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Comment by Boxofbeer

Wingflayer the Cruel rare mob can be found in Bastion.

Location: 41.61 54.77 (Horn of Courage)
Required for: Adventurer of Bastion
Rare drop: Regurgitated Kyrian Wings

To trigger Wingflayer the Cruel event you have to be in the kyrian covenant.
In Elysian Hold use Anima Conductor (38.44 68.13) and channel anima to The Temple of Courage. There's a rare mark should appear on the map.
On the small table (between two benches) you can find an object named Horn of Courage.
Interact to it to summon Wingflayer the Cruel. It can be found down the stairs to the left of table.

This is "personal" rare mob, only you can summon it after linking Elysian Hold and the The Temple of Courage. Other players cant even see the horn. At least on beta.

TomTom coordinates:

/way 41.61 54.77 Wingflayer the Cruel (Horn)

Wingflayer the Cruel rare mob location - https://youtu.be/tl6Tfq5cH9c

Comment by varenne

Wingflayer the Cruel is located in the Bastion Xandria's Vigil zone.
Its near Necrotic Wake dungeon's entrance

Only players with Kyrian Covenant can summon the rare
In Elysian Hold use Anima Conductor and channel anima to The Temple of Courage.
Other players can participate in the the fight ang get loot.
More info here: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/anima-conductor-covenant-sanctum-improvements-shadowlands

Use Horn of Courage to start the event.
It is on the table before you enter the hostile area. (at 41.64 54.53)
Then go downstairs and you will see the rare. Can re summon almost immediately after kill

Drops Evernote Vesper and Regurgitated Kyrian Wings
Rare is a part of Adventurer of Bastion achievement.

/way 40.62 53.06 Wingflayer the Cruel
/way 41.64 54.53 Use Horn of Courage (Wingflayer the Cruel)

Wingflayer the Cruel video: https://youtu.be/weGoy2iPnOM

Comment by Zarillion

Click the nearby Horn of Courage to summon Wingflayer the Cruel. It is sitting on a table up the stairs to the southeast of his spawn position. Only a Kyrian channeling anima to the Temple of Courage can click the horn.

Download the HandyNotes: Shadowlands addon to see this and other nodes of interest on your world map and minimap in-game:

Rare, treasure and battle pet locations in all zones.
Zone-specific collectibles such as Lost Anima Shards and the Maldraxxus Slime Cats.
Bonus bosses/events and Chaotic Riftstone locations in The Maw.

Comment by Raelic

You can click exit when he uses Impaling Gaze and catches you on Impale. Like you were in a vehicle.

Comment by Jakome

A few tips fighting him solo as a warlock...

Tag him and kite him up onto the platform w/out mobs, so adds don't come out of the portals near where he spawns to kill you. (It's hard as a freshly-dinged 60 to handle him AND mobs.)
Have your phial and healthstone ready.
Use mortal coil if you have it talented and need it.
Use fear liberally to interrupt his casting, otherwise he'll impale you and you won't be able to cast as your dots fall off. Since you're in the clear area w/out mobs, he won't run into anything bad.
Re-summon voidwalker as needed, preferably BEFORE it dies. I'd fear him and complete a hard-cast VW (since my fel dom was on cooldown after the first time).

Comment by Rivera25

explain to me why i would kill it each day?

Comment by Trinogra

Tip for Hunters: You can interrupt his Terrifying Slam with a Freezing trap as he's casting. This negates the fear and he doesn't try to Impale you afterwards.

Comment by Ahjen

As a paladin, this guy is by no means impossible to defeat, or even very difficult as Protection spec, but he's a pain to fight without a strategy.

First, he will hamstring you with Hack Tendon before casting terrifying slam. You can get out of the hamstring with Blessing of Freedom and use Divine Steed to get beyond the range of the Terrifying Slam, but then you're unlikely to be able to get back to interrupt his cast of Impaling Gaze. I was able to get back in time -- but Impaling Gaze does not appear to be interruptible by Rebuke.

If Hammer of Justice is used to stun him out of the Terrifying Slam cast, he'll cast it immediately again upon coming out of stun.

Once Impaling Gaze is cast, the targeted player will get an eyes icon above their head for 5 seconds. You can run from him during this time, but once he catches you, you will be impaled. It does not matter if you avoid him for the duration of the eyes debuff. It does not matter if you avoid him for 10 seconds more, he'll Impale you for 11 seconds.

Hammer of Justice can be used to stun him after he's cast Impaling Gaze the first time, but he'll cast it again before it's off cooldown (probably even if Fist of Justice is talented). Blnding Light would probably work, too, but I didn't have it talented when trying this. If you Repentance him after he's cast Impaling Gaze, he can still impale you after the Repentance is broken. If you cast Turn Evil after he's cast Impaling Gaze, this will prevent him from Impaling Gazeing you.

The best strategy I found (as Protection, this probably works as Retribution, too):

First, you can pull him down the stairs to the left (if you're facing him) if there are no mobs there, or you can pull up up the stairs past where the Kyrians are fighting, but make sure you pull him far enough that you aren't collecting all of the other mobs that come running up the stairs.Pulling him up by the Kyrians is preferablle, as they will sometimes join the fight against him. Then:

1. Attack until he casts Hack Tendon.
2. Cast Blessing of Freedom to remove the slow effect.
3. Cast Divine Steed as he's casting Terrifying Slam. It doesn't matter if you get feared as long as you get some extra distance so you can cast Turn Evil. If you got the hamstring off, you may not even need to use Divine Steed.
4. Allow him to cast Impaling Gaze.
5. Cast Turn Evil or Hammer of Justice before he reaches you.
6. Repeat from step 1.

Without doing this your character will likely be stuck helpless on his back for a significant portion of the fight, which just isn't very fun and can be deadly if you're low on health and have pulled other mobs. With a little practice you can trivialize this fight if you want to get the Regurgitated Kyrian Wings, which are consumed on use. Otherwise, you may just want to choose Purity's Pinnacle to direct your anima to instead.

Comment by stele007

Be careful when pulling this boss. If he kills you while he's flailing you around, you will not have a body to return to and must accept res sickness.

Comment by Kazlehoff

Easy solo as a Brewmaster Monk. Roll out of the Fear, Celestial brew before he picks you up, keep BoF and RJW rolling.

Comment by WoWplayer001

FYI - he gives NO CREDIT toward the "We Send Only You" world quest.

This may be due to the fact that someone pulled him far outside the area of the WQ, but it happened on multiple occasions in my experience.

Comment by auryunderground

Just today I noticed that this guy has a Kyrian fully impaled through the middle on one of his shoulder spines. Gruesome, but still a pretty interesting detail.

Comment by jerry247

Easy as 177 vengeance demon hunter, just keep your rotation.

Comment by cparle87

As someone who was kyrian and switched to night fae I can confirm that you will get grateful offerings from him if a kyrian spawns him and you help to kill.

Comment by WoWplayer001

When you engage, immediately return to the Kyrian fighting the rest of the mobs at the top of the stairs. The first attack Wingflayer casts will be an AOE fear, which will hit all of the Kyrian. They will immediate turn their attention toward Wingflayer, ignoring the other mobs, which will help you defeat him quicker.

Comment by WoWplayer001

As of 9.0.5, the ability to escape from Wingflayer's grab ability has been removed because...well, it's Blizz. What do you expect?

Comment by CronoLink

This is actually an easy fight, killed him with my 153 shaman. Whether you can avoid or not his Terrible Slam that will fear everyone around him, he will immediately follow it with Impale Gaze, which is the ability that stuns you while dealing damage for about 11secs if he reaches you, so just kite him and don't get near him until he drops the Gaze and resume the fight afterwards.

Comment by Alluminn

This guy is honestly such a perfect example of the dev's team anti-fun design philosophies at the moment. Fears on trash mobs is annoying, but can be dealt with. Same goes for the 11 second stun since it has to be melee, but then you add in the fact that he hamstrings you to make it difficult to run away and you end up spending half the fight stunned and bored out of your mind.

None of his mechanics are hard. His mechanics just waste your time.

Comment by Shadecreeper

Did anyone take notice of his death phrase? I think this is Armsmaster Harlan from the Scarlet Monastery.

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