Reliquary of Souls (often referred to as the Essence of Souls) is a boss in the Black Temple in Shadowmoon Valley. This boss is a three faced
figure with different fighting styles for each face. The three faces are Essence of Anger, Essence of Desire and Essence of Suffering; each one representing
a different phase of the boss encounter.
Essence of Suffering Abilities
- Fixate: Cast on closest target evey 5 seconds; locks aggro to that target.
- Enrage: Physical damage dealt is increased by 25%. Attack speed increased by 50%. 15 second duration.
- Soul Drain: Deals 2625 to 3375 damage and drains 2625 to 3375 mana every 3 sec for 30 seconds; cast on three random targets; can be dispelled
Essence of Suffering Aura
- Healing effects reduced by 100%.
- Regeneration effects reduced by 100%.
- Armor reduced by 100%.
- Defense reduced by 500.
Essence of Desire Abilities
- Rune Shield: Absorbs 50000 damage. Immune to spell interrupt effects. Increases attack speed by 100%. Increases casting speed by 100%; 15 second duration. Can be dispelled.
- Deaden: Increases damage taken by 100%; 10 second duration. Can be interrupted or reflected.
- Spirit Shock: Arcane damage 9250-10750, confuses target for 5 seconds. Can be interrupted.
Essence of Desire Aura
- Half of the damage taken when damage dealt.
- Healing increased by 100%.
- Decreases maximum mana over time.
Essence of Anger Abilities
- Seethe: Cast if aggro target switches - either through the tank dying, or someone gaining aggro through threat. Increases the attack speed of Essence of Anger by 100% and
size by 20%; Seethe debuff on players, increasing their threat gain by 200%; 10 second duration.
- Soul Scream: 10-yard frontal cone AoE, hitting up to 5 targets. Deals 2625-3375 shadow damage, in addition, burns 4375-5625 mana and burns
100 rage (every point of rage burned causes 100 damage).
- Spite: Target 3 players, put the targets in immunity for 6 seconds, then deals 7444-7556 damage, and puts target into immunity for 2 seconds.
Essence of Anger Aura
- Deals shadow damage over time.
- Increases damage dealt.
- Effects increase over time.
Information adapted from:
WoWWiki - Reliquary of Souls