Lethon

Lethon
Title(s)	The Dragon The Beast
Gender	Male
Race	Green dragon
Health	832,000
Affiliation	Green dragonflight
Position	Guardian of the Emerald Dream Former Lieutenant of Ysera
Location	Varies. Bough Shadow, Dream Bough, Seradane, or Twilight Grove
Status	Deceased (lore); Killable (pre-)
Relative(s)	Ysera (Green Dragon Aspect)
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Lethon

Lethon is one of the four Dragons of Nightmare.

In recent times, Ysera's most trusted lieutenants have been warped by a dark new power within the Emerald Dream. Now these wayward sentinels have passed through the Great Trees into Azeroth, intending to spread madness and terror throughout the mortal kingdoms.

Lethon's exposure to the aberration within the Emerald Dream not only darkened the hue of the mighty dragon's scales, but also empowered him with the ability to extract malevolent shades from his enemies. Once joined with their master, the shades imbue the dragon with healing energies. It should come as no surprise, then, that Lethon is considered to be among the most formidable of Ysera's wayward lieutenants.

Stormrage

This section concerns content exclusive to the Warcraft novels or short stories.

In the novel Stormrage, Lethon is one of the major antagonists as a servant of the Nightmare. He is eventually killed by Eranikus. In order to drain her power, the Nightmare has captured Eranikus' mate Ysera within the Eye of Ysera. While attempting to free her, Eranikus is ambushed by Lethon who preaches a future where the Nightmare and Azeroth becomes one. Telling that the dragons of nightmare one day will be "able to fly Azeroth's skies unimpeded", Eranikus decides to destroy Lethon to prevent it, even if he has to sacrifice himself. Dragging them both into a vortex of energy between the Emerald Dream and Azeroth, Lethon is torn apart while Eranikus is swallowed by the vortex.

Overview

Lethon is one of the Emerald Dragons. The other Emerald Dragons are Emeriss, Ysondre, and Taerar. These dragons are world spawns located in Duskwood (Twilight Grove), the Hinterlands (Seradane), Feralas (Dream Bough), and Ashenvale (Bough Shadow). They are raid-level difficulty. However, some dragons are more challenging than others. Lethon is considered to be the hardest, although this is largely a popular myth. The Shadow Bolt Twirl is deadly if not handled well but if the raid has a capable Main Tank who knows what to do, Lethon becomes one of the easier outdoor bosses.

All four dragons share the Sleep (summoning "Dream Fog"), Noxious Breath, Tail Sweep, Mark of Nature and Aura of Nature abilities. Each dragon also has a few unique abilities. One of these is considered the dragon's ace move, and will be performed when the dragon loses 25 ± 5% of its max life. In other words, the ace move will only be performed three times; when the dragon is at 25%, 50%, and 75% life. When it is performed, the dragon will also yell something.

Abilities

Used by all the Dragons of Nightmare

• Seeping Fog - Summons two clouds of Dream Fog that will chase random players around the dragon and put them to sleep for 4 seconds.
• Noxious Breath - Deals 3000 Nature damage and applies a 30 second DoT that increases cooldowns on all abilities by 10 seconds and inflicting 350 to 450 Nature damage every 3 seconds. The DoT can stack up to 6 times. The main tank should be the only one affected by this.
• Tail Sweep - Inflicts 925 to 1075 damage on enemies in a 30 yards cone behind the dragon, knocking them back.
• Summon Player - Teleports the player who has the most aggro in front of the dragon if the player tries to run out of combat. This ability has first been noted after patch 2.0.1.
• Mark of Nature - If players are killed by a nightmare dragon, they will be afflicted by a 15 minute debuff called Mark of Nature. If engaging the dragon during this time, they will be slept for 2 minutes rather than 4 seconds as with the Dream Fog.
• Aura of Nature - A invisible pulsing aura that interrupts actions like eating, drinking and bandaging when close to the dragon. Will trigger the 2 minute sleep when combined with Mark of Nature.
• All the Dragons of Nightmare are also immune to nature damage.

Abilities exclusive to Lethon

• Shadow Bolt Whirl - Fires four sets of shadow bolts at everyone on one side of him, then alternates to the other side, dealing 800-1200 damage. On each volley his feet will glow.
• 25% ability: Draw Spirit - Everyone within 100 yards of Lethon will be stunned for 5 seconds and a Spirit Shade will walk out of their body. While stunned, each player will take 657 to 843 shadow damage every 2 seconds. The shades will walk toward Lethon and will heal him if they reach him. Each shade will heal Lethon for 15000 HP. The shades have 500 health each and are immune to AoE spells.

Strategy

• Clump the raid on one side. Pull Lethon. The Tank should be tanking Lethon next to one of the two pillars of the temple. Lethon only shoots shadow bolts on one side of him, so it is important that the tank recognizes the side that Lethon is shooting the bolts in and moves Lethon's head to the correct pillar. Running through him to the next pillar is the most efficient way of turning Lethon. A good way to know when the MT has to turn Lethon over is to have one raid member count the number of times his claws glow. After four glows, the Shadow Bolt Volleys change the side they shoot to.

• At +/- 10% of 75%, the raid healers should be ready to top the main tank off. Overhealing the tank, although bad on the healing meters, can make the difference between a tank surviving through the banish, or not surviving through it. Keep 3 heal over times on the main tank at all times at the 85%, 60%, and 35% marks. Make sure DPS kills as many shades as possible to prevent Lethon from getting healed. However, killing the shades is not that necessary, as healers can run out and drink if needed, and the only real challenging parts to this fight is when everyone is banished.

• Not a vital note for the fight, but the Noxious Breath DoT persists on the MT after Lethon dies, it's rather funny when a guild begins to celebrate and 5 seconds later the MT falls over dead; just remember to heal him after Lethon dies

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgB-qFa2ZL0

Note: This is a video to show you how the tank should be turning Lethon. This shaman is quick on his feet and avoids most of the sleep clouds (while eating a few noxious breath clouds), but if your healers are as incompetent as some of the ones in this video, expect plenty of wipes.

Quotes

World of Warcraft

Aggro:

• I can sense the SHADOW on your hearts. There can be no rest for the wicked!

When summoning Shades:

• Your wicked souls shall feed my power!

Stormrage

• "Your greatest nightmare comes true..."
• "Give in to the Nightmare! Let it embrace you!"

Loot

Exclusive

Belt of the Dark Bog Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Waist 70 Armor +16 Stamina +8 Intellect +25 Nature Resistance Durability 35 / 35 Requires level 60 Equip: Equip: Increases spell power by 14. Sell Price: 2 28 79 Black Bark Wristbands Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Wrist 54 Armor +15 Stamina +4 Intellect +4 Spirit Durability 35 / 35 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases spell power by 25. Sell Price: 2 29 61 Dark Heart Pants Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Legs 322 Armor +20 Stamina Durability 90 / 90 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 28. Equip: Increases attack power by 48. Sell Price: 5 76 13 Deviate Growth Cap Item Level 72 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Head 199 Armor +16 Stamina +14 Intellect Durability 70 / 70 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases spell power by 34. Equip: Restores 10 mana per 5 sec. Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 14. Sell Price: 2 96 8 Gauntlets of the Shining Light Item Level 72 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Hands 581 Armor +15 Strength +12 Agility +15 Stamina +16 Intellect +10 Spirit Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases spell power by 12. Sell Price: 2 79 91 Malignant Footguards Item Level 72 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Feet 360 Armor +10 Strength +12 Stamina +14 Intellect +11 Spirit Durability 70 / 70 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases spell power by 27. Sell Price: 3 58 13

Shared with other Green Dragons

Acid Inscribed Greaves Item Level 72 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Feet 639 Armor +8 Strength +19 Stamina +25 Nature Resistance Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases defense rating by 9. Sell Price: 3 42 98 Ancient Corroded Leggings Item Level 72 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Legs 458 Armor +33 Agility +21 Stamina +16 Intellect +11 Spirit Durability 105 / 105 Requires level 60 Sell Price: 6 80 76 Dragonbone Wristguards Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 401 Armor +9 Strength +13 Stamina Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases your parry rating by 20. Sell Price: 2 82 54 Dragonspur Wraps Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Wrist 106 Armor +17 Stamina +4 Arcane Resistance +4 Fire Resistance +4 Nature Resistance +4 Frost Resistance +4 Shadow Resistance Durability 40 / 40 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases attack power by 32. Sell Price: 1 99 96 Gloves of Delusional Power Item Level 72 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Hands 79 Armor +14 Stamina +16 Intellect Durability 35 / 35 Requires level 60 Equip: Restores 6 mana per 5 sec. Equip: Increases spell power by 27. Sell Price: 1 48 10 Green Dragonskin Cloak Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique Back 62 Armor +12 Stamina +20 Nature Resistance Requires level 60 Equip: Restores 4 health per 5 sec. Sell Price: 3 26 75 Hammer of Bestial Fury Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique Mace Main Hand Speed 1.90 69 - 130 Damage (52.4 damage per second) 90 Armor +12 Stamina Durability 105 / 105 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases attack power by 26. Sell Price: 7 37 48 Nightmare Engulfed Object Item Level 63 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique This Item Begins a Quest Requires level 60 "An unknown object shrouded in nightmares." Staff of Rampant Growth Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Staff Two-Hand Speed 2.60 113 - 185 Damage (57.3 damage per second) +12 Stamina +16 Intellect +20 Nature Resistance Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases spell power by 44. Equip: Restores 11 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 9 25 39 Trance Stone Item Level 71 Disenchants into: [Nexus Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique Held In Off-hand"Held In Off-hand" is not in the list (Back, Chest, Feet, Finger, Hands, Head, Held in off-hand, Legs, Main Hand, Neck, ...) of allowed values for the "Item slot" property. +9 Stamina +8 Intellect +8 Spirit Requires level 60 Equip: Increases spell power by 25. Sell Price: 6 28 2

See also

• Dragons of Nightmare

Patch notes

• Patch 4.0.3 (15-Nov-2010): Removed.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (10-Oct-2005): Added.
  

External links

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