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It should not be necessary for [[druid]]s to change form in preparation for Insanity. For instance, a [[restoration]] [[druid]] switching from [[tree of life]] to [[dire bear]] just before the [[phasing]], hoping to make the fight easier. They may find a very difficult to kill resto bear charging and healing their group members even without having the appropriate talent. |
It should not be necessary for [[druid]]s to change form in preparation for Insanity. For instance, a [[restoration]] [[druid]] switching from [[tree of life]] to [[dire bear]] just before the [[phasing]], hoping to make the fight easier. They may find a very difficult to kill resto bear charging and healing their group members even without having the appropriate talent. |
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For Heroic: Hunters need to switch to Aspect of Viper and remove gun/bow as he casts Insanity, this will remove a large amount of your dps from the rest of the group. |
For Heroic: Hunters need to switch to Aspect of Viper and remove gun/bow as he casts Insanity, this will remove a large amount of your dps from the rest of the group. |
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Advice: Obtain white level 1 weapons appropriate for your physical damage DPS. Place them on your hotbars, along with your standard weapons. Switch to your lousy weapon when he begins to cast Insanity; this will reduce the melee DPS down to about 90-150DPS. For a tank with a sword and shield, a 2H is the fastest switch with the least damage. Since there are no offhand weapons at level 1, rogues should merely replace their main hand weapon. Ensure that you switch back to your ordinary weapons after the insanity cast is complete or you will be there for a very long time. |
Advice: Obtain white level 1 weapons appropriate for your physical damage DPS. Place them on your hotbars, along with your standard weapons. Switch to your lousy weapon when he begins to cast Insanity; this will reduce the melee DPS down to about 90-150DPS. For a tank with a sword and shield, a 2H is the fastest switch with the least damage. Since there are no offhand weapons at level 1, rogues should merely replace their main hand weapon. Ensure that you switch back to your ordinary weapons after the insanity cast is complete or you will be there for a very long time. |
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| + | It may be better to try with fewer people. It seems that all classes which *can* heal will have their clones heal during this fight, even if you are not spec'd for it or are even shape-shifted (shadow form/bear). We found with our group (Druid tank, Holy priest, Shadow priest, Hunter and Lock) that we could not kill any of the clones no matter how we tried on about 5 attempts because of all the healing. Then, trying it with our holy priest naked and shadow priest DC'd, we did it first crack. So try having any extra healing classes run in first to die, and then 3 man the boss. We did it successfully, and we are very new to lvl80 heroics. |
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== Loot == |
== Loot == |
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Revision as of 11:02, 2 January 2009
 Herald Volazj | |||||||
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| Race | Faceless one (Humanoid) | ||||||
| Level | 75 - 82 Elite | ||||||
| Reaction | Alliance Horde | ||||||
| Location | Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom | ||||||
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Herald Volazj, a faceless one, is the last boss found in Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom.
Attacks and abilities
- Insanity: At around 66 and 33 percent health, Herald Volazj becomes invulnerable and applies a debuff to the entire party. Similar in nature to phasing, each individual member sees hostile copies of their original party. Clones have about 4k hp each and must all be killed. Once an individual player's copies are dead, you lose the Insanity debuff and can begin assisting other members to kill their own hostile clones. In heroic, your copies have 12k hp.
- Mind Flay: Only targets the main tank and inflicts shadow damage.
- Shadow Bolt Volley: Used every few seconds, deals roughly 350 shadow damage to the entire party.
Tactics
It is highly recommended the tank Shield reflect the Mind Flay.
Insanity: Damage classes face a race to kill their clones quickly so as to aid other members. The kill order should be to first down the healer clone in your party, the damage clones, followed by the tank clone last. Classes with AoE can down all of the clones when they are grouped together. Party clones will not use trinkets or your special abilities. Once out of your Insanity phase, you can assist others. If there is a Death Knight in the group, he will always death grip you to him, so be prepared.
Healers and tanks can and should use whatever means necessary to focus on survival while waiting for your party members to dispatch your evil counterparts and end Insanity. It is possible to finish off your own group in some situations with abilities like 
[Holy Nova] or 
[Spell Reflection], but your focus should be to stay alive.
It should not be necessary for druids to change form in preparation for Insanity. For instance, a restoration druid switching from tree of life to dire bear just before the phasing, hoping to make the fight easier. They may find a very difficult to kill resto bear charging and healing their group members even without having the appropriate talent.
Heroic
For Heroic: Hunters need to switch to Aspect of Viper and remove gun/bow as he casts Insanity, this will remove a large amount of your dps from the rest of the group.
Advice: Obtain white level 1 weapons appropriate for your physical damage DPS. Place them on your hotbars, along with your standard weapons. Switch to your lousy weapon when he begins to cast Insanity; this will reduce the melee DPS down to about 90-150DPS. For a tank with a sword and shield, a 2H is the fastest switch with the least damage. Since there are no offhand weapons at level 1, rogues should merely replace their main hand weapon. Ensure that you switch back to your ordinary weapons after the insanity cast is complete or you will be there for a very long time.
It may be better to try with fewer people. It seems that all classes which *can* heal will have their clones heal during this fight, even if you are not spec'd for it or are even shape-shifted (shadow form/bear). We found with our group (Druid tank, Holy priest, Shadow priest, Hunter and Lock) that we could not kill any of the clones no matter how we tried on about 5 attempts because of all the healing. Then, trying it with our holy priest naked and shadow priest DC'd, we did it first crack. So try having any extra healing classes run in first to die, and then 3 man the boss. We did it successfully, and we are very new to lvl80 heroics.
Loot
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Notes
Herald Volazj speaks a language unpronounceable, let alone comprehensible, to any race other than the faceless ones. However, players also receive whispers in their mind when he speaks — translating what Volazj "says".
Quotes
- "They are not dead. They are not alive. They are outside the cycle."
- "Gul'kafh an'shel. Yoq'al shn ky ywaq nuul." ("Gaze into the void. It is the perpetuity in which they dwell.")
- On player death: "Ywaq ma phgwa'cul hnakf." ("They are the whisper on the shivering wind.")
- On death: "Iilth vwah, uhn'agth fhssh za." ("Where one falls, many shall take its place.")