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Ahn’kahet: The Old Kingdom

Ahn’kahet is the second and lower dungeon located in Azjol-Nerub and until recently was still controlled by the Nerubians. When an earthquake rocked the land it pushed Ahn’kahet closer to the surface exposing the kingdom to attacks. A fight for control of the kingdom rages within.

Prince Taldaram

Before you can engage Prince Taldaram your party will need to engage the 2 Ancient Nerubian Devices located on two platforms. Once engaged Taldaram will summon Flame Spheres throughout the fight, but they cannot be killed and will shoot fire beams at any player close to them. Moving away from these is a very good idea. He will also Vanish at various times and use Embrace of the Vampyr. In order to stop Prince Taldaram from feeding on the target player your group will have to burst DPS him down. This is especially important in heroic as the player targeted cannot be healed.

Prince Taldaram Related Achievements:

The Party's Over

This achievement forces you to defeat Prince Taldaram minus one person in your party.  There is no real trick to doing this, just be sure to get four players together that you know play well. Obviously the hard part here is with only four in the party you will be killing Prince even slower allowing him to put out more Flame Spheres and use his Embrace. If your party plays smart and well you will gain this achievement.

Jedoga Shadowseeker

Be prepared for this boss as she will engage as soon as all the Twilight Initiates are dead. She will then call 20 more adds to the fight and more on the stairs. Be sure to have your entire party on the platform or they will be killed by these mobs. Jedoga will use two main abilities: Cyclone Strike which will hit everyone around her but is easily avoided if all melee runs out of range. She will also cast Thunderstorm which will target a random player. Spreading out here is a good idea. At 75%, 50%, and 25% she will attempt to sacrifice one of the Volunteers standing around. This Volunteer should be killed as quickly as possible otherwise Jedoga will gain an increased damage buff that will cause her to hit with all attacks for more. If she does gain this buff it is very important for all players to avoid Thunderstorm and Cyclone Strike as they could easily one shot a player.

Jedoga Shadowseeker Related Achievments:

Volunteer Work

This achievement requires your party to not kill any of the Twilight Volunteers. This means that you will have to allow Jedoga to sacrifice them. She will then gain Gift of the Herald mentioned above, making it important that your party avoids all of her attacks if possible. Healers should be ready to heal the massive damage the tank will take and the tank should use any damage reducing abilities they have. Killing her quickly will help here as she will have less time to sacrifice more Volunteers.

Harold Volazj

Volazj is probably one of the hardest fights in the instance and can easily wipe a raid. He has two phases. The first phase he will use mainly shadow abilities including Mind Flay which can be Spell Reflected. He will use Shiver which will do damage to all players around the targeted player so spreading out here is wise. Finally he will use Shadow Bolt Volley which will do damage to all players in the room and should just be healed through. At 66% and 33% he will use Insanity thus entering Phase 2. During this time players cannot attack Harold but will be forced to fight 4 Twisted Visages who will use the same abilities of the other party members. Once all your Twisted Visages are dead you will be allowed to help other party members defeat theirs. Once all Twisted Visages are dead you will phase back and be able to once again attack Harold Volazj.

Harold Volazj Related Achievements:

Volazj’s Quick Demise

 
Killing Harold Volazj in 2 minutes or less is harder than it sounds. In order to complete this achievement you will need to have an ideal group. Bringing a Prot Warrior to tank is essential. The Warrior can Spell Reflect Volazj’s Mind Flay causing huge damage. Also having a DPS who can also heal, heal this fight will mean you will be able to quickly take down the Twisted Visages and give yourself more time to focus on taking down Harold Volazj.

Elder Nadox

Nadox is located in a room full of eggs. Once engaged Nadox will begin hatching eggs, spawning tiny Ahn’kahet Swarmers who can easily be killed with any AOE. At 75%, 50%, and 25% an Ahn’kahar Guardian will be summoned. DPS should kill this Guardian off quickly as he will produce an aura preventing damage to other mobs. Nadox will also do Blood Plague which is a DoT disease that does nature damage every few seconds. It is cleansable but not overly hard to heal through if ignored and will only be cast on the person with the highest threat. This fight is pretty much a tank and spank as long as you can kill the adds quickly.

Elder Nadox Related Achievements:

Respect Your Elders

This achievement will require you to defeat Elder Nadox without killing any Ahn’kahar Guardians. In order to do this achievement two tanks will be required. The first tank should take the boss to the very end of the room. The rest of the group should start killing the boss as usual. Once the first add spawns your second tank should pick it up and drag it to the opposite side of the room from the boss. The add should be tanked there while the rest of the raid continues to DPS the boss. Your healer should be able to stand in the middle of the room and heal both the MT and OT. When the small spiders spawn the MT should  attempt to pick them up so they are pulled to where the boss is being tanked. They can then easily be killed by AOE damage. Keeping these small adds off your healer is essential.