In the next raid of World of Warcraft, almost all items have special effects. We show you what cool mechanics are on the loot.
With Patch 8.1.5 , there is a new “mini-raid” in World of Warcraft. This will probably be the bridge between the story of Patch 8.1 and Patch 8.2. It is slowly heading against the Old Gods, and the first manifestations of N’Zoth’s influence can be seen. The raid “Crucible of Storm” consists of only two bosses but has interesting loot. Almost all items have additional effects that you usually only know from trinkets – and some of them are really nasty.
We want to briefly introduce some of the most interesting effects here. Please note that these numbers and values are provisional and may still be incorrect. They will also scale with the item level of the item.
Interesting Items of the Boss “The Restless Cabal”
- Pillar of the Drowned Cabal (Staff) – Use: You place a shield on a target for one minute. If the target takes at least 39642 damage from a single hit, the shield is consumed and the target is healed for 39642 damage. (40 seconds cooldown)
- Fathom Dredgers (Cloth Gloves) – Passive: You absorb 123 damage for 15 seconds, per 1000 mana spent, up to a maximum of 12257 absorption.
- Zaxasj’s Deepstriders (Cloth Shoes): Your movement speed is increased by 200 for every 20% health missing, up to a maximum of 600 movement speed.
Interesting Items of the Boss “Uu’nat, Harbinger of the Void”
- Void Stone (Trinket) – Use: Envelops a friendly target in darkness for 12 seconds, which absorbs the next 79109 damage or healing. (2 minutes cooldown)
- Lurker’s Insidious Gift (Trinket) – Use: Receive the gift from N’Zoth, which increases your mastery by 940 for 30 seconds. Every second you gain a stack of “Suffering,” dealing 966 shadow damage per stack. Use the trinket again to end both effects. (2 minutes cooldown)
- Malformed Herald’s Legwraps (Cloth Pants) – Use: Opens a Void Rift beneath you, increasing your haste by 1021 for 15 seconds. You take 27716 shadow damage when you leave the rift.
- Idol of Indiscriminate Consumption (Trinket) – Use: Feeds on 5 nearby allies or enemies, devouring 8265 health from each. You will be healed for 300% of the damage dealt. (1 minute cooldown)
- Harbinger’s Inscrutable Will (Trinket) – Passive: Your damage-dealing abilities have a chance to hurl a spear at the target, dealing 9207 damage. The spear then returns and deals 4603 damage to you.
Bring your friends down: With the Idol of Indiscriminate Consumption, it is indeed possible to kill friendly targets if they are nearby. Because the item steals their health.
Dark themes on the items: Blizzard has added some items to the bosses’ loot list that have dark and devastating effects. Often, there is a trade-off on whether to really use an effect because it can bring disadvantages. But this fits well with the overall theme of the whispers of the old gods.
Why do loot have such bonus effects? Blizzard seems to be trying to give individual items in the raid “Crucible of Storm” more “personality” and make the items more relevant. Previously, there was often criticism that items felt interchangeable and one couldn’t even remember the names of loot because everything was identical. With such interesting effects, the items are likely to be remembered longer and create cool moments.
Please note that these are statements from the PTR. Much can still change about the items before the release of Patch 8.1.5.
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