Ra-den (tactics)

Ra-den, the Fallen Keeper of Storms, is the thirteenth, heroic mode-only boss encounter of the Throne of Thunder raid. He only becomes available after Lei Shen is defeated.

Adventure Guide
''Lei Shen's life changed forever when he stumbled into a dark chamber below what are now the Mogu'shan Vaults. Legend has it he found an ancient titan keeper guarding a miraculous device known as the Engine of Nalak'sha. No one knows what transpired between the two beings, but Lei Shen later emerged from the site bristling with the power to forge an empire. The keeper's fate -- and his current whereabouts -- remain a mystery.''

Encounter design
''This is the "Algalon" of the zone; a bonus boss for the high-end raiders who have finished the main zone progression. Lei Shen is the true final boss of the zone, and we wanted to make sure that he still feels that way—unlike Sinestra in Bastion of Twilight, there's some backtracking involved to reach Ra-den after he's unlocked. The mechanics of the fight are deliberately obscured in the Dungeon Journal for now, so I won't say much more. The primary purpose of the Dungeon Journal is to provide an in-game resource to players who are trying to learn an encounter, instead of making them feel like they have to Alt-Tab out to read an online guide. In Ra-den's case, we know that those of you who face him at first are also the same people who often write those online guides, so hopefully you’ll enjoy a sense of discovery when you first reach him.''

Shrouded in Mystery
There are no scholars with any recollection or record regarding the details of Ra-den's powers. Perhaps these memories have been obscured by the passage of time, or perhaps none who saw the Keeper of Storms in battle ever lived to speak of what they witnessed...

Achievements

 * Heroic: Ra-den
 * Cutting Edge: Ra-den
 * I Thought He Was Supposed to Be Hard?
 * Heroic: Ra-den Guild Run
 * Realm First! Ra-den

Quotes

 * Intro
 * yell
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 * Aggro
 * yell


 * Murderous Strike
 * yell


 * Materials of Creation
 * yell


 * Unstable Vita
 * yell


 * Unstable Anima
 * yell


 * Phase 2
 * yell


 * Berserk
 * yell


 * Killing a player
 * yell
 * yell


 * Defeated
 * yell
 * yell
 * yell

Notes and trivia

 * Ra-den didn't work out completely as envisioned. The sense of mystery associated with a boss that no one knows anything about is nice, making the content a bonus prize for defeating Lei Shen. It was hard to balance and test without the regular player testing, which resulted in clever use of game mechanics to defeat Ra-den. Normally hotfixes would have been used to solve the problem, but limited attempts made it a more complicated situation.
 * Ra-den is voiced by Richard Green.