Boss
Grand Warlock Nethekurse
Grand Warlock Nethekurse - The Shattered Halls
Grand Warlock Nethekurse is a boss encounter in The Shattered Halls.
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Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for The Shattered Halls, Grand Warlock Nethekurse comes 2nd of 4, after Blood Guard Porung and before Warbringer O'mrogg.
- Blood Guard Porung
- Grand Warlock Nethekurse
- Warbringer O'mrogg
- Warchief Kargath Bladefist
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Hellfire Peninsula
The Shattered Halls entranceThe Shattered Halls entrance is in Hellfire Citadel, Hellfire Peninsula, at 47.4, 52.0 on the Hellfire Peninsula map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Shadow Cleave
Grand Warlock Nethekurse inflicts Shadow damage to a player and their nearest allies, affecting up to 3 targets.
Shadow Slam
Grand Warlock Nethekurse inflicts Shadow damage all players in front of him.
Death Coil
Grand Warlock Nethekurse causes a player to cower in horror for 4 sec, inflicting Shadow damage. Nethekurse gains 100% of the damage caused in health.
Lesser Shadow Fissure
Grand Warlock Nethekurse creates a fissure of Consumption under a player, inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec while they are inside of the fissure.
Dark Spin
When Grand Warlock Nethekurse reaches 25% health, he enters a Dark Spin of shadow and steel. Dark Spin inflicts Physical damage to all players and hurls bolts of dark magic every 1 sec that inflict Shadow damage to a random player.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Grand Warlock Nethekurse, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Shadow Cleave
Shadow · Instant
Inflicts Shadow damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 3 targets.
Death Coil
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 4 sec
Causes the enemy target to cower in horror for 4 sec and inflicts Shadow damage. The caster gains 100% of the damage caused in health.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Shattered Halls.
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 Grand Warlock Nethekurse encounter in The Shattered Halls.
Nethekurse, once a shaman of the Shadowmoon clan, abandoned his reverence for the elements to master the art of wielding fel magic. The demonic energies at his command have left him a husk who finds delight only in torturing young fel orcs to test the limits of their mental and physical strength.
What Each Drop Is
The Grand Warlock Nethekurse encounter lists 12 items in the dungeon journal, item level 32. Equip slots covered: Wrist, Back, Trinket, Head, Held In Off-hand and Waist. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Bands of Nethekurse Wrist (Cloth), item level 32, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 27 gold39 silver for it.
- Bands of Nethekurse Wrist (Cloth), item level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 2 gold71 silver for it.
- Cloak of Malice Back (Cloth), item level 32, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility and Stamina. A vendor pays 41 gold9 silver for it.
- Cloak of Malice Back (Cloth), item level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina and Versatility. A vendor pays 4 gold6 silver for it.
- Figurine of the Colossus Trinket, item level 32, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Versatility. A vendor pays 1 gold55 silver for it. Use: Vigilance of the Colossus.
- Figurine of the Colossus Trinket, item level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Versatility. A vendor pays 6 gold62 silver for it. Use: Vigilance of the Colossus.
- Greathelm of the Unbreakable Head (Plate), item level 32, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina and Dodge. A vendor pays 41 gold25 silver for it.
- Greathelm of the Unbreakable Head (Plate), item level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 4 gold8 silver for it.
- Hortus' Seal of Brilliance Held In Off-hand, item level 32, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina and Intellect. A vendor pays 51 gold25 silver for it.
- Hortus' Seal of Brilliance Held In Off-hand, item level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 5 gold22 silver for it.
- Telaari Hunting Girdle Waist (Mail), item level 32, requires level 27. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 27 gold93 silver for it.
- Telaari Hunting Girdle Waist (Mail), item level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 2 gold60 silver 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.
Where to Find Grand Warlock Nethekurse
Quests in The Shattered Halls
- A Very Special Cloth
- Advancing the Campaign
- Advancing the Campaign
- Fel Ember
- Honor the Dying
- How to Save a Life
- O'mrogg's Warcloth
- One Last Favor
- Revered Among Honor Hold
- The Will of the Warchief
- Turning the Tide
- WANTED: Bladefist's Seal