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Raised Amani
Nek'zali the Soulcoiler - The Venomous Abyss
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Nek'zali the Soulcoiler encounter in The Venomous Abyss.
Long ago, the shadow hunter Nek'zali and her followers were entombed for the blasphemous act of summoning Ula'tek. Restored by the very power she unleashed, she calls the other Soulcoilers from their tombs to serve her once more.
Encounter Facts
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
As Nek'zali energizes the Soulcoil Well by invoking the Soulcoil Rite, she provokes the Restless Amani to the well. Upon reaching 50% health, Nek'zali retreats to begin the Ritual of Awakening. Destroying Echoes of Jawae removes their Tethers of Awakening and draws her back. Upon reaching full energy, she unwinds the Soulcoil and begins Uncoiling, empowering her with new abilities until her defeat.
Damage Dealers
- Essence Rend lingers and leaves behind a Latent Cultist upon expiration.
- Restless Amani awaken from the sarcophagi on the outer edges of the room, empowered with Gravebound Advance until they are destroyed.
- Echoes of Jawae awaken during Soul Transfer and provide Nek'zali with Tether of Awakening.
Healers
- Essence Rend lingers and leaves behind a Latent Cultist upon expiration.
- Soulcoil Ignition inflicts significant damage to all players.
- Soulcoil Rite inflicts deadly damage if too many souls enter theSoulcoil Well.
Tanks
- Possession Barrage inflicts damage based on the distance each barrage travels.
- Echoes of Jawae awaken during Soul Transfer and provide Nekk'zali with Tether of Awakening.
- Nek'zali attacks her target with Hollowing Strikes.
Stage One: Soulcoiler Initiation
Soulcoil Well
Soulcoil Rite
On Heroic difficulty, the rite's power afflicts players with Ritual Burn
Uncoiled Rage
Soulcoiled
Soulcoil Ignition
Essence Rend
Restless Amani
Ancient spirits return to their corpses, and make their way towards the Soulcoil Well. On Heroic difficulty, Raised Amani corpses remain on the ground upon defeat as Vessels of Awakening.
Possession Barrage
Hollowing Strikes
Intermission: Ritual of Awakening
Upon reaching 50% health, Nek'zali retreats to the Soulcoil Well and summons an Echo of Jawae that protects her from harm.
Echo of Jawae
A spectral echo that protects Nek'zali from harm. Defeating an Echo of Jawae severs their Tether of Awakening.
Soul Transfer
Tether of Awakening
Hungering Pyre
On Heroic difficulty, Slithering Flame combusts into Cremation upon expiration.
Grasping Depths
Restless Amani
Ancient spirits return to their corpses, and make their way towards the Soulcoil Well. On Heroic difficulty, Raised Amani corpses remain on the ground upon defeat as Vessels of Awakening.
Stage Two: Uncoiling
Nek'zali uncoils the Soulcoil Well, gaining new abilities until defeated.
Uncoiling
Invoke
On Mythic Difficulty, interrupts all spell casts and silences interrupting players for 3 sec.
Essence Rend
Hollowing Strikes
Possession Barrage
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Raised Amani, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Vessel of Awakening
Physical · Instant · Lasts 10080 min
A corpse lingers on the ground to be repossessed by while the Ritual of Awakening is active. Reawakened Amani become empowered, inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec for 5 sec.
Gravebound Advance
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 10080 min
Corpse Blight
Nature, Shadow · Instant
Restless Amani erupt in necrosis, inflicting Plague damage to all players and an additional Plague damage every 1 sec for 15 sec. This effect stacks.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Venomous Abyss.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Nek'zali the Soulcoiler encounter lists 16 items in the dungeon journal, item levels 1 to 219. Equip slots covered: Back, Head, Waist, Feet, One-Hand, Legs, Wrist, Trinket and Chest. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Amani Summoning Shawl Back (Cloth), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. Tooltip: “Kale, Ula'tek! Ula'tek ban kale!” A vendor pays 41g 58s for it.
- Crown of the Eternal Fang Head (Mail), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 41g 90s for it.
- Cursed Reliquary Cincture Waist (Mail), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 28g 78s for it.
- Entombed Cultist's Sabatons Feet (Plate), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 41g 11s for it.
- Hexing Spiritrender One-Hand (Dagger), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. Tooltip: “"Dis be de only way." - Nek'zali” A vendor pays 83g 85s for it.
- Initiate's Sacrificial Tights Legs (Cloth), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 57g 22s for it.
- Nek'zali's Spiritwalkers Feet (Cloth), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 43g 15s for it.
- Restless Spirit Shackles Wrist (Leather), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 27g 9s for it.
- Skullguard of the Risen Sacrifice Head (Plate), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 41g 74s for it.
- Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket, item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 46g 36s for it.
- Strongblood's Ceremonial Cleaver One-Hand (One-Handed Axe), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. Tooltip: “Others had noticed her obsession. Did he ignore it? Or could he not see his sister for what she had become?” A vendor pays 79g 38s for it.
- Tomb-Creeper's Claw One-Hand (Fist Weapon), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 84g 50s for it.
- Vestment of the Awakening Chest (Leather), item level 219, requires level 90. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 57g 1s for it.
- Soulcoil Remnant Miscellaneous, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon and dismiss this companion.” A vendor pays 10g for it. Use: Learning.
- Soulcoiler's Ritual Candle Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Use: Collect Soulcoiler's Ritual Candle.
- Soulcoiler's Rush'kah Head (Cosmetic), item level 1. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 4c 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
9 achievements list a victory over Raised Amani among their criteria.