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MobAtramedes
Image of Atramedes
Race Black dragon (Dragonkin)
Level ?? Boss
Location The Athenaeum, Blackwing Descent
Status Killable

Atramedes, also known as Experiment 25463-D, was a black whelp experimented on by Maloriak to be granted "sight beyond sight". This experiment failed however and only caused Atramedes to become blind. Rather than disposing of him Nefarius decided to make further use of the blind whelp.

Atramedes can now be found as the large blind dragon boss in Blackwing Descent.

Abilities

You will have a 'sound bar' in this encounter. If it hits 100 Atramedes will gain aggro on you! (And kill you, yes even if you are the tank.)


Thwack one of the ancient dwarven shields around the room to cause Vertigo to Atramedes. This resets everyone's sound to zero. He will destroy it when he recovers.

  • Spell frost stun Vertigo — The Resonating Clash has sent the target into a state of Vertigo, increasing damage taken by 50% for 5 sec.


Ground Phase 80 seconds.

Atramedes does not have a rear attack. Standing in its tail is safe.

  • Inv summerfest firespirit Sonic Breath — Cast at the highest sound player. Does 15,000 damage per second and adds 20 sound per second. Follows the player faster the higher their sound is.
  • Spell fire selfdestruct Searing Flame — The blindly aimed flames inflict 15062 to 15438 Fire damage every 1 sec and increases Fire damage taken by 25% per stack. Applied 8 times over 8 seconds. Interrupt this with Vertigo. This is cast once per ground phase.
  • Ability vehicle sonicshockwave Modulation — The Blind Dragon begins to Modulate, increasing the Sound of all enemies by 7 and inflicting 39000 to 41000 Shadow damage. Damage increased by your sound bar.
  • Spell shadow detectlesserinvisibility Sonar Pulse — Sends discs of sonic energy flying around the room. If touched inflicts 5850 to 6150 Arcane damage and adds 7 sound.

Air Phase 40 seconds.

  • Inv summerfest firespirit Roaring Flame Breath — Cast at the highest sound player. Does 15,000 damage per second and adds 20 sound per second. Follows the player faster the higher their sound is. This time it keeps speeding up, and you may want to use a shield to stop it. After the vertigo he will follow the player who hit the shield.
  • Ability vehicle sonicshockwave Sonar Bomb — The Sonar Bomb inflicts 30000 Arcane damage to enemies within 8 yards and allows Atramedes to hear the targets more easily! Adds 20 sound on normal, 30 on Heroic.
  • Spell fire elementaldevastation Sonic Fireball — 29250 to 30750 Fire damage to enemies within 6 yards of the impact.
  • Spell fire flameshock Roaring Flames — Atramedes scatters flame patches across the room. The Reverberating Flames inflict 14625 to 15375 Fire damage and an additional 7800 to 8200 Fire damage every 1 sec for 4 sec. Additionally the Reverberating Flames increase sound by five. These flames are also spawned in the path the Roaring Flame Breath takes while following its target, as well as in the path the Breath takes shifting from its target to the Shield that was rang.

Strategy

This encounter revolves around the Sound Bar mechanic. All of Atramedes' abilities cause their target's sound bar to increase, and when 100% sound is reached Atramedes will gain aggro on the target and hideously mangle and crush them. Atramedes will target the highest sound player with his abilities and follow them faster if their sound is higher.

There are 10 'gongs' around the room that can be interacted with, using them will reset every raid member's sound to zero and stun Atramedes for 5 seconds. However when they are used Atramedes will become extremely upset with them and burn them to ash, so they can only be used once each.

Phase 1

Atramedes starts off on the ground and should be tanked near the entrance. Lasts 80 seconds. This allows quick access to the shields by a player designated to hit them. Atramedes melees slowly, but very hard. Ranged and melee should be stacked on differing sides of the boss to allow for predictable Sonar Pulse flight pathing. He will also cast Modulation at regular intervals for unavoidable raid damage and sound.

Twice per phase Atramedes will use Sonic Breath, which has a 2 sec cast time. he will quickly target the person he's casting on before using it. A direction needs to be set up beforehand on where the player needs to run (i.e. targetted player runs clockwise, others run counter). Once per phase he will channel Searing Flames. This is the main source of wipes. The designated shield hitter must always be near a shield to quickly whack it and stun Atramedes. Ideally you'll only get one stack of the debuff. Two is acceptable. Anything higher is not acceptable as he usually follows up with a Modulation which will do hefty damage and likely kill low health members.

Shortly after Searing Flames he will take off and phase 2 will begin.

Phase 2

Atramedes is now in the air and has a new repertoire of moves. The most deadly being Roaring Flame Breath. This is where you'll need at least one or two dedicated kiters. Mages and Warlocks work well, and engineering is almost a must. The goal of this phase is to get through it, using preferably only one, at max two shields. As soon as the boss starts channeling, the kiter whacks a shield stunning the boss and becoming the new target. A mage can use Blink as well as the engineering belt to stay ahead of the flame, while a warlock can use the Soulburn/Portal combo to get away from the flame as well as a speed boost, before using the belt. Both will still likely need Priest's Body and Soul shields for the final few seconds.

While the kiting is going on the rest of the raid need to avoid the Sonar Bomb and Sonic Fireball as well as staying out of the flame patches, all the while ranged should be trying to put as much damage in Atramedes as possible.

After 40seconds Atramedes will land and phase 1 will resume.


Rinse and Repeat.

Loot

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Heroic Mode
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Related achievements

Quotes

Intro
Images of Lord Victor Nefarius, Maloriak, and a whelping appear before the group.
Lord Victor Nefarius says: Ah Maloriak. How gracious of you to finally appear from that quarantine you call a laboratory. What have you got this time?
Maloriak says: My sincerest apologies for the disturbance, my liege. But I believe I have something you may be very interested in!
Lord Victor Nefarius says: By all means, enlighten me.
Maloriak says: Yes, yes!
Maloriak says: By extracting agents from the blood of various dragonflights I have created a salve that bestow the wearer sight beyond sight!
Maloriak says: Sense beyond this realm of mortality!
Maloriak says: Atramedes! Your master beckons.
The whelp, Atramedes moves forward.
Maloriak says: I present to you experiment number 25463-D!
Maloriak uses his salve on Atramedes, causing the whelp to glow orange before becoming disoriented.
Lord Victor Nefarius says: It appears as though your experiment has failed. That whelp has gone completely blind! Look at him.
Lord Victor Nefarius says: LOOK AT HIM!
Maloriak says: How could this be!? I will dispose of him immediately!
Lord Victor Nefarius says: No, not yet.
Lord Victor Nefarius says: This object of your chagrin may still prove... valuable... to me.
Lord Victor Nefarius says: Leave now, pathetic alchemist. I anxiously await your next failure.
Maloriak says: Yes, my lord.
The images fade away.
  • Lord Victor Nefarius yells: Atramedes, are you going deaf as well as blind? Hurry up and kill them all!
Shield used while Atramedes is on the ground on Heroic difficulty
  • Lord Victor Nefarius yells: These shields are proving quite the nuisance!
Obnoxious Fiend casts Obnoxious on Heroic Difficulty
  • Lord Victor Nefarius yells: Atramedes, the heroes are RIGHT THERE!
Aggro
  • I have no need for eyes to see my enemies. Your clumsy footsteps and foul stench give you away!
Searing Flame
  • You cannot hide from Searing Flame!
Air Phase
  • Yes, run! With every step your heartbeat quickens. The beating... loud and thunderous, almost deafening! You cannot escape!
Killing a player
  • Sighted, but blind to the truth. Embrace the finality of it all!
  • Death waits in the darkness!
Death
  • Atramedes yells: This miserable existence finally ends...
Death normal difficulty
  • Lord Victor Nefarius yells: Now that was really unnecessary.
Death heroic difficulty
  • Lord Victor Nefarius yells: You should've been disposed of a long time ago.

Videos

25-player

[GUIDE] Atramedes (25N) by Sleepless Knights on YouTube

25-player Heroic

10-player

Atramedes 10 Man by The Yogscast on YouTube
Atramedes 10 Man Regular Strategy by TGN on YouTube

Notes

The world first heroic kill was by Method (25 player) on 27 December 2010.

Patches and hotfixes

  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-02-14): The Atramedes achievement Inv misc bell 01 [Silence is Golden] was incorrectly failing when any raid member's sound bar went over 30%. The achievement now requires no one's sound bar to go over 50% as advertised.
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-01-18):
    • Atramedes will now reset if the players targeted by Sonic Breath or Obnoxious Fiends attempt to leave the room.
    • Zoning into the dungeon after a soft reset now causes all Atramedes-related objects and creatures to reset completely. The introduction event will replay once the dwarves have been cleared. Entering combat with Atramedes forces the gongs to become usable and the fight will function normally from this point.
    • Atramedes will no longer despawn when his tail passes through the area trigger in the entrance to his room. He will no longer despawn randomly during the fight. Pulling him out of his room will now cause him to reset.
  • Cataclysm Hotfix (2011-01-03):
    • Sonar Pulse is now spawned on top of Atramedes' current location and will spawn regardless of where Atramedes is tanked. In addition, Sonar Pulse now idles for 1 second after being cast before they move away from their spawn location.
    • It is no longer possible to use immunities to reset a player's sound bar while fighting Atramedes.
    • Atramedes' Sonic Breath now properly ignores line of sight.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added.

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