Artorius the Doombringer Artorius the Doombringer is a level 60 elite doomguard disguised as a tauren named Artorius the Amiable , located in Winterspring . He is one of four vile agents of the Burning Legion which Vartrus the Ancient , a tree spirit from Irontree Woods in Felwood , wishes to see destroyed . Only a skilled hunter is able to find the demon s in their disguises and defeat them . Artorius is part of the hunter epic quest to obtain and . As with all of the demons , he must be killed by the hunter alone : no heals , pets , mid - fight buffs , etc . Each demon requires the hunter to find their weakness to a hunter skill . Artorius ' specific weakness is to the poison of a hunter ' s Serpent Sting . When affected by the sting , he gains a debuff called Stinging Trauma , doing massive amounts of damage . The key to this fight is to stay out of range of his demonic magic , which is able to mutate players into a demon , simultaneously dealing large amounts of damage to the hunter . Strategy . Once you are ready , don ' t bother starting out with an Aimed Shot or trap , you need to conserve as much mana as possible for Serpent Sting s . ( Note by Crescrendrek : This is not true . I still used a hunter ' s mark , immolation trap , aimed shot and serpent sting to start the battle , and I had 500 mana out of my 3500 ( unbuffed ) at the end , with no mana potions . I waited for my mana to recharge after using the mark and trap , though . ) Have ALL your party members follow in front of you on their mounts to train ALL the mobs that you may run into . You will have to kite him from the top of Winterspring until near the town of Everlook . Spawning him at the lower end of his path minimizes the number of mobs on the adjoining hill . Every 4 – 5 seconds , apply a new Serpent Sting on him , it will stack damage . However , if you use nothing but serpent sting , he will reset . Use Arcane Shot Rank 1 to tap the demon as often as you can . This means you will be continually using jump shot , alternating between serpent sting and arcane shot . If you are having difficulty doing the jump - shot , you can strafe the entire way . Start out facing south towards Everlook . You will occasionally have to alter your angle as you strafe so that you maintain LOS . Use Aspect of the Cheetah to kite him . You will keep running non - stop ; using jumpshot will sometimes make you get out of range . If so , stop , turn around and serpent sting or arcane shot him . He will run faster than you while going uphill , use Concussive Shot to slow him down . If you need to make a sharp turn or other path correction , concussive shot is useful for that as well . If you stay outside of range the whole time , you will never get debuffed or ever need to use tranq shot . Just keep running and applying Serpent Sting . If you get in the 30 - yard range , don ' t despair ; Demonic Doom is not instantly applied . You might still get away with a concussive shot . " Do not " use wing clip or other melee hits , this often causes him to evade bug . Avoid ever getting hit with the debuff , but if you do get his " Demonic Doom " debuff and don ' t have a restorative potion , the encounter is pretty much over . However , if you have a Paladin or Priest , you can immediately feign death ( ending the attempt , but saving your skin ) and have the cleanser cleanse while Artorius resets . If the tactics above don ' t work for you , there is another way . Use two Greater Shadow Protection Potion s , Dampen Magic ( from a Mage ) , and tranquilizing shot . Let Artorious turn you into a demon when he is " not " frenzied . You can survive long enough to kill him , so long as you tranquilize him again right before your Demonic Doom wears off . You still have to kite him , but you don ' t have to worry so much about him catching up with you , and you will have time to fire auto - shots and kill him more quickly .