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Ka'zir
The Hivemind - Ny'alotha, the Waking City
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Hivemind encounter in Ny'alotha, the Waking City.
Locked in a contest of wills, the generals Ka'zir and Tek'ris constantly vie for dominance over their fellow aqir. As they wrest control away from one another, the hive shifts its tactics and obeys each of their commands with fervent loyalty.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Ny'alotha, the Waking City, Ka'zir comes 6th of 12, after Vexiona and before Ra-den.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Ka'zir and Tek'ris control and manipulate a hive of Aqir. Infulence over the Aqir shifts between Ka'zir and Tek'ris periodically, altering the Aqir summoned during the encounter.
Tanks
- Tek'ris and Kaz'ir take reduced damage when the positioning requirements of Tek'ris's Hivemind Control or Ka'zir's Hivemind Control are not met.
- Aqir Drones are Mindless and do not obey threat.
- Ensure that Ka'zir's Mind-Numbing Nova is interrupted.
Healers
- Echoing Void causes substantial damage to all players.
- Aqir Darters inflict damage to all players with Psionic Resonance.
- Aqir Drones will attack allies at random.
Damage Dealers
- Control and quickly defeat Aqir Darters to reduce damage taken by their Psionic Resonance.
- Move away from allies during Echoing Void to avoid taking additional damage.
- Ensure that Ka'zir's Mind-Numbing Nova is interrupted.
Hivemind
In Heroic difficulty, when the Hivemind effect transfers it triggers a Devouring Frenzy. In Mythic difficulty, when the Hivemind effect transfers it triggers a Devouring Frenzy.
Ka'zir
Volatile Eruption
Spawn Acidic Aqir
In Mythic difficulty, pools of acid seep from Acidic Aqir eggs before hatching.
Mind-Numbing Nova
Tek'ris
Accelerated Evolution
Aqir Ravager
Aqir Ravagers obey threat and inflict heavy Physical damage.
Nullification Blast
Echoing Void
In Mythic difficulty, Echoing Void also triggers Entropic Echo.
Lesser Aqir
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Ka'zir, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Volatile Eruption
Nature · 20 sec cast
Ka'zir increases the maximum health of an Aqir Drone by 175% and grants it immunity to loss of control effects. After 20 sec the Aqir Drone self destructs, inflicting Nature damage to all players.
Spawn Acidic Aqir
Nature · 2 sec cast
Corrosion
Nature · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
Mind-Numbing Nova
Nature · 3 sec cast
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Ny'alotha, the Waking City.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Hivemind encounter lists 9 items in the dungeon journal, item level 85. Equip slots covered: Hands, Waist, Wrist, Two-Hand, Finger and One-Hand. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Chitinspine Gloves Hands (Leather), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 39g 68s for it.
- Dark Crystalline Girdle Waist (Plate), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 38g 81s for it.
- Nightmarish Chain Shackles Wrist (Mail), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 39g 25s for it.
- Qwor N'lyeth Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 145g 58s for it.
- Ring of Collective Consciousness Finger, item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 48g 51s for it.
- The All-Seeing Eye One-Hand (Warglaive), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike, Mastery and Intellect. A vendor pays 108g 18s for it.
- Void-Drenched Wristwraps Wrist (Cloth), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 40g 41s for it.
- Aqir Hivespawn Miscellaneous, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this companion.” Use: Learning.
- Ra'kim Miscellaneous, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this companion.” Use: Learning.
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 Ka'zir among their criteria.