The Avatar of War  

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In Kael Drakkel: The Avatar of War spawns in the arena after the death of The Idol of Rallos Zek. It's highly resistant to fire, but weak to ice and magic.

In Kael Drakkel, the King's Madness: Spawns after The Idol of Rallos Zek dies. It AE rampages; its "Devastation of Rallos" hits everyone on its hate list. Reportedly, The Avatar of War despawns after having been up for 20 minutes regardless of whether it is aggro (The Avatar of War is the final mob in a three-named ring that starts with The Statue of Rallos Zek.) It sees through Invisibility. It has a large agro range and will assist other mobs nearby.

This page last modified 2019-03-20 20:44:44.

Level: 70
Expansion: Scars of Velious
NPC Added: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
NPC Last Updated: 2022-08-13 06:40:38

Known Habitats:
  Kael Drakkel
Factions Increased:
  Claws of Veeshan +500
Factions Decreased:
  Kromrif
  Kromzek -1000
  King Tormax -250

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confused....
# May 26 2005 at 9:11 PM Rating: Default
when i got here i dunno how cuuz when i 1st logged in this thing spawned rite in front of me im a 31 necro atm and ppet kiled it in 1 slash but the slash did 200k dmg that wuz a bug rite? and if ne1 is on veeshan lemme kno my toon is darknecrofear so lemme kno here or there cuz that wuz wild
RE: confused....
# Aug 09 2005 at 7:30 AM Rating: Decent
hmm I think you are are full of it, due to the fact you could not fight to him by yourself at 31, cant invisi past mobs at a certain point, if you grouped it there would have been witnesses, and I was on the veeshan server, now luclin and if this happened there would have been talk. So please dont post bull anymore
Possable?
# May 02 2005 at 10:17 AM Rating: Default
Would it be possable for a guild with a Three cleric CHC going, and a tank with 8.2k HP max?

What classes would be needed to take a mob down like this?

|Raid Attendance|
Chanters x2
Mages x2
Warrior x5 (All Defensive AAs)
Cleric x3-4
Pally: x2
Shadow Knight x1
Monk x1
Bards x2 (With Fading Memories)
Shammys x2

The Max amout we ever get is about 25 people. Would it be possable!?!

Edited, Mon May 2 11:20:26 2005
RE: Possable?
# Jun 16 2005 at 5:52 PM Rating: Decent
Yes if your clerics can chchain well then you should have no problem if you have the damage points.
RE: Possable?
# May 07 2005 at 11:21 PM Rating: Default
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no .. we attempted tonight with a 15 k tank and 4 clerics chain healing ... we died ..
RE: Possable?
# Jun 28 2005 at 9:07 AM Rating: Decent
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I'm sure it's possible you probably just need to work on the strat that will work best for your raid group.
RE: Possable?
# May 20 2006 at 2:02 AM Rating: Default
No its not. I dont care how much DPS or how many healers you have an 8.2 max HP tank isnt going to cut it on AOW.
RE: Possable?
# May 20 2006 at 3:32 AM Rating: Good
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Keep in mind too, this was velious era. 8k was near max of what the tanks had back then.
It should still be possible, especially with enough ac. But really, someone with only 8.2, probably isnt going to have enough ac to matter. Plus level makes a difference as well. 70 is a big difference from when people were killing him at 60. Level vs mob is calculated into everything.
You only need enough hp to survive being one-rounded. a 1 sec ch chain is sure to keep anyone up. More ac will make the hits lower.


Looking theoretically (ie; speculating, and too lazy to really test it)
Assuming you aren't running a 1 second ch chain, but just using lots of heals.
Max hit is quad 1150.
So thats 4600 total.
2 rounds he max hits for 9200.
Min hit is 299
so thats 1196 quad
2 rounds 2392
So you have the tank taking between 2392 and 9200 before a heal usually lands.
Now raise his ac, that lowers the spikiness of the hits.
Say the 8.2k tank has 3k ac, suddenly aow is only max hitting 900.
Now thats quad total of 3600
2 rounds, 7200.
Tank is now taking 2392 to 7200. Plenty for heals to land and keep him up.





Edited, Sat May 20 15:13:15 2006
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AoW
# Feb 26 2005 at 1:43 AM Rating: Default
Just killed him tonight with a rather large force of about 25 peeps. Not slowable, doesnt ramp, but flurries. Get a CH order of about 4 healers and a tank with 10k hps or more and u should be fine. Dropped 2 helms and 2 masks.

Edited, Sat Feb 26 01:46:46 2005
1 Grouped
# Dec 11 2004 at 12:11 AM Rating: Decent
Killed him today with a 70 war, cleric, shaman, and 68 druid and 66 monk, 5 in total. (We had a Chanter with us, but he fell asleep before he was even pulled)

Had no problems really, i was boxing enc shaman and monk, cleric boxing druid and war was on him self only.

Took us a good 30 mins to kill him, it was not really a problem but got hairy at one place, crit heals took care of that..

There was no use of WTD or charmed mobs.

15k war tho, that helps alot, and good qvic geared cleric and shaman.


GL all :)

ps. damn 2x bow and 1 x pants..


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Edited, Sat Dec 11 08:32:40 2004
RE: 1 Grouped
# Dec 24 2004 at 4:04 AM Rating: Decent
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bout the same, one grouped two days ago. 10 minute fight. hella hps. doesnt hit hard. adds are sissies. probably get a respawn during the fight if you're not quick, and depending on where you tank it. dropped boc, mask, ring and bow
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#REDACTED, Posted: Oct 12 2004 at 4:39 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) a few weeks ago we downed this sucker with 8 people all lightly elemtal geared like 3 pieces of emp gear each....... was a simple fight got the BOC and i was very happy i tanked it with 9.5k hp im not elemental mostly just oow geared and ldon stuff// fight took 25 minutes or so was such a blast thank god i put all my defensive aa's in he was hitting for 500 to 950 simple simple simple........ we did it with me 3 clerics 1 druid and 2 wizzard
small guild
# Nov 06 2004 at 2:04 AM Rating: Default
could this be done with a small raid force of about 24 people, avg level 63? main tank buffs up to 9.2k, secondary tank has 8.5 raid buffed. we do vindi/statue with no problems, but never tried AoW.

thanks
Slightly pointless post
# Sep 26 2004 at 10:19 AM Rating: Excellent
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Yes, he can be 1-grouped now(before OoW as well) by well-geared players, he's trivial with 10 raid-geared people if you have a warrior as tank and at least two clerics. It will probably take you over 20 minutes however. If you want a skeleton crew, it's tank, healers and mana regen/DPS - nukes of lesser value since they don't land entirely well without real debuffs.

The smallest crew I've ever done him with was a 12k HP warrior, 3 clerics and 5 other chars, but the setup wasn't optimal.
#REDACTED, Posted: Sep 18 2004 at 11:56 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) ok imagine 120 ppl rape'n this dude.lol avg lvl of 40.WE OWNED THIS GUY!!! we had 30 healers 40 tanks and the rest were DPS and casters.not a problem but have casters away from him. he will aggro if u nuke right by him
#REDACTED, Posted: Sep 10 2004 at 4:22 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Valon on Terris Thule doesn't waste their time in Plane of Time anymore, they are very deep in GoD. According to their requirements, members MUST raid 4-5 nights a week minimum, 5-6 hours a night. However, 12 (twelve) of them did find time to down AoW. Screenshots are on their board but you have to sign up...
28 people, 4 deaths
# Sep 07 2004 at 6:57 AM Rating: Default
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just took him on luclin with 28 people, one infact was an uberly twinked lvl 27 bard, lol, bow, helm, mask (wich i got for my bard) and boc dropped, some dork nijad the boc tho, super spam time :-)
3 groups
# Aug 10 2004 at 5:23 AM Rating: Decent
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Can Aow Be 2 or 3 grouped to kill it? and is a 8.5k tank good enough to kill him with the 3 groups?

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RE: 3 groups
# Aug 23 2004 at 12:56 PM Rating: Default
Not unless ya got the dream team of healing and incredible dps. Had another go, at him with 20 people and we got him to 47% before heals just didnt land fast enough on me, I have 9k raid buffed. He is doable with 3 groups, but not an 8.5k hp tank probably, you'd need an ideal selectin of classes to 3 group him.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 25 2004 at 2:37 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) O and yea that is unbuffed
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 25 2004 at 2:16 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) haha i have a 65 warrior and in my eyes he is the best warrior fennin Ro. with a nasty 9464 hp and 2204 Ac and if u want to check my gear out take a look at Bloodshedda under the caracters search
#REDACTED, Posted: Aug 02 2004 at 1:01 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) And what would that post have to do with AoW? Usually if your uber you dont look for places to post and brag on, but then again some people like to do that.
How many would it take?
# Jul 06 2004 at 5:50 AM Rating: Decent
how many 60 to 65 ?

MT has 9k raid
SA has about 8500 Raid

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what is the strategy? is there any dealing with adds or mobs before him or is it a straight fight?
RE: How many would it take?
# Jul 29 2004 at 6:00 PM Rating: Default
We just did him on Druzzil Ro with a pickup raid with just over 40. Was quite easy infact, though we had a very good tank. I think a 9k tank thoug would be more than sufficient with a good healing rotation. somewhere between 35-50 probably for us regular folk. Sure the Elemental Time kids can do him with less, but saw 10-15 elemental level geared folks lose to him so still a challenge.
Question
# Jun 04 2004 at 8:00 PM Rating: Decent
Ok just wondering if anyone could tell me about this guy a bit in detail. like what he hits for, his spawn timer/PH's loc of where he spawns, ect please any info would be helpful. I have never been in a AoW raid and am thinking about taking my guild.
8
# May 08 2004 at 11:19 PM Rating: Default
Took him with 8player, Clericx2 warriorx2 enchanter wizardx2 and a rogue
RE: 8
# Jun 24 2004 at 2:30 PM Rating: Default
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Details?

EG You must all be Time geared or more.

Strategy?

Jesus people, if you're going to post achievements atleast explain how you got them.
RE: 8
# Jul 01 2004 at 12:08 PM Rating: Default
Even if they were time geared, I find it hard to believe that the AOW could be killed with those classes/numbers. Unless of course they exploited him. Remember this mob is unslowable.

Edited, Thu Jul 1 13:09:49 2004
RE: 8
# Aug 23 2004 at 1:01 PM Rating: Default
Ehh I doubt 8 people as well, unless like he said they used an exploit like a WTD shaman or enchanter, which can land slow on unslowable mobs(though not 100% guarentted). AoW has way to many hps, and not being able use mounts seems hard believe clerics woulda been able to last
RE: 8
# Jul 20 2004 at 8:53 PM Rating: Decent
Well, consider this. In Kod'Taz (GoD XP/raid zone) trash hits for 1100ish so fast that it seems like they swing 6-7 times/round. Some mobs flurry and some rampage and yet there are groups that find this kind of thing trivial. This has a lot to do with having a possible 11.5-12K+ tank with 12-19% shielding (Reduced damage per hit). Also, if the warriors in question have Rune procing weapons, that could possibly absorb a hit or 2 every time it goes off, and with the new Weapon Affinity AAs the proc rate of most weapons is just ridiculous. And with 2 warriors, when the defensive discipline falls off of one they could do a tank switch with an AE Taunt and they'd get a fresh defensive to work with. So, while this feat sounds a bit outlandish, I don't think it would be impossible by any means. Just my 2 cents, I guess.

Edited, Tue Jul 20 21:57:45 2004
RE: 8
# Aug 06 2004 at 11:56 AM Rating: Decent
Trash mobs in KT also only have about 20k hp. AoW has several hundred thousand. It's not an issue of whether the tank can handle it, it's whether the healers will run oom before the avatar hits the ground.
RE: 8
# Aug 24 2004 at 1:18 PM Rating: Decent
Now that you mention it... it would be rather tough without a bard for mana regen. Even if they did have the Quarm shoulders or Ikkinz 4 Back, they'd prolly run out of mana without a bard. Guessed I missed that part.
RE: 8
# Jul 31 2004 at 10:42 AM Rating: Decent
course most nameds in the higher up god zones are unslowable and if you use a discipline or go defensive on them they just switch to the next person down on their hate list after saying something like I will not waste my time with you while you are using this ability.
Spawn Cycle
# Apr 19 2004 at 6:46 PM Rating: Default
Can anyone tell me what the spawn rate is for him and the last time he was killed?

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Spawn Cycle
# Jun 18 2009 at 3:10 PM Rating: Decent
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Im very highly doubting someone would know the last time he was killed.
AoW
# Mar 08 2004 at 10:28 AM Rating: Decent
Can't wait till the next AoW for my guild, I missed the first one and 2 flayed barbarian skin leggings dropped, one went to Nutworm (lvl62monk) and other to the guild bank *cry
Chrot Site!
# Feb 23 2004 at 8:48 PM Rating: Default
Great place to post info on ChRots.

http://www.geocities.com/cleric2k4/main.html
Easy
# Feb 10 2004 at 9:26 PM Rating: Default
As long as Clerics are on their game and Tank has more than 7500HP you should be fine...need good DPS though otherwise Clerics are going to go OOM very quickly
RE: Easy
# Feb 10 2004 at 9:28 PM Rating: Default
Very Easy

Edited, Sat Feb 14 19:07:17 2004
Hits
# Dec 14 2003 at 1:18 AM Rating: Decent
I just died @ this monstrosity's hands.. and his min. hir was (ON me*53 war 1.5k AC*) 262hp
which is easier...
# Oct 25 2003 at 5:43 PM Rating: Decent
Well I dont know if this helps you any, but there arent alot of guilds that dont do the Vulak ring despite the Avatar of war fight being trivial to them. I have never done Vulak myself but I know that alot of guilds look upon avatar of war as just a trivial encounter you might score some rings or a BoC from ( the legs and mask drop an awful lot.

Edited, Sat Oct 25 18:37:41 2003
RE: which is easier...
# Dec 07 2003 at 7:35 PM Rating: Excellent
/shrug, I still remember when this mob was un-killable...period, and last night we gimped him flawlessly with 25 peeps, just goes to show how the game is changing.
Perfect
# Dec 23 2003 at 3:24 AM Rating: Decent
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The first sentence puts it perfectly, was the mob of all mobs. The picture was taken when it was considered so. New players will never understand.
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RE: Perfect
# Jul 03 2004 at 2:03 PM Rating: Default
Couldn't have said it better, this guy was the guy to beat. If you could beat him, you could progress ;p
RE: Perfect
# Aug 19 2004 at 12:17 PM Rating: Decent
Hell I remember when you killed this guy, you were the shiznit. He was the dude to beat. For many up and coming guilds he still is.
RE: Perfect
# May 27 2005 at 3:34 PM Rating: Default
shiznit? how white r u/?
Who's easier?
# Oct 21 2003 at 4:29 PM Rating: Decent
For those who've done both who would you say is easier? Vulak'Aerr, or the Avatar of War? State the stats of both mobs if possible to. Thanks:)
RE: Who's easier?
# Jan 10 2004 at 2:30 AM Rating: Decent
If you're only talking the mobs themselves then Vulak is easier but my god you have to catch Vulak up and either murder all of NToV yourself or be lucky and catch it up after another guild has killed them all. Avatar of war is minorly harder than vulak but so much easier to get to and you only need to kill off 2 guys in that ring instead of 15 waves of tons of dragons and such. Oh yeah, if you're lucky he will drop decent items but mostly you could get better items killing most any good luclin boss and with a much greater success rate, he may drop ancient spells but he takes 3-4 hours and drops 2 of them. Anyway, as a total encounter AoW is easier and more worth it than Vulak...

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Not so hard now
# Oct 07 2003 at 8:20 PM Rating: Default
Now with AA,focus,etc...and good cleric rotation (4 clerics?) and good Warriors(2 warriors?) he can be take down pretty easily with like 4 groupes.
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