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This article is about the in-game raid boss. For character biography and Warcraft III appearances, see Archimonde.

Archimonde is the final boss of Battle for Mount Hyjal. The major difficulty of this encounter is that even a single player death can easily result in a wipe.

Contents 1 Abilities 2 Preparation 3 Positioning 4 Survival 4.1 Grip of the Legion 4.2 Air Burst 4.3 Doomfire 4.4 Fear 5 Phase 2 6 Loot & Reputation 6.1 Reputation 6.2 Loot 7 Quotes 8 External links

[edit] Abilities

• Melee: 9000-10000 on a full T5 tank, never deals crushing blows
• Air Burst: 6 sec cooldown, used randomly. 1500 nature damage 15 yard AoE centered on a random target. All affected players are tossed very high in the air (over 100% fall damage)
• Fear: 6 sec AoE fear (entire raid), 40 sec cooldown, 1.5 sec cast time. Never used while players are still airborne from Air Burst
• Grip of the Legion: 2500 damage per 2 sec for 5 minutes, curse, dispellable
• Doomfire: A trail of fire moving on the ground away from Archimonde. Players entering it get a not dispellable debuff which deals initially ~2400 fire damage per tick which is reduced by 150 per tick. Can be removed with Cloak of Shadows.
• Soul Charge: When any raid member dies, Archimonde gains a Soul Charge which he can use once at a random time (with an animation looking like the Troll Priest shadowguard ability). Depending on which character class created the Soul Charge, the following effects apply to the entire raid on its use:

Priest, Paladin, Warlock: ~4500 fire damage plus 4 sec silence

Warrior, Rogue, Mage: ~4500 physical damage plus 4 sec damage taken increased by 50% debuff

Druids, Shamans, Hunters: ~4500 nature damage over 8 seconds plus 2250 mana burn

• Finger of Death: 20,000 shadow damage, single target, only used if no targets in melee range
• Hand of Death: 100k shadow damage to the entire raid (= wipe), used 10 minutes after the pull or when Archimonde gets within 20 yards of the Well of Eternity.

[edit] Preparation

Raid Composition:

• 1 Tank
• 4+ Decursers (mages or druids)
• 6-10 Healers
• 3-5 Melee DPS
• 7-10 Ranged DPS

Each raid member must aquire a Tears of the Goddess from Tyrande Whisperwind in the camp. All raid members should have one (better three) Healthstones. No other special gear is required, the fire damage in this fight cannot be reduced with resistance. Fire Protection potions though do help.

[edit] Positioning

There are various approaches to positioning. As everybody needs to move around to avoid the Doomfires, a fixed order is hard to maintain. All players should keep the following in mind:

• Spread out to minimize the collateral damage from the Air Burst AoE
• Keep at least 15 yards away from all Doomfires
• Stay within range of at least one decurser
• Stay inside healer range

It's a good idea to give raid icons to decursers and to assign groups to them which stay inside their range. Prior to some patch Doomfire spread out in front of Archimonde only, therefore it was very good to tank him faced towards the mountain, and spread the raid in a semi-circle behind him. This is not true any more, therefore he can be tanked anywhere. The logs in the central area offer some protection from Doomfire, the flames cannot move through them, but still can circle around.

[edit] Survival

The key to this fight is individual player survival. This is no DPS race, quite the contrary. When learning the encounter, it's recommended to focus exclusively on raid survival at first. Soul Charges must be avoided at all costs, because usage of a Soul Charge usually leads to another player death (and thus to the next Soul Charge), particularly the combination of Soul Charge + Fear leads to an immediate wipe.

[edit] Grip of the Legion

This curse must be dispelled as quickly as possible. Decursers must be spread out well over the raid.

[edit] Air Burst

Besides healing through the damage, it's all about using the Tears of the Goddess at the right time. They slow fall speed for only two seconds, so their use must be delayed until the player is very close to the ground. People finding this timing difficult should practise before the pull on a cliff. Other means to slow falling (like Levitate and Slow Fall) can be used too. Mages can also use Blink or Ice Block when they're near the ground.

[edit] Doomfire

When a raid member gets Doomfire, it's their own fault under all circumstances. There's no excuse or justification possible - if Doomfire gets near, run away. All raid members must abide by this rule, the only exception is the main tank.

The targeting of Doomfire is semi-random. It moves straight towards a raid member, but it may randomly change target. Everybody in the vicinity of a Doomfire must run away from it. People should not run in circles, but rather in a straight line away from Archimonde.

In principle it's possible to heal through a doomfire. The problem is that healers are very busy getting Feared, Air Bursted and avoiding Doomfires themselves, so there's not a lot of extra healing capacity available beyond keeping the tank up and healing the normal Air Burst damage.

[edit] Fear

A major cause of wipes in this encounter are raid members feared into Doomfire. The main tank must stance dance to avoid the fear. Shamans should keep their Tremor Totems up. It's highly useful if everyone in the raid has a PvP trinket which they can use when finding themselves running towards a Doomfire while feared. Priests should keep Fear Wards up on key raid members (mostly healers and decursers). It's possible (but very mana intensive) to use a fear ward and Mass Dispel combo.

[edit] Phase 2

At 10% health, the following things happen:

• Archimonde starts to channel Nordrassil, the World Tree (just an animation, no other effect). He begins chain-casting Finger of Death at this time (to no effect).
• Tyrande gives the raid an invulnerability debuff, Protection of Elune. Lasts 60 seconds.
• After 60 seconds, regardless of remaining health, Archimonde dies.

[edit] Loot & Reputation

[edit] Reputation

Since 2.4 Archimonde awards 1500 repuation with The Scale of the Sands.

[edit] Loot

Tier 6 helm tokens

Helm of the Forgotten Conqueror Binds when picked up Classes: Paladin, Priest, Warlock Requires Level 70

Helm of the Forgotten Protector Binds when picked up Classes: Warrior, Hunter, Shaman Requires Level 70

Helm of the Forgotten Vanquisher Binds when picked up Classes: Rogue, Mage, Druid Requires Level 70

Other drops

Antonidas's Aegis of Rapt Concentration Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 6336 Armor 174 Block +28 Stamina +20 Intellect Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves spell critical strike rating by 20. Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 42.	Apostle of Argus Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 3.20 145 - 323 Damage (73.2 damage per second) +62 Stamina +59 Intellect Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 70 Equip: Increases healing done by up to 486 and damage done by up to 162 for all magical spells and effects. Equip: Restores 23 mana per 5 sec.	Bristleblitz Striker Binds when picked up Bow Ranged Speed 3.00 201 - 374 Damage (95.8 damage per second) +28 Stamina Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 25.	Cataclysm's Edge Binds when picked up Sword Two-Hand Speed 3.50 386 - 580 Damage (138.0 damage per second) +75 Strength +49 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 70 Equip: Your attacks ignore 335 of your opponent's armor.
Leggings of Eternity Binds when picked up Cloth Legs 221 Armor +45 Stamina +38 Intellect Blue Socket Blue Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +9 Healing Durability 75 / 75 Requires Level 70 Equip: Increases healing done by up to 121 and damage done by up to 41 for all magical spells and effects. Equip: Restores 16 mana per 5 sec.	Legguards of Endless Rage Binds when picked up Plate Legs 1650 Armor +70 Strength +61 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 19. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 46.	Mail of Fevered Pursuit Binds when picked up Mail Chest 1055 Armor +49 Agility +66 Stamina Durability 140 / 140 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 29. Equip: Increases attack power by 108. Equip: Restores 8 mana per 5 sec.	Midnight Chestguard Binds when picked up Leather Chest 474 Armor +64 Stamina Blue Socket Red Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +8 Attack Power Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 29. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 46. Equip: Increases attack power by 106.
Robes of Rhonin Binds when picked up Cloth Chest 253 Armor +55 Stamina +38 Intellect Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves spell hit rating by 27. Equip: Improves spell critical strike rating by 24. Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 81.	Savior's Grasp Binds when picked up Plate Chest 1886 Armor +69 Stamina +48 Intellect Durability 165 / 165 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves spell critical strike rating by 46. Equip: Increases healing done by up to 106 and damage done by up to 36 for all magical spells and effects.	Scepter of Purification Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand +24 Stamina +17 Intellect +25 Spirit Requires Level 70 Equip: Increases healing done by up to 77 and damage done by up to 26 for all magical spells and effects.	Tempest of Chaos Binds when picked up Unique Sword Main Hand Speed 1.80 16 - 132 Damage (41.0 damage per second) +30 Stamina +22 Intellect Durability 105 / 105 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves spell hit rating by 17. Equip: Improves spell critical strike rating by 24. Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 259.

[edit] Quotes

After Azgalor dies Yells: All of your efforts have been in vain, for the draining of the World Tree has already begun. Soon the heart of your world will beat no more.

Aggro:

• Yells: Your resistance is insignificant!

Doomfire:

• Yells: This world will burn!
• Yells: Manach sheek-thrish!

Air burst:

• Yells: Away vermin!
• Yells: A-kreesh!

Killing a player:

• Yells: Your soul will languish for eternity.
• Yells: All creation will be devoured!
• Yells: I am the coming of the end!

Enrage/reaching well:

• Yells: At last it is here. Mourn and lament the passing of all you have ever known and all that would have been! Akmin-kurai!

Soul charge:

• Yells: You are mine now.
• Yells: Bow to my will.

Reaching 10%:

• Yells: No, it cannot be! Nooo!

[edit] External links

For Killmovies of this encounter, see the Bosskill Movies page.