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Illysanna Ravencrest
Illysanna Ravencrest - Black Rook Hold
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Illysanna Ravencrest encounter in Black Rook Hold.
The daughter of Lord Ravencrest, imprisoned for millennia in the Vault of the Wardens shortly after the War of Ancients, found herself free after Maiev released the demon hunters from their prison. Returning to her ancestral home, she has sacrificed everything - including her very soul - to defend what she could not during the War of the Ancients.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Black Rook Hold, Illysanna Ravencrest comes 2nd of 4, after Amalgam of Souls and before Smashspite the Hateful.
- Amalgam of Souls
- Illysanna Ravencrest
- Smashspite the Hateful
- Lord Kur'talos Ravencrest
Instance Entrance: Val'sharah
Black Rook Hold entranceThe Black Rook Hold entrance is in Val'sharah, at 37.1, 50.2 on the Val'sharah map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Illysanna fights players on the ground as her Fury bar builds. When it fills, she leaps into the air and unleashes deadly eye beams as she calls her risen guards to dispatch the party. Each eye beam partially depletes her Fury, and when she can no longer use eye beams to attack the party, she lands, re-engaging on the ground.
Damage Dealers
- Players targeted by Dark Rush should gather together to minimize the amount of Felblazed Ground.
- Otherwise, players should spread to avoid Brutal Glaive bouncing to them.
- Interrupt Risen Arcanists' Arcane Blitz.
Healer
- Players targeted by Dark Rush should gather together together to minimize the amount of Felblazed Ground.
- Otherwise, players should spread to avoid Brutal Glaive bouncing to them.
- Vengeful Shear deals heavy damage to tanks.
Tank
- Use defensive abilities for Vengeful Shear to reduce damage taken.
- Avoid Risen Vanguard's Bonecrushing Strike.
Stage One: Vengeance
Stage Two: Fury
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Illysanna Ravencrest, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Dark Rush
Physical · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Illysanna fixes her gaze on players. After a short time she dashes between them, inflicting Physical damage and leaving a Blazing Trail in her wake.
Blazing Trail
Fire · Instant
Brutal Glaive
Physical · 2 sec cast · Lasts 30 sec
Inflicts Physical damage immediately, and Physical damage every 2 sec. for 30 sec to a targeted player, bouncing to any other nearby players.
Eye Beams
Physical · Instant
Fires a beam of fel power that follows a player, leaving behind patches of Felblazed Ground.
Felblazed Ground
Fire · Instant
Inflicts Fire damage every 1 sec. to any players inside Felblazed Ground.
Bonecrushing Strike
Physical · 3 sec cast · Lasts 4 sec
Inflicts Physical damage and stuns all players in a cone in front of the Vanguard for 4 sec.
Arcane Blitz
Arcane · 2 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Inflicts Arcane damage and increases the caster's damage done by 50% for 10 sec. This effect stacks.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Black Rook Hold.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Illysanna Ravencrest encounter lists 9 items in the dungeon journal, item level 50. Equip slots covered: Back, Trinket, Hands, Finger, Feet, Waist and Head. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Cloak of Unwavering Loyalty Back (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 31g 6s for it.
- Ember of Nullification Trinket, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength and Versatility. A vendor pays 14s 42c for it. Equip: Choking Flames.
- Ravencrest Bonecrush Gauntlets Hands (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 20g 40s for it.
- Ravencrest's Wrath Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 37g 60s for it.
- Ring of Contempt Finger, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 26g 57s for it.
- Slippers of Heedless Sacrifice Feet (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 32g 70s for it.
- Snapped Emerald Pendant Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Predating the War of the Ancients, exquisite craftsmanship distracts from a dangerous secret.” A vendor pays 35g 43s for it.
- Soul-Torn Fury Cinch Waist (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 20g 79s for it.
- Soulstarve Hood Head (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 32g 82s 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.
Achievements for Defeating It
1 achievement list a victory over Illysanna Ravencrest among its criteria.