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Barbed Bulwark
The Twin Fangs - The Venomous Abyss
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Twin Fangs encounter in The Venomous Abyss.
The first of Ula'tek's blood, Vexhul and Ithraz brood beneath a roiling sea of venom deep within the vault of Atal'Utek. Any foolish enough to enter the prison's inner chamber risk their monstrous jaws and toxic strikes.
Encounter Facts
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Twin Fangs' Eternal Venom accumulates throughout the battle. Vexhul funnels toxin into her target with Caustic Deluge forming Caustic Globules and calls her progeny with Venomous Emergence. Ithraz consumes players with Ravenous Feast and strikes repeatedly with Stone Breaker. At 100 energy, both serpents submerge and reposition before attacking together. Vexhul releases a Vile Flood while Ithraz spews globs of gore during Sanguine Storm.
Damage Dealers
- Caustic Deluge ejects a salvo of globules which afflict players with Eternal Venom when touched.
- Ravenous Feast consumes applications of Eternal Venom.
- High applications of Eternal Venom kill players unless Ravenous Feast consumes those applications.
- Venomous Emergence summons Spawns of Vexhul which will continuously target players with Corrosive Spit.
Healers
- Caustic Deluge ejects a salvo of globules which afflict players with Eternal Venom when touched.
- Ravenous Feast consumes applications of Eternal Venom.
- High applications of Eternal Venom kill players unless Ravenous Feast consumes those applications.
- Venomous Emergence summons Spawns of Vexhul which will continuously target players with Corrosive Spit.
Tanks
- Caustic Globules form near the Caustic Deluge target.
- Ravenous Feast consumes applications of Eternal Venom.
- High applications of Eternal Venom kill players unless Ravenous Feast consumes those applications.
- If Stone Breaker strikes no players, it instead strikes all players.
Eternal Venom
In Mythic difficulty, a player who dies while afflicted by Eternal Venom spawns additional Caustic Globules.
Vexhul
Ithraz
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for this encounter, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Eternal Venom
Nature · Instant
Being struck by some abilities causes an everlasting venom to course through the target's veins, inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec. This effect stacks. Upon reaching 11 applications, the target dies.
Caustic Deluge
Nature · 1 sec cast · Lasts 5 sec
Vexhul funnels toxin into her current target for 5 sec, inflicting Nature damage every 0.5 sec and ejecting acid nearby. Each acid splash inflicts Nature damage and applies to players within 4 yards, forming a at the impact location.
Caustic Globule
Nature · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
An acidic globule forms and ruptures after 10 sec, inflicting Nature damage and applying to all players. Upon contact, the globule instead only affects that player.
Envenomed
Nature · Instant · Lasts 90 sec
damage increases damage taken from by 10% for 90 sec. This effect stacks.
Venomous Emergence
Nature · 3 sec cast
Vexhul calls her progeny from the churning sea, inflicting Nature damage and applying to all players.
Corrosive Spit
Nature · 5 sec cast · Lasts 2 sec
The spawn focuses on a player and spews toxin in a frontal line, inflicting Nature damage and applying to players struck.
Stir the Depths
Nature · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
Vexhul thrashes and churns the surrounding sea of venom for 6 sec, inflicting Nature damage to all players every 2 sec and forming waves. The waves travel across the platform, inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec and applying to players struck.
Vile Flood
Nature · 4 sec cast · Lasts 14 sec
Vexhul channels a continuous torrent of toxin in a frontal direction for 14 sec, inflicting Nature damage every 0.5 sec and applying to players struck.
Concentrated Spittle
Nature · Instant
Vexhul pelts her current target with spittle if they are out of range, inflicting Nature damage.
Blood Torrent
Shadow · 1 sec cast · Lasts 5 sec
Ithraz channels a torrent of blood into his target for 5 sec. Every 1 sec, the torrent applies a healing absorb to the target. This effect stacks.
Barbed Bulwark
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10080 min
protects each, inflicting Shadow damage and knocking back players while it persists. Interrupting destroys it.
Rouse the Brood
Shadow · 3 sec cast
Ithraz thrashes, calling several Broodlings of Ithraz to the surface and releasing a nova of blood that inflicts Shadow damage to all players.
Visceral Burst
Shadow · 3 sec cast
The broodling convulses, releasing a violent burst that inflicts Shadow damage to all players and an additional Shadow damage every 1 sec for 6 sec. This effect stacks. If interrupted, the broodling retreats to the depths below.
Ravenous Feast
Physical · 4.2 sec cast · Lasts 3.5 sec
Ithraz attempts to consume players 3 times in quick succession. Each strike inflicts Physical damage split evenly among players within 14 yards. Ithraz consumes applications of from players struck, applying to them and knocking them away. If fails to hit at least targets all players suffer the full effect.
Feasted
Physical · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
Increases damage taken from by 0% for 8 sec and prevents Ithraz from consuming further applications of from this player.
Tainted Blood
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
expels several founts of frothing blood for up to 8 sec. Every.1 sec, each fount absorbs the next healing received by players within 5 yards.
Tainted Burst
Shadow · Instant
If a fount of is not fully absorbed before it expires, it detonates and inflicts Shadow damage to all players.
Coiling Ichor
Shadow · 3 sec cast
Over time, the ichor inflicts increasing damage as it shrinks in area. Upon expiration, the ichor forms a pool.
Congealed Gore
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 2 min
Stone Breaker
Physical · 1.5 sec cast
Ithraz roars, pushing players away. He then slams the platform repeatedly. Each impact inflicts Physical damage to players within 3.5 yards and increases their damage taken from by 33% for 90 sec. This effect stacks.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Venomous Abyss.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Twin Fangs encounter lists 14 items in the dungeon journal, item level 219. Equip slots covered: Neck, Feet, Chest, Shoulder, Trinket, One-Hand and Hands. 1 of them can be traded and 13 bind when picked up.
- Amulet of the Twin Fangs Neck, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery and Haste. Tooltip: “The hunger of Ula'tek's most ancient spawn grew until the very end.” A vendor pays 24g 7s for it. Equip: Ward of the Uncoiled.
- Bespittled Slitherslippers Feet (Leather), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “Quite luxurious, despite the spittle.” A vendor pays 40g 49s for it.
- Ophidian Fangmail Chest (Mail), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 54g 52s for it.
- Ornaments of the Eternal Coil Shoulder (Cloth), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 40g 49s for it.
- Preternatural Antivenom Trinket, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 49g 26s for it.
- Ravenous Feaster's Fang One-Hand (Dagger), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 78g 16s for it.
- Scaleplate Strangulators Hands (Plate), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 29g 19s for it.
- Venomcast Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Shaman and Evoker. Use: Effigy of Hethiss.
- Venomcured Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Rogue, Monk, Druid and Demon Hunter. Use: Effigy of Hethiss.
- Venomforged Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Paladin and Death Knight. Use: Effigy of Hethiss.
- Venomwoven Effigy Miscellaneous, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Priest, Mage and Warlock. Use: Effigy of Hethiss.
- Vexhul's Everflowing Gland Trinket, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 49g 8s for it.
- Pattern: Adorned Fang Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft an Adorned Fang.” Use: Learning. Effect: Adorned Fang.
- Venom-Fanged Font Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Collect Venom-Fanged Font.
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 Barbed Bulwark among their criteria.