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Grand Empress Shek'zara
Grand Empress Shek'zara - Azeroth
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Grand Empress Shek'zara encounter in Azeroth.
With the awakening of N'Zoth, Shek'zara, empress of the mantid, pledged her swarm to the old god's will. In service of her dark master, she unleashed her forces upon the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to claim Pandaria in N'Zoth's name.
Encounter Facts
Instance Entrance: Nazmir
Azeroth entranceThe Azeroth entrance is in Nazmir, at 53.7, 62.6 on the Nazmir map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Grand Empress Shek'zara uses her powerful voice and Zara'thik Swarmguard to overwhelm enemies.
Healers
- Seek protection inside of a Sound Barrier during Force and Verve.
- Avoid sound waves emitted during Song of the Empress.
Tanks
- Protect allies from Mantid summoned by Summon Swarmguard.
- Seek protection inside of a Sound Barrier during Force and Verve.
- Avoid sound waves emitted during Song of the Empress.
Damage Dealers
- Defeat waves of Mantid summoned by Summon Swarmguard.
- Seek protection inside of a Sound Barrier during Force and Verve.
- Avoid sound waves emitted during Song of the Empress.
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.
Song of the Empress
Physical · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 15 sec
Force and Verve
Nature · Instant
Sound Barrier
Physical · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Bladestorm
Physical · 2 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Charges to a player's location and spins a blade around the caster, inflicting Physical damage to all nearby enemies every 1 sec.
Amber Bolt Volley
Nature · 3 sec cast
Fires bolts of hardened amber at all nearby enemies, inflicting Nature damage.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Azeroth.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Grand Empress Shek'zara encounter lists 5 items in the dungeon journal, item level 85. Equip slots covered: Legs, Head and Finger. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Chitinous Conqueror's Legplates Legs (Plate), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 77g 19s for it.
- Greaves of Shattered Thoughts Legs (Mail), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 80g 36s for it.
- Guise of the Voracious Prowler Head (Leather), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 56g 3s for it.
- Loop of Abhorrent Celerity Finger, item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 49g 24s for it.
- Maniacal Speaker's Cover Head (Cloth), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 59g 94s for it.
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.
Quests That Name This Boss
Grand Empress Shek'zara is a kill or interact objective on 1 quest in the current game data.