaster Gandling says: Come, Voss, your fate awaits you.

Darkmaster Gandling yells: Did you forget, girl? I am the darkmaster! I command the undead!
Lilian Voss yells: I...won't let you..nnggaaaahhh!!
Darkmaster Gandling yells: Now turn your lovely runeblades on our guests, and fetch me their bones!
Lilian Voss says: I can't...fight him...
Darkmaster Gandling says: I can feel her will breaking...her soul burns so brightly.
Darkmaster Gandlight says: Now, Lilian, it is time for your transformation.

Lilian Voss yells: END IT! NOW! Before he can...NNNNHHHHAAHHHHHH!
Darkmaster Gandling yells: YOUR SOUL IS MINE!
Lilian's Soul says: ...

Darkmaster Gandling yells: What?!
Lilian Voss yells: DIE, NECROMANCER!
Darkmaster Gandling yells: The bones! You wretch!

First Lesson

Ice Wave:
Instructor Chillheart summons a wave of ice that slowly sweeps across the room, inflicting 50000 Frost damage every second to all players within the wave.

Wrack Soul:
Instructor Chillheart shatters the soul of a player, inflicting 10000 Shadow damage every second for 10 sec. When Wrack Soul expires, it jumps to another player.

Ice Wrath:
Instructor Chillheart wreaths a player in ice for 10 sec, causing them to inflict 149 Frost damage to all of their allies within 2.5 yards every second.

Touch of the Grave:
Instructor Chillheart's icy touch cause her next 10 melee attacks to inflict an additional 299 Frost damage.

Frostbolt:
Instructor Chillheart launches a bolt of Frost at a player, inflicting 249 Frost damage and reducing their movement speed by 30% for 10 sec.

Second Lesson

When Instructor Chillheart's physical body dies, the foul magic that animated her escapes back to her phylactery.

Animated Tomes

Fragments of Instructor Chillheart's soul escape the phylactery and animate the tomes of magic scattered throughout the classroom.

The Anarchist Arcanist Arcane Bomb:
The Anachist Arcanist creates an orb of magic that explodes on impact, inflicting 249 Arcane damage to all players within 2 yards.

Antonidas' Self Help Guide to Standing in Fire Burn:
Antonidas' Self Help Guide to Standing in Fire inflicts 249 Fire damage to all players within 2 yards of it.

Wander's Colossal Book of Shadow Puppets Shadow Bolt:
Wander's Colossal Book of Shadow Puppets hurls bolts of dark magic at players, inflicting 249 Shadow damage.

After years of being ignored in the basement of Scholomance, Jandice has returned. She has been doing quite a bit of study in the field of Arcana.

Wondrous Rapidity:
Jandice rears her staff back with a flash of wondrous Arcane force, unleashing a barrage of attacks that inflict 300 Arcane damage in a cone in front of her.

Gravity Flux:
Jandice creates a gravity distortion field that inflicts 600 Shadow damage to all enemies who enter it, knocking them back and causing them to briefly go blind.

A Whirling Illusion!

At 66% and 33% health Jandice will dissipate into thin air, creating multiple illusions of herself. Destroying the illusion behind which Jandice hides will force her back into the fray.

(25 Normal) In Heroic difficulty, defeating the wrong image will cause a Flash Bang, inflicting 49 Arcane damage to all enemies.

Whirl of Illusion:
Whereas Jandice hides behind images of herself, the real Jandice will dance in a Whirl of Illusion, inflicting 99 Arcane damage to all enemies every 1 seconds.

RATTLEGORE! [PH]

Rusting:
Rattlegore's dull blades rust with each successful melee attack, increasing damage by 5% but lowering attack speed by 5% and movement speed by 5%. Stacks up to 99 times and lasts for 15 sec.

Bone Spike:
Launches a powerful spike of bone at a random player, inflicting 600 Physical damage and knocking them back a great distance. Bone Spikes can be absorbed by Bone Armor.

Soulflame:
The souls of the dead Boneweavers continue to torment the living, periodically engulfing a section of the room in Soulflame. Inflicts 20000 Fire damage every 0.5 seconds and grows in size over time.

Bone Pile Bone Piles are scattered throughout the summoning room. Interacting with a Bone Pile grants a player two charges of Bone Armor.

Bone Armor:
Surrounds the caster with a series of whirling bones that absorbs the next bone spell. Two charges.

Lilian Voss' description is [PH]

Stage 1: Fetch Me Their Bones!

Darkmaster Gandling turns Lilian Voss against her former allies, employing her powerful abilities to gather more corpses for his devious purposes.

Lilian Voss Lilian Voss has fallen under the control of Darkmaster Gandling. Though she tries to fight against his dark will, she cannot control her actions at this time.

Shadow Shiv:
Lilian leaps onto a player and strikes them with both runeblades, inflicting 600 Shadow damage to players within 8 yards.

Death's Grasp:
Lilian draws upon dark powers to pull all players to her location.

Dark Blaze:
Periodically summons a patch of dark fire at the player's location, inflicting 100 Fire damage every 0.5 seconds.

Stage 2: Your Soul is Mine!

When Lilian's health reaches 50%, her will breaks, allowing Darkmaster Gandling complete freedom to rip her soul from her physical body.

Lilian's Soul Lilian's immortal soul, torn from her body and filled with anguish. Though it can be damaged, her soul refuses to completely leave this world.

Blazing Soul:
Lilian's soul blazes with barely-contained hatred, periodically inflicting 15000 Fire damage to all players.

Unleashed Anguish:
Lilian's anguish is further unleashed when striking players in melee. For every melee strike, Lilian will unleash another barrage of Blazing Soul. However, the movement speed of Lilian's Soul is significantly reduced.

Fixate Anger:
Lilian's Soul fixates on a player. She will only attempt to attack that player and cannot be taunted.

Stage 3: A Perfectly Good Corpse

When Lilian's Soul reaches 25% health, Darkmaster Gandling reanimates what remains of Lilian's physical body.

Lilian Voss Lilian Voss has fallen under the control of Darkmaster Gandling. Though she tries to fight against his dark will, she cannot control her actions at this time.

Shadow Shiv:
Lilian leaps onto a player and strikes them with both runeblades, inflicting 600 Shadow damage to players within 8 yards.

Death's Grasp:
Lilian draws upon dark powers to pull all players to her location.

Dark Blaze:
Periodically summons a patch of dark fire at the player's location, inflicting 100 Fire damage every 0.5 seconds.

Lilian's Soul Lilian's immortal soul, torn from her body and filled with anguish. Though it can be damaged, her soul refuses to completely leave this world.

Blazing Soul:
Lilian's soul blazes with barely-contained hatred, periodically inflicting 15000 Fire damage to all players.

Unleashed Anguish:
Lilian's anguish is further unleashed when striking players in melee. For every melee strike, Lilian will unleash another barrage of Blazing Soul. However, the movement speed of Lilian's Soul is significantly reduced.

Fixate Anger:
Lilian's Soul fixates on a player. She will only attempt to attack that player and cannot be taunted.

Finale: Die, Necromancer!

When Lilian's physical body reaches 1% health, she musters the strength to recombine with her soul for a final assault on Gandling.

Darkmaster Gandling [PH]

Incinerate:
Gandling deals 349 Fire damage to his target.

Immolate:
Gandling burns an enemy for 150 Fire damage, then inflicts 99 additional Fire damage every 3 sec. for 21 sec.

Harsh Lesson:
Darkmaster Gandling teleports a random player to one of his study rooms for a harsh lesson!

The Price of Failure:
Gandling summons a legion of Failed Students to fight for him. The students swarm the area, fighting anything they can. While channelling this spell, the Darkmaster takes 50% less damage.

Failed Student The Darkmaster raises the bodies of students he's failed to attack players.

Study Rooms

Expired Test Subject The Darkmaster keeps these former test subjects in the nearby rooms. They attack anyone who enters their rooms.

Fresh Test Subject The Darkmaster keeps these subjects alive in the nearby rooms for testing. Each is afflicted by Explosive Pain.

Explosive Pain:
Inflicts excruciating pain and explodes when dispelled, inflicting 300 Shadow damage to Expired Test Subjects within 8 yards.

Ragefire Chasm
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The Dark Shaman

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Flying Kick:
Deals 400 Fire damage and knocks the target back.

Blazing Fists:
Deals 25% weapon damage as Fire damage with every attack.

Firestorm Kick:
Deals 50 Fire damage to all enemies within 7 yards.

Rising Flame:
Brother Korlof deals 10% increased Fire damage for every 10% of damage he has sustained.

Scorched Earth:
At 50% health remaining Brother Korlof leaves a trail of fire which inflicts 99 Fire damage every 1 sec.

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Commander Durand NYI

Flash of Steel:
Commander Durand ramdoly charges his enemies dealing 200 Physical damage.

Dashing Strike:
Commander Duand quickly dashes through his enemies dealing 200 Physical damage to all emenies in his path.

High Inquisitor Whitemane NYI

Power Word: Shield:
Wraps an ally in a shield that lasts up to 30 sec., absorbing damage. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted damage.

Holy Smite:
Smites an enemy, inflicting 299 Holy damage.

Mass Ressurection:
High Inquisitor Whitemane resurrects all fallen Scarlet within 100 yards to come to her aid.

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Raise Fallen Crusader:
Thalos begins to raise the fallen soldiers of the Argent Crusade, summoning a Fallen Crusader every 1 sec for 5 sec.

Fallen Crusader Fallen Crusaders bodies remain after being defeated.

Mind Rot:
Inflicts 74 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 6 sec. Stacks.

Spirit Gale:
The Spirit Gale inflicts 1000 Shadow damage and creates a Spirit Gale at the location that inflicts 149 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Evict Soul:
Inflicts 1000 Shadow damage every 3 sec for 6 sec. Every time Evict Soul deals damage it creates an Evicted Soul of the target. Evicted Souls will attack the closest target to them that did not create it.

Evicted Soul The Evicted Soul's attacks inflict $s1153921 Shadow damage to enemies within 6 yards of his target.

Summon Empowering Spirit:
Thalnos begins to create Empowering Spirits. The Spirit will attempt to inhabit the body of the closest Fallen Crusader, creating an Empowered Zombie.

Empowering Spirit Empowring Spirits will attempt to inhabit the body of the closest Fallen Crusader, creating an Empowered Zombie.

Empowered Zombie Empowered Zombies are powerful creatures that are not easily destroyed, but are vulnerable to crowd control effect.

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Phase 1: "Still waters, rise up!"

Wise Mari shields himself and uses the corrupt waters of the fountain to assault players.

Corrupted Waters:
The fountain's corrupted water churns and bubbles, inflicting 5000 Shadow damage every 0.25 seconds.

Water Bubble:
Wise Mari creates a large water bubble around himself, making him immune to damage and knocking back players that touch the bubble.

Hydrolance:
Wise Maru directs the fountain's corrupted waters to attack the players, inflicting 20000 damage as it ripples, and 30000 damage when it explodes.

Call Water:
Wise Mari summons a Corrupt Living Water in one of the four smaller fountains to attack the players.

Corrupt Living Water Bound by Wise Mari's control, the Corrupt Living Water comes to life. attacking nearby players.

Corrupt Droplet When a Corrupt Living Water is defeated it splits into four Corrupt Droplets. Corrupt Droplets attack nearby players.

Sha Residue:
When a Corrupt Living Water is defeated it creates a puddle of Sha Residue at its location. Sha Residue inflicts 10000 Frost damage every second to all players within in the puddle.

Phase 2: "Behold the power of torrential waters!"

When four Corrupt Living Water are killed, Wise Mari unleashes all of his power, washing away all who stand in his way.

Bubble Burst:
Wise Mari bursts his protective bubble, inflicting 10000 Frost damage and knocking back all enemies within 5 yards.

Wash Away:
Wise Mari channels into the water, creating an endless spout of water in front of him that inflicts 60000 damage and knocks back all players.

The sha have infested the library of the Temple of the Jade Serpent. They have taken form of the various characters of Pandaren lore. You must defeat them in order to bring peace to the ancient library.

The Trial of the Yongol

A young Yongol is faced with his own Strife and Anger. He must find a balance of the two to set his soul free.

Strife Pain and Strife:
Pain and Strife arc through the enemy's mind inflicting 30000 Shadow damage.

Anger Pain and Strife:
Pain and Strife arc through the enemy's mind inflicting 30000 Shadow damage.

Intensity:
Focusing your attacks on either Strife or Anger will feed the entity, causing it to inflict 3499 Fire damage to all surrounding enemies and increase all damage dealt by 10% per application. Upon reaching 10 stacks, this entity will gain Ultimate Power - gaining immunity to all damaging effects for 15 sec.

Dissipation:
Ignoring Strife or Anger will starvethe entity, causing it to slowly dissipate to nothingness. Damage dealt is reduced by 10% per application.

The Champion of the Five Suns

In the days of old, five suns burned brightly in the sky. Great fires would sweep through the lands of Pandaria until the day that Zao Sunseeker shot a defiant arrow into the sky, bringing down 4 of the 5 suns.

Sunfire Rays:
The intense heat of the sun burns a random enemy target for10000 Fire damage.

Extract Sha:
Extinguishing a sun will extract the Sha from its victim.

Haunting Sha These sha haunt the Temple of the Jade Serpent.

Haunting Gaze:
The Haunting Sha gazes into their victim's soul, inflicting 25000 Shadow damage.

The Sunseeker's Corruption!

The manifesting Sha have now possessed Zao Sunseeker! You must cleanse him of his corruption!

Zao Sunseeker Hellfire Arrows:
Zao shoots madly at his perceived enemies, inflicting 30000 Fire damage to random enemies.

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Dragon Dance

Liu Flameheart rapidly assaults players with three Dragon martial arts attacks.

Dragon Strike:
Liu Flameheart strikes her target, inflicting 25000 Fire damage and an additional 28000 Fire damage over 8 sec.

Dragon Kick:
Immediately following a Dragon Strike, Liu Flameheart performs a Dragon Kick, inflicting 30000 Fire damage to all players within 8 yards.

Dragon Wave:
The force of Liu Flameheart's Dragon Kick creates three waves of fire around her which move out from her. Dragon Waves inflict 25000 damage to all players they impact.

Jade Dragon Dance

When Liu Flameheart reaches 70% remaining health, she channels the essence of the Jade Serpent to aid her in battle, granting each of her attacks an additional effect.

Jade Dragon Strike:
Liu Flameheart strikes her target, inflicting 25000 Fire damage and an additional 28000 Fire damage over 8 sec. In addition, Jade Dragon Strike absorbs up to 40000 healing received by the target.

Jade Dragon Kick:
Immediately following a Jade Dragon Strike, Liu Flameheart performs a Jade Dragon Kick, inflicting 30000 Fire damage and knocks all players within 8 yards back.

Jade Dragon Wave:
The force of Liu Flameheart's Jade Dragon Kick creates three waves of Fire around her which move out from her. Jade Dragon Waves inflict 25000 damage to all players they impact and leave a trail of Fire in their wake.

The Jade Serpent

When Liu Flameheart reaches 30% remaining health, she enters a trance, making herself invulnerable and summoning the spirit of Yu'lon to defend her in battle.

Yu'lon Jade Fire:
Yu'loan breaths a ball of flames at a player, creating a pool of Jade Fire at their location. Jade Fire inflicts 25000 Fire damage every second to all players within in the flames.

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Wither Will:
The Sha of Doubt withers the will of 2 random enemies, inflicting 30000 Shadow damage directly to their soul.

Touch of Nothingness:
The Sha of Doubt seeps profound sense of nothingness into the minds of a random enemy, causing it to periodically inflict 25000 Shadow damage to nearby allies every 2 seconds.

Figments of Doubt The Sha of Doubt forces all enemies to face their own doubt.

Gathering Doubt:
The Figment of Doubt siphons from its source. When completely infused this unit will explode, dealing 25000 Shadow damage and healing the Sha of Doubt for 10% of its life.

Encounter Journal

Striker Ga'dok NYI

Prey Time:
Strike Ga'dok charges a nearby enemy and devours them, inflicting 30000 Physical damage every sec for 5 secs.

Impailing Strike:
Impales the target dealing 50% of the targets health.

Starfing Run:
Upon reaching 70% and 30% health Striker Ga'dok strafes the platform with fire bombs which deal 15000 Fire damage a sec to enemies caught in them.

Mantid Disruptor Continuously bombards the platform with acid bombs.

Acid Bomb:
Mantid Fliers periodically bombard the platform with acid bombs which deal 15000 Nature damage a sec. to enemies caught within them.

Mantid Striker Attacks players on the platform during Striker Ga'dok's strafe runs.

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Commander Ri'mok NYI

Viscos Fluid:
Commander Ri'mok periodically exudes a viscos fluid which will increase Commander Ri'mok's damage by 10% and reduces damage dealt by players standing in it by 10% per sec. to a max of 50%.

Frenzied Assault:
Deals 50% weapon damage to all targets within 9 yards every 0.25 seconds for until cancelled.

Mantid Swarmer Waves of reinforcements continuously scale the wall to aid Commander Ri'mok.

Mantid Saboteur Every 45 secs a Mantid Saboteur will join the battle.

Bombard:
The Mantid Saboteur throws vollies of bombs that deals 30000 Fire damage to all enemies within 40 yards.

Throw Explosives:
Saboteur Kip'tilak picks a random location in the room and throws a pack of Stable Munitions there.

Stable Munitions These materials are stable and won't explode unless they are hit by another explosion.

Explosion:
When Stable Munitions are hit by explosions from other exploding Stable Munitions or Sabotaged players, they explode in the four cardinal directions.

Sabotage:
Saboteur Kip'tilak picks a player at random and attaches four explosives to their back. When Sabotage expires, the charges explode in the four cardinal directions.

World in Flames:
Once at 60% and once again at 30% health remaining, Saboteur Kip'tilak will rapidly throw five sets of Stable Munitions on the ground at random locations. Once complete, Saboteur Kip'tilak will cause these Stable Munitions to explode.

ITS A BIG BUG!

Breaking The Siege

Raigonn has burst through the outer gate, and is now attempting to ram through the inner gate! He must be stopped by destroying his weak spot.

Impervious Carapace:
Damage deal to Raigonn is reduced by 99% until his Vulnerability has been destroyed.

Vulnerability:
Raigonn has an exposed vulnerability, allowing players to ride on his head and attack it! Once destroyed, Raigonn's Carapace will be destroyed.

Battering Headbutt:
Raigonn charges towards the inner door, the impact of the Headbutt inflicts 50000 Physical damage to enemies within 10 yards. Additionally impacting the door will throw all enemies on Raigonn's Vulnerability to the ground.

Hive Protectorate Eight Hive Protectorate join the fight from beyond the wall.

Hive Mind:
At 50% Health the Hive Protectorate casts Hive Mind, increasing attack speed of nearby Hive Protectorate by 50%.

Engulfing Mantid Three Engulfing Mantid fly above, casting Engulfing Winds.

Engulfing Winds:
The Engulfing Winds create a tonado at the location and inflicts 15000 Nature damage to enemies within 3 yards and an additional 15000 Nature damage every 1 sec.

Swarm Bringer A Swarm Bringer joins the battle, inflicting Screeching Swarm.

Screeching Swarm:
The Screeching Swarm absorbs 15000 healing and inflicts 15000 Shadow damage every 1 sec. The Swarm will detach from its host after 10 sec. The Swarm inflicts 5000 damage every 0 to enemies within 20 yards.

The Cracked Carapace

Broken Carapace:
The Mantid Carapace has been broken, increasing damage taken by 300%.

Fixate:
Raigonn fixates on a target, the target is so terrified they move 75% faster.

Stomp:
Raigonn stomps, inflicting 25000 Physical damage and becoming more frenzied.

Frenzy:
Raigonn enters a frenzy, increasing damage dealt by 25%, stacking every time he Stomps.

Pandaren Bowmen The Pandaren Bowmen on the high walls above are assisting you!

Tar:
Movement speed reduced by 50% of anyone in the Tar.

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Seethe:
Seething anger inflicts 80000 Shadow damage and increases Shadow damage taken by the player by 10% for 10 sec. Only used if no players are within melee range.

Endless Rage:
The anger brought by the Alliance and Horde to Pandaria flows through the Sha of Anger, erupting forth as a shower of Sha energy. Each missile inflicts 100000 Shadow damage to players within 3 yards of the impact point and summons forth an Ire and a cloud of Bitter Thoughts.

Bitter Thoughts:
A cloud of dark thoughts that prevents attacking and spell-casting for all players within 3 yards. Lasts for 70 seconds.

Ire A manifestation of anger summoned by the Sha of Anger's Endless Rage.

Stage One: Growing Anger

The Sha of Anger's rage grows over 50 seconds.

Growing Anger:
The Sha of Anger infects 3 players with angry thoughts. After 6 sec, infected players will display Aggressive Behavior.

Aggressive Behavior:
The player erupts with anger, causing the player and all allies within 5 yards to fall under the control of the Sha of Anger for 30 sec. Increases damage dealt by 200% and maximum health by 5004%. Aggressive Behavior is removed if the player falls below 5006% health.

Stage Two: Unleashed Wrath

Upon reaching 100 rage, the Sha of Anger unleashes its wrath upon its enemies. This phase lasts until the Sha of Anger's rage reaches 0.

Unleashed Wrath:
The Sha of Anger unleashes pent-up rage for 25 sec. Inflicts 60000 Shadow damage to 10 random targets every 2 seconds.

Tryouts are in session!

Fight the Clans

Each Clan Leader will challenge you in turn. Defeat all three to proceed.

Gurthan Chief Clan Gurthan favors the use of fist weapons and prizes their Quilin companions.

Mu'Shiba Mu'Shiba is the Gurthan Chief's loyal companion and will cease fighting after he is defeated.

Pinja:
Mu'Shiba selects a random player other than his current target and tackles him to the ground. Pinja inflicts phyiscal damage every second for 11 sec. Defeate Mu'Shiba to end this effect early.

Shockwave:
The Gurthan Chief sends a shockwave along the ground in front of him. All targets hit by the shockwave are launched into the air and will take falling damage.

Harthak Chief The Harthak are masters of wind and lightning based magic.

Whirling Dervish:
The Harthak Chief summons a Whirling Dervish nearby. The Whirling Dervish will move about the arena randomly and throw nearby creatures around the room, inflicting physical Damage.

Hurricane:
The Harthak Chief spins in place very quickly, creating a Hurricane that pulls nearby creatures into its vortex. Creatures in the vortex suffer physical Damage.

Lightning Bolt:
The Harthak Chief inflicts Nature Damage to his current target.

Korgesh Chief The Korgesh are strong warriors who favor large weapons and fire magic.

Conflagrate:
The Korgesh Chief inflicts Fire Damage on a random player. While Conflagrated, the victim suffers Fire Damage every second and is Disoriented. When Conflagrate ends it passes to any creature nearby.

Meteor:
The Korgesh Chief hurls a fiery boulder at a random player. When the meteor lands it deals a large amount of Fire Damage divided evenly among all in the area of effect.

Mortal Strike:
The Korgesh Chief inflicts a large amount of physical Damage to his current target. The victim receives -50% less healing for the next 5 sec.

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Gekkan Leader of the Glintrok clan, Gekkan is an expert at rallying his subordinates and never travels without an entourage.

Reckless Inspiration:
Gekkan inspires one of his subordinates, increasing haste by 25% and rendering them immune to many crowd-control effects, but also increasing damage taken by 25%.

Reckless Cry:
On death, Gekkan utters a final rallying cry, granting Reckless Inspiration to all remaining members of his entourage.

Glintrok Ironhide Iron Protector:
Reduces the damage taken by allies within 5 yards by 50%.

Glintrok Skulker Shank:
Shanks an enemy, inflicting 150% weapon damage and stunning the target for 5 sec.

Glintrok Oracle Cleansing Flame:
Heals all allies within 60 yards for 300000.

Glintrok Hexxer Hex of Lethargy:
Hexes the target, inflicting 50000 Shadow damage and reducing spell-casting speed by 25% for 20 sec. Stacks up to 4 times.

Heroic Difficulty Only

Mogu'shan Palace is only available in Heroic Difficulty.

Ground Slam:
Xin inflicts 150000 Physical damage and decreases Armor by 25% for 20 sec to enemies in a 30 yard cone in front of him. Stacks.

Whirlwinding Axes:
Xin animates the axes in his arsenal. These axes inflict25000 Physical damage to enemies within 6 yards, knocking them back.

Blade Trap:
At 75% life, Xin activates his sword traps. The stream of blades inflict 50000 Physical damage every 0.5 seconds to those caught in the path.

Circle of Flame:
At 50% health, Xin animates a staff from his arsenal. This staff circles a random enemy in flame, detonating once the circle is complete. The explosion inflicts 150000 Fire damage and knocks enemies into the air.

Death From Above!:
At 25% health, Xin activates every last weapon in his arsenal. The mounted crossbows on the wall inflict 1000 Physical damage every 1 second to a random enemy.

Hoovering the Sap for Generation Future.

Sap Puddle:
The Sap Puddle grows over time, inflicting 4000 Shadow damage over 1 sec to enemies who touch it. Touching the Sap Puddle causes it to shrink in size.

Sap Residue:
Touching the Sap Puddle causes the Residue to attach. Sap Residue inflicts 4000 Shadow damage over 1 sec. The effect stacks.

Summon Sap Globule:
Summons three Sap Globules from the tree. Sap Globules will try to congeal with the Sap Puddle, increasing its size.

Detonate:
The Resin Harvester attempts to detonate the Sap Puddle, inflicting damage based on the size of the Sap Puddle.

Ground Siege:
General Pa'valak sends a wave of force at a player, inflicting 10000 Physical damage to all players in a 60 yard cone in front of the Mantid General, stunning them for 4 sec.

Tempest:
General Pa'valak unleashes a tempest, inflicting 10000 Nature damage to all players within 60 yards. In addition, targets will absorb up to 10000 healing.

Call Reinforcements

When General Pa'valak reaches 65% and 35% remaining health, he shields himself in a Bulwark and summons reinforcements.

Bulwark:
General Pa'valak surrounds himself in a shield, absorbing 1000000 damage.

Aerial Bombardment

General Pa'valak summons Mantid Sappers to bomb players.

Siege Explosive:
Mantid Sappers drop Siege Explosives that arm themselves after 3 seconds and then explodes for 200000 Fire damage 3 seconds after arming. In addition, players hit by the explosion will take 5% additional damage for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

Throw Explosive:
Players may attempt to throw Siege Explosives back at enemy Matid before they arm. Thrown Explosives inflict 200000 Fire damage to all Mantid within 7 yards of the targeted area and increase their damage taken by 5% for 90 sec. This effect stacks.

Ground Assault:
General Pa'valak summons waves of Mantid Soldiers to defend him in battle.

Mantid Soldier Puncture:
Mantid Soldiers puncture a player, inflicting 5000 Physical damage every 3 seconds for 12 sec. This effect stacks.

Heroic Difficulty

Siege of Niuzao Temple is only available on Heroic Difficulty.

He's gonna Ook you... [PH]

Going Bananas:
At 90%, 60%, and 30% health remaining, Ook-Ook goes bananas! Increases attack speed by 15% and damage dealt by 15%. Stacks up to 3 times. In addition, this causes a wave of Rolling Barrels.

Ground Pound:
Ook-Ook pounds the ground every 1 seconds for 3 sec, inflicting 20000 Physical damage to all enemies within a 45-degree cone and stunning them for 2 sec.

Rolling Barrel Ook-Ook's entourage periodically throw Rolling Barrels, which roll across the room until they hit a wall, player, or Ook-Ook himself. At 90%, 60% and 30% health remaining, the barrels are thrown more often.

Brew Explosion:
Rolling Barrels inflict 50000 Physical damage to players and 10000 Physical damage to Ook-Ook and increase damage taken by 10% for 15 sec.

And he has very sharp teeth! [PH]

Carrot Breath:
Hoptallus slowly turns in a circle spewing vile carrot juices. Inflicts 30000 Physical damage and knocks targets back in a 20-degree cone in front of Hoptallus.

Furlwind:
Hoptallus spins in a rapid circle. Inflicts 30000 damage every 1 seconds to surrounding units and knocks them back, but slows movement speed by 70%.

A Shrill Screech

Hoptallus will periodically emit a shrill cry, calling for aid from Hoplings, Hoppers, and Bouncers.

Hopling The tiniest Vermen, Hoplings do little more than hop around and bite things!

Hopper Hoppers are larger Vermen that carry a barrel of explosive brew in their mouths.

Explosive Brew:
If a Hopper reaches its target, it will hop madly before exploding. Inflicts 30000 Fire damage to enemies within 10 yards and knocks them down.

Bopper Boppers are larger Vermen and carry a heavy hammer.

Big Ol' Hammer When Boppers die, they drop their Big Ol' Hammers. A hammer can be picked up to gain three charges of the Smash! ability.

Smash!:
Slam the Big Ol' Hammer into the ground, destroying all Hoppers and Hoplings within 6 yards and dealing heavy damage to Boppers.

Goes great with lime. [PH]

Brew Bolt:
If there are no players near Yan-Zhu, he will begin casting Brew Bolts. Inflicts 30000 Frost damage and increases magic damage taken by the target for 6 sec.

The Perfect Brew?

Uncle Gao's crazy experiments in brewmastery have granted Yan-Zhu one of two abilities.

Bloat:
Causes the target to gush brew from their ears for 60 sec. Inflicts 20000 Physical damage to and knocks targets back in a 10-degree cone on either side of the bloated player.

Blackout Brew:
A heavy brew that inflicts 10000 Frost damage to all players and applies 3 stacks of Blackout Brew. Stacks can be removed by moving and jumping. If Blackout Brew reaches 10 stacks, the player is stunned for 10 sec.

Just A Few More Ingredients!

At 75% health remaining, Uncle Gao adds a few more ingredients to the brew, increasing Yan-Zhu's size and granting one of two new abilities.

Bubble Shield:
Yan-Zhu covers himself with 8 small bubbles. Each bubble grants Yan-Zhu 10% damage reduction.

Yeasty Brew Alemental Yan-Zhu summons forth Yeasty Brew Alementals to aid him.

Ferment:
Restores 1% of health and mana every 1 second.

Now Turn Up The Heat!

At 50% health remaining, Uncle Gao further modifies the recipe, increasing Yan-Zhu's size and granting one of two new abilities.

Carbonation:
Yan-Zhu fills the room with Carbonation for 20 sec. Inflicts 1000 Frost damage every 1 seconds to enemies that are close to the ground and prevents them from performing any actions due to acute asphyxiation. In addition, Carbonation causes Fizzy Bubbles to spawn.

Fizzy Bubble Clicking on a Fizzy Bubble grants the ability to fly for 20 sec.

Wall of Suds:
Yan-Zhu periodically summons forth walls of sudsy brew. Inflicts 10000 Frost damage every 0.5 seconds to players that stand in the wall and stuns them for 5 sec.

Sudsy:
The sudsy nature of Yan-Zhu grants players the ability to jump extra high.

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Amethyst Guardian The Amethyst Guardian gains energy when it is within 12 yards of another guardian. This energy can be used to cast Amethyst Overload. If no other guardian is within range it instead gains the Solid Stone effect.

Amethyst Pool:
Creates a pool that inflicts 25000 Shadow damage every 1 sec. to enemies who enter the area.

Amethyst Overload:
Upon reaching full energy the guardian overloads, inflicting 500000 Shadow damage to all enemies and interrupting Amethyst Petrification. Does not free fully petrified enemies.

Amethyst Petrification:
The guardian attempts to turn its enemies to amethyst, reducing the Shadow damage they take by 80% but progressively slowing their movement speed. Enemies who reach 100 stacks of petrification turn to stone and are unable to move or act.

Solid Stone:
When no other stone guards are nearby the guardian reverts to stone form. While in this form it takes 90% reduced damage but cannot gain energy.

Cobalt Guardian The Cobalt Guardian gains energy when it is within 12 yards of another guardian. This energy can be used to cast Cobalt Overload. If no other guardian is within range it instead gains the Solid Stone effect.

Cobalt Grasp:
Cobalt bursts from the ground at the target's feet, inflicting 40000 Arcane damage and preventing all movement for 6 sec.

Cobalt Overload:
Upon reaching full energy the guardian overloads, inflicting 500000 Arcane damage to all enemies and interrupting Cobalt Petrification. Does not free fully petrified enemies.

Cobalt Petrification:
The guardian attempts to turn its enemies to cobalt, reducing the Arcane damage they take by 80% but progressively slowing their movement speed. Enemies who reach 100 stacks of petrification turn to stone and are unable to move or act.

Solid Stone:
When no other stone guards are nearby the guardian reverts to stone form. While in this form it takes 90% reduced damage but cannot gain energy.

Jade Guardian The Jade Guardian gains energy when it is within 12 yards of another guardian. This energy can be used to cast Jade Overload. If no other guardian is within range it instead gains the Solid Stone effect.

Jade Shards:
Fire shards of jade in all directions, inflicting 65000 Nature damage to all enemies.

Jade Overload:
Upon reaching full energy the guardian overloads, inflicting 500000 Nature damage to all enemies and interrupting Jade Petrification. Does not free fully petrified enemies.

Jade Petrification:
The guardian attempts to turn its enemies to jade, reducing the Nature damage they take by 80% but progressively slowing their movement speed. Enemies who reach 100 stacks of petrification turn to stone and are unable to move or act.

Solid Stone:
When no other stone guards are nearby the guardian reverts to stone form. While in this form it takes 90% reduced damage but cannot gain energy.

Jasper Guardian The Jasper Guardian gains energy when it is within 12 yards of another guardian. This energy can be used to cast Jasper Overload. If no other guardian is within range it instead gains the Solid Stone effect.

Jasper Cleave:
Inflicts 100000 Fire damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 5 targets.

Jasper Overload:
Upon reaching full energy the guardian overloads, inflicting 500000 Fire damage to all enemies and interrupting Jasper Petrification. Does not free fully petrified enemies.

Jasper Petrification:
The guardian attempts to turn its enemies to jasper, reducing the Fire damage they take by 80% but progressively slowing their movement speed. Enemies who reach 100 stacks of petrification turn to stone and are unable to move or act.

Solid Stone:
When no other stone guards are nearby the guardian reverts to stone form. While in this form it takes 90% reduced damage but cannot gain energy.

Encounter Area

White Floor Tiles

These tiles absorb the energy from Living Amethyst, Living Cobalt, Living Jade, and Living Jasper when a player stands on them. Each tile can absorb one charge of energy. For each energized tile in the room, the raid gains a stack of Energized Tiles.

Energized Tiles:
The energy of the living stone flows through the room tiles, empowering players. Each stack increases damage dealt by 1%.

Living Amethyst Crystal

The energy that powers the Amethyst Guardian forms into a crystal. Players who interact with this crystal will be afflicted with the Living Amethyst effect.

Living Amethyst:
5 charges of the energy that animates the Amethyst Guardian tear though your body. Each charge inflicts 10000 Shadow damage every 1 sec. Charges of this energy can be drained into white floor tiles to energize them.

Living Cobalt Crystal

The energy that powers the Cobalt Guardian forms into a crystal. Players who interact with this crystal will be afflicted with the Living Cobalt effect.

Living Cobalt:
5 charges of the energy that animates the Cobalt Guardian tear though your body. Each charge inflicts 10000 Arcane damage every 1 sec. Charges of this energy can be drained into white floor tiles to energize them.

Living Jade Crystal

The energy that powers the Jade Guardian forms into a crystal. Players who interact with this crystal will be afflicted with the Living Jade effect.

Living Jade:
5 charges of the energy that animates the Jade Guardian tear though your body. Each charge inflicts 10000 Nature damage every 1 sec. Charges of this energy can be drained into white floor tiles to energize them.

Living Jasper Crystal

The energy that powers the Jasper Guardian forms into a crystal. Players who interact with this crystal will be afflicted with the Living Jasper effect.

Living Jasper:
5 charges of the energy that animates the Jasper Guardian tear though your body. Each charge inflicts 10000 Fire damage every 1 sec. Charges of this energy can be drained into white floor tiles to energize them.

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Spirit Bolt:
Feng the accursed deals 80000 Shadow damage to 3 random targets.

Spirit Bolt:
Feng the accursed deals 80000 Shadow damage to 8 random targets.

Strength of Spirit:
Each time Feng absorbs a mogu champion spirit, his damage is increased by 10%

Essence of the Mogu Champions

Around 95%, 66%, and 33% life, Feng will siphon the essence out of the great statues of mogu champions past, gaining their boon.

(HC) In Heroic difficulty, Feng will siphon from whichever statue is nearest to him.

Spirit of the Staff

Arcane Velocity:
The caster channels a arcane storm, its missiles increasing in velocity and damage as they travel further.

Arcane Resonance:
Feng charges random targets with Arcane Resonance, which deals10000 Arcane damage every 1 second for every player standing within 10 yards.

Spirit of the Spear

Flaming Spear:
Feng's fiery spear sears the flesh of an enemy target, inflicting 10000 Fire damage every 2 sec for 20 sec.

Wildfire Spark:
Ignites an enemy, causing it to explode after 5 seconds, igniting a wildfire at their location.

Draw Flame:
Absorbing Wildfire charges Feng's weapon, causing melee swings to deal 120000 additional Fire damage to all enemies.

Spirit of the Fist

Lightning Fists:
Feng slams a lightning-charged fist into the ground, causing a shockwave to pulse in front of him, dealing 180000 Nature damage and stunning those caught in its path.

Epicenter:
Feng channels a violent earthquake, dealing more damage towards the epicenter of the quake, and reducing enemies chance to hit by chance to hit by 75%.

Spirit of the Shield

Siphoning Shield:
Feng's cursed shield draws the soul of enemies to it, healing him for 2% of his life per soul that is absorbed.

Siphoning Shield:
Feng's cursed shield draws the soul of enemies to it, healing him for 5% of his life per soul that is absorbed.

Chains of Shadow:
Feng strikes an enemy with a Chain of Shadow that arcs to another nearby enemy. The spell affects up to 3 targets, inflicting diminishing Shadow damage to each successive target.

Stolen Essences of Stone

The heroic willpower of tank-specced players allows them access to the leftover essence shards from the awakened statues.

Nullification Barrier:
Friendly units standing inside the Nullification Barrier will have all harmful magical effects nullified.

Shroud of Reversal:
Shrouds a friendly target with an aura of magic reversal, allowing the caster to mimic any hamful ability their target takes.

Summary of Fight:Beat the snot out of the boss before he beats the snot out of you.

Shadowy Minion Shadowy Minions exist in the spirit world; but their pressence can be seen even in the physical world. Shadowy Minions will cast Spiritual Grasp periodically for as long as they are alive.[Not LFR]Shadowy Minions will also cast Shadow Bolts at players who have crossed over into the spirit world.

Spiritual Grasp:
Shadowy Minions in the Spirit World inflict Shadow Damage on a random member of the raid and anyone within three yards of them.

Shadow Bolt:
Inflicts Shadow Damage to the target.

Spirit Totem Gara'jal the Spiritbinder summons a Spirit Totem at a random location.[LFR]Players can click on these to travel to the spirit world.By destroying these totems, the closest (3 (10)/4 (25)) players within 6.5 yards of the totem will travel to the spirit world. Players who have been turned into Voodoo Dolls can not cross over into the spirit world.Gara'jal the Spiritbinder will stop summoning Spirit Totems while Enraged.

The Spirit World

[LFR]Players who cross over to the Spirit World have 30 seconds before they return to the physical world.Players who cross over to the spirit world have 30 seconds to have their soul returned to their physical body or else they will perish inside the spirit world.Players leave behind their physical body when crossing over to the spirit world. By healing this physical body to full, the soul will be returned to the physical body.

Frail Soul:
After having their soul returned to the physical world, players must wait 10 sec. before returning to the spirit world.

Spiritual Innervation

When a player's physical body is healed, their soul is energized. Spiritual Enervation takes on different forms based on the target's class and role. The efficacy of Spiritual Enervation is based on the amount of healing done to the physical body.

Caster DPS and Healers:
Mana equal to the amount healed is restored to the recipient over 12 sec.

Warriors:
Rage is generated every 1 sec. for 12 sec.

Rogues:
Energy is gained every 1 sec. for 12 sec.

Death Knights:
Runic Power is gained every 1 sec. for 12 sec.

Hunters:
Focus is gained every 1 sec. for 12 sec.

Monk:
NYI every 1 sec. for 12 sec.

Enhancement Shaman:
The Maelstrom Weapon effect is granted every 1 sec. for 12 sec.

Retribution Paladin:
Holy Power is gained every 1 sec. for 12 sec.

Voodoo Dolls

Gara'jal the Spiritbinder fixates on his current target and then chooses (10-2,25-3,LFR-2) other players from the raid to turn into Voodoo Dolls. Players who have been turned into Voodoo Dolls can not enter the spirit world.Voodoo Dolls persists until the victim perishes or until Gara'jal the Spiritbinder Banishes his fixate target to the spirit world.

Voodoo Doll (Tank Role):
Gara'jal the Spiritbinder fixates on his current tank target and turns him into a Voodoo Doll. 60% damage dealt to the target is copied to all other Voodoo Dolls in the raid.

Voodoo Doll (Non-Tank Role):
60% damage dealt to a Voodoo Doll is copied to all other Voodoo Dolls in the raid.

Banishment:
Gara'jal the Spiritbinder Banishes his current tank target to the spirit world completely. Unlike other players who cross over into the spirit world, victims of Banishment do not leave a physical body behind.While in the spirit world, the victim will be assaulted by (Normal/LFR-1,Heroic-3) Severer[s] of Souls. Defeating all Severers of Souls will free the victim.Banish removes all current Voodoo Doll effects on the raid.

Severer of Souls Severers of Souls appear to tear the soul from Banished victims. If all Severers of Souls are not defeated within 30 sec. then the Banished victim will die.

Soul Sever:
Kills the victim after 30 sec.

Enrage:
When Gara'jal the Spiritbinder reaches 20% health remaining he Enrages. While Enraged, Gara'jal the Spiritbinder gains 100% melee haste and 50% damage.Gara'jal ceases summoning Spirit Totems while Enraged.

Meng Sharpfang The Mad Emporer. Upon being defeated, the Mad Emporer remains in battle in a weakened state, only able to use his Maddening Shout ability.

Maddening Shout:
The Maddening Shout of Meng Sharpfang causes all enemies to go mad. Inflicting 10000 Shadow damage every 3 sec and causing all enemies to hate each other, players regain their sanity after taking 10000 damage from another player.The Mad King retains Maddening Shout after being defeated.

Crazed:
Becomes more insane every 0.5 sec, at 100 sanity Meng switches personalities to Cowardice. While Crazed the Mad King has increased Physical damage dealt by 200% of Meng's sanity.

Cowardice:
Becomes more insane every 0.5 sec, at 100 sanity Meng switches personalities to Crazed. While Cowardice the Mad King reflects damage equal to 50% of Meng's sanity.

Crazy Thought:
The Mad King has a Crazy Thought, increasing his insanity by 10.

Delirius:
The Mad King has become enraged, doubling sanity gain.

Qiang Steelskin The Warlord Emporer. Upon being defeated, the Warlord Emporer remains in battle in a weakened state, only able to use his Flanking Orders ability.

Flanking Orders:
The Warlord King orders a flank, calling in a wave of Mogu from the flank! These Flanking Mogu cast Overhand Strike, inflicting 500000 Physical damage to enemies within 4 yards in front of them.The Warlord King retains Flanking Orders after being defeated.

Massive Attacks:
The Warlord King's attacks are so brutal that no single man can stand against him. Attacks inflict 600000 Physical damage, split among all enemies hit.

Annihilate:
Qiang focuses on Annihilating his enemies in front of him, inflicting1500000 damage to enemies within 20 yards.

Impervious Shield:
Immune to all attacks and spells and increases attack speed by 200% for 10 sec.

Sebotai Swiftfoot The Bandit Emporer. Upon being defeated, the Bandit Emporer remains in battle in a weakened state, only able to use his Pillage ability.

Pillage:
Charges a target and begins to cast Pillage, stealing all of the target's posessions. Pillaged reduces damage and healing done by 50% and reduces Armor by 50%.The Bandit King retains Pillage after being defeated.

Volley:
Sebotai casts three quick Volleys. The first inflicts 50000 Physical damage to enemies in a large cone in front of the caster, then 75000 Physical damage in a medium cone, finally 100000 Physical damage in a small cone.

Rain of Arrows:
The Bandit King casts Rain of Arrows at the location, causing Pinned Down on all targets within 8 yards of the area. Pinned Down inflicts 15000 Physical damage every 1 sec until the arrow is removed from the victim.

Patriot Arrow The Patriot Arrow causes Pinned Down, inflicting 15000 Physical damage every 1 sec until the Patriot Arrow is destroyed!

Sleight of Hand:
Damaging attacks against the King causes the attacker to be Robbed Blind. Reducing damage and healing done by 50% and reduces Armor by 50%. Sebotai is vulnerable to Stun while Sleight of Hand is active.

Robbed Blind:
Reduces damage and healing done by 50% and reduces Armor by 50%.

Tian Dreadshadow The Sorcerer Emporer. Upon being defeated, the Sorcerer Emporer remains in battle in a weakened state, only able to use his Undying Shadows ability.

Undying Shadows:
Forms an Undying Shadow at the target location. Undying Shadows inflict 20000 Shadow damage every 1 sec to enemies with 10 yards until it is killed.The Sorcerer King retains Undying Shadows after being defeated.

Undying Shadow The Creature inflicts 20000 Shadow damage every 1 sec to enemies within 10 yards until it is killed. Undying Shadow will fixate on the closest target to it when it spawns. After being killed the Undying Shadow dies and starts to reform itself, causing Coalescing Shadows at the location. After 30 seconds the Undying Shadow fully coalesces, reforming itself.

Coalescing Shadows:
Inflicts 20000 Shadow damage every $t1 sec to enemies with 10 yards. After 30 seconds the Undying Shadow fully coalesces, reforming itself.

Shadow Blast:
The Shadow Blast inflicts 100000 Shadow damage to enemies within 8 yards of the target.

Charged Shadows:
Inflicts 85000 Shadow damage to enemies within 8 yards of each other.

Shield of Darkness:
Damaging abilities made against the Mogu King inflict 200000 Shadow damage to all enemies.

Darkness:
Inflicts 200000 Shadow damage to enemies all enemies.

[PH] This is the angriest mogus. They are hard as a rock and mean as a fist made of smaller fists.

Coolant Gas:
Coolant Gas fills the room, dealing 30000 Frost damage every 1 seconds to all players and energizing any constructs, increasing damage dealt by 50%.

Emperor's Rage The smallest Terracotta warrior, the Emperor's Rage strike quickly with dual axes and were often the foremost lines in Lei Shin's mechanical armies.

Focused Assault:
Fixates on a player, attacking only that player until they are dead or can no longer be found.

Unarmored:
The Emperor's Rage wear very little armor and are susceptible to all forms of crowd-control.

Emperor's Courage The Emperor's Courage carry a polearm to harry opponends, and form a powerful defensive wall with shields and armor.

Focused Defense:
Comes to the aid of Jan-xi or Qin-xi by fixating on a tank, attacking only that player until they are dead or can no longer be found.

Impeding Thrust:
Inflicts 100% weapon damage and slows the target, reducing movement speed by 25% for 10 sec. Stacks up to 4 times.

Half Plate:
The Emperor's Courage wear directional armor. All damage taken from the front is blocked or deflected, but the construct can be snared.

Emperor's Strength The Emperor's Strength are heavily-armored and strike earth-shaking blows with a massive two-handed hammer.

Energizing Smash:
Smashes the ground in front of the Soldier, inflicting 300000 Physical damage to players within 10 yards of the strike zone and stunning them for 2 sec. Each time Energizing Smash is cast, the radius increases by 1 yard.

Full Plate:
The Emperor's Strength wear heavy armor and cannot be crowd-controlled in any way.

Jan-xi and Qin-xi Jan-xi and Qin-xi activate after 90 seconds and share a health pool.

Devastating Combo

Jan-xi and Qin-xi perform a devastating combination of five attacks.

(HC) In Heroic Difficulty, the Devastating Combo consists of ten attacks.

(LFR) In Looking for Raid Difficulty, the Devastating Combo consists of three attacks.

Devastating Arc:
Strikes a 25-yard hemispherical area to the left, right, or in front of Jan-xi or Qin-xi. Inflicts 300000 Physical damage and reduces armor by 10% for 30 sec. Stacks up to 10 times and pierces all immunities.

Stomp:
Stomps the ground, inflicting 300000 Physical damage to all players within 12 yards and stunning them for 2 sec. This attack pierces all immunities.

Magnetic Armor:
Magnetizes the current target for 10 sec. If a magnetized player is more than 16 yards from the construct, they will be pulled back to the construct.

Opportunistic Strike:
If all players avoid all attacks in a Devastating Combo, Jan-xi or Qin-xi becomes unbalanced, granting all players within 16 yards the Opportunistic Strike ability for 3 sec. Inflicts 500000 Physical damage.

Titan Spark On Heroic difficulty, when any construct dies, 2 Titan Sparks are released.

Focused Energy:
Fixates on a player, attacking only that player until they are dead or can no longer be found.

Energy of Creation:
When a Titan Spark dies or reaches its target, it releases the Energy of Creation. Inflicts 500000 Nature damage to all players within 8 yards and energizes any constructs, increasing attack speed by 50% for 120 sec. This effect stacks.

[PH] He's really mad...

Stage One: Growing Anger

Stage Two: Unleashed Wrath

[PH] Fish full of Sha

Sha Corruption:
Killing a member of the Protectors causes Sha Corruption to explode from their bodies and possess the remaining Protectors. Sha Corruption heals each Protector to their maximum health, increases their damage done by 25% and grants them additional abilities.

Protector Kaolan

Touch of Sha:
Protector Kaolan corrupts a player, inflicting 40000 Shadow damage every 3 seconds for the remainder of the fight.

Defiled Ground:
This ability is granted by 1 charge of Sha Corruption.Protector Kaolan desecrates the land beneath a player's location for the remainder of the fight, inflicting 100000 Shadow damage every second and increasing damage taken from Defiled Ground by 10% for 30 sec. This effect stacks.

Expel Corruption:
This ability is granted by 2 charges of Sha Corruption.Protector Kaolan expels a mass of corruption at his location for the remainder of the fight, inflicting 100000 Shadow damage to all players within 30 yards every 3 seconds. The damage of Expelled Corruption is decreased the further a player is from the source of corruption.

Elder Regail

Lightning Bolt:
Elder Regail hurls a bolt of lightning, inflicting 100000 Nature damage.

Lightning Prison:
Elder Regail imprisons 2 players in a field of lightning, stunning them and causing them to inflict 70000 Nature damage every second to all players within 7 yards.

(25) In 25 player Difficulty, Elder Regail imprisons 5 players.

Lightning Storm:
This ability is granted by 1 charge of Sha Corruption.Elder Regail summons a Lightning Storm, causing several lightning strikes. First striking at Elder Regail's location and then in a ring around him at 20, 40, 60 and 80 yards. Each strike inflicts 100000 Nature damage to all players within 10 yards of Lightning Storm's impact.

Overwhelming Corruption:
This ability is granted by 2 charges of Sha Corruption.Elder Regail is overwhelmed with corruption, inflicting 30000 Shadow damage to all players every 3 seconds and increases damage taken from Overwhelming Corruption by 5%. This effect stacks.

Elder Asani

Water Bolt:
Elder Asani hurls a bolt of water at an enemy's location, inflicting 75000 Nature damage to all players within 3 yards of the targeted location.

Cleansing Waters:
Elder Asani summons a globe of Cleansing Waters at a Protector's location. When the globe reaches the ground, all targets within 3.5 yards are healed every second for 10 sec.

Corrupted Waters:
This ability is granted by 1 charge of Sha Corruption.Elder Asani summons a globe of Corrupted Water that Empowers all Protectors, granting them 100% melee and casting speed until it is destroyed.

Purified:
Destroying the Corrupted Waters grants all players within 15 yards the Purified effect, increasing melee, ranged and spell casting speed by 100% for 20 sec.

Overwhelming Corruption:
This ability is granted by 2 charges of Sha Corruption.Elder Asani is overwhelmed with corruption, inflicting 30000 Shadow damage to all players every 3 seconds and increases damage taken from Overwhelming Corruption by 5%. This effect stacks.

Minion of Fear

Minions of Fear pour from the Terrace of Endless Spring, pursuing the Protector with the lowest remaining health.

Corrupted Essence:
When a Minion of Fear dies, it fills the 2 closest players with Corrupted Essence, increasing their damage done by 10% for 45 sec. This effect stacks up to 10 times.If Corrupted Essence ever reaches 10 stacks, it is removed and the Essence of Fear is unleashed.

(25) In 25 player Difficulty, Corrupted Essence filles the 5 closest place.

Essence of Fear:
The Essence of Fear inflicts 100000 Shadow damage to all players within 30 yards.

Greater Corrupted Essence:
When a Minion of Fear reaches a Protector, it fills them with Greater Corrupted Essence, increasing their damage done by 10% for 60 sec. This effect stacks up to 10 times.If Greater Corrupted Essence ever reaches 10 stacks, it is removed and the Greater Essence of Fear is unleashed.

Greater Essence of Fear:
The Greater Essence of Fear inflicts 400000 Shadow damage to all players, horrifying them for 3 sec.

*Face your fears in up to 3 epic battles!*Become the Champion of the Light!*Waffles not included.

The Terrace

The Sha of Fear looms atop the terrace, attempting to consume the pure light still emanating from its center.

Pure Light

A narrow column of uncorrupted light still projects skyward from the center of the terrace. When a player stands in this light it bends, forming a protective wall that extends back from this Champion of the Light in a 'V' shape. This attracts the attention of the Sha, who fixates on the Champion.

Wall of Light:
The Champion and other players standing within the wall of light take 15% reduced damage from all sources. The wall also deflects the Sha's Breath of Fear attack.

Breath of Fear:
The Sha inflicts 0 Shadow damage to all enemies over 1.5 sec. Affected enemies are feared for the duration. Players standing behind the Wall of Light are unaffected.

Eerie Skull:
The Sha throws a skull at a player's location, inflicting 45000 Shadow damage and reducing the casting speed of enemies within 3 yds of the impact point by 50% for 2 sec.

Ominous Cackle:
The Sha cackles ominously and teleports a group of players to one of the outer shrines to battle a former guardian of the terrace.

Terror Spawn The Sha periodically summons a pair of Terror Spawns to attack players. Each Terror Spawn is protected by a bulwark of dark energy that deflects spells and attacks that strike the front of the creature.

Penetrating Bolt:
Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting 10000 Shadow damage and increasing Shadow damage taken by 10% for 15 sec.

Heart of Fear The heart of the Sha can be targeted and attacked separately. It takes 50 increased damage from attacks and spells, but is immune to area of effect abilities.

Heart of Fear:
The Heart of Fear saps the courage of its attackers, inflicting 20000 Shadow damage and causing them to flee in terror when it suffers damage. This effect removes normal fear immunities, but players who are Fearless are unaffected.

Reaching Attack:
The Sha strikes at a distant target, inflicting 75000 Shadow damage and increasing Shadow damage taken by 25% for 25 sec. This ability is used when no targets are in melee range.

The Outer Shrines

The group of players transported by Ominous Cackle must defeat one of three Sha possessed crossbowmen. The pandaren Yang Guoshi, Cheng Kang, and Jinlun Kun are former terrace guardians.

Shoot:
The caster shoots at the target, inflicting 75000 Physical damage.

Dread Spray:
The caster rapidly fires sprays of Dread Bolts at enemy targets for 8 sec. The caster is immune to taunt for the duration. Each spray of Dread Bolts fires in a cone in front of the caster, inflicting 30000 Shadow damage and afflicting the target for 8 sec. At 2 stacks, the target is feared for 4 sec.

Death Blossom:
The caster spins in a circle, unleashing a hail of bolts in all directions for 6 sec. Each bolt that strikes an enemy inflicts 35000 Physical damage.

Fearless:
Defeating any of the possessed crossbowmen returns the group to the central terrace and grants them complete immunity to Fear and Horror effects for 20 sec. This effect cannot be removed by the Heart of Fear.

The Dread Expanse

On heroic difficulty the Sha of Fear retreats to the Dread Expanse at low health, dragging players along with him. This watery wasteland is a place of the Sha's making where he has access to a new set of abilities.

Pure Light

The uncorrupted light from the terrace binds itself to the current champion and takes on a new form. It grows stronger, granting the champion immunity to fear and horror effects and 25% reduced damage taken.

Transfer Light:
The champion can use this ability to move the Pure Light to a targeted friendly player.

Implacable Strike:
The Sha unleashes an Implacable Strike in the direction of his current target that inflicts 700000 damage to enemies up to 20 yards away.

Naked and Afraid:
The Sha strips the gear from his current target before performing Implacable Strike, reducing the target's armor and chance to dodge by 100% for 40 sec.

Waterspout:
The Sha agitates the water under several players, creating a series of waterspouts. Each waterspout takes 1.5 sec. to form and explode, inflicting 60000 Frost damage to enemies within 2 yds.

Huddle in Terror:
The Sha terrifies several players, causing them to cower in fear and inflicting 45000 Shadow damage every 1 sec. for 15 sec.

Submerge:
The Sha disappears below the surface of the Dread Expanse for a short time, then emerges under a random player inflicting 500000 Frost damage to enemies within 10 yds. The Sha summons a Dread Spawn at his location each time he submerges.

Dread Spawn This creature fixates on the current champion of the light. If a new player becomes the champion the Dread Spawn will change targets.

Shadow Bolt:
The Dread Spawn emits Shadow Bolts. Each inflicts 35000 Shadow damage to a random player.

Eternal Darkness:
The Dread Spawn kills his current target if he is able to get within melee range.