Maloriak



Maloriak is a boss in Blackwing Descent who can be found in the Fleshrender's Workshop, off to the east of the Vault of the Shadowflame. Killing him awards the title Slayer of Stupid, Incompetent and Disappointing Minions which lasts for 30 minutes.

Adventure Guide
''The human Malory was a bright young alchemist until he was kidnapped by Nefarian and fused with the corpse of a dragonspawn. The result - Maloriak - is a bumbling minion who possesses only a dull of his former intelligence.''

Stage One: Mustn't Fail Again!
Periodically, Maloriak throws various vials into his cauldron, causing different effects. The first two Vials will be Red then Blue or Blue then Red, followed by Green, then the cycle repeats.

Red Vial
Maloriak throws a Red Vial into his cauldron, giving him flaming breath. The effects of the Red Vial last for 40 seconds.

Blue Vial
Maloriak throws a Blue Vial into his cauldron, granting him freezing magic. The effects of the Blue Vial last for 40 seconds.

Green Vial
Maloriak throws a Green Vial into his cauldron. The mixture explodes and cancels the Growth Catalyst on the Aberrations. The effects of the Green Vial last for 40 seconds.

Lord Victor Nefarius throws Dark Magic into the cauldron, causing Vile Swill to spew from the cauldron. The effects of the Dark Magic last for 90 seconds. The Dark Magic also grants Maloriak immunity to Taunt effects.

Stage Two: Unpredictable Results
At 25% remaining health, Maloriak stops throwing vials into the cauldron. He deals more melee damage, gains a new set of abilities, and immediately frees all remaining experiments in the growth chambers.

Strategy
The Maloriak encounter has some rather unusual mechanics. He switches between several sets of abilities depending on which vial Maloriak throws into the Cauldron. There is a pattern to his vials, with every third vial being a Green one, and the two before it are either Red then Blue, or Blue then Red. Each Vial lasts 40 seconds, after which Maloriak will cast a new one. He also has adds, that he summons in packs of 3 with an interruptable cast, twice every Red or Blue Vial phase.

There is a limited amount of adds he can summon; 18 Aberrations and 2 Prime Subjects, which he will only summon in his final phase from 25% to 0. Because of the adds' Growth Catalyst ability, they need to be tanked away from Maloriak, so he won`t get the buff as well. By the time 9 adds are up, they will be dealing tank-killing damage, which can only be survived by a) popping cooldowns, b) kiting, or c) having a third tank pick up a couple of adds.

The Red Vial gives him a flame breath. Unlike other flame breaths, that you want to stay out of, this one does shared damage to everyone in the breath, meaning that if only the tank is in the breath, he will get one-shotted. So, when he throws a Red vial into the cauldron, everyone but the off-tank(s) should stack up in front of him.

The Blue Vial gives him a spell which randomly freezes a random member of the raid and everyone within 10 yards of that person in an iceblock with 5k hp. One player, preferably a fire mage (for fire blast) should be assigned to breaking these immediately. The raid should spread out for this phase.

The Green Vial wipes the Growth Catalyst buff given by the adds, and puts a debuff on everyone including both adds and players increasing damage taken by 100%. During this phase all dps should be focused on aoeing the adds down before the green phase is over, as he will immediately follow up the green phase with an add summon.

Throughout the fight he will also randomly start to channel Arcane Storms, which must be interrupted, so as to mitigate raid damage. When he reaches 25%, he will release all remaining adds (hopefully only the two Prime Subjects, or you will likely wipe) and enter a Soft Enrage-like phase, where he deals more damage, summons Magma Jets (void zones of fire in a line in front of him), ice orbs that will explode if dpsed down or if they reach a player, and does high raid damage through Acid Storm. Pop all cooldowns, and nuke him through that last phase as quickly as humanly possible. The main tank must avoid the Magma Jets, either by kiting Maloriak around the outside of the room or by dodging out of the way when he performs the casting animation for it.

The main mechanic of the fight is actually the adds, because of their absurd damage. There are a number of ways to deal with this:


 * 1) Interrupt one cast of Release Aberrations, and let the off-tank pop all cooldowns when 9 adds arrive.
 * 2) Interrupt one cast of Release Aberrations, and have dps use kiting abilities such as Blast Wave, Ring of Frost, Earthbind Totem, and Frost Trap.
 * 3) Interrupt no casts of Release Aberrations, and split adds between two off-tanks, instead of one.
 * 4) Interrupt the second cast of Release Aberrations, and single-target dps the first set of three adds down before the third cast.

10 man: He has a 6-minute enrage timer. To beat this fight, you will have to face two sets of three phases (Red/Blue, Blue/Red, Green). DPS has to be careful, as you don't want to push him to 25% until the second Green Vial is thrown in the cauldron, or you'll likely wipe due to not being able to take down your remaining Aberrations.

Heroic Mode Changes
Maloriak Heroic Mode undergoes a couple of changes. First of all, he gains an additional phase called the Dark Phase in which Nefarian will throw a dark potion into the cauldron. During this phase, several slime adds called "Vile Swill" will spawn and must be killed. Each slime can cast an ability called dark sludge which puts a dark puddle on the ground under one raid member dealing damage to anyone that stands in it. This "dark phase" lasts for 90 seconds before Maloriak goes back into his normal Red/Blue/Green Phases and ideally the slimes need to be dead before it happens. He also casts a shadow breath at the main tank that reduces healing done to the tank and tank healers need to heal when the breath is not happening.

The Aberrations also have more life requiring higher AOE dps to kill during green phases as well as hitting harder.

Due to the addition of the "Dark Phase" Maloriak's enrage timer is increased to 12 minutes but you are still required to push him into his sub 25% phase after 2 green phases.

Related achievements

 * Blackwing Descent (achievement)
 * Blackwing Descent Guild Run
 * Heroic: Maloriak
 * Aberrant Behavior

Quotes

 * "She has a lot in common with her mother, except for the being killed and reanimated. But she is young still."


 * Aggro
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 * Red Vial
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 * Blue Vial
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 * Green Vial
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 * Release Aberrations
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 * Dark Magic
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 * 25% HP
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 * Killing a player
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 * Death
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 * Death on normal difficulty
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 * Death on heroic difficulty
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Trivia

 * Maloriak is voiced by Dino Andrade.
 * World first heroic kill on 25-man achieved 21.12.2010 by Premonition of Sen'jin US.
 * Maloriak appears as the second boss encounter in the Hidden Laboratory (Blackwing Descent) wing of the Blackrock Mountain adventure in Hearthstone.