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Void Reaver is the second boss in the Eye of Tempest Keep. It is a Fel Reaver guardian. Since it's a rather simple fight (probably easier than High King Maulgar, or even Prince Malchezaar), it's earned the nickname "Loot Reaver". The only precondition is that the raid's total DPS is high enough to kill it prior to the enrage (after 10 minutes).

Contents 1 Abilities 2 Positioning 3 Combat 3.1 Arcane Orb 3.2 Pounding 3.3 Aggro 4 Notes 5 Loot 6 Quotations 7 First kills 8 Movies 9 External links 10 References

[edit] Abilities

• Melee: 3000-4000 on tanks
• Pounding: 18 yard AoE around the Void Reaver, 3 sec channel, 1350-2250 arcane damage per sec (resistible), 12 sec cooldown
• Arcane Orb: 6000+ (on cloth) AoE with 6 sec silence, (resistable, binary), 3 sec cooldown. Arcane Orb is fired at a random raid member at least 18 yards away from the Void Reaver and takes a few seconds to reach the place where the player was standing
• Knock Away: Single Target knock back vs. the highest aggro target, reduces aggro, 20 sec cooldown. Can miss, be dodged or parried to avoid the threat reduction.
• Enrage: Wipes the raid after 10 minutes
• Cannot be taunted
• Immune to health-draining effects (e.g. Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Death Coil)
• Immune to poisons, and mana drain
• Not immune to bleed effects

[edit] Positioning

The melee group fights in the center of the room.

Ranged and healers stay in a wide circle around the boss, at the maximum range of their abilities, in order to maximize available space and travel time for the Arcane Orbs. Well-geared Resto Shaman can consider to stay with the melee group - this means that they take Pounding damage too, but never have to interrupt their Chain Heal spam to evade Arcane Orbs.

[edit] Combat

The encounter does not have different stages and is exactly the same from 100% to 0%. All raid members should be kept as close to full HP as possible, to increase their chance to survive an Arcane Orb or Pounding.

Due to the aggro reduction by Knockback, the tank eventually loses aggro, a tank rotation should be set up to counter this. Up to four tanks can be needed. Void Reaver is not tauntable.

[edit] Arcane Orb

The Arcane Orbs should be avoided by running away whenever possible. The room is large, and the orbs relatively slow. Healers can stand with their backs to the Reaver, so that they just have to start running as soon as they see an incoming orb.

Note (1-28-2008): Currently the graphics do not match the explosion. The explosion will go off before the graphic "hits". It is best to begin moving within the first second, so as to be well out of range.

Since Patch 2.4.0 the Void Reaver no longer targets a player before casting an Arcane Orb, so Add Ons such as Deadly Boss Mods or BigWigs are no longer able to warn of incoming Orbs.^[1]

Even without the boss mods working for this fight, its still an easy fight on par with Gruuls and Maggs. We divided up our raid into 4 groups around VR and had each group only move directly out to the wall when they saw an orb incoming. 5/2/2008

[edit] Pounding

The easiest solution is to have the melee group eat the Pounding damage and heal through it. Circle of Healing is very effective, however if you do not have a priest with this then a shaman with chain heal can sometimes fulfill this role. In order to make Chain Heal as effective as possible, the melee group should stay close together in this case. Rogues can use Cloak of Shadows right before VR starts Pounding to resist the arcane damage.

If the healers are not up to that challenge, it's possible to avoid the Pounding damage by running out of it. The Void Reavers hit box is nearly as large as the Pounding's AoE, stepping out of the damage doesn't cost that much DPS. The bigger problem is that they may be targeted by an Arcane Orb while outside the Pounding range. Therefore, the melee group should disperse when this tactic is chosen.

[edit] Aggro

Since the fight is on a 10 minute timer, all DPS classes need to maximize their damage output while paying attention to their aggro. Threat-reducing abilities such as Vanish, Soulshatter, Blessing of Salvation or Invisibility are invaluable. If Shamans are present in DPS groups, they should spend some consideration whether to drop a damage increasing Air Totem (like Windfury Totem or Wrath of Air Totem), or rather reduce threat with Tranquil Air Totem. If DPS are low, better go for the DPS boost, if aggro may be a problem chose Tranquil Air. Shadow priests should refrain from using Vampiric Embrace to avoid healing based hatred. This fight is like Broodlord - the more tanks the higher the threat that can be generated as every tank takes fewer knockbacks.

[edit] Notes

• A hunters pet with maxed arcane resistance can stay on the boss all the time and easily be healed with mend pet.
• The fight can be reset by running out of the room.
• About 8k DPS is required from the whole raid. Assuming 15 damage dealers this means each damage dealer needs to sustain 530 DPS over the whole fight.
• Using the /script SetCVar ("cameraDistancemax" ,50) maximizes your camera distance beyond that of the default limit making the orbs MUCH easier to see.

[edit] Loot

Tier 5 shoulder tokens

Pauldrons of the Vanquished Champion Binds when picked up Classes: Paladin, Rogue, Shaman Requires Level 70

Pauldrons of the Vanquished Defender Binds when picked up Classes: Warrior, Priest, Druid Requires Level 70

Pauldrons of the Vanquished Hero Binds when picked up Classes: Hunter, Mage, Warlock Requires Level 70

Void Reaver Loot

Cowl of the Grand Engineer Binds when picked up Cloth Head 175 Armor +22 Stamina +27 Intellect Yellow Socket Yellow Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Damage Durability 60 / 60 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves spell hit rating by 16. Equip: Improves spell critical strike rating by 35. Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 53.	Fel Reaver's Piston Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 70 Equip: Your direct healing spells have a chance to place a heal over time on your target, healing 500 over 12 sec. Equip: Restores 16 mana per 5 sec.	Fel-Steel Warhelm Binds when picked up Plate Head 1306 Armor +46 Strength +46 Stamina Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 30. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 44.	Girdle of Zaetar Binds when picked up Leather Waist 227 Armor +22 Stamina +23 Intellect +24 Spirit Blue Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +7 Healing Durability 40 / 40 Requires Level 70 Equip: Increases healing done by up to 73 and damage done by up to 25 for all magical spells and effects.
Void Reaver Greaves Binds when picked up Mail Legs 787 Armor +37 Agility +33 Stamina +24 Intellect Red Socket Yellow Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Agility Durability 105 / 105 Requires Level 70 Equip: Increases attack power by 88.	Warp-Spring Coil Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Classes: Rogue Requires Level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 21. Equip: Your special attacks have a chance to give you 1000 armor penetration for 15 sec.	Wristguards of Determination Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 703 Armor +37 Stamina Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 70 Equip: Increases defense rating by 24. Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 19. Equip: Increases your shield block rating by 13.

[edit] Quotations

Aggro:

• "Alert! You are marked for Extermination!"

Pound:

• "Alternative measure commencing..."
• "Calculating force parameters..."

Kill taunts:

• "Invasive lifeform no longer functional"
• "Extermination successful"
• "Threat neutralized"

Death:

• "Systems... shutting... d-o-w-n..."

[edit] First kills

See Also: The Burning Crusade: Guild Progression

[edit] Movies

[edit] External links

• Void Reaver tactics and videos WorldofStrats.com
• German Void Reaver Strategy Guide wow-tactics.de
• Void Reaver Strategy Guide WoWInn.net

[edit] References

1. ^ Hortus (03/26/2008). Re: Bug or VR changes in 2.4. Retrieved on 03/26/2008.