Changes: Herald Volazj

Herald Volazj
Race	Faceless one (Humanoid)
Level	75 Elite
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Location	Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom
Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom
Elder Nadox; Prince Taldaram; Jedoga Shadowseeker; Amanitar (heroic); Herald Volazj	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	Loot

Revision as of 09:23, 20 December 2008

Herald Volazj, a faceless one, is the last boss found in Ahn'kahet.

Attacks and abilities

Insanity: Around 66 and 33 percent health Herald Volazj becomes invulnerable and applies a debuff to the entire party. Similar in nature to phasing, each individual member sees hostile copies of their original party. Clones have about 4k HP each and must all be killed. Once an individual player's copies are dead you lose the insanity debuff and can begin assisting other members to kill their own hostile clones. Heroic Your copies have 12k HP

Mind Flay: Only targets the main tank and inflicts shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt Volley: Used every few seconds, deals roughly 350 shadow damage to the entire party.

Tactics

It is highly recommended the tank Shield reflect the Mind Flay.

Insanity: Damage classes face a race to kill their clones quickly so as to aid other members. The kill order should be to first down the healer clone in your party, the damage clones, followed by the tank clone last. Classes with AoE can down all of the clones when they are grouped together. Party clones will not use trinkets or your special abilities. Once out of your Insanity phase, you can assist others. If there is a Death Knight in the group, he will always death grip you to him, so be prepared.

Healers and tanks can and should use whatever means necessary to focus on survival while waiting for your party members to dispatch your evil counterparts and end Insanity. It is possible to finish off your own group in some situations with abilities like [Holy Nova] or [Spell Reflection], but your focus should be to stay alive.

It should not be necessary for druids to change form in preparation for Insanity. For instance, a restoration druid switching from tree of life to dire bear just before the phasing, hoping to make the fight easier. They may find a very difficult to kill resto bear charging and healing their group members even without having the appropriate talent.

It is worth noting if Volazj is positioned right, Insanity can be dodged entirely by Line of Sighting him. Thus getting you and anyone else that LoS'ed him, no adds. (This may have been fixed in a recent patch)

Loot

Normal mode
Volazj's Sabatons Item Level 34 Binds when picked up Plate Feet 10 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +6 Haste Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 28 Sell Price: 6 42 60 Mantle of Echoing Bats Item Level 34 Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 3 Armor +3 Intellect +4 Stamina +4 Haste Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 28 Sell Price: 3 65 15 Pyramid Embossed Belt Item Level 34 Binds when picked up Leather Waist 4 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Haste Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 28 Sell Price: 3 5 44

Heroic mode
Skirt of the Old Kingdom Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Legs 4 Armor +4 Intellect +6 Stamina +6 Versatility Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 10 63 81 Fiery Obelisk Handguards Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mail Hands 6 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +4 Critical Strike Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 5 70 43 Bracers of the Herald Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 8 Armor +2 Strength or Intellect +3 Stamina +4 Parry Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 6 61 72 Wand of Ahn'kahet Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1 Binds when picked up Wand Ranged Speed 2.00 28 – 48 Shadow Damage (19 damage per second) +159 Intellect +17 Stamina +11 Versatility Durability 110 / 110 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 18 78 4 Kilt of the Forgotten One Item Level 35 Binds when picked up Leather Legs 6 Armor +4 Agility or Intellect +6 Stamina +6 Versatility Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 8 62 37 Greaves of Ancient Evil Item Level 35 Binds when picked up Plate Feet 10 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +4 Dodge Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 33 16 Staff of Sinister Claws Item Level 200 Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 3.60 75 – 102 Damage (24.6 damage per second) +149 Intellect +51 Stamina +27 Haste +18 Versatility Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 19 26 18 Titanium Compound Bow Item Level 35 Binds when picked up Bow Ranged Speed 3.00 7 – 10 Damage (2.8 damage per second) +4 Agility +8 Stamina Durability 75 / 75 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 11 47 55 Frozen Orb Crafting Reagent Sell Price: 20

Notes

Herald Volazj speaks a language incomprehensible, let alone pronounceable, to any race other than the Faceless Ones. However, players also receive whispers in their mind when he speaks, translating what Volazj "says".

Quotes

"They are not dead. They are not alive. They are outside the cycle."
"Gul'kafh an'shel. Yoq'al shn ky ywaq nuul." ("Gaze into the void. It is the perpetuity in which they dwell.")
On player death: "Ywaq ma phgwa'cul hnakf." ("They are the whisper on the shivering wind.")
On death: "Iilth vwah, uhn'agth fhssh za." ("Where one falls, many shall take its place.")

External links

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 '''Insanity:'''
-When Insanity happens first kill the healer clone in your party, then the DPS clones, followed by the tank clone last. Classes with [[AoE]] can down all of the clones when they are grouped together. Party clones will not use trinkets or your special abilities. Once out of your Insanity phase, you can assist others.
+Damage classes face a [[DPS_race|race]] to kill their clones quickly so as to aid other members. The kill order should be to first down the healer clone in your party, the damage clones, followed by the tank clone last. Classes with [[AoE]] can down all of the clones when they are grouped together. Party clones will not use trinkets or your special abilities. Once out of your Insanity phase, you can assist others. If there is a Death Knight in the group, he will always death grip you to him, so be prepared.
-Healers can spam heal yourself during the Insanity phase and wait for your party members to dispatch your evil counterparts to end the Insanity. If there is a Death Knight in the group, he will always death grip you to him, so be prepared.
+Healers and tanks can and should use whatever means necessary to focus on [[Battle_for_survival|survival]] while waiting for your party members to dispatch your evil counterparts and end Insanity. It is possible to finish off your own group in some situations with abilities like [[Holy Nova]] or [[Spell Reflection]], but your focus should be to stay alive.
+It should not be necessary for [[druid]]s to change form in preparation for Insanity. For instance, a [[restoration]] [[druid]] switching from [[tree of life]] to [[dire bear]] just before the [[phasing]], hoping to make the fight easier. They may find a very difficult to kill resto bear charging and healing their group members even without having the appropriate talent.
-In Heroic, on my Holy Priest, the only way I could survive Insanity was to drop 12K mana on Holy Nova spam.  If positioned right, this killed all my adds, and then I could regen somewhat while assisting in other people's kills.
 It is worth noting if Volazj is positioned right, Insanity can be dodged entirely by [[Line of Sight]]ing him. Thus getting you and anyone else that LoS'ed him, no adds. (This may have been fixed in a recent patch)

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