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General Vezax
General Vezax - Ulduar
General Vezax is a boss encounter in Ulduar.
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Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Ulduar, General Vezax comes 12th of 14, after Mimiron and before Yogg-Saron.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: The Storm Peaks
Ulduar entranceThe Ulduar entrance is in The Storm Peaks, at 41.5, 17.6 on the The Storm Peaks map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
General Vezax inflicts all healers with Aura of Despair, removing all mana regeneration. Mana can be restored by utilizing the Saronite Vapors that coalesce on the ground in the area.
Damage Dealers
- Interrupt Searing Flames to avoid heavy damage.
- Avoid damaging allies while afflicted with Mark of the Faceless.
Healers
- Avoid damaging allies while afflicted with Mark of the Faceless.
- Use Saronite Vapors to regenerate Mana.
Tanks
- Flee when Vezax gains Surge of Darkness to avoid heavy damage.
Aura of Despair
Spell details
Shadow Crash
Spell detailsShadow Crash
Spell details
Mark of the Faceless
Spell details
Searing Flames
Spell details
Surge of Darkness
Spell details
Saronite VaporsHard Mode
Six Saronite Vapors will coalesce into a Saronite Animus and General Vezax will gain Saronite Barrier.
Saronite BarrierAbility Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for General Vezax, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Aura of Despair
Shadow · Instant
Prevents mana regeneration from nearly all natural sources. Reduces melee attack speed by 20%.
Shadow Crash
Shadow · Instant
Fires a missile towards a random target. When this missile lands, it deals Shadow damage to all enemies within 10 yards of that location.
Mark of the Faceless
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Inflicts an ancient malediction on a target, siphoning every 1 sec. from enemies near the target, for 10 sec.
Searing Flames
Fire · 2 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Deals Fire damage to all enemies, superheating their armor and reducing its ability to protect them by 75% for 10 sec.
Surge of Darkness
Shadow · 3 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Empowers the caster with dark might, increasing physical damage by 100% but reducing movement speed by 55%, for 10 sec.
Profound Darkness
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 3 min
Inflicts damage to all enemies, and increases Shadow damage taken by 10% per application.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Ulduar.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the General Vezax encounter in Ulduar.
Strange creatures known as faceless ones lurk in the depths of Ulduar. One of their mightiest commanders, General Vezax, guards the twisted passages leading to the Prison of Yogg-Saron.
What Each Drop Is
The General Vezax encounter lists 40 items in the dungeon journal, item level 35. Equip slots covered: One-Hand, Waist, Wrist, Feet, Neck, Legs, Finger, Back, Trinket, Hands, Head, Two-Hand, Shoulder, Ranged and Chest. 3 of them can be traded and 37 bind when picked up.
- Fragment of Val'anyr Consumable, item level 30, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest, Shaman, Monk, Druid and Evoker. Tooltip: “The fragments of this ancient hammer glow with a cool, soothing light.” Use: Forming Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings.
- Aesuga, Hand of the Ardent Champion One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 92 gold21 silver for it.
- Belt of Clinging Hope Waist (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 6 gold9 silver for it.
- Belt of Clinging Hope Waist (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 1 gold95 silver for it.
- Belt of the Darkspeaker Waist (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 6 gold15 silver for it.
- Bindings of the Depths Wrist (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Equip. Stats: Stamina, Versatility, Critical Strike and Agility or Intellect. A vendor pays 5 gold75 silver for it. Lowest listed price right now: 1 gold67 silver across 26 US realms.
- Boots of the Forgotten Depths Feet (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 9 gold33 silver for it.
- Boots of the Underdweller Feet (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 8 gold69 silver for it.
- Boots of the Underdweller Feet (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 2 gold87 silver for it.
- Choker of the Abyss Neck, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 7 gold56 silver for it.
- Darkcore Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Equip. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 12 gold6 silver for it. Lowest listed price right now: 179 gold98 silver across 38 US realms.
- Darkcore Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility or Intellect, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 3 gold87 silver for it.
- Darkstone Ring Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 7 gold56 silver for it.
- Drape of the Faceless General Back (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 8 gold89 silver for it.
- Flare of the Heavens Trinket, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Critical Strike. A vendor pays 11 gold39 silver for it. Equip: Flame of the Heavens.
- Gauntlets of the Wretched Hands (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 5 gold93 silver for it.
- Grips of the Unbroken Hands (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 6 gold24 silver for it.
- Handwraps of the Vigilant Hands (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 6 gold26 silver for it.
- Helm of the Faceless Head (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 8 gold96 silver for it.
- Helm of the Faceless Head (Plate), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Strength or Intellect, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 2 gold88 silver for it.
- Hoperender Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 104 gold77 silver for it.
- Leggings of Profound Darkness Legs (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 12 gold29 silver for it.
- Lotrafen, Spear of the Damned Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 29 gold38 silver for it.
- Lotrafen, Spear of the Damned Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Agility, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 6 gold82 silver for it.
- Mantle of the Unknowing Shoulder (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 9 gold37 silver for it.
- Metallic Loop of the Sufferer Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 7 gold56 silver for it.
- Pendant of Endless Despair Neck, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 7 gold56 silver for it.
- Pendulum of Infinity Neck, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 7 gold56 silver for it.
- Ring of the Vacant Eye Finger, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 7 gold56 silver for it.
- Saronite Animus Cloak Back (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 8 gold73 silver for it.
- Scepter of Lost Souls Ranged (Wand), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 115 gold65 silver for it.
- Shadowbite One-Hand (Dagger), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 82 gold25 silver for it.
- The General's Heart Trinket, item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Versatility. A vendor pays 11 gold39 silver for it.
- Tortured Earth Two-Hand (Staff), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 107 gold92 silver for it.
- Underworld Mantle Shoulder (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 8 gold69 silver for it.
- Vestments of the Blind Denizen Chest (Leather), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 11 gold27 silver for it.
- Vestments of the Piercing Light Chest (Cloth), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 11 gold57 silver for it.
- Void Sabre One-Hand (One-Handed Sword), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 87 gold28 silver for it.
- Voldrethar, Dark Blade of Oblivion Two-Hand (Two-Handed Sword), item level 35, requires level 30. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 111 gold90 silver for it.
- Runed Orb Trade Goods, item level 20. A vendor pays 20 silver for it. Lowest listed price right now: 24 silver on the US commodity market.
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
4 achievements list a victory over General Vezax among their criteria.
Where to Find General Vezax
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