The Council of Tribes abilities
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Overview
The battle will begin with Kula the Butcher.
When a councilor is defeated, they will return to their urn and the next will join the encounter. However, the defeated councilor will periodically rejoin the battle to use a single ability, and then return to their urn.
When all three councilors are defeated, the encounter ends.
Tank
• Debilitating Backhand inflicts Physical damage to Aka'ali the Conqueror's current target player, knocks them back, and applies Shattered Defenses, increasing the target's Physical damage taken.
• Barrel Through causes Aka'ali the Conqueror to charge a targeted player, inflicting heavy Physical damage that splits among all players hit.
Healer
• Barrel Through causes Aka'ali the Conqueror to charge a targeted player, inflicting heavy Physical damage that splits among all players hit.
• Severing Axe inflicts Physical damage over time to random players.
Damage Dealers
• Barrel Through causes Aka'ali the Conqueror to charge a targeted player, inflicting heavy Physical damage that splits among all players hit.
• Poison Nova inflicts Nature damage over time to all players.
• Call of the Elements summons three elemental totems with powerful effects.
Kula the Butcher
Whirling Axes
Kula unleashes a whirling attack that inflicts Physical damage to players within yards, knocking them back. She then throws two whirling axes which inflict Physical damage every sec for to players who come into contact with them, and knock the player back.
Severing Axe
Kula throws an axe at a random player, inflicting Physical damage and additional Physical damage every sec for .
Aka'ali the Conqueror
Barrel Through
Debilitating Backhand
Wallops her current target with a Debilitating Backhand, inflicting Physical damage, knocking them back, and applying Shattered Defenses to them.
Shattered Defenses
Increases physical damage taken by .
Zanazal the Wise
Arc Lightning
Zanazal strikes target player with a lightning bolt that arcs to other players, inflicting Nature damage to each player struck.
Poison Nova
Creates a burst of poisonous gas, inflicting Nature damage to all players every sec for .
Call of the Elements
Zanazal the Wise calls forth his reinforced elemental totems.
Explosive Totem
Explode
Explodes, inflicting Fire damage to all players.
Torrent Totem
Torrent
Gouts of water spew forth from the totem, inflicting Frost damage to players within yards and knocking them back.
Thundering Totem
Disruption
A burst of thunder interrupts all players for .
Heroic and Mythic Difficulty Only
Kings' Rest is not available in Normal Difficulty.