Yalnu

Yalnu
Race	Genesaur (Giant)
Level	37-42 Elite
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Location	Stormwind City, Everbloom
Status	Killable
Everbloom
Witherbark; Ancient Protectors; Xeri'tac (optional); Archmage Sol; Yalnu	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)

Yalnu is the final boss of the Everbloom dungeon, fought at the Kirin Tor camp situated at the outskirts of Stormwind City.

Background[]

Adventure Guide[]

Ancient and inscrutable, the genesaur Yalnu was drawn to the Kirin Tor outpost in Gorgrond by strange energies radiating from the bluff. For ages the genesaur have battled their eternal foes - the magnaron, the gronn, children of stone - to a stalemate across the world of Draenor. But in these emanations, Yalnu sensed a new world, where his kind could flourish and spread unchecked.

Overview[]

Yalnu's presence causes an array of living plants to spring up from the earth to attack players. Kirin Tor mages assist the party in defense of Azeroth, using powerful magic to keep both Yalnu and his creations in check, but players must protect them to keep them in the fight.

Damage Dealers[]

When Yalnu uses Genesis, step on any sprouting lashers to Trample them and prevent them from becoming full-grown.
Quickly destroy Entanglement to keep your Kirin Tor allies alive.
Defeat the enemies spawned by Font of Life to avoid being overwhelmed.

Healers[]

When Yalnu uses Genesis, step on any sprouting lashers to Trample them and prevent them from becoming full-grown.
Heal Lady Baihu her Kirin Tor Battle-Mages to keep them in the fight.
Colossal Blow inflicts heavy group-wide damage.

Tanks[]

Font of Life will continuously create adds that will overwhelm players if not tanked.

Abilities[]

Colossal Blow — Yalnu rears back and slams the ground, inflicting 76000 to 84000 Physical damage to all enemies in front of him, stunning them for 5 sec. In addition, this effect inflicts 40000 Physical damage to all enemies.
Font of Life — Yalnu radiates life, periodically creating Swift Sproutlings, Vicious Mandragoras, and Gnarled Ancients nearby.
- Swift Sproutling
  - Tendon Rip — Swift Sproutlings stab at an enemy, slowing their movement speed by 5% for 6 sec. In addition, this effect inflicts 2500 Physical damage every second and can stack.
- Vicious Mandragora
  - Noxious Breath — Vicious Mandragoras exhale a cone of noxious gas, inflicting 12000 Nature damage every 1 sec to all enemies in front of it.
- Gnarled Ancient
  - Lumbering Swipe — Gnarled Ancients crush all players in front of them, inflicting 35910 to 39690 Physical damage.
Genesis — Yalnu creates a field of sproutlings and begins to channel Genesis for 15 sec. When the channel is complete, all sproutlings that were not Trampled grow into Feral Lashers.
- Trample — Walking over an unsprouted Feral Lasher tramples it to death.
- Feral Lasher
  - Lasher Venom — Feral Lashers spit venom at a random player, inflicting 11875 to 13125 Nature damage.
Entanglement — Yalnu hurls his arborblade at a random Kirin Tor Battle-Mage, creating life that entraps them. This effect stuns the Kirin Tor Battle-Mage and inflicts Nature damage every second until the Entanglement is destroyed. In Heroic and Challenge difficulty, Entanglement can target players.

The Kirin Tor[]

Lady Baihu and her Kirin Tor Battle-Mages combat Yalnu in an attempt to stop his invasion.

Fireball — Hurls a fiery ball that inflicts 31920 to 35280 Fire damage.
Flamestrike — Calls down a pillar of fire, burning all enemies within the area for 14400 Fire damage every second for 15 sec.
Frostbolt — Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, inflicting 31920 to 35280 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
Ice Comet — Calls down a comet of ice that inflicts 104880 to 115920 Frost damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
Arcane Blast — Blasts the target with energy, inflciting 31920 to 35280 Arcane damage.
Arcane Orb — Launches an Arcane Orb forward, inflicting 104880 to 115920 Arcane damage to enemies it passes through.

Strategy[]

This is probably the single most intense 5-man boss in WoD, and excellent training for dealing with raid mechanics. It is an add-heavy fight with a lot of stuff happening at once.

There are several NPC mages that will be damaging the boss - the party's DPS should primarily concern themselves killing the other bad stuff that appears. Adds include single large trees that should be focused, and groups of small plants that should be AOEd. In addition to the adds, the boss will summon vines to entrap and damage the mages. Kill these as well.

The tank should try to face him away from the mages (toward the portal.) This is tricky, because he will also need to grab adds as they appear. The boss has a stomp attack telegraphed by a very long animation that will deal heavy damage and stun in a line in front of him. The tank should simply strafe left or right to avoid this.

Periodically, the boss will spread flowers and start channeling. Everyone (including the tank, since the boss is frozen in place) must run around and stomp on the flowers, or they will grow into an uncontrollable number of adds.

Healers should be prepared to blow cooldowns - no matter how skillful the tank is, the party will be taking damage. In theory, the NPCs should be healed, too. In practice, if they're being heavily damaged, the fight is already headed to a wipe.

Loot[]

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Objective of[]

Related Achievements[]

Quotes[]

Prelude: Undermage Kesalon says: You! Maybe there is still time. The portal atop this outpost is a direct link to our world-- to Stormwind! The genesaur...; Undermage Kesalon says: If that beast crosses through, the unchecked growth will choke the whole of Azeroth! Hurry!

Intro: Lady Baihu yells: The portal is lost! We must stop this beast before it can escape!

Aggro: Lady Baihu yells: We've got its attention!

During the encounter

Lady Baihu yells: Look out!
Lady Baihu yells: Quickly, draw it towards the flames!
Lady Baihu yells: It's reviving the little ones!
Lady Baihu yells: The vines are overtaking everything!
Lady Baihu yells: That doesn't look good...
Lady Baihu yells: We are lost! It's pushing us back!
Lady Baihu yells: Do you want to die here?! Move!

Unused quotes

Lady Baihu: You've saved us all! Thank you, strangers! This city would have been lost without you.
Lady Baihu: I never thought we would be saved by the Horde. You should go before the Stormwind Guard arrive.

Patch changes[]

Hotfix (2015-07-16):
- Yalnu now properly alternates between targeting Kirin Tor Battle-mages and Players with Entanglement on Mythic difficulty.
- Players are now immediately freed and no longer remains stunned once Entanglement has been destroyed.
Hotfix (2015-07-02): Kirin Tor Batttle-Mage no longer continues to choke after Entanglement is killed.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Added.

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