Overgrown Ancient

Overgrown Ancient
Gender	Male
Race	Ancient protector (Elemental)
Level	72 Boss
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Location	Algeth'ar Academy
Status	Killable
Algeth'ar Academy
Vexamus; Overgrown Ancient; Crawth; Echo of Doragosa	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	Loot

Overgrown Ancient is a boss in Algeth'ar Academy.

Adventure Guide

Professors Mystakria and Ichistrasz have used just a touch too much magic in an effort to clear the botany labs. Now they have a big, leafy problem on their hands in the form of an Overgrown Ancient that threatens to undo all their hard work.

Overview

The Overgrown Ancient attempts to crush the tank with Barkbreaker and repeatedly forces waves of dormant lashers to grow with Germinate. Upon reaching 100 energy, the Overgrown Ancient uses Burst Forth to awaken all dormant lashers that have not yet been killed, causing them to attack players.

Damage Dealers

Hungry Lashers can be damaged and killed even before the Ancient awakens them with Burst Forth.
Ancient Branches cast Healing Touch, which can be interrupted.

Healers

The target of Barkbreaker takes greatly increased Physical damage for a short time after being hit.
Burst Forth inflicts significant damage to all party members.

Tanks

Being hit by Barkbreaker greatly increases Physical damage taken for a short time after.
Once awakened by Burst Forth, Hungry Lashers can inflict significant damage if left unchecked.
Ancient Branches cast Healing Touch, which can be interrupted.

Abilities

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Germinate — The Overgrown Ancient forces dormant lasher seeds beneath all players' feet to sprout every 1 sec for 4 Sec. Each emerging seed inflicts 0 Physical damage to players within 4 yds and knocks them back, then leaves behind a dormant Hungry Lasher.

Hungry Lasher
- Lasher Toxin — The Hungry Lasher's attacks have a chance to poison the target, inflicting 1780-7352 Nature damage every 3 sec for 9 Sec. This effect stacks.

Burst Forth — Upon reaching 100 energy, the Overgrown Ancient releases its abundant life magic to awaken all dormant Lashers, inflicting 35597-147049 Nature damage to all players as they burst free from the ground. Branch Out — The Overgrown Ancient throws one of its own branches at a location, inflicting 0 Physical damage to players within 8 yds and knocking them back. The Ancient Branch then animates and attacks players.

Splinterbark — Splinters erupt from the Ancient as its branch is torn away, causing all players to bleed for 17798-73524 every 3 sec for 1 Min. This effect stacks.
[Ancient Branch]
- Healing Touch — Heal an ally for 150.
- Abundance — Upon death, release a spark of life energy that bursts after 3.5 Sec, healing allies and players within 8 yds for 250, and removing all applications of Splinterbark.

Barkbreaker — The Overgrown Ancient stomps its target with crushing force, inflicting 85432-352916 Physical damage and increasing Physical damage taken by 100% for 9 Sec.