Illidan Stormrage Strategy Guide
05-07-2008 wowgoldonline

Introduction
Illidan Stormrage, the final boss of Black Temple is, without a doubt, one of the toughest fights in World of Warcraft. Exceptional fortitude and coordination are required from your raid group in order to defeat him successfully. Bear in mind the amount of damage you have to output - it's close to 8 million hitpoints on him and his adds, so be prepared for 20 minutes or more of combat.

Raid Setup
You will need 3 tanks, 2 of which will need capped fire resistance of 365.
Your main tank should 100% of dodge+parry+block with Shield Block active.
A warlock tank is also required, with at least 250 shadow resistance.
A mix of about 8 healers is a good idea; each healing class will be beneficial in this fight.
Both melee and ranged DPS classes are useful.

Buffs, Potions and Gear
All the usual flasks and elixirs.
Fire protection potions can be used to great effect. A cauldron of these potions can be very useful.

 

Flame of Azzinoth

Boss Abilities
HP - 5.5 million
Melee strike - from 6k to 8k on plate

Illidan has many abilities with which he will attempt to kill your raid.

Illidan has no (known) hard Enrage timer.

Phase 1
Shear - Reduces the health of his current main aggro target by 60%. Use Shield Block to stop it.

Flame Crash - Illidan jumps up high and lands in a patch of blue flame directly underneath his current position. Deals 5k fire damage per second. 10 yard radius. Remains on the ground for 2 minutes.

Parasitic Shadowfiend - Random raid members will be targeted with a Parasites debuff lasting 10 seconds and dealing 3k shadow damage every 2 seconds. Once this debuff has ticked off, 2 Parasites will spawn at the affected player's location and attempt to melee whoever is highest on global threat (generally a healer). If they are successful in this melee attack, the targeted raid member will receive the Parasitic Shadowfiend debuff. Parasites have around 6k HP.

Draw Soul - Will drain targets in front of him in a similar way to Cone of Cold, dealing 5k shadow damage and healing Illidan for 100,000 HP. Shadow based spell. Resistible.