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Archimonde
Archimonde - Hellfire Citadel
Archimonde is a boss encounter in Hellfire Citadel.
Found In
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Hellfire Citadel, Archimonde comes 13th of 13, after Mannoroth.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Archimonde assaults players with the might of the Burning Legion, gaining new abilities each time his health is reduced by 15%, eventually summoning Rain of Chaos to destroy Draenor. When a player is launched into the air by Shadowfel Burst, their allies must catch them to avoid fatal damage. As Archimonde Desecrates the land, players must protect themselves with the Light of the Naaru. When Archimonde reaches 40% health remaining, he begins to cast Nether Banish, sending players to the Twisting Nether.
Damage Dealers
- Destroy Doomfire Spirits quickly before they create too much Doomfire.
- Wrought Chaos inflicts heavy damage if aimed towards other players.
- Shackled Torment inflicts lethal raidwide damage if mutliple shackles are broken at once.
- Infernal Doombringers will begin to cast Hellfire if not killed quickly.
Healers
- Desecrate inflicts increasing raidwide damage to players without Light of the Naaru.
- Shadow Blast significantly increases Shadow damage taken by Death Brand.
- Shackled Torment inflicts heavy raidwide damage each time it is broken.
Tanks
- Death Brand inflicts massive initial damage and periodic damage until Hellfire Deathcallers are killed.
- Nether Banish sends tanks to the Twisting Nether along with any other players within 10 yards.
Stage One: The Defiler
Doomfire
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, Doomfire is consumed when a player comes into contact with it. This effect stacks up to 15 times. When the Doomfire debuff expires, a new patch of Doomfire is created at that player's location.
Allure of Flames
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, Allure of Flames inflicts Fire damage to all players for each Doomfire that is moved.
Shadowfel Burst
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, Shadowfel Burst targets 3 players.
Death Brand
Spell detailsHellfire Deathcaller
Demonic Art: Desecration
When Archimonde reaches 85% health remaining, he summons corruption that erupts from the ground.
Desecrate
Spell detailsYrel
Stage Two: Hand of the Legion
When Archimonde reaches 70% health remaining, he calls on new powers to destroy his enemies.
Shackled Torment
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, the range of Unleashed Torment is limited to.
Unleashed Torment
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, the range of Unleashed Torment is limited to.
Wrought Chaos
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, all players become the target of either Wrought Chaos or Focused Chaos when Archimonde casts Wrought Chaos.
Allure of Flames
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, Allure of Flames inflicts Fire damage to all players for each Doomfire that is moved.
Death Brand
Spell detailsHellfire Deathcaller
Demonic Art: Vanguard of the Legion
When Archimonde reaches 55% health remaining, he summons the vanguard of the Burning Legion.
Felborne Overfiend
Dreadstalker
Stage Three: The Twisting Nether
When Archimonde reaches 40% health remaining, he calls on the Twisting Nether to destroy his enemies. When Archimonde reaches 40% health remaining, he transcends. All of his enemies are drawn helplessly into the Twisting Nether, an endless, chaotic space from which few have ever returned...
Demonic Feedback
Spell detailsShackled Torment
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, the range of Unleashed Torment is limited to.
Unleashed Torment
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, the range of Unleashed Torment is limited to.
Wrought Chaos
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, all players become the target of either Wrought Chaos or Focused Chaos when Archimonde casts Wrought Chaos.
Nether Banish
Spell detailsLiving Shadow
Living Shadow periodically spawn from the Nether Portal and attack players. Each time a Living Shadow spawns from a portal, the rate at which they spawn is increased.
The Nether
Demonic Art: Rain of Chaos
When Archimonde reaches 25% health remaining, he summons a massive meteor to destroy Draenor.
Rain of Chaos
Spell detailsAbility Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Archimonde, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Doomfire
Fire · Instant
Archimonde summons a Doomfire Spirit that persists until it is killed. While alive, the spirit will create a line of Doomfire that will pursue a player for 10 sec. before choosing a new target. This effect stacks.
Allure of Flames
Fire · 2.5 sec cast
Archimonde instantly pulls all Doomfire to several player's locations.
Shadowfel Burst
Shadow · 2 sec cast
Archimonde knocks a player and their allies high into the air. All players knocked into the air explode for Shadowflame damage, split evenly among all players when they land.
Death Brand
Shadow · 2.5 sec cast
Shadow Blast
Shadow · 1 sec cast · Lasts 30 sec
Hellfire Deathcallers blast several players with demonic energy, inflicting Shadow damage and increasing their Shadow damage taken by 25% for 30 sec. This effect stacks.
Desecrate
Fire · 1.5 sec cast
Archimonde desecrates the land, inflicting Physical damage to all players of the targeted location, summoning a spire of corruption. The spire inflicts Shadow damage every 3 sec. to all players. Each active spire increases the damage done by Desecration.
Light of the Naaru
Holy · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
Yrel shatters a spire of desecration, creating orbs of light that persist. Each orb will grant all players the Light of the Naaru for 30 sec., protecting them from all Shadow damage taken and increasing movement speed by 40%.
Purifying Light
Holy · 3 sec cast
When Archimonde is weakened, Yrel summons the light to destroy all spires of desecration.
Shackled Torment
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast
This effect increases by 10% with every tick. When removed, Unleashed Torment inflicts Shadow damage to all players.
Unleashed Torment
Shadow · Instant
Shackled Souls explode inflicting Shadow damage to all players when Shackled Torment is broken.
Wrought Chaos
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast
Archimonde brands a player with several stacks of chaotic energy that explodes after 5 sec. The explosion inflicts Fire damage to any player in a straight line towards the target of Focused Chaos. Wrought Chaos jumps to the target of Focused Chaos with one less stack when it expires.
Consume Magic
Shadow · 3 sec cast · Lasts 3 sec
Dreadstalkers teleport to a random player and unleash a shrill cry, inflicting Shadow damage to all players. This effect interrupts spell casts for 3 sec.
Demonic Feedback
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast
Archimonde inflicts Shadow to all players and an additional Shadow damage to all players of each player hit.
Nether Portal
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 8 sec
Archimonde marks his current target, banishing them and everything to the Twisting Nether after 8 sec. When banished, a Nether Portal is torn open at the player's location, periodically summoning Living Shadows for the remainder of the fight.
Devour Life
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 45 sec
Living Shadows devour life from their target, inflicting Shadow damage and reducing their healing and absorption received by 40% for 45 sec. This act destroys the Living Shadow.
Shadow Storm
Physical · Instant
Nether Corruption
Shadow · Instant
The Twisting Nether corrupts all players, inflicting Shadow damage., increasing damage taken from Nether Corruption by 8% for 1 min. This effect stacks.
Void Star
Physical · Instant
Void Stars form in the Twisting Nether, fixating on a random player. If the star reaches its target, it explodes knocking all players away.
Dark Pursuit
Shadow · Instant
Empowered by the Twisting Nether, increasing movement speed by 50% every 5 seconds.
Touch of Shadows
Shadow · 2 sec cast
Shadowed Netherwalks unleash a wave a shadows, inflicting Shadow damage to all players in the Twisting Nether.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Hellfire Citadel.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
Collectibles from Archimonde
1 collectible whose in-game collection entry names Archimonde as a source.
Mounts (1)
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Archimonde encounter in Hellfire Citadel.
One of the original eredar who betrayed the draenei of Argus to take his place as the sinister hand of the dark titan Sargeras, Archimonde the Defiler commands the military might of the Burning Legion. He arrives in Draenor, reaching across space and time, to ensure that the invasion of Azeroth proceeds as planned, and that Gul'dan does not fail his Legion masters.
What Each Drop Is
The Archimonde encounter lists 40 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 44 to 45. Equip slots covered: Trinket, Two-Hand, Neck, Back, Head, Waist, Shoulder, Hands, One-Hand, Feet, Chest and Legs. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Bleeding Hollow Toxin Vessel Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Rogue. A vendor pays 13 gold70 silver for it. Equip: Toxic Mutilator. Equip: Eviscerating Blade. Equip: From the Shadows.
- Calamity's Edge Two-Hand (Two-Handed Sword), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 82 gold34 silver for it.
- Choker of the Great Betrayer Neck, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 18 gold82 silver for it.
- Cloak of Incendiary Wrath Back (Cloth), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 33 gold74 silver for it.
- Core of the Primal Elements Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Shaman. A vendor pays 13 gold75 silver for it. Equip: Elemental Bellows. Equip: Furious Winds. Equip: Low Tide.
- Demon Prince's Ascendant Crown Head (Cloth), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 33 gold11 silver for it.
- Demonbuckle Sash of Argus Waist (Cloth), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 22 gold92 silver for it.
- Doomcrier's Shoulderplates Shoulder (Plate), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 32 gold87 silver for it.
- Edict of Argus Two-Hand (Staff), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 78 gold9 silver for it.
- Eredar Fel-Chain Gloves Hands (Mail), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 22 gold76 silver for it.
- Felfinger Runegloves Hands (Leather), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 22 gold41 silver for it.
- Fragment of the Dark Star Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warlock. A vendor pays 13 gold80 silver for it. Equip: Epidemic. Equip: Swarm of Gul'dan. Equip: Flamelicked.
- Gavel of the Eredar One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 66 gold60 silver for it.
- Libram of Vindication Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin. A vendor pays 13 gold60 silver for it. Equip: Magnifying Light. Equip: Savior's Boon. Equip: Focus of Vengeance.
- Mantle of the Eredar Lord Shoulder (Cloth), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 32 gold73 silver for it.
- Reaper's Harvest Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight. A vendor pays 12 gold99 silver for it. Equip: Unholy Coil. Equip: Frozen Obliteration. Equip: Wandering Plague.
- Repudiation of War Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Priest. A vendor pays 13 gold65 silver for it. Equip: Naaru's Discipline. Equip: Complete Healing. Equip: Mental Fatigue.
- Sacred Draenic Incense Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Monk. A vendor pays 13 gold55 silver for it. Equip: Eluding Movements. Equip: Soothing Breeze. Equip: Furious Sun.
- Seed of Creation Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Druid. A vendor pays 13 gold4 silver for it. Equip: Starshards. Equip: Wildcat Celerity. Equip: Stalwart Guardian.
- Talisman of the Master Tracker Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter. A vendor pays 13 gold9 silver for it. Equip: Beastlord. Equip: Longview. Equip: Blackness.
- Tome of Shifting Words Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Mage. A vendor pays 13 gold50 silver for it. Equip: Wild Arcanist. Equip: Pyrosurge. Equip: Shatterlance.
- Treads of the Defiler Feet (Plate), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 35 gold26 silver for it.
- Waistwrap of Banishment Waist (Leather), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 23 gold18 silver for it.
- World Ender's Gorget Neck, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 19 gold68 silver for it.
- Worldbreaker's Resolve Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior. A vendor pays 13 gold85 silver for it. Equip: Tactical Surge. Equip: Berserker's Fury. Equip: Shield Mastery.
- Decree of Demonic Sovereignty Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Haste. A vendor pays 37 gold39 silver for it.
- Demonbreaker Chestplate Chest (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 41 gold69 silver for it. Part of the Demonbreaker Wargear set.
- Felfume Robes Chest (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 41 gold22 silver for it. Part of the Felfume Raiment set.
- Fractured Soulgem Staff Two-Hand (Staff), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 74 gold20 silver for it.
- Grasp of the Defiler Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 37 gold65 silver for it.
- Ironpelt Jerkin Chest (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 41 gold38 silver for it. Part of the Ironpelt Armor set.
- Portent of Disaster Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 37 gold25 silver for it.
- Pressure-Compressed Loop Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 37 gold11 silver for it.
- Rancorbite Chain Shirt Chest (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 41 gold54 silver for it. Part of the Rancorbite Battlegear set.
- Shadeflesh Legguards Legs (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 43 gold62 silver for it.
- Stompers of Echoing Doom Feet (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 32 gold53 silver for it.
- Unquenchable Doomfire Censer Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 37 gold52 silver for it.
- Vintage Draenic Handguards Hands (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 22 gold64 silver for it.
- Voidsight Hood Head (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 33 gold24 silver for it.
- Felsteel Annihilator Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 10. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this mount. This mount changes depending on your Riding skill and location.” Use: Learning.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.
Achievements for Defeating It
7 achievements list a victory over Archimonde among their criteria.
Where to Find Archimonde
Quests in Hellfire Citadel
- Destructor's Rise
- Destructor's Rise
- Maw of Souls
- Maw of Souls
- Pits of Mannoroth
- Pits of Mannoroth
- Temple of Tyranny
- Temple of Tyranny
- The Black Gate
- The Black Gate
- The Fel Spire
- The Fel Spire