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| − | |name= |
+ | |name= Heroic Strike |
| + | |image=Ability Rogue Ambush |
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| − | |aka=SL, Shadow Labs, Lab, Slabs |
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| + | |description=An attack that instantly deals (8 + $ap * 0.6) physical damage. A good attack for moments of excess rage. |
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| − | |ss=Auchindoun loading screen.jpg |
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| + | |class=[[Warrior]] |
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| − | |caption=Shadow Labyrinth loading graphic |
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| + | |type=Offensive |
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| − | |loc=[[Auchindoun]], [[Terokkar Forest]] |
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| + | |school=[[Physical]] |
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| − | |races={{Race|Broken Draenei }}<br />{{Race|Demon}}<br />{{Race|Orc }}<br />{{Race|Undead }} |
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| + | |cooldown= 3 seconds |
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| − | |boss=[[Murmur]] |
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| + | |target= Unfriendly |
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| − | |type= |
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| + | |cost=30 Rage |
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| − | |level=69-70 |
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| + | |range=Melee |
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| − | |players=5 |
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| + | |cast_time= Instant |
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| − | |key={{Loot|common|Shadow Labyrinth Key}}<br />Heroic Mode: {{Loot|common|Auchenai Key}} |
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| + | |improvement= [[Incite]] |
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| − | |bosses={{Shadow Labyrinth}} |
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| + | |requirements=Requires melee weapon |
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| − | }} |
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| + | }}</onlyinclude> |
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| − | {{Auchindoun wings}} |
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| + | {{AbilityFlavor|A [[warrior]]'s blade finds its mark as much by will as by skill.|TCG Heroes of Azeroth|142}} |
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| − | [[File:Shadow Labyrinth bosses.jpg|thumb|250px|Shadow Labyrinth bosses]] |
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| − | [[Image:Shadow Labyrinth.jpg|thumb|Shadow Labyrinth entrance]] |
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| + | '''Heroic Strike''' is a [[warrior]] ability learned at level 14. It's an Instant attack dealing (8 + $ap * 0.6) physical damage. |
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| − | The '''Shadow Labyrinth''' is one of four [[instance]]s in [[Auchindoun]]. It is occupied almost entirely by [[orc]]s and [[demon]]s from the [[Burning Legion]], such as [[felguard]]s and [[shivarra]]s. The instance comes to an end with a confrontation against the essence of sound. The instance should take about 2 hours plus to complete. |
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| + | ==Table== |
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| − | Access into the instance (through the south end of Auchindoun) is beyond a locked door. Entry requires one person in the party to possess the [[Shadow Labyrinth Key]], or a rogue with a [[lockpicking]] skill of 350. The key can be picked up from a box after killing [[Talon King Ikiss]], the last boss of [[Sethekk Halls]], which is also an instance wing of Auchindoun. |
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| + | Heroic Strike is available at level 14. |
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| + | {| class="darktable zebra" style="text-align: center;" |
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| − | The entire group does not need to have the Shadow Labyrinth Key. One person with the key can open the door for the rest of the group. It is also possible for no one in the group to have the key, nor have a rogue. A player outside of the group can open the door, and the group can freely pass through it until it closes. Also, a player from inside the door can pull a nearby [[lever]] to instantly open it. An alternative method is dying in close proximity to the door, then resurrecting on the other side of it. Unequip your armor to prevent durability loss. |
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| − | The minimum required level to enter is 65. |
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| − | == History == |
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| − | The Shadow Labyrinth is populated by forces of the [[Shadow Council]]. |
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| − | == Reputation == |
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| − | Normal trash mobs give 12 reputation to [[Lower City]] per kill (15 in Heroic); larger mobs, such as Fel Overseers and Malicious Instructors, give 24 (30 in Heroic). All bosses give 120 reputation (250 in Heroic mode). An average run, killing only the mobs needed to reach the end, gives approximately 2,000 reputation. |
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| − | == Dungeon Denizens == |
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| − | * {{RaceIcon|Broken|Small}} [[Broken]] |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Felguard|Small}} [[Felguard]]s |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Felhunter|Small}} [[Felhunter]]s |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Fiend|Small}} [[Fiend]] (one, [[Ambassador Hellmaw]]) |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Imp|Small}} [[Imp]]s |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Mana|Small}} [[Mana surge]] (one, [[First Fragment Guardian]]) |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Ogre Mage|Small}} [[Ogre mage]] (one, [[Blackheart the Inciter]]) |
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| − | * {{RaceIcon|Orc|Male|Small}}{{RaceIcon|Orc|Female|Small}} [[Orc]]s |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Shivarra|Small}} [[Shivarra]] |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Skeleton|Small}} [[Skeleton]]s |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|SoundLord|Small}} [[Elemental lord|Sound lord]] (one, [[Murmur]]) |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Spider|Small}} [[Spider]]s (critters) |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Succubus|Small}} [[Succubi]] |
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| − | * {{RaceIconExt|Voidwalker|Small}} [[Voidwalker]]s |
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| − | ===Encounters=== |
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| − | {| class="darktable" |
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| − | ! Bosses || Monsters |
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| − | ;[[Arcanium|The Arcanium]] |
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| − | *{{RaceIconExt|Fiend}} {{NPC||Ambassador Hellmaw}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Acolyte}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Deathsworn}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Familiar}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Ritualist}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Warlock}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Fel Guardhound}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Fel Overseer}} |
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| − | |- valign=top class="alt" |
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| − | ;[[Refectory (Shadow Labyrinth)|The Refectory]] |
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| − | *{{RaceIconExt|Ogre Male2}} {{NPC||Blackheart the Inciter}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Acolyte}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Assassin}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Cultist}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Deathsworn}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Familiar}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Shadow Priest}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Warlock}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Fel Guardhound}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Fel Overseer}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Maiden of Discipline}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Malicious Instructor}} |
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| − | ;[[Sanctum of Shadows]] |
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| − | *{{RaceIcon|Orc|Male}} {{NPC||Grandmaster Vorpil}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Cultist}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Fanatic}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Zealot}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Tortured Skeleton}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Void Traveler}} |
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| − | |- valign=top class="alt" |
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| − | ;[[Screaming Hall|The Screaming Hall]] |
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| − | *{{RaceIconExt|SoundLord}} {{NPC||Murmur}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Acolyte}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Deathsworn}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Executioner}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Spellbinder}} |
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| − | *{{NPC||Cabal Summoner}} |
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| − | |} |
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| − | == Walkthrough == |
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| − | === Bosses === |
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| − | *[[Image:Hellmawicon.png|32px]] '''[[Ambassador Hellmaw]]''' – is kept banished by a number of [[Shadow Council]] minions in the second large room in the Shadow Labyrinth. Defeating the last group of banishers frees him. He has an area-effect fear with about a 40-yard range, and a nature-based venom spit that also reduces armor. |
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| − | *[[Image:Incitericon.png|32px]] '''[[Blackheart the Inciter]]''' – his primary special ability is "incite chaos," which is like a mind control on all party members, who then fight each other using all available cooldowns. |
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| − | *[[Image:Vorpilicon.png|32px]] '''[[Grandmaster Vorpil]]''' – calls for aid when attacked, causing voidwalkers to spawn at an increasing rate. The voidwalkers move slowly to Vorpil, and when they reach him heal him and damage the party. Many consider Vorpil the most difficult boss of this instance in normal mode. In Heroic, he also has a banish ability. |
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| − | *[[File:Achievement Boss Murmur.png|32px]] '''[[Murmur]]''' – is a powerful sound-based elemental that has been summoned by the Shadow Council, who seem to be having trouble keeping him under control. Murmur does not move in combat; his special abilities include a sonic boom area-damage effect, a spell that causes an explosion centered on a target player character, and when no player characters are in melee range, a debuff increasing vulnerability to nature damage. In heroic mode, he also has an ability that causes damage to those outside the range of his sonic boom, and the explosion effect teleports all players to the target. |
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| − | See the individual boss pages for more detailed information and strategies. |
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| − | === Trash === |
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| − | Throughout this instance, careful pulling may be required to avoid fighting more than one group at a time, though less so than prior to patch 2.1. Even with good pulling, there are some difficult groups of 5 or 6 enemies and good crowd control is essential. Keep the cultists off the healers in your group, and take down the caster enemies first. In heroic mode, most trash is on an approximately 8 hour respawn timer. |
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| − | ====Humanoids==== |
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| + | ! Level !! Damage bonus !! Level !! Damage bonus !! Level !! Damage bonus |
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| − | ! width=150| Mob !! Abilities !! width=20%| Heroic !! width=20%| Crowd Control |
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| + | | 1 || - || 21 || ? || 41 || 193 |
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| − | | [[Cabal Acolyte]] || Hits for 640; ~16k health. Casts [[Heal]] to heal itself and other mobs. They have a buff called Shadow Defense (1-hr duration) which absorbs 2750 to 3200 shadow damage that can be applied to members of the party when the Acolyte is mind controlled. || Hits for ~740; 25k health. Heal is 3 second interruptible cast and heals for 10000-13000. || '''Non-Heroic''' – Can be [[Mind Control]]led, [[Seduce]]d, or [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]]. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| + | | 2 || - || 22 || ? |
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| − | |- class="alt" |
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| − | | [[Cabal Assassin]] || Spawns during the pulls prior to [[Blackheart the Inciter]]. Assassins appear to spawn periodically; the longer you spend in the entry to Blackheart's room, the more times you will see them spawn. There are reports of them spawning two at a time on occasion. || || '''Non-Heroic''' – Immune to [[Mind Control]]. Can be [[Seduce]]d. |
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| + | | 3 || - || 23 || ? |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| + | | 4 || - || 24 || ? |
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| − | | [[Cabal Cultist]] || Interrupts casting and prevents casting from that school of magic. || || '''Non-Heroic''' – Immune to [[Mind Control]]. Can be [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| + | | 5 || - || 25 || ? |
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| − | | [[Cabal Deathsworn]] || Mild damage, Knockdown (stun), [http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=29832 Shadow Cleave] || Normal hits for 1600, Black Cleave hits for 4000 || '''Non-Heroic''' – Immune to [[Mind Control]]. Can be [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| + | | 6 || - || 26 || ? |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| − | | [[Cabal Executioner]] || Heavy armored prot-style warrior given whirlwind and two-hand polearm. Mostly harmless. || || '''Non-Heroic''' – Immune to [[Mind Control]]. Can be [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| − | | [[Cabal Fanatic]] || Very fast, hard attack speed. Also has a Fixate ability that keeps the mob on that Fixated person for a short amount of time and doubles attack speed. The only way to get it off is with taunt or a similar ability. || || '''Non-Heroic''' – Immune to [[Mind Control]]. Can be [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| + | | 9 || - || 29 || ? |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| − | | [[Cabal Ritualist]] || Spawn in packs of 3 of a combination of melee and casters. Melee wields two daggers; gouges, hits around 1500 on cloth, low-health. Casters: |
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| − | * Arcane (glowing staff) - [[Arcane Missiles]], [http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=33487 Addle Humanoid]. |
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| − | * Fire (red sword)- [[Fire Blast]], Flame Buffet (small amount of damage and [[DoT]]). |
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| − | * Frost (regular staff) - [[Frostbolt]], [[Frost Nova]]. |
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| − | || Spawn in packs of 4. Can dispel magic, including any CC's such as Trap and Polymorph. Tank and kill away from any other CC'd Ritualists, otherwise the CC will likely be dispelled. || '''Non-Heroic''' – Immune to [[Mind Control]]. Can be [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]], [[Polymorph|Sheeped]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| − | | [[Cabal Shadow Priest]] || [[Mind Flay]] (around 900 damage per sec) and [[Shadow Word: Pain]]. || [[Mind Flay]] (deals 1700-1800 damage per sec) and [[Shadow Word: Pain]] (700 damage every 3 sec) || '''Non-Heroic''' – Can be [[Mind Control]]led. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| − | | [[Cabal Spellbinder]] || Uses [http://www.thottbot.com/s33502 Brain Wash] (Mind Control spell) on players, [[Earth Shock]] dealing no damage seldom on players casting anything. || || '''Non-Heroic''' – Can be [[Mind Control]]led, [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| − | | [[Cabal Summoner]] || Casts Summon Cabal <name> (opens a portal to summon additional mobs) Kill first or CC. || || '''Non-Heroic''' – Can be [[Mind Control]]led, [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| − | | [[Cabal Warlock]] || Has [[Shadowbolt]], [[Seed of Corruption]], comes with an Imp (Cabal Familiar), Succubus or Felhunter pet. || || '''Non-Heroic''' – Can be [[Mind Control]]led, [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| − | | [[Cabal Zealot]] || [[Shadowbolt]], Shape of the Beast( time between attacks decreased, attack power increased, cannot cast spells) (Shapeshifts the caster into a Wrath Hound, like a Urvous or Magmadar style two headed fel dog) at low health. The [[buff]] can be spellstolen, or dispelled, and then cancelled. The zealot will not recast it. || || '''Non-Heroic''' – Can be [[Mind Control]]led, [[Freezing Trap|Frozen]] or [[Seduce]]d. |
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| − | '''Heroic''' – Same as non-heroic. |
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| + | ==Talent Improvement== |
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| − | ====Demons==== |
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| + | * {{Ability|Incite}} Increases the critical strike chance of your Heroic Strike by 5%/10%/15%, and gives your Heroic Strike criticals a 33%/66%/100% chance to cause the next Heroic Strike to also be a critical strike. These guaranteed criticals cannot re-trigger the Incite effect. (3 Ranks) |
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| − | The demons can be pulled solo but are several times as strong as the regular elites. |
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| + | ==Tips and Tactics== |
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| + | The proper use of this ability is essential for both Fury and Arms warriors who are fulfilling the DPS role in PVE. Heroic Strike hits very hard and is off the global cooldown, which means its primary use is to convert excess rage directly into damage. Because it is off the GCD, it can be used even in the middle of your rotation, so it won't throw off your rotation timing. Heroic Strike has a very low DPS-per-rage, which means basically any other Warrior ability will do more damage for less rage. The primary advantage of Heroic Strike is that it can be used at almost any time, basically making it "extra" damage if you are generating more rage than you're spending. |
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| − | | [[Fel Overseer]] || Hits very hard, [[Intimidating Shout]] (AoE [[fear]]), random [[Charge]], self heal at low hp, very resistant, 76k life, immune to Disarm and all slowing effects, CC immune (hint: if you die in midcombat, release and run back). Pull well away from other groups to avoid being feared into them. || [[Mortal Strike]] for ~6000-8000 damage (can oneshot clothies if unlucky), Uppercut for 1600, Normal for 1400. On heroic they no longer charge when they fear their target. Immune to [[Enslave Demon]] |
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| − | | [[Malicious Instructor]] || Hits fairly hard melee, has an AoE Shadow Nova that hits between 1-1.5k, and a debuff, Mark of Malice, which increases melee damage taken. Immune to [[Enslave Demon]] and [[Banish]]. Also cannot be shield bashed to interrupt casting. She is notorious for occasionally critting a crit-immune tank. This may be related to the Mark of Malice. || Disarms main tank. The AoE Shadow Nova can be interrupted only in heroic mode. |
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| + | One of the biggest mistakes new Warrior DPS make is trying to use Heroic Strike constantly when they don't have enough rage. Heroic Strike is tied with Cleave and a full Execute for the most expensive Warrior ability (30 rage). For this reason, you don't want to use this ability every time you have 30 rage. Using Heroic Strike at the wrong time will leave the Warrior rage starved, actually reducing DPS. It is generally suggested that Heroic Strike only be used when the Warrior has 50+ rage, because this will allow the warrior to get off another [[Bloodthirst]], [[Raging Blow]], [[Mortal Strike]] or [[Slam]] before generating more rage with their next big auto-attack. It is absolutely not recommended to macro Heroic Strike into another commonly used attack such as [[Overpower]] while in group play. |
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| − | There are several very difficult pulls in the room with the second boss, Blackheart the Inciter. One viable strategy to thin the mass of trash mobs to more-manageable pulls involves a priest, another party member that can resurrect, and everyone save the priest staying back in another room to prevent aggroing. The priest mind controls a single mob forcing the others to attack and kill it. The priest will get killed, but they can be resurrected to mind control again. Since the priest is going to die, they can remove all items that can take durability damage. This may be slower than traditional pulling, but it is highly effective. |
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| + | Heroic Strike has a 6 second cooldown, so some strategic decision making about when the ability is best used is required. The level 83 ability [[Inner Rage]] reduces this cooldown to 3 seconds. This cooldown is only really useful when the Warrior is generating absolutely excessive amounts of rage. Using a Heroic Strike every 3 seconds under most circumstances will leave the Warrior completely rage-starved for long periods of time. [[Deadly Calm]], the Arms-only talented cooldown, will remove the rage cost of all abilities including Heroic Strike. During Deadly Calm Heroic Strike should be used on cooldown, as much as possible. Inner Rage and Deadly Calm cannot be used at the same time. |
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| − | There are also several trash pulls just before Murmur. After the first two guards, these are in rows of four, with mages in between. If you pull a row while a mage is between that row and the next, both the mage and the next row are likely to come along. Any CC is very helpful. Pulling far back and using timed fear bombs can also help. |
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| + | Heroic Strike shares a cooldown with [[Cleave]], and they are very similar abilities. They are both instant attacks that are off the global cooldown, and they both cost the same amount of rage. The difference is that Cleave does slightly more damage and hits an extra target. While this makes Cleave slightly better than Heroic Strike (and much more rage-efficient) Cleave is limited by the fact that it can break crowd control and generates aggro on multiple targets, which may not always be desirable. In AOE situations, you should use Cleave instead of Heroic Strike, but in most other situations Heroic Strike is more desirable because it is easier to control. Arms warriors have [[Sweeping Strikes]], which makes Cleave less useful to them. |
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| − | The best way to handle these pulls is to wait for Murmur to kill the mage behind the row to be pulled. About 15 seconds after a mage dies, a new one will spawn. Use this time to pull the whole row back. Avoid using crowd control abilities like sap or sheep near where the mobs start, or the mage respawn will come out and bring the next row with it. Instead, fear or sheep the adds as far back as possible after the pull. Done correctly, this limits the pull to 4 mobs. Once each row is killed, the 'filler' mage stops respawning. |
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| − | == |
+ | ==Patch changes== |
| + | *{{Patch 4.0.3a|note=Damage has been reduced by approximately 17%.}} |
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| − | See [[Shadow Labyrinth loot]]. |
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| + | * {{Patch 4.0.1|note=Tooltip updated to indicate recent patch changes.}} |
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| + | * {{Patch 1.6.0|note=Tooltip updated to indicate the additional threat caused by this ability. There have been no changes to the amount of threat caused.}} |
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| + | * {{Patch 1.3.0|note=Damage increased.}} |
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| − | == |
+ | ==References== |
| + | {{Reflist}} |
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| − | [[File:Shadow Labyrinth Map.jpg|thumb|250px|Shadow Labyrinth Map]] |
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| − | {| class="darktable" |
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| − | |[[Arcanium|The Arcanium]]{{·}} [[Refectory (Shadow Labyrinth|The Refectory]]{{·}} [[Sanctum of Shadows]]{{·}} [[Screaming Hall|The Screaming Hall]] |
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| − | |} |
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| − | == Quests == |
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| − | * {{questlong|Neutral|69|The Lexicon Demonica}} Given by [[David Wayne]] at Wayne's Refuge in [[Terokkar Forest]]. (This must be done in normal mode!!!) |
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| − | * {{questlong|Neutral|70|The Book of Fel Names}} Given by [[Altruis the Sufferer]] outside [[Forge Camp: Fear]] in [[Nagrand]]. |
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| − | * {{questlong|Neutral|70|Entry Into Karazhan}} Given by [[Khadgar]] at the [[Terrace of Light]] in [[Shattrath City]], this is step 5 in a quest chain to obtain [[the Master's Key]] that starts with [[Archmage Alturus]] at the entrance to [[Karazhan]] in [[Deadwind Pass]]. |
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| − | * {{questlong|Neutral|70|Trouble at Auchindoun}} Given by [[Spymistress Mehlisah Highcrown]] at the [[Terrace of Light]] in [[Shattrath City]]. |
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| − | ** {{questlong|Neutral|70|The Codex of Blood}} Given by [[Field Commander Mahfuun]] outside of the entrance to the Shadow Labyrinth. |
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| − | *** {{questlong|Neutral|70|Into the Heart of the Labyrinth}} Starts at [[The Codex of Blood]] inside the instance. |
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| − | * {{questlong|Neutral|70|Find Spy To'gun}} Given by [[Spy Grik'tha]] outside of the entrance to the Shadow Labyrinth. |
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| − | ** {{questlong|Neutral|70|The Soul Devices}} Given by [[Spy To'gun]] inside the instance. |
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| − | * {{questlong|Neutral|70|Wanted: Malicious Instructors}} Random daily quest given by [[Nether-Stalker Mah'duun]] in the [[Lower City]] of Shattrath. |
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Revision as of 22:20, 5 March 2011
| Heroic Strike | |
|---|---|
| |
| Properties | |
| Class | Warrior |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | 3 seconds |
| Other information | |
| Requirements | Requires melee weapon |
| Improvements |
 [Incite] |
[[Category:warrior abilities]][[Category:warrior abilities]]
Heroic Strike is a warrior ability learned at level 14. It's an Instant attack dealing (8 + $ap * 0.6) physical damage.
Table
Heroic Strike is available at level 14.
| Level | Damage bonus | Level | Damage bonus | Level | Damage bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 21 | ? | 41 | 193 |
| 2 | - | 22 | ? | ||
| 3 | - | 23 | ? | ||
| 4 | - | 24 | ? | ||
| 5 | - | 25 | ? | ||
| 6 | - | 26 | ? | ||
| 7 | - | 27 | ? | ||
| 8 | - | 28 | ? | ||
| 9 | - | 29 | ? | ||
| 10 | - | 30 | ? | ||
| 11 | - | 31 | ? | ||
| 12 | - | 32 | ? | ||
| 13 | - | 33 | ? | ||
| 14 | 68 | 34 | ? | ||
| 15 | 71 | 35 | ? | ||
| 16 | ? | 36 | ? | ||
| 17 | ? | 37 | ? | ||
| 18 | ? | 38 | ? | ||
| 19 | ? | 39 | ? | ||
| 20 | ? | 40 | ? |
Talent Improvement
- [Incite] Increases the critical strike chance of your Heroic Strike by 5%/10%/15%, and gives your Heroic Strike criticals a 33%/66%/100% chance to cause the next Heroic Strike to also be a critical strike. These guaranteed criticals cannot re-trigger the Incite effect. (3 Ranks)
Tips and Tactics
The proper use of this ability is essential for both Fury and Arms warriors who are fulfilling the DPS role in PVE. Heroic Strike hits very hard and is off the global cooldown, which means its primary use is to convert excess rage directly into damage. Because it is off the GCD, it can be used even in the middle of your rotation, so it won't throw off your rotation timing. Heroic Strike has a very low DPS-per-rage, which means basically any other Warrior ability will do more damage for less rage. The primary advantage of Heroic Strike is that it can be used at almost any time, basically making it "extra" damage if you are generating more rage than you're spending.
One of the biggest mistakes new Warrior DPS make is trying to use Heroic Strike constantly when they don't have enough rage. Heroic Strike is tied with Cleave and a full Execute for the most expensive Warrior ability (30 rage). For this reason, you don't want to use this ability every time you have 30 rage. Using Heroic Strike at the wrong time will leave the Warrior rage starved, actually reducing DPS. It is generally suggested that Heroic Strike only be used when the Warrior has 50+ rage, because this will allow the warrior to get off another 
[Bloodthirst], 
[Raging Blow], 
[Mortal Strike] or 
[Slam] before generating more rage with their next big auto-attack. It is absolutely not recommended to macro Heroic Strike into another commonly used attack such as 
[Overpower] while in group play.
Heroic Strike has a 6 second cooldown, so some strategic decision making about when the ability is best used is required. The level 83 ability 
[Inner Rage] reduces this cooldown to 3 seconds. This cooldown is only really useful when the Warrior is generating absolutely excessive amounts of rage. Using a Heroic Strike every 3 seconds under most circumstances will leave the Warrior completely rage-starved for long periods of time. 
[Deadly Calm], the Arms-only talented cooldown, will remove the rage cost of all abilities including Heroic Strike. During Deadly Calm Heroic Strike should be used on cooldown, as much as possible. Inner Rage and Deadly Calm cannot be used at the same time.
Heroic Strike shares a cooldown with 
[Cleave], and they are very similar abilities. They are both instant attacks that are off the global cooldown, and they both cost the same amount of rage. The difference is that Cleave does slightly more damage and hits an extra target. While this makes Cleave slightly better than Heroic Strike (and much more rage-efficient) Cleave is limited by the fact that it can break crowd control and generates aggro on multiple targets, which may not always be desirable. In AOE situations, you should use Cleave instead of Heroic Strike, but in most other situations Heroic Strike is more desirable because it is easier to control. Arms warriors have 
[Sweeping Strikes], which makes Cleave less useful to them.
Patch changes
Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 17%. - Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Tooltip updated to indicate recent patch changes.
- Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Tooltip updated to indicate the additional threat caused by this ability. There have been no changes to the amount of threat caused.
- Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Damage increased.
References
- ^ TCG Heroes of Azeroth, #142
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