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Ziekket
Ziekket - The Blinding Vale
Ziekket is a boss encounter in The Blinding Vale.
Found In
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for The Blinding Vale, Ziekket comes 4th of 4, after Lightwarden Ruia.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Ziekket will periodically Awaken the Lightbloom, sprouting Lightspawn Lashers from the earth and awakening any Dormant ones. Surging with the Light's power, Ziekket projects a Concentrated Lightbeam at players that annihilates flora and fauna alike.
Damage Dealers
- Concentrated Lightbeam vaporizes Dormant Lightspawn Lashers into Lightsap.
- Touching globules of Lightbloom's Essence inflicts Holy damage while increasing damage and healing done.
Healers
- Lightbloom's Essence inflicts Holy damage to players, but increases damage and healing done.
- Oozing Xylem continually inflicts Holy damage to all players.
Tank
- Thornspike impales Ziekket's current target.
- Awaken the Lightbloom summons a thicket of vicious Lightspawn Lashers.
Awaken the Lightbloom
Spell detailsLightspawn Lasher
Lightspore Shot
Concentrated Lightbeam
Spell details
Lightsap
Spell details
Lightbloom's Essence
Spell details
Fluorescent Shield
Thornspike
Spell details
Oozing Xylem
Spell detailsAbility 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.
Awaken the Lightbloom
Physical · 3 sec cast
Ziekket sows Light energy into the soil, sprouting Lightspawn Lashers and reawakening any that are. Lashers reawaken with.
Dormant
Physical · Instant
Upon reaching 1% remaining health, Lightspawn Lashers submerge themselves back into the ground, becoming unable to move and immune to player effects.
Vicious Regrowth
Physical · Instant
Lightspawn Lashers reawaken with renewed power, increasing their haste and damage done by 20%. This effect also makes them immune to interrupts and crowd controlling effects.
Concentrated Lightbeam
Physical · 5 sec cast
Ziekket releases a powerful beam of Light energy, inflicting Holy damage every 0.5 sec to players within the effect. Any Lightspawn Lashers hit by the beam are instantly liquified into puddles.
Lightsap
Physical · Instant · Lasts 10 min
Viscous resin covers the ground, inflicting Holy damage every 2 sec to players standing within the effect and reducing their movement speed by 40%.
Lighbloom's Essence
Physical · 2 sec cast
Ziekket draws out globules of Lightbloom energy from the earth that move toward him, triggering a upon reaching him. The orbs instead burst when touched by players, granting that player.
Florescent Outburst
Holy · Instant
Lightbloom's Might
Holy · Instant · Lasts 12 sec
Players briefly borrow the power of the Lightbloom, increasing damage and healing done by 10% while suffering Holy damage every 1 sec for 12 sec. This effect stacks.
Thornspike
Holy · 3 sec cast
Ziekket impales the player with his spiked branch, inflicting Holy damage and knocking them back. The puncture wound causes the player to bleed an additional Physical damage every 1 sec for 10 sec.
Oozing Xylem
Holy · Instant
Ziekket gorges on Light energy, inflicting Holy damage to all players every 3 sec.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Blinding Vale.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
Collectibles from Ziekket
1 collectible whose in-game collection entry names Ziekket as a source.
Toys (1)
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Ziekket encounter in The Blinding Vale.
Born from the Lightbloom's epicenter, Ziekket was spawned and incubated by Light-infested rutaani to create an unstoppable engine of the Lightbloom's expansion.
What Each Drop Is
The Ziekket encounter lists 11 items in the dungeon journal, item level 108. Equip slots covered: Legs, Trinket, Wrist, Shield, One-Hand, Hands and Head. 2 of them can be traded and 9 bind when picked up.
- Pattern: World Tender's Trunkplate Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft World Tender's Trunkplate.” A vendor pays 50 gold for it. Lowest listed price right now: 50 gold92 silver across 78 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: World Tender's Trunkplate.
- Lightspore Leggings Legs (Leather), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery.
- Sapling of the Dawnroot Trinket, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect. A vendor pays 7 gold20 silver for it.
- Saptorbane Guards Wrist (Mail), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike.
- Teldrassil's Sacrifice Shield, item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike, Versatility and Intellect.
- Thorned Reply One-Hand (One-Handed Sword), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike.
- Thornspike Gauntlets Hands (Plate), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility.
- Worldroot Canopy Head (Cloth), item level 108, requires level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike.
- Pattern: Primal Spore Binding Recipe, item level 1. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to craft Primal Spore Binding.” A vendor pays 50 gold for it. Lowest listed price right now: 50 gold across 77 US realms. Use: Learning. Effect: Primal Spore Binding.
- Saptor Salve Miscellaneous, item level 1. Bind on Pickup.
- Veilroot Fountain Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 1 gold for it. Use: Collect Veilroot Fountain.
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
7 achievements list a victory over Ziekket among their criteria.
