User:Serillian/Psychronis Mindwarp
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 Psychronis Mindwarp | |||
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| Race | N'raqi (Aberration) | ||
| Level | ?? Boss | ||
| Location | Sanctum of the Depths, Depths of Nightmare | ||
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| Depths of Nightmare | |||
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| DoN | |||
| Location | Beneath Kalimdor | ||
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N'zoth, Qor'magg | ||
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Psychronis Mindwarp is the sixth boss encounter in the Depths of Nightmare. His fight involves a Willpower mechanic that helps deal with the boss' arsenal of psychic-based attacks. It is somewhat of a gear check fight mixed with a battle for survival in the form of execution.
Background
Psychronis Mindwarp has spent several years studying the minds of the mortal races of the world. He has telepathically witnessed the many wars they have fought in, quietly taking notes in what appears to be a "mind catalog". Now, he has prepared himself for a powerful challenge against the very races he studied in years past. Psychronis readies himself to test the minds of his enemies in violent ways that could result in a terrible tragedy.
Abilities
Psychronis Mindwarp has an enrage timer of 9 minutes on all difficulties. Players engaged in combat with him gain a Willpower meter that determines the strength of their will and their ability to resist Mindwarp's psychic attacks. The fight begins when Psychronis stuns all players, walks to the middle of his room and makes a short speech.
Willpower — 
Entering combat with Psychronis Mindwarp grants players a Willpower meter. This meter decreases slowly over time. Taking damage from Mindwarp either increases or decreases this meter. Psychic attacks used on players deal less damage (up to 50% less damage taken on a full meter) and their side effects are halved (or doubled when meter decreases towards left). Players with a full meter become Psychic Resistant for 30 seconds, preventing them from being targeted by Psychronis for his attacks. Willpower meter moves left or right when damage is taken or no damage is taken. 50% less damage taken when meter is filled up towards the right and damage taken is increased by 50% when meter decreases towards the left.
Psychic Resistant — Those whose Willpower meter is full becomes Psychic Resistant. They can no longer be targeted by Psychronis and his psychic attacks. Additionally, their Willpower does not deplete and any harmful effects on them is removed. Lasts 30 seconds. Resets Willpower upon expiration.
Phase One
Psychronis Mindwarp starts off with a few attacks that's used on the raid. He uses these abilities faster for as long as he remains in Phase 1. At 50% health, he will enter Phase 2.
Telekinetic Assault — 
Psychronis unleashes a wave of psychic force that inflicts 500,000 Shadow damage to all enemies 50 yards in front of him and increases Willpower by 8. Those struck by this attack suffers a 50% reduced movement and attack speed for 10 seconds. Instant cast, 20 sec cooldown with the time between each cast reduced by 2 seconds (down to a minimum of a 2-second delay). Causes Psychronis to attack 50% faster for 10 seconds.
Psychic Slash — Psychronis faces a random player and swiftly swings his arm in a slicing manner towards that player. This causes that player to suffer 4,200,000 / 3,200,000/ 12,600,000 (10 / LFR / 25) Shadow damage split between all nearby allies within 10 yards. Decreases Willpower by 4 per player and reduces the haste on all affected players by 60% for 15 seconds. 1 sec cast, 40 sec cooldown with the time between each cast reduced by 4 seconds (down to a minimum of a 4-second delay). Deals 6,000,000 (25-man: 15,000,000) Shadow damage and reduces Willpower by 6 per player.
Mind Wave — 
Psychronis unleashes a devastating force of psychic energy upon all enemies, inflicting 70,000 Shadow damage and decreases Willpower by 5 per sec. for 10 seconds. In addition, Psychic attacks become 100% more effective on all players for 10 seconds following this attack. Channeled, 60 sec cooldown with the time between each cast reduced by 5 seconds (down to a minimum of a 5-second delay).
Mind Shock — Psychronis Mindwarp lets loose a disruptive blast into the minds of all nearby enemies within 10 yards. Inflicts 100,000 Shadow damage and reduces Willpower by 8. This attack will also interrupt any spell casting and lock players out of that school of magic for 6 seconds. Will stun any player whose Willpower is 15% or more near the left end lasting 4 seconds. 25 sec cooldown with the time between each cast reduced by 2 seconds (down to a minimum of a 1-second delay).
Phase Two
At 50% health, Phase 2 starts. Psychronis Mindwarp begins using a new set of abilities with increasing frequency until defeated.
Mental Reading — Psychronis begins to anticipate the next 2 attacks made against him by his current target. Deflects the next 2 damaging abilities used on him and causes him to retaliate with Psychic Onslaught. 20 sec cooldown with the time between each use reducing by 2 seconds (down to a minimum of a 2-second delay). Psychronis takes 50% less damage while Mental Reading is active.
Psychic Onslaught — Retaliates with psychic-powered fury, causing Psychronis to deal 1,000,000 Shadow damage to his target and reduces Willpower by 24 over 8 seconds. Subsequent onslaughts taken by the target will deal 200% increased damage for 15 seconds. This attack is channeled. Deals 2,500,000 (25-man: 7,500,000) Shadow damage rapidly over 8 seconds. Damage is split between all nearby targets.
Mind Catalog — Psychronis attunes himself to the attacks of all nearby enemies. Each damaging ability or spell will be absorbed and apply a Mind Catalog stack on Mindwarp. Upon reaching 20 stacks or after 15 seconds, Psychronis releases the stored energy. 30 sec cooldown with the time between each use reducing by 3 seconds (down to a minimum of a 3-second delay).
Psi Nova — 
Psychronis unleashes the energies stored within his Mind Catalog. Inflicts Shadow damage to all players equal to 50% of the total damage absorbed by Mind Catalog and increases Willpower by 10. Damages all players for 100% of the damage absorbed by Mind Catalog and decreases Willpower by 10.
Psychic Missile — Psychronis Mindwarp unleashes a terrifying cluster of psychic-powered missiles. These missiles select 5/10 (10/25) random players and slam into them dealing 240,000 Shadow damage and reduces Willpower by 6. 15 sec cooldown with the time between each cast reduced by 2 seconds (down to a minimum of a 1-second delay). Deals 480,000 Shadow damage and increases Willpower by 10.
Mind Break — Psychronis Mindwarp attempts to destroy the minds of 2/6 (10/25) random players. Reduces Willpower by 100% over 8 seconds and causes affected players to become permanently mind-controlled. Mind-Controlled players will deal 200% more damage and healing and sport a 1000% health increase. Those under the effects of Mind Break have the opportunity to resist the powerful telepathic skills of Mindwarp before completely succumbing. Those under this effect have their action bars replace with Mental Will and Siphon Energy. 20 sec cooldown with the time between each cast decreasing by 2 seconds (down to a minimum of a 2-second delay).
Mental Will — Those affected by Mind Break have the chance to break the psychic power of Psychronis himself. Each use of this ability increases the chance to completely resist Mind Break by 10% with the subsequent uses increasing this chance by an additional 10%.
Siphon Energy — Players attempting to resist Mind Break may also attempt to siphon portions of Psychronis Mindwarp's vast power. Increases damage and healing dealt by 15% for each use of this ability while under Mind Break. Lasts 45 seconds. 0.5 sec cooldown.
Strategy
Phase One
Before the pull, stack up near the center of the room to have positions set before the encounter starts. When pulled, the boss will stun the raid and walk towards to room's center. After this, the fight will start. Stack up in front of the boss and have the MT face him away from the raid for Telekinetic Assault. Stacking up will split the damage of Psychic Slash but the damage will slowly increase as players' Willpower decreases. Both of these abilities will be used more often the longer Psychronis remains in Phase 1.
Every minute but in decreasing intervals afterwards, Psychronis unleashes Mind Wave dealing increasing Shadow damage to the whole raid for 10 seconds. Normally this ability is healable but over the course of this phase this ability will be used more and more to the point where it may come after a Psychic Slash, increasing healer pressure. The main danger of this phase and that of the second is the frequency of these attacks. Abilities will be coming behind one another in rapid succession to the point where the boss needs to be pushed to and past 50% to "reset" his attack frequency.
Phase Two
At the beginning of this phase, Psychronis uses a new set of abilities with increasing frequency as well. His first move is Mental Reading which will deflect the next two attacks used by the tank and in turn, he retaliates with Psychic Onslaught dealing massive damage to the tank and lowering his/her Willpower over 8 seconds. This effectively increases the damage of the attack as Willpower decreases. Eventually, this ability will end up being used back to back. His next move is Mind Catalog which absorbs all damage, applying stacks (up to a maximum of 20) with each damaging attack. Once 20 stacks has been reached or 15 seconds has elapsed, Mindwarp will cast Psi Nova damaging the raid for half of the total damage absorbed by the Mind Catalog. To prevent the damage dealt by this attack from being high, simply wait for the 15 seconds to pass before resuming Dps on Psychronis. This attack will be used very often so it would be wise to watch for when it goes out to stop dps until it wears off.
His last move is Psychic Missile which functions like Malygos' Arcane Storm in that random players will be hit every time it goes off. This damage effectively ramps up over the course of Phase 2 to the point where it is used every second. This Phase may be the time to hit Bloodlust/Heroism to burn him down before Psychic Missile damage ramps up and is used in conjunction with Mindwarp's other two attacks. Near the end of the fight, all three attacks may end up being on very short cooldowns.
Heroic Changes
- Telekinetic Assault increases Psychronis Mindwarp's attack speed by 50% for 10 seconds.
- Psychronis Mindwarp uses a new ability known as Mind Shock which interrupts any player close to him and stun those with low Willpower.
- Psychronis Mindwarp takes 50% reduced damage during each Mental Reading cast until it wears off.
- Psychic Onslaught now deals increased damage that is split between all nearby targets.
- Psi Nova deals damage equal to 100% of the total damage absorbed by Mind Catalog.
- Psychic Missile damage is increased and increases Willpower instead of lowering it.
- Psychronis Mindwarp gains a new ability in Phase 2 called Mind Break that permanently mind controls players after 8 seconds. Players can break this effect through Mental Will and siphon Mindwarp's power through Siphon Energy during the 8 seconds.
Quotes
Psychronis Mindwarp uses his telepathic powers to speak to the raid through their mind.
- Intro
- They have arrived. The very mortals whose wars I've witnessed in times past. You've come seeking the demise of an old one only to fall short of victory. Your lives... are forfeit. Your hopes... are lost. The moment of the Faceless... has come!
- Aggro
Psychronis Mindwarp stuns the raid for a brief moment. He then walks to the middle of the room.
- How foolish for you to come here. I've prepared myself for your every move. Nothing you do will stop your downfall!
Psychronis Mindwarp removes the stun from the raid. The fight begins.
- Now your lives are mine for the taking!
- Mind Wave
- Bear witness to the fury of my power! Sk'shuul agth vorzz N'Zoth naggwa'fssh!
- Phase Two
- Perhaps another approach is plausible. Your will shall falter!
- Mental Reading
- To eliminate a threat one must take measures to avoid becoming vulnerable to their cause.
- Mind Catalog
- Your will is strong, but falls short of its capacity. Your fate is engraved in the bloodsoaked stones of death!
- Player Killed
- Maybe now you will see the result of your actions.
- Witness the fall of man as he takes his final breath!
- The time draws ever closer to the besieging of your world!
- Berserk
- Struggle as much as you like! It will do you no good at this point.
- Death
- My death...equates to his arrival. My blood... sets the path for his glory...
Achievements
- Depths of Nightmare - Defeat the bosses in the Depths of Nightmare.
- Heroic: Psychronis Mindwarp - Defeat Psychronis Mindwarp in the Depths of Nightmare on Heroic difficulty.
- A Strong Will - Defeat Psychronis Mindwarp in the Depths of Nightmare on Normal or Heroic difficulty without allowing Mind Wave or Psi Nova to damage any raid member below 50% health.