Volkhan

Volkhan
Race	Fire giant (Giant)
Level	80 or 82 Elite
Health	269,783 388,253 (heroic)
Location	The Iron Crucible, Halls of Lightning
Status	Killable
See
Halls of Lightning
General Bjarngrim Volkhan Ionar Loken (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) Other Ulduar instances Halls of Stone (5) Ulduar (25)

Volkhan is the second boss in the Halls of Lightning, located in the Iron Crucible. The Sons of Hodir consider him a threat to their existence, and thus send players to destroy him in  [80D] Diametrically Opposed.

Background

Volkhan is a fire giant who is employed under the service of Loken inside the Halls of Lightning. Volkhan works many days and nights to create Golems to further the numbers of Lokens armies, until one day 5 champions of the Sons of Hodir slew the mighty fire smith and halt the production on more Golems for Lokens armies and eventually the mad titan watcher himself.

Tactics

This is a fairly simple fight.

He hits the tank for medium damage. At every 20% of his health, he runs to his anvil and casts "Temper", which produces several molten golem adds. The adds do not hit hard but do cast Immolation. Instead of dying, they become "frozen."

Once he has cast Temper several times he will cast Shattering Stomp which causes the frozen golems to shatter for ~5k damage each. If the golems are stacked, the stomp can one-shot party members. However, Shattering Stomp has a cast time and is emoted, allowing players to move away from any frozen golems.

A well-geared tank can off-tank the adds instead of killing them, avoiding the issue of shattering. This will also allow the group to obtain the heroic  Shatter Resistant achievement.

Loot

Normal Mode

Eternally Folded Blade Item Level 187 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Sword One-Hand Speed 1.60 134 - 250 Damage (120.0 damage per second) +29 Strength +45 Stamina Durability 90 / 90 Requires level 78 Equip: Increases your parry rating by 29. Sell Price: 13 69 65 Volkhan's Hood Item Level 187 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Cloth Head 228 Armor +51 Stamina +68 Intellect Durability 50 / 50 Requires level 78 Equip: Improves haste rating by 53. Equip: Increases spell power by 81. Sell Price: 4 12 42 Kilt of Molten Golems Item Level 187 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Mail Legs 1025 Armor +60 Stamina +52 Intellect Durability 90 / 90 Requires level 78 Equip: Increases spell power by 81. Equip: Restores 20 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 8 27 83 Cape of Seething Steam Item Level 187 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Back 140 Armor +28 Stamina +38 Intellect Requires level 78 Equip: Improves hit rating by 29. Equip: Increases spell power by 46. Sell Price: 3 98 39

Heroic Mode

Belt of Vivacity Item Level 200 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Leather Waist 307 Armor +49 Stamina +43 Intellect +58 Spirit Durability 35 / 35 Requires level 80 Equip: Increases spell power by 68. Sell Price: 3 83 87 Shroud of Reverberation Item Level 200 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Back 145 Armor +25 Agility +64 Stamina Requires level 80 Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 31. Equip: Increases attack power by 86. Sell Price: 4 57 43 Giant-Hair Woven Gloves Item Level 187 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Cloth Hands 181 Armor +42 Stamina +58 Intellect Durability 30 / 30 Requires level 80 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 44. Equip: Increases spell power by 68. Sell Price: 3 8 19 Slag Footguards Item Level 200 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Leather Feet 375 Armor +38 Agility +75 Stamina Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Agility Durability 50 / 50 Requires level 80 Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 30. Equip: Increases attack power by 116. Sell Price: 5 73 77 Emblem of Triumph Item Level 80 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Requires level 80

Quotes

Aggro

• It is you who have destroyed my children? You... shall... pay!

Forging

• Life from the lifelessness... death for you.
• Nothing is wasted in the process. You will see...

Stomp

• I will crush you beneath my boots!
• All my work... undone!

Killing a player

• The armies of iron will conquer all!
• Ha, pathetic!
• You have cost me too much work!

Death

• The master was right... to be concerned.

Trivia

His name is a reference to the Roman deity Vulcan, god of fire and weaponsmith of the gods.

Volkhan has the same voice actor as The Prophet Tharon'ja. Who that is, however, is a mystery.

External links

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