Taloc
 Taloc | |
|---|---|
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| Gender | Male |
| Race | Titan construct (Mechanical) |
| Level | ?? Boss |
| Reaction | Alliance Horde |
| Location | Ruin's Descent, Uldir |
| Status | Killable |
Taloc is a titan construct and the first boss of Uldir.
It is initially seen atop the Heart of Darkness in Nazmir, being corrupted by blood. The Gob Squad tried to destroy it with their A.M.O.D., but the operation couldn't be succeeded until Grand Ma'da Ateena was killed and the blood shield dispelled. Taloc then fell after the Heart of Darkness roof collapsed.
Adventure Guide
The titan keepers enacted countless systems to detect and contain any breach from the facility. Their most powerful construct, Taloc, kept watch for any signs of corruption in the region and ruthlessly excised any that he found. But as thousands of years passed, its internal defenses began to decay, making it vulnerable to corruption.
Overview
Taloc's blood-fueled magic will flood the room with Blood Storms. His powerful Cudgel of Gore will absorb nearby Blood Storms. At 35% health, Taloc's fuel spills into the arena causing him to Power Down and spawn Coalesced Blood and Volatile Droplets. Volatile Droplets will continue to spawn once Taloc reabsorbs his fuel, canceling Powered Down and engaging the raid once more.
Damage Dealers
- Avoid standing close to an ally targeted by Cudgel of Gore.
- Defeat Volatile Droplets before they can reach an ally and inflict Combustible Fuel.
- Avoid standing in front of Taloc when he casts Sanguine Static.
Healers
- Allies will take significant damage when afflicted with Plasma Discharge.
- Avoid standing close to an ally targeted by Cudgel of Gore.
- Avoid standing in front of Taloc when he casts Sanguine Static.
Tanks
- Aim the Cudgel of Gore to clear away Blood Storms.
- Taunt Coalesced Bloods while Taloc is disabled to keep them away from your allies.
Abilities
Stage 1: The Corrupted Construct
Plasma Discharge 
— Taloc's blood magic causes his enemies' plasma to burst forth from within, inflicting X Shadow damage and creating a Blood Storm every 2 sec for 4 sec.
Blood Storm — A thundering storm of blood magic gathers, inflicting X Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within.
Cudgel of Gore — Taloc charges at his target and slams his mighty cudgel into the ground, inflicting X Shadow damage and knocking back targets within 30 yards. Damage decreases the further targets are from the point of impact. Additionally, the cudgel absorbs instances of Blood Storm within 18 yards.
Retrieve Cudgel — Taloc charges to retrieve his Cudgel of Gore, inflicting X Physical damage and knocking back enemies in his path.
Sanguine Static — Taloc unleashes bolts of charged blood magic that surge away from him, inflicting X Shadow damage and knocking back all players caught in their path.
Hardened Arteries 
— Taloc's blood magic hardens and clogs his enemy's arteries, slowing movement over 6 sec before exploding and inflicting X Shadow damage to players within 8 yards of each target.
Enlarged Heart — Taloc overwhelms the very heart of an enemy, splitting X Shadow damage among all players within 8 yards of the target.
Stage 2: Ruin's Descent
Powered Down — Taloc powers down, spilling his blood fuel into the arena. While powered down he is deactivated and immobilized, and all damage taken is reduced by 99%.
Uldir Defensive Beam 
— Focused beams of energy project from the arena, inflicting X Arcane damage every 0.2 sec to players within.- Coalesced Blood — Abberations that have a passive effect called Slough off
Slough off — The Coalesced Blood continuously leaves Blood Storms in its wake.- Blood Storm — A thundering storm of blood magic gathers, inflicting X Shadow damage every 1 sec to players within.
- Volatile Droplet — Abberations that explode on contact with players
Combustible Fuel — Volatile Droplets detonate when they reach their target, inflicting X Fire damage and knocking back all enemies within 5 yards.
Loot
| Item | Type |
|---|---|
| Strength two-hand mace | |
| Wand | |
| Plate bracers | |
| Mail bracers | |
| Leather gauntlets | |
| Leather belt | |
| Plate leggings | |
| Mail leggings | |
| Cloth boots | |
| Agility trinket | |
| Intellect trinket |
Related achievements
Quotes
- Intro
- Princess Talanji yells: Taloc survived de A.M.O.D strike?! We cannot let dis monstrosity stand between us and G'huun!
- Aggro
- Hosts detected. Infection commencing.
- Initiating plasma collection.
- Powered Down
- Fluid evacuation in progress. Entering standby.
- Cudgel of Gore
- Deploying cudgel.
- Retrive Cudgel
- Activating cudgel retrival.
- Plasma Discharge
- Initiating blood dispersal of target host.
- Powered Down ends
- Levels at maximum. Resume collection.
- Killing a player
- Additional fuel for rot.
- Wipe
- Subjects primed for contamination.
- Death
- Fuel levels depleted. Shutting down...
Notes and trivia
- In early alpha, Taloc was the final boss of the Underrot. He was later replaced with the Unbound Abomination, and was instead changed to a raid boss in Uldir.[1]
- In earlier beta builds, he was named Taloc the Corrupted.
- His weapon is [Khor, Hammer of the Guardian], which can be looted as [Khor, Hammer of the Corrupted].
- Taloc is named after Tlaloc, a deity in Aztec religion.
Patch changes
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added.