Dalan Nightbreaker

Dalan Nightbreaker
Title	<Champion of Arms>
Gender	Male
Race	Night elf (Humanoid)
Level	15-35 Rare
Class	Warrior
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Location	Lion's Landing, Krasarang Wilds
Status	Killable

Dalan Nightbreaker is one of the three Alliance champions found at Lion's Landing in eastern Krasarang Wilds.

Abilities

Cracking Blow 40 yd range — Inflicts 60% of the target's health as Physical damage along a line in front of the caster. 1.5 sec cast. Uninterruptible.
Heroic Leap 15-50 yd range — Leap at a target, inflicting Physical damage at the impact location. 1.5 sec cast.
Sunder Armor Melee range — Reduces armor by 5% for 15 sec. Stacks. Instant.

Strategy

Dalan is found surrounded by a number of Alliance guards. However, he can be pulled using ranged attacks without aggroing the guards immediately next to him. Once a path to him has been cleared, he can then be pulled to a clear spot to fight; the small patch of shore just south of the entrance to the fort is ideal.

Dalan deals melee damage, and will use Heroic Leap if his target strays more than 15 yards away, inflicting damage as well as closing the gap, so stay within 15 yards. Dalan's auto-attacks deal a surprisingly large amount of damage, and he will steadily apply cumulative stacks of Sunder Armor to targets, increasing that further. His most important ability is Cracking Blow which deals heavy damage in a line in front of him. Players should watch carefully for this, and take great care to strafe or run out of the line of this attack. This ability is not only deadly and very fast, but its range is surprisingly large; even standing several yards behind Dalan is not always enough to avoid taking heavy damage. Players having trouble getting out of the way in time can begin strafing or circling Dalan pre-emptively; since he uses his Cracking Blow every few seconds, it's not too hard to anticipate, and the reliable avoidance of his main attack is well worth any loss in damage output. The direction of the Cracking Blow is determined by his orientation at the beginning of the cast, and Dalan takes a little while to come round after each use.