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Mordretha
Mordretha, the Endless Empress - Theater of Pain
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Mordretha, the Endless Empress encounter in Theater of Pain.
Endless battles and endless victories, Mordretha has bested every opponent who has challenged her. In life she was a master of dark magic and her time in Maldraxxus has only expanded that knowledge. Is this the title match the Theater of Pain has been waiting for?
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Theater of Pain, Mordretha comes 5th of 5, after Xav the Unfallen.
Instance Entrance: Maldraxxus
Theater of Pain entranceThe Theater of Pain entrance is in Maldraxxus, at 53.0, 52.6 on the Maldraxxus map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Mordretha wields the forces of Death to overwhelm her opponents, haunting players and tearing open rifts that drag players towards them.
Tank
- Reaping Scythe inflicts heavy Phsyical and Shadow damage.
- Avoid inflicting additional damage to allies with Manifest Death.
- Do not allow yourself to be dragged into a Grasping Rift.
Damage Dealers
- Avoid inflicting additional damage to allies with Manifest Death.
- Do not allow yourself to be dragged into a Grasping Rift.
Healer
- Avoid inflicting additional damage to allies with Manifest Death.
- Do not allow yourself to be dragged into a Grasping Rift.
Echoes of Carnage
Ghostly Combatants
Manifest Death
In Mythic difficulty, each player summons a Deathwalker at their location when Manifest Death expires.
Deathwalker
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Mordretha, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Echoes of Carnage
Shadow · 4 sec cast
Upon reaching 50% health remaining, Mordretha conjures Echoes of Carnage for the remainder of the encounter. Echoes of Carnage inflicts Shadow damage to all players instantly and Shadow damage every 2 sec thereafter. Ghostly Combatants are periodically drawn to the arena while Echoes of Carnage is in effect.
Echo of Battle
Shadow · 3 sec cast
Ghostly Charge
Shadow · Instant
Ghostly riders charge across the arena, inflicting Shadow damage and knocking back players caught in their path.
Grasping Rift
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 12 sec
Death Grasp
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
Stuns the victim, rendering them unable to move or attack and inflicts Shadow damage every 2 sec for 8 sec.
Manifest Death
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 6 sec
Mordretha haunts all players, inflicting Shadow damage every 2 sec for 6 sec.
Death Bolt
Shadow · 3 sec cast
Dark Devastation
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 15 sec
Mordretha channels a beam of Anima, inflicting Shadow damage every 0.5 sec and pushing back players within it.
Reaping Scythe
Shadow · 2 sec cast
Mordretha empowers her scythe and strikes her primary target, inflicting Shadow damage and Physical damage.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Theater of Pain.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Mordretha, the Endless Empress encounter lists 14 items in the dungeon journal, item level 158. Equip slots covered: Shield, Held In Off-hand, Waist, Trinket, Finger, Shoulder and Feet. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Memory of Cauterizing Shadows Quest, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Restoring Memory.
- Memory of Lycara Quest, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Restoring Memory.
- Barricade of the Endless Empire Shield, item level 158, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste, Critical Strike and Intellect. A vendor pays 53g 90s for it.
- Deathwalker's Promise Held In Off-hand, item level 158, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste, Versatility and Intellect. A vendor pays 50g 72s for it.
- Fallen Empress's Cord Waist (Cloth), item level 158, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 31g 60s for it.
- Grim Codex Trinket, item level 158, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 1g 99s for it. Use: Spectral Scythe.
- Ring of Perpetual Conflict Finger, item level 158, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 37g 77s for it.
- Unyielding Combatant's Pauldrons Shoulder (Plate), item level 158, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 46g 71s for it.
- Vanquished Usurper's Footpads Feet (Leather), item level 158, requires level 60. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 45g 85s for it.
- Focused Malignancy Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Haunting Apparitions Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Nether Precision Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Sharpshooter's Focus Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. Use: Learning.
- Stellar Inspiration Consumable, item level 145. Bind on Pickup. 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
5 achievements list a victory over Mordretha among their criteria.