Prince Keleseth

For Prince Keleseth's encounter in the Icecrown Citadel, see Blood Prince Council.

Prince Keleseth
Title	<The San'layn>
Gender	Male
Race	Darkfallen (Undead)
Level	72 Elite
Affiliation(s)	Scourge, The San'layn, Blood Prince Council
Occupation	Scourge Ambassador to the Vrykul, Overlord of Howling Fjord
Location	Crypt of Remembrance, Scarlet Enclave, Reaver's Hall, Utgarde Keep or The Crimson Hall, Icecrown Citadel
Status	Killable
Relative(s)	Prince Valanar (brother)
Utgarde Keep Main Bosses Prince Keleseth Skarvald the Constructor Dalronn the Controller Ingvar the Plunderer (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) NPCs Annhylde the Caller (lore) Other Utgarde Keep instances Utgarde Pinnacle (5) Loot

Prince Keleseth is the first boss of Utgarde Keep. He is the Scourge overlord of Howling Fjord and ambassador to the vrykul.

He also appears in Acherus: The Ebon Hold on the second floor. He later appears as a questgiver at the Crypt of Remembrance. He is also shown in a vision for the quest Out of Body Experience, where he and three other darkfallen resurrect Archmage Arugal from the dead. He also appears briefly at the entrance to Vengeance Landing in Howling Fjord after the completion of  [68] Report to Anselm, and his death is the objective of the quest that follows that,  [71D] A Score to Settle.

1.  [55] The Crypt of Remembrance
2.  [55] Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide
3.  [55] How To Win Friends And Influence Enemies
4.  [55] Behind Scarlet Lines

Abilities

Health: 192,200 HP

• [Shadow Bolt]: Deals 2975 to 4025 shadow damage. Has a 40 yard range and 2 second cast time. (Deals 5950 to 8050 shadow damage on Heroic.)
• Raises 5 undead skeletons with 2,500 HP. They will cast Decrepify (Reduce strength by 100 and movement speed by 30%) on their target. All methods of undead CC work on them. Once they have all been killed, they will respawn.
• Casts Frost Tomb. Immobilizes the target for 20 seconds and causes 400 damage per second (increasing to approximately 2000 damage per second in heroic mode). Frost Tombs have roughly 2,500 HP and can be DPSed. Mages can Blink out of the prison, and it is immune to Frost damage.

Strategy

Keleseth and his vrykul bodyguards outside Vengeance Landing

It is important to mind the random Frost Tomb applied to players, these can be burnt down and should be if your party is low on healing. A Frost Tomb does approximately 8000 damage which leaves most level 70’s either dead or very close to it. In addition to Frost Tombs, the prince will summon 5 skeletons which can be crowd controlled, make sure they are grouped up when they die because they will be resurrected periodically throughout the fight and it’s easier to control them if they’re in a group.

If the entire group stands directly in front of the tank then the skeletons and ice blocks will stay in the same place - this means the tank can maintain aggro on skeletons with their AOE move and both the tank and melee can easily take down ice blocks without having to move.

Paladin Tanks are arguably the best suited tank for this, as they can bubble out of the Frost Tomb and use specific UD killing moves like Holy wrath to easily pick up the skeleton adds. This boss is relatively easy, however should not be underestimated. Challenging shout/roar is useful when the adds spawn.

Achievement

Associated with the On The Rocks achievement.

Prince Keleseth drops either a  [Bouquet of Red Roses] or a  [Bouquet of Ebon Roses] during the Love is in the Air celebration. Acquiring either of these bouquets will grant you the  [My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose] achievement.

Icecrown Citadel

Keleseth, along with his brother Valanar and Prince Taldaram from Ahn'kahet, have returned in Icecrown Citadel as members of the Blood Prince Council. The three princes were raised in undeath by the Lich King to avenge themselves upon their slayers and to act as bodyguards for Blood-Queen Lana'thel, the blood-queen of the San'layn.

Loot

Normal mode

Keleseth's Blade of Evocation Item Level 155Disenchants into:  [Small Dream Shard]: 1 (100%) Binds when picked up Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.80 21 – 36 Damage (15.8 damage per second) +127 Intellect +16 Stamina +14 Versatility Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 9 35 9 Reinforced Velvet Helm Item Level 155Disenchants into:  [Small Dream Shard]: 1 (100%) Binds when picked up Cloth Head 14 Armor +23 Intellect +35 Stamina +20 Versatility Durability 85 / 85 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 40 71 Dragon Stabler's Gauntlets Item Level 155Disenchants into:  [Small Dream Shard]: 1 (100%) Binds when picked up Mail Hands 733 Armor +32 Agility +72 Stamina +32 Critical Strike Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 39 42

Heroic mode

Infantry Assault Blade Item Level 200Disenchants into:  [Dream Shard]: 1 (100%) Binds when picked up Sword One-Hand Speed 2.60 74 – 125 Damage (38.3 damage per second) +8 Strength +17 Stamina +12 Dodge +7 Critical Strike Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 12 10 12 Wand of the San'layn Item Level 200Disenchants into:  [Dream Shard]: 1 (100%) Binds when picked up Wand Ranged Speed 1.80 301 – 560 Shadow Damage (239.2 damage per second) +18 Intellect +14 Hit +34 Haste Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 11 23 17 Battlemap Hide Helm Item Level 200Disenchants into:  [Dream Shard]: 1 (100%) Binds when picked up Leather Head 865 Armor +78 Intellect +95 Stamina +45 Critical Strike   Meta Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +12 Stamina   Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 5 67 65 Strategist's Belt Item Level 200Disenchants into:  [Dream Shard]: 1 (100%) Binds when picked up Plate Waist 1271 Armor +52 Strength +73 Stamina +56 Haste   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Haste   Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 5 29 Emblem of Triumph Binds when picked up Requires Level 80

Quotes

Aggro

• Your blood is mine!

Summoning skeletons

• Aranal, ledel! Their fate shall be yours!

Frost Tomb

• Not so fast.

Death

• I join... the night.

Trivia

Prince Keleseth as he used to look during the Beta test.

• During the early build of Wrath of the Lich King that was playable at BlizzCon, Blizzard had not issued a loot table for Prince Keleseth. Instead, he dropped bananas which summoned chimp pets.

Videos

Prince Keleseth - Paladin Tanking Perspective

External links

Ebon Hold	Utgarde Keep	Crypt of Remembrance	Vision
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