Shade of Aran is an undead boss located in the library of Karazhan. Though it is possible to pass this encounter it is not recomended, as completion of the fight
opens up the opportunity to teleport to the library from the front door.
Basic Abilities
- Frostbolt: 3500 to 4500 frost damage with an additional 4 second slow debuff.
- Fireball: 3910 to 5290 fire damage.
- Arcane Missiles: Channeled. Shoots 5 missiles, each dealing 1260 to 1540 arcane damage (6300-7700 total).
- Chains of Ice: 10 second root, does not break on damage. Dispellable.
- Slow: Reduces movement and melee attack speed by a considerable amount for 10 seconds. Dispellable.
- AoE Counterspell: 10 yard radius AoE around Aran, occurs very often. Locks out schools of magic for 6 sec.
- Dragon's Breath / Conflagration: Disorients and deals 8000 fire damage over 10 seconds to the affected player.
Special Abilities
- Flame Wreath: Fiery aura cast around 3 random people in the raid. When the auras are triggered by moving over them, they will deal 3-4k fire damage to all nearby allies.
- Blizzard: 1313 to 1687 damage every 2 seconds and slows movement speed by 65%, large AoE that moves clockwise around the room.
- Magnetic Pull / Super Arcane Explosion: Pulls everyone to the center of the room, followed by a 10 second cast that will deal 9,000-11,000 aoe damage in a 20 yard radius.
- Water Elementals: At 40% health, Aran summons 4 elite water elementals. Can be banished and feared. Despawns after 90 seconds.
- Polymorph / Drink: When Aran runs low on mana he will polymorph the entire raid and drink to regen his mana.
- Pyroblast: Immediately follows polymorph. 7000-7500 fire damage to all players.
Information adapted from:
WoWWiki - Shade of Aran
