Ultraxion Strategy, Loot, Discussions

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Ultraxion

More an abomination of dark energy than a dragon, Ultraxion has spent his short life absorbing the essence of captured nether dragons. Ultraxion is the only twilight dragon Deathwing has praised, and his arrogance is overshadowed only by the crackling energies surging through his twisted form. Loyal to his master, Ultraxion swears to bring about the fall of Wyrmrest Temple.

Stage One: Growing Instability
During the battle, Ultraxion will grow increasinly unstsable with barely-contained Twilight energies.

• Unstable Monstrosity - Growing Twilight instability causes arcs of Twilight energy to erupt from Ultraxion's hide. The arcs inflict 1100000 Shadow damage every 6 seconds, split evenly amongst enemy players in the Twilight Realm and within 30 yards of the target. Every minute that Ultraxion remains in combat reduces the time between arcs by 1 second, to a maximum rate of one arc per second. In addition, the instability prevents Ultraxion from dodging or parrying attacks.
• Twilight Shift - At the beginning of the battle, Ultraxion pulls all enemies with him into the Twilight Realm where they can bear the full brunt of his powerful Twilight assaults. Being pulled into the Twilight Realm grants players the Heroic Will ability.
  
  • Heroic Will - Steels the caster's mind to resist the forces of Twilight. Pulls the caster out of the Twilight realm for up to 5 sec, but renders them unable to attack, cast spells, or move while concentrating.
• Fading Light - Ultraxion sucks the light out of his current target and one random player, drawing them into Twilight over 5-10 seconds. Upon expiration, players in the Twilight Realm instantly die. Players in the normal realm forcibly enter the Twilight Realm, and are afflicted with Faded into Twilight.
  
  In 25 player Difficulty, Ultraxion sucks the light out of three random players. In 10 player Heroic Difficulty, Ultraxion sucks the light out of two random players. In 25 player Heroic Difficulty, Ultraxion sucks the light out of six random players. In Looking for Raid Difficulty, Ultraxion only sucks the light out of his current target.
  
  • Faded into Twilight - Residual Twilight effects cause all threat against Ultraxion to be reset. In addition, no threat will be generated for 5 sec. In heroic Difficulty, players take 100% more Physical damage for 5 sec, instead of generating no threat.
• Hour of Twilight - The Hour of Twilight falls upon Ultraxion's foes. Enemies caught within the Twilight Realm take 300000 unresistable Shadow damage. Players within the normal realm forcibly enter the Twilight Realm. If Hour of Twilight does not hit a player, the Aspects take the full brunt of the attack. This disrupts the shield protecting the Aspects and heralds the end of all life on Azeroth.
  
  In 25 player Normal Difficulty, if Hour of Twilight hits less than three players, the Aspects take the full brunt of the attack. In 10 player Heroic Difficulty, if Hour of Twilight hits less than two players, the Aspects take the full brunt of the attack. In 25 player Heroic Difficulty, if Hour of Twilight hits less than five players, the Aspects take the full brunt of the attack. In Looking for Raid Difficulty, the Aspects can never take the full brunt of the attack.
  
  • Looming Darkness - When struck by Hour of Twilight, powerful waves of Twilight energy course through the victim, rendering them more susceptible to the harmful effects of Hour of Twilight. Additional damage taken by Hour of Twilight will instantly kill the player.
• Twilight Burst - If every player stands outside the range of his powerful claws, Ultraxion expels a powerful burst of Twilight energy, inflicting 75000 unresistable Twilight damage and increases magical damage taken by 50% for 6 sec. This effect stacks
• Twilight Eruption - After 6 minutes have passed, Ultraxion's instability reaches uncontainable levels, erupting outwards as a massive explosion that destroys all nearby foes and Ultraxion himself. If the shields surrounding the Aspects should fall at any point during the encounter, Ultraxion will immediately trigger Twlight Eruption.

Alexstrasza

• Gift of Life - Alexstrasza creates a crystal of pure life energy. Activating the crystal imbues one healer with the essence of life itself, increasing healing done by 100% for the duration of the battle. The crystal has one charge. Only one buff granted by Alexstrasza, Ysera, or Kalecgos can be present on a player at any time. In 25 player raids, Alexstrasza creates two crystals.

Ysera

• Essence of Dreams - Ysera creates a crystal of dream energy. Activating the crystal imbues one healer with the power of dreams, which causes all healing done to be duplicated and distributed evenly amongst all friendly targets within 50 yards for the remainder of the battle. The crystal has one charge. Only one buff granted by Alexstrasza, Ysera, or Kalecgos can be present on a player at any time. In 25 player raids, Ysera creates two crystals.

Kalecgos

• Source of Magic - Kalecgos creates a crystal of amplified arcane energy. Activating the crystal imbues one healer with the essence of magic, reducing the mana cost of all spells by 75% and increasing spell haste by 100% for the remainder of the battle. The crystal has one charge. Only one buff granted by Alexstrasza, Ysera, or Kalecgos can be present on a player at any time. In 25 player raids, Kalecgos creates two crystals.

Nozdormu

• Timeloop - Nozdormu captures all players within a finite timeloop. Any attack which would otherwise kill the player will instead bring them to 100% of maximum health and remove the Timeloop.

Thrall

• Last Defender of Azeroth - Thrall, now the Earth-Warder of Azeroth, blesses all tanks with the immovable strength of the ancient stones of the world. The blessing reduces defensive cooldowns by 50% and increases defensive ability durations by 100%.

Loot Table

• LFR
• 10/25 Normal
• 10/25 Heroic

Level	Type	Spec	Slot	Name	Instance	Boss
85	Crafting	Reagent	Reagent	Essence of Destruction	Dragon Soul	All LFR Bosses
384	Finger	Tank	Finger	Hardheart Ring	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Finger	Spell Spirit	Finger	Signet of Suturing	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Finger	Spell DPS	Finger	Infinite Loop	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Finger	Melee	Finger	Breathstealer Band	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Finger	Melee	Finger	Seal of Primordial Shadow	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Trinket	Healing	Trinket	Windward Heart	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Trinket	Spell DPS	Trinket	Cunning of the Cruel	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Trinket	Physical DPS	Trinket	Vial of Shadows	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Trinket	Melee	Trinket	Bone-Link Fetish	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Trinket	Tanking	Trinket	Indomitable Pride	Dragon Soul	LFR All Bosses Except Deathwing
384	Mace	Melee	One-Hand	Morningstar of Heroic Will	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Off-Hand	Spell Spirit	Off-Hand	Ledger of Revolting Rituals	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Plate	Tank	Feet	Stillheart Warboots	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Plate	Spell Spirit	Waist	Dragonfracture Belt	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Mail	Spell DPS	Shoulder	Imperfect Specimens 27 and 28	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Mail	Physical DPS	Wrist	Bracers of Looming Darkness	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Leather	Spell Spirit	Feet	Treads of Sordid Screams	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Finger	Melee	Finger	Curled Twilight Claw	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Trinket	Melee	Trinket	Creche of the Final Dragon	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Protector	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Conqueror	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion
384	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Vanquisher	Dragon Soul	LFR Ultraxion

Level	Type	Spec	Slot	Name	Instance	Boss
397	Finger	Tank	Finger	Hardheart Ring	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Finger	Spell Spirit	Finger	Signet of Suturing	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Finger	Spell DPS	Finger	Infinite Loop	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Finger	Melee	Finger	Seal of Primordial Shadow	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Finger	Melee	Finger	Breathstealer Band	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Trinket	Healing	Trinket	Windward Heart	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Trinket	Spell DPS	Trinket	Cunning of the Cruel	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Trinket	Physical DPS	Trinket	Vial of Shadows	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Trinket	Melee	Trinket	Bone-Link Fetish	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Trinket	Tanking	Trinket	Indomitable Pride	Dragon Soul	All Bosses Except Deathwing
397	Mace	Melee	One-Hand	Morningstar of Heroic Will	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Off-Hand	Spell Spirit	Off-Hand	Ledger of Revolting Rituals	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Plate	Tank	Feet	Stillheart Warboots	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Plate	Spell Spirit	Waist	Dragonfracture Belt	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Mail	Spell DPS	Shoulder	Imperfect Specimens 27 and 28	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Mail	Physical DPS	Wrist	Bracers of Looming Darkness	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Leather	Spell Spirit	Feet	Treads of Sordid Screams	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Finger	Melee	Finger	Curled Twilight Claw	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Trinket	Melee	Trinket	Creche of the Final Dragon	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Conqueror	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Protector	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion
397	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Vanquisher	Dragon Soul	Ultraxion

Level	Type	Spec	Slot	Name	Instance	Boss
410	Finger	Tank	Finger	Hardheart Ring	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Finger	Spell Spirit	Finger	Signet of Suturing	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Finger	Spell DPS	Finger	Infinite Loop	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Finger	Melee	Finger	Breathstealer Band	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Finger	Melee	Finger	Seal of Primordial Shadow	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Trinket	Healing	Trinket	Windward Heart	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Trinket	Spell DPS	Trinket	Cunning of the Cruel	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Trinket	Physical DPS	Trinket	Vial of Shadows	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Trinket	Melee	Trinket	Bone-Link Fetish	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Trinket	Tanking	Trinket	Indomitable Pride	Dragon Soul	Heroic All Bosses Except Deathwing
410	Mace	Melee	One-Hand	Morningstar of Heroic Will	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Off-Hand	Spell Spirit	Off-Hand	Ledger of Revolting Rituals	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Plate	Tank	Feet	Stillheart Warboots	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Plate	Spell Spirit	Waist	Dragonfracture Belt	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Mail	Spell DPS	Shoulder	Imperfect Specimens 27 and 28	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Mail	Physical DPS	Wrist	Bracers of Looming Darkness	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Leather	Spell Spirit	Feet	Treads of Sordid Screams	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Finger	Melee	Finger	Curled Twilight Claw	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Trinket	Melee	Trinket	Creche of the Final Dragon	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Vanquisher	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Protector	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion
410	Tier 13	Armor	Token	Chest of the Corrupted Conqueror	Dragon Soul	Heroic Ultraxion

Achievements

	Category	Description	Pts
	Cataclysm Raid	Minutes to Midnight Defeat Ultraxion in Dragon Soul on Normal or Heroic Difficulty without any raid member being hit by Hour of Twilight more than once.	10
	Cataclysm Raid	Fall of Deathwing Defeat the encounters leading up to the Fall of Deathwing in the Dragon Soul raid.	10
	Cataclysm Raid	Heroic: Ultraxion Defeat Ultraxion in Dragon Soul on Heroic Difficulty.	10

[Very Tired]

The heroic will button for this fight appears in the same place as it always has for fights like atramedes, lord rhyolith, and alysrazor. But unlike those boss fights, you have to click on this one for it to work.

If you want to give Heroic Will a keybind on your bars instead of clicking it, just make a macro with: /click ExtraActionButton1

[sixx]

The heroic will button for this fight appears in the same place as it always has for fights like atramedes, lord rhyolith, and alysrazor. But unlike those boss fights, you have to click on this one for it to work.

If you want to give Heroic Will a keybind on your bars instead of clicking it, just make a macro with: /click ExtraActionButton1

I wonder how this will work with people like me that have custom UI configurations.

[Sinister Knight]

Well presumably you'll still be able to click on the button, you'll just have to make sure it's not being overlapped by your UI frames, or if you have MoveAnything or SimplePowerBar (I think) you can move the bar wherever you want.

[Divinedoom]

Currently on the ptr if you have a bar mod (like bartender) the button does NOT show. Posibly this wil be fixed for live (by the people who make such addons, i guess thats where the problem is) but there is an easy fix around it, just make a macro with /click ExtraActionButton1 as was said above.

I also recommend some sort of boss mod or even better an addon like need to know or tell me when. Raiding on the ptr with no addons aside from bartender it's quite annoying to be staring at the debuff bar non stop this fight as there is no kind of ingame warning for when you get Fading Light asside from the little debuff icon. It works but i think most people would rather pay attention to their rotation or raid frames.

[Andyo]

Clicking? Bad! Keybound macro? Good! Discuss.

[Ayreon]

No macro needed, just go to keybindings and assign a key to extra action button 1

[Sahagin]

I am a Shadow priest and I officialy will steal the blue debuff from the healers, thanks Blizzard.

[Deleted]

Bartender should be updated for 4.3 and should have this fix, Failing that, the macro / keybind / defult bars is another way to go. Unless your a healer its best to have a macro / keybind.

(You will also need this button on the Madness of Deathing fight)

[Celerun]

I am a Shadow priest and I officialy will steal the blue debuff from the healers, thanks Blizzard.

Didn't play ptr, so really can't be sure, but I'm sure since it specifies healer, you probably have to be in a healing spec just for it to work. Kinda disappointed that there's no real love for the melee on that fight.

[Socialhealer]

I am a Shadow priest and I officialy will steal the blue debuff from the healers, thanks Blizzard.

even if it did work, you'd probably only do 25% of the damage an arcane mage would, mage armor would probably be enough to keep you 100% mana the whole fight, meaning endless 150-200k arcane blasts every 0.8 seconds, can even reforge away all haste and go full crit/mastery, tricks, 200k+ dps with just 1 button ftw?

[Deleted]

Didn't play ptr, so really can't be sure, but I'm sure since it specifies healer, you probably have to be in a healing spec just for it to work. Kinda disappointed that there's no real love for the melee on that fight.

The boss has a 100% hit chance debuff.

You can pretty much reforge all out of hit and go full on haste / mastery. be ready pad meters.

[Deiphage]

Is it just me or does the parry/hit "debuffs" on Ultraxion seem stupid?

[thehordemage]

just for those wondering you must be "healer spec" to even have the option to click on the healing buff crystals

[Deleted]

The boss has a 100% hit chance debuff.

You can pretty much reforge all out of hit and go full on haste / mastery. be ready pad meters.

there is no 100% hitchance on Ultraxion or something like that.

u will miss as a heal with the full percentage. the Boss just has a "everytime behind" debuff, so a melee has no problems with parry oder Dodge, if the melee ist at 8% hit and 26 Exp.

and to the thing with the Blue buff, u must speced Heal to get the Buff. So no chance for Arcanemage.

[Raugnaut]

there is no 100% hitchance on Ultraxion or something like that.

u will miss as a heal with the full percentage. the Boss just has a "everytime behind" debuff, so a melee has no problems with parry oder Dodge, if the melee ist at 8% hit and 26 Exp.

and to the thing with the Blue buff, u must speced Heal to get the Buff. So no chance for Arcanemage.

Eh, while the chances of my guilds mage going arcane is none, I would say that not really having the option to have less the 3/6 healers will be a pain at higher gear levels.

[Deleted]

even if it did work, you'd probably only do 25% of the damage an arcane mage would, mage armor would probably be enough to keep you 100% mana the whole fight, meaning endless 150-200k arcane blasts every 0.8 seconds, can even reforge away all haste and go full crit/mastery, tricks, 200k+ dps with just 1 button ftw?

I don't know about how powerful the mana regen is compared to sinestra buff, however shadow priests are doing roughly the same single target dps on Sinstra in P3 where you get a 100 % haste and mana regen buff.
I think you are severely overrating the damage output of an arcane mage with such buff. 25 % of the damage an arcane mage would? 85-95 % seems more likely. 200k dps? Not gonna happen, not even with legendary or full 4.3 heroic bis gear.

[Dracodraco]

Eh, while the chances of my guilds mage going arcane is none, I would say that not really having the option to have less the 3/6 healers will be a pain at higher gear levels.

The option is always there. It just means you won't be taking advantage of all 6 buffs. You don't HAVE to use them all, you know.
The enrage timer and HP on this boss on 25 heroic on PTR were... Brutal. 297M in 6 minutes. Assuming 6 healers, 2 tanks, 17 dps, you need 48K dps per DPS. So either it was severely overtuned, or we're gonna be in for a long, hard grind against this boss for perfect RNG :<.

[Malrune]

I hate this sort of thing. Not because it's hard but because it gives bads such a good cop-out excuse.

Wah my Tears of Elune didn't work.
Wah my ghost spirit lance macro didn't work.
Wah I clicked the cube but it didn't work.
Wah it's hidden under my Ultrauniquebutterfly mod.

Bads gonna bad.

[asharia]

i noticed the crystals state that they imbue one healer with blah blah

does this mean an arcane mage cannot pick up the blue one?