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Comment by Nobbel

A how to/look at beta video for the Shado-Pan Monastery dungeon on normal mode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgHVVkNGMKg&hd=1

Enjoy ^_^

Comment by Twodotsonekb

Beautiful graphics, high expectations, followed by a quick plummet into the pits of hell.

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Comment by ariochiv

As a quick correction to the first sentence of the summary, this instance becomes available at level 87 regardless of whether the character has completed the Shado-Pan quests. I had run this at least half a dozen times before I ever set foot in Kun-Lai Summit.

Comment by Endinglife

Am I the only one who is reminded of Batman Begins by this instance?

Comment by fgg850

Entrance at 36.8 47.7

Comment by 746315

Message to all deathknights running this place:
Cast Control Undead on Residual Hatred mobs when you get to them. They will absolutely trash anything they attack. If your MC wears off, you can just re-cast to make it your puppet again.

Comment by 118596

I was doing the daily hot fishing spot here (not the instance, obviously, just the zone) and was surprised to find my water-walking potion didn't work at all. So, not that many people will have this problem, just thought I'd put it out there.

Comment by delznope

Where's all the rogue gear? Count the number of plate drops on normal difficulty then count the agility leather... zero...

all we get is a lousy axe.

Comment by 30049

Just a little info...

Normal

You can enter this dungeon on foot at lvl 87.

You can queue this dungeon as specific dungeon lvl 87-90.

In the specific dungeon finder, this dungeon is yellow difficulty lvl 87-90.

You can queue this dungeon as random dungeon lvl 87-88.

You have to be lvl 87 to obtain the quests.

Item level requirement: 393.

Heroic

You can enter this dungeon on foot at lvl 90.

You can queue this dungeon as specific dungeon lvl 90.

In the specific dungeon finder, this dungeon is yellow difficulty lvl 90.

You can queue this dungeon as random dungeon lvl 90.

Item level requirement: 435.

See more in this guide.

Comment by 1141143

One thing for tanks to remember when doing this dungeon is that there are two packs of mobs that are easily able to be skipped on the way to Taran Zhu. One is able to be skipped via water and the other pack can be easily avoided by traveling around them (this pack of mobs is the last on before Taran Zhu).

Comment by 835245

If you queued for this dungeon, try and talk your party into killing all the trash. upwards of 19k+ xp a kill on almost all trash. Excellent source of xp aside from the quests ur playing for.

Comment by Masqerader

If you're like me and sometimes forget to turn in quest, and plan to run back to this dungeon. You take the mountain path from Winter's Blossom

Comment by 667361

I'm soon planning to solo this place just for fun but the problem is those essence that cannot die unless you right-click the dead floating Shado-Pan in order to kill them all but I will be interrupted if they hit me. Any suggestions?

Comment by Thaleras

A quick tip for those who want to do the Challenge Mode here.
In the requirements you have to perform the purification ritual 4 times in order to complete the challenge, but there's a way to do this without pulling and killing 4 differents mob packs.

Simply put your tank on the first mob pack you'll see ( at about 47.6, 44.4), and go with the other 3 of your group on the slain shado-pan to click at the same time on it.

This "four rituals at once" should be counted as "four rituals" and complete this stage :)

EDIT : No longer valid since MoP challenge modes have been disabled.

Comment by nukeblast

as a druid if you banish the mobs after cyclone they will despawn(the undead ones)

Comment by 1440987

Shado Entrance: http://youtu.be/L6r3fUE7pDk

Comment by paiway

If the last trash packs are giving you grief you can just use an invisibility potion to bypass them.

Comment by eric0707

Shado Pan Monastery Entrance & Location --> https://youtu.be/aGzx8F2FJh4

Comment by Boxofbeer

Shado-Pan Monastery entrance https://youtu.be/JwJRnaQashM

Comment by Boxofbeer

Shado-Pan Monastery: Achievements https://youtu.be/jIKYEvhIdcE?t=1

Comment by WoWGnGP

Shado Pan Monastery Entrance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWCyxBquVhM&feature=youtu.be

Comment by Leodanna

I haven't seen a solo guide yet for Hunters for this, so I guess it needs to be done.

The last two mobs of this dungeon really had me worked up, and I solo all the other Heroic Pandaria dungeons and even a couple 10-man Heroic Pandaria raids. I haven't died so much in one dungeon since I first played 6 yrs ago and didn't have a clue what I was doing. Even worse when you're going through on Survival and killing bosses in 1-2 hits, but can't take out a couple measly trash mobs. This is definitely one of the tricky ones if you can't figure out how to get past them.

I did this on Heroic. Survival spec worked fine up until the last two trash mobs channeling the spirits right before the last boss Taran Zhu, but I died twice trying to get through them. Taran Zhu is relatively easy compared to the mobs, but you're unable to loot the chest unless you kill them even though you get the achievement for the completion, which is frustrating in itself. They hit harder, faster, and more frequent than the other trash mobs between Sha of Violence and Taran Zhu. I should mention I'm lvl 100 with average gear at 662 with the Weaponized Rabbot pet (tamed outside New Tinkertown). I had to switch to Beast Mastery to get through these guys, as even in worgen mount, I couldn't jump across to go around them. Some tricks that might come in handy if you're a hunter solo'ing this:

Beast Mastery (I was able to switch from Survival to BM in the instance)

Elite pet recently caught that was already level with you (I've noticed catching lower-level pets doesn't properly adjust health/damage when it zips them to lvl as a pet you regularly fight with/newly caught leveled pet, even though they're "not supposed to" have any higher stats)

Advised Trinkets:

Seal of House Wrynn (Survival spec has mine at 291 Agility, 291 Haste)
Empty Crawdad Trap (it gave me +139 Critical Strike. There are other similar trinkets, like the Hungry Lumber Jacks, but the Lobstroks seem to do the most damage IMO)

Strategy:

turn on Growl for your Pet
set Pet to Defensive
stand back (not so far that you can't run to the floating body; just before the gazebo for the second to last mob, and just after the bridge for the last) and Multi-Shot
A Murder of Crows
Concussive Shot (button mash this, as it's cooldown is much less than the others)
Stampede
Dire Beast
Binding Shot (where you pulled them to originally)

Button mash the crap out all but Stampede and Binding Shot - once you use these two, you want to make sure they're both available at the same time, it took using these two twice (with Dire Beast the second time) to get through the last mob. Basically the Crows, Stampede, Dire Beast and your Trinket pals will keep the trash mob occupied while you fire off Binding Shot, which lets you run over and channel the body.

After that, it's over in a second or two. Then you can loot the chest and gtfo.

I hope this helps. It felt like a huge trial-and-massive-error to me.

Comment by Castielus

If you're doing this at max level (110) a heads up is not to nuke Gu Cloudstrike. I was doing it for a quest and had to wait 10 minutes for him to cast Charging Soul.

Comment by Ehayen

I couldn't figure out how to get out. There's no exit.

Comment by JohnnyBravo999

OK, so for t-mog runs, Gu Cloudstrike can bug out painfully as per comments below. At max level, its unavoidable to nuke him. The key is to not nuke the *serpent right away once it spawns. So: on my DK, I dismiss my pet, nuke Gu and keep him out of the circle, let the serpent fly in and get active for 4-5 seconds while Gu is wailing on me. Then bring Gu over and nuke them both. Happy T-mogging.

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Shado-Pan Monastery

Shado-Pan MonasteryGu CloudstrikeMaster SnowdriftSha of ViolenceTaran ZhuShado-Pan MonasteryShado-PanKun-Lai SummitSha of Violence

If Chromie Time is enabled, Shado-Pan Monastery's level range is 20-50, but can only be queued if you're using Chromie Time on the Mists of Pandaria expansion. Check more information on Chromie Time in our guide!

Chromie Time - How Shadowlands Leveling Works and Zone Expansion Level Ranges

Encounters

Gu Cloudstrike – Before the escape of the sha, Gu Cloudstrike was entrusted with training the elite Shado-Pan spellcasters. Now this formerly gentle and reserved pandaren revels in unleashing his astounding powers, with devastating consequences. He has asserted control over the mystical Azure Serpent, and his students are helpless in the wake of Cloudstrike's lethal attacks.
Master Snowdrift – Master Snowdrift recognizes that the battles between the Horde and the Alliance have contributed to the monastery's dire state. Heroes seeking this wary pandaren's loyalty must first best his students. Only those who prevail can face Snowdrift himself, a paragon of martial arts who has dedicated his life to attaining perfection of body and mind.
Sha of Violence – Bloodthirsty, ruthless, and savage, the Sha of Violence is unfettered within the Shado-Pan Monastery. Feeding on the Horde and Alliance's brutality, the entity gleefully ravages the monks who struggle to impede the monstrous onslaught.
Taran Zhu – The Sha of Hatred has tainted Taran Zhu, the Shado-Pan's pragmatic and mighty leader. Once devoted to protecting his beloved home, Zhu now burns with seething hatred for all life, twisting his perception of everything--and everyone--around him.

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