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Lightwarden Ruia
Lightwarden Ruia - The Blinding Vale
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Lightwarden Ruia encounter in The Blinding Vale.
The once-respected Rootwarden Ruia could not defeat the Lightbloom on his own. His wounded pride led him to drawing power from the Lightbloom and using it to punish all others instead of aiding his allies.
Encounter Facts
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Lightwaden Ruia unleashes his druidic power, shapeshifting between Moonkin and Bear forms. At 40% remaining health, he returns to Haranir form and channels Spirits of the Vale, casting all his abilities in a rapid flurry.
Damage Dealers
- Pulverizing Strikes launches a cone of Physical damage at each target.
- Lightfall inflicts high damage to players within each impact.
Healers
- Grievous Thrash is only removed when the afflicted target reaches full health.
- Pulverizing Strikes launches a cone of Physical damage at each target.
Tank
- In Moonkin form, Ruia's melee attacks are replaced with Warden's Wrath.
- Pulverizing Strikes launches a cone of Physical damage at each target.
- Lightfall inflicts high damage to players within each impact.
Moonkin Form
Haranir Form
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.
Lightfire
Physical · 2 sec cast
Ruia shoots a beam of energy at a player, burning them for Radiant damage every 1 sec for 6 sec.
Lightfire Beams
Physical · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
Standing within the beams inflicts Radiant damage every 1 sec and silences players for 6 sec.
Lightfall
Physical · Instant
Warden's Wrath
Nature · 2 sec cast
Ruia blasts his current target with a bolt of energy, inflicting Nature damage.
Pulverizing Strikes
Physical · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Ruia marks several targets and launches a wave of force toward each of them in a frontal cone every 2 sec for 6 sec.
Pulverized
Physical · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
Grievous Thrash
Physical · 2 sec cast · Lasts 40 sec
Ruia thrashes about, inflicting Physical damage to players and causing them to bleed an additional Physical damage every 1 sec for 40 sec or until fully healed. This effect stacks.
Mangling Claws
Physical · Instant
Spirits of the Vale
Physical · 4 sec cast · Lasts 10080 min
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Blinding Vale.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Lightwarden Ruia encounter lists 6 items in the dungeon journal, item level 108. Equip slots covered: Two-Hand, Trinket, Finger, Held In Off-hand, Hands and Chest. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Branch of Pride Two-Hand (Staff), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility.
- Lightspire Core Trinket, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect. Tooltip: “Stand in the Light, and be made whole.” A vendor pays 84g 8s for it.
- Lightwarden's Bind Finger, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery and Versatility.
- Luminescent Sprout Held In Off-hand, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery, Haste and Intellect.
- Pulverizing Pads Hands (Mail), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility.
- Taproot Ribs Chest (Plate), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility.
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.