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Icecrown Honor Above All Else Curing The Incurable Defending The Vanguard Scourge Tactics If There Are Survivors... Into The Wild Green Yonder A Cold Front Approaches The Last Line Of Defense Once More Unto The Breach, Hero Once More Unto The Breach, Hero The Scourgestone The Restless Dead The Purging Of Scourgeholme The Stone That Started A Revolution It Could Kill Us All The Air Stands Still Into The Frozen Heart Of Northrend The Battle For Crusaders' Pinnacle The Crusaders' Pinnacle The Skybreaker Orgrim's Hammer The Broken Front Your Attention, Please Borrowed Technology ...All the Help We Can Get. Poke and Prod That's Abominable! Against the Giants Basic Chemistry Coprous the Defiled Sneak Preview Chain of Command Cannot Reproduce Retest Now Not a Bug Need More Info No Rest For The Wicked Raise the Barricades Bloodspattered Banners Get the Message The Ironwall Rampart Before the Gate of Horror The Guardians of Corp'rethar Shatter the Shards The Broken Front Takes One to Know One Poke and Prod That's Abominable! Against the Giants Coprous the Defiled Basic Chemistry Sneak Preview Chain of Command Cannot Reproduce Retest Now Not a Bug Need More Info No Rest For The Wicked Raise the Barricades Bloodspattered Banners Blinding the Eyes in the Sky The Ironwall Rampart Before the Gate of Horror The Guardians of Corp'rethar Shatter the Shards It's All Fun and Games It's All Fun and Games I Have an Idea, But First... Free Your Mind If He Cannot Be Turned If He Cannot Be Turned The Shadow Vault The Shadow Vault The Duke Exploiting an Opening Securing the Perimeter Set it Off! A Short Fuse Opportunity Establishing Superiority Blow it Up! A Short Fuse Parting Gifts An Undead's Best Friend Honor is for the Weak From Whence They Came Seeds of Chaos Amidst the Confusion Vereth the Cunning New Recruit The Vile Hold Generosity Abounds Matchmaker Stunning View The Rider of the Unholy The Rider of Frost The Rider of Blood The Fate of Bloodbane Eliminate the Competition The Bone Witch The Sum is Greater than the Parts The Art of Being a Water Terror Through the Eye Find the Ancient Hero Not-So-Honorable Combat Banshee's Revenge Battle at Valhalas Battle at Valhalas: Fallen Heroes Battle at Valhalas: Khit'rix the Dark Master Battle at Valhalas: The Return of Sigrid Iceborn Battle at Valhalas: Carnage! Battle at Valhalas: Thane Deathblow Battle at Valhalas: Final Challenge Where Are They Coming From? Destroying the Altars Death's Gaze Spill Their Blood Jagged Shards I'm Smelting... Smelting! The Runesmiths of Malykriss A Visit to the Doctor By Fire Be Purged Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton He's Gone to Pieces Putting Olakin Back Together Again The Flesh Giant Champion A Voice in the Dark Time to Hide Return to the Surface Field Repairs Do Your Worst Army of the Damned Futility Sindragosa's Fall Where Dragons Fell Time for Answers The Hunter and the Prince Knowledge is a Terrible Burden Tirion's Help Tirion's Gambit A Voice in the Dark Time to Hide Return to the Surface Field Repairs Do Your Worst Army of the Damned Futility Cradle of the Frostbrood Where Dragons Fell Time for Answers The Hunter and the Prince Knowledge is a Terrible Burden Argent Aid Tirion's Gambit A Tale of Valor A Hero Remains The Keeper's Favor Hope Within the Emerald Nightmare The Boon of Remulos Time Yet Remains The Touch of an Aspect Dahlia's Tears The Boon of Alexstrasza Hope Yet Remains The Will of the Naaru The Boon of A'dal Light Within the Darkness

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Comment by sicc

61.9,68.7 out on the ledge

Comment by 234307

Soloed as a pre-made frost DK. I used Army of the Dead a healing potion and all tanking abilities from the ice tree.
It was a tough one, I only had like 2000-ish health when she died.

She uses Howling Blast and Hugering Cold mid-fight, and hits plate for 1600-1800.

Comment by 18004

2 manned, Prot warrior and feral druid. with normal questing gear.

Comment by djsixpack14

Finishing all three of these quests leads to The Fate of Bloodbane.

Comment by 66985

Soloed as a demo lock. Just used healthfunnel, some health pots and nice and slow damage!

Comment by nim998

Solo'ed at level 80 as a Frost Mage shortly after hitting 80 in mostly Heroic and 10-man Nax gear.

Fairly hard, since spawn it limited. It helps a ton if you have the IV Glyph and your PvP Trinket, since you have to remove her Chains of Ice. Also if you feel like cheesing it you can force a pathing bug on her by juking across the little lip of the nearby walkway.

I'd also highly recommend the fallowing for all three riders...

Fate Rune of Nigh Invincibility - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43094
Fate Rune of Baneful Intent - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43090
Fate Rune of Fleet Feet - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43135

Comment by blupache

OK, that was a little odd but she used absolutely no abilities when I fought her o.O

Hit for between 1100-1500 on 61.65% reduction plate. I landed directly infront of her & hit her. Her (elite) horse was standing behind me but didn't get involved at any point.

So it just turned into a straight tank vs. tank slugfest, which was a pretty easy win.

Comment by 249188

To do the 3 "boss" quests, members of your party have to all either be on the quest or have done the quests. This is a new feature blizzard put in where anyone not up to or past the quest chain will phase out of the area. So before you get a group together, make sure they are all on this quest or have done it in the past, otherwise you are gonna be in a situation where they cant see you or help you.

Comment by phenoix63

By far the easiest one of the three. The only thing she does is cast Hungering Cold (CCs you in a block of ice), for a very short period. I just tanked her in Frost Pressence with a Ghoul out, and kept Death Striking.

- Level 80 Blood DK w/ Heroic Gear

Comment by yatima

have to do the quest Second Chances first, which is available only while doing the daily (!) quest Intelligence Gathering.

Comment by 279090

Soloed as retri in prot gear 20k health and 520 def at that moment. Here is some tips for encounter:

- Use Seal of Wisdom and Judgement of Wisdom.

- Keep Sacred Shield on and spam flash of light to keep your hp higher than Sapph.

- Use Divine Protection in about 80% of Sapph's health.

- Use potions and elixirs (which I didn't have at that moment)

- DON'T use dmg skills than Judgement, because they cost mana which you need a lot in this encounter

- Use Blessing of protection or Divine shield in tight situlation (Don't worry about cd, this battle took 12min for me)

- Greater Blessing of Wisdom is really good buff for this fight because of it's lenght and used aura should be Devotion Aura.

- If you run to very low mana and health use your LoH, buut if ya are skilled as me (/flex) you won't be needing it :P

And there was something else that I don't remember, I'm just glad I made it.

Hope this will help someone.

Comment by 251013

Soloed as resto shaman. Good chance to level weapon skill. Earth Shield is your friend, as is Riptide. Bring a book...

Comment by 86240

Enhancement shaman, very easy solo. Finished full health full mana at end of fight. Strength of earth, windfurry and healing stream totem down. Started the fight and used Shamanistic Rage and Feril Spirit. Very very easy for those that this will apply.

Comment by 261259

The ending of the quest is a little sad, he seems genuinely dissapointed that he had to have you kill her, going as far as expressing a bit of affection, but recognizes it was necessary.

It just struck me as odd because you very rarely see Death Knights display emotion and Undead even less so (other than anger of course).

Comment by 294793

Solod as Feral druid tank gear and talents. started in cat to get bleeds going 3 combo rip and rake then bear pop berserk and melt her face.

very easy kept up demo and FF Feral regen at 50%... WIN!

Dez

Comment by Liax

Killed him solo as enhancement. in half epic half blues and no enhancement glyphs.

Very easy fight, simply nuke hard, use dogs and use MW for healing and not damage. She will never get you low. After dogs die she should be low, if not get a hp pot ready.

Comment by Darkcaporal

Soloed as Holy Pally, didn't break a sweat.

Comment by 218746

Soloed as a resto druid. Just roll lifebloom and rejuv, and throw regrowth when necessary, and wrath/mf in between casts.

Had to pop a mana potion when he was down to about 3% health, but that's it.

Comment by 316389

Soloed as a Protection Warrior, very easy fight (Naxx 10 geared)

Didn't need any cooldowns (Shield Wall / Last Stand) or even Enraged Regeneration.

Ended with about 13k/28k hp.

Comment by 281390

Soloed as a 79 Holy pally. She hits pretty good and straight forward melee. Simple hit and heal.

No special gear. final battle was ended at 5k mana and 14/14k health

Comment by 92899

Solo as demonology Warlock.
Let the Felguard tank and heal with Health Funnel.
Dot Sapph with Curse of Agony or Corruption and mind your aggro!

Just be patient and don't start Shadowbolting him unless you know for sure you are gonna win.

Goodluck soldier!

Comment by mina09

soloed as disc priest, dificult but doable

Comment by Warlack

Solo'd as a demonlogy warlock. Applied some DoTs and Curse of weakness now and then but mostly Health Funneled. Patience is the key ^^

EDIT: I used the voidwalker and i used Demonic Empowerment as often as i could to not over-aggro.

Good Luck^_^

Comment by alfonzzo

solo'd as a resto druid w/ 2k SP. just took about 10 minutes...

Comment by 330363

for all of these you should go get whatever fatal runes you need because they all stack. solo'd as fury war in hatefull gear with the crit/2% health rune, 5% dmg increase and 5% dmg reduce with no potions. did use enraged regen and had about 3k health left at the end.

Comment by 131358

total snooze as prot pally... used no abilities on me... had 74% hp left when she died

Comment by 35202

Has she been nerfed or is she buggy? She didn't do anything at all except for auto attack. Easy that way as an Elemental Shaman.

Comment by twoeyes

Soloed as a UH Tank specced deathknight in naxx 10/25 gear, used death strike twice and ended up with around 80% HP. Used no cooldowns either. She simply autoattacked me the entire time as stated by Zarkath! Very easy overall I'm sure most players could solo this with little to no trouble.

Comment by Ydrisselle

I've soloed her as a feral druid with quest reward blue tanking gear (plus Trollwoven Spaulders and Girdle). I've used a healing potion and a Frenzied Regeneration, but no Berserk, Survival instincts or Fate Rune... I only had 1100 hp at the end, but I survived and she didn't :D

Comment by Uoyredrum

Solo'd as an 80 prot warrior in full naxx gear, very easy, all she did was auto attack for 1200-1400 a hit. Just debuff her and DPS her down, easy.

Comment by DerSenf

The reason why she's doing nothin but autoswings is simply because you do her solo.
I had the same boring fight when taking her alone. But the other day i helped someone doing this questchains (not that he needed help...) and as we fought her she suprisingly used Hungering Cold and Howling Blasts. So you can say she is a wee tiny bit "harder" when fighting her as a group.

Comment by 50009

I soloed this on my Combat Rogue with 10 and 25man naxx gear.

She is not stunnable. I ended up evasion tanking her and popping all of my dps cooldowns. She used no abilities and her horse did not aggro. She was hitting me on average for 3k.

Comment by 353947

Very Soloable as a Warlock Demo.

1. Begin the fight w/pet and cast Curse of Weakness.
2. Stay on top of your pet's health. (Though I didn't have as much trouble with that as I did with The Rider of Blood.)
3. Because I didn't have to continually keep Health Funnel up I had time to cast more SBs and Drain Life.
4. I found that standing near her horse while the Felguard/Voidwalker tanked her where she was, worked perfectly.

Comment by ShotGlockMF

Solo'd as a 79 prot pally. Leveled me to 80.
In full Tempered saronite gear, bubble, dodge and heal trinket and LoH. (Took some adds, too.)

Comment by 362245

Nearly soloable as a level 80 shadowpriest with 1900 SP. :(
The time I did it best I got her to 3,7k hp...
And everyone seems to be in another phasing-thing than me, so I can't find anyone to do it with. :(

Comment by 369293

Soloed as Demo / Affl Lock, Very easy boss, just send the voidy in, COA, CORR, Drain life, and Health Funnel to top your pet up, takes about 3 mins or so.

Comment by 360723

ya another prime example of why i love demonology lol. Sent in the felguard agony, corrup, immolate, cast a shadow bolt. used health funnel and rinse and repeated. at 30% for giggles i popped into demon form, charged in with immolation aura and she dropped fast

god i love this specc

Comment by mattdel

solo'd easily as 80 holydin with 2/5 val and some random 25m gear. she doesn't hit very hard, and with concentration aura up i had no problem self healing.

Comment by ethox

Worst solo I've ever done as a deep destro lock in full hateful/deadly PvP gear (app. 22k HP), but it is doable!

I tried tanking her resulting only in death. The next time I let VW tank and build up aggro, essencially ending up in a 5-minute match with me keeping CoA and Immo on and healing my VW all the time. Couldn't cast anything else not to overaggro.

Tried the blood rider after this one, not a chance. Got him only to about 50% with having >100% threat over my VW all the time.

No guildies to help me, phasing sucks :(

edit: he's a she -.-

Comment by 61027

Solo'd as an 80 Mage, Frostfire spec in T7 epics. I used cooldowns and gems, started the fight near her horse let her come to me then popped images and blinked to the far end of the platform where she stands. Bounced her back and forth with the images using Mana Shield to absorb some of her damage.

Comment by 170718

Solo'd with incredible ease as an Enh Shaman, full iLvl 213 epics. Plant totems, pull, summon wolves, bloodlust. End of story

Comment by dyingcrow

Not really hard as an 80 boomkin with 25 naxx gear. swarm and moonfire up all the time, hit with wrath till you're down to about 8k hp. heal with rejuve+lifebloom, rinse and repeat. barkskin is damn useful, but sadly can only be used once, use it well.

Comment by 423135

I was able to "duo" this as a disc priest with a shadow priest helping me (i'm alliance, he is horde). We both needed the 3 guys for this quest line killed. This chick died without a fuss.

Comment by 365423

Solo as affliction lock, just takes time

VW in tank away and watch your aggro. Omen is a key addon no lock should be without it. Curse of weakness and haunt. I tossed in a few corruptions but got the Omen alarm everytime I did, getting close to pulling aggro. Without corruption the fight just takes a while.

As stated above stand near the horse, it just stands there and wont attack you and seems to be a good position to stay out of the frost chains she tosses out at you.

Comment by 454928

Solo as level 80 SV hunter with as pet a Gorilla with a somewhat tank-ish talent build. Popped all cds and had to drink a health pot as well as bandage once, but defo do-able.

Comment by exc3ss

Just solod this as a destro lock in pvp spec with soul link. In all my pve gear (25uld/25toc gear tho hehe). Used 1 health stone. Survived with about 20% health after she was dead. Just do what we do best as destro and nuke the fark outa her lol and use health stone/health pot if/when needed. Oh I had fel armor up too.

Edit: I had Demon Armor up sorry, not fel armor.

Comment by RabbleRouser

Soloed on the first try as a level 80 Protection Warrior in a mix of blues and ToC 5 man epics.

Pull the horse away solo and burn it down, it's not that much of a challenge. Shield Slam will dispel it's stacking buff making it much easier to handle.

As for the rider, I only used Enraged Regeneration; no Shield Wall or Last Stand and no health potions. She's very easy and does not hit very hard. Just keep Thunderclap and Demo Shout up, pop Shield Block when it's available and you should have no troubles with her.

Comment by 330627

Just barely managed to solo as a mutilate raid spec'd rogue. I had to use a health pot and Battlemaster's Rage (+256 AP and Use: Increases health by 4608 for 15 sec). Something to note is that you cannot stun her but you CAN dismantle which reduces her damage by a lot.
I popped all of my CD's and survived with about 115 health.

My gear was decent - Buffed i had 4.1k AP and 38.8% crit chance, using Sinter Revenge and Daschal's Bite.

But it IS possible to do as a rogue.

Comment by 370817

Easy to solo it with 80 lvl shadow priest.

Comment by vektor

To clear things up, the questline needed to get rider quests: Vereth the Cunning, after this line he gives 3 simple quests to do (bomb abominations, throw rocks, kill gargoyles), then 3 rider quests become available. These are really hard quests that require a good gear or a party.

One thing to consider, that you must ask people before inviting if they have these quests, because if they have done it already or didn't get them they won't see you and riders, their location has phased. (Phasing)

Comment by redux

Very easy as a demonology warlock. Use your voidwalker, DOT her up and use Health Funnel. Refresh your DOTs as necessary.

Comment by 346805

Very easy as a Protection Paladin...I went to the edge of the cliff..taunted the horse, killed it..then taunted her...very easy..used Avenging Wrath twice and Divine plea all the time, lots of stuns.
61% Dmg reduction
Hop I helped :)

Comment by pablodee

Same here as a Destro Lock ... VW, dots with health funnel .... she used no abilities though I got a bit carried away and had to shatter once. FInsished on full health and it didnt take long.... easy

Comment by Whiterock

CITADEL FOOTSTEPS Quest Tree From Whiterock

N)Blackwatch<--The Shadow Vault {H}*-->The Duke*
| The Skybreaker(A)* | | Orgrim's Hammer(H)*
| | | | |
| 2)Exploiting an Opening(A) 2)Opportunity(H)
| 2)Securing the Perimeter(A) 2)Establishing Superiority(H)
| 2)Set it Off!(A) 2)Blow it Up!(H)
| |__________________________/
| |
| 2)A Short Fuse {H}--------->1)Parting Gifts
| 2)A Voice in the Dark {H} |->6)An Undead's Best Friend
| 2)Time to Hide {H} |->6)Honor is for the Weak /
| 1)Return to the Surface {H} 6)From Whence They Came / /
| 3)Field Repairs {H} \_____________________/__/
| 3)Do your Worst {H} | |
| 3)Army of the Damned {H} 6)Seeds of Chaos 6)Amidst the Confusion
| 2)Futility {H} \ /
| |->4)Sindragosa's Fall(A) 5)Vereth the Cunning
| |->4)Cradle of the Frostbrood(H) 5)New Recruit
| | 7)The Vile Hold
| 4)Where Dragons Fell {H} |->7)Generosity Abounds
| 5)Time for Answers {H} |->7)Stunning View /
| 5)The Hunter and the Prince {H} 7)Matchmaker / /
| 1)Knowledge is a Terrible Burden {H} \_________/_____/
| | \ |->7)The Rider of the Unholy
| 1)Tirion's Help(A) 1)Argent Aid(H) |->7)The Rider of Blood /
| | / 7)The Rider of Frost / /
| 5)Tirion's Gambit {H} \ / /
| 2)The Fate of Bloodbane
8)Where Are They Coming From?
| |
8)Death's Gaze 8)Destroying the Altars
|______________|
|->8)I'm Not Dead Yet!{H}
|---------------->8)Spill Their Blood
8)Jagged Shards /
|->7)The Runesmiths of Malykriss /
7)I'm Smelting... Smelting! / /
\_________________________/____/
| |
8)By Fire Be Purged 8)A Visit to the Doctor
/ /
8)Killing Two Scourge With One Skeleton-->8)Let's Get Out of Here {H}
8)He's Gone to Pieces
8)Putting Olakin Back Together Again
8)The Flesh Giant Champion
Quest zones:
1)Unique zones_2)Icecrown Citadel_3)Valley of Lost Hope_4)Sindragosa's Fall_5)Icecrown Citadel(outside)_6)Weeping Quarry_7)Malykriss_8)Fleshwerks
N)Not-needed
The Icecrown is done! Leave your comments/sugestions at my comment in Icecrown zone. Thanks everyone who helped me to make it via comments on wowhead and in-game pre-quest tracking.

Comment by spoonness

Extraordinarily easy as a Cat druid in Bear form (in cat gear). All you gotta do is just stand there an eat her face :P Just kept Demoralizing Roar and Lacerate 5 stack up, while mangling and mauling her face. She did nothing but auto-attack and i never went below 90% hp.

Comment by Wowpixel

Killed Sapph as a 80 Holy Paladin in PvP healing Furious/Relentless gear; quest jewellry/trinkets (4000 GS).

She has around 126,000 HP. Her horse Icyfury has 64,000 HP.

Solo she was a very easy kill. Her hits though were harder than Rokir (1.7k compared to 1.5k on average on this plate). But health never got below 19k. Just kept SS+FoL up and FoL here and there to keep the health topped (a habit).

Only thing there near her is her horse. Any guards up front won't aggro when you start the fight. She doesn't knock back or do anything special but hit with her weapon. Nothing to dispel. Very much a tank and spank fight.

Just fly down on the platform she's standing on and engage her. About a 4 minute fight.

Comment by 84555

While fighting, she yells those lines:

I knew that you would come.
You have some fight in you, I'm impressed.
Well fought... (when she dies)

She almost sounds peaceful about meeting her end. Quite a change from Baelok (the rider of Blood) who yells things like "Don't stop now. I've almost broken a sweat" and "I will... be back... for you..."

Comment by 299678

Simple fight, holy pally (quest blues/AH, rep purples). Her horse never even moved, so I never had to fight it. Just fly in, drop next to her, engage her. Keep healed up, spam all damaging spells, and she'll fall.

I can heal all day, but my dps is pathetic, so this was a long fight, but I never went below 50% health. Easiest of the three.

Comment by Shuhrlocks

Just soloed as a demolock and beat her my second try....first try was lack of preparation also

Comment by glacialhawk

As of Cata, it seems she stayed the same. For a 80 Frost mage in wrath dungeon heroics, it was an easy fight, especially since she only does auto-attacks and no abilities (or maybe I didn't give her time =D). She never even got through my first Ice Barrier. Although I blew images and Icy Veins, I probably didn't even need either since it was a simple burn fight, nothing extra involved.

Comment by Reignac

Tip to any DK on this phase of the chain: use Control Undead on the horses nearby the three Death Knights you need to kill.

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIgs5Chf9gM&feature=youtu.be

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The Rider of Frost

Vereth the Cunning on the Rise of Suffering wants you to kill Sapph, the Rider of Frost.

	Sapph slain (1)
	Suggested players: 5 (1)

Description

Sapph... Sapph's a death knight like no other. She'll shower you with sweet words and you'll swear that she has no evil within her heart, and then she'll run you through without even breaking her smile.

I have no fear that you'll be able to best Sapph, but do not grow overconfident. Her strength lies in lulling her victims into a false ease, shortly before shattering them with a fierce barrage of frost attacks.

Do not let your guard down, and do not underestimate her.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Axe of the Cunning			Frost Climber's Hatchet
	Icy Quick Edge			Sapph's Cleaver

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

350 reputation with Knights of the Ebon Blade

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13162))