Epoch Hunter

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Epoch Hunter is a drake boss of the Infinite Dragonflight that attacks the young Thrall and his rescuers during his Escape from Durnholde Keep inside the Caverns of Time.

General Info

Level (Normal): 68 Elite
Level (Heroic): ?
Type: Dragonkin

The Epoch Hunter appears after you have escorted Thrall to Tarren Mill and found Taretha inside the inn.

Abilities

Sand Breath - a casted breath which does damage to all in front of him. Melee or people close-by should move away when they see him casting.
Pending Doom - a DoT which does 750 damage every 3 seconds. It is not dispellable, and should be healed. However, it can be removed with Rogues Cloak of Shadows.
Knockback - a knockback.
Disrupt Magic - an aura which dispels buffs off of the players with each tick. If you are fortunate enough to have a level 70 mage in your group this aura can be stolen. This will prevent all of your nice buffs from being dispelled. You will however have to resteal this buff every ten seconds or so as it has a short duration.

Tactics

This is a longer fight than any of the other bosses in this encounter, so healing and mana users be ready. (be sure Evocation, Innervate, and Shadowfiend are off cooldown)

This fight starts with the Epoch Hunter coming from above. He keeps flying over Tarren Mill, but he is not attackable. He will send three waves of adds:

The first one spawns at the west side of Tarren Mill (by the epoch hunter), and has two melee dragons and one caster. The caster should be taken out quickly.
The second wave is the same as the first, and spawns to the south of Tarren Mill.
The final wave will come from the west like the first, and has three melee dragons and one caster.
Finally, the Epoch Hunter comes down.

Seeing as he has a nasty knockback, he's best to be tanked near the northwestern small house of Tarren Mill, under the outside roof of it. This way, the tank can grab aggro quickly again. Watch out for his breath, and healers should watch out for his DoT. After he is dead, Old Hillsbrad Foothills will do its last little cinematic.

For the entire instance Thrall can die twice, and the encounter can be reset, either from the Keep, outside Tarren Mill, or beside Taretha depending on how far through you are. If you wipe on this boss, he appears beside Taretha after a short period of time.

Important note! If Thrall does die three times and you reached the boss, the boss will be found hovering in the center of town. Thrall is dead. You can engage the boss and fight as normal, but since Thrall must strike the killing blow, the boss will persist indefinitely at 1% health. He will also taunt you, saying that Thrall is dead and 'you lose'. Save your strength (and your repair bill) and reset the instance after your second failure.