Arcanist Doan

Arcanist Doan
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Level	35 Elite
Class	Mage
Affiliation(s)	Scarlet Crusade
Occupation	Keeper of the Monastery Library
Location	Athenaeum, Scarlet Monastery
Status	Alive (killable)
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Arcanist Doan is a level 35 elite (level 37 elite prior to Patch 2.3) human located in the Athenaeum section of the Scarlet Monastery.

Background

He is the keeper of the Monastery's library; a guardian of the arcane that the Scarlet Crusade is rumoured to distrust. Yet he is indeed a trusted official of the Crusade, keeping a vital key ( [The Scarlet Key]) that grants access to Scarlet operations across the Plaguelands. Arcanist Doan believes that arcane magic is the only way to rid Lordaeron of the Scourge.

Before joining the Scarlet Crusade, he was presumably a member of the Knights of the Silver Hand in much the same position, as he can be seen during the meeting of Commander Mograine, the two paladins Tirion Fordring and Lady Abbendis and the two priests Fairbanks and Isillien in the Old Hillsbrad instance of the Caverns of Time, wearing the same tabard as the other members of Mograine's circle of trusted friends.

Spells and Abilities

• Silence (Silences all enemies around the caster in a 10 yard radius.)
• Detonation (High damage AoE spell. Deals fire damage. 6 second cast spell.)
• Arcane Bubble (Shields the caster for 8 seconds, making him immune to all attacks and spells.)
• [Arcane Missiles]
• [Polymorph]

Strategy

The one thing to watch out for is his Detonation spell he uses when at half-health. This can inflict HUGE amounts of damage to the targets. All Mages should use [Fire Ward], if available, and cast [Dampen Magic] on the rest of the party. His Detonation spell can be avoided if you move out of line of sight, so if you tank him near the doorway, you can just move out of line of sight. He will cast it at 50 percent health just after he casts Arcane Bubble.

Doan also uses an AoE silence which can severely limit healers and casters. Due to the relatively small size of his room, the only way for a caster to avoid its large AoE easily is to stay in the corridor, in which case the tank must take care to keep himself and Doan in the casters LOS.

He also Polymorphs a target, so make sure that your priests and paladins dispel it. Druids can shift out of polymorph, Shaman have grounding totem for Polymorph, Paladins can bubble out of it, the polymorph cast can be Counterspelled.

Overall, this encounter is pretty simple.

Quotes

• Aggro: You will not defile these mysteries!
• Casting Detonation: Burn in righteous fire!

Loot

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Arcanist Doan in Old Hillsbrad Foothills instance.

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Arcanist Doan

Doan is a popular solo-farming target for Enchanting Rogues and Druids, as there is no stealth-detection on the mobs leading up to him, and he can be engaged without any adds.

Hypnotic Blade Item Level 34Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.80 15 – 28 Damage (11.9 damage per second) +6 Intellect +9 Stamina +2 Spirit Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 29 Sell Price: 24 70 Illusionary Rod Item Level 34Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 3.40 42 – 63 Damage (15.4 damage per second) +13 Intellect +7 Stamina +4 Critical Strike Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 29 Sell Price: 30 77 Mantle of Doan Item Level 34Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 7 Armor +9 Intellect +6 Critical Strike +6 Haste Durability 85 / 85 Requires Level 29 Sell Price: 12 85 Robe of Doan Item Level 34Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Cloth Chest 10 Armor +13 Intellect +4 Stamina +7 Spirit Durability 140 / 140 Requires Level 29 Sell Price: 17 10 Deadman's Hand Item Level 36Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique Finger +8 Stamina Equip: When struck in combat has a chance of freezing the attacker in place for 3 sec. Requires Level 29 Sell Price: 62

External links

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