User:Serillian/Al'nir the Doomspeaker

Depths of Nightmare
DoN
Location	Beneath Kalimdor
End boss	N'zoth, Qor'magg
Bosses
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Al'nir the Doomspeaker
Race	N'raqi (Aberration)
Level	?? Boss
Location	Sanctum of Eternal Shadows, Depths of Nightmare
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Al'nir the Doomspeaker is the seventh boss encounter in the Depths of Nightmare. The fight against him is slightly unique in that no player can directly heal anyone else or themselves. A "debuff" will be applied to the raid that restores health but is limited in charges. The mechanics in the fight work around the debuff. This boss fight can be seen as a battle for survival in the form of execution and mechanics.

Background

The only basic Faceless one to surpass his brethren in power and skill, Al'nir has been chosen personally by Prophet Sin'gurath to bar the way available into the horrific lair of N'Zoth himself. He personally wishes to drive out any invaders who seek to take down his master and his mentor Major Genaaz. Faint whispers linger among the shadows detailing the moments leading to the rising of the old ones.

Abilities

Al'nir the Doomspeaker enrages after 7 minutes (10 minutes for LFR) of combat. This causes him to detonate all Shadow Orbs at once, wiping the raid. In addition, any non-passive healing spell cast causes Al'nir to detonate all Shadow Orbs. Indirect healing like [Soul Link] is allowed and will not cause Al'nir to wipe the raid via instakill.

Orb of Torment — Al'nir applies powerful orbs to all enemies at the start of the fight. All spells and abilities have their cooldown reduced by 25%. Restores 20% of maximum health every 2 seconds. Limit 3 charges. Any damaging attack that would otherwise kill a player would instead restore the affected player to 100% health and remove 1 charge (does not occur for effects that instantly kill their target). All players begin with only 1 stack of Orb of Torment.

Shadow Orb — Al'nir either litters the room with Shadow Orbs or conjures several orbs among the room with increasing frequency over time, depending on the condition of the encounter. Any mortal body coming into contact with a Shadow Orb will suffer 1,000,000 Shadow damage per sec., causing that orb to detonate itself inflicting 1,000,000 (LFR: 100,000 /: 2,000,000) Shadow damage to all enemies within 300 yards of the orb. Shadow Orbs will be detonated by Al'nir himself if the correct condition is met during the encounter. Shadow Orbs detonated by Al'nir become an instant kill, preventing Orb of Torment from restoring players to full health.

Phase One

Al'nir begins Phase 1 with an arsenal of devastating Shadow attacks.

Shadow Cluster — Al'nir hurls several Shadow Orbs into the air, causing them to land at random areas of his room lasting 2 minutes. 60 sec cooldown with the time between each cast reduced by 10 seconds.

Impending Doom — Al'nir engulfs all enemies with extreme darkness. Deals 300,000 (LFR: 150,000 /: 600,000) Shadow damage every 5 seconds. Lasts 20 seconds. If this effect runs its full course, a Shadow Orb will form from the affected player's location, taking 2 seconds to activate. 45 sec cooldown at first. After 3 minutes this cooldown is reduced to 15 seconds. This debuff will refresh itself if it deals damage to an affected player.

Psychic Wave — Al'nir projects a destructive force of psychic energy. Deals 900,000 (LFR: 450,000 /: 1,350,000) Shadow damage to all enemies 30 yards in front of him. Any player hit by this attack will be knocked back 40 yards. 3 sec cast; 30 sec cooldown. Unleashes Shadow Orbs in the direction where this spell is cast.

Doomspeaker's Rage — Al'nir releases his inner rage, increasing attack speed by 50% for 30 seconds. During this effect, Al'nir gains access to two additional attacks for the duration. Each use of this ability increases the attack speed bonus by an additional 50%. 60 sec cooldown. No longer increases attack speed bonus for each subsequent use. Instead increases attack speed by an additional 15% for each successful melee attack performed while under this effect.
- Void Nova — Al'nir emits a powerful wave of shadows, dealing 90,000 (LFR: 45,000 /: 135,000) Shadow damage per second to all enemies.
- Engulfing Shadows — Voracious shadows appear under 2/6(10/25) random players. Deals 100,000 Shadow damage per sec. to enemies within the area. Starts at a 5 yard radius but doubles in size each time it damages a player. 10 sec cooldown.

End of Days — Each time Al'nir leaves Phase 2, he begins to herald the end of all mortal things. Increases his damage by 25% per stack and causes his melee attacks to reduce the healing provided by Orb of Torment by 4% stacking 5 times lasting 15 seconds.

Phase Two

Al'nir enters Phase 2 when he reaches 70%, 40% and 10% health. He will teleport all players to the entrance of his sanctum and teleports himself to the opposite end of his room.

Shadow's Storm — Shortly after teleporting, Al'nir fills the entire room with Shadow Orbs except for a 20 yard radius around himself and the players. Shortly after, he will slowly open a narrow path from the entrance to his location. The path will be randomly made up each time he enters Phase 2. Touching a Shadow Orb during this Phase causes Al'nir to detonate all Shadow Orbs. All Shadow Orbs will be removed when this Phase ends.

Dark Destruction — Al'nir begins to cast this attack the moment a path is available to him during Phase 2. Detonates all Shadow Orbs the moment this ability's cast time is complete. 20 sec cast. Al'nir returns to Phase 1 once this spell is interrupted and he is above 10% health.

Shadow Bomb — Al'nir causes a 1/3 (10/25) random players to become a living bomb set to detonate after 10 seconds. Inflicts 1,350,000 Shadow damage to all nearby allies within 20 yards of the affected player(s) and reduces movement speed by 60% for 8 seconds. Causes affected player(s) to gain 1 Orb of Torment stack after detonation.

Phase Three

Al'nir enters Phase 3 instead of 1 when he is damaged to 10% health. He retains Shadow Cluster and Psychic Wave from Phase 1. Al'nir will also keep his Impending Doom spell when entering Phase 3.

Dark Storm — Al'nir releases dark lightning throughout the room. Deals 50,000 Shadow damage per 0.5 sec. and slows the movement speed on all enemies by 50% for 12 seconds. Channeled; 15 sec cooldown.

Chains of Torment — Al'nir links 2/3 (10/25) random players together. Linked targets begin to deal 80,000 Shadow damage per second to allies within 20 yards and 40,000 Shadow damage per second to themselves until they are 30 yards away from each other. 35 sec cooldown. Remains in effect through immunities. Pulls chosen targets to him before casting this spell. Reduces movement speed of all affected players by 30%.

Strategy

Al'nir the Doomspeaker is a tank and spank boss mixed with a battle for survival mechanic. All players have a 3 stack debuff that reduces cooldown timer and heals constant over the course of the fight for as long as the debuff persists. Unfortunately, no player will be able to heal or else Al'nir will wipe the raid by detonating all Shadow Orbs. Only indirect healing (like [Vampiric Embrace]) is allowed.