Despite what some people are claiming, this fight does not appear to be bugged. It does, however, appear to have changed slightly from MoP.
In WoD, Yikkan will enrage when he gets 4 stacks of his buff, not 5. He also appears to summon birds much slower then the 8-second cycle he did in MoP - it seems to be closer to 12-15 seconds. When enraged, Yikkan will start summoning huge swarms of birds very quickly, which is why many of the commentators are being overwhelmed by adds.
Instead of making sure all birds are dead before he summons in his next pack, you have to kill 1 bird, wait 2 seconds, then AoE down the other 3 before the next flock spawns in. This will prevent him from enraging, and allow you to kill him normally.
As an aside, the turrets from the Workshop are incredible in this fight - they can add 7-10k more DPS, and they always shoot at the thing you're targeting. You don't have to worry about them killing the birds accidentally.
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Yikkan Izu
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the idea is to not kill 5 birds within 4 seconds, or he'll enrage, he spawns them in lots of 4, every 8 seconds.
At the start of the fight you’ll see 4 birds swarming around him. Make sure to AoE these birds before the next pack spawns. Killing more then 4 birds at the same time makes Yikkan enrage so just keep on aoeing all the birds. Alternatively you could just make him enrage and kite him around, but it’s not required.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLa72xgFevw&t=10m53s
Details
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Hunter Pet: Bird of Prey
Yikkan Izu belongs to the Bird of Prey creature family, which Hunters can tame; its pet specialization is Cunning. The Bird of Prey diet in the client data: Meat and Fish. The Bird of Prey family’s own pet skill line (Pet - Bird of Prey) teaches 3 abilities:
Claw
Talon Rend
TrickYou command your Bird of Prey to do a trick. Larger birds may not be interested.
Achievement: The Best There Is
Killing Yikkan Izu counts toward The Best There Is, a 10-point achievement. Its in-game description: “Defeat 15 Challenge Card exclusive bosses.” The Best There Is tracks 60 creatures; the other 40:
- Kirrawk
- Unguloxx
- Nibbleh
- Thog Hammerspace
- Johnny Awesome
- Mama Stormstout
- Fran and Riddoh
- Dungeon Master Vishas
- Ixx
- Leona Earthwind
- Dominika the Illusionist
- Blackmange
- Deeken
- Blind Hero
- Proboskus
- Vian the Volatile
- Akama
- Battletron
- Disruptron Mk. 3R-Alpha
- Millhouse Manastorm
- Millie Watt
- Ahoo'ru
- Anthracite
- Big Badda Boom
- Doctor FIST
- Hexos
- Master Boom Boom
- Mingus Diggs
- Ro-Shambo
- Splat
- T440 Dual-Mode Robot
- Tyson Sanders
- Ty'thar
- Dark Summoner
- Sanoriak
- Smash Hoofstomp
- B3@7 B-0X
- Grief Warden
- Master Paku
- Ray D. Tear
More Bird of Prey
Other creatures in the Bird of Prey family. See the whole family.
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Achievements whose criteria involve Yikkan Izu, from the current game data.
Level and Map Tracking
The game data tunes Yikkan Izu for levels 80 to 90.