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Sinestra
Sinestra - The Bastion of Twilight
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Sinestra encounter in The Bastion of Twilight.
Originally Deathwing's prime consort, Sinestra created the first twilight dragons, but was later obliterated by one of her terrifying creations. Now a ravaged husk reanimated by insidious magic, Sinestra oversees the creation of new twilight clutches.
Encounter Facts
Instance Entrance: Twilight Highlands
The Bastion of Twilight entranceThe Bastion of Twilight entrance is in The Twilight Citadel, Twilight Highlands, at 33.9, 78.1 on the Twilight Highlands map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Stage One: I Will Deal With You Myself!
At the outset of the battle, Sinestra is weakened from past battles and from nurturing the Twilight brood.
Wrack
Sinestra causes a random player to suffer Shadow damage every 2 sec. for 1 min. with the damage taken increasing rapidly. When a player dispels Wrack, it bounces to two nearby allies of the afflicted player. Wrack retains its remaining duration but returns to its original damage values.
Flame Breath
Sinestra unleashes a torrent of flame that sweeps across her platform, inflicting Fire damage to all enemies.
Twilight Slicer
Sinestra summons two shadowy orbs, each of which fixates on a player and begins to pursue that player. These spheres are linked together by a cutting beam of pure twilight energy that inflicts Shadow damage per sec. to any player who comes into contact with the beam. The orbs dissipate after 15 sec.
Twilight Blast
When Sinestra cannot reach anyone in melee range, she blasts an enemy for Shadow damage.
Twilight Whelps
Sinestra periodically calls forth a set of five Twilight Whelps to attack intruders.
Twilight Spit
The Twilight Whelps spit shadowy bile on their target, inflicting Shadow damage and increasing the target's Shadow damage taken by 10%. This effect stacks.
Twilight Essence
When a Twilight Whelp dies, the essence instilled in it by Sinestra leaks out, forming a bubbling puddle beneath its corpse. If this essence touches any other dead Twilight Whelp, that Whelp reanimates. Each pool of Twilight Essence expands over time. The pools inflict Shadow damage every 2 sec.
Stage Two: I Tire of This!
When Sinestra is brought to 30% health, she draws upon ambient energy to restore her power and erects a shield to protect herself.
A Clash of Flame and Twilight
The red dragon Caelestrasz, Calen in his humanoid form, comes to the party's aid and engages in a magical duel with Sinestra. The duelist with the most mana gains the upper hand.
Pyrrhic Focus
Calen burns his own health reserves to restore his mana. His focus also increases healing done to Calen by 500%.
Mana Barrier
A powerful barrier envelops Sinestra, continually replenishing any lost health at the expense of her mana.
Pulsing Twilight Egg
Sinestra has stored vast reserves of twilight energy in these massive eggs.
Twilight Carapace
The Pulsing Twilight Eggs are normally impervious to all damage. In moments of dire need, Sinestra directly siphons from the eggs and causes their Twilight Carapace to drop temporarily.
Twilight Spitecaller
These twilight dragonkin periodically stream into the room during the clash between Calen and Sinestra.
Unleash Essence
The Twilight Spitecaller releases a torrent of twilight energy that afflicts all nearby enemies, inflicting damage equal to 10% of each target's maximum health every 1 sec. Conventional interrupts cannot prevent the casting of the spell, but other effects that cause loss of control may be effective.
Indomitable
If a Twilight Spitecaller is incapacitated for more than a brief period of time, it regains control through a surge of sheer will.
Twilight Drake
Twilight Drakes swoop in from the sides of the cavern during the clash between Calen and Sinestra.
Twilight Breath
The Drake's breath inflicts Shadow damage in a 25 yard 60 degree cone in front of it.
Absorb Essence
If a Twilight Drake comes into contact with a pool of Twilight Essence, it siphons that energy and causes the pool to shrink and eventually vanish entirely. Each charge of Essence absorbed increases the Drake's damage by 10%, and its health by 10%. This effect stacks.
Stage Three: Now Die!
Once the players destroy the Pulsing Twilight Eggs, Sinestra brings her magical duel with Calen to an end and attacks the players with her full fury. Empowered by the twilight eggs from which she reclaims her siphoned energy, Sinestra no longer deals reduced damage.
Essence of the Red
Calen bestows a blessing of Alexstrasza upon the raid, granting all players 100% melee, ranged, and spell haste, and causing them to regain 5% of their maximum mana per second. Essence of the Red lasts for 3 min.
Wrack
Sinestra causes a random player to suffer Shadow damage every 2 sec. for 1 min. with the damage taken increasing rapidly. When a player dispels Wrack, it bounces to two nearby allies of the afflicted player. Wrack retains its remaining duration but returns to its original damage values. Successfully dispelling Wrack instantly finishes the cooldown of the caster's single-target Magic dispel abilities.
Flame Breath
Sinestra unleashes a torrent of flame that sweeps across her platform, dealing Fire damage to all enemies.
Twilight Slicer
Sinestra summons two shadowy orbs, each of which fixates on a player and begins to pursue that player. These spheres are linked together by a cutting beam of pure twilight energy that inflicts Shadow damage per sec. to any player who comes into contact with the beam. The orbs dissipate after 15 sec.
Twilight Blast
When Sinestra cannot reach anyone in melee range, she blasts an enemy for Shadow damage.
Twilight Whelps
Sinestra periodically calls forth a set of five Twilight Whelps to attack intruders.
Twilight Spit
The Twilight Whelps spit shadowy bile on their target, inflicting Shadow damage and increasing the target's Shadow damage taken by 10%. This effect stacks.
Twilight Essence
When a Twilight Whelp dies, the essence instilled in it by Sinestra leaks out, forming a bubbling puddle beneath its corpse. If this essence touches any other dead Twilight Whelp, that Whelp reanimates. Each pool of Twilight Essence expands over time. The pools inflict Shadow damage every 2 sec.
Heroic Difficulty Only
Sinestra is only available in Heroic Difficulty.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Sinestra, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Wrack
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 1 min
Deals increasing Shadow damage over time. When dispelled, bounces to two nearby allies of the afflicted player.
Twilight Slicer
Shadow · Instant
Fires a beam of concentrated twilight energy, dealing massive Shadow damage to any enemies that make contact with it.
Twilight Spit
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 1 min
Spits Twilight energy at an enemy, dealing Shadow damage and increasing Shadow damage taken by 10%.
Twilight Essence
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 3 sec
Deals Shadow damage to enemies within the bubbling Essence.
Pyrrhic Focus
Fire · Instant
Envelops the caster in a fiery aura that continually restores mana at the expense of the caster's health.
Unleash Essence
Shadow · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 10 sec
Releases a torrent of twilight energy that afflicts all nearby enemies, dealing damage equal to 10% of their maximum health every 1 sec.
Indomitable
Shadow · Instant
Regains control through a surge of sheer will, becoming immune to all bonds and restraints until stopped.
Absorb Essence
Shadow · Instant
Empowered by absorbing pure Twilight Essence. Damage increased by 10%. Health increased by 10%.
Essence of the Red
Physical · Instant · Lasts 3 min
The blessing of Alexstrasza is applied to all allies nearby. Restores 5% of maximum mana per second. Grants 100% melee, ranged, and spell haste.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Bastion of Twilight.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Sinestra encounter lists 13 items in the dungeon journal, item level 37. Equip slots covered: Waist, Wrist, Feet, Neck, Head, Finger, Trinket, Back and Legs. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Belt of the Fallen Brood Waist (Leather), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 9g 48s for it.
- Bindings of Bleak Betrayal Wrist (Plate), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 9g 58s for it.
- Boots of Az'galada Feet (Mail), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 14g 32s for it.
- Bracers of the Dark Mother Wrist (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 9g 72s for it.
- Bracers of the Mat'redor Wrist (Plate), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 9g 37s for it.
- Caelestrasz's Will Neck, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Dodge and Mastery. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Crown of the Twilight Queen Head (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 14g 42s for it.
- Dargonax's Signet Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Nightmare Rider's Boots Feet (Leather), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 14g 37s for it.
- Shard of Woe Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 40g 71s for it. Use: Celerity. Equip: Spell Cost Reduction.
- Shroud of Endless Grief Back (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 14g 16s for it.
- Twilight Scale Leggings Legs (Mail), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 18g 78s for it.
- War-Torn Crushers Feet (Plate), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Dodge and Parry. A vendor pays 18g 53s 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.