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Comment by 227817

Just kill and loot Anub'Arak in the instance Azjol-Nerub, Heroic setting.

Comment by 198493

Easy to say. We wipe 4 hours contious. It is realy hard.

Comment by 123609

It can prove difficult, yes, but there's a trick to him.

First of all, the tank needs to have a high amount of health. His Pound ability is currently bugged, so you can't avoid it the way you can with Smash and Dark Smash on Ingvar. Pound hits for about 18k on plate (I have about 25k armor, and was still taking very near that amount of damage, if not a little more sometimes). Since it's a forward cone attack, you can't turn him. Your DPS has to stay at his sides and back, and move away when he casts pound.At the same time, the healer has to be quick. I've passed this fight with Paladin healers before, though I could bet that a druid would have some difficulty with handling the pound without preemptively casting Healing Touch.

One DPS (preferably a ranged fighter like a hunter) should be assigned to putting down the little non-elite adds during all phases of the fight. Hunters do it the best, due to rapid attacks, and higher armor. A mage CAN do it, but they'll do it far more slowly unless they can get all of the little adds to come to them and frost nova - blizzard all of them down.

During the Phase 2, the tank needs to make sure that EVERY elite add is on him. Melee DPS has to stay behind the poisoning adds, and everyone else needs to keep a solid distance. Their poison volley has a nice range, but it's forward only.

Avoiding the spikes is the key. If a DPS gets hit by those spikes, the healer has to divert attention, and that's bad. Considering they can deal 9k damage easily, plus the fall damage (about 10% total health each fall), it can wipe out a DPS really quickly, especially if they have taken any damage from the non-elites.

During the third Phase 2, everyone needs to move into high burn mode. Flying adds show up that can knock you down, or knock you back. The non-elites get rather out of control really quickly, too. The elites have to come down as fast as possible, so Anub'arak shows up again before the non-elites can do too much damage.

It's a tough fight, and I can say that my first party wiped 6 times on this guy. The spikes in Phase 2 tend to be the real killer. Melee DPS often gets hit by them, especially if there's alot going on around the elites. I know several times my consecration, plus a few spirit wolves and a flame strike in the area of the elites covered up the animation for the spikes fairly effectively. Just keep your eyes peeled, and your finger on the strafe run button so you can get the heck out of the spike zones. If you can avoid the spikes, your tank can survive the pound, and the healer has solid enough heals to keep the tank up during the stun, you should be fine. (Tanks retreating back about 15 yards makes the stun almost a non-issue, as Anub'arak will have to close the distance, and you will only have the tank take a single shot while stunned, rather than 3 or 4).

Comment by 448707

Well, seems like THIS wasn't proof enough that he was dead, all hail Kael'thas the 2nd!

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Proof of Demise: Anub'arak

This quest is no longer available within the game.

Archmage Lan'dalock in Dalaran wants you to return with the Idle Crown of Anub'arak.

This quest may only be completed on Heroic difficulty.

	The Idle Crown of Anub'arak (1)

Description

The Scourged nerubians are a plague upon our forces.

While we are safe from them here, floating above the world, when we set foot upon the land below, it is always with the thought that the undead nerubians could burrow up from the depths of Azjol-Nerub and attack.

It's in the best interests of everyone if they are thrown into a state of disarray. Kill their former king, and major-domo to the Lich King, the crypt lord, Anub'arak.

Please bring me his crown... not that he wears it any longer.

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Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Emblem of Conquest		Emblem of Triumph
	Emblem of Valor

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

75 reputation with Kirin Tor

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(13254))

Guides

Azjol-Nerub Dungeon Overview WotLKC Daily Quests by Zone in Wrath of the Lich King Classic