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|status = Disbanded
 
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'''The Illidari Council''' is a group of four [[blood elf]] bosses in the [[Black Temple]] in [[Shadowmoon Valley]]. The council members are [[Lady Malande]] ([[Priest]]), [[Gathios the Shatterer]] ([[Paladin]]), [[High Nethermancer Zerevor]] ([[Mage]]), and [[Veras Darkshadow]] ([[Rogue]]).
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The '''Illidari Council''' is a group of four [[blood elf]] bosses in the [[Black Temple]]. The fight is comparable to [[High King Maulgar]] since it sports a difficult pull and a rather chaotic [[battle for survival]], which requires high situational awareness and fast reflexes from all raid members.
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==Background==
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{{novel-section}}
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[[File:Illidari council.jpg|thumb|Illidari Council in World of Warcraft.]]
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The members of the Illidari Council were among the most talented and powerful [[Blood elf|blood elves]] [[Kael'thas Sunstrider]] led to [[Outland]]. The prince left them in [[Shadowmoon Valley]] to advise and assist his master, [[Illidan Stormrage]], while he left for Netherstorm. The council vied for Illidan's favor and frequently schemed against one another, naming themselves the Illidari Council in a mostly ostentatious display, but Illidan acknowledged that they were exceptionally gifted in their respective fields: [[Gathios the Shatterer]] in matters of war and logistics, [[Veras Darkshadow]] in the realms of espionage and shadowing, [[Lady Malande]]'s talent for upholding relations with Illidan's other servitors, and [[High Nethermancer Zerevor]]'s arcane mastery. The council remained some of Illidan's most steadfast followers even after their own prince's defection to the [[Burning Legion]].
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On the eve of the [[Black Temple]]'s fall, it was the council who organized much of the resistance against the [[Sha'tar]] and their allies. Illidan, obsessed with his mission to plot the downfall of Argus, had mostly lost interest in the battle's outcome and had come to view his ruined kingdom on Outland as a sacrifice of little consequence. However, after accompanying the council to the temple's ramparts to observe the flow of battle, he knew this clash of the Legion's enemies was what [[Kil'jaeden]] had anticipated. The Betrayer ordered the Illidari Council to retreat and prepare for battle, freshly resolved to both win this battle and finish his own personal strike at the Legion's heart. With his demon hunters away on [[Mardum]], the council were Illidan's last line of defense, and fought to their deaths in his service.<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: Illidan]]''</ref>
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==Overview==
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The Illidari Council consists of a powerful paladin, rogue, mage, and priest. They share health and bring their iconic abilities to bear against their foes.
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===[[file:Dps_icon.png]] Damage Dealers===
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* Melee damage dealers should avoid striking High Nethermancer Zerevor due to his '''Arcane Explosion'''.
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* Interrupt Lady Malande's '''Circle of Healing'''.
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===[[file:Healer_icon.png]] Healers===
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* Allies afflicted with Veras's '''Envenom''' require urgent healing attention.
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===[[file:Tank_icon.png]] Tanks===
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* Hold the attention of Gathios the Shatterer and Veras Darkshadow.
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* Keep Gathios the Shatterer away from the other members of the council to avoid buffing them with '''Devotion Aura'''.
   
 
==Abilities==
  
==Abilities==
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*'''[[Gathios the Shatterer]]'''
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**{{abilities|Blessings|Gathios can have one Blessing active at a time.}}
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***{{abilities|Blessing of Protection|A targeted party member is protected from all physical attacks for 15 sec.|image=spell_holy_sealofprotection}}
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***{{abilities|Blessing of Spell Warding|A targeted party member is protected from all magical attacks for 15 sec.|image=spell_holy_sealofrighteousness}}
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**{{abilities|Judgments|Gathios will cast a Judgement based on which Seal he has active.}}
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***{{abilities|Judgment of Blood|Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, causing 2160 Holy damage every 1 sec.|image=spell_shadow_lifedrain}}
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***{{abilities|Judgment of Command|Judges the enemy for 11115 to 12285 Holy damage.|image=spell_shadow_lifedrain}}
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**{{abilities|Devotion Aura|Reduces damage taken by 75%.|type=Important|image=spell_holy_devotionaura}}
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**{{abilities|Consecration|Consecrates the land beneath Gathios, doing 27000 Holy damage over 20 sec to enemies who enter the area.|image=spell_holy_innerfire}}
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**{{abilities|Hammer of Justice|Stuns an enemy, rendering it unable to move or attack for 6 sec.|type=Magic|image=spell_holy_sealofmight}}
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*'''[[Veras Darkshadow]]'''
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**{{abilities|Vanish|Puts the caster in stealth mode for 30 sec.|image=ability_stealth}}
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***{{abilities|Envenom|Veras comes out of the shadows and Envenoms an enemy which inflicts 7650 to 10350 Nature damage.|image=ability_rogue_disembowel}}
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**{{abilities|Deadly Poison|Poisons an enemy target with deadly poison. Inflicts 1800 Nature damage every 1 sec for 4 sec.|image=ability_rogue_dualweild}}
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*'''[[High Nethermancer Zerevor]]'''
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**{{abilities|Arcane Bolt|Hurls a magical bolt at an enemy, inflicting 9750 to 10250 Arcane damage.|image=spell_arcane_starfire}}
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**{{abilities|Flamestrike|Calls down a pillar of flame, burning all enemies in a selected area and inflicting 5049 to 5751 Fire damage every 2 sec. for 12 sec.|image=spell_fire_selfdestruct}}
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**{{abilities|Blizzard|Calls down a blizzard that lasts 12 sec., inflicting 7875 to 10125 Frost damage every 2 sec. to all enemies in a selected area.|image=spell_frost_icestorm}}
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**{{abilities|Dampen Magic|Dampens magic used against the targeted party member, decreasing damage taken from spells by up to 75% and healing spells by up to 50%. Lasts 5 min.|type=Magic|image=spell_nature_abolishmagic}}
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**{{abilities|Arcane Explosion|Sends out a blast wave of magic, inflicting 12540 to 13860 Arcane damage to enemies within 10 yards.|type=Magic|image=spell_nature_wispsplode}}
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*'''[[Lady Malande]]'''
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**{{abilities|Circle of Healing|Invokes Holy magic to heal nearby party members.|type=Interruptable|image=spell_holy_prayerofhealing02}}
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**{{abilities|Empowered Smite|Smites an enemy, inflicting 7932 to 8768 Holy damage.|image=spell_holy_holysmite}}
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**{{abilities|Divine Wrath|Consumes an enemy in flames, burning it and inflicting 4500 Fire damage every 2 sec. over 8 sec.|image=spell_holy_searinglight}}
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**{{abilities|Reflective Shield|Wraps the caster in a shield that lasts up to 20 sec., absorbing a maximum of 25000 damage and reflecting half of any absorbed damage back onto the attacker.|image=spell_holy_powerwordshield}}
   
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===Veras Darkshadow===
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== Preparation ==
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*1 main tank (Gathios)
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;Deadly Poison:1000 Nature damage inflicted every 1 second for 4 seconds. Hits for 5000 Nature damage when it expires. Not cleansable.
  
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*2 off-tanks (Malande and Veras)
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;Envenom:Finishing move that consumes the Deadly Poison on the target and deals 4,250 to 5,750 poison damage.
  
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*1 mage tank (Zerevor)
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;Vanish:Same as the rogue ability. Lasts 30 seconds.
  
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*12-13 damage dealers
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*8-9 healers
   
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All raid members must have at least 11k HP buffed. A rogue wearing [[Gladiator's Leather Gloves]] is extremely useful (for the ranged physical spell interrupt).
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===High Nethermancer Zerevor===
  
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;Arcane Bolt:Inflicts ~ 15000 Arcane Damage to the current target. 2 seconds casttime.
  
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;Flamestrike:Calls down a pillar of flame anywhere in the room, burning all enemies in a selected area of 10 yards radius for 4,625 to 5,375 fire damage and an additional 2,806 to 3,194 every 2 seconds for 12 seconds.
  
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;Blizzard:Calls down a blizzard anywhere in the room that lasts 12 seconds, inflicting 4,375 to 5,625 frost damage every 2 seconds to all enemies in a selected area of 10 yards radius. It should be noted that once caught in Blizzard first tick comes after 2 seconds and not immediately so its entirely possible to not get any damage by it if player moves out of it fast enough.
  
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;Dampen Magic:A self buff that reduces magic damage taken by up to 75% and healing by up to 500. He starts the fight with this on and recasts it every 60 seconds.
  
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;Arcane Explosion:Arcane Damage 8550-9450 in 10 yards. Only use if someone in 10 yards distance. (Resistable)
  
   
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==The pull==
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===Gathios the Shatterer===
  
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Similar to High King Maulgar, a correct pull is difficult to set up but extremely important. In order of precedence, the mobs should be assigned as follows:
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;Hammer of Justice:Stuns an enemy for 6 seconds. Targets a random raid member within range. This has a 10-40 yard range, in that it will only be used on players between 10 and 40 yards from Gathios the Shatterer.
  
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*A mage buffed with [[Hand of Protection]], a full stack of [[HoT]]s and a [[Power Word: Shield]] starts the fight by pulling Zerevor (the mage) from 35 yards away, towards the left side of the platform
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;Seal of Command:A self buff which gives Gathios a chance to deal additional holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Lasts 30 seconds. Judging this Seal deals 6,175 to 6,825 holy damage. shares cooldown with Seal of Blood. It is possible to spell reflect Judgment of Command.
  
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*Gathios (the Paladin) should be immediately [[Misdirection|misdirected]] to the main tank and tanked on the opposite (right) side of the platform
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;Seal of Blood:A self buff which gives Gathios ability +800 holy damage for each of his attack. Lasts 30 seconds. Judging this Seal deals 10800 total holy damage over 9 secs. shares cooldown with Seal of Command. Unlike Judgement of Command this ability can not be spell reflected.
 
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*Veras and Malande can both be tanked by one off-tank each near the middle of the stairs, about 15 yards apart. Additional misdirections facilitate this pulling
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;Consecration:Deals 2,250 every 3 seconds for 21 seconds in a 10 yard radius from Gathios. Used roughly every 30 seconds.
  
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;Blessing of Spell Warding :The target becomes immune to magical damage for 15 seconds. It can be cast on any of the other 3 bosses, however 90% of the time it is cast on Lady Malande. shares cooldown with Blessing of Protection.
  
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;Blessing of Protection :The target becomes immune to physical damage for 15 seconds. It can be cast on any of the other 3 bosses, however 90% of the time it is cast on Lady Malande. shares cooldown with Blessing of Spell Warding.
  
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;Chromatic Resistance Aura :Increases the resistance of all 3 other bosses to all schools of magic by 250 for 30 seconds. 1 minute cooldown. share cooldown with Devotion Aura.
  
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;Devotion Aura:Gives 20% additional armour to all 3 other bosses for 30 seconds. 1 minute cooldown. share cooldown with Chromatic Resistance Aura.
  
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;Unable to land a crushing blow.
  
   
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Gnomes can experience line of sight issues when attempting the pull. They need to either go to the top of the platform or change their character model (e.g. with {{item|Noggenfogger Elixir}} or {{item|Savory Deviate Delight}}).
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===Lady Malande===
  
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;Empowered Smite:Inflicts 5,463 to 6,037 holy damage. 2 second casting time. It has infinite range, can be used on anyone in the room, and is cast roughly every 30 seconds. Cannot be reflected.
  
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;Divine Wrath:Consumes an enemy in flames, burning it for 5,000 holy damage and an additional 2,500 fire damage every 2 seconds over 8 seconds. Can be cast on any raid member inside the room.
  
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;Reflective Shield:Shielded against physical and magical damage, absorbing a maximum of 25,000 damage. Half of the damage absorbed is reflected back to the attacker. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted by physical attacks (edit: In the live-patch 2.2 it is possible to interrupt spells with melee-attacks, like kick and pummel from a rogue or a warrior). Lasts for 20 seconds or until removed.
  
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;Circle of Healing:Heals all 4 members of the Illidari Council for 95,000-105,000. 2.5 second casting time, 20 second cooldown.
  
   
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==Strategy==
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===Pet pull===
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The critical element is the mage, who may easily die if one of the other bosses attacks him. It's possible to start the fight with an Imp (or other pet), which then takes the first Arcane Bolt. This gives the raid a second or so to get the mobs under control. Of course, the mage tank must give the pet just a split second head start, and gain Aggro on Zerevor (and spellsteal) as quickly as possible.
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In essence this fight is High King Maulgar "2.0" and most of the difficulty is in getting the 'pull' right. The pull is quite complicated and needs to be taken very seriously.
  
   
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==Tanking==
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First and foremost people should have a minimum of 11,000 hp (buffed) entering into this fight. The raid composition MUST have at least 2 mages, and 2 rogues. It also requires a minimum of 2 offtanks and 1 primary tank, the primary tank will need at least 20k buffed hp (which is no real issue at this point).
  
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Lady Malandes heals must be interrupted under all circumstances, and all her other spells should be interrupted as much as possible. Since she's the preferred target of Gathios' blessings, she's invulnerable to one type of damage (physical or magic) most of the time. Therefore a total of four interrupters should stay on her - two physical and two magical. [[Curse of Tongues]], [[Deathfrost]] and [[Numbing Poison]] are highly recommended. If there's some AoE on her spot and she's blessed vs. magic, the last resort is to have a Rogue wearing the PvP gloves interrupt her by throwing. The group tanking/interrupting her must call out the target if a Divine Wrath gets through so that the raid healers can adjust.
   
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High Nethermancer Zerevors Dampen Magic must be spellstolen as frequently as possible. Everybody must keep at least 10 yards away from him to avoid arcane explosion.
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The pull needs to be started by a mage with at least 35 yards range on whichever spell they cast. High Nethermancer Zerevor is the target they need to pull, they need to be blessing of protection'd as the spell connects, and they need to spellsteal very shortly thereafter. Gathios needs to be picked up by the main tank as soon as possible (misdirection is an option) and tanked on the side opposite Zerevor. Veras Darkshadow, and Lady Malande can be tanked near the middle of the stairs, about 15 yards from one another. You only need one offtank on Veras, as he does not hit hard. Deadly poison is not dispellable, so make sure to heal whoever gets the debuff.
  
   
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Gathios the Shatterer is the main DPS target. The main tank should use spell reflect when the Seal of Command is Judged (this happens in regular intervals). The melee damage dealers must be extra careful never to attack him from the front since an increase of his attack speed (after a parry) can mean near-instant death for the MT. This is particularly difficult because if there's some AoE taking place, the tank has to move. The best practice is to stop melee until Gathios stands still in his new location.
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The tanking/interrupting of Lady Malande can be rather complex. You will need at least 2 forms of physical interrupts (rogues kick, warriors pummel, etc) and 2 forms of magical interrupt (Felhunter's silence, Shaman's Earthshock, and Mage's Counterspell all work.) The reasoning behind this is because Gathios will usually cast BOP / "Blessing of Spell Warding" on her more than any other target, and due to the nature of this fight (shared health bar) it is essential that NO heals get off. When Blessing of Spell Warding is up your melee dps will need to be on interrupts, and vice versa with Blessing of Protection.
  
   
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Aggro (on Gathios) is not an issue, because the spell reflects create a lot of threat. After the second reflected Judgement, all damage dealers can safely ignore their threat meters and go all-out.
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The tanking of Zerevor is usually done on the left hand side of the platform by a mage. Much like High King Maulgar there is a buff that needs to be spellstolen by the mage or else they will take more damage then they can possibly be healed for. All melee/ranged must stay a minimum of 10 yards away from Zerevor at all times or they will be hit with an arcane explosion.
  
   
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After a Vanish, Veras temporarily ignores his aggro list, until he's hit again by the tank. A druid or paladin tank is, therefore, better suited for this task than a warrior. If a warrior must tank him, it's highly advisable to set up a macro that follows an Intercept or Intervene directly with an Autoattack.
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Gathios is typically done on the right hand side of the platform, he will be your primary dps target. He will interchangeably have Chromatic Resistance Aura which gives him 250 resist to all schools of magic, and Devotion Aura which increases all the advisors armor by 30%. While the dps is working on Gathios in the right corner they need to watch for 'ground effects' from the other bosses and people caught in them should be healed accordingly. Flamestrike, Consecrate (melee), Blizzard, Empowered Smite, Divine Wrath, and Envenom will all be done at seemingly random intervals. It is possible for someone to have Envenom, get hit with a Flamestrike, and Divine Wrathed at the same time, which is why a minimum of 11k health is advised for this fight.
  
   
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==Healing==
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Two healers on the main tank, one on each of the three other tanks, remaining healers on raid heal. The whole raid has to watch out for a lot of different AoE effects. There are about six different types of AoE and debuffs which can occur, and there is nothing predictable. Raid members must be very quick to run out of AoEs, and healers must be extremely alert to heal through some poison debuff or other damage while evading AoEs themselves.
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{| class="darktable"
  
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!Lady Malande!!Gathios the Shatterer!!High Nethermancer Zerevor!!Veras Darkshadow
  
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*'''Aggro''' - Flee, or die.
  
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*'''Kill''' - My work is done.
  
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*'''Kill Comment''' - As it should be.
  
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*'''Special''' - No. Second. Chances.
  
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*'''Special''' - I'm full of surprises...!
  
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*'''Enrage''' - FOR QUEL'THALAS! FOR THE SUNWELL!
  
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*'''Death''' - Destiny... awaits...
  
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*'''Aggro''' - I have better things to do.
  
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*'''Kill Comment''' - Well done.
  
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*'''Special''' - Enjoy your final moments.
  
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*'''Special''' - You are mine.
  
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*'''Enrage''' - Enough games!
  
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*'''Death''' - Lord Illidan... I...
  
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*'''Intro''' - Common. Such a crude language. Ban'dal!
  
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*((remainder of quotes in Thalassian))
  
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*'''Aggro''' - You wish to test me?
  
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*'''Kill''' - Valiant effort.
  
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*'''Kill Comment''' - A glorious kill.
  
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*'''Special''' - You're not cut out for this!
  
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*'''Enrage''' - You wish to kill me?! *cackle* You first!
  
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*'''Death''' - You got lucky...
  
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==Soloing==
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*Note: All bosses have the same number of quotes, omitted quotes are in Thalassian.
  
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This is probably the most difficult encounter in Black Temple to solo, as Lady Malande's heals can effectively mean the player has to do a few million more damage than the Council's starting health to secure a kill. Even when reduced to 1 hit point, Malande and/or Gaithos can still cast a heal before the player lands the killing blow, which can lead to some frustrating moments. The best strategy seems to be to focus on Gathios, blowing all cooldowns at the start. As the player gets close to a kill, he/she needs to put up DOTs or AOEs on Gaithos so as to greatly increase the chances that the player will get in one final damaging blow before Malande gets off a heal at 1 hit point. It is also helpful if the player does the encounter on the platform where the Council starts since any AOEs will hit at least two other members and lower their life pool more quickly as well as make landing the killing blow easier.
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==Tips==
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One tactic that can help your tank locate Veras Darkshadow after a vanish is to have a hunter make a spamable macro to mark Veras before he reappears. This should put a big red arrow over Veras about 3 seconds before he reappears.
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/focus Veras Darkshadow
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/cast [target=focus, exists] Hunter's Mark
   
 
==Loot==
  
==Loot==
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{{Lootbox|[[Tier 6]] leggings tokens
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{{lootbox|[[Tier 6]] leggings tokens
 
|Leggings of the Forgotten Conqueror
  
|Leggings of the Forgotten Conqueror
 
|Leggings of the Forgotten Protector
  
|Leggings of the Forgotten Protector
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{{Lootbox|Other drops
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{{lootbox|Other drops
 
|Belt of Divine Guidance
  
|Belt of Divine Guidance
 
|Cloak of the Illidari Council
  
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==Quotes==
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===Lady Malande===
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;Aggro
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:{{text|yell|Flee or die!}}
   
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;Special
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==External links==
  
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*{{text|yell|No second chances!}}
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[[Image:Icon-video-22x22.png]]For Killmovies of this encounter, see the [[Bosskill Movies]] page.
  
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*{{text|yell|I'm full of surprises!}}
   
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;Kill Comment
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{{elinks-NPC|23426}}
  
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:{{text|yell|As it should be.}}
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{{Elink|site=Bosskillers|link=http://www.bosskillers.com/cgi-bin/bbguild/index.cgi?action=bosspage&bossid=153|type=bosskillers}}
  
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{{Elink|site=gsDKP|link=http://www.gsdkp.com/index.php?s=items&z=29&b=The%20Illidari%20Council|desc=Loot Table}}
  
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{{Elink|site=Raidguru|link=http://raidguru.net/?p=157|desc=Strategy Guide|icon=raidguru}}
  
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{{Elink|site=wow-tactics.de|link=http://www.wow-tactics.de/20_taktiken/black-temple/illidari-council.php|desc=German Illidari Council Tactic}}
  
   
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;Slaying
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:{{text|yell|My work is done.}}
   
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;Enraged
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[[Category:Blood elves]]
  
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:{{text|yell|FOR [[Quel'Thalas (kingdom)|QUEL'THALAS]]! FOR THE [[Sunwell|SUNWELL]]!}}
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;Death
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:{{text|yell|Destiny... awaits.}}
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===Gathios the Shatterer===
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;Aggro
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:{{text|yell|I have better things to do!}}
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;Special
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*{{text|yell|Enjoy your final moments!}}
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*{{text|yell|You are mine!}}
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;Kill Comment
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:{{text|yell|Well done!}}
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;Slaying
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:{{text|yell|Selama amor'anore!}}
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;Enraged
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:{{text|yell|Enough games!}}
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;Death
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:{{text|yell|Lord [[Illidan]]...I...}}
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===High Nethermancer Zerevor===
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;Aggro
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:{{text|yell|[[Common]]. Such a crude language. Ban'dal!}}
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;Special
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* {{text|yell|Diel fin'al.}}
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* {{text|yell|Sha'amoor ara mashaal?}}
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;Killing a Player
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:{{text|yell|Shorel'aran.}}
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;Kill Comment
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:{{text|yell|Belesa menoor!}}
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;Enrage
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:{{text|yell|Sha'amoor seabenal!}}
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;Death
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:{{text|yell|Diel ma'ahn... orindel'o.}}
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===Veras Darkshadow===
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;Aggro
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:{{text|yell|You wish to test me?}}
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;Special
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*{{text|yell|You're not cut out for this!}}
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*{{text|yell|Anar'alah belore!}}
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;Kill Comment
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:{{text|yell|A glorious kill!}}
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;Slaying
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:{{text|yell|Valiant effort!}}
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;Enraged
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:{{text|yell|You wish to kill me? Hahaha, you first!}}
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;Death
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:{{text|yell|You got... lucky.}}
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===Council defeated===
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:{{text|say|Akama|Those who've defiled this temple have all been defeated. All but one!}}
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:{{text|say|Akama|Let us finish what we've started. I will lead you to Illidan's abode once you've recovered your strength.}}
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==Patch changes==
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BossIllidari Council
Image of Illidari Council
Race Blood elf (Humanoid)
Level ?? Boss
Reaction Alliance Horde
Location Chamber of Command, Black Temple
Status Disbanded

The Illidari Council is a group of four blood elf bosses in the Black Temple. The fight is comparable to High King Maulgar since it sports a difficult pull and a rather chaotic battle for survival, which requires high situational awareness and fast reflexes from all raid members.

Background

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Illidari council

Illidari Council in World of Warcraft.

The members of the Illidari Council were among the most talented and powerful blood elves Kael'thas Sunstrider led to Outland. The prince left them in Shadowmoon Valley to advise and assist his master, Illidan Stormrage, while he left for Netherstorm. The council vied for Illidan's favor and frequently schemed against one another, naming themselves the Illidari Council in a mostly ostentatious display, but Illidan acknowledged that they were exceptionally gifted in their respective fields: Gathios the Shatterer in matters of war and logistics, Veras Darkshadow in the realms of espionage and shadowing, Lady Malande's talent for upholding relations with Illidan's other servitors, and High Nethermancer Zerevor's arcane mastery. The council remained some of Illidan's most steadfast followers even after their own prince's defection to the Burning Legion.

On the eve of the Black Temple's fall, it was the council who organized much of the resistance against the Sha'tar and their allies. Illidan, obsessed with his mission to plot the downfall of Argus, had mostly lost interest in the battle's outcome and had come to view his ruined kingdom on Outland as a sacrifice of little consequence. However, after accompanying the council to the temple's ramparts to observe the flow of battle, he knew this clash of the Legion's enemies was what Kil'jaeden had anticipated. The Betrayer ordered the Illidari Council to retreat and prepare for battle, freshly resolved to both win this battle and finish his own personal strike at the Legion's heart. With his demon hunters away on Mardum, the council were Illidan's last line of defense, and fought to their deaths in his service.[1]

Overview

The Illidari Council consists of a powerful paladin, rogue, mage, and priest. They share health and bring their iconic abilities to bear against their foes.

Dps icon Damage Dealers

  • Melee damage dealers should avoid striking High Nethermancer Zerevor due to his Arcane Explosion.
  • Interrupt Lady Malande's Circle of Healing.

Healer icon Healers

  • Allies afflicted with Veras's Envenom require urgent healing attention.

Tank icon Tanks

  • Hold the attention of Gathios the Shatterer and Veras Darkshadow.
  • Keep Gathios the Shatterer away from the other members of the council to avoid buffing them with Devotion Aura.

Abilities

  • Gathios the Shatterer
    • Blessings — Gathios can have one Blessing active at a time.
      • Spell holy sealofprotection Blessing of Protection — A targeted party member is protected from all physical attacks for 15 sec.
      • Spell holy sealofrighteousness Blessing of Spell Warding — A targeted party member is protected from all magical attacks for 15 sec.
    • Judgments — Gathios will cast a Judgement based on which Seal he has active.
      • Spell shadow lifedrain Judgment of Blood — Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, causing 2160 Holy damage every 1 sec.
      • Spell shadow lifedrain Judgment of Command — Judges the enemy for 11115 to 12285 Holy damage.
    • Spell holy devotionaura Devotion Aura Important — Reduces damage taken by 75%.
    • Spell holy innerfire Consecration — Consecrates the land beneath Gathios, doing 27000 Holy damage over 20 sec to enemies who enter the area.
    • Spell holy sealofmight Hammer of Justice Magic Effect — Stuns an enemy, rendering it unable to move or attack for 6 sec.
  • Veras Darkshadow
    • Ability stealth Vanish — Puts the caster in stealth mode for 30 sec.
      • Ability rogue disembowel Envenom — Veras comes out of the shadows and Envenoms an enemy which inflicts 7650 to 10350 Nature damage.
    • Ability rogue dualweild Deadly Poison — Poisons an enemy target with deadly poison. Inflicts 1800 Nature damage every 1 sec for 4 sec.
  • High Nethermancer Zerevor
    • Spell arcane starfire Arcane Bolt — Hurls a magical bolt at an enemy, inflicting 9750 to 10250 Arcane damage.
    • Spell fire selfdestruct Flamestrike — Calls down a pillar of flame, burning all enemies in a selected area and inflicting 5049 to 5751 Fire damage every 2 sec. for 12 sec.
    • Spell frost icestorm Blizzard — Calls down a blizzard that lasts 12 sec., inflicting 7875 to 10125 Frost damage every 2 sec. to all enemies in a selected area.
    • Spell nature abolishmagic Dampen Magic Magic Effect — Dampens magic used against the targeted party member, decreasing damage taken from spells by up to 75% and healing spells by up to 50%. Lasts 5 min.
    • Spell nature wispsplode Arcane Explosion Magic Effect — Sends out a blast wave of magic, inflicting 12540 to 13860 Arcane damage to enemies within 10 yards.
  • Lady Malande
    • Spell holy prayerofhealing02 Circle of Healing Interruptible — Invokes Holy magic to heal nearby party members.
    • Spell holy holysmite Empowered Smite — Smites an enemy, inflicting 7932 to 8768 Holy damage.
    • Spell holy searinglight Divine Wrath — Consumes an enemy in flames, burning it and inflicting 4500 Fire damage every 2 sec. over 8 sec.
    • Spell holy powerwordshield Reflective Shield — Wraps the caster in a shield that lasts up to 20 sec., absorbing a maximum of 25000 damage and reflecting half of any absorbed damage back onto the attacker.

Preparation

  • 1 main tank (Gathios)
  • 2 off-tanks (Malande and Veras)
  • 1 mage tank (Zerevor)
  • 12-13 damage dealers
  • 8-9 healers

All raid members must have at least 11k HP buffed. A rogue wearing Inv gauntlets 28 [Gladiator's Leather Gloves] is extremely useful (for the ranged physical spell interrupt).

The pull

Similar to High King Maulgar, a correct pull is difficult to set up but extremely important. In order of precedence, the mobs should be assigned as follows:

  • A mage buffed with Spell holy sealofprotection [Hand of Protection], a full stack of HoTs and a Spell holy powerwordshield [Power Word: Shield] starts the fight by pulling Zerevor (the mage) from 35 yards away, towards the left side of the platform
  • Gathios (the Paladin) should be immediately misdirected to the main tank and tanked on the opposite (right) side of the platform
  • Veras and Malande can both be tanked by one off-tank each near the middle of the stairs, about 15 yards apart. Additional misdirections facilitate this pulling

Gnomes can experience line of sight issues when attempting the pull. They need to either go to the top of the platform or change their character model (e.g. with Inv potion 83 [Noggenfogger Elixir] or Inv misc monsterhead 04 [Savory Deviate Delight]).

Pet pull

The critical element is the mage, who may easily die if one of the other bosses attacks him. It's possible to start the fight with an Imp (or other pet), which then takes the first Arcane Bolt. This gives the raid a second or so to get the mobs under control. Of course, the mage tank must give the pet just a split second head start, and gain Aggro on Zerevor (and spellsteal) as quickly as possible.

Tanking

Lady Malandes heals must be interrupted under all circumstances, and all her other spells should be interrupted as much as possible. Since she's the preferred target of Gathios' blessings, she's invulnerable to one type of damage (physical or magic) most of the time. Therefore a total of four interrupters should stay on her - two physical and two magical. Spell shadow curseoftounges [Curse of Tongues], Spell holy greaterheal [Deathfrost] and Spell nature nullifydisease [Numbing Poison] are highly recommended. If there's some AoE on her spot and she's blessed vs. magic, the last resort is to have a Rogue wearing the PvP gloves interrupt her by throwing. The group tanking/interrupting her must call out the target if a Divine Wrath gets through so that the raid healers can adjust.

High Nethermancer Zerevors Dampen Magic must be spellstolen as frequently as possible. Everybody must keep at least 10 yards away from him to avoid arcane explosion.

Gathios the Shatterer is the main DPS target. The main tank should use spell reflect when the Seal of Command is Judged (this happens in regular intervals). The melee damage dealers must be extra careful never to attack him from the front since an increase of his attack speed (after a parry) can mean near-instant death for the MT. This is particularly difficult because if there's some AoE taking place, the tank has to move. The best practice is to stop melee until Gathios stands still in his new location.

Aggro (on Gathios) is not an issue, because the spell reflects create a lot of threat. After the second reflected Judgement, all damage dealers can safely ignore their threat meters and go all-out.

After a Vanish, Veras temporarily ignores his aggro list, until he's hit again by the tank. A druid or paladin tank is, therefore, better suited for this task than a warrior. If a warrior must tank him, it's highly advisable to set up a macro that follows an Intercept or Intervene directly with an Autoattack.

Healing

Two healers on the main tank, one on each of the three other tanks, remaining healers on raid heal. The whole raid has to watch out for a lot of different AoE effects. There are about six different types of AoE and debuffs which can occur, and there is nothing predictable. Raid members must be very quick to run out of AoEs, and healers must be extremely alert to heal through some poison debuff or other damage while evading AoEs themselves.

Soloing

This is probably the most difficult encounter in Black Temple to solo, as Lady Malande's heals can effectively mean the player has to do a few million more damage than the Council's starting health to secure a kill. Even when reduced to 1 hit point, Malande and/or Gaithos can still cast a heal before the player lands the killing blow, which can lead to some frustrating moments. The best strategy seems to be to focus on Gathios, blowing all cooldowns at the start. As the player gets close to a kill, he/she needs to put up DOTs or AOEs on Gaithos so as to greatly increase the chances that the player will get in one final damaging blow before Malande gets off a heal at 1 hit point. It is also helpful if the player does the encounter on the platform where the Council starts since any AOEs will hit at least two other members and lower their life pool more quickly as well as make landing the killing blow easier.

Tips

One tactic that can help your tank locate Veras Darkshadow after a vanish is to have a hunter make a spamable macro to mark Veras before he reappears. This should put a big red arrow over Veras about 3 seconds before he reappears. 

/focus Veras Darkshadow 
/cast [target=focus, exists] Hunter's Mark

Loot

Tier 6 leggings tokens
Other drops

Quotes

Lady Malande

Aggro
Flee or die!
Special
  • No second chances!
  • I'm full of surprises!
Kill Comment
As it should be.
Slaying
My work is done.
Enraged
FOR QUEL'THALAS! FOR THE SUNWELL!
Death
Destiny... awaits.

Gathios the Shatterer

Aggro
I have better things to do!
Special
  • Enjoy your final moments!
  • You are mine!
Kill Comment
Well done!
Slaying
Selama amor'anore!
Enraged
Enough games!
Death
Lord Illidan...I...

High Nethermancer Zerevor

Aggro
Common. Such a crude language. Ban'dal!
Special
  • Diel fin'al.
  • Sha'amoor ara mashaal?
Killing a Player
Shorel'aran.
Kill Comment
Belesa menoor!
Enrage
Sha'amoor seabenal!
Death
Diel ma'ahn... orindel'o.

Veras Darkshadow

Aggro
You wish to test me?
Special
  • You're not cut out for this!
  • Anar'alah belore!
Kill Comment
A glorious kill!
Slaying
Valiant effort!
Enraged
You wish to kill me? Hahaha, you first!
Death
You got... lucky.

Council defeated

Akama says: Those who've defiled this temple have all been defeated. All but one!
Akama says: Let us finish what we've started. I will lead you to Illidan's abode once you've recovered your strength.

Patch changes

  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-20): Lady Malande's Reflective Shield should no longer reflect back an excessive amount of damage.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Added.

See also

References

 
  1. ^ World of Warcraft: Illidan

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