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Theralion
Theralion and Valiona - The Bastion of Twilight
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Theralion and Valiona encounter in The Bastion of Twilight.
Magically aged to adulthood, Valiona and Theralion were to be paragons among a new clutch of twilight dragons, leading their brood in scouring Azeroth of life. Instead, they waste their incredible powers constantly bickering and fighting each other.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for The Bastion of Twilight, Theralion comes 2nd of 4, after Halfus Wyrmbreaker and before Feludius.
- Halfus Wyrmbreaker
- Theralion
- Feludius
- Cho'gall
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
Theralion
When the encounter begins, Theralion immediately takes to the air, while Valiona engages the attackers on the ground. The twin dragons share a single health pool, and each alternates between being airborne and fighting on the ground.
Grounded Abilities
Theralion uses the following abilities while on the ground.
Engulfing Magic
Theralion twists the magical energies within an enemy spellcaster, increasing their damage and healing done by 100% for 20 sec. However, each time the affected player deals damage or healing, Engulfing Magic triggers a twilight explosion. In a 25 player raid, Theralion twists the magical energies of three enemy spellcasters.
Fabulous Flames
Theralion launches a burst of twilight energy at the location of a random enemy. Fabulous Flames leave a circular patch of twilight fire on the ground for 45 sec., inflicting Shadow damage every 1 sec.
Twilight Shift
Theralion periodically applies Twilight Shift to his current target. This effect stacks. When Theralion applies a fifth stack to the same target, he casts Shifting Reality on the target.
Airborne Abilities
Theralion uses the following abilities while in the air.
Twilight Blast
While hovering overhead, Theralion continually launches bolts of twilight flame at the locations of random players.
Dazzling Destruction
As he prepares to land, Theralion mesmerizes his foes with swirling patterns of energy on the ground. If a player is already in the Twilight Realm when struck by Dazzling Destruction, that player dies.
Valiona
When the encounter begins, Theralion immediately takes to the air, while Valiona engages the attackers on the ground. The twin dragons share a single health pool, and each alternate between being airborne and fighting on the ground.
Grounded Abilities
Valiona uses the following abilities while on the ground.
Blackout
Valiona surrounds a random player in a shroud of Twilight energy, absorbing the next points of healing on the target. When Blackout expires or a player dispels the effect, the dark energy explodes in a massive torrent.
Devouring Flames
Valiona unleashes a prolonged breath of Twilight flame in the direction of a random player. Devouring Flames inflicts up to Shadow damage every 1 sec. for 5 sec. The damage diminishes on targets within the breath the farther away from Valiona they are located.
Twilight Shift
Valiona periodically applies Twilight Shift to her current target. This effect stacks. When Valiona applies a fifth stack to the same target, she casts Shifting Reality on the target.
Airborne Abilities
Valiona uses the following abilities while in the air.
Twilight Meteorite
Valiona sets her sights upon a random player and prepares to unleash a powerful Twilight Meteorite on them.
Deep Breath
As she prepares to land, Valiona takes a deep breath and strafes from one end of the chamber to the other, engulfing a third of the room in Twilight Flames. Contact with this dark flame inflicts Shadow damage, and draws the player into the Twilight Realm. If the player is already in the Twilight Realm when struck by Deep Breath, that player dies.
Twilight Realm
Being struck by Theralion's Dazzling Destruction or Valiona's Deep Breath pulls players into the Twilight Realm. In this alternate plane of existence, spheres of volatile twilight energy float around and detonate if touched. Collapsing portals appear randomly throughout the area, and players may use a portal to return to the material plane. Each portal disappates after a time. In Heroic Difficulty Shifting Reality also pulls players into the Twilight Realm.
Twilight Sentry
On Heroic Difficulty the Twilight Realm is populated by the mysterious Twilight Sentries. Visible only as shimmers of twilight to those in the material plane, Twilight Sentries strike out indiscriminately, firing Rift Blasts at players both inside and outside the Twilight Realm.
Rift Blast
Twilight Sentries continually fire Rift Blasts at random players, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec.
Twilight Zone
Players trapped in the Twilight Realm suffer Shadow damage every 2 sec. The effect stacks, and the damage inflicted increases by 5% with each additional application.
Unstable Twilight
Coming into contact with one of the floating orbs of twilight energy within the Twilight Realm causes it to violently explode.
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.
Engulfing Magic
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 20 sec
Fabulous Flames
Physical · Instant · Lasts 45 sec
Shifting Reality
Shadow · Instant
Inflicts Shadow damage to nearby friends and shift all targets into the Twilight Realm! You inflict% additional damage to creatures in the Twilight Realm.
Twilight Blast
Shadow · Instant
Dazzling Destruction
Shadow · Instant
The Twilight Flames inflict Shadow damage and send the target into the Twilight Realm!
Blackout
Shadow · Instant · Lasts 15 sec
Devouring Flames
Shadow · Instant
Inflicts Shadow damage to enemies in front of Valiona. Devouring Flames inflicts less damage to enemies the farther away they are from Valiona.
Twilight Meteorite
Shadow · Instant
Rift Blast
Shadow · Instant
The Twilight Sentry is channeling a Rift from inside the Twilight Realm, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec.
Twilight Zone
Shadow · Instant
Being in the Twilight Zone inflicts Shadow damage and increases Shadow damage taken by 5%.
Unstable Twilight
Shadow · Instant
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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 Theralion and Valiona encounter lists 25 items in the dungeon journal, item level 37. Equip slots covered: One-Hand, Head, Ranged, Back, Neck, Finger, Trinket and Waist. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Blade of the Witching Hour One-Hand (Dagger), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 99g 61s for it.
- Blade of the Witching Hour One-Hand (Dagger), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 105g 80s for it.
- Daybreaker Helm Head (Plate), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Parry. A vendor pays 18g 38s for it.
- Daybreaker Helm Head (Plate), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Parry. A vendor pays 13g 52s for it.
- Dragonheart Piercer Ranged (Crossbow), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 125g 46s for it.
- Dragonheart Piercer Ranged (Crossbow), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 118g 38s for it.
- Drape of the Twins Back (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 13g 23s for it.
- Drape of the Twins Back (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 14g 14s for it.
- Fang of Twilight One-Hand (One-Handed Sword), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 100g 73s for it.
- Fang of Twilight One-Hand (One-Handed Sword), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 101g 64s for it.
- Helm of Eldritch Authority Head (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 14g 10s for it.
- Helm of Eldritch Authority Head (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 14g 40s for it.
- Necklace of Strife Neck, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Necklace of Strife Neck, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Ring of Rivalry Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Ring of Rivalry Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Theralion's Mirror Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 8g 5s for it. Equip: Item - Proc Mastery.
- Theralion's Mirror Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 8g 5s for it. Equip: Item - Proc Mastery.
- Valiona's Medallion Neck, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Valiona's Medallion Neck, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Vial of Stolen Memories Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina. A vendor pays 8g 5s for it. Use: Memory of Invincibility.
- Vial of Stolen Memories Trinket, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina. A vendor pays 8g 5s for it. Use: Memory of Invincibility.
- Waistguard of Hatred Waist (Mail), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 9g 50s for it.
- Waistguard of Hatred Waist (Mail), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 9g 64s for it.
- Odd Twilight Egg Miscellaneous, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon a Twilight Clutch-Sister.” Use: Learning. Effect: Twilight Clutch-Sister.
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.