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Moroes
Moroes - Return to Karazhan
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Moroes encounter in Return to Karazhan.
Moroes, the steward of Karazhan, dotes upon his master's dinner guests within the grand Banquet Hall. Eternally devoted to the care of the tower, he dispatches impolite party crashers with cruel efficiency.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Return to Karazhan, Moroes comes 3rd of 8, after Maiden of Virtue and before Attumen the Huntsman.
Instance Entrance: Deadwind Pass
Return to Karazhan entranceThe Return to Karazhan entrance is in Deadwind Pass, at 46.4, 70.7 on the Deadwind Pass map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
As the fight progresses, Moroes uses Garrote to continously spread damage across the party. Moroes casts Ghastly Purge at 60% health, making all his dinner guests immune to crowd control abilities.
Damage Dealers
- Kill the additional dinner guests before Moroes uses Ghastly Purge to make them immune to stuns and bonds.
- Use Ghost Traps on Moroes' dinner guests.
Healers
- Tanks take increased damage when effected by Coat Check.
- Moroes uses Garrote to spread damage throughout the party.
- Use Ghost Traps on Moroes' dinner guests.
Tanks
- Use cooldowns when effected by Coat Check.
Moroes' Dinner Guests
Dinner Party
Baroness Dorothea Millstipe
Lady Catriona Von'Indi
Baron Rafe Dreuger
Lady Keira Berrybuck
Lord Robin Daris
Lord Crispin Ference
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Moroes, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Ghost Trap
Physical · Instant · Lasts 70 sec
Hurl a trap at the feet of a ghostly dinner guest in order to trap them within it, incapacitating them for 70 sec.
Garrote
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
Appears behind the target and garrotes them, inflicting Physical damage on impact and Physical damage every 1 sec. This effect stacks.
Coat Check
Holy · 1 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Strips the current target of their armor reducing their protection by 75%. Moroes then provides his target with a complimentary robe, because its not "that" sort of dinner party.
Ghastly Purge
Physical · Instant
At 60% health, Moroes purges his dinner guests of all stuns and bonds and makes them immune to these effects for the remainder of the encounter.
Mana Drain
Arcane · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Drains mana and inflicts Arcane damage every 3 sec to the current target in addition to stunning them for 6 sec.
Iron Whirlwind
Physical · 1 sec cast · Lasts 8 sec
Spins violently, inflicting Physical damage every 1 sec to nearby enemies for 8 sec.
Empowered Arms
Holy · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 30 sec
Increases Moroes' attack speed by 75% and damage done by 100% for 30 sec.
Whirling Edge
Physical · 1.7 sec cast
Throws an enchanted blade towards a random player. Upon landing the blade begins to whirl inflicting Physical damage every 2 sec to all enemies within the zone.
Will Breaker
Holy · 3 sec cast
Lord Crispin Ference swings his weapon, inflicting Holy damage to targets in a line in front of the caster.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Return to Karazhan.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Moroes encounter lists 9 items in the dungeon journal, item level 50. Equip slots covered: Trinket, Chest, Head, Finger and Legs. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Bloodstained Handkerchief Trinket, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. Tooltip: “Marked with a raven silhouette.” A vendor pays 8g 85s for it. Use: Cruel Garrote.
- Breastplate of Obligation Chest (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 56g 91s for it.
- Castellan's Blinders Head (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 41g 17s for it.
- Jagged Emerald Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 47g 57s for it.
- Perfectly Preserved Apple Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 51g 4s for it.
- Robes of Wicked Modesty Chest (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 57g 75s for it.
- Seal of Darkshire Nobility Finger, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 21g 64s for it. Equip: Arrogance.
- Willbreaker Legguards Legs (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 56g 90s for it.
- Illusion: Mongoose Consumable, item level 1, requires level 24. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 3g 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
5 achievements list a victory over Moroes among their criteria.