Al'ar

Al'ar
Title	<Phoenix God>
Race	Phoenix (Elemental)
Level	?? Boss
Affiliation(s)	Kael'thas Sunstrider
Occupation	Pet of Prince Kael'thas
Location	The Eye, Tempest Keep
Status	Killable
Relative(s)	Phoenix Offspring
The Eye
	Template:The Eye

Al'ar <Phoenix God> is the first seen boss of the Eye in Tempest Keep. It is Kael'thas Sunstrider's phoenix and pet. This boss is more often than not skipped at first and attempted after Void Reaver because of Void Reaver's lesser difficulty.

Abilities

Both Phases

Flame Buffet: Stackable debuff incurred every 1.5s that causes 2000 fire damage and increases fire damage taken by 10% per debuff. Cannot be avoided by line of sight. This is only cast if no player is within melee range

Sometimes Al'ar will cast Flame Buffet even if there is a tank in melee range. If this happens, your tank should move forward and quickly back into position to fix the bug.

Phase 1

Fire Quill: Every now and then, instead of switching platforms, Al'ar will fly to the center of the room and nuke the upper platform and the outer part of the ramps for a few seconds. Anyone who stands on the platform at that time or is still in mid-air will receive huge amounts of fire damage, which will lead to certain death if they do not reach the ground fast. Unknown cooldown
Ember Blast: Explodes upon 'death', knocking back any player in range (~15 yards). Deals ~10k fire damage, and an additional ~1000 fall damage. Used just before transitioning to Phase 2.

Phase 2

Rebirth: ~5000 fire damage to anyone in melee range, with a knockback across the room. This occurs a few seconds after a Dive Bomb, in the same location where the Dive Bomb hit. Al'ar also uses this ability at the start of Phase 2, when resurrecting in the center of the room.
Dive Bomb: Al'ar flies up, and targets the ground beneath a random player. Al'ar then crashes into the ground at that location. This deals ~5000 fire damage, and spawns two Ember of Al'ar adds. Al'ar then uses Rebirth at that location. 30 second cooldown.
Flame Patch: Spawns under a randomly targeted player, and deals ~3000 fire damage per tick.
Melt Armour: Target's armor is reduced by 80% for 60 seconds, tanks must taunt immediately when this happens. 60s cooldown.
Enrage: Al'ar enrages 10 minutes after the start of phase 2, wiping the raid very quickly.

Ember of Al'ar

~70,000 health.
Hit for ~1500 damage.
One is spawned after each position change in Phase 1, and two are spawned after each Dive Bomb in Phase 2.
Each time one is destroyed, Al'ar's health is drained by 3% of max health.
Ember Blast: Explodes upon death, knocking back any player in range (~15 yards). Deals ~7000 fire damage, and an additional ~1000 fall damage.
Can be stunned. Immune to all other forms of Crowd Control.

Strategy

This is a heavy mobility fight. Contrary to popular belief, no amount of fire resistance is generally needed for the fight. It may help certain individuals (eg. the tank that handles the Embers) but you should avoid sacrificing more important statistics. Fire protection potions are helpful if their use is timed properly.

Phase I

Phase I is straightforward.

Al'ar will always fly to the left ramp when pulled. A tank needs to wait there to avoid Flame Buffet.

During this phase it is impossible to draw aggro at range; like Ragnaros, Al'ar will not aggro on people outside melee range. Melee can draw aggro from tanks, however. Al'ar spends around 30 seconds on each platform, then moves on to the next, flying clockwise (W, NW, NE, E, repeat). Tanks should stay on the edge of their platform to maintain line of sight with the healers. Two tanks is enough for this simple rotation, but three makes it easier to react to Flame Quill.

Adds

Al'ar will summon an add every time it switches position. This add spawns at the very position it just left. The adds need to be off-tanked away from the rest of the raid and DPS'd down as soon as possible to keep the total number of spawned adds to a minimum. The adds do not deal much damage but explode on death for a significant amount of fire damage (healers should be prepared to respond as the adds approach death). They are immune to crowd control.

The adds will generally fly to the healers, particularly if a paladin keeps Righteous Fury up; have an off-tank waiting downstairs to pick them up. It is usually a good idea to have the melee DPS take care of these adds, since they can't move fast enough to keep steady DPS on the boss herself, but be very careful with the explosions. Note that these adds can be stunned, and a useful technique is for a rogue to save up 5 combo points, wait for the add to get low on health (around 4%), stun the add while everyone else moves away, and then use [Cloak of Shadows] and finish off the add.

Flame Quill

Every now and then, when it leaves a platform, Al'ar will fly to the center of the room and do what seems to be a whirlwind animation. This signifies that it is using her Flame Quill ability. Every person in the raid needs to be aware and fall down from the upper platform, especially the tanks, since anyone left there will take 6-8k fire damage per second. People standing on the outside of the room on the floor (south near the entry door) are also susceptible). Unobservant tanks will be killed very quickly by this ability, most likely causing a wipe (if no soulstone was set). So whenever it is about to leave a platform, rotate the camera appropriately to keep an eye on her. Don't just run blindly to the next platform, wait a bit to see where exactly it goes next.

Once the Quill ends, Al'ar will land on platform 1 or 4. One tank needs to be positioned on each side, at the base of the ramp, prepared to melee her (simply standing there may not suffice) before it does more than two buffets. Intercept is useful. A third tank can be helpful here; if you have only two tanks, and both are on the same side of the room as Al'ar leaves her platform to Quill, they may have trouble getting to Al'ar if it lands on the platform on the other side of the room. Priests can summon their shadow fiend up to Al'ar if the tank is having trouble getting to him in time to minimize buffets.

Between handling adds and avoiding the Flame Quill, heavy DPS needs to be put out on the boss. In an ideal scenario, Al'ar should die within 2-3 flight cycles.

Keeping the Adds

Alternatively, you can "save" the phase 1 adds for phase two (when the enrage timer becomes important). Have melee bring each add to 10% and have a warrior spam Demoralizing Shout and Thunderclap. The tank will have about 10 adds on him by the end. The damage is difficult to heal through, but not dangerous if the healers pay attention. Once Al'ar has respawned at the start of phase 2, use AoE to kill all the adds simultaneously, and it will lose about 20%~ of her hp instantly. The add tank will usually be knocked away by the first explosion and should not take damage from any of the others; however it is possible to be hit by several and killed. Therefore, it is sensible to Soulstone him. The add tank could also use a [Major Fire Protection Potion] before the first add explodes, to avoid high peak damage.

Phase II

Phase II begins right after Al'ar reaches 0%. At this point it will explode for fire damage (amount?) with AoE knockback and reappear roughly at the center of the room where it will cast a powerful AoE knockback with fire damage. After this, it must be immediately tanked or it will start casting its flame buffets once again. Phase II is not an aggro wipe and Al'ar should fly to the top threat person. But it may decide to stay put and cast flame buffet if not picked up immediately. In case there are still some adds up from phase I, raid should focus on getting them down as soon as possible, preferably before Al'ar casts the first Meteor. Other than that, phase II is all about survivability. Melee DPS should focus on the boss while ranged DPS focuses on the adds and then Al'ar if no adds exist.

While being on the ground, it will occasionally spawn flame patches on random people that work in a similar fashion to void zones. If desired they can be dispelled by warriors via [Spell Reflection]. People need to be aware and move away from the fire trails as soon as possible. Al'ar can charge people for 5000 damage leaving them momentarily stunned. It usually flies back to its previous target but can sometimes remain next to the charged target and cast flame buffet until taunted. It also has a "Melt Armor" debuff that it will put on the current MT every 60 seconds (which means that tank switching is essential once this happens). While most boss mods will announce when "Melt Armor" is cast and its cool down it will be beneficial to many to announce this over Vent or Teamspeak. Healers must be ready to change targets when needed.

Last but not least, while airborne, it will cast Meteor (now called Dive Bomb) on a seemingly random target. The Meteor does about ~5000 fire damage on a single target and should be survivable or avoided by running from the area. Using consumables/abilities that can mitigate this sort of damage (fire protection potions, ice barrier, mana shield, barkskin etc) is also recommended. People should be aware of the fact that Al'ar spawns with an AoE fire knockback where the meteor hits the ground as well as with two ember adds so your raid should move away from that spot as soon as possible. The adds spawn immediately when the meteor hits the ground whereas Al'ar spawns roughly 2 seconds afterwards, giving a small window to pull the adds out without accidentally hitting or taunting Al'ar. Failure to do so will result in them being knocked across the room taking both fire damage and potentially some falling damage.

Note: Everyone should stay off the ramps and in the room completely, if Al'ar targets a person for Dive Bomb while they are on the ramps, Al'ar will evade glitch and go back to full health.

Dispelling Flame Patches with Spell Reflection

As a warrior, activate [Spell Reflection] and jump into the flame patch. Wait until it disappears, or if you have scrolling combat text active, until you get the message "Killing blow". It usually "dies" from the first Spell Reflection application, but occasionally you might have to jump out of the patch, wait for cooldown, and repeat the process again.

If a warrior tank gets the Melt Armor debuff, it's useful for him to run around the arena dispelling Flame Patches, since he can't effectively tank for the next sixty seconds.

Loot

Al'ar Loot
Arcanite Steam-Pistol Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Gun Ranged Speed 3.00 5 – 10 Damage (2.5 damage per second) +5 Agility +6 Critical Strike Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 9 91 60 Band of Al'ar Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique Finger +2 Intellect +3 Stamina Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 6 2 56 Claw of the Phoenix Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Fist Weapon One-Hand Speed 2.60 4 – 6 Damage (1.9 damage per second) +2 Agility +4 Stamina Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 13 17 28 Fire Crest Breastplate Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mail Chest 10 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +5 Stamina +4 Critical Strike +3 Versatility Durability 165 / 165 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 7 92 53 Gloves of the Searing Grip Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Leather Hands 4 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +5 Stamina +2 Haste Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 4 42 88 Mindstorm Wristbands Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Wrist 2 Armor +2 Intellect +2 Stamina +3 Critical Strike Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 27 Netherbane Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Axe One-Hand Speed 2.60 3 – 7 Damage (1.9 damage per second) +2 Agility +3 Stamina Durability 105 / 105 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 13 96 88 Phoenix-Ring of Rebirth Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +2 Intellect +3 Stamina +3 Versatility Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 6 2 56 Phoenix-Wing Cloak Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Back 3 Armor +3 Stamina +4 Dodge Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 4 3 22 Talisman of the Sun King Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand +5 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Versatility Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 8 70 Talon of Al'ar Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket Equip: Your Arcane Shot ability increases the damage dealt by all other damaging shots by 40 for 6 sec. Classes: Hunter Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 7 20 39 Talon of the Phoenix Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Fist Weapon One-Hand Speed 2.60 4 – 6 Damage (1.9 damage per second) +2 Agility or Strength +2 Critical Strike +2 Haste Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 13 42 51 Tome of Fiery Redemption Item Level 32Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket Equip: Each time you cast a spell, there is chance you will gain 166 spell power. Classes: Paladin Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 7 20 39