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Aethanel
Queen Azshara - The Eternal Palace
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Queen Azshara encounter in The Eternal Palace.
Queen of the Naga, Empress of Nazjatar, and one of the most powerful entities Azeroth has ever known, Azshara has plotted and schemed for millennia in preparation for this fateful moment. Now, with all the pieces in place, the time has finally come to reveal her end game.
Encounter Facts
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Queen Azshara will use all of the forces at her command to disable the Ancient Wards and override the Titan device keeping N'zoth imprisoned.
Tanks
- Powering up Ancient Wards or draining Azshara's Ward of Power drains the player.
- Make sure your healers have line of sight to you!
- Coordinate the lovers' line of sight to each other with every cast of Longing or Painful Memories.
- Move Azshara to keep her from Draining your Ancient Wards or Energizing the Ward of Power too much.
- Hide from Azshara to reset stacks of Arcane Vulnerability, or to avoid the damage of Arcane Detonation.
Healers
- Powering up Ancient Wards or draining Azshara's Ward of Power drains the player.
- Coordinate your positioning to make sure you have line of sight to your allies.
- Hide from Azshara to reset stacks of Arcane Vulnerability, or to avoid the damage of Arcane Detonation.
- Hide from your allies and Azshara when afflicted with Arcane Burst.
- Coordinate the rate at which players attempt to Release charges from the Titan Console before a Massive Energy Spike.
Damage Dealers
- Powering up Ancient Wards or draining Azshara's Ward of Power drains the player.
- Make sure your healers have line of sight to you!
- Make sure that Charged Spear does not impact any surface inside the playspace; but passes through any Crystalline Shields.
- Hide from Azshara to reset stacks of Arcane Vulnerability, or to avoid the damage of Arcane Detonation.
- Hide from your allies and Azshara when afflicted with Arcane Burst.
- Overzealous Hulks will Drain your Ancient Wards
- Azshara's Devoted and Indomitable will Sacrifice themselves to the Ward of Power.
Ancient Wards
Ancient Wards keep the pressure of the surrounding ocean depths at bay but must be powered up by players standing on them. Azshara's forces will use various means to power them down.
Stage One: Cursed Lovers
Azshara summons the cursed lovers: Aethanel, and Cyranus to attack the players. Overzealous Hulks storm the playspace in an effort to disable the Ancient Wards while Azshara herself torments players with her own abilities. This stage ends when both Aethanel and Cyranus are defeated.
Aethanel and Cyranus, the Cursed Lovers
Aethanel and Cyranus have been cursed to constantly swap between periods of Longing to see each other and Painful Memories of a life that could have been. Their Cursed Hearts poison the ground beneath them.
Painful Memories
Longing
Torment
When either lover dies, the other gains Torment until they are defeated.
Cursed Heart
Aethanel
Cyranus
Overzealous Hulk
These hulks from Azshara's army rush toward Ancient Wards and pound them into dust. After these Hulks have been crowd-controlled one time, they become Infuriated.
Queen Azshara
In this stage Queen Azshara circles the playspace, looking for opportunities to employ her own abilities.
Intermission One: Queen's Decree
Azshara releases Arcane Orbs across the playspace; but issues a personal decree to all players limiting their actions. Any player who fails to follow their decree will be sanctioned. This phase ends shortly after the Arcane Orbs expire.
Arcane Orb
Queen's Decree
In Normal Difficulty, players are given one decree they must obey. In Heroic Difficulty, players are given up to two decrees they must obey. In Mythic Difficulty, players are given up to three decrees they must obey. In Raid Finder Difficulty, players are given one decree they must obey.
Stage Two: Hearts Unleashed
Azshara activates the final ward and joins the fight. This stage ends when Azshara is reduced to 70% life remaining.
Ward of Power
Azshara's Devoted
Can be crowd-controlled.
Azshara's Indomitable
Immune to crowd-controlling effects.
Queen Azshara
Arcane Mastery
In Mythic Difficulty, victims hit by Arcane Missiles are afflicted with Arcane Vulnerability.
Arcane Jolt
Beckon
Titanic Machinations
Arcane Detonation
Reversal of Fortune
Arcane Burst
In difficulties other than Raid Finder Difficulty, the triggered burst occurs immediately if this effect is dispelled. In Heroic and Mythic Difficulties, if Azshara is hit by the Arcane Burst it will afflict additional players the next time she uses this ability. In Mythic Difficulty, victims hit by Arcane Burst are afflicted with Arcane Vulnerability.
Divide and Conquer
Intermission Two: Adoration
Azshara summons waves of her minions to attack the wards. This stage ends when Azshara finishes summoning her minions.
Overzealous Hulk
These hulks from Azshara's army rush toward Ancient Wards and pound them into dust. After these Hulks have been crowd-controlled one time, they become Infuriated.
Azshara's Devoted
Azshara's Indomitable
Immune to crowd-controlling effects.
Queen Azshara
Arcane Orb
Queen's Decree
In Normal Difficulty, players are given one decree they must obey. In Heroic Difficulty, players are given up to two decrees they must obey. In Mythic Difficulty, players are given up to three decrees they must obey. In Raid Finder Difficulty, players are given one decree they must obey.
Stage Three: Song of the Tides
Azshara calls her Tidemistresses to join the fight. Each will stand on one of the Ancient Wards and periodically drain them.
Loyal Myrmidon
Tidemistresses
Queen Azshara
Beckon
Titanic Machinations
Arcane Jolt
Arcane Mastery
In Mythic Difficulty, victims hit by Arcane Missiles are afflicted with Arcane Vulnerability.
Arcane Detonation
Greater Reversal of Fortune
Reversal of Fortune
Arcane Burst
In difficulties other than Raid Finder Difficulty, the triggered burst occurs immediately if this effect is dispelled. In Heroic and Mythic Difficulties, if Azshara is hit by the Arcane Burst it will afflict additional players the next time she uses this ability. In Mythic Difficulty, victims hit by Arcane Burst are afflicted with Arcane Vulnerability.
Divide and Conquer
Stage Four: My Palace Is a Prison
Azshara turns her full force upon the raid. Players must contend with Azshara while attempting to keep the Titan Console under control.
Beckon
Titanic Machinations
Piercing Gaze
Reversal of Fortune
Greater Reversal of Fortune
Void Touched
Nether Portal
Divide and Conquer
Overload
Standing near the Titan Console will give you the ability to perform a Controlled Release of one of the charges.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Aethanel, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Lightning Orbs
Nature · 0.5 sec cast
The orbs each bounce 3 times or until they collide with an obstacle.
Chain Lightning
Nature · 2 sec cast
Fires a bolt of lightning that arcs through the target and jumps to several targets, inflicting Nature damage. Each successive victim suffers% less damage than the previous target in the chain.
Cold Blast
Nature · 2 sec cast · Lasts 30 sec
Blasts the target with intense cold, inflicting Frost damage. When Cold Blast is cast on a target with 3 applications, the victim is Frozen for 5 sec.
Ice Shard
Frost · 2 sec cast
The caster hurls a spike of intensely cold ice at the victim, inflicting Frost damage and shattering any frozen effects currently active.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Eternal Palace.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Queen Azshara encounter lists 13 items in the dungeon journal, item level 72. Equip slots covered: Two-Hand, Trinket, Waist, Legs, Finger, Hands and Feet. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Anu-Azshara, Staff of the Eternal Two-Hand (Staff), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 140g 70s for it. Equip: Prodigy's Potency. Equip: Prodigy's Potency.
- Azshara's Font of Power Trinket, item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 63g 21s for it. Use: Latent Arcana. Equip: Latent Arcana.
- Beloved Monarch's Waistwrap Waist (Leather), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 38g 34s for it. Equip: Storm of the Eternal. Equip: Storm of the Eternal.
- Cherished Empress's Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 77g 10s for it. Equip: Storm of the Eternal. Equip: Storm of the Eternal.
- Cursed Lover's Ring Finger, item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 47g 92s for it.
- Eternity Keeper's Greatbelt Waist (Plate), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 38g 6s for it. Equip: Storm of the Eternal. Equip: Storm of the Eternal.
- Gloves of Incomparable Beauty Hands (Leather), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 37g 78s for it. Equip: Storm of the Eternal. Equip: Storm of the Eternal.
- Handguards of the Highest-Born Hands (Cloth), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 37g 92s for it. Equip: Storm of the Eternal. Equip: Storm of the Eternal.
- Slippers of the Sorceress-Queen Feet (Cloth), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 54g 77s for it. Equip: Storm of the Eternal. Equip: Storm of the Eternal.
- Tide Goddess's Wargreaves Legs (Plate), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 76g 81s for it. Equip: Storm of the Eternal. Equip: Storm of the Eternal.
- Vethan's Icewalkers Feet (Mail), item level 72, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 54g 36s for it. Equip: Storm of the Eternal. Equip: Storm of the Eternal.
- Aqueous Reliquary Consumable, item level 50, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup.
- Zanj'ir Poker Miscellaneous, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this companion.” 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
9 achievements list a victory over Aethanel among their criteria.