The Lich King

The Lich King is the last encounter in Icecrown Citadel and is the last encounter in the World of Warcraft expansion: Wrath of the Lich King.

Level:??
Race: Human
"Salud": 17,400,000 [10] / 61,300,000 [25]
Time to rage: 15 minutes

The Lich King will test the skill of the group in which, the slightest mistake can result in the total death of the entire group.

Skills

Phase 1 - Up to 70%

Summon Ghoul Bracers: Summons 3 Ghoul Bracers.

Summon gangly horror: Summons a gangly horror.

Shock wave: Used by ungainly horrors, this ability deals 150% weapon damage and stuns all targets in a frontal cone.

Infest: Deals between 6,598 and 7,402 points of shadow damage to the entire raid. Additionally, affected players will take incremental shadow damage every second starting at 1,000 points. This last effect is removed when the target has more than 90% health. (Deals 9,425-10,575 points in 25-player mode)

Necrotic plague: A disease that deals 50,000 points of shadow damage every 5 seconds for 15 seconds. If the effect ends (expires, the target is killed, or is eliminated with a spell), the plague will jump to another target. If the effect is removed with a spell, the plague will lose a dose while the target dies when affected, it will gain a dose. Whenever the plague breaks out, the Lich King's power will increase.

Phase 2 - Up to 40%

Summon Val'kyr Shadowguard: Summons a Shadowguard Val'kyr.

Grab: The Val'kyr will grab a random player and slowly carry them off the platform. If the Val'kyr does not die before it leaves the Frozen Throne, it will release the player from the top of the tower and die irretrievably in its fall.

Profane: Deal 3,000 points of shadow damage to all targets in the targeted area. Every time a player takes damage from this ability, Desecrate's area and damage will grow.

Soul reaper: Deals 50,000 points of shadow damage and increases the Lich King's physical damage by 100% after 5 seconds. He uses it in the King's tank.

Phase 3 - Until his death

Profane: Deal 3,000 points of shadow damage to all targets in the targeted area. Every time a player takes damage from this ability, Desecrate's area and damage will grow.

Soul reaper: Deals 50,000 points of shadow damage and increases the Lich King's physical damage by 100% after 5 seconds. He uses it in the King's tank.

Harvest soul: Deals 7,500 points of shadow damage every second for 6 seconds. If the target is still alive after channeling, their soul will be transferred to Frostmourne.

Summon Vile Spirits: Summons 10 Fel Spirits that will activate after 30 seconds.

Spirit Burst: Sacrifice Fel Spirit, dealing 14,138-15,862 points of shadow damage to players within 5 yards.

Transition between phases

Winter with no regrets: Deals between 7,069 and 7,931 frost damage every second to players within 45 meters.

Pain and suffering: Deals between 2,828 and 3,172 points of shadow damage to enemies in a frontal cone as well as 500 points of shadow damage every 3 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

Summon Ice Sphere: Summons a sphere of ice.

Ice pulse: Deals 5,000 points of frost damage to players within 5 meters of the sphere.
Ice blast: When the sphere hits its target, it deals between 9,425 and 10,575 points of shadow damage to all enemies within 10 meters, knocking them backwards.

Summon Raging Spirit: Summons an enraged spirit.

Soul screech: Deals between 18,850 and 21,150 points of shadow damage and silences the affected target for 5 seconds to targets in a frontal cone.

Tremor: Causes the ring at the end of the Frozen Throne to break.

Strategy

The encounter against the Lich King requires maximum concentration on the part of the raid. A small personal mistake can quickly turn into a band error and, in no time, you will all die. This feeling may have been felt during other encounters in Icecrown, but against the Lich King you have to perform a near perfect execution, especially if you have a tight gear for the encounter. Although it can be overwhelming and seem overly complex, as you get used to the spells it casts and when, everything will get easier.

The use of Shadow and Frost resistances is strongly recommended since the vast majority of the Lich King's spells are of these types.

Remember that it is a long fight with 4 phases and with a transition period between phases 1 and 2 and 2 and 3 of 1 minute.

Band composition

The best is to have the standard raid composition: 2 tanks and 3 healers in 10 player mode or 3 tanks and 6 healers in 25 player mode.

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The Lich King must position himself with his back to the throne and at the opposite end while the players will be scattered around him trying to leave the back of the Lich King open. You can look at the following graphic to help you:

Phase 1

The first phase will bring various monsters into combat that players must focus on. Within approximately 15 seconds of combat (and every minute thereafter), the Lich King will summon the first Gangly horror. As soon as it appears, the secondary tank grab it and place it in the center with his back to the band to prevent the Shock Wave Hit a player or the Main Tank. No DPS should attack the Horror, now we will see how they die.

Additionally, 3 ghouls will often spawn at the same time. These ghouls should be grabbed by the Secondary Tank until it has 2 lanky Horrors. The rest is the task of the main tank.

During this phase, the Lich King will use 3 abilities.

Infest will do damage to the raid throughout the phase, keep in mind that it leaves an incremental shadow damage over time. This effect is removed as soon as the affected player exceeds 90% of his life. It's the healers' job to keep the raid's health as high as possible to avoid this.
La Necrotic plague is the most interesting ability since it deals 50,000 points of damage after 5 seconds and, if dispelled, it will jump to another nearby creature. Each As creature also counts Gangling Horrors and the Ghoul Bracers and this is how we will kill them. As soon as a player receives the Plague, they will run to the Secondary Tank (which will already have a horror) and once there the ability will be dispelled. He can now jump either to the Secondary Tank or to a monster. In case he jumped to the Secondary Tank, we waited for the player who had approached to move away and we dissipate again la Necrotic plague, which will now jump to some monster. As more creatures join the fight, the Plague will be distributed from one to another when they die, increasing its damage. With about 6 or 7 doses, it starts to do about 300,000-400,000 per dose. If it jumps back into the Secondary Tank, take it off again and let it go back to some monster. Keep in mind, that the Lich King will continue to place the Plague on more and more players. Every time a player has the plague, he must move away and avoid having anyone more than 5 meters away and then dissipate it so that it disappears. If the only creature dies and the Secondary Tank is cleared, the Lich King will recast the Necrotic plague about another player and the process will start over. Keep in mind that all this must be done very quickly since a minimum failure of just 1 or 2 seconds can result in the death of a player. We must prevent the plague from jumping more than necessary, especially in 25 player mode as each time he jumps the power of the Lich King will grow.

As soon as the Lich King reaches 70% health, the phase change will begin. Try to match the last batch of monsters dying. As the change begins, everyone must move quickly to the outer area of the platform as the Lich King will go to the center. Ranged DPS and Healers must spread out and DPS must take down any remaining monsters.

Transition

The transition between phases only lasts 1 minute and begins with the Lich King casting Winter with no regrets and it will end with Tremor. To avoid massive damage to Winter with no regrets, all players must remain in the outer ring of the platform at all times.

El Lich King will start to launch Pain and suffering to a random player. This ability is frontal cone that deals damage and leaves a damage in the time that is accumulated. To prevent the damage from being too great, everyone should spread out around the room to help reduce the amount of low doses and damage.

Additionally, the Lich King will summon Ice spheres. These spheres will target a player, marking them with a blue beam and automatically dealing damage with Ice pulse him and the players within 5 meters. Is another reason to keep apart. The sphere will head towards the selected player. If the sphere were to hit the player it would deal considerable damage and throw them backwards, probably off the platform. To avoid this, we will assign a DPS or two to kill them since they are low on health, preventing them from reaching the group.

Lastly, it will also summon 3 Enraged spirits that do a forward cone silence ability, must be grabbed by the main tanks and annihilated by DPS that are not killing spheres.

After 60 seconds, the Lich King will begin to cast Tremor, destroying the platform that the players are currently on so they must get inside to avoid falling into the void.

Phase 2

When the Tremor, Phase 2 will begin. Gaining some cool skills. The good news is that Braceros and Horrors will no longer appear. Positioning in this phase is similar to the first phase with a slight difference. Ranged DPS and Healers should be spread as widely as possible. Will continue to use Infest.

The reason the DPS and Healers will be further apart is Profane. The Lich King will select a random player and begin casting this spell for 1,5 seconds. When finished, a black area will appear under the player who lasts 30 seconds from launch. Every second the zone will be dealing damage and every time it deals damage to a player the zone will grow. More than 3 players inside could grow the area very quickly by covering the entire platform and killing the gang. Players need to be on the lookout to see when the Lich King selects someone to be ready to run.

In this phase, one of the most dangerous skills is to Soul reaper that you will use on the tank. This ability will deal initial damage, followed by 50,000 points of shadow damage 5 seconds later. Although the hit shouldn't kill the tank in one hit, subsequent melee hits would. To avoid this, the secondary tank will provoke him so that, after those 5 seconds, he only receives 50,000 and can recover his health soon with heals.

Though there will no longer be Braceros or Horrors, the Lich King will summon Val'kyr Shadowguards (1 at a time in 10 mode and 3 in 25 mode) that will begin to pick a target, grab it, and begin flying slowly towards the edge of the platform. If they reach the edge, they would release the player to die so they must be quickly annihilated. Because the Platform may be inaccessible in certain areas due to Profane, it is preferable that the DPS are ordered remotely. They are immune to any abilities that stop their movement like Roots but not to Stuns or slow abilities like Ice chains, Section o Earthbound Totem. Do not hesitate to use everything you have to end them as soon as possible. In 25 player mode, it is recommended to divide the DPS into small groups that destroy them quickly.

Phase 2 continues until the Lich King's health reaches 40% health, at which point he will enter another transition phase. Remember, all to the edges. The first tick of Winter with no regrets It will make the broken platform reappear, don't panic. The phase is completely the same as the previous transition phase but the Enraged Spirits will appear a little faster this time.

Phase 3

During this phase we will not have any more Val'kyrs although they will remain Infest, Profane y Soul reaper. But, to keep in mind, you will gain a couple of new skills.

The Lich King will use on random members, the ability Harvest Soul, which will deal shadow damage every 6 seconds and, if the player lives after that damage, they will be absorbed by Frostmourne. Once inside, the player must help King Terenas Menethil kill a monster. Once eliminated, the player will be freed from the King's sword.

The last skill to worry about this phase is to Summon Vile Spirits, which will summon 10 spirits to battle floating through the air above the Lich King. They will stay flying for about 30 seconds during which the ranged DPS will try to kill as many as they can. Although area skills don't seem to work, skills like Live Bomb, Seed of Corruption, and Death Knight Diseases do. After 30 seconds, any spirits left alive will select a player and charge at them to explode in their encounter, dealing 15,000 damage. It's a good idea to keep separate so that not many people get this damage.

La Phase 3 continues until the Lich King reaches 10% of his health….

Phase 4

Let's leave it as a surprise.

Videos of the meeting

If you want to avoid revealing surprises, stop watching the video before it reaches 10% health.

Videos inside the Frostmourne

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