Kil'jaeden Encounter Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot

Kil'jaeden is the sixth and final boss of the Sunwell Plateau raid instance. While often not considered to be the most challenging encounter it is a very long one that will require you to be aware of the bosses mechanics or risk causing complications for the rest of your raid if not a wipe. Check out the mechanics listed below so you will know how to properly handle these bosses.

Position in a way that will allow you to take full advantage of the Power of the Blue Flight's Breath: Revitalize ability as this is a long fight and will require a lot of Mana. Make sure the entire room has healing coverage as many members of your raid may be spread.

Make sure the Hand of the Deceivers in the first phase are spread to avoid them reaching 20% at the same time. Make sure Sinister Reflections are picked up as quickly as possible. They are immune to crowd-controlling abilities so it is crucial they are tanked.

Sinister Reflections need to be dealt with until the burn at the very end of the boss. If your Warlocks are unable to handle them consider assigning an additional ranged DPS or two to help kill them as they can quickly become overwhelming. Position in a way to take full advantage of the Power of the Blue Flight's Breath: Haste ability.

Kil'jaeden is a unique encounter that makes use of vehicles, specifically the Power of the Blue Flight which has four unique spells all are important to defeating Kil'jaeden. These vehicles will be able to be used at key points in the fight by clicking on the dragon Orbs located in the corners of the room. Kalecgos activates one orb near the start of the third phase, one at the start of the fourth phase, and the final two remaining orbs when you enter the fifth and final phase.

• Blink — teleports the dragon 20 yards forward.
• Breath: Revitalize — regenerates 450 mana every two seconds to all players in a cone in front of the dragon when cast. This lasts for 10 seconds and will total to 2250 health and mana.
• Breath: Haste — increases the attack, cast, and movement speed of all players in a cone in front of the dragon when cast.
• Shield of the Blue — Reduces damage taken by all players inside by 95% for 5 seconds but drains 10% of the Dragons health every second so this ability can only be cast twice per Dragon.

• Shadow Bolt Volley — deals a large amount of Shadow damage to all players within 30 yards and applies a debuff that increases Shadow Damage taken for 7 seconds.
• Felfire Portal — a portal will open that lasts 20 seconds and periodically spawns Volatile Felfire Fiends. The Volatile Felfire Fiends have a low amount of health but must be killed quickly. They fixate on random players and upon reaching their target will cast Felfire Fission which cause them to explode and deal massive Fire damage to their target and anyone within 10 yards.
• Shadow Infusion — at 20% health the Hand of the Deceivers become immune to silences and stuns.

• Soul Flay — deals a large amount of Shadow damage to Kil'jaeden's primary aggro target over 3 seconds and slows them.
• Legion Lightning — deals a considerable amount of Shadow damage to five players, chaining from the first and doing reduced damage to each subsequent bounce of the chain. This also drains 1,500 Mana from each person hit.
• Fire Bloom — applies a debuff that deals a considerable amount of Fire damage every 2 seconds to 5 random players. Anyone within 10 yards of those with the debuff will also take Fire damage. This debuff lasts 20 seconds.
• Shield Orb — a shadowy orb will spawn and will slowly rotate around the room casting Shadow Bolt at random players within 45 yards of them. Each phase transition Kil'jaeden will start spawning an additional Orb.

• Sinister Reflection — targets a random player and will spawn four shadowy reflections of that player. Reflections melee and cast random abilities from the class of the player they spawned from. They are immune to crowd-controlling effects and must be tanked and killed quickly.
• Shadow Spike — Launches a shadowy missile at a random player, after a few seconds it will land and deal massive Shadow damage and reduce healing taken by 50% for 10 seconds to players within 8 yards of its impact point.
• Flame Dart — deals a moderate amount of Fire damage to all players near the area and slows the affected players by 50% for 15 seconds.
• Darkness of a Thousand Souls — Every 45 seconds Kil'jaeden will channel massive Shadow damage for eight seconds to all players.

• Kil'jaeden will continue to cast all his abilities from the prior phases.
• Armageddon — A giant patch of fire will spawn under a random player, after 8 seconds a meteor will fall in that spot doing massive Fire damage to all players within 10 yards.

• Kil'jaeden stops casting Shield Orb and Shadow Spike during this phase.
• Kil'jaeden will cast Darkness of a Thousand Souls every 25 seconds.
• Armageddon affects more of the room during the final phase.

Kil'jaeden is dormant during the very first phase of the boss and will remain stationary when activated after the first phase, so positioning the boss is not an issue. During the first phase each of the Hand of the Deceivers needs its own tank and should be separated as soon as possible. These mobs are able to be silenced/stunned and need to be single-targeted down.

The Hand of the Deceivers should be spread away from each other and need to be killed one by one, not cleaved. Assign a kill target and burn them down as quickly as possible while interrupting/stunning them as much as possible to stop their Shadow Bolt Volley casts. At 20% the Hand of the Deceivers are no longer able to be interrupted or stunned so make sure only one is below 20% at any given time. Stay away from Felfire Portals and kill the Volatile Felfire Fiends as quickly as possible.

A sturdy tank should pick up Kil'jaeden. Feral Tank Druids are especially strong for him as he does not melee and only casts Soul Flay on his primary aggro target. The raid must spread evenly throughout the room to minimize the damage caused by Fire Bloom. Shield Orbs are the highest priority during this phase and need to be killed as quickly as possible.

During this phase the main focus of the raid should be on killing the various adds that spawn. Shield Orbs are still the highest priority and you should have specific players assigned to dealing with the Sinister Reflections. Warlocks are especially strong for this as they can spam their Seed of Corruption ability and deal damage to all the Sinister Reflections and the boss. The raid must stay aware of Shadow Spike cast and avoid the impact area. Two players with high mobility should be assigned to using the Orbs to take control of the Power of the Blue Flight, though during this phase only one player will be able to. Utilize the Breath: Haste and Breath: Revitalize abilities as best as you can without taking unnecessary damage from Fire Bloom. The raid should be in roughly the same section of the room as you will need to stack at a single location to use Shield of the Blue to survive Darkness of a Thousand Souls.

Continue the same strategy going forward as Kil'jaeden continues to cast his previous abilities during this phase. The only major change is to account for the part of the room that is consumed by Armageddon and possibly reassign a stack point to deal with Darkness of a Thousand Souls. You must force Kil'jaeden below 25% before his third cast of Darkness of a Thousand Souls because your first and only Power of the Blue Flight can only cast Shield of the Blue twice.

Adds no longer take priority during this phase and you should be focused on burning down Kil'jaeden. If there are low adds from previous phase feel free to finish them off but otherwise the Sinister Reflections should be tanked and ignored while you are focusing all DPS on the boss. Continue to stack for Darkness of a Thousand Souls and remember to utilize Breath: Haste and Breath: Revitalize while the raid is stacked, avoid fire on the ground, remain spread, and finish off the boss!

Item	Item Type	Slot
Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury	Weapon	Bow
Golden Staff of the Sin'dorei	Weapon	Staff
Apolyon, the Soul-Render	Weapon	Sword
Crux of the Apocalypse	Weapon	Dagger
Sunflare	Weapon	Bow
Hammer of Sanctification	Weapon	Mace
Hand of the Deceiver	Weapon	Fist
Coif of Alleria	Mail	Helmet
Cowl of Gul'dan	Mail	Helmet
Cover of Ursol the Wise	Leather	Helmet
Cowl of Light's Purity	Cloth	Helmet
Crown of Anasterian	Plate	Helmet
Dark Conjuror's Collar	Cloth	Helmet
Duplicitous Guise	Leather	Helmet
Helm of Burning Righteousness	Plate	Helmet
Borderland Paingrips	Plate	Gloves
Handguards of Defiled Worlds	Cloth	Gloves
Handguards of the Dawn	Cloth	Gloves
Thalassian Ranger Gauntlets	Mail	Gloves
Cloak of Unforgivable Sin	Accessory	Cloak
Tattered Cape of Antonidas	Accessory	Cloak

If you were looking for a full guide for the Sunwell Plateau raid, or would like to know what specializations the loot from Kil'jaeden should be prioritized to, see the links below.