Quick Facts

Screenshots

Videos

Comments

Comment by Mike

Halion the Twilight Destroyer is the new boss added in patch 3.3.5; he will be the primary encounter along with three mini-encounters that must be completed prior to him.

Unlike Obsidian Sanctum, there are no progressive hard modes from leaving up some or all of the minibosses. The loot which drops will contain of iLvl 258 (10man Normal) and iLvl 271 (25man Normal).

--lolore--

The point for this new (or some may say, filler) raid, is to start the story line of Cataclysm.

Halion is leading a powerful war party of the Black Dragonflight, and has launched an assault on the Ruby Sanctum beneath Wyrmrest Temple. By destroying the sanctum, the Black Dragonflight can crush those who would stand in the way of their masters reemergence (Deathwing) into Azeroth and to shatter the wyrmrest Accord.

Info from wowwiki.com

Comment by Toldry

Maybe Halion is part of the Pink Dragonflight, making it possible to summon the Captain Planet of Dragonflights?

Comment by 605590

From wowwiki:

Halion has three phases, in which the raid must switch between the physical realm and the shadow realm.
Phase 1

A few seconds after being engaged, Halion summons a wall of flame in a circle around him, closing off any players not in the stage.

Halion has a frontal cone breath attack. Unlike most dragon bosses, he does not have a tail swipe or cleave. He also summons fireballs, which fall from the sky and hit a large area with fire damage, leaving a patch of flame where it hit, as well as four flames going in the four directions out of the fire patch. The location where the fireball will hit is indicated by a hellfire graphic. Any player under it must move out before the fireball hits. All players must move away from the flames that spread from the patch.

He also puts a debuff on random players called Mark of Combustion. When the debuff ends or when it is removed, a patch forms under the player's feet that deals damage to players in it. Players afflicted have to move to the edge of the stage then get the debuff removed, before running back to the raid. This phase ends when halion reaches 75%.
Phase 2

Halion shifts to the shadow realm, and summons a portal which players can use to enter as well. In the shadow realm, Halion still has his breath and Mark of Combustion, but they do shadow damage instead of fire damage. Also, two shadow orbs circle around the edges of the stage. Every once in a while, a death beam will come out of the two, connecting them and dealing enough damage to instantly kill you to any player in the beam. This phase ends at 50%.
Phase 3

Haslion exists in both realms, and the raid must split into two; one fights him in the shadow realm, and the other fights him in the physical realm. Dps needs to be just about equal on both, or the side with less dps will have their Halion healing himself and dealing more damage, as he is pushed further into that realm. Other than that, the fight continues as in phases 1 and 2.

Comment by QuesoFromage

I feel that his frontal breath attack should be called "Halitosis".

Comment by 586483

Seems like a well thought out fight. I like the combustion mechanic - as I'm not a raider it may exist in other raids to some degree, but I like fights when the DPS have to think, not just tanks and healers.

Comment by barthem

the twilight destroyer? finaly! afther all those years the chosen one has come to help us to get rid of all those twilight fans!

Comment by Thunderhand

You'll notice that there are two different level of gear that drop. As stated by Mike in the first post:

The loot which drops will contain of iLvl 258 (10man Normal) and iLvl 271 (25man Normal).

Comment by Malediction

Death Knight tanks specced with Vampiric Blood must be very cautious about using it around Halion, the Twilight Destroyer. Activating it will cause him to immediately enrage, thus increasing the likelihood that he will rip you limb from limb and/or question your taste in literature.

(Also, avoid using a pet grooming kit on your Vampiric Batling -- it will only make it worse.)

Comment by Etsi

Instantly enrages if anyone in the raid has Twilight Tome or Rituals of the New Moon equipped.

Comment by nassy

He looks more like a mature dragon of the chronomatic dragonflight than the twilight drakes. If I remember correctly they were pink and used fire attacks, while twilight drakes used shadow and fire.
Just my 2 cents.

Comment by Iralie

That looks like a new dragon model to me.

Not seen those spikes on the head and wings before. The head shape looks new too.

Comment by JDiogo

Yeaaaaaaaa, Pretty dragon.

Comment by Mangea

"The Twilight Destroyer"

Finally! I hate that film :>

Comment by Heatwave

I hope there is more loot because there is nothing for tanks besides a dodge trinket

Comment by Kiliana

I really like that marks can be dispelled as magic or a curse. Gives a lot more group flexibility, since all healers can either remove curse, or magic or both.

Comment by Fembot

... and the promised loot list is where?

Comment by sjal

In Soviet Russia, Barney kills you

Comment by 551579

Is it just me or does the debuff he applies in stage one seem like a mix of the corrupt fight in blackwing lair and a take on defile from the Lich King fight?

Comment by mixter

I counted two pieces of hunter loot...shame :/

So he drops only 2 pieces of loot?

Comment by Kellenn

Maybe I am missing something here....but is this not considered a Cataclysm raid? I thought that they (Blizz) decided that 10 and 25 would drop the same ilevel of loot......or is that plan not applicative to the "transition" content we can expect? Is this the last "WotLK" raid and everything after will be dropping the equivalent of the 25 man loot listed here? Just wondering why the conflicting info.....

Comment by Orvisand

Anyone else notice the fact that he's pink like the chromatic dragonflight in Blackwing Lair?

Comment by Sparky23

I wish his name meant that he would destroy the Twilight franchise... *shudder*

Comment by 573054

NICE! Not a single hunter drop at 10-man! GG Blizz.

Comment by mixter

NICE! Not a single hunter drop at 10-man! GG Blizz.

I'm not even going to make a joke about this , too easy.

Comment by nero6x

Ironic that they are removing MP5 from the game, but they keep adding it to Items

Comment by 449299

It would be sweet if they put dragon stuff on all the gear

Comment by 579908

Maybe Halion is part of the Pink Dragonflight, making it possible to summon the Captain Planet of Dragonflights?

my money's on Neltharion, the Earth-Warder! :D

Comment by Hourglass

He's a filler raid boss. It's appropriate that he'll drop filler loot.

I say give this guy a whelp non-combat pet for his loot table.

Comment by cucmw5

Seems to draw some of the encounter mechanics from Sunwell's Kalecgos. Two versions of the boss that need to be killed at a similar rate, and a debuff that needs to be dispelled at a very controlled rate. Thank goodness it can be dispelled as well as decursed this time around... (mages and druids had a ball of a time if they were limited in the Sunwell encounter.)

The shadow orbs should be a nice twist, though =)

Comment by HuntardMcgee

I love his color! I want him as a mount!

Comment by 344172

Having found Ruby Sanctum instead of Emerald City, Dorothy thinks maybe she should have stayed on the yellow brick road instead of taking the Path of the Titans short-cut.

Comment by Quilan

Things that enrage Halion, The Twilight Destoryer, DON'T DO THIS:
Do not play as a Worgen in their worgen form when fighting Halion.
Do not use Vampiric Blood when fighting Halion.
Do not use Vampiric Batling, especialy when clean.
Do not use Vampiric Handscyths
Do not use a wolf pet, he will mistake it as a worgen.
Do not still have the Vampire form from Blood Queen Lan'thal.
Do not bring any of the Bosses or mobs from Crimson Hall to Halion.

If anyone in your group does one of these, it may cause burning or instant death. If either occur contact a doctor.

Comment by Dzee315

Don't forget that the raid system will drop the same loot just more of it in 25-man

That is the idea for cataclysm, this is still wotlk content, go look at the drops, the "heroic" mode/gear has better stats.

Comment by IPodge

Can someone give an estimate, how hard this boss will be compared to the Lich King?
So let's say, your guild didn't kill the LK in 25 heroic (but everything else) yet, will this guy be harder or easier?

Comment by 160026

Having found Ruby Sanctum instead of Emerald City, Dorothy thinks maybe she should have stayed on the yellow brick road instead of taking the Path of the Titans short-cut.

...During a brief encounter near the entrance of the Path of the Titans with the wicked witch of the Northeast, the entire group gets eaten by two hungry Ice Heart Jormungar Feeders. Dorothy corpse runs back to the scene of slaughter to find that a happy traveler heading north had slain the beast and now the witch's feet dangle out from underneath the worm's writhing corpse, exposing her coveted emerald slippers...

Comment by breuger

Firey Combustion and Mark of Consumption can be placed on melee players.
Also, to clarify it, the Twilight Cutter/Shadow Pulsars center with the room as it's axis, not with Halion. Make sure your tank dosen't decide it's a good idea to pull Halion to the edges of the room >.<

Comment by 622660

A few clarifications and personal observations from having done RS10 today.

2 tanks are required for the encounters on 10 man, with preferably 3 healers. The encounter is by no means simple or easy, but it is certainly refreshing from the months of ICC10/25.

TRASH

For the most part, trash is inconsequential except for the two patrolling packs with the Charscale Commander (identified by the banner he has). His ability Rallying Shout is extremely deadly and the preferred method of dealing with the packs containing the Charscale Commander would be for one tank to Taunt the Commander (quickly, as he tends to use Rallying Shout fairly soon after being engaged) and tank him away from the rest of the mobs, with the Commander being the first priority to kill.

MINI-BOSSES

The three mini-bosses must be defeated to enable Halion. Either Baltharus or Saviana can be engaged first, while both must be downed to be able to reach Zarithrian.

Baltharus is fairly simple. He has a knock-back as well as a whirlwind which can be partially mitigated by having melee DPS break out of melee range for a brief period. He also also has an ability called Enervating Brand which doesn't require any particular attention, however when Baltharus has ~20 stacks of Siphoned Might the MT ought to use an appropriate cooldown. At 50% he creates a clone of himself (at 100% health) which should be picked up by the OT and more-or-less ignored by the DPS as it despawns when (the real) Baltharus is defeated.

Saviana may be partially difficult depending on your group composition. She has an obligatory Flame Breath and so the tank should face her towards the little body of water where she is at. She Enrages periodically which causes Fire Nova (which has a 100 yard range and so cannot be out-ranged) at 2 sec intervals. If a Hunter or Rogue is present, the Enrage (and the Fire Nova casts) may be simply tranquilised away, however if neither are present it becomes quite a bit more difficult to manage and it is advised for the tanks and healers to use a cooldown. She also flies into the air above the pool of water occassionally and targets two players with Conflagration (indicated by the Hunter's Mark above their heads) which does Fire damage as well as disorients them for 3 sec, and this effect will chain to others nearby (functions identically to Vile Gas during Festergut). When she lifts up into the air, all players should spread themselves out to avoid Conflagration chaining.

Zarithrian is available once Saviana and Baltharus have been defeated. He should be tanked where he stands with all other players stacking behind him. He applies a Sunder Armour effect to the current tank and Taunt exchanges should be done every 3-4 stacks. The OT in the mean time, should be picking up and focusing on the two adds which spawn during the fight (one add will enter the platform from each of the two entrances). They are relatively difficult to bunch up given that they tend to sit there and use ranged abilities, however the stacking behind Zarithrian should offset that. The adds have an AoE that can/should be interrupted (although it honestly doesn't hit particularly hard) and should be DPSed to remove them quickly, after which the DPS should continue on with Zarithrian. Edit: Zarithrian also does a periodic Intimidating Roar (it doesn't send players scattering like a Fear, but they instead remain stationary and it does affect the current tank) during which he tends to beat on a nearby DPS so it is advisable to Fear Ward/Tremor Totem the Intimidating Roar whenever possible.

After Zarithrian is defeated, Halion will spawn in the centre of Ruby Sanctum.

HALION THE TWILIGHT DESTROYER

The encounter article for Halion is quite detailed so I won't elaborate too much on the encounter. A few clarifications though, during Phase 2 Halion won't actually be present in the Physical realm so it's preferable to have all healers, DPS and the Twilight realm tank to use the portal with the Physical realm tank remaining behind ready to pick up Halion during Phase 3. For splitting up healers during Phase 3 my group found it more beneficial to put 2 of the 3 healers in the Twilight realm due to Dark Shroud with most of the damage in the Physical realm being avoidable. Also when Phase 2 is about to begin and the portal to the Twilight realm becomes active, the tank should be the first to go in as the Twilight Halion will immediately aggro (it may be advisable for the Twilight tank to use a cooldown after phasing as the healers may not have taken the portal yet).

In dealing either with Soul Consumption or Fiery Combustion, my group found the best course of action to deal with this was to have melee immediately run across to the other side of Halion away from the raid (we had the raid stay on the right flank of Halion for the encounter), immediately have the Consumption/Combustion dispelled and drop the AoE and reposition themselves as before. Ranged DPS and healers would naturally be spread adequately across the encounter area on the right side of Halion, with the Consumption/Combustion being dispelled immediately. We found it at times better for the ranged players to drop their AoE at the same area (even if a Combustion/Consumption) is already present to cause them to overlap and leave more room overall for players to move.

Comment by lonefur

for access to the heroic, clearing of the normal mode is not required.

View in 3D Links

Halion <The Twilight Destroyer>

This NPC can be found in The Ruby Sanctum .

The Ruby SanctumHalion's LieutenantsBaltharus the WarbornGeneral ZarithrianSaviana RagefireHalionHalion the Twilight DestroyerBaltharus the WarbornGeneral ZarithrianSaviana RagefireOverviewyour less

Corporeality < 50% - Halion does and takes less damage in the player's current realm. He does and takes more damage in the other one. Increase DPS in your own realm if you see this.

Corporeality = 50% - Halion does and takes normal damage in both realms.

Corporeality > 50% - Halion does and take more damage in the player's current realm. He does and takes less damage in the other one. Stop DPS in your own realm if you see this.

AbilitiesPhase 1: Physical Realm

Twilight Precision - Increases Halion's chance to hit by 5% and decreases all players' chance to dodge by 20%.

Flame Breath - Inflicts 17,500 to 22,500 Fire damage to players in front of Halion.

- Inflicts 18,750 to 21,250 Fire damage to enemies within 12 yards of the targeted area. Takes about 5 seconds to land. Shoots X-shaped lines of fire after it hits the ground.

Fiery Combustion - Inflicts 4,000 Fire damage every 2 seconds for 30 seconds to a random raider. Every time Fiery Combustion does damage, it applies a stackable Mark of Combustion.

Mark of Combustion - Has no immediate effect on the target. When removed (by either magic-remover or curse-remover, or after 30 seconds) it causes a Combustion of size proportional the the number of Marks.

Combustion - Inflicts 2,625 to 3,375 Fire damage every second to targets that remain within the explosion area. Combustion has 6 yards radius. Also knocks nearby players back with Fiery Combustion.

Phase 2: Twilight Realm

Twilight Precision - Increases Halion's chance to hit by 5% and decreases all players' chance to dodge by 20%.

Dark Breath - Inflicts 17,500 to 22,500 Shadow damage to players in front of Halion.

- Inflicts 3,000 Shadow damage every 2 seconds to everyone in the Twilight Realm.

Shadow Pulsars - Summons two Shadow Pulsars at the two ends of one the fighting area's diameters. The Pulsars slowly circle the area, beaming a Twilight Cutter for 10 seconds, then resting for 20 seconds, then beaming another Cutter.

- Inflicts 13,875 to 16,125 Shadow damage every second to players touched by the shadow beam.

Soul Consumption

Mark of Consumption - Has no immediate effect on the target. When removed (by either magic-remover or curse-remover, or after 30 seconds) it causes a Consumption of size proportional the the number of Marks.

Consumption - Inflicts 2,625 to 3,375 Shadow damage every second to targets that remain within the explosion area. Combustion has 6 yards radius. Also pulls nearby players to its center with Soul Consumption.

Phase 3: Split

Twilight Precision - Increases Halion's chance to hit by 5% and decreases all players' chance to dodge by 20%.

Corporeality - Halion takes and and does more damage in the realm he takes less damage in. At 0% and 100% Corporeality, Halion does and takes 400% extra damage in one of the realms, and no damage in the other.

Physical Realm - Halion continues using his abilities from phase 1 when fighting players in the physical realm.

Twilight Realm - Halion continues using his abilities from phase 2 when fighting players in the twilight realm.

Need moar dataz!Phase 1: Physical Realm

Twilight Precision - Increases Halion's chance to hit by 5% and decreases all players' chance to dodge by 20%.

- Inflicts 26,250 to 33,750 Fire damage to players in front of Halion.

- Inflicts 18,750 to 21,250 Fire damage to enemies within 12 yards of the targeted area. Takes about 5 seconds to land. Shoots X-shaped lines of fire after it hits the ground.

- Inflicts 3,500 to 4,500 Fire damage every second to targets that remain within the explosion area. Combustion has 6 yards radius. Also knocks nearby players back with Fiery Combustion.

Phase 2: Twilight Realm

Twilight Precision - Increases Halion's chance to hit by 5% and decreases all players' chance to dodge by 20%.

- Inflicts 26,250 to 33,750 Shadow damage to players in front of Halion.

- Inflicts 4,500 Shadow damage every 2 seconds to everyone in the Shadow Realm.

Soul Consumption

- Inflicts 3,500 to 4,500 Shadow damage every second to targets that remain within the explosion area. Combustion has 6 yards radius. Also pulls nearby players to its center with Soul Consumption.

Phase 3: Split

Twilight Precision - Increases Halion's chance to hit by 5% and decreases all players' chance to dodge by 20%.

Physical Realm - Halion continues using his abilities from phase 1 when fighting players in the physical realm.

Twilight Realm - Halion continues using his abilities from phase 2 when fighting players in the twilight realm.

Need even moar dataz!

Halion <The Twilight Destroyer>

Related

Contribute