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Rasha'nan - Nerub-ar Palace

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EncounterRasha'nan
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Adventure Guide Entry

The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Rasha'nan encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.

Twisted by Queen Ansurek's experiments, Rasha'nan was transformed from a proud nerubian into a monstrous, winged horror. Trapped within her new form, shattered memories of her former self drive Rasha'nan into an unquenchable rage.

Encounter Facts

Instance modesNormal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid, Story
Group size5 to 30 players
Instance typeRaid
ExpansionThe War Within
Encounter ID2918
Adventure Guide pin39.5, 59.5 on the instance map
  1. Ulgrax the Devourer
  2. The Bloodbound Horror
  3. Sikran
  4. Rasha'nan
  5. Broodtwister Ovi'nax
  6. Nexus-Princess Ky'veza
  7. Anub'arash
  8. Queen Ansurek

Instance Entrance: Azj-Kahet

Azj-Kahet mapNerub-ar Palace entrance

The Nerub-ar Palace entrance is in Azj-Kahet, at 43.5, 90.4 on the Azj-Kahet map.

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Abilities & Strategy

What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

Wounded during the events of the Dawnbreaker, Rasha'nan begins the encounter Wounded in Battle at 60% health. As the encounter progresses, she repositions around the arena casting Acidic Eruption and pelting players with Caustic Hail.

Healers
Tanks
Damage Dealers

Rolling Acid

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Corrosion
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Acidic Stupor
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Acid Pools
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Spinneret's Strands

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On this difficulty, Spinneret's Strands tether affects all players in the damage radius.

Spinneret's Websnap
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Tacky Threads
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On this difficulty, the first player to unleash a Spinneret's Websnap triggers Tacky Threads.

Sticky Webs
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Infested Spawn

Spell details

On this difficulty, Infested Spawn's initial damage affects players in a radius around the marked target.

Infested Bite
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On this difficulty, Infested Bite additionally reduces movement speed.

Enveloping Webs

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Savage Assault

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Savage Wound
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Web Reave

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Erosive Spray

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Lingering Erosion
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Acid Pools
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Acidic Eruption

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Acidic Carapace
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Caustic Hail

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Acid Pools
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Tacky Burst

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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.

Rolling Acid

Nature · 2 sec cast

Rasha'nan expels a poisonous concoction at marked targets which sloshes off in waves in the indicated direction from the target. Any player that touches a wave has their movement speed reduced by 50% and gains every 1 sec. The waves incinerate inflicting Nature damage to players and creates.

Corrosion

Nature · Instant · Lasts 15 sec

Vile acid corrodes the target for 15 sec, suffering Nature damage every 1.5 sec. This effect stacks.

Acidic Stupor

Nature · Instant · Lasts 1.5 sec

The propulsive expulsion of inflicts Nature damage and stuns for 1.5 sec.

Acid Pools

Nature · Instant

Erosive Spray, Caustic Hail, and Rolling Acid can form caustic zones for 90 sec. Contact with this zone inflicts Nature damage every 0.5 sec.

Spinneret's Strands

Nature · 2 sec cast

Rasha'nan blasts webs at marked targets inflicting Nature damage to players, tethering all struck players and creating. This tether inflicts Nature damage every 1 sec, pulling their victim inward.

Spinneret's Websnap

Nature · Instant

snap inflicting Nature damage to all players.

Tacky Threads

Nature · Instant · Lasts 4 sec

Rasha'nan binds the initial targets of Spinneret's Strands with a web of adhesive sinews that snap after 4 sec, inflicting Nature damage to players inside the indicated area.

Sticky Webs

Nature · Instant

' silken adhesive coats the arena inflicting Nature damage every 0.5 sec and reducing movement speed by 10%.

Infested Spawn

Nature · Instant · Lasts 2 sec

Rasha'nan seeds a new brood within marked targets inflicting Nature damage to players. These spawn then their host before finding new prey.

Infested Bite

Nature · 0.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec

The Infested Spawn chews on their target inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec and reduces movement speed for 6 sec. This effect stacks.

Enveloping Webs

Nature · 2 sec cast

Rasha'nan ejects torrents of sticky web that inflict Nature damage to players of impact. This effect entombs players in webbing stunning them for 90 sec. Destroying these webs removes the effect.

Savage Assault

Nature · 1.5 sec cast

Rasha'nan smashes her current target inflicting Physical damage and Nature damage.

Savage Wound

Physical · Instant · Lasts 12 sec

Inflicts the unmitigated damage from as Physical and Nature damage every 1 sec for 12 sec. This effect stacks, adding to the effects of previous Savage Wounds.

Web Reave

Nature · 5 sec cast

Rasha'nan's rakes the targeted area inflicting Nature damage and pulling players towards her. These effects split evenly among players of the impact. If Web Reave fails to hit at least 3 targets all players suffer the full effect.

Erosive Spray

Nature · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 4 sec

Rasha'nan spews acid for 4 sec inflicting Nature damage to all players plus an additional every 1 sec, periodically applying.

Lingering Erosion

Nature · Instant · Lasts 12 sec

jettisons globs of acid at players inflicting Nature damage every 1 sec for 12 sec. This effect stacks.

Acidic Eruption

Nature · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 21 sec

Until interrupted Rasha'nan thrashes about inflicting Nature damage to all players and increases Acidic Eruption damage by 100% forever. This effect stacks.

Acidic Carapace

Nature · Instant · Lasts 9 sec

Successful casts form a temporay shell, granting Rasha'nan immunity from damage for 9 sec.

Caustic Hail

Nature · Instant

Rasha'nan rains acid inflicting Nature damage to players of impact locations, occasionally creating Acid Pools.

Tacky Burst

Nature · Instant · Lasts 9 sec

Rasha'nan violently expels webs while no players are in melee range, inflicting Nature damage plus an additional Nature damage every 3 sec for 9 sec. This effect stacks.

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3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Drops

Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Nerub-ar Palace.

What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.

What Each Drop Is

The Rasha'nan encounter lists 14 items in the dungeon journal, item level 571. Equip slots covered: Waist, One-Hand, Head, Neck, Feet, Wrist, Trinket and Back. 1 of them can be traded and 13 bind when picked up.

  • Behemoth's Eroded Cinch Waist (Leather), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 51 gold7 silver for it.
  • Bludgeons of Blistering Wind One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 142 gold24 silver for it.
  • Devotee's Discarded Headdress Head (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 69 gold70 silver for it.
  • Dreadful Obscenity's Idol Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. Use: Acid-Pocked Egg.
  • Locket of Broken Memories Neck, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 41 gold12 silver for it.
  • Mystic Obscenity's Idol Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. Use: Acid-Pocked Egg.
  • Predator's Feasthooks One-Hand (Warglaive), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike, Mastery and Intellect. A vendor pays 138 gold67 silver for it.
  • Rasha'nan's Grotesque Talons Feet (Mail), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 69 gold57 silver for it.
  • Ravaged Lamplighter's Manacles Wrist (Plate), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 51 gold16 silver for it.
  • Skyterror's Corrosive Organ Trinket, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength. A vendor pays 85 gold98 silver for it. Use: Acid-Marked.
  • Venerated Obscenity's Idol Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Use: Acid-Pocked Egg.
  • Wings of Shattered Sorrow Back (Cloth), item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 71 gold71 silver for it.
  • Zenith Obscenity's Idol Miscellaneous, item level 571, requires level 80. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. Use: Acid-Pocked Egg.
  • Pattern: Duskthread Lining Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Duskthread Lining.” A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Lowest listed price right now: 999 gold67 silver across 41 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Duskthread Lining.

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.

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Quests in Nerub-ar Palace

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