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December this year is proving to be exceptionally busy, with many new games released in October and November still going strong, and several popular classic games releasing new patches to attract players, such as WoW MoP Classic.

As a new server launched in July this year, Mists of Pandaria Classic scheduled release Phase 3 The Thunder King at 3 PM Pacific Time on December 9th, bringing new raids, zones, bosses, and more.

While Throne of Thunder raid is the focus of Phase 3, other content should not be overlooked. Below, we will introduce information on how to deal with two new world bosses.

Boss 1: Oondasta

This boss's habitat is located in the center of the new zone, Isle of Giants, which is also home to various dinosaurs. You can start the boss fight after completing the dinosaur-related quests.

Boss Skills

Oondasta has six skills, which it will use at different stages of the fight to maximize damage to your party. Each member of your team needs to prepare for and react to these skills based on their role. These skills include:

• Alpha Male: The boss will make the strongest player in the party immune to taunts and increase the threat generated by tank-specialized players by 100%.
• Crush: Deals a large amount of single-target damage and continuously reduces your armor by 25% for one minute.
• Frill Blast: The boss can accumulate energy using its armor and then release a shockwave, dealing fire damage to all players within 60 yards in front of it.
• Spiritfire Beam: Fires a beam at you, dealing fire damage. The beam will then bounce, affecting up to 99 players.
• Piercing Roar: This skill allows Oondasta to deal physical damage to all players and interrupt your spell-casting. You will be unable to use the same spell again for 10 seconds.
• Growing Fury: Throughout the fight, the boss continuously accumulates rage, increasing its damage by 10%, and this effect stacks until the boss dies.

How To Deal With These Skills?

To ensure that your tank players can accumulate enough threat even under the effect of the boss's Alpha Male skill, DPS players should not attack immediately at the beginning of the fight.

After that, tank players who have accumulated sufficient threat should stop attacking to reduce threat, then allow the second tank to begin building threat. This cycle should be repeated to ensure that each tank player shares the damage.

Additionally, throughout the entire fight, you must ensure you are positioned behind the boss to easily dodge Frill Blast skill, which only impacts the boss's front.

To avoid the effects of Spiritfire Beam skill, everyone needs to maintain a distance of approximately 10 yards from each other while remaining behind the boss.

As for Piercing Roar, simply ensure you stop casting before the boss uses this skill to avoid being silenced.

Boss Fight Rewards

This boss drops Epic 522 item-level gear rewards, which only dropped from world bosses, with Reins of the Cobalt Primordial Direhorn mount item being a notable reward.

Boss 2 Nalak

This boss is located in Isle of Thunder, another new zone introduced in Phase 3, and is close to the entrance of the new raid. However, it's important to note that to enter this zone, you must complete stage 5 of Isle of Thunder campaign on your current server.

Boss Skills

Compared to Oondasta, Nalak has fewer main skills, only 4, but you still shouldn't take him lightly.

• Lightning Tether: The boss can connect you and your teammates to himself, dealing approximately 10,000 Nature damage to each person every second. If you move more than 30 yards away from the boss during this time, the damage will be doubled.
• Arc Nova: Nalak will fire a pulse of energy, dealing significant Nature damage and knocking back any players within 35 yards.
• Stormcloud: The boss will summon a storm cloud that covers the entire arena, dealing significant Nature damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds to all players within 10 yards.
• Static Shield: The boss will always be surrounded by energy pulses, which deal Nature damage to a random player every 1 second.

How To Deal With This Boss?

Every 15 seconds during the fight, the boss will cast Lightning Tether on players. This is unavoidable, but you can avoid the doubled damage by always staying close enough to the boss.

However, if Nalak uses Arc Nova skill, you shouldn't consider the damage from Lightning Tether; instead, it's best to immediately move more than 35 yards away from the boss, as Arc Nova's damage is instantly fatal.

Additionally, Stormcloud's skill effect means you need to maintain a distance of at least 10 yards from the boss to avoid taking extra damage.

In general, the key to dealing with Nalak is to constantly pay attention to which skill he is using to quickly determine how far away you should be from him. Sometimes even a slight difference in distance can consume you your life.

Boss Fight Rewards

Defeating Nalak will drop Normal Tier 15 legs and gloves gear, as well as a large amount of PvP gear. And like Oondasta, Nalak will also drop a mount item, Reins of the Thundering Cobalt Cloud Serpent.

The above is the main information you should know to defeat the two new world bosses in Phase 3. Based on this, you should also contribute to the fight or heal others according to your role in the raid to ensure ultimate victory.

The phase 3 of WoW Mists of Pandaria Classic expansion will begin on December 9th, along with one of the best raids in the expansion, Throne of Thunder (December 11th).

The difficulty of Throne of Thunder is undeniable, but the developers have stated that temporary buffs granted to various classes in patches 5.5.0 and 5.5.1 will be rolled back or reset (PvE only).

For players, these classes will be nerfed in Phase 3, meaning Throne of Thunder will require more consumables and WoW MoP Classic gold to conquer. Let's take a look at this major change.

Death Knight

Summon Gargoyle mechanics have been significantly changed. Gargoyles will now smoothly cast consecutive strikes without casting intervals. This removes Unholy specialization's skillful manipulation of stacking Haste to snap more strikes. Additionally, gargoyles will have a casting time of no less than 0.5 seconds and will disappear after a maximum of 26 strikes.

In the fight against Lei Shen, using Death Strike will grant a 3-second Residual Blood effect, which can be used as active mitigation to counter the fatal Strike mechanic. And Raise Ally will no longer consume Runic Power, significantly improving the usability of Battle Resurrect.

Shaman

The spell critical strike chance for Healing Tide Totem and Healing Stream Totem will now be calculated based on the casting shaman's Intellect.

Due to Elemental Shaman's overpowered performance in MoP Classic, all of its buffs have been reduced or rolled back in Phase 3. The damage bonus of Elemental Shaman's Lightning Bolt has been reduced from 20% to 5%. Chain Lightning bonus in Patch 5.5.1 has been removed, and Fulmination bonus has been restored to 0%.

Warlock

Fixed an issue where Warlock DoTs would refresh their duration when casting Fire and Brimstone, or Burning Ember when it affected a group of enemies. Its Affliction and Demonology damage bonuses have also been reduced.

Affliction:

• Corruption: Damage bonus reduced from +20% to 0%.
• Agony: Damage bonus reduced from +5% to 0%.
• Drain Soul: Damage bonus reduced from +50% to +25%.
• Drain Soul: DoT proc bonus reduced from +40% to +20%.
• Malefic Grasp: Damage bonus reduced from +50% to +25%.
• Malefic Grasp: DoT proc bonus reduced from +20% to +10%.

Demonology:

• Bane of Doom: Damage bonus reduced from +50% to +25%.
• Hellfire: Bonus reduced from +25% to +10%.
• Immolation Aura: Damage bonus reduced from +25% to +10%.
• Soul Fire: Damage bonus reduced from +20% to +10%.

Druid

• Balance: Moonkin Form damage bonus reduced from 25% to 10%.
• Force of Nature: Damage bonus reduced from 9.1% to 3.64%.
• Feral: Savage Roar's damage bonus has been reduced from 5% to 0%.
• Guardian: Bear Form's damage bonus has been reduced from 15% to 8%.
• Restoration: Meditation's mana regeneration from Spirit during combat has been increased from 50% to 55%.

Mage

• Arcane: Arcane Blast, Arcane Barrage, and Arcane Missiles' damage bonuses have all been reduced to 5% (previously 15%, 19%, and 15% respectively).
• Fire: Pyroblast's damage bonus has been reduced from 30% to 15%. Critical Mass's bonus multiplier has also been reduced from 1.5× back to 1.3×, which is the value in version 5.4.8.
• Frost: Frostbolt, Frostfire Bolt, Ice Lance, and other abilities have had their damage bonuses significantly reduced in version 5.5.1.

Since both Arcane and Frost Mage heavily rely on previous buffs, the nerfed Fire Mage may become the strongest.

Paladin

• Hand of Sacrifice: No longer triggers Global Cooldown to improve its utility.
• Templar's Verdict: Damage bonus increased from 20% to 27%.
• Seal of Insight: Attack speed bonus reduced from 10% to 5%.
• Protection: Grand Crusader proc chance changed to 12% (triggered by dodging, parrying, or using specific abilities), instead of the previous higher 30%. (Previously triggered by dodging/parrying)

Grand Crusader nerf will reduce the number of instant casts of Avenger's Shield, potentially slightly reducing Protection Paladin's output. Seal of Insight adjustment weakens Retribution Paladins.

Priest

• The previous healing reduction setting for Divine Hymn has been changed to reduce healing by 50%, further weakening its group healing ability.
• Renew duration increased from 12 seconds to 15 seconds, which also increases the direct healing of Rapid Renew.
• Damage bonus to Shadow Word: Pain reduced from 18% to 7%, while the overall damage bonus of Shadowform also decreased from 10% to 7%.
• Chakra cooldown reduced, and an issue with Chakra's incorrect scaling on some abilities fixed.
• Divine Hymn healing increased.
• Divine Star healing reduced by 15%.
• Prayer of Healing cast time reduced by 0.5 seconds.

Warrior

The trigger mechanism of the 4-piece Throne of Thunder tier set has been changed. For DPS warriors, it is now triggered by Recklessness instead of Skull Banner (this increases flexibility as Skull Banner is typically used as a raid burst ability).

The +2s duration bonus Fury provided to Enrage and Berserker Rage in 5.5.0 has been completely removed, returning to +0 seconds, essentially reverting to the original. Attack Power bonus (+11%) to Protection's Shield Barrier has been removed, reverting to 1.8 times the shield's AP as in 5.4.8, a significant nerf.

Hunter

Explosive Shot: bonus reduced to 0%.

Monk

Windwalker: Tigereye Brew base damage bonus reduced from 5% to 3.5%.

Some of these changes are already implemented in-game, with the remainder to be added after Phase 3 arrives. However, one thing is certain: you will feel that your character's tanking, healing, and DPS will decrease, or become closer to the difficulty of the original version. This requires you to be more cautious when facing the challenge of Throne of Thunder raid.

Amidst player anticipation and the development team's continuous teasers, Mists of Pandaria Classic Phase 3, titled The Thunder King, is finally confirmed to launch on December 9th at 3:00 pm PST.

As always, the release of a new phase means more new content to explore. Phase 3 will bring a new raid, 2 zones, 2 world bosses, and 3 factions, with Throne of Thunder raid undoubtedly being the highlight.

Besides the core boss battles, this raid also features numerous exclusive mechanics designed to enhance its playability, such as Thunderforging system.

This system first appeared in Mists of Pandaria and was later used in other WoW expansions, but its actual effectiveness was not very appealing.

Therefore, MoP Classic has modified it, presenting it with a completely new look in Phase 3. Below, we'll introduce the specific details.

Thunderforging System Basic Mechanics

Throne of Thunder raid takes place in Isle of Thunder, featuring 13 bosses. During the raid, each boss you defeat may drop items that trigger Thunderforging buff, instantly leveling the item's level up by 6.

The probability of this effect triggering is not fixed, but as the raid difficulty increases, the number of items dropped by bosses also increases, so theoretically, the higher the difficulty level, the greater the probability of triggering it.

Generally, if your team obtains one or more Thunderforged items before the raid ends, it's best to focus them on your strongest member, maximizing that member's abilities to increase the win rate against subsequent bosses.

Thunderforging System Changes In MoP Classic Phase 3

Due to the extremely low trigger rate, it was previously difficult to obtain truly top-tier gear using Thunderforging system during raids, leading many players to believe that the system did not provide any useful assistance in completing raids.

However, aside from the probability aspect, Thunderforging's design itself is quite appealing. Therefore, in the upcoming WoW MoP Classic Phase 3, the developers have chosen to add changes to optimize and retain it.

Based on this, the new Thunderforging system operates as follows:

• In Normal and Heroic difficulties, Thunderforged items that drop directly are 6 levels higher than normal items.
• During Throne of Thunder raid, Thunderforged normal and heroic items cannot be upgraded.
• During Throne of Thunder raid, normal items that drop in Normal and Heroic difficulties can be upgraded a maximum of twice by consuming Justice Points, each time increasing their level by 3.

Furthermore, the new Phase 3 introduces Mogu Rune of Fate. This item allows all players in the party who possess it to have a second chance to choose additional rewards from a specific boss's loot list after the boss fight ends.

After using this rune, the system will randomly generate a number for you. If the number is higher than a certain threshold, you will receive random specialization gear; if it is lower, you will only receive WoW MoP Classic gold.

While there are limitations to rune usage, and there's no guarantee that the item you get next will trigger Thunderforged, the higher the reward, the greater the chance.

It's worth noting that if you choose from the reward list for the heroic difficulty boss Ra-den, you will definitely receive a Thunderforged item of level 541 as long as your roll is high enough.

In fact, all items dropped by this boss are Thunderforged, but each team only has 30 chances to challenge it per week. If you fail to defeat Ra-den within 30 attempts, you must wait until the next raid reset to challenge him again.

Thunderforging System's Item Upgrade Mechanism

During the initial weeks after Phase 3 launch, outside of Throne of Thunder raids, upgrading these items will require 250 Valor Points each time, after which it will consume approximately 1000 Justice Points.

This mechanism is likely designed to balance the game environment, preventing players from gaining too much progress in the early stages of Phase 3 and becoming unplayable later on, as Valor Point acquisition has a weekly cap.

Furthermore, Thunderforged items dropped in the first few weeks will allow you to enjoy their max item level without upgrading, meaning you can safely use Valor Points to upgrade regular gear or for other purposes.

Since Mists of Pandaria Classic Phase 3 hasn't started yet, you can now fully utilize Phase 2 mechanics to accumulate resources in advance, such as consuming Valor Points to exchange for Commendation of Justice items.

These items will grant you more Phase 2 Justice Points, which will be converted into Valor Points once Phase 3 begins. However, if the number of Valor Points to be converted exceeds 4000, the excess will be converted into gold.

This allows you to focus on developing new content during the first few weeks of Phase 3 without having to focus on earning Valor Points.

It's important to note that two types of gear cannot be upgraded in this system:

• Gear belonging to Tier pieces with a level cap of 535.
• Gear sold by Shado-Pan Assault vendor with a level cap of 522.

This concludes our detailed explanation of MoP Classic Thunderforging system. Further details and changes will be available upon the official release of Phase 3. Let's look forward to it!

Phase 3 of WoW MoP Classic seems to be just around the corner. The official announcement includes two PTR tests, and they've also released Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.5.3 PTR developer log.

The developer log reveals most of the content players are interested in, including how to unlock new zones, world bosses, and the much-anticipated Thunderforging system.

New Zones

The new Phase 3 zone, the Isle of Thunder, will be unlocked similarly to Sunwell in The Burning Crusade or Ahn'Qiraj war effort in WoW Classic. Players will need to complete daily quests, unlock additional questlines, and find rare elites and treasures to gradually unlock this zone.

World Bosses

Oondasta is located at the northernmost point of the Isle of Giants, and players can test it with the developers on November 7th at 3 PM.

Another World Boss, Nalak, is equivalent to Sha of Anger in Phase 3, dropping Class Tier Sets and current PvP season gear. However, Nalak will only appear after Thunder Isle is fully unlocked, making it part of the final phase.

Throne Of Thunder Raid

Throne of Thunder contains 12 unique boss fights. Its PTR testing period is as follows:

• Round 1: November 4th, 10:00 AM PST to November 7th, 8:00 AM PST.
• Round 2: November 14th, 10:00 AM PST to November 17th, 8:00 AM PST.

Mogu Runes Of Fate

Phase 3 will introduce Mogu Runes of Fate, which are used for bonus rolls in Throne of Thunder raids, Nalak, and Oondasta. There is a weekly cap on how many Mogu Runes you can obtain, similar to Elder Charms of Good Fortune, with each Mogu Run costing 50 Lesser Charms of Good Fortune.

Thunderforging System Changes

Thunderforging system was quite controversial in the original Mists of Pandaria. Initially, Thunderforging system gave equipment dropped from Throne of Thunder (Normal or Heroic difficulty) or obtained through extra dice rolls a chance to become Thunderforged items, gaining an additional 6 Item Levels.

The system was entirely based on RNG, which made gear acquisition highly reliant on luck, easily leading to conflicts between players over loot. Therefore, the developers made some changes in WoW MoP Classic.

The developers decided to allow players to use Justice Points to upgrade non-Thunderforging Throne of Thunder gear twice, each time increasing the item level by 3, for a total increase of 6 item levels, while Thunderforged gear can no longer be upgraded.

This change also reduced the randomness, lessening the frustration of Thunderforging gear drops, while still making bonus rolls and non-Thunderforging gear valuable. Additionally, Thunderforged gear saves Justice Points needed for upgrades, so it remains valuable, but won't cause excessive competition due to its overwhelmingly powerful stats.

Overall, the overall item level of the raid will be higher than in the original phase, slightly reducing the difficulty of raids. However, given that Thunderforging raids are significantly more difficult than T14 (such as Mogu'shan Vaults), this change is reasonable and beneficial in WoW MoP Classic.

Finally, the number of attempts to challenge Ra-den - the hidden final boss of Throne of Thunder (Heroic difficulty only) - is limited. Raids must defeat him within 30 attempts, or he will disappear, and players will have to wait until the following week.

Challenge Modes And Rewards

Phase 3 Challenge Modes now include Platinum Medals, requiring players to complete dungeons within a set time to earn additional rewards.

Each dungeon's Platinum Medals rewards an achievement and a dungeon-exclusive toy. These toys are Platinum versions of existing items and are count-wide. The following are the toy items offered in each dungeon:

Temple of the Jade Serpent: Platinum Boots of Expeditious Retreat

• Stormstout Brewery: Platinum "Little Ale"
• Gate of the Setting Sun: Platinum Rod of Ambershaping
• Shado-Pan Monastery: Platinum Potion of Invisibility
• Siege of Niuzao Temple: Platinum Amber
• Mogu'shan Palace: Platinum Battle Horn
• Scholomance: Platinum VIal of Polyformic Acid
• Scarlet Halls: Platinum Battle Banner
• Scarlet Monastery: Platinum Sacrificial Dagger

Note that the opening hours for each dungeon vary. It's best to check their opening times before attempting a challenge:

• Temple of the Jade Serpent: 10:15
• Stormstout Brewery: 8:15
• Gate of the Setting Sun: 8:00
• Shado-Pan Monastery: 14:00
• Siege of Niuzao Temple: 12:15
• Mogu'shan Palace: 8:15
• Scholomance: 10:15
• Scarlet Halls: 8:00
• Scarlet Monastery: 9:00

Additionally, completing all Challenge Mode Platinum ratings in Seasons 2 and 3 will earn you the server's first achievement.

First-time Platinum Challenge completions for each dungeon reward you with Platinum Coins, which can be exchanged for transmogrification sets, toys, and mounts.

Furthermore, Celestials bosses will be updated, and their loot and mechanics may include equipment and boss abilities from the Throne of Thunder.

At the end of each Challenge Mode season, the player who maintains Realm Best Time will receive an exclusive title and mount:

Season 1

• Title: The Mistwalker
• Mount: Reins of the Celestial Serpent

Season 2

• Title: Mistborne
• Mount: Reins of the Celestial Tiger

Season 3

• Title: Heir to the Mist
• Mount: (Not yet announced)

Other Updates

After reaching Exalted reputation with The Tillers, players can speak with Farmer Yoon to take over Sunsong Farm (requires unlocking 16 farms).

Warlocks can start a questline through Codex of Xerrath; completing the quest changes their fire skill's effect to fel green.

This concludes the general content of Mists of Pandaria Classic Phase 3 PTR. Although the official release date hasn't been announced yet, it's clear it won't be too far after PTR ends. It's expected to go live around early December, though no exact date has been announced yet.

It's been over a month since the release of WoW MoP Classic Phase 2 on September 23rd. Due to the limited content of Phase 2, players have been bored, and many have left.

The player community is impatient for Phase 3, Throne of Thunder, with many urging for its release. Recently, the official announcement of Throne of Thunder PTR was released, potentially indicating that Phase 3 is imminent.

Announcement Content And Phase 3 Release Date Prediction

In the recently released announcement, the official team announced that Throne of Thunder Raids will be tested during the following periods:

• Raid test 1 – November 4-6
• Raid test 2 – November 14-17

Meanwhile, according to a leak from the well-known source Algalon the Observer on X, World of Warcraft Classic PTR server has just been updated with a new version.

The version number has been updated from 5.5.1 (the prequel to Siege of Orgrimmar, usually referring to the Battle of Pandaria) to 5.5.2. Version 5.5.2 corresponds to the major content patch Throne of Thunder, part of 5.2.0 (the 2013 patch).

Similar minor PTR updates (from 5.5.1 to 5.5.2) appeared before the official release of WoW MoP Classic Phase 2 Landfall patch, suggesting that Throne of Thunder might be coming soon!

Release Date Prediction

Since the PTR testing lasts approximately two weeks, and a release during Thanksgiving week (the third week of November) is highly unlikely, the predicted release dates for Phase 3 PTR are as follows:

• November 18th: A slightly accelerated but possible date.
• December 2nd or 4th: A date more in line with the regular release cycle.

The first phase was a pretty good start, but the second phase was relatively dull in comparison, which is why players are so eager for the third phase. Throne of Thunder is one of the most acclaimed raids in World of Warcraft history, but it's also extremely difficult. Many of the first raiders to clear it have vivid memories of it; almost every boss in the raid has a very interesting mechanic.

To successfully complete this raid, your gear needs to be at least BiS (or near-BiS) level for the current version. You'll also need to prepare potions, elixirs, and some first-aid items to boost your stats.

If you want to earn some WoW MoP Classic gold before the start of the third phase, you can craft these items in advance, and their value will definitely increase after the third phase begins.

How To Unlock Throne Of Thunder Raid?

In the original game, players contributed progress by completing quest chains and daily quests on the Isle of Thunder to unlock the raid. This process will be very fast on the current highly centralized servers, as Sunwell only takes two days to unlock on a mega server.

While the specific unlocking method is still unclear, and a server-wide cooperative unlocking mechanism is no longer unusual, retaining this mechanism is a cool experience. Furthermore, since the servers are now integrated, there won't be any issues with smaller servers being unable to complete the process.

Aspects For Improvement In Phase 3

Thunderforged

However, Phase 3 includes a controversial system, Thunderforged, which is the precursor to the later Warforge and Titanforge systems. It's a rare quality item dropped in Throne of Thunder raid, with an item level 6 levels higher than its regular counterpart.

However, players don't really like it, mainly because this disparity can lead to conflict and hostility among hardcore players and raid groups. This is especially true for efficiency-driven guilds, causing unnecessary competition and dissatisfaction. Furthermore, the already complex loot pool from each boss makes each item essentially two versions.

Retaining this system intact might negatively impact the game. If the developers decide to modify it, they could choose to remove it entirely, eliminate randomness and allow all drops to directly upgrade, or allow players to use Justice Points or Valor Points for consistent upgrades.

Flex Raiding

Given the high difficulty of Throne of Thunder, introducing a flexible raid system might be better, allowing raids to be limited to a certain number of players, such as 20-30. Raid difficulty will be dynamically adjusted based on the actual number of players, rather than randomly matching you with another player.

This is because anyone who has experienced high-difficulty raids in MMOs knows that these raids contain many instant-death attacks, requiring players to cooperate and follow commands to successfully navigate the most difficult mechanics of each phase. If any player cannot communicate, it could be a wipe, and forcing it might just be a waste of consumables and WoW MoP Classic gold.

If raid difficulty is dynamically adjusted based on the number of players, the difficulty of forming a group will be significantly reduced.

The above is a general overview of the third phase of Mists of Pandaria Classic and Throne of Thunder. The third phase may be coming soon, but it's likely still a month away from official release, so prepare your best weapons and armor and wait patiently.

While WoW MoP Classic Phase 2 doesn't add new raids, Krasarang Wilds Campaign and Brawler's Guild remain challenging. Therefore, choosing a specific build is crucial to maximize your advantage in this new phase.

If you're out of ideas, our Shadow Priest build guide is here to help.

Why did we choose Shadow Priest to kick off MoP Classic Phase 2? It's because of their powerful sustained damage, excellent multi-target abilities, a more cohesive gameplay loop thanks to the improved Shadow Orbs system, and the damage and healing buffs from the Twist of Fate talent.

These mechanics work together to allow Shadow Priest to deal sustained damage to multiple enemies. Combined with their high survivability and utility, they're a top-tier class in the later stages of Mists of Pandaria Classic.

Talents

As for Talent system, Shadow Priest's versatility allows us to tailor it to the type of content we're playing, whether it's daily quests, PvP, or raids, especially when more mobility or specific defensive or offensive support is needed.

Tier 1

• Void Tendrils: A powerful choice for pulling multiple targets, as it roots them while allowing you to continue dealing damage while moving.
• Dominate Mind: Controls the target's mind, temporarily placing them under Yogg-Saron's control and reducing their Sanity by 4%. This can be used to control adds in specific situations.

Tier 2

• Angelic Feather: A very powerful movement speed boost option, providing excellent positioning flexibility.
• Body and Soul: Significantly increases the movement speed of the target of a Power Word: Shield or Leap of Faith for a period of time. Once cast on a target, this talent grants them a 60% movement speed bonus for 4 seconds, making it very useful for quickly evading or repositioning.
• Phantasm: Provides a movement speed boost after using Fade, making it very useful in certain encounters.

Tier 3

• Solace and Insanity: Often the best choice for increased damage, as it significantly boosts your Mind Flay's damage while Devouring Plague is active.
• From Darkness, Comes Light: A viable alternative to Mind Spike's instant trigger, effectively increasing burst damage.
• Mindbender: A good mana regeneration option after your Shadowfiend is enhanced.

Tier 4

• Angelic Bulwark: A powerful passive defensive ability that can save you when your health drops below 30%.
• Desperate Prayer: An active defensive ability that provides healing, useful when you need more burst healing.

Tier 5

• Twist of Fate: A great choice for a Tier 5 talent, providing a significant damage and healing boost, primarily refreshed by spot-killing low-health targets.
• Divine Insight: This makes the next Mind Blast active immediately after Shadow Word: Pain triggers, costing no mana. This talent is highly competitive in high-mobility fights where mana management and maximum damage are crucial.
• Power Infusion: This skill is more suited for supporting other players and tends to fall short of Twist of Fate for individual DPS.

Tier 6

• Halo: A default choice for most fights, providing decent damage and a short cooldown.
• Divine Star: A powerful alternative with a short cooldown, instant cast time, and immunity to Shadow Lock.
• Cascade: Ideal for maximizing area pressure in certain comps.

Attribute Prioritization

For Shadow Priests in MoP Classic WoW, prioritizing gear with higher Intellect stats is optimal, followed by Hit, Spirit, and Expertise to reach the 15% hit cap. Haste, Mastery, and finally Critical Strike are crucial.

• Intellect: This is the primary stat for Shadow Priest, so try to choose gear with the highest item level to boost it.
• Hit/Spirit/Expertise: Aim for a total hit chance of 15% to cap your hit rating. However, note that once you exceed this cap, the benefits provided by these stats diminish.
• Haste: This increases your casting speed and the frequency of DoT spells.
• Mastery: Gives your periodic shadow damage spells a chance to deal bonus damage.
• Critical Strike: Increases the critical strike chance of your spells and damage over time effects, and summons Shadowy Apparitions when Shadow Word: Pain triggers a critical strike.

BiS Gear Setup

Shadow Priest's BiS gear choices vary by stage. If you have plenty of WoW MoP Classic Gold, aim for Korven's Amber-Sealed Beetle and Guardian Serpent Shoulderguards from Terrace of Endless Spring Raid. You can also consider using August Stone Fragments from Celestial Dungeons as pre-raid BiS gear.

Note that your attribute weights will change as you acquire new gear, so it's best to use a gear simulator to find the best options for your character before equipping them.

Here are our recommended items. For the rest, you can choose your own items based on your playstyle and the type of content you're looking to play:

• Neck: Korven's Amber-Sealed Beetle
• Shoulders: Guardian Serpent Shoulderguards
• Cloak: Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption
• Chest: Guardian Serpent Raiment
• Waist: Belt of Malleable Amber
• Legs: Dreadwoven Leggings of Failure
• Trinkets: Relic of Yu'lon

That's it for the complete guide to Shadow Priest in WoW Classic's Mists of Pandaria Phase 2. While it's slightly inferior in single-target damage and may require more gear to be truly competitive in high-end raids, Shadow Priest is still a solid choice for players who enjoy a dynamic and complex playstyle.

If you really want to collect all the equipment as quickly as possible and build the most powerful Shadow Priest, then this will definitely test your funds. However, you can check out cheap IGGM WoW Classic MoP gold for sale page, where there is enough safe gold to meet your needs immediately!

With the launch of Phase 2, Brawlers Guild was finally added to the game. Brawlers Guild was once a popular feature, primarily focused on solo PvE, where players repeatedly challenged bosses, akin to a boss rush.

While not a group raid, Brawlers Guild was nonetheless quite challenging, requiring players to adapt to unique and often deadly boss mechanics, and its complexity increased with increasing levels. While lower levels might be manageable with just a good item level, reaching the highest levels can be a significant challenge.

How To Access Brawlers Guild?

Players seeking access to Brawlers Guild need to obtain a Blood-Soaked Invitation first. Currently, there are two ways to obtain it, while there is another way to enter Brawlers Guild directly:

• 1. Dropped by elite wild monsters, especially rare monsters associated with Krasarang Wilds, which have a chance to drop an Invitation.
• 2. Black Market Auction House sometimes lists invitations with a starting valule of 1,000 WoW MoP Classic gold, so you may need to prepare more.
• 3. In addition to receiving a Blood-Soaked Invitation, you can also enter Brawlers Guild through invitations from other players. After reaching Rank 7, other players will receive a Brawler's Pass, which they can then transfer to you.

Regardless of how you gain access to Brawlers Guild, your other accounts will automatically be eligible.

Brawlers Guild Entrance

The entrance to Brawlers Guild is different for Alliance and Horde players:

Locations vary by faction:

• Horde: The entrance is in Brawl'gar Arena in Orgrimmar, north of Valley of Honor.
• Alliance: The entrance is at Bizmo's Brawlpub in Stormwind, on the lower level of Deeprun Tram.

Brawlers Guild Bosses

Brawlers Guild has seven ranks and 28 bosses. As you rank up, the enemies become increasingly difficult. So, if you want to challenge higher levels, you'll need to adjust your gear and spend some Mists of Pandaria Classic gold at Auction House to prepare potions and items based on the boss's damage.

Rank 1

Bruce

The most threatening skill is Chomp Chomp. It deals high damage within melee range, but it has a 1.5s cast time, so be mindful of its cast bar.

Vian The Volatile

A flaming area will appear on the field, gradually taking up the combat space. Focus all your skills on it from the start; you won't be able to prolong the fight.

Goredome

It will cast Lumbering Charge, which appears as a red circle within its damage range. Keep moving and quickly escape once you see the circle appear. Melee fighters should also be aware of their changing positions.

Dungeon Master Vishas

This boss's Hot Poker buff grants him extremely high damage. You can kite him with abilities like slow or crowd control (he can be stunned).

Rank 2

Dippy

Dippy has a one-hit-kill magic attack, but he struggles to maintain stability on the ground. You can interrupt his abilities with instant/auto attacks, but avoid cornering him, as this may cause him to use his magic.

Kirrawk

Kirrawk will summon tornadoes to throw you up or disrupt your position. You'll need to dodge these tornadoes to maintain the tempo of the fight, and adjust your position when dodging.

Fran And Riddoh

Fran will throw mines everywhere, while Riddoh will trap you with a net. If Fran dies, Riddoh will go berserk, dealing +250% damage. Fran will also throw explosives more frequently after Riddoh dies.

It's best to maintain a healthy balance between the two bosses, avoid destroying one too quickly, and avoid bombs.

King Kulaka

King Kulaka's melee attacks deal considerable damage. Ranged classes can kite him continuously, while melee classes should use defensive skills to stall and spread out their attacks.

Rank 3

Blat

Blat creates multiple clones. While these clones don't deal much damage, they can be disruptive. The real one usually moves faster or has quicker skill responsiveness. Focus your fire on the real one while slowing down the other clones.

Sanoriak

Sanoriak has abilities like Flame Buffet (which stacks flames) and Firewall. Prioritize interrupting Flame Buffet, as Firewall usually leaves a safe gap.

Ixx

The only skill you need to avoid is Devastating Thrust. Avoid standing in front of it; quickly move past or around to the side and back while it's casting. This may cause splash damage, but you can use potions.

Mazhareen

As Mazhareen's health decreases, its attack power, and frequency may increase. Therefore, conserve your abilities until it reaches low health, then burst out as quickly as possible to instantly kill it.

Rank 4

Crush

Crush has a charge and stun (which also stuns itself), with a brief period of increased damage. Predict the direction of the charge and dodge, then use the short stun period to deal damage.

Leona Earthwind

Leona Earthwind's Earthling Seed summons minions, while Solar Beam silences you. Both are tricky abilities. You'll need to be quick to kill minions and avoid Solar Beam, looking for openings.

Dominika The Illusionist

Dominika the Illusionist will constantly split and create illusions. Use AoE skills to prioritize killing the illusions, then simultaneously focus on the real one.

Deeken

Deeken's primary skill is Electric Bubble, which creates a static field. As long as you can avoid it, you can easily squeeze it.

Rank 5

Millie Watt

This boss has some mechanics to be aware of. Her explosives also create a static field, and when she uses Megafantastic Discombobumorphanator, it stuns you for 15 seconds, but it dissipates after you take damage. So when she uses this skill, actively enter the field and take some damage to avoid being disabled.

Fjoll

Fjoll's field generates purple flames and can push you into danger. You need to be mindful of your positioning and utilize your movement skills.

Proboskus

Proboskus's damage is high, but it's not difficult to deal with. Torrent (a channeled skill) can be interrupted, and Rain Dance can be avoided by moving.

Fleasy / Greazy / Queasy / Sleezy / Wheezy

Okay, this is a small siege. Five gnomes will attack you simultaneously, and you need to reduce them quickly, so start with Queasy, who has the lowest health. These gnomes will stack damage on you, so you need to keep your distance for 5 seconds to reduce the stacks.

Rank 6

Akama

Akama will summon adds and unleash abilities like Chain Lightning and Shadow Strikes. Shadow Strikes provide powerful buffs, so interrupt them. If you don't, avoid her subsequent attacks.

Unguloxx

Keep your kiting to avoid high melee damage. Use stun or self-protection skills when necessary to stall. Balance defense and damage within the tight enrage timer.

Yikkan Izu

Prioritize clearing the first wave of Ravens while interrupting Disorienting Shriek, or you'll almost certainly die. While controlling the adds, maintain consistent damage on the boss.

Smash Hoofstomp

First, kill two Goblins to reach 100% damage amplification, then move behind them to deal damage when they cast Shield Wall.

Rank 7

Bo Bobble & Max Megablast

Stay close to Bo Bobble and use Max Megablast (red circle) to guide and hit Bo. Repeat until the shared health bar is depleted.

Dark Summoner

Use the overhead light to pin down the ghosts and quickly kill them. Then attack the boss. Repeat until the boss is down, taking care not to be instantly killed by Ghosts.

Battletron

Go all out when it summons Mines (a free damage window). If you can detonate the mines, you can force it to re-summon. Overall, it's a tight DPS check with a 2-minute enrage.

Meatball

Hiting the boss will drop Orbs. Collect them until you reach 40 stacks of the buff (400% damage), then initiate a burst and kill it before the 1-minute enrage.

Completing the 28 boss battles will prove you're a great warrior, and while these battles won't directly reward you with MoP Classic Gold, rewards like The Brassiest Knuckle, The Brassiest Knuckle, and Brawler's Burly Mushan Beast are clearly more valuable.

WoW MoP Classic is about to make a big move, as officials plan to create a single Mega server and allow players from all servers to migrate to it.

Officials haven't announced a specific date yet, but have only shared their plans for each server and their reasons for doing so. Let's take a look at their specific plans below.

Server Issues

Currently, PvP servers are essentially dead in name only. The vast majority of PvP servers are one-sided, consisting mostly of Horde or Alliance players, leaving virtually no outdoor PvP. If players want to pursue PvP, the best approach is to go to the most popular servers, rather than looking at server tags.

However, most players don't even know their server type. Some players only discovered their server was actually PvE after checking their stats, clearly demonstrating that the PvP tag has lost its meaning.

Here are some of the more popular servers, along with their tags:

Americas / Oceania

• Benediction - PvP
• Faerlina - PvP
• Mankrik - PvP
• Pagle - PvE
• Grobbulus - PvP
• Sulfuras - PvE

Europe (EU)

• Firemaw - PvP
• Gehennas - PvP
• Atiesh - PvE
• Flamegor / Pilemegor - PvP

There are also servers in Taiwan and South Korea, but they're not as large.

Solution (Tom Ellis's Plan)

Players were aware of this situation as early as July, and the official team has acknowledged the situation. They plan to convert most PvP servers to PvE and create a centralized Mega server for players to migrate to.

All players' characters, items, WoW MoP Classic gold, and achievements will be transferred to the new, merged servers. It's expected that your auction house listings, guild rosters, and progress will also be transferred.

Players on the original servers will retain their names. If you have the same character name on different servers being merged, you will be asked to choose a new name for one of your characters to avoid duplication.

Tom Ellis mentioned in a tweet that they initially planned to use connected server technology, but were unable to do so due to their busy schedule with other Classic releases. Given the success of Season of Discovery and WoW Classic 20th Anniversary running on a single server, they are considering adopting a similar Mega server model for the entire Mists of Pandaria Classic release.

For US Servers

• All PvP servers will be converted to PvE servers and closed to new character creation.
• Free character migration will be available, allowing players from all servers to migrate to a designated central destination server.

Official will be adding significant hardware to this central server to handle the pressure caused by the influx of players. However, one server will be exempted from this arrangement: Grobbulus. This is the only PvP server currently with balanced factions and enforced balance. Therefore, it will remain PvP and serve as a migration destination for players who wish to experience authentic, outdoor PvP. We will continue to monitor the faction balance in Grobbulus to prevent it from becoming one-sided.

For European Servers

• Because all PvP servers are single-sided, all servers will be converted to PvE.
• A central server will also be created for all players to migrate to.
• Servers in other regions (such as Russia) will also be merged into a single server.

The EU servers may undergo a name merge in advance to free up as many character names as possible on the target server.

Korean and Taiwanese servers have already been merged, so players on those servers will not be affected.

Pros And Cons Of Mega Servers

Pros

Overall, I think this plan is quite reasonable and shows that we are continuously monitoring the status of each server and actively resolving any issues. Furthermore, this move is intended to streamline the server fleet, potentially freeing up server resources for the future Classic Plus version.

We may also use this opportunity to introduce War Mode, allowing players to enable PvP and earn rewards freely. This would be more meaningful than the current fake PvP server labels.

At the same time, with more players on a Mega server, dungeon and raid formations will be easier, and auction house transactions will be more frequent. Farming MoP Classic gold will also become more rewarding.

Cons

However, Mega server may initially experience queues, lag, crashes, and insufficient floors. This is also bad news for players who rarely log in. If they don't migrate to the new server in time, when they finally go online, they might find that their former guildmates and friends have left.

Furthermore, a large crowd of people may cause previously promising Mists of Pandaria Classic gold farms to become even more congested. This depends on how the official team handles these resource constraints.

Therefore, players are advised not to rush to migrate immediately, but to wait a few weeks or wait until the system stabilizes before making a decision.

Overall, the server merger is a sound move, but the performance of a single Mega server remains to be seen. The success of the server merger will ultimately depend on the official team's technical capabilities to support the large population.

Compared to other World of Warcraft games, MoP Classic, with its Eastern-themed theme, exemplified by Pandaren race, has attracted many new players. Furthermore, the game offers enhanced gameplay through scenarios, in addition to regular dungeons and raids.

For ease of understanding, scenarios can be considered miniature dungeons. They require only a three-player party and have no class or role restrictions. You and your teammates need only be level 90 and have a gear level greater than 425 to enter.

Although smaller in scale and more focused on story than challenge, you can still earn WoW MoP Classic gold, Valor Points, or special gear by completing scenarios, as well as completing related achievements.

There are currently six scenarios available in the game, and we previously introduced Theramore's Fall. This article will provide a guide for earning loot in Arena of Annihilation.

Arena Of Annihilation Overview

This scenario begins at Temple of the White Tiger, which you'll need to travel to Kun-Lai Summit to find. Note that if you have time, you can complete the other quests in this location before entering the scenario.

Arena of Annihilation contains multiple bosses, and defeating them is essential to completing the scenario and claiming the rewards.

However, bosses in this scenario won't unlock automatically as you progress, you need to interact with Tiger Temple Gong within the scenario to summon the bosses.

In addition, the character level requirement for entering Arena of Annihilation has been relaxed to 85. After that, you and your teammates can enter Looking for Dungeon system and begin queuing.

As for party role arrangement, since scenarios don't require specific roles, it's generally recommended to team up with three DPS players to complete the scenario by dealing heavy damage as quickly as possible.

How To Complete This Scenario?

After entering Arena of Annihilation, you can officially accept the quest from Wodin Troll-Servant and begin your boss farming journey.

Boss 1: Scar-Shell

This boss is summoned after hitting Tiger Temple Gong for the first time. As the first boss, it's not an enormous challenge, and its main ability throughout the fight is Crushing Bite, making it relatively easy to deal with.

The only caveat is that Scar-Shell will periodically cast Stone Spin, causing it to spin around the perimeter of the room. Occasionally, it will dash through the center and crash into you, dealing significant damage if hit, so be sure to avoid it.

Interestingly, after 12 seconds of spinning, the boss will become stunned, making this the perfect time to focus your attacks.

Boss 2: Jol'Grum

This terrifying creature, known for its Grummle-eating and snow-stalking abilities, will knock everyone to the other side of the arena during the fight and will sometimes target specific players with a Threat Drop.

If you notice this boss casting Angry during the fight, be sure to use skills like Tranquilizing Shot with your teammates to dispel the debuff.

Boss 3: Little Liuyan

This is a fire spirit-type boss. Most of the time, he'll cast Fireball, dealing moderate damage, or Flameline, dealing impact damage and continuous damage to players caught in the flames.

This boss's most powerful skill is Flame Wall, which fills the center of the arena with flames, damaging players within. The boss also summons three minions to form another flame wall on the other side of the arena.

To counter this skill, you'll need to kill the minions while avoiding the effects of the primary skill to dispel the additional flame wall, focusing the fight on Little Liuyan.

Boss 4: Chagan Firehoof

This is a fierce yaungol warrior who fights alongside a yak pet. During the fight, the boss will use Hammer Time to continuously deal area-of-effect damage to your team within melee range.

The boss also uses the ability Trailblaze, creating a temporary line of fire from beneath his feet. You'll need to dodge the line while dealing damage to the boss and his pet.

The Final Stage: Defeat The Final Challenger!

During this stage, you may encounter one of three bosses: Maki Waterblade, Cloudbender Kobo, or Satay Byu (Maki Waterblade seems to be the most likely to appear). Killing the boss completes Arena of Annihilation challenge.

What Rewards Can You Get?

After completing Arena of Annihilation stage, in addition to gold and other available points, you can choose the most suitable piece of gear from the following seven items as a reward:

• Liuyang's Light-Lit Longshank
• Liuyang's Lovely Longstaff
• Satay's Stabbing Sword
• Maki's Mashing Mace
• Jol'Grum's Frozen Mace
• Chagan's Cheery Chopper
• Scar-Shell's Scintillating Staff

What Achievements Are Available?

As you know, Mists of Pandaria Classic features a comprehensive and extensive achievement system. Complete enough achievements to earn additional rewards.

During Arena of Annihilation challenge, the available achievements and their corresponding completion methods are as follows:

• Arena of Annihilation: Complete the entire scenario.
• In the Eye of the Tiger: Defeat each of the three random bosses once during the final stage. Since each boss appears randomly and with varying odds, you may need to farm the scenario multiple times to earn this achievement.
• Beat the Heat: Defeat the third boss, Little Liuyan, without anyone in your party taking damage from Flame Wall.

It's worth noting that there are two optimal ways to earn the third achievement: one is to kill the boss before he casts the skill, and the other is to move out of the inner circle before the skill takes effect and follow Flame Wall in a counterclockwise direction.

That's all for this guide. We hope it helps you complete Arena of Annihilation. Have fun!

WoW MoP Classic's third raid, Terrace of Endless Spring, officially launched on September 4th. It once again features 10 and 25-player modes, with Normal and Heroic difficulties. You'll need to defeat all four bosses to complete the raid.

While you can freely choose which mode or difficulty you want to play, to unlock all achievements and maximize WoW MoP Classic gold and gear rewards, you'll need to complete Terrace of Endless Spring at all difficulties.

The final boss, Sha of Fear, presents the greatest obstacle to this task due to its sheer difficulty. Therefore, we'll explain how to deal with this boss at different difficulty levels.

Pre-Fight Tips

Before you learn about this boss's abilities and combat strategies, it's important to know that this is not only a long and dangerous boss fight, but also that additional stages will occur depending on the difficulty level.

Most MoP Classic boss encounters differ only in health or damage dealt by the boss at different difficulties. However, if you're playing Sha of Fear on Heroic mode, you'll be transported to a new platform after completing the base platform encounter.

Main Platform Encounter

Regardless of mode or difficulty, Sha of Fear boss encounter begins with your team's tank securing the boss. Ensure the tank stands within Wall of Light (an easily visible V-shaped area) to reduce their damage taken by 10% and provide immunity to Breath of Fear.

In addition, it's best to have the healer stay within the safe zone, while the rest of the team should spread out as much as possible, with melee DPS players positioned behind the boss.

However, whenever the boss casts Breath of Fear, everyone must enter Wall of Light to avoid the associated negative effects.

Also during the encounter, the boss will cast Ominous Cackle, transporting some players to an outer temple to fight its guardian.

If playing in 10-player mode, this group will always consist of one tank, one healer, and three DPS players. In 25-player mode, there are two such teams.

So, to ensure an adequate division of labor among the remaining roles, the entire team should always have at least two tanks in 10-player mode and at least three tanks in 25-player mode.

If you are teleported outside, you may be faced with three different platforms and their guards. Their abilities are the same, but they fire Dread Spray in different ways depending on the platform. If you are hit more than twice, you may die.

These guards also use Death Blossom, and everyone must hide behind a pillar while this skill is active. If you damage a platform guard, it will summon Sha Globes, which deal shadow damage upon impact and restore a portion of your primary resource.

However, if you do not consume Sha Globes, the platform guards will use them to restore 8% of their maximum health.

After defeating the platform guards, you gain Fearless buff and return to the main platform. This buff increases your damage and healing by 60%, increases your movement speed by 150%, and grants immunity to Fear effects for 30 seconds.

If you're playing this boss fight in Normal mode, you'll need to continue fighting Sha of Fear on the adjacent platform until it's killed. However, in Heroic mode, when the boss reaches 66% health, you'll enter a new phase.

Heroic Mode Extra Phase

At the start of this phase, the boss will teleport himself and your entire team to a new area called Dread Expanse. All players will then receive a Fading Light buff that restores health and mana for a short period of time, and all cooldowns will be reset.

In addition, the new Pure Light buff grants immunity to Fear and Horror and reduces incoming damage by 30%. This buff can be transferred to other players using Extra Action Button and Transfer Light ability.

However, only one player can receive this buff at a time. If you transfer Pure Light to a teammate, you will not receive the benefits.

However, while you're receiving the benefits, the boss will cast the new ability, Huddle in Terror, which causes some players to be terrorized and inflict 90,000 Shadow damage per second for 12 seconds.

To avoid this, you must use Transfer Light until all raid members are free. The tricky part is that while you have Transfer Light, you can't move. Furthermore, the boss will summon Dread Spawns that target the player currently holding Transfer Light.

If they come into contact with you while you have Transfer Light, they'll cast Eternal Darkness, instantly killing you. These summoned enemies will also gain a movement speed buff from Gathering Speed.

To avoid this, ensure you have enough ranged damage to attack the boss while maintaining a distance from Dread Spawns and rotate Transfer Light between players, ensuring Dread Spawns are always above the boss to cleave them.

The boss will also cast Waterspout on random players. This skill is difficult to detect and has low damage on its own, but it can be fatal if combined with a Dread Spawn skill.

The boss's final skill during this phase causes him to dive underwater, disappearing underwater before reappearing at a close distance with a dark circle around him. Anyone standing within this circle will be instantly killed, so be careful.

If you wipe during this phase, you'll be teleported back to the beginning. You'll also receive the bonus Lei's Hope buff, allowing you to quickly reenter Dread Expanse.

This concludes the complete process for defeating the boss, Sha of Fear. Beyond understanding these steps, ensuring everyone works together effectively will increase your chances of completing the encounter and the entire raid. Good luck!