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The Prophet Skitra Guide
The Prophet Skitra in Ny'alotha, the Waking City, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- The Prophet Skitra wields dominating, mind-bending magics and confuses his opponents with illusions.
- The Prophet casts Illusionary Projection at 66% and 33% health, splitting the raid into two groups.
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Stage One: The Prophet, Stage Two: Illusionary Projections.
- Tanks: Work with your fellow tank to avoid taking too many stacks of Shadow Shock.
- Healers: Allies afflicted with stacks of Shadow Shock can take intense amounts of damage.
- Damage dealers: Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
The Prophet Skitra wields dominating, mind-bending magics and confuses his opponents with illusions. The Prophet casts Illusionary Projection at 66% and 33% health, splitting the raid into two groups. Players with Clouded Mind will see one set of illusions, and players with Twisted Mind will see another set of illusions. Both groups will also see the real Prophet Skitra, and will need to coordinate to identify and defeat him.
- Work with your fellow tank to avoid taking too many stacks of Shadow Shock.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
- Allies afflicted with stacks of Shadow Shock can take intense amounts of damage.
- Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
- Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Stage One: The Prophet
- Stage Two: Illusionary Projections
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Work with your fellow tank to avoid taking too many stacks of Shadow Shock.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Allies afflicted with stacks of Shadow Shock can take intense amounts of damage.
- Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
Boss abilities
Shadow Shock
Shred Psyche
Psychic Outburst
Psychic Reverberations
Images of Absolution
Illusionary Projection
Clouded Mind
Twisted Mind
Dark Ritual
Illusionary Bolt
MindquakeLoot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Mounts
Achievements
Mythic: Carapace of N'Zoth · Mythic: Drest'agath · Mythic: Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn · Mythic: Maut · Mythic: N'Zoth the Corruptor · Mythic: Ra-den the Despoiled · Mythic: Shad'har the Insatiable · Mythic: The Hivemind · Mythic: The Prophet Skitra · Mythic: Vexiona · Mythic: Wrathion, the Black Emperor · Ny'alotha, the Waking City
Entrance and instance
Ny'alotha, the Waking City is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Ny'alotha, the Waking City database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
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Player strategy
This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.
Questions
What does the Adventure Guide say about The Prophet Skitra?
The Prophet Skitra wields dominating, mind-bending magics and confuses his opponents with illusions.
How many abilities does The Prophet Skitra have?
The current datamine lists 11 named abilities on the The Prophet Skitra encounter.
What does The Prophet Skitra drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 11 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Ny'alotha, the Waking City database page.
Does The Prophet Skitra change on Heroic or Mythic?
The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.
Does The Prophet Skitra drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Ny'alotha Allseer. Each links to its TheWoWDB mount page.
Where does this guide's text come from?
Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.
Source and build
This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.