Skadi the Ruthless Skadi the Ruthless is a frost vrykul and the third boss of Utgarde Pinnacle , a wing of Utgarde Keep . Skadi is the guardian of a long gauntlet type hallway in an outside portion of the higher Utgarde where he awaits to defeat any intruders with the help of his faithful proto - drake Grauf . Note that he drops the with a drop rate around 1 % in heroic mode only . Strategies . Skadi is one of a very small group of Heroic bosses who are still ( as of patch 3 . 3 ) able to cause noteworthy problems for a well - geared player group , and he is to be respected on that basis . This fight is relatively complicated but not difficult once learned . The single most important thing is to keep moving around ; Grauf ' s frost breath , and then Skadi ' s whirlwind , mean that characters who remain in one place , focused too purely on their rotation at the expense of all else , will likely end up dead fairly quickly . When the fight begins , Skadi the Ruthless will mount his proto - drake and fly up into the air , beginning a gauntlet style event . Your party must work their way about 150 yards up a hallway fighting 4 - 5 waves of 5 - 6 Frost Vrykul each . While you are fighting through the gauntlet , Skadi will fly over on his drake and cast a frostfog breath ability on the ground in long strips . Standing in the fog does ~ 3k a second . It is useful to have a member of the party aware of Skadi ' s movement so that you can predict and call which side of the hall his breath will be cast on . Grauf ' s breath will kill party members quickly if they are caught in it , so mobility and situational awareness are very important here . s will drop harpoons that stick in the ground . Party members need to loot the harpoons along the way . When you reach the end of the gauntlet , there are three harpoon guns mounted on the edge of the keep . Occasionally you will see the emote that " " and a party member who has a harpoon needs to use the harpoon gun . An effective strategy is to assign a single player to collect the harpoons and fire them at Skadi . Several harpoons can be fired in one pass if the player is fast . Additionally , if the group wipes unused harpoons will remain in a player ' s inventory , allowing you to have a full stack by the time you reach the end of the gauntlet on subsequent attempts . After 3 hits with harpoons on both normal and Heroic , Skadi ' s drake will die and he will dismount . When he lands the tank must quickly establish aggro otherwise Skadi may immediately kill vulnerable group members . It is handy if hunters use misdirection ( and rogues use tricks of the trade ) on the tank in anticipation of this and begin DPSing immediately . From this point on the adds stop spawning and it is essentially a tank and spank , although the group will need to stay reasonably mobile , as his whirlwind attack can kill characters in its path . He has an ability that does ~ 6k damage to the tank and stuns him for 2 seconds . Skadi will also occasionally cast whirlwind , which hits for ~ 2k , and target a random party member ( Warriors use disarm even on Heroic ) . The targeted party member must kite the boss away from the rest of party to reduce overall damage taken ( Warriors can and should taunt while kiting backwards , this will pull the boss towards them during his whirlwind ) . Skadi will also occasionally throw a poisoned spear which will hit for around 6k and then DoT for around 2k every 3 seconds , healers must be fast to react to this as an already weakened player will die quickly from it . Easiest way to do it . The gauntlet resets if everyone runs into the previous room so to make it easier , have four people stand in the previous room and let one person go in and start the event . Stay inside the doorway and kill the Ymirjar Harpooners ( usually 2 adds at a time come into the doorway ) until you gather the harpoons . When you have gathered the harpoons , go back into the previous room and the boss will despawn . Once he despawns , the group runs to the end of the hallway . One person will head back to the boss and start the event . Kill the mobs , paying especially close attention to the " Witch Doctors " - - who cast mostly at healers - - preferably killing these mobs as they spawn . Once you have downed the majority of the mobs , during the next boss pass have the person carrying the harpoons shoot the boss down . Then begin to clear remaining adds , and finally the boss . Beware : rushing to the Harpoon end and gathering in the doorway despawns the boss mid - combat . Trivia . Skadi is the northern Goddess of the Hunt and Winter in the nordic Mythology . She is actually a frost giantess who allies with the Aesir .