This PQ Lord is a Lord of Change, a greater Daemon of Tzeentch.
Key Mechanics (All Phases):
Tanks near the boss will gain the ‘Swap!’ ability, which can be used to lower aggro and swap the boss to another Tank.
- Tank Swap:
This boss puts a stacking debuff (icon shown on left) on whoever is tanking it. Once this debuff reaches 9 stacks, the sacred number of Tzeentch, the player dies instantly.
- The boss will also apply this attack at range, so ensure that you have a second tank building aggro to properly manage this.
- Tanks near the Boss will gain the ‘Swap!’ ability, which is a granted ability that can be used to lower their aggro on the boss by 10,000. This has a 20 second cooldown.
- True Damage Spikes: The boss will hit your Main Tank for a large chunk of their HP, regardless of their block or parry rates.
- Forward Cleave: The boss will cleave players in front of him. Tanks should face him away from the group at all times.
- Interrupt: This boss has an interruptable AOE attack called Surging Flames that will damage all those nearby him. This appears as Blue and Purple flames.
- Shatter: This boss will buff himself to increase his power. This can be shattered or stripped.
- Deadly Adds: Every time the boss loses 10% HP, a group of adds will appear at a random Chaos Portal upstairs. The portals cannot be destroyed.
Phase Mechanics:
- Phase 1: (Game Objects) Every 5% HP, the boss will summon the power of a new arcane artifact. These appear up the stairs on the rampart, and a white light will appear with them to draw attention to them.
- Phase 2: A Portal Opens up the small ramp behind the boss’ spawn location. Within this portal, players must destroy the “Core of the Ebon Keep” object to stop the Lord of Change from gaining a stacking power increase. A Hero mob is also waiting nearby to protect this object.
- Phase 3: At 40% HP, two additional Daemons, similar to the Seneschal of the Ebon Keep the raid fought in Stage III, will appear at each of the large stairs leading up to the ramparts. These can and should be killed quickly. These also apply the same stacking 9 stack debuff to their target. If the main Tank has 5 stacks from the boss and 4 stacks from one of these mobs, they will still die from hitting a total of 9 stacks, so be sure to split these onto unique tanks.
- Phase 4: At 20%, the boss will enter a DPS race phase. If not killed within the time limit, it will enrage and wipe the raid.
This boss drops Onslaught Shoulders and Gloves.
