Lord Kazzak ( tactics ) In Blizzard ' s recent ' The story so far ' , it has been revealed that Lord Kazzak used an artifact to re - open the Dark Portal , possibly meaning the time he has long awaited has come , and he may rejoin the rest of the Burning Legion . In the Burning Crusade , he is known as Doom Lord Kazzak Lord Kazzak ' s replacement on Azeroth after the re - opening of Dark Portal is Highlord Kruul , one of Kazzak ' s minions . A significant number of the strategies and abilities listed below apply to the Highlord . Information . Lord Kazzak was a world raid encounter , which means that players are allowed to participate in high - end content without the time investment necessary to hack one ’ s way to the bottom of the darkest dungeons . Instead , he spawned within the back of the Tainted Scar in the Blasted Lands , a valley that is guarded by elite demonic forces left over from the Third War . The addition of these encounters opens up new game dynamics , both good and bad . While Blizz ard expects a certain amount of competition for such high - end creeps , some players have been abusing Kazzak ' s special abilities with the specific intent to harass other players . Attacks & abilities . Melee Shadowbolt Volley Twisted Reflection Mark of Kazzak Cleave Thunderclap Void Bolt Capture Soul Strategy . From : http : / / www . thottbot . net / ? n = 657895 Once he is aggroed and the fight begins , you have no more than three ( 3 ) minutes to kill him . I ' ll explain later why . He starts off with everything he ' s got . He keeps meleeing the main tank while Cleaving once in a while for rogues swarming around him and keeps sending Shadowbolt Volleys to hurt everyone around . The volleys are not on a timer , instead he casts them as he sees fit . In some rare cases there ' s about 30 seconds between the casts , sometimes he does it every five seconds . In the meantime , he casts Twisted Reflection and the rarer Mark of Kazzak on random people . What to do here : Send your main tank in and let him build some aggro for a short while , just enough so he won ' t come at you the first time you cast something on him . Then unload . Have your DPS classes give him everything they have . Priests have to be extra mindful about the magical debuff he casts on your group . It has to be removed as soon as possible or the attempt will soon end in a disaster . Priests are also in charge of healing their groups thanks to that Shadowbolt Volley that keeps hitting everyone all the time . Mages need to be on top of the curse situation . Mark of Kazzak can and will cause a wipe if you let it go off on you . Dispel the curse as soon as you can . All casters should also leave about 1000 mana in their mana pool just in case he casts the curse on you . That ' ll give the mages four seconds to dispel before it goes off . In other words , 1000 mana is out of mana in this raid encounter . Also , anyone dying during the fight is not an option . Unless it happens during the first five seconds of the fight , you ' ve failed already . Do not use grounding totems , pets or other small things he can kill for the 70 , 000 health heal . Your group will have exactly three minutes to finish the demon off . If you fail to kill him in that time due to lack of DPS , people dying or not dispelling Twisted Reflection properly , Lord Kazzak will enter what is called the Supreme Mode . Named after his yell once it triggers , the supreme mode causes him to cast his Shadowbolt every second . That ' s 800 - 1000 DPS on everyone , and that means a wipe . Loot . There are a number of epic items that a player could only acquire by killing Lord Kazzak , this loot table is identical to that of Highlord Kruul post Burning Crusade . Each of these ten items are listed below . Since there are ten items , each item had a 10 % chance of dropping from Lord Kazzak after a successful kill . Also note that he dropped more than one item . One interesting item that players could get from Lord Kazzak is , a component in the Priest epic class quest . The reward is a staff that can transform to suit the talent build of the Priest : / . The reason this is important is that there is a 100 % chance Lord Kazzak will drop this item , which is significantly better than the 0 . 5 % chance a Priest will have on the Demons in Darkwhisper Gorge , Winterspring . Some items he drops grant shadow and fire resistance . Quotes . Aggro : Kill :