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Comment by 15777

Terestian Illhoof is an optional boss located in Karazhan. It is located in the library, after the Curator and before the Shade of Aran.

To get to Terestian, find the suspicious bookshelf and open it to reveal a secret tunnel. Terestian is located at the bottom of the tunnel along with his little friend, Kil'rek.

Terestian has a few notable abilities
Sacrifice/Binding - Occasionally Terestian will sacrifice/bind a member of the raid. This causes the player to be incapacitated and puts a dot on the player. The binding can be targetted and damaged. This binding is therefore a priority for the entire raid when someone is being sacrificed. The binding seems to drain health from the player to Terestian but I am not completely sure about this. It is possible to Divine Shield out of this debuff and therefore it should be possible to Ice Block out of it as well.

Kil'rek - Kil'rek is Terestian's little imp buddy. Just ignore it.

Mark of Flames - This undispellable debuff makes the target take 500 more fire damage. If this lands on a target that is being fireball volleyed by the infinite imps, it can cause them to fall over very quickly.

Infinite Imps - Terestian will constantly summon imps during the fight - about one every half second. They deal light to moderate damage and have around 4-5k health. Our raid just waited until there was 8 or more of these imps before we AoEed all of them. We had to AoE phases during the course of the fight. It is also conceivable that you can put two dpsers on these imps full time but we didn't try that.

The kill order was Sacrifice/Bindings -> (Imps if 8 or more) -> Terestian.

The important thing in this fight is deciding when to switch to killing the imps. Too soon/too often and Terestian gets more chances to kill the raid. Not often enough and the imp will overwhelm the raid.

Comment by 11200

He's been buffed today and is now pretty angry. No more first try.

Hit points have doubled.
Imp damage increased.
Mark of flame damage doubled
Sacrifice damage increased by three times, impossible for one healer to heal.
Sacrifice shackles now have three times more hit points.
Imp buddy buffs illhoof and needs to be nuked over and over (respawns after 30 seconds or so).

You might also consider taking down imps constantly one by one with melees now.

Comment by 11200

We got him now. Have your mages buff dampen magic (except mt). Have a warlock spam seed of corruption on the imp pet, you won't need bombing at all.

And, most importantly have EVERY damage dealer make a /tar demon macro for those shackles, immediately announce the shackles when he starts casting "sacrifice". Nuking them down as quickly as possible with burst dmg is the key to this fight, its much like jindo's totems, just faster and more evil.

Comment by 27891

He's very challenging in his new incarnation. The biggest problems are probably dps on the chains and uncoordinated AE.

Have your Mage tell your lock when to begin seeding, then have your lock tell your Mage when to AE (when he has 3-4 up). Neither should take damage, ideally. Having decent-to-high FR on your Warlock is also helpful.

With chains all dpsers should stop their cast when they see him casting Sacrifice so's not the be hampered by the GCD. Rogues save energy etc. Everyone hits it hard and fast (shocks, sw: death, etc etc). use /tar Demon Chains

Ignore the imp. He'll probably die at some point anyway from the AE but he's just a distraction. Have something (VW, hunter pet) tank him.

Comment by SilverKnight

Without doubt Terestian Illhoof's most dangerous ability is his Chains of Sacrifice, which quickly kill a player and simultaneously heal Illhoof himself. As soon as the chains hit, all DPS needs to instantly switch. Don't finish casting your fireball first: switch. If the whole raid can reliably DPS the chains down as quickly as possible, the rest of the fight will fall into place without too much trouble.

Full guide for dealing with this and also the imps etc from the fight:http://www.bosskillers.com/cgi-bin/bbguild/index.cgi?action=view_guide&guide_id=36

Comment by Russta

To go along with Paladins and Mages being able to bubble and block out of sacrifice, if a Rogue notices Illhoof's target change to him (meaning he's about to be the chosen one), he can vanish out before it lands. This is very tricky to pull off and shouldn't be relied upon as it requires your global cooldown and immense concentration but it IS possible.

Comment by Rizzu

it would work if you could use potions while stunned ;D, however because it is, you're virtually helpless unless you can break it with a bubble or a iceblock

Comment by 39221

If you have a destruction warlock with 2/2 Intensity and 3/3 Nether protection, and a pally this fight becomes a lot easier. Have the pally give the warlock concentration aura, and the warlock hellfires everything. Having a dedicated healer (same pally with blessing of light) would be good. This way the imps get taken out, and the bindings as well. --> constant hellfire with no interrupt.

Comment by 17810

We use a Warlock in FR gear to Hellfire down the Imps (And Kil'Rek). She holds aggro and it works well.

Last night we had a healy Priest and a Resto Druid (me) for the sacrifices. Both myself and the Priest would HoT ourselves just when the timer would run out (I'd only do a Rejuve and maybe a lifebloom), then I'd get ready to use Regrowth + Swiftmend then another Regrowth on whoever gets sacrificed. (I dunno what the Priest used). If you keep people clear of the Green Glyph on the floor, you can quite easily see and heal whoever gets Sacrificed. Try and make sure everyone is on max hp just before the sacrifice, too (bandages wont work since most people just get interrupted by imps or what not).

Anyway, killed him and won my Nature's Sustenance Belt =)

Comment by Uoyredrum

Have your MT tank Illhoof next to the circle in the middle. Have your offtank in DPS gear (dont even bother with a shield) next to the circle tanking Kil'rek in def stance (DPS tanking basically). Have a warlock with FR gear stand near Illhoof where the imps spawn and spam hellfire. All of the DPS should focus on Kil'rek to weaken Illhoof and switch to the Demon Chains when they pop up so the sacrificed person doesn't die.

When the imp dies, Illhoof gets his debuff where he takes more damage focus fire on him unless Demon Chains come up. They always have priority over everything, DPS-wise.

Just repeat this the whole fight. It's healing intensive, but if everyone focuses on what they're supposed to be doing, it's easy. I highly reccomend you make three seperate macros for this fight:

/tar Demon Chains
/tar Kil'rek
/tar Terestian

There's so many enemies on the screen these macros are very helpful for targeting and sometimes necessary. Make sure your warlock has the correct spec for the fight and enough health/fr and it's still pretty easy even with Illhoof being buffed. Also, make sure even the tank turn and attack the chains when they come up. The faster the chains die the better. They do about 1600 dmg/sec so it burns mana fast on healers if they don't go down quick.

Good luck to everyone.

Comment by Anarki

Today my guild wen't in and did this guy easily, our setup was the following (which is pretty standard in Karazhan):

1 Holy Paladin
1 Resto Druid
2 Rogues
2 Warriors
1 Mage
1 Warlock
1 Hunter
1 Enhancement Shaman

What we did was having the Warlock lifetapping whenever he needed mana to keep up constant Seed of Corruption and with AoE support of the mage to keep the white imps down.

Let me priortize again, it is vital to keep the white imp population down to a minimum.

Make sure the paladin is giving Concentration Aura to the Resto Druid and the Warlock. The Warlock does not need any specific specc (however Afflication is probably bets for overall raid dmg).

When you engage Illhoof he will have his orange imp friend with him, Kil'rek. Upon the death of this imp Illhoof will take additional dmg (200%) for a period of time and after a while, he will resummon it.

Upon starting the fight, Illhoof will summon two portals which will spawn the white imps that we talked about earlier in a constant stream.

Whenever a specific period of time has passed Illhoof will sacrifice a player in the raid (like Dire Maul East or The Botanica), this player will be capsuled in an attackable unit called "Demon Chains", upon killing these Demon Chains the sacrificed player will be free. The sacrified player will take alot of damage over time and will require immidiate healing.

The lines of actions your raid must take to kill Illhoof are as the following;

Start the fight by taking offtanking the orange imp while your raid takes the orange imp down to 20-25% health. Leave the imp at that point and DPS Illhoof until he sacrifices someone. When he does, kill the Demon Chains and after that full DPS on Illhoof since he takes extra dmg. Keep up the DPS on Illhoof until he orange imp spawns again, take it down to 20-25% again and wait for the sacrifice, when the sacrifice is over you DPS Illhoof until the next orange imp spawn.

Hince and repeat.

But remember, the Mage and Warlock should focus on keep _ALL_ the white imps down.

Remember to position your raid mostly to the behind of Illhoof, near the two church-look-a-like windows. This is done so the white imps doesn't spread out too much for the Warlocks Seeds of Corruption to hit.

Comment by 47631

Raid :
- 3 healers
- 1/2 tanks (2 is better though)
- 1 warlock (with high +fire dmg) or even 2 or more ^^

MT takes Terestian where he is.
All the raid near the green circle of sacrifice.
MT builds aggro on the imp then Terestian (if only 1 tank).
When imps begin to spawn, the real fight begins :)
The raid has to dps slowly (the MT has 2 aggro to build) at the beginning.
The warlock uses hellfire so that he can have Terestian, Kil'rek, the imps and the demonic chains at range. With a destru warlock or a paladin with concentration aura, he can spam his hellfire during the entire fight. He doesn't need a lot of heals, that's quite easy and a lot more mana efficency than the seeds and it takes aggro on all imps very fast. To add, it makes a constant dps on the demonic chains ^^
Everytime Kil'rek dies, full dps on terestian. When it respawns, have ur warlock stop dps so that he doesn't aggro it and when the MT has built again his aggro on it, let's spam hellfire again :O
The key to this fight (when imps are under control thx to the warlock) is to burst dps the chains when someone is sacrificed. Keep ur trinkets up for that, cooldowns, etc.. Have someone with poisons or mortal strike on Teresetian, it helps too.
Quite easy fight ! If u don't succeed : lack of DPS or ppl don't react fast enough to dps the chains.
Another thing too, sometimes the MT get caught in the chains. Of course, Terestian starts killing your raid. So, when it happens, have really full dps on the chains and have someone that can taunt Terestian (pally, warrior whoever.)

Comment by 51110

We used the warlock strategy on the IMPs tonight, our first night. Killed him 2nd attempt. Thanks for the advice. :D

Comment by 24656

Is it possible to use limited Invulnerability Potions to break the Sacrifice?

Comment by 54785

Our guild has skipped him, until the nurf. Now he's free loot. Like the rest of kara.

Comment by 55109

Is it possible to use the dwarf racial, stoneform, to get out of the chains? Similar to the garrote off Moroes.

Or is it just bubble and iceblock?

Comment by 52770

Hehehe Only Nether Protection !! i was all the times immune to the imps firebolts:)) that was reaaaally fun :))

Comment by 40986

Our group usually has 2 locks, consisting of myself and another one. Raid just DPS's Illhoof, while either myself or another lock casts constant seeds on illhoof, so they explode almost instantly. Only time we switch this up, is when illhoof sacrifices someone, at that time, the whole raid dps' the chains.

Comment by supernovah

The best strategy to this fight is two rogues, two locks, druid tank and warrior tank then 2 mages and some Pro Healing.
Two warlocks should endless Seed of Corruption the summon imps. the druid can DPS Gear bear form tank kilrek when he spawns to save the casters, and the rogues can super quickly own the shackles as these heal Ilhoof.
Strategy is to tank Ilhoof at the end of about a 15 yard line where he stands. Casters should stand on a spot to attract the imps about 15 yards from the tank to the left of the summoning circle ifront of ilhoof and the DRUID tank should tank Kilrek when he spawns halfway between.

DPS Kilrek down to about 20-35% (depending on your guilds control over their dps) then wait for a sacrifice. As soon as sacrifice pops, kill it: you now have 40s to kill kil'rek and own Ilhoof with the extra damage buff. Repeat as necessary and save Kil'rek if you get a sacrifice just before you are planning to kill Ilhoof. No timing involved, just quick switching of targets.
It is reccomended to make a macro to target Kil'rek for DPS and "Demon Chains" which port a player to them every 40s (an obvious cast by ilhoof causes this sacrifice)
Also during the non full DPS time on Ilhoof, any meelee can be dpsing him down including the druid tank being careful not to agro

Comment by Jeearr

Is it possible to have a prot paladin do the adds? They have +90% aggro with that 1k dmg aoe and consecration.

Comment by 71536

basically 2 tanks warriors or druids. doesnt matter. (prefer druid for tanking kilrek so he can dps the chain as well). Warlocks either 1 or 2 doesnt matter. Put soc in the boss every second and have special healer on him. I prefer lock to do aoe since they have infinite mana. Aoe mage really cost their mana but overall depends on ur strategy. Since people will dps on the boss soc will explode very faster (no need fr gear). Heal everyone that trapped in chain. Pally can use divine shield and mage ice block to avoid demonic chain. DPS chain faster so illhoof not get healed. Overall dps is the main point in this fight.

Comment by 17989

If you have a BM hunter with you, my pet just managed to tank Kil'rek ezpz, without any points in the fire resistance training.

Just sayign, could help you.

Comment by ANTRagnarok

note for druids:
you can use Barkskin to reduce sacrifce damage from 1500 per sec to 1200

may keep you alive :p

Comment by Rajunkajun

Trying my hand at writing a single macro that will target the mobs in kill priority:

/target Demonic Chains
/stopmacro
/target Kil'Rek
/stopmacro
/target Terestian Illhoof

In theory, you should be able to click this macro and always be on the correct target. I haven't had a chance to test this yet, so any feedback would be appreciated.

Comment by Abron

Is there any possible way to reduce the healing on illhoof from the Sacrifice effect?

Comment by 47926

Forgive me if this seems obvious, but does anyone know if the Demon Chains are classified as a Demon and if Paladin's can use Exorcism on them?

Could be a real-quick macro for Paladin's:

/tar Demon Chains
/cast Exorcism
/startattack

Comment by 70510

i'm a warlock, and my guild is currently doing kara
at a time i will be doing the imps, since i'm the only dedicated warlock atm(the others are either craptastic or not level 70 yet)

i was wondering how much fire resistance i need and if seed of corruption damages demonic chains?

Comment by Erycius

Can someone give me some advice on how to quickly target the player that is being sacrificed? I'm main healer but sometimes I'm really too late on starting the healing on the sacrificed player.

Comment by 56159

Another minor strategy suggestion. We had an odd group last night (mage without special FR gear, no warlock), and one thing that seemed to help was having our two Hunters spam Snake Trap. The extra targets drew the attention of imps, etc. and the various poison effects were also helpful.

Comment by 86407

10 man boss.
took us 4 tries to kill him.

Grp 1. 2 hunters, tank, main healer and mage.
Grp 2. Shadow priest, Demon lock, Pally, Shaman and druid.

Lock casts seed on the boss non stop with pally conc aura. 365 FR and the imps hit you for about 50each. passive healing from shadow priest is enough to keep him up. AoE doesent effect the demon chains.

Grp 1 tanks boss to the left next to the green circle so lock seed tags all imps. If you tank him to the back wall imps will run to healers. tank him close to the green circle but not on it so that main healer can heal whoever gets put in chains. As soon as someone is in demon chains all bar lock, main tank and main healer attack the chains. Pally, ice mage can shield/ice block out of chains. High dps on boss is a must. after 10 mins boss 'enrages' and wipes raid. Lock seed should do at least 700+ damage on explode else it wont be enough aggro to get imps off healers. As long as locks FR is high enough you can have dozens of imps and they will hardly make a scratch. but I wouldnt go in with less than 250 FR

'enrage' = casts 6k+ shadow bolts on everyone constantly.

Comment by 89693

As of Patch 2.2 They changed the names of Demonic Chains to Demon Chains so for when people get sacrificed all dps should make a macro called /Target Demon Chain

Comment by Turbine

While the primary thought about this fight is the use of a warlock will make this fight cake, but I will be the first to say a mage with 5 points into magic absorption with 260+ fire resist gear is amazing. If you don't have any warlocks but you do have a mage willing to drop into arcane a smidge, go with this route.

Stock up on heavy fire resist gear and enjoy nearly infinite mana regeneration. The fight becomes trivial at this point. This entire fight is focused around two things: Adds, and the demon chains. Make a macro:
/target Demon Chain
And now that you have targeting the chain down, the mage will deal with the adds by running in, waiting for 6 imps to engage, and lighting up. You never want to kill them TOO fast, or else you effectively kill your mana batteries. If things ever become too sticky for the mage, he can run OUT of the room and Line-of-Sight the little imps while he uses an evocate.

Minimum Requirements:

1 mage
260 fire resistance
5/5 Magic Absorption

Recommended:

1 mage
300+ fire resistance
5/5 Magic Absorption
3/3 Improved Flamestrike
Blast wave

we took illhoof down today on the first try. i was the warlock assigned to SoC iffhoof constantly and being this was my first time i was a bit apprehensive. i had about 50 FR and and kara level gear and let me tell you, you dont need that heavy FR to get through the boss easily. maybe it was because i was "sacrificed" a few times but i had no trouble keeping my health up and life tapping my mana back. i had a dedicated druid healer with a little help from our priest, but there wasnt even anything that i would consider a close call (30% hp or less). easy fight with a decent group and not as bad as people make it out to be.

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Terestian Illhoof

This NPC can be found in Karazhan .

KarazhanServant QuartersAttumenMidnightMoroesMaiden of VirtueOpera EventThe CuratorChess EventTerestian IllhoofShade of AranNetherspiteNightbanePrince MalchezaarTerestian IllhoofKarazhan'sKil'rekAbilitiesTerestian

Melee: Hits for roughly 6,500 on cloth.

Shadow Bolt: Terestian fires a shadowbolt at the target with the most amount of threat.

Heal: A random character is summoned to the center of the room and becomes paralyzed. They immdediately begin to suffer 1,500 unresistable (and unabsorbable) damage per second until the chains that bind the person (which count as a mob) are destroyed. While sacrifice is in effect, Terestian is healed for a high amount. The chains have approximately 13,000 health.

Berserk: After 10 minutes, Terestian goes into a rage, and begins to spam shadowbolts that hit for 7,000 damage on the entire raid.

Kil'rek

Melee: Hits for roughly 2,000 on cloth.

Amplify Flames: An undispellable debuff that Kil'rek will place on the target highest on his threat list.

Broken Pact: A debuff placed on Terestian upon Kil'rek's death. It causes Terestian to take 25% more damage.

Fiendship Imp

Melee: Roughly 400. Typically used if the target is immune to fire damage, or in close proximity.

Firebolt: Inflicts 150 fire damage. Will inflict 650 damage if Amplify Flames is on the target. Has a very fast cast time.

General Tips

Assign a Warlock or Mage to AoE the summoned imps. Warlocks are especially effect, due to Seed of Corruption, which should be spammed on Terestian continiously during the fight.

If your raid uses a Mage to AoE the imps, bear in mind that both and work well. Coupled with a Shaman's Fire Resistance Totem or a Paladin's Fire Resistance Aura, it can reduce the damage taken by a good deal.

It is also recommended that whoever is in charge of AoE have decent fire resistance (200+) to help mitigate the damage that they will take from the imps.

If two tanks are used for the fight, make sure the MT tanks Terestian inside the AoE, so that he takes additional damage while the imps are being killed.