Sha of Pride

Sha of Pride is the seventh of the prime Sha after Doubt, Despair, Fear, Anger, Hatred, and Violence. It is the core of the corruption of the Vale itself, spawned when Garrosh's arrogance unleashed the powers of the Heart of Y'Shaarj. It made its lair within an old titan chamber where the Heart was discovered.

The Sha of Pride is the fourth boss of the Siege of Orgrimmar raid instance, making him the final boss of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms segment which precedes the actual siege.

Background
When Emperor Shaohao purged his negative emotions with the help of the Monkey King and the August Celestials, he imprisoned the Sha primes beneath the ground. But he held on to one vice - the Sha of Pride. Emperor Shaohao's pride cloaked Pandaria in mists as he thought they were better than the rest of the world and they could solve their own problems. But for ten thousand years, they stagnated, their doubts and fears buried in the land, rising up to fester whenever they allowed them. Thus Pride is the most insidious of sha and it is more dangerous than all the others combined.

Adventure Guide
''The seventh sha, the Sha of Pride, was the final burden to which Emperor Shaohao clung, shrouding the land in mist and biding its time for millennia. When Garrosh awakened the Heart of Y'shaarj, the force of his arrogance caused this dark energy to coalesce in the chamber where the Heart was unearthed.''

Encounter Design
''There is a strong conceptual link between the Norushen encounter and this one. Norushen insists on purifying the players of their pride before he will let them enter the Vault of Y’Shaarj, and as soon as players engage the Sha of Pride they will understand why.''

Overview
Players gain 5 Pride when hit by any ability from the Sha of Pride or its minions, though Norushen periodically protects several players at a time from this effect. The Sha of Pride's abilities trigger increasingly dangerous effects on players the more Pride they have. When the Sha of Pride reaches 30% health remaining, it destroys Norushen, who purifies the raid of their Pride with his final action. From that point, players must defeat the Sha before their Pride overwhelms them.

[[file:Dps_icon.png]] Damage Dealers

 * Quickly defeat Manifestations of Pride and interrupt their Mocking Blast to avoid gaining Pride.
 * When allies are trapped by Corrupted Prison, stand on the locks beside the prison to free them.
 * If your Pride is between 50 and 74 when the Sha casts Swelling Pride, stand in your nearby Projection to prevent a raidwide explosion.

[[file:Healer_icon.png]] Healers

 * Dispel allies' Mark of Arrogance when you have Gift of the Titans to avoid gaining Pride.
 * When allies are trapped by Corrupted Prison, stand on the locks beside the prison to free them.
 * The Sha casts Swelling Pride upon reaching 100 Energy, dealing heavy raidwide damage.
 * If your Pride is between 50 and 74 when the Sha casts Swelling Pride, stand in your nearby Projection to prevent a raidwide explosion.

[[file:Tank_icon.png]] Tanks

 * Immediately taunt the Sha whenever your fellow tank if afflicted by Wounded Pride.
 * When allies are trapped by Corrupted Prison, stand on the locks beside the prison to free them.
 * If your Pride is between 50 and 74 when the Sha casts Swelling Pride, stand in your nearby Projection to prevent a raidwide explosion.

Strategy
Every raid member has an additional resource in the fight, called Pride. This starts at 0, but certain boss abilities (some avoidable, others unavoidable) will cause the raid member to gain Pride. It is the responsibility of each raid member to keep their Pride as low as possible.

The reason for this is the boss's casts of Swelling Pride, which happens every 60 seconds. This causes raid-wide Shadow damage (which should be covered by a raid cooldown), causes the entire raid to gain 5 Pride each, and causes an additional negative effect on each player based on their Pride level:

There is no way for raid members to lose Pride once they have gained it, with the exception of a hard reset of all raid members' Pride to 0 when the boss reaches 30%.

There is, however, an immunity to Pride gains, Gift of the Titans. This is a 20 second buff applied by Norushen to random raid members (although the selection is random, Norushen will always choose at least one of the healers, and seems to never choose any of the tanks). Also, when all raid members with Gift of the Titans stack within 8 yards of each other, they gain an additional buff (Power of the Titans) which gives them a significant haste and damage done increase.

The beneficial effects of Power of the Titans means that the raid should spend the majority of the fight stacked in melee range. In most raid groups, the raid will stack at the far side of the room (where Gorehowl is embedded in the ground), with the exception of the two tanks who will be on the side of the room nearest to the door (where Norushen will be). This does however make the raid vulnerable from boss abilities that result in Pride gains in an AoE range, so the raid must be quick to spread out as needed.

Apart from the Swelling Pride ability previously mentioned, the Sha has several other abilities that cause Pride gains.

Tanks have to deal with the Wounded Pride debuff (except on Raid Finder difficulty). The current tank will gain 5 Pride per melee attack when the debuff is active, so the off-tank must be extremely quick to taunt the boss whenever the debuff is applied to the current tank. Additionally, the tank on the boss must never leave melee range of the boss, otherwise Reaching Attack will begin to wipe the raid.

Healers will have to deal with the Mark of Arrogance DoT on random raid members. It can stack, has unlimited duration, and dispelling it causes the dispeller to gain 5 Pride. Healers should only dispel the DoT when they have Gift of the Titans, and spam heal any affected players when they don't. Healers will likely not be able to dispel everyone during the 20 second window from Gift of the Titans (only single-target dispels work, spells such as Mass Dispel are ineffective), and should prioritise dispelling those with the highest stacks.

The Sha also sends adds into the raid. Whenever Self-Reflection is cast, numerous small Reflection adds will spawn under random raid members, and will cause any raid members within 2 yards of their spawn point to gain 5 Pride when they finish spawning. The raid will need to spread out as soon as the cast starts and make sure that they are well clear of the stack point by the time the cast ends. Once the cast ends, the tank not on the boss can gather the Reflections up for AoE.

Every now and then, the boss will also send a Manifestation of Pride at the raid. This should be kept locked down via stuns and interrupts, as any cast of Mocking Blast that these adds get off will result in the targeted raid member taking high Shadow damage and gaining 5 Pride. When it dies, the two players closest to it will also gain 5 Pride; these should be players furthest from the next Swelling Pride breakpoint, or players with Gift of the Titans (the latter being required for the Swallow Your Pride achievement). Although it performs melee attacks, a raid team with good stunning co-ordination should not need to send a tank over to deal with it.

Finally, several raid members will regularly be imprisoned in the Titan Prisons around the room. These players must be released as soon as possible, which is done by having other raid members standing on the two yellow plates on each prison. Players with movement speed increases are best suited to breaking players out of prisons. (Tanks should also help if one of the prisons near to them are selected, but the tank on the boss must never stand on a plate outside the boss's melee range due to Reaching Attack.) Players must take care to never stand on or near a prison until raid members have been imprisoned, otherwise they will take Shadow damage and gain 5 Pride.

When the Sha of Pride hits 30%, he casts Unleashed. This will kill Norushen, so Gift of the Titans will no longer be present for the rest of the fight; however, Norushen will reset all players' Pride back to 0 as he dies. Additionally, every 10 seconds, the raid will take medium Shadow damage and gain 5 Pride. All major DPS cooldowns (including Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp) should be kept for this, as the final 30% is a DPS race where the raid must defeat the Sha before the entire raid reaches 100 Pride and becomes Overcome. The boss's usual abilities will still be in effect as well.

Achievement: Swallow Your Pride
Earning Swallow Your Pride requires the raid to handle the Manifestation of Pride adds perfectly. These adds must never be allowed to get a single Mocking Blast cast off, and when they die, the two closest players to the add must be players with Gift of the Titans.

If no raid member has gained Pride from a Manifestation of Pride by the time the Sha completes the Unleashed cast at 30%, the achievement criteria will be met, and the achievement will then be awarded if the raid then defeats the Sha of Pride in the usual manner.

Related Achievements

 * Vale of Eternal Sorrows
 * Mythic: Sha of Pride
 * Swallow Your Pride
 * Siege of Orgrimmar Guild Run

Quotes

 * Upon entering room
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 * Taran Zhu has survived his encounter with Garrosh, but his wound caused by Gorehowl is serious.
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 * Cho leads Taran Zhu out the way he came in.


 * Intro
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 * Aggro
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 * Self Reflection
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 * Corrupted Prison
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 * Swelling Pride
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 * Gift of the Titans
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 * Unleashed
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 * The Sha kills Norushen.
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 * Norushen casts Final Gift and dies.


 * Killed a Player
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 * Outro
 * Lady Jaina Proudmoore and Lor'themar Theron walk in ahead of Cho.
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 * Cho stops and Jaina and Lor'themar continue crossing the room.
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 * Lor'themar's response has a hint of sarcasm.
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 * Jaina and Lor'themar each summon a Portal to Orgrimmar as they walk forward to opposite corners of the room as Cho heads back out through the doorway.
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