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Kilrogg Deadeye
Kilrogg Deadeye - Hellfire Citadel
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Kilrogg Deadeye encounter in Hellfire Citadel.
Kilrogg Deadeye, Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow, seized control of his clan after performing a ritual to learn of his death. With this knowledge, he led his clan fearlessly on countless campaigns, marching toward the glorious end he desires. Now, with demon blood coursing through his veins, Kilrogg awaits you in Hellfire Citadel, awaiting the moment of his death, or yours.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Hellfire Citadel, Kilrogg Deadeye comes 5th of 13, after Gurtogg Bloodboil and before Gorefiend.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Kilrogg's Visions of Death transports players to the moment of their doom. The more demons a player kills during this phase, the greater stacks of Undying Resolve they receive. Failure to send anyone to this phase results in heavy raid damage. As the fight progresses, Kilrogg calls for his clansmen to drink the fel blood within the chamber. If these Salivating Bloodthirsters reach the blood, they transform into Hulking Terrors.
Damage Dealers
- Blood Globules that reach Kilrogg Deadeye damage the raid.
- Fel Blood Globules that reach Kilrogg damage the raid and heal Kilrogg.
- Enter Visions of Death and kill demons to gain stacks of Undying Resolve.
- Kill Salivating Bloodthirsters before they reach the blood pool.
- Interrupt the Hulking Terror's Rending Howl.
Healers
- Heal players affected by Heart Seeker to keep them alive.
- Death Throes pulses damage to the raid.
- Enter Visions of Death and heal allies. Each demon killed grants stacks of Undying Salvation.
Tanks
- Prevent Hulking Terrors from dying next to allies.
- Take turns tanking Hulking Terrors to control your level of Fel Corruption and avoid losing control to Demonic Possession.
- Use Active Mitigation defensive abilities to counter Shred or else suffer from Shredded Armor.
Kilrogg Deadeye
Fel Corruption
Throughout the fight, Fel Corruption is inflicted onto the raid. As Fel Corruption increases on a target, it inflicts increasing damage over time. At 100 Fel Corruption, the target is dominated by the Burning Legion.
Shred Armor
Heart Seeker
In Mythic difficulty, as the fight progresses Kilrogg picks multiple targets for Heart Seeker. Also, the Heart Seeker debuff will last the duration of the encounter.
Blood Splatter
Blood Globule
Summoned next to a player affected by Heart Seeker. Immediately begins making its way towards Kilrogg.
Fel Blood Globule
Summoned next to a player affected by Heart Seeker who is covered in Fel Blood. Immediately begins making its way towards Kilrogg.
Death Throes
In Mythic difficulty, Death Throes inflicts Fel Corruption onto the raid.
Vision of Death
Salivating Bloodthirster
Immediately starts running for the blood pool when summoned.
Hulking Terror
Salivating Bloodthirsters transform into these terrors if they reach the blood pool.
Savage Strikes
Fel Claws
Rending Howl
Fel Rupture
In Mythic difficulty, Fel Rupture leaves behind a Fel Puddle. Fel Puddles that have not been removed summon Fel Blood Globules during Death Throes.
Fel Puddle
Hellblaze Mistress
The elite of the Burning Legion, encountered during Visions of Death.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Kilrogg Deadeye, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Demonic Possession
Shadow · Instant
Fel Blood courses through your veins, binding your will to the Burning Legion!
Shred
Physical · 1.7 sec cast
The caster's next attack shreds the target's armor for great Physical damage. Victims of this attack are affected with Shredded Armor. Shreds the victim's armor, causing them to receive 40% more damage for each application of Shredded Armor. This effect will not apply to tanks using their active mitigation.
Heart Seeker
Physical · 5 sec cast
Kilrogg hurls a knife at your heart, inflicting Physical damage on impact and an additional Physical damage every 1 sec. to you and all targets in a line.
Blood Splatter
Shadow · Instant
The wound left by Heart Seeker causes searing blood pools to form that inflict Shadow damaged every 1 sec. to anyone within them.
Blood Surge
Shadow · Instant
Kilrogg surges with power from absorbing the blood, inflicting Shadow damage to the raid.
Fel Blood Surge
Shadow · Instant
Kilrogg surges with power from absorbing the fel blood, inflicting Shadow damage to the raid and healing himself for 15% of his max health.
Death Throes
Physical · 1 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Inflicts Fire damage to enemies, every 2 sec for 6 sec. Damage decreases the further targets are from Kilrogg Deadeye.
Vision of Death
Physical · 8 sec cast
Fel energy pours from Kilrogg's eye socket, transporting enemies who bask in its light to the moment of their doom. If not enough targets are found, Kilrogg inflicts Fire damage to the raid.
Undying Resolve
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
With the knowledge that Kilrogg will not be your undoing, your damage is increased by 10% for 1 min.
Undying Salvation
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
With the knowledge that Kilrogg will not be your undoing, your healing is increased by 10% for 1 min.
Cleansing Aura
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
With the knowledge that Kilrogg will not be your undoing, you reduce Fel Corruption from nearby allies for 1 min.
Savage Strikes
Physical · 2 sec cast · Lasts 4 sec
Inflicts 57% weapon damage to all targets in a 9 yard 90-degree cone in front of the caster, and points of Fel Corruption every 0.5 sec for 4 sec.
Fel Claws
Fire · Instant
The Terror's melee attacks have a chance to splash Fel Blood onto the current target, inflicting points of Fel Corruption.
Rending Howl
Physical · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Inflicts Physical damage to all enemies on impact, and an additional Physical damage every 1 sec for 10 sec. If interrupted, increases cast speed by 50%.
Fel Rupture
Fire · Instant
Fel Puddle
Physical · Instant
The Hulking Terror leaves a Fel Puddle that inflicts Fel Corruption every 1 sec. to anyone within it. Fel Puddles that haven't been absorbed within 15 sec. summon a Fel Blood Globule.
Fel Flames
Physical · 3 sec cast
The demon explodes, inflicting Physical damage on impact and leaving behind a pool of fel flames.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Hellfire Citadel.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Kilrogg Deadeye encounter lists 33 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 44 to 45. Equip slots covered: Chest, Two-Hand, Wrist, Finger, Hands, One-Hand, Neck, Head, Trinket, Shoulder, Back, Feet and Waist. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Ancient Gorestained Wrap Chest (Cloth), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 45g 75s for it.
- Bite of the Bleeding Hollow Two-Hand (Staff), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 82g 87s for it.
- Bloodcult Bracers Wrist (Leather), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 22g 76s for it.
- Congealed Globule Loop Finger, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 27g 52s for it.
- Crimson Throatgrabbers Hands (Plate), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 21g 60s for it.
- Fallen Warlord's Mindcarver One-Hand (Dagger), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 61g 14s for it.
- Heartseeking Skull Pendant Neck, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 19g 53s for it.
- Helm of Precognition Head (Plate), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 32g 77s for it.
- Intuition's Gift Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Versatility. Usable by Paladin, Priest, Shaman, Monk, Druid and Evoker. A vendor pays 13g 25s for it. Use: Sudden Intuition.
- Jungle Flayer's Chestguard Chest (Mail), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 45g 59s for it.
- Pauldrons of Rapid Coagulation Shoulder (Mail), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 34g 60s for it.
- Ruinous Gutripper One-Hand (Dagger), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 61g 60s for it.
- Shawl of Sanguinary Ritual Back (Cloth), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 31g 91s for it.
- Stompers of Brazen Terror Feet (Plate), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 34g 11s for it.
- Toxicologist's Treated Boots Feet (Leather), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 31g 91s for it.
- Velvet Bloodweaver Gloves Hands (Cloth), item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 23g 25s for it.
- Warlord's Unseeing Eye Trinket, item level 45, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Haste. Usable by Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight, Monk, Druid and Demon Hunter. A vendor pays 13g 65s for it. Equip: Kilrogg's Dead Eye.
- Balanced Machete One-Hand (Dagger), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 61g 91s for it.
- Band of Impending Doom Finger, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 27g 65s for it.
- Bloodsurge Bracers Wrist (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 20g 84s for it.
- Boots of Final Salvation Feet (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 31g 38s for it.
- Cinch of the Bleeding Hollow Waist (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 22g 42s for it.
- Demonhorn Spike One-Hand (Dagger), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 60g 56s for it.
- Goresoaked Ritual Robes Chest (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 43g 18s for it.
- Hollowheart Helm Head (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 31g 85s for it.
- Pauldrons of Perceived Depths Shoulder (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 30g 42s for it.
- Pendant of Precognition Neck, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 17g 89s for it.
- Ribwrencher Gauntlets Hands (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 22g 3s for it.
- Ring of Fortuitous Foresight Finger, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 26g 64s for it.
- Sandals of Sanguine Supplication Feet (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 31g 86s for it.
- Teardrop of Blood Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Versatility. A vendor pays 35g 51s for it.
- Vial of Vile Viscera Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 35g 11s for it.
- Illusion: Mark of the Bleeding Hollow Consumable, item level 1, requires level 35. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 25g 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
3 achievements list a victory over Kilrogg Deadeye among their criteria.