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Kurog Grimtotem
Kurog Grimtotem - Vault of the Incarnates
Kurog Grimtotem is a boss encounter in Vault of the Incarnates.
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Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Vault of the Incarnates, Kurog Grimtotem comes 6th of 8, after Sennarth, The Cold Breath and before Broodkeeper Diurna.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Thaldraszus
Vault of the Incarnates entranceThe Vault of the Incarnates entrance is in Thaldraszus, at 73.2, 55.6 on the Thaldraszus map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Kurog Grimtotem gains increasing dominance over an element while nearby its altar within The Primal Convergence. Upon reaching 100 energy, Kurog summons two elementals according to his levels of elemental dominance. After summoning forth an elemental from each altar, Kurog achieves Primal Attunement.
Damage Dealers
- Earth Breakers continually cast Skeletal Fractures.
- The longer Kurog's elementals remain alive, the more damage they do.
- Each time Kurog approaches a primal altar or casts an ultimate ability, he summons an elemental.
Healers
- While next to a Primal Altar, Kurog Grimtotem continually inflicts that altar's elemental damage to all players.
- When Kurog Grimtotem moves between active altars, he casts Elemental Shift.
Tanks
- Sundering Strike applies stacking Physical damage over time.
- While not next to an active Primal Altar, Kurog Grimtotem casts Elemental Surge.
- Each time Kurog approaches a primal altar or casts an ultimate ability, he summons an elemental.
Stage One: Elemental Dominance
Kurog gains new abilities while near an elemental altar in The Primal Convergence.
Primal Shift
Spell details
Primal Break
Spell details
Sundering Strike
Spell detailsElemental Surge
Spell detailsAltar of Flame
Flame Dominance
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Magma Burst
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Molten Rupture
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Searing Carnage
Spell detailsFlamewrought Eradicator
Altar of Frost
Frost Dominance
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Biting Chill
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Frigid Torrent
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Absolute Zero
Spell detailsOn Heroic difficulty, Absolute Zero also applies Frost Bite.
Frostwrought Dominator
Altar of Earth
Earth Dominance
Spell details
Erupting Bedrock
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Enveloping Earth
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Seismic Rupture
Spell detailsEarthwrought Smasher
Altar of Storm
Storm Dominance
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Shocking Burst
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Lightning Crash
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Thunder Strike
Spell detailsStormwrought Despoiler
Stage Two: Elemental Creations
Primal Barrier
Spell detailsBlazing Fiend
Blistering Presence
Magma FlowFrozen Destroyer
Chilling Presence
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Frost Binds
Spell detailsFreezing Tempest
Spell detailsAbsolute Zero
Spell detailsTectonic Crusher
Shattering Presence
Spell details
Breaking Gravel
Spell detailsGround Shatter
Spell detailsViolent Upheaval
Spell detailsSeismic Rupture
Spell detailsThundering Ravager
Thundering Presence
Storm BreakStage Three: The Primal End
Primal Attunement
Spell detailsAbility 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.
Primal Shift
Fire, Nature, Frost · Instant
Kurog attunes to a primal altar, inflicting Elemental damage to all players and applying.
Primal Break
Fire, Nature, Frost · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
Increases damage taken from by 300% for 20 sec. This effect stacks.
Sundering Strike
Physical · 3 sec cast
Kurog unleashes an attack at his current target, inflicting Elemental damage to players in a frontal cone and knocking them back. Additionally, players suffer Elemental damage every 1 sec for 35 sec. This effect stacks.
Elemental Surge
Fire, Nature, Frost · Instant
Kurog periodically surges with the power of all four altars while standing in the center of the chamber, inflicting Elemental damage to all players every 0.5 sec. This effect stacks.
Flame Dominance
Fire · Instant
Kurog inflicts Fire damage to all players every 4 sec while attuned to the Altar of Flame. This effect stacks.
Magma Burst
Fire · 1.5 sec cast
Kurog hurls magma at random players, inflicting Fire damage and causes a to form at their destination.
Magma Pool
Fire · Instant
Molten magma inflicts Fire damage every 1 sec to players standing within it.
Molten Rupture
Fire · 3 sec cast
Kurog unleashes waves of lava, inflicting Fire damage to players caught in their path.
Searing Carnage
Fire · 3 sec cast
The caster infuses players with fire, causing them to mark their current location every 1 sec for 5 sec. The marked location explodes after 1.5 sec, inflicting Fire damage to players.
Flame Smite
Fire · 3 sec cast
The caster unleashes flames at its current target, inflicting Fire damage to players in a frontal cone. Flames land nearby, inflicting Fire damage to players of impact locations.
Raging Inferno
Fire · Instant
The Flamewrought Eradicator ignites s within the chamber, creating s. Players who stand within a suffer Fire damage every 1 sec and reduce its flame. After 15 sec a Smoldering Hellion emerges from each.
Flame Bolt
Fire · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 30 sec
The Smoldering Hellion flings a bolt of flame at a player, inflicting Fire damage.
Frost Dominance
Frost · Instant
Kurog inflicts Frost damage to all players every 4 sec while attuned to the Altar of Frost. This effect stacks.
Biting Chill
Frost · 3 sec cast
Kurog afflicts all players with a biting chill that inflicts Frost damage every 1 sec for 10 sec.
Frigid Torrent
Frost · 2 sec cast · Lasts 4 sec
The caster creates waves of frozen orbs every 2 sec for 4 sec, knocking players away as they form. Each orb inflicts Frost damage to any player in its path and stuns them for 6 sec.
Absolute Zero
Physical · 3 sec cast
The caster hurls a chunk of ice at a player, inflicting Frost damage split evenly among players upon impact.
Frost Bite
Frost · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
The impact of chills players to the bone. Upon reaching 2 applications, the player becomes.
Frozen Solid
Frost · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
The chill causes the player to become incapacitated and inflicts Frost damage every 1 sec for 10 sec. This effect cannot be mitigated or avoided.
Frost Smite
Frost · 3 sec cast
The caster unleashes frost at its current target, inflicting Frost damage to players in a frontal cone. Additionally, players' movement speed is reduced by 75% for 10 sec.
Icy Tempest
Physical · Instant
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Vault of the Incarnates.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Kurog Grimtotem encounter in Vault of the Incarnates.
Once a prized pupil of Magatha Grimtotem, this master of the primal elements is preparing to unleash his most devastating creations. If Kurog is not stopped, his entities of storm, fire, ice, and earth will wreak havoc across the whole of Azeroth.
What Each Drop Is
The Kurog Grimtotem encounter lists 17 items in the dungeon journal, item level 395. Equip slots covered: Trinket, Two-Hand, One-Hand, Feet, Waist, Held In Off-hand, Wrist and Hands. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Dreadful Fleeting Hourglass Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. Use: Fleeting Hourglass.
- Mystic Fleeting Hourglass Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. Use: Fleeting Hourglass.
- Venerated Fleeting Hourglass Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. Use: Fleeting Hourglass.
- Zenith Fleeting Hourglass Miscellaneous, item level 480, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. Use: Fleeting Hourglass.
- All-Totem of the Master Trinket, item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 70 gold46 silver for it.
- Awak'mani, Grimtotem's Legacy Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 154 gold82 silver for it.
- Controlled Current Technique Trinket, item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 77 gold61 silver for it. Equip: Way of Controlled Currents.
- Dreadful Amethyst Forgestone Miscellaneous, item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Death Knight, Warlock and Demon Hunter. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Vault Chest Forgestone.
- Fist of the Grand Summoner One-Hand (Fist Weapon), item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 118 gold83 silver for it.
- Kurog's Thunderhooves Feet (Plate), item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 69 gold29 silver for it.
- Magatha's Spiritual Sash Waist (Cloth), item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 46 gold19 silver for it.
- Mystic Amethyst Forgestone Miscellaneous, item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Hunter, Mage and Druid. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Vault Chest Forgestone.
- Scripture of Primal Devotion Held In Off-hand, item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste, Versatility and Intellect. A vendor pays 71 gold57 silver for it.
- Surging-Song Conductors Wrist (Mail), item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 46 gold37 silver for it.
- Treacherous Totem Wraps Hands (Leather), item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 46 gold2 silver for it.
- Venerated Amethyst Forgestone Miscellaneous, item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Paladin, Priest and Shaman. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Vault Chest Forgestone.
- Zenith Amethyst Forgestone Miscellaneous, item level 395, requires level 70. Bind on Pickup. Usable by Warrior, Rogue, Monk and Evoker. A vendor pays 5 gold for it. Use: Vault Chest Forgestone.
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
10 achievements list a victory over Kurog Grimtotem among their criteria.
