Carapace of N'Zoth Heroic Encounter Journal
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Overview
N'Zoth rallies his physical defenses, retreating deeper into his carapace at 50% and 40% health.
Players' Sanity balances tenuously throughout the encounter. Wrathion allows players to utilize their 
Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve to recover from Wrathion's 
Anchor of Sanity. Losing all Sanity grants 
Gift of N'Zoth, then transforms a player into a 
Servant of N'Zoth. Players lose access to Wrathion's aid in the final stage.
- Manage Gaze of Madness'
Breed Madness. - Move away from your allies when afflicted with
Madness Bomb and 
Insanity Bomb. 
Adaptive Membrane transfers full damage to the wearer only if the absorb shield is broken before the duration expires.- Utilize
Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 and Stage 2 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.
- Move away from your allies when afflicted with Madness Bomb and Insanity Bomb.
Eternal Darkness and Infinite Darkness inflict Sanity loss and high raid-wide damage, and upon losing all Sanity a player becomes a 
Servant of N'Zoth.- Utilize Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 and Stage 2 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.
- Take turns tanking Fury of N'Zoth to avoid excessive
Black Scar stacks from 
Mandible Slam . - Targets afflicted with Adaptive Membrane are immune to crowd control and interrupts.
- Move away from your allies when afflicted with Madness Bomb and Insanity Bomb.
- Utilize Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve during Stage 1 and Stage 2 to recover Sanity by Wrathion's side.
Sanity
N'Zoth assaults players' Sanity throughout the encounter. When your Sanity reaches 0, N'Zoth invades your mind fully, granting Gift of N'Zoth.
Gift of N'Zoth
Blesses an insane player with 100% increased damage done and 100% healing done, but causes the player to become a Servant of N'Zoth after 20 sec.
Servant of N'Zoth
Severs a target's connection to Sanity, increasing their health by 100%, charming them permanently, and causing them to do N'Zoth's bidding, casting 
Mental Decay.
Mental Decay
Deteriorates targeted players' minds, immediately draining 15 Sanity and additionally inflicting 35,710 Shadow damage every second for 12 sec.
Stage One: Exterior Carapace
N'Zoth rallies his physical defenses, attacking enemies with massive growth-covered tentacles, eye stalks, and antibodies, retreating at 50% health.
Madness Bomb
Plants the seed of madness in targets. After 12 sec this seed explodes inflicting 142,844 Shadow damage and fearing enemies within 10 yards for 2 sec.
Non-targeted Players affected by the explosion lose 15 Sanity.
Adaptive Membrane
Shields a target, absorbing damage for 12 sec. While present the target is immune to Crowd Control and Interrupt effects, and is unable to be slowed to below 100% of normal speed.
If the shield is broken before the duration expires, all damage done to the shield is inflicted to the target. Additionally, this triggers 
Fragment of Sanity.
Fragment of Sanity
Forms an orb of Sanity nearby for 15 sec. Restores 10 Sanity to a player upon contact.
Mental Decay
Deteriorates targeted players' minds, immediately draining 15 Sanity and additionally inflicting 35,710 Shadow damage every second for 12 sec.
Mandible Slam
Slams a target with a void-empowered attack, inflicting 285,688 Physical damage.
Additionally, this triggers 
Black Scar.
Black Scar
Chars the target with void magic, inflicting 142,844 Shadow damage and increases the damage the target takes from Black Scar by 100%.
This effect stacks.
Growth-Covered Tentacle
A Growth-Covered Tentacle slams down knocking back and inflicting 1.1 million Nature damage to targets struck.
After 60 sec, each remaining 
Horrific Hemorrhage bursts, inflicting 357,913 Shadow damage to all players.
Horrific Hemorrhage
Expunges a globule of fluid, inflicting 142,844 Shadow damage to targets within 5 yards of the point of impact, forming a 
Adaptive Antigen.
Nightmare Antibody
Successful melee attacks sap the target's potency, inflicting 53,566 Shadow damage, decreasing haste by 5% and reducing their movement speed by 5% for 4 sec. This effect stacks.
Adaptive Antigen
The Nightmare Antigen gains Adaptive Antigen periodically, increasing damage done by 10% and preventing them from being slowed below 10% of normal speed. This effect stacks.
Interconnectedness
When all Horrific Hemorrhages are defeated, the Growth-Covered Tentacle recedes and N'Zoth suffers 1.25% of total health for each Horrific Hemorrhage in damage.
Breed Madness
Blasts several targets with cerebral force, inflicting increasing Shadow damage, up to 142,844, every 1 sec for 9 sec.
Invokes 
Maddening Eruption and 
Deepening Madness when interrupted or when the channel completes.
Maddening Eruption
Explodes with otherworldly power, draining 5 Sanity and inflicting 107,133 Shadow damage to all players.
Deepening Madness
Increases Breed Madness and Maddening Eruption damage by 5%. This effect stacks.
Interconnectedness
When a Gaze of Madness is defeated, N'Zoth suffers 3.0% of total health in damage.
Anchor of Sanity
Channels a field of willpower, periodically restoring the Sanity of players within 5 yards.
Grace of the Black Prince
Movement speed increased by 40% for 10 sec.
Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve
Wrathion's presence empowers players to utilize their Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve.
When activated Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve heals a player for 100%, protects the player from Sanity loss, and returns them to Wrathion's side.
Stage Two: Subcutaneous Tunnel
N'Zoth recovers within a subcutaneous layer of the carapace, healing from growths along the cavern walls and restricting players with regenerating cysts. While any Synthesis Growths remain, N'Zoth is immune to all damage. N'Zoth retreats again upon reaching 40% health.
Madness Bomb
Plants the seed of madness in targets. After 12 sec this seed explodes inflicting 142,844 Shadow damage and fearing enemies within 10 yards for 2 sec.
Non-targeted Players affected by the explosion lose 15 Sanity.
Adaptive Membrane
Shields a target, absorbing damage for 12 sec. While present the target is immune to Crowd Control and Interrupt effects, and is unable to be slowed to below 100% of normal speed.
If the shield is broken before the duration expires, all damage done to the shield is inflicted to the target. Additionally, this triggers Fragment of Sanity.
Fragment of Sanity
Forms an orb of Sanity nearby for 15 sec. Restores 10 Sanity to a player upon contact.
Mental Decay
Deteriorates targeted players' minds, immediately draining 15 Sanity and additionally inflicting 35,710 Shadow damage every second for 12 sec.
Eternal Darkness
Rips a hole in the fabric of reality draining 10 Sanity and inflicting 142,844 Shadow damage to all enemies.
Occipital Blast
Shunts void magic, draining 40 Sanity and inflicting 267,833 Shadow damage to enemies in a frontal cone.
Mandible Slam
Slams a target with a void-empowered attack, inflicting 285,688 Physical damage.
Additionally, this triggers Black Scar.
Black Scar
Chars the target with void magic, inflicting 142,844 Shadow damage and increases the damage the target takes from Black Scar by 100%.
This effect stacks.
Mycelial Growth
A web of branching fibers spreads over the environment, reducing the movement speed of targets by 75% and inflicting 14,284 Nature damage every 1 sec.
The web of fibers is reduced in size as the Mycelial Cyst's health is diminished.
Mycelial Infusion
Fury of N'Zoth gains 100% increased damage done while standing on the Mycelial Growth.
Regenerative Mass
Regenerates the caster's health by 1% of maximum health every 0.5 sec.
Synthesis
Each Synthesis Growth rejuvinate N'Zoth's health, restoring 35,549 health every 2 sec., absorbs all damage, and grants immunity to healing reduction effects. This effect stacks.
Anchor of Sanity
Channels a field of willpower, periodically restoring the Sanity of players within 5 yards.
Grace of the Black Prince
Movement speed increased by 40% for 10 sec.
Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve
Wrathion's presence empowers players to utilize their Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve.
When activated Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve heals a player for 100%, protects the player from Sanity loss, and returns them to Wrathion's side.
Stage Three: Locus of Infinite Truths
N'Zoth assaults players with his full suite of remaining defenses while they no longer have Wrathion's aid.
Insanity Bomb
Plants the seed of insanity in targets. After 12 sec this seed explodes inflicting 142,844 Shadow damage and fearing enemies within 10 yards for 12 sec.
Non-targeted Players affected by the explosion lose 15 Sanity.
This summons 1 |4Nightmare Antigen:Nightmare Antigens; nearby.
Nightmare Antibody
Successful melee attacks sap the target's potency, inflicting 53,566 Shadow damage, decreasing haste by 5% and reducing their movement speed by 5% for 4 sec. This effect stacks.
Adaptive Antigen
The Nightmare Antigen gains Adaptive Antigen periodically, increasing damage done by 10% and preventing them from being slowed below 10% of normal speed. This effect stacks.
Adaptive Membrane
Shields a target, absorbing damage for 12 sec. While present the target is immune to Crowd Control and Interrupt effects, and is unable to be slowed to below 100% of normal speed.
If the shield is broken before the duration expires, all damage done to the shield is inflicted to the target. Additionally, this triggers Fragment of Sanity.
Fragment of Sanity
Forms an orb of Sanity nearby for 15 sec. Restores 10 Sanity to a player upon contact.
Mental Decay
Deteriorates targeted players' minds, immediately draining 15 Sanity and additionally inflicting 35,710 Shadow damage every second for 12 sec.
Infinite Darkness
Rips a hole in the fabric of reality draining 10 Sanity and inflicting 214,266 Shadow damage to all enemies.
This hole creates |5 
Infinite Void for 120 sec.
Infinite Void
A sphere of collapsing reality inflicts 35,710 Shadow damage every 1 sec to enemies within it. This effect stacks.
Mandible Slam
Slams a target with a void-empowered attack, inflicting 285,688 Physical damage.
Additionally, this triggers Black Scar.
Black Scar
Chars the target with void magic, inflicting 142,844 Shadow damage and increases the damage the target takes from Black Scar by 100%.
This effect stacks.
Thrashing Tentacle
A Thrashing Tentacle slams down knocking back and inflicting 1.1 million Nature damage to targets struck.
Changelog
- 17 Jan. 2020: Page added.
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