Blood - Queen Lana ' thel ( tactics ) Blood - Queen Lana ' thel is the leader of the San ' layn and a boss of the Icecrown Citadel raid . The fight is a cross between a very intense DPS race and a hellish battle for survival . High raid awareness and understanding of the fight are critical , even a single player death can mean a wipe . This boss is available since January 19 , 2010 on US servers and January 20 on EU servers . Preparation . She should be tanked right at her starting position . She requires two tanks , because she links her primary tank to the player standing closest to the tank ( Blood Mirror ) , which means the linked target takes the same amount of damage as the tank . Shamans should use Tremor Totem , and it ' s a good idea to have all healers in a group with a shaman . If no shamans are available , Priests should Fear Ward healers . The raid needs to stay distributed throughout the encounter ( 6 yards away from everyone else ) . It ' s a good idea to keep a circle of about 10 yards free of players right in the center of the room , and also to have everyone stay away from the walls . Ranged DPS make a semicircle at maximum range . Strategy . The fight has only one phase . Although every two minutes she performs a very short air phase , the mechanics of the fight remain basically the same at all times . Every player constantly takes damage from her aura ( initially 4 . 5k per tick , increasing with each vampire in the room ) . At random intervals , a random raid member gets Swarming Shadows , which makes them drop Shadow Fire on the ground until the debuff expires . Affected players can avoid taking any damage by running . It ' s a good idea to keep the walls free of other players , so that players with Swarming Shadows can simply run along the walls . Another ability which she randomly uses is Pact of the Darkfallen . This links 2 / 3 ( 10 / 25 man ) players to each other , they take increasing amounts of damage until they stand on top of each other . Linked players should meet in the center of the room . Every two minutes she takes off , fears the whole raid and launches three extra Blood Bolts at every player . When she takes off , ranged DPS should run to the walls of the room while melee spread out in the middle . Healers should be in a circle between melee and ranged . After the fear is over , players must spread out again very quickly , else the Blood Bolts can be lethal . Healers should move only minimally after the fear and instead start a massive spam of AoE heals right away . Vampire debuff . The Blood Queen has an extreme amount of hitpoints and a 5 : 30 minute enrage timer . An average of 9 . 8k / 7 . 8k ( 25 / 10 player ) DPS is required to beat it ( assuming 2 tanks and 5 / 3 healers ) . Virtually all raids use the Vampire debuff to boost their DPS ( although it ' s theoretically possible to beat her without using it ) . 15 seconds after the start of the encounter Blood - Queen Lana ' thel bites the highest threat player which is not tanking , dealing the Vampire debuff . Becoming a Vampire has the following effects : The Blood Queen bites only one player throughout the whole fight . After 60 seconds , this person must bite another raid member . After 60 more seconds , both need to bite two more players , next four , and so on . It ' s extremely important that damage dealers get bitten first ( starting with the highest DPS first ) , and healers last . DPS cooldowns should only be used after all damage dealers are bitten . Some raids establish a fixed bite order . One damage dealer can use all cooldowns while the others hold back a little , making sure who gets bitten first . Assuming 8 melee and 8 ranged DPS , everyone biting within 3 seconds after the Vampire debuff expires , an example bite order can go as follows : 16 vampires are out , Bloodlust or Heroism now . It may be advisable to delay the first two rounds of biting a little , in order to avoid conflicts during the air phase - else it ' s possible that some players must bite during or shortly after the fear , which may mess up the bite order . After the 5th round of bites , there ' s no need to bite anyone anymore , because she enrages at 5 : 30 . With this organization no one should ever get mind controlled as long as they memorize their targets before the encounter begins . Healers should keep in mind that when a bite round is occuring , especially the final bite round people absolutely have to bite their targets even if they have Pact of the Darkfallen or Swarming Shadows . Divine Sacrifice or Aura Mastery Shadow can mitigate this if used at the right time , assuming they ' re available since they ' re also highly useful in the air phase . Heroic Mode . In heroic mode , Blood Queen Lana ' thel gains a stack of Presence of the Darkfallen for each vampire present . Each stack of this buff increases the power of her Shroud of Sorrow for 5 % . Quotes . Sound files . See " Sound Files of Icecrown Citadel : Blood - Queen Lana ' thel "