Warlord Kalithresh

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General Info

Warlord Kalithresh is the final boss of the Steamvault wing of Coilfang Reservoir

• Level (Normal): 72 Elite
• Type: Humanoid

Abilities

• Warlord’s Rage – Draining power from a nearby Naga Distiller, if his spell is completed he will enrage gaining a 100% attack speed boost and +75% to damage.
• Spell Reflection – Reflect spells back to the caster. Visual – white bubble around him. Shows up with Detect Magic.
• Impale – Randomly targeted bleed, deals 500 physical damage every 3 seconds.

Strategy

As the last boss of the max-level Coilfang wing, Kalithresh is an appropriately difficult and time-consuming fight. He is fought in a room lined with tanks, full of some unknown substance. The party must keep up steady DPS on him, as he has a fairly large amount of health, and he periodically reflects magic. His only other ability of note at this point is a randomly targeted Impale, which does 500 damage every 3 seconds. If he retargets someone before their Impale wears off, it will stack and refresh the duration, so healers must be paying attention.

However, every so often he shouts and begins to channel a spell to one of the tanks. At this point, the tank becomes targetable, and EVERYONE in the party must attack it. This includes healers, as he stops attacking while he channels this spell. It is imperative that the tank die to party damage before he finishes channeling. If he manages to get the spell off, he "enrages," increasing his attack speed by 100% and his damage by 75%. This ability will stack if more tanks are not destroyed. Since they are only targetable while he's channeling, there's a certain urgency to this fight. As long as the party manages to kill each tank before Kalithresh powers up from it, he will remain under control and easily handled. Finally, Kalithresh’s position can't be controlled since he will move to a new naga distiller each time one is destroyed, let Kalithresh lead and just follow.