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Lightning Strike Assassination

Lightning Strike Assassination is a Horde-only quest for level 5-30 in Azshara. It is step 81 of 88 in the Azshara storyline. The quest's turn-in marker is in Azshara at 14.0, 64.8. It rewards 3 reward items, 1 reputation reward, 4,100 experience and money.

Description

The base of the tower is patrolled by the Captain's elite guards. So here's what we're going to do: we're going to grapple straight up to the top, slice-and-dice the VIPs, and bail out using my portable low-altitude parachute. I'll rig the tower to explode behind us. You be sure to grab Captain Grunwald's head for Chawg. Got it?

Do NOT accept this mission unless you are prepared for UNMITIGATED BADASSERY. Is that clear?

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

Money10 gold50 silver
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationOrgrimmar +250
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Rewards in detail
TypeRewardAmount
ExperienceXP4,100
MoneyGold10g 50s
ReputationOrgrimmar+250

Reward details

Pick one of these

TypeCloth Back
Item level12
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor2
Stats+2 Intellect, +3 Stamina
Suited toDiscipline, Balance, Restoration, Arcane, Fire, Frost, Mistweaver, Holy, Devourer, Destruction, Demonology, Affliction, Elemental, Shadow, Augmentation, Preservation, Devastation
Sells to vendors for8 silver42 copper
TypeLeather Hands
Item level12
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor4
Stats+2 Agility or Intellect, +4 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toBalance, Restoration, Mistweaver, Devourer, Vengeance, Feral, Guardian, Brewmaster, Subtlety, Outlaw, Assassination, Havoc, Windwalker
Sells to vendors for5 silver96 copper
TypeMail Hands
Item level12
BindingBinds when picked up
Armor6
Stats+2 Agility or Intellect, +4 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike
Suited toElemental, Restoration, Devastation, Preservation, Augmentation, Marksmanship, Beast Mastery, Survival, Enhancement
Sells to vendors for5 silver51 copper

Reputation: Orgrimmar +250

Founded by Thrall, this Horde capital city is home to many of the proud orc clans of Durotar.

Reputation group: Horde.

Other quests in Azshara that reward Orgrimmar reputation: The Eyes of Ashenvale (+250), Venison for the Troops (+250), Return of the Highborne? (+150), To Gut a Fish (+250), Report to Twocrush (+150), Sisters of the Sea (+350).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Where it comes from
Turn-in mapAzsharaTurn-in marker at 14.0, 64.8, 3 mapped points
World Map

Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Azshara Quest turn-in 3 mapped points
Azshara map showing where to go for Lightning Strike AssassinationTurn-inObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #76 14.0 64.8

Coordinates

  • Turn-inAzshara 14.0, 64.8/way #76 14.0 64.8
  • Objective areaAzshara 11.8, 68.2/way #76 11.8 68.2

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Azshara map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Azshara, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Horde flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Azshara:

  • Valormok, AzsharaHorde · about 20 yards south-east
  • Gates of Sothann, HyjalAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards north
  • Orgrimmar, DurotarHorde · about 1,200 yards south

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 180 yards south-west
  • Objective areaabout 130 yards south-west

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Quest Line

Storyline

Azshara

Part 81 of 88.

Previous: Where's My Head? · Next: Grounded!

  1. 76Ice Cold
  2. 77Fade to Black
  3. 78Farewell, Minnow
  4. 79Airborne Again
  5. 80Where's My Head?
  6. 81Lightning Strike Assassination
  7. 82Grounded!
  8. 83Rigged to Blow
  9. 84Push the Button!
  10. 85Blacken the Skies
  11. 86Commando Drop
  12. 87Let Them Feast on Fear

Showing steps 76 to 87 of 88.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Where's My Head?Azshara · Level 5-30

    He's here, <name>! Captain Grunwald is a high-ranking Alliance officer from Northwatch Hold, no doubt here to coordinate an assault on Orgrimmar with his night elven allies. We have observed him entering the tower southwest of here. I want his head, <class>.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Grounded!Azshara · Level 5-30

    Do you see a problem with these wind riders, <name>? They're not riding the wind! Every flight I send aloft gets peppered by night elf snipers. Talrendis sharpshooters are holed up in the southern-most tower, against the mountains.

The storyline at a glance

Azshara has 88 steps, from Runaway Shredder! to The Conquest of Azshara.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Azshara (88).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Azshara map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.

Related
Lightning in a Bottle
Lightning in a Bottle
Lightning Infused Relics
Lightning Rod
Lightning Strikes
Lights Out
Like a Knife Through Aether
Like a Spider on the Wall

Guides and routes on this site that cover Azshara.

Database

Quest Location and Connections

More Quests in Azshara

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