Located in the floating city of Dalaran, The Violet Hold is a prison that houses the deadliest threats to the city, including Kael’thas himself before his escape. After Kael’thas’s escape the Kirin Tor stepped up security and all has been quiet until recently. Malygos, in his attempts to gain dominance over all the magic in Azeroth, has unleashed his blue dragonflight upon the city, starting with the Violet Hold. Using a hole in the roof the blue’s have begun pouring through portals into the Hold. So determined to destroy Dalaran Malygos has even sent one of his top lieutenants, Cyanigosa, to ensure his victory.
Inside the Violet Hold
Once inside the Hold you will see the Kirin Tor guards bravely fighting against the blue dragonflight invaders. To activate the instance you will need to speak with Lieutenant Sinclari. The Lieutenant will call for his guards to fall back and your group will be left alone to defend the Hold.
On the 18th portal you will be faced with Cyanigosa, the final boss and dragon in charge of the assault on the prison. If you happen to fail, you will have to fight through all the waves, including the bosses again though the bosses will drop loot normally. On Heroic mode any bosses that have already been defeated will be replaced by mobs that will give reputation, but no loot. If only a single player (or two) dies, simply enter the instance again and speak with Sinclari who will teleport the players inside.
Erekem
An arakkoa type boss, Erekem will spawn from the left side with 2 guards that cannot be crowd controlled. All DPS should be on the boss, ignoring the adds. If the adds are killed first he will apply the Stromstrike debuff which will do tons of damage to your tank. The boss will throw Lightning Bolts from time to time, has a Windfury attack, a quick casting Chain Heal, and can Bloodlust.. All of Erekem’s spells are interruptible. Overall a very simple tank and spank.
Ichoron
A water revenant located near the center of the instance, in the only cell with water in it. Ichoron will come out with a protective bubble with about 35 charges on it that needs to be removed. Each attack that hits it will remove one charge from the shield. Once removed Ichoron will collapse and a few water elementals will spawn. The boss will become active once again when all of these have been slain, or if one of the elementals reach him. If an elemental reaches him, it will restore some of his health so they should be killed quickly. Keep in mind the elementals do AoE damage when killed, so rounding them up and killing them is not a good idea. For an easy kill simply use the levers around the room when the adds are spawned. The resulting damage should wipe out the adds and save your group the AoE damage. Rinse and repeat a few times until Ichoron reaches 25% at which time he will stop summoning adds, but will enrage.
Lavanthor
A giant core hound located on the bottom right of the room, Lavanthor proves to be a very easy fight compared to most. A basic tank and spank, simply face Lavanthor away from the raid and have your DPS go to town. The tank can try to step away to avoid Lava Burn, but since the rest of the group should be taking almost no damage the healer should have no trouble healing through it.
Zuramat the Obliterator
A void lord located in the top left of the Violet Hold, Zuramat does little himself, but relies on his adds to do the dirty work. Throughout the fight Zuramat will summon adds, but these adds can only be seen by the person who at the time has Void Shift. It is this persons responsibility to kill the adds while they are visible. The effect lasts roughly 15 seconds, but even a healer should be able to take out a few adds during that period. If not killed the AoE damage from the adds can add up very quickly and can wipe your group. Those not affected by Void Shift should burn Zuramat as quickly as possible.
The boss himself does however do Shroud of Darkness, which when damaging the boss reduces healing received on the player by 20%. This debuff can stack but can also be purged and/or dispelled. If it cannot be taken off, your group will have to drop DPS until the debuff is gone.
Defenseless
This achievement asks you to defeat Cyanigosa without using and Defense Control Crystals while keeping the Prison Seal Integrity at 100%. This achievement is rather straight forward, do not allow anyone to click on the levers throughout the room, this will take away your crutch and make things harder for those who struggle with some of the bosses and portal packs, but can easily be done. The only real difficulty is keeping portal packs who spawn 3-4 adds from reaching the Prison Seal. Have a good tank who does quick pick ups and slow them when needed and this achievement will be yours.
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