This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Kil'jaeden in Sunwell Plateau in The Burning Crusade. While it's tailored for healers, other roles may also find the information useful. If you have any suggestions or feedback, you can leave a comment below or tweet @PrestonDvorak.

This guide has been updated and maintained based on my own experiences with the encounter, combat log information, and Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.

General Mechanics and Abilities

Stage One - Hands of the Deceiver

This stage begins the encounter and ends when the four Hands of the Deceiver are killed.

• Hand of the Deceiver
  • Susceptible to silence and stun effects.
  • Stay more than 35-yards away from multiples of these to avoid overlapping Shadow Bolt Volley.
  • Spawn Felfire Portals, which summon several Volatile Felfire Fiends.
    • Volatile Felfire Fiend
      • Run at random players.
      • Upon death, or upon reaching a player, deal moderate damage to all players within 10-yards with Felfire Fission.
  • At 20% health, become immune to silence and stun effects due to Shadow Infusion

Stage Two - Kil'jaeden's Fury

This stage begins when the four Hands of the Deceiver are killed and ends when Kil'jaeden reaches 85% health.

• Kil'jaeden joins the encounter and is stationary at the center of the room.
• The tanks will be dealing with Soul Flay.
• When affected by Fire Bloom, stay more than 10-yards away from other players to avoid chaining the damage.
• Spawns Shield Orbs throughout the room.
  • Shield Orb
    • Deals light damage to random players with Shadow Bolt
• Deals moderate to light damage to up to five players with Legion Lightning, draining mana.

Stage Three - The Legion's Fury

This stage begins when Kil'jaeden reaches 85% health and ends when he reaches 55% health.

• To begin the stage, Sinister Reflection creates four Sinister Reflections of players.
  • Sinister Reflection
    • The tanks will be dealing with heavy melee damage.
    • Has abilities based on the affected player's class, regardless of that player's specialization.
• Kil'jaeden continues to use all abilities from stage two, with the addition of the following.
• During Shadow Spike, avoid the orbs targeted at player positions.
• Shield Orbs now spawn in sets of two.
• To deal with the following abilities, a player should click on the empowered Orb of the Blue Dragonflight to become a Blue Dragon.
  • As the Blue Dragon, the player has access to the following abilities.
    • Blink, to move around quickly.
    • Breath: Revitalize, to help with healing when possible.
    • Breath: Haste, a frontal cone ability to counter Flame Dart, noted below.
    • Shield of the Blue, a 10-yard shield to counter Darkness of a Thousand Souls, noted below. 
      • This drains 50% of the Dragon's health per use, meaning it can only be used twice.
• Just before Flame Darts, all players should gain Breath: Haste to prevent chaining the damage taken. 
• During Darkness of a Thousand Souls, all players should stack on the Blue Dragon to be inside the Shield of the Blue to greatly reduce damage taken.

Stage Four - Armageddon

This stage begins when Kil'jaeden reaches 55% health and ends when he reaches 25% health.

• To begin the stage, Sinister Reflection creates four Sinister Reflections of players.
• Shield Orbs now spawn in sets of three.
• Kil'jaeden continues to use all abilities from stage three, with the addition of the following.
• Avoid the large impact locations of Armageddon.

Stage Five - Sacrifice

This stage begins when Kil'jaeden reaches 25% health and ends when he's killed.

• To begin the stage, Sinister Reflection creates four Sinister Reflections of players.
• Kil'jaeden continues to use all abilities from stage four.
• Shield Orbs no longer spawn during this stage.
• Following the Shadow Spikes, Anveena sacrifices herself, briefly stunning Kil'jaeden and increasing his Holy damage taken with Sacrifice of Anveena.
  • This empowers all Orbs of the Blue Dragonflight.
  • Kil'jaeden will use Darkness of a Thousand Souls with increased frequency.

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Resistance Levels

• Players should use as much Shadow Resistance as possible without sacrificing other stats.

Healing Notes

Quick Notes

The notes below mostly pertain to progression difficulty, meaning if you out-gear the encounter or use extra healers they may not apply.

• Use Cooldowns
  
  • on Flame Dart
  • as-needed on Darkness of a Thousand Souls
• Other things to watch for
  • I'll update this section as-needed.

Debuffs to Track

Major

• Soul Flay causes tanks to need light healing over time.

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Useful Addons

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