Lord Pythas

Lord Pythas
Title	<Fanglord>
Gender	Male
Race	Night elf (Humanoid)
Level	8-30 Elite
Class	Warrior, Druid
Resource	Mana
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s)	Druids of the Fang
Former affiliation(s)	Disciples of Naralex
Location	Wailing Caverns
Status	Deceased (lore) / Killable (WoW)
Companion(s)	Dreadcoil (pet)
Wailing Caverns
Lady Anacondra; Lord Pythas; Lord Cobrahn; Kresh; Skum; Deviate Faerie Dragon (rare); Lord Serpentis; Verdan the Everliving; Mutanus the Devourer	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	NPCs
Naralex; Muyoh; Ebru; Nalpak

Lord Pythas (formerly known as Aryn) is an elite night elf found in the Wailing Caverns.

Background

A seasoned warrior and once one of Naralex's personal guard, the corrupted Lord Pythas now uses his skills in battle to aid the Druids of the Fang.

Adventure Guide

A childhood friend of Naralex, the warrior Aryn was a quick study in druidism. Despite his training, the acolyte was defenseless against the corruption that would strip away his sanity. Aryn has taken on the name Pythas, combining his impressive melee prowess with his druidic arsenal to vanquish intruders.

Abilities

Healing Touch — Lord Pythas heals an ally.
Lightning Bolt — Lord Pythas hurls a bolt of lightning at his current target, inflicting Nature damage.
Druid's Slumber — Lord Pythas puts a player to sleep for 6 sec. Any hostile action will awaken the target.
Thunderclap — Lord Pythas inflicts Nature damage to all players within 10 yards, increasing the time between their attacks by 40% and slowing their movement speed by 40% for 6 sec.

Strategy

Pythas is the toughest of the Leaders of the Fang. He puts out a lot of melee damage, and he has a lot of hitpoints. He also has one elite druid and one Elite Deviate Shambler with him. Either kill the adds first, or keep them CC'd until Pythas is dead.

Note that the druid that accompanies Pythas can sleep a member of the party. If the tank is asleep, Pythas will move to the next highest target on his aggro list.
If the other two adds are cc'd, or off tanked (another leather / mail wearer or a pet tanking the shambler) and the druid polymorphed or ignored, a balanced party can take down Pythas fairly quickly. Then focusing on the remaining adds shouldn't be a problem.

It can happen under certain circumstances that Pythas, like Kresh before in the instance, due to a bug, walks into the ground or a rock and becomes stuck. This counts as a death for the Naralex summoning event, but the NPC in question cannot be looted.