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Prophet Skitra
The Prophet Skitra - Ny'alotha, the Waking City
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for The Prophet Skitra encounter in Ny'alotha, the Waking City.
A master of illusion, Skitra delights in terrorizing his victims as he breaks their perception of reality. Those who fail to see through his deceptions become lost in Ny'alotha for eternity.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Ny'alotha, the Waking City, Prophet Skitra comes 2nd of 12, after Wrathion and before Maut.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The Prophet Skitra wields dominating, mind-bending magics and confuses his opponents with illusions. The Prophet casts Illusionary Projection at 66% and 33% health, splitting the raid into two groups. Players with Clouded Mind will see one set of illusions, and players with Twisted Mind will see another set of illusions. Both groups will also see the real Prophet Skitra, and will need to coordinate to identify and defeat him.
Tanks
- Work with your fellow tank to avoid taking too many stacks of Shadow Shock.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
Healers
- Allies afflicted with stacks of Shadow Shock can take intense amounts of damage.
- Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
Damage Dealers
- Run away from allies when afflicted with Shred Psyche.
- Coordinate with allies to discover the real Prophet Skitra when he casts Illusionary Projection.
Stage One: The Prophet
Stage Two: Illusionary Projections
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.
Shadow Shock
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast
Inflicts Shadow damage and increases all Shadow damage taken by 15% for 5 sec to the Prophet's current target and 2 other random players. This effect stacks.
Shred Psyche
Shadow · 2 sec cast
The Prophet rips at the mind of a random player. After 5 sec this causes them to shed part of their psyche, which explodes in a Psychic Outburst.
Psychic Outburst
Shadow · 5 sec cast
The remnant of the player's shredded psyche lashes out, exploding for Shadow damage to all players. Damage decreases the further players are from the point of impact. Afterwards, the Shredded Psyche continues to cause Psychic Reverberations until defeated.
Psychic Reverberations
Shadow · Instant
Images of Absolution
Physical · Instant
Surging Images
Shadow · Instant
The Prophet manifests an army of illusions. On Mythic difficulty, the Images are visible only to players that share their Twisted or Clouded minds.
Illusionary Projection
Physical · Instant
The Prophet inflicts all players with either Clouded Mind or Twisted Mind, and projects illusions of himself throughout the arena. Defeating the wrong illusion results in a Mindquake! Identifying and damaging the Prophet himself will cause the illusions to dissipate.
Clouded Mind
Physical · Instant
The Prophet's magic clouds half of his enemies' minds, forcing them to perceive several illusions of the Prophet himself.
Twisted Mind
Physical · Instant
The Prophet's magic twists half of his enemies' minds, forcing them to perceive illusions of the Prophet.
Dark Ritual
Shadow · Instant
The vile ritual performed by the Prophet's illusions increase all Shadow damage players take by 4% every 5 sec. This effect stacks.
Illusionary Bolt
Shadow · Instant
Mindquake
Shadow · Instant
Upon death, false illusions of the Prophet explode, inflicting Shadow damage to all players.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Ny'alotha, the Waking City.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The The Prophet Skitra encounter lists 11 items in the dungeon journal, item level 85. Equip slots covered: One-Hand, Feet, Wrist, Legs, Trinket, Chest, Ranged and Shoulder. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Bloodstained Ritual Athame One-Hand (Dagger), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 111g 86s for it.
- Boots of Hallucinatory Reality Feet (Plate), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 58g 20s for it.
- Bracers of Dark Prophecy Wrist (Leather), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 39g 83s for it.
- Macabre Ritual Pants Legs (Leather), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 80g 64s for it.
- Psyche Shredder Trinket, item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 1g 41s for it.
- Psychic's Subtle Slippers Feet (Cloth), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 60g 38s for it.
- Robes of Unreality Chest (Cloth), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 79g 51s for it.
- Talons of Grim Revelations Feet (Mail), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 59g 7s for it.
- Whispering Eldritch Bow Ranged (Bow), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 135g 73s for it.
- Writhing Spaulders of Madness Shoulder (Plate), item level 85, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 56g 49s for it.
- Encrypted Ny'alothan Text Consumable, item level 50. Bind on Pickup. Use: Ny'alothan Void Ritual.
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
3 achievements list a victory over Prophet Skitra among their criteria.