Ji-Kun

Ji-Kun is the sixth boss encounter in the Throne of Thunder.

Background
Her offspring are considered sacred treasures in many cultures.

Adventure Guide
''Mogu flesh-shapers discarded their failed creations in an abyssal shaft beneath Lei Shen's keep. The reek of decay lured many scavengers to the refuse pit, including the great Ji-Kun. Ruthless and cunning, the monstrous bird devoured her rivals one-by-one until she held sole dominion over the shadowy tunnel.''

Encounter Design
''This fight takes place in a cylindrical shaft containing a large central platform with multiple nests located both above and below that platform. The encounter was designed to highlight the strong vertical elements of the terrain, without adding actual aerial combat which could have felt awkward. For example, players can gain and use a temporary flight ability to switch levels and deal with Ji-Kun’s fledglings before they mature and pose a greater threat to the raid.''

Ji-Kun's Flock
Ji-Kun's young are located throughout the roost and progress through different stages of life. After a period of incubation Young Eggs of Ji-Kun will hatch into Hatchlings. When fed by Ji-Kun, the Hatchlings then mature into Fledglings. Both Fledgling Eggs and Mature Eggs will hatch into Juveniles.







Strategy
Tanks take turns to allow Talon Rake to fall off. It is not unusual for it to reach 2 stacks before the other tank's debuff falls off.

During Downdraft all players run toward the center to avoid getting blown off the platform. If you have short-cooldown speed boosts like Dash (druid ability) or Death's Advance these can be used. Tanks charge back to melee range as quickly as possible to prevent Ji-Kun from eating DPS who foolishly return to melee range before you.

The difference between success and failure is a good Nest Team. The job of the nest team is to travel to the various nests indicated by a red column of light to kill the birds hatching in the nest. The eggs in the active nest hatch into five Hatchlings. A good nest team will kill all the birds before they can spawn Juveniles. Defeating the birds in the nest creates red feathers that players can walk through to gain an ExtraActionButton1 granting short-duration flight. These flight powers can be used to return to the main platform, or fly to other nests.

The nest team fails when the adds are able to spawn Juveniles. When Ji-Kun performs a Feed Young, these Hatchlings can convert into Fledglings. If there are Fledglings in the nest they can create a Mature Egg which will hatch into a Juvenile. The job of the nest team is to prevent this progression by destroying all the adds.

Sometimes the red column of light indicates an upper nest. The nest team must fly to an upper nest which is different from lower nests because they contain two Mature Eggs. If not destroyed quickly these Mature Eggs will spawn Juveniles which fly off to start wiping the raid.

Juveniles fly above the main platform and bombard the players battling Ji'kun. They are out of range of players unless players use the Daedalian Wings.

The flight power of Daedalian Wings is temporary, and once it expires the player drops (either to a nest, platform, or into the pit) and there's a cooldown before the wings are usable again. Falling into the pit is not fatal, but the player is unable to act while the winds carry them back to the main platform.

LFR
LFR mode is easier because once a player has acquired Daedalian Wings they usually retain the power of flight throughout the encounter. This durable flight power enables players to avoid Down Draft by taking flight at will and becoming immune to the pushback.

Heroic Mode
Considered one of the easiest Heroic modes,the only addition is than selected nests(nest 2,4,8,10,12 on 10Man and nest 2,6,12,17,22,29 on 25Man) will have nest guardians who melees and does a 180 frontal cleave to his highest aggro target. For this reasons, in this nest one of the tanks not tanking the boss should go and tank the nest guardian while the nest group kill the eggs then the guardians. If the group leaves the nest with the guardians alive, they will silence healers and wipe the raid.

On 10 man, the first two nests are ALWAYS lower nests; tanks should rotate to go to one of them and pick the daedalian wings to reach the upper nests when they need to tank a nest guardian there. It's important to not waste any daedalian wing charges and take new charges if possible, as on Heroic players only get three charges from a single feather.

For a specific guide about which nest each tank should go,you can check this page.

As Soon as Ji-Kun is low on HP,the raid should ignore the nests and burn the boss with Heroism.If the raid have high dps they can just go to the first round(or even less,depending on the raid dps) and then burn boss.

Achievements

 * Forgotten Depths
 * Heroic: Ji-Kun
 * Soft Hands
 * Throne of Thunder Guild Run