Boss
Kuai the Brute
Trial of the King - Mogu'shan Palace
Found In
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Trial of the King encounter in Mogu'shan Palace.
Ming the Cunning, Kuai the Brute, and Haiyan the Unstoppable have journeyed to the palace with their clans, vying to prove their worth to their king. Yet these mogu factions are plagued with bitter rivalries. Violence threatens to flood the palatial grounds unless the bickering clans can find a way to test their strength without coming to blows with one another.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Mogu'shan Palace, Kuai the Brute comes 1st of 3, before Gekkan.
- Kuai the Brute
- Gekkan
- Xin the Weaponmaster
Instance Entrance: Vale of Eternal Blossoms
Mogu'shan Palace entranceThe Mogu'shan Palace entrance is in Vale of Eternal Blossoms, at 81.1, 32.4 on the Vale of Eternal Blossoms map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Kuai the Brute
Clan Gurthan favors the use of fist weapons and prizes their Quilen companions.
Mu'Shiba
Mu'Shiba is Kuai the Brute's loyal companion and ceases fighting after the players defeat his master.
Ravage
Mu'Shiba tackles a random player to the ground then Ravages them. Defeating Mu'Shiba ends this effect early.
Shockwave
Kuai the Brute sends a shockwave along the ground in front of him. The shockwave launches any player hit into the air. Players suffer Physical damage based on how far they fall.
Ming the Cunning
The Harthak are masters of wind and lightning based magic.
Whirling Dervish
Ming the Cunning summons a Whirling Dervish that randomly moves around the arena, inflicting Nature damage and knocking back all players in its path.
Magnetic Field
Ming the Cunning rapidly spins in place, creating a Magnetic Field that pulls nearby creatures into its vortex. Creatures in the vortex suffer Nature damage every 1 sec.
Lightning Bolt
Ming the Cunning inflicts Nature damage to his current target.
Haiyan the Unstoppable
The Kargesh are strong warriors who favor large weapons and fire magic.
Conflagrate
Haiyan the Unstoppable lights a random player on fire in a huge gout of flame. The Conflagration inflicts Fire damage every 1 sec and disorients the victim. When Conflagrate ends, the flames jump to any nearby creature.
Meteor
Haiyan the Unstoppable hurls a fiery boulder at a random player.
Traumatic Blow
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.
Magnetic Field
Nature · Instant
Conflagrate
Fire · Instant · Lasts 5 sec
Meteor
Fire · Instant
Traumatic Blow
Physical · Instant · Lasts 5 sec
Inflicts 200% weapon damage and leaves the target wounded, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 5 sec.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Mogu'shan Palace.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Trial of the King encounter lists 5 items in the dungeon journal, item level 39. Equip slots covered: Hands, Head, Waist and Neck. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Conflagrating Gloves Hands (Cloth), item level 39, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 2g 63s for it.
- Crest of the Clan Lords Head (Mail), item level 39, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 3g 66s for it.
- Hurricane Belt Waist (Leather), item level 39, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 2g 61s for it.
- Meteoric Greathelm Head (Plate), item level 39, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 3g 67s for it.
- Whirling Dervish Choker Neck, item level 39, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 11g 98s 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.