Pandemonius

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Pandemonius

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Pandemonius is the first boss of the Mana Tombs in Auchindoun. He appears to be a gigantic armor-plated Voidwalker.

General information

• Level (Normal): 66 (Elite)
• Level (Heroic): 72 (Elite), approximately 111,000 Health
• Type: Demon
• Location: Can be found at map point 1
  

Attacks and abilities

• Deals entirely shadow damage, meaning shadow protection is helpful.
• Melee (Heroic): Melees for up to 5.6k shadow damage. That's 3000 DPS at 120 SR. Can be dodged, miss, or even be parried, but cannot be blocked, and armor does nothing.
• Void Blast: Deals ~1.5k Shadow Damage + knockback (can be fully/partially resisted) every sec to everyone within ~30 yards radius for around 5 sec. It is important to note that the tank will get hit multiple times if the tank is backed by a wall and is forced to stay within the effective range of the ability. The ability isn't avoidable through LOS.
• Dark Shell: After a 1 second casting time, his body will become ghostly, similar to a [Banish] effect. Until the buff fades, all spells cast at him will be reflected, and melee attackers take 800-1000 damage per hit (1600 in Heroic). Hunter shots and DOTs applied before Dark Shell are not reflected and continue to deal damage. Announced by raid warning.

Strategy

The person holding aggro may use any combination of anchoring and kiting. When anchoring, tank in the center of the room. Put your back to the big hunk of stone in the middle, as the boss does a knockback. It is also advisable to have your healer secure himself behind a wall or object so he doesn't get knocked so far back that he can't reach the tank in time to heal.

Pandemonius has near the average running speed. By kiting him, especially after knockback, you waste his melee damage. Kiting will also buy valuable seconds after the tank dies.

He will shoot a volley of shadow bolts (Void Blast) out toward the party. Frost mages can [Ice Block] out of this. 63+ Warriors with a shield equipped and sufficient rage can use [Spell Reflection] to reflect this damage back to him. He will rear back a bit and expand his arms right before he volleys. This attack occurs with knockback and he seems to "follow up" with additional shadow bolts if you receive the knockback. Having everyone stand with their backs to a wall to avoid knockback seems to seriously reduce the damage taken from Void Blast.

• If you have a Shaman in the group, keep [Grounding Totem] up as much as possible. It will actually eat all 5 of the shadow bolts, making the fight incredibly easy.
• Combat Pets can be hit by shadow bolts instead of your party members.
• The snakes from a [Snake Trap] can be hit by shadow bolts instead of your party members. However, this requires the hunter to come close to lay the trap, or for the tank to move over it, and should mainly be used when healing is an issue.

Dark Shell interferes with DPS by reflecting spells and damaging melee. Anyone that is surprised by it stands to prolong the fight with their death, or doom everyone by wasting healer mana. By enabling the "Show Enemy Cast Bar" option of Interface Settings, every player has an improved chance to see the Shell coming.

• The Hunter is the ideal counter to Dark Shell. Arrows and bullets are not reflected, so their DPS is constant through the fight.

Note: Pandemonius' attacks are not blockable (2.1), therefore paladin tanks may have trouble tanking.

Heroic

He does not gain any new abilities on Heroic difficulty, but his melee now inflicts ~3500-5000 shadow damage, and the damage shield will reflect ~1500-1700 per swing against melee attackers. Each of the 5 Void Bolts can hit for 5000 Shadow damage.

To keep aggro over healing for the first 20-30 seconds of the fight, it may be necessary to force the tank to melee through the damage shield to continue building threat through it, but should not be continued past that.

This is an EXTREMELY mana-intensive fight that demands high DPS, fast heals, and as much resistance and stamina as you can spare. The tank is recommended to have 200 or more SR. If you are still having trouble after many attempts, start an off-healer as DPS and have them switch to healing as the main-healer runs out of mana. The MH can then melee or use a wand as mana returns.

• Paladin tanks are at a great disadvantage in this encounter due to the spell reflection associated with their core tanking abilities. [Retribution Aura], [Blessing of Sanctuary], and [Holy Shield] should not be used anytime while Pandemonius' Dark Shell ability is active. Our Paladin tank recieved several ~4K shadow spell reflects after being struck by Pandemonius, due to several spell reflecting abilities being active. Our tank was still able to maintain aggro throughout the fight by using Avenger's Shield and Exorcism, however.

As of 2.1 his damage has been nerfed considerably. It can still be a strain on the healer if he is alone though, so make sure no one gets unnecessary damage from the shield.

Quotes

Aggro:

'I will feed on your soul.'

'So... full of life!'

'Do not... resist.'

Kill:

'Yes! I am... empowered!'

'More... I must have more!'

Death:

'To the void... once... more..'

Loot

Normal

Boots of the Outlander Item Level 31Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Mail Feet 6 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +4 Critical Strike Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 26 Sell Price: 3 25 13 Creepjacker Item Level 31Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Fist Weapon One-Hand Speed 2.60 4 – 6 Damage (1.9 damage per second) +2 Agility or Strength +2 Stamina +3 Critical Strike Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 26 Sell Price: 7 44 82 Faith Bearer's Gauntlets Item Level 31Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Plate Hands 9 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Critical Strike +1 Haste   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +3 Critical Strike   Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 26 Sell Price: 2 61 19 Idol of the Claw Item Level 97Disenchants into:  [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Unique Idol Relic Equip: 20% chance per combo point to heal yourself for 90 to 110 each time you land a finishing move. Classes: Druid Requires Level 64 Sell Price: 2 37 61 Shield of the Void Item Level 31Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 44 Armor +2 Strength +5 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Dodge +2 Parry Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 26 Sell Price: 4 82 14 Voidfire Wand Item Level 31Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Wand Ranged Speed 2.00 1 – 2 Frost Damage (0.8 damage per second) +10 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 26 Sell Price: 8 86 13 Spirit Shard The shard pulses with energy.

Heroic

Boots of the Colossus Item Level 32Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Plate Feet 10 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Dodge   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +3 Dodge   Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 4 70 44 Mindrage Pauldrons Item Level 32Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 3 Armor +3 Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Haste Durability 85 / 85 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 4 75 51 Starbolt Longbow Item Level 32Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Bow Ranged Speed 3.00 6 – 9 Damage (2.5 damage per second) +3 Agility +6 Stamina +7 Critical Strike Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 6 83 4 Starry Robes of the Crescent Item Level 32Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Leather Chest 26 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +5 Stamina +3 Critical Strike +4 Versatility Durability 140 / 140 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 5 56 67 Totem of the Astral Winds Item Level 115Disenchants into:  [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Unique Totem Relic Equip: Increases the attack power bonus on Windfury Weapon attacks by 80. Classes: Shaman Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 2 71 26 Twinblade of Mastery Item Level 32Disenchants into:  [Small Glowing Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.80 2 – 4 Damage (1.7 damage per second) +2 Agility +1 Stamina +4 Critical Strike +2 Haste Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 7 83 99 Badge of Justice Binds when picked up Requires Level 70 Spirit Shard The shard pulses with energy. Inscribed Fire Opal Binds when picked up +5 Strength and +4 Critical Strike Rating "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3 Polished Fire Opal Binds when picked up +4 Agility and +5 Dodge Rating "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3 Timeless Tanzanite Binds when picked up +5 Intellect and +6 Stamina "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3

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