User:GoldenYak/Spider Queen Nezar'Kali

Mistress of the Spider Kingdom. Mother of the Newbreed. Nezar'Kali has sold her soul and those of her people to the darkest of powers in order to secure their dominion of the world. Here she will make her final stand. Here she will carve out the dark empire she is destined for.

Dungeon Journal
Nezar'Kali, the Spider Queen. Daughter of the previous ruler of Azjol-Nerub, Nezar'Azret. The nerubians are capable of passing genetic memory from mother to daughter, and so Nezar'Kali has inherited all of the previous ruler's memories and experiences, which allowed her to ascend to the throne only a short time after being hatched. She quickly took steps to consolidate the remaining power of the nerubians in the remnants of their devastated kingdom.

Before long, Nezar'Kali began laying the eggs that would hatch into the Newbreed. Unlike any previous generation, the Newbreed were in some ways more limited than their predecessors, but matured much more rapidly and were more powerful and ferocious. Their strength has allowed a new nerubian empire to take shape in the wreckage of the old - an empire built on brute force and dark magic.

The source of the Newbreed and their twisted might is revealed - Nezar'Kali has forged anew her people's pact with the Old Gods. Their corruptive power fills the Palace of the Spider Queen, fueling the dark metamorphosis of the nerubian people into a force that will sweep the world clean, and usher in the everlasting rule of the Spider Kingdom.

Phase Two
Nezar'Kali retains Thrash, Webline Snare, and Poison Cobweb from Phase One.



Phase Three
Nezar'Kali retains Thrash, Webline Snare, and Poison Cobweb from Phase One. She retains Plague Cocoon from Phase Two.



All Phases
Nezar'Kali remains stationary at the far end of her throne chamber, a colossal nerubian monarch who cannot move. As long as a target remains within melee range, she will attack them with Thrash and will only periodically cast Webline Snare on a few targets, followed by a Poison Cobweb that takes several seconds to cast. If there is no one in melee combat with her for greater than 3 seconds, she will auto-cast Webline Snare on all players, followed by immediately auto-casting Poison Cobweb. Her Poison Cobweb spell will cause her to cover 1/3rd of the room in a cloud of poisonous fog that deals nature damage - players will be able to tell which 1/3rd of the room she is targeting by seeing where her Webline Snare has placed the players it hits. Nezar'Kali uses all of the above attacks throughout the encounter's three primary phases.

Phase One
Throughout Phase One, she will also afflict players with Plague Cocoon, stunning them and causing them to inflict nature damage on all players until the cocoons are destroyed. Periodically she will release waves of Newbreed Skitterlings, small spider-like creatures that deal minor physical damage and ignore threat when their health is low.

First Transition
At 70% health, Nezar'Kali will enter a Transition Phase and cast Webspray. She sprays a cloud of webbing across the chamber, causing a platform and two ramps of webbing to form at the opposite end of the room. Anyone in the path of the webbing will lose movement speed and become cocooned - it is crucial that players do not allow themselves to become trapped, because immediately after Webspray is finished casting, Nezar'Kali will cast Poison Fog, which engulfs the entire chamber in fog that deals massive nature damage every second. The only way to avoid the fog is to run up the web ramps and onto the web platform created by Webspray. Here players will have to survive assaults from Newbreed Warriors, several of which will spawn throughout the phase. Players must also deal with Fog Eruptions by quickly moving away, and they must free themselves from Poison Weblines, or they will be pulled off the web platform and into the poison fog in the lower chamber.

Phase Two
After 1 minute, the Transition Phase ends and Phase Two begins. The web platform will crumble and the poison fog cloud fades from the chamber. Nezar'Kali's Poison Cobweb will gain an additional effect - Festering Cobweb. The area of the chamber engulfed by her Poison Cobweb spell leaves behind festering cobwebs on the ground, which slow movement speed and deal nature damage to anyone walking over the area. This limits the amount of movement players will have while fighting. Festering Cobwebs will not clear until a few seconds before Nezar'Kali uses Poison Cobweb again, so players will seldom have the entire chamber to fight in safely.

Nezar'Kali will also summon Newbreed Throne-Tenders, spell-caster adds that spawn in pairs (only one will spawn in 10-man mode). They will take up positions on either side of the chamber and channel Venomous Mending, which restores Nezar'Kali's health. Throne-Tenders cannot be affected by stuns of silence, so their healing spell must be blocked by standing in the path of the beam. While the beam heals the Spider Queen, it will damage players, and grow increasingly more harmful over time, so players cannot absorb the beam for long. New players must be swapped in when the damage becomes too great. Throne-Tenders stop healing and will attack players when they reach 50% health.

Second Transition
At 35% health, a second Transition Phase begins. It is identical to the first, except that Nezar'Kali will summon both Newbreed Warriors and Throne-Tenders. Throne-Tenders behave just as they do in Phase Two, and their healing spell can reach Nezar'Kali even from the web platform.

Phase Three
After 1 minute, Phase Three begins. Nezar'Kali's Poison Cobweb now causes 4 Festering Clouds to spawn, which move randomly and deal nature damage to anyone standing in them. The clouds collectively cover roughly 1/3rd of the chamber, but will spread out as they move. They eventually dissipate shortly before Nezar'Kali casts Poison Cobweb again.

The Spider Queen also periodically casts Plague Heart, causing a nerubian Plaguebearer egg to spawn. The egg forms a link with several random targets, dealing damage to them which increases based on their proximity. If players move too far away, however, the egg will explode, dealing massive damage to everyone. The egg can be attacked and destroyed, but linked players will suffer a certain percentage of the damage dealt to the egg. Players must stand as far away as they can to minimize the damage they receive, but not so far that they cause the egg to explode. When destroyed, either through damage or exploding, a Newbreed Plaguebearer spawns, which has several dangerous abilities and must be slain rapidly. The longer the Plague Heart egg lives, the more powerful the Plaguebearer will be when it hatches.

Phase Three will continue until Nezar'Kali's health is reduced to 0.

Heroic Mode

 * Newbreed Webslingers - In phase two and three, Newbreed Webslingers will random descend from the ceiling and grab players, stunning them and slowly hauling them up on weblines. The Webslingers must be attacked and slain to save players. If players are pulled into the ceiling, they are instantly slain.

Achievement

 * I'll Just Make More - Kill 30 Newbreed nerubians and then defeat Nezar'Kali.

Quotes

 * Dialogue when entering the Throne of the Spider Queen
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 * Intro
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 * Aggro
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 * Casting Webspray
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 * Phase Two Begins
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 * Phase Three Begins
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 * Killing a Player
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 * Wipe
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 * Death
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 * Death in Heroic Mode
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