General Vezax Articles

Achievement: Shadowdodger

Strategy: StratFu: Vezax Hard Mode

Audience

In general it's a tradeoff: more ranged and you do more DPS, since they benefit from Shadow Crash. But more ranged can also mean more healing from Mark of the Faceless, and many mana-based classes will likely run out of mana by the end, so melee are very strong.

For our first kill (on 5/10/2009) we use 6 healers.

Overview

You can't ever kill any of the Saronite Vapors because activating hardmode is leaving them up to form the Saronite Animus, a giant Void-walker type model that spawns where Vezax started the fight initially.

The Animus has high health and Vezax becomes immune to damage (although he still casts everything and can still be interrupted) when the Animus spawns. He only drops his immunity when the Animus dies.

We used used Mighty Shadow Protection Potions below 50% in phase 2 to help on healing.

3.2 Update

This is not incorporated into the rest of the guide yet.

* Omen of Clarity no longer procs for resto druids
* Shaman receive a healing debuff if they use Shamanistic Rage or Improved Stormstrike (similar to the one paladins have had since the start)
* The health of Vezax and the Animus have both been reduced by 25%
* The Animus forms from 6 vapors instead of 8
* Shadow crashes happen more regularly
* He casts Searing Flames when his fire school isn't locked out (resulting in casting it more often)

Achievement: I Love the Smell of Saronite in the Morning

Strategy: StratFu: Vezax

Overview

General Vezax is the last boss before Yogg-Saron in Ulduar.

You can only reach him if you have killed the four Keepers first.

This fight is unique in Ulduar in that no normal mana regen functions for any non-physical classes. The only way to regain mana is to kill the Saronite Vapors and stand in them to exchange health for mana.

Boss Page: General Vezax