The Unbinding of Kith'ix Raid Guide: Strategy, Loot and Difficulties

The Unbinding of Kith'ix is the single-boss raid added in Patch 12.1.5. Kith'ix is a C'Thraxxi general the Amani sealed away beneath the Venomous Abyss. With Ula'tek dead, his bindings have failed. Lady Liadrin fights at your side, and the whole encounter is built around her light holding back his darkness.

Difficulties and lockouts

Difficulty	Max players	Lockout
Story	10	None, repeat any time
Raid Finder	30	Weekly
Normal	30	Weekly
Heroic	30	Weekly
Mythic	15 to 25, flexible	Weekly

Story Mode is the lore run. Everything from Raid Finder up saves you to a weekly lockout. From the week of October 20, every Heroic and Mythic kill can also drop Ascendant Venomstone (Venomstone guide).

How the fight works

Kith'ix brings his Voidswarm with him, so you fight aqir adds through the whole encounter. He builds energy. At 100 energy he casts Suffocating Darkness, and Lady Liadrin holds the darkness back while she charges Divine Radiance to banish it.

Stage One: Darkness' Domain

• Voidswarm adds: Venomous Hulks, Voidweavers and Bomber Beetles. Any aqir still alive when Kith'ix casts Suffocating Darkness becomes greatly empowered. Kill the swarm before each energy cap.
• Abyssal Grasp puts a heal absorb on players. If it is not healed through fast enough, the player is dragged into the darkness.
• Extinguish hits hard, but Light's Embrace from Liadrin greatly reduces it. Be in her light when it lands.
• Unspeakable Horrors, Overwhelming Fear and Twisted Appendage add pressure through the stage.
• Dark Devastation leaves his target Devastated, sharply raising the damage they take. On Heroic and Mythic it also leaves a Voidscar on the ground.

Stage Two: Last Light

At 25% health, Kith'ix casts Stygian Howl and stuns the raid. Liadrin frees you with Last Light, and the burn starts. You have to kill him before Eightfold Eclipse snuffs out her light. Expect Null Gate, Nullshards, Nullify and Negation during this stage, and on Mythic the effect stacks multiple times. Negation also comes into play here.

Role notes

Tanks

• Kith'ix's Commanding Presence greatly reduces the damage taken by nearby aqir. Pull adds away from the boss before your DPS cleave them.
• Swap on Dark Devastation. The Devastated debuff makes a second hit far more dangerous.

Healers

• Clear Abyssal Grasp absorbs fast, or the player is pulled into the darkness.
• Watch Digestive Juices stacks. If Gut Reaction triggers several times in quick succession, the stacked juices deal heavy damage.
• Keep the raid inside Light's Embrace for every Extinguish.

Damage dealers

• Your job in Stage One is the swarm. Empowered aqir after Suffocating Darkness is the most common wipe.
• Save cooldowns for the 25% burn. Stage Two is a damage race against Eightfold Eclipse.

Loot

All 13 drops are Bind on Pickup across 8 slots. See the full loot table for item levels.

• Weapons and off-hands: Lu'selama, Light's Justice; Sanctified Knight's Phoenixblade; Lightbearer's Shield Fragment; Twisted Horror's Tendril
• Armor: Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets, Chestwrap of Palpable Terror, Corroded Hulk's Skullcap, Voidweaver's Leggings
• Jewelry and trinkets: Band of the Swarmcaller, Kith'ix's Seal, Sigil of the Impending Eclipse
• Toys: Libram of the Matriarch and Shadeweaver's Hearthstone

The 2 toys are the reason to keep running Story or Raid Finder after you are geared out.

Achievements

The raid has 7 achievements worth 60 points. These include Kith'ix on any difficulty, Heroic: Kith'ix, Mythic: Kith'ix, and Guild Run versions of each.

Related guides

• Patch 12.1.5 overview
• The Venomous Abyss raid, the raid Kith'ix sits beneath
• Midnight raid guides