A boss fight from the “Legion” expansion still troubles many WoW players today. Even with good gear, this fight is hard to win.
There are hardly any other MMORPGs that have as many dungeon and raid bosses as in World of Warcraft. However, these bosses usually have a relatively short shelf life. By the next expansion at the latest, when the characters’ levels have increased and the gear improved, these bosses become ridiculously easy.
But there are exceptions. Even 6 years after the release of the boss, it remains a really tough fight. We’re talking about Kil’jaeden.
What kind of boss is this? Kil’jaeden is the ninth and final boss from the “Tomb of Sargeras” raid. It was the penultimate raid of the “Legion” expansion. He is set in an ancient temple of Elune, which has been taken over by the Legion and serves as the entry point for the Legion into Azeroth.
Kil’jaeden is the commander of Sargeras, thus commanding the Legion’s troops and leading the invasion of Azeroth. Accordingly, he is a pretty high-ranking figure in the Legion, and his strength is quite appropriate.
Why is Kil’jaeden so difficult to defeat? Most old bosses can simply be “burst down”, meaning you can deal so much damage that you skip hard mechanics and various phases. With Kil’jaeden, this is not possible. Once he reaches a certain percentage of health points, he becomes immune or flies at a distance to activate his intermediate phases.
And that is also the crux of this fight. In the interphase, shadow spheres rain down from the sky, hitting various spots on the platform. Each sphere creates a recoil that is so powerful that it throws characters off the platform and directly kills them if they are not standing very close to the exploding sphere and are not thrown in the correct direction.
The spheres fall at such rapid speed that you must already be “deliberately” thrown from the first sphere to the next (especially on higher difficulty). If you fail just once, you will already be sent to your death, and the fight starts all over again.
Ironically, the two classes that were newly introduced in Legion – that is, demon hunters and summoners – are the only ones who can handle this fight quite easily. Thanks to their “Glide” ability, they can simply negate the recoil of the spheres and land back on the platform. All other classes have very limited options here or have to manage cooldowns.
The only consolation is that Kil’jaeden has virtually no interesting loot. This is because during the time of Legion, only relics were built into the artifact weapons instead of swapping the weapons themselves. Kil’jaeden primarily drops these relics, trinkets, and rings. Therefore, a visit to Kil’jaeden is only worthwhile for achievements and the associated titles.
Have you already soloed Kil’jaeden – and were you not a demon hunter or summoner?
A completely different “old” boss is now accessible again – for you can unlock the old Scholomance.
