Hex Lord Malacrass

Hex Lord Malacrass is a boss in Zul'Aman. He is the fifth boss of the instance and is located inside the temple on the east end.

Adventure Guide
''Rumored to be the most feared witch doctor of the Amani tribe in decades, Hex Lord Malacrass has done the unthinkable and sealed the essences of several mighty troll animal gods in their strongest champions ... keeping the darkest one for himself.''

Objective of

 * The Hex Lord's Fetish (quest)

Servants of Malacrass
Hex Lord Malacrass is accompanied by two of four possible servants.

Hex Lord Malacrass

 * Death Knight
 * Druid
 * Hunter
 * Mage
 * Paladin
 * Priest
 * Rogue
 * Shaman
 * Warlock
 * Warrior
 * Monk
 * Hunter
 * Mage
 * Paladin
 * Priest
 * Rogue
 * Shaman
 * Warlock
 * Warrior
 * Monk
 * Mage
 * Paladin
 * Priest
 * Rogue
 * Shaman
 * Warlock
 * Warrior
 * Monk
 * Priest
 * Rogue
 * Shaman
 * Warlock
 * Warrior
 * Monk
 * Shaman
 * Warlock
 * Warrior
 * Monk
 * Warlock
 * Warrior
 * Monk
 * Warlock
 * Warrior
 * Monk
 * Warrior
 * Monk
 * Monk
 * Monk
 * Monk
 * Monk

Strategy
Hex Lord Malacrass spawns with two random adds. Your party should kill any adds it cannot reliably crowd-control for the duration of the encounter. Malacrass will alternate between channeling his Spirit Bolts ability, dealing a moderate amount of damage to the entire group, and casting Siphon Soul every 30 seconds.

It is important to be aware of classes that grant Malacrass a healing ability (Death Knights are the most commonly overlooked) as the fight can become increasingly difficult to heal if allowed to drag on too long. While Malacrass does not gain a stacking damage buff like in the original the AOE damage of his abilities can become very taxing on healer mana.

Quotes

 * Aggro
 * yell


 * Death of an add
 * yell
 * yell
 * yell


 * Casts Spirit Bolts
 * yell


 * Soul Siphon
 * yell


 * Killing a player
 * yell
 * yell


 * Death
 * yell

Speculation

 * As the C'Thrax Kith'ix is buried under Zul'Aman and was once thought to be a loa, Kith'ix may be the source of the darker essence that Malacrass bound within himself.
 * It is also possible that Malacrass' "loa" was related to the Burning Legion due to his warlock-like garb, the expansion's theme, and unused sound files related to demon summoning.

Bugs

 * While using Siphon Soul on a priest, Hex Lord Malacrass will sometimes attempt to cast Leap of Faith on a dead target, including the trash mobs players kill before his encounter.



In Hearthstone
In the Hearthstone expansion Rastakhan's Rumble, Malacrass serves as the champion of Jan'alai's Dragonhawks, a fire-obsessed team of troll mages, and appears as HS Shirvallah, the Tiger (a legendary mage card). His flavor text reads: "Extremely awkward cousin of Hex Lord Malaclass."

Trivia

 * He was initially named Hexxlord Jin'zakk before the release of the raid.