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Comment by 258282

Anyone unfortunate enough to smack Arthas during the Halls of Reflection will be stricken by this. It nearly 1-shot me as the tank, and as a druid with 50khp thats damn serious.

A glimpse into the capabilities of Arthas

Comment by GinjaNinja

As a paladin tank you should be able to survive this, it hits for 100% weapon damage, around 35-40k, then the 50k debuff hits, the debuff, providing you survive the initial melee hit, will kill you, causing Ardent Defender to proc and you to live.
A great way to scare the group into thinking your about to die.

Comment by 307852

I wonder if the 50k damage is partly resistible?

Comment by 453520

the ability says that it deals SHADOW damage. Of course it will be partially resistible

Some spells don't clarify that, smartass.

Comment by Catharsis

Some spells don't clarify that, smartass.

Uh...but that spell that you linked does say it. It says Frost damage.

Edit: Oh, gotcha. My mistake.

Comment by 642488

For Icecrown raid, would it be possible to have the off tank who does not have Soul Reaper on them, taunt the boss and while the other tank recovers from his 50k damage, the other tank takes the haste of the boss?

Comment by Asclepius99

How often does he cast this? I want to figure out my CD rotation ahead of time.
thanks

Comment by jameinel

Note that it is possible for Soul Reaper to get boosted, and hit for ~90k damage. I just had my first LK kill, where both tanks died. Fortunately the last one was at about 10.5% and we managed to finish him off anyway.

Both tanks died do to a ~90k Soul Reaper damage. We might have been miss-handling the Harvest Soul, or maybe some other buff. However, here are the log parses, slightly edited for clarity and to protect the innocent.

Tank1 death:
Time Name Cause
The Lich King Soul Reaper Tank1 15864 (O: -1, R: 4407)
Tank1 afflicted by Soul Reaper from The Lich King
Healer2 Riptide Tank1 +*2600*
Healer2 Earthliving Tank1 +*1908*
Healer1 Living Seed Tank1 +4054
Healer2 Earth Shield Tank1 +4737
The Lich King's Taunt fades
The Lich King hits Tank1 Parry
Healer1 Regrowth Tank1 +*1299*
Tank1's Regrowth fades
Tank1 gains Rejuvenation from Healer1
Healer2 Earthliving Tank1 +1265 (O: 7)
Healer2 Riptide Tank1 +0 (O: 1733)
Healer1 Rejuvenation Tank1 +0 (O: 2291)
The Lich King hits Tank1 12978 (O: -1, B: 5562)
Healer2 Earthliving Tank1 +*1908*
Healer1 Rejuvenation Tank1 +3744
Healer2 Riptide Tank1 +1734
Healer2 Riptide Tank1 +5591 (O: 528)
The Lich King Soul Reaper Tank1 45001 (O: -1)
Tank1's Soul Reaper fades

Regular Soul Reaper attack, skipping a bit until the interesting part:

Healer1 Rejuvenation Tank1 +0 (O: 2292)
Tank1 hits The Lich King 732 (O: -1)
The Lich King afflicted by Taunt from Tank1
Healer1 Rejuvenation Tank1 +0 (O: 3744)

Clearly topped off at this point, and just switched from the other tank, because of the Taunt.

The Lich King Soul Reaper Tank1 22737 (O: -1, R: 16842)
Tank1 afflicted by Soul Reaper from The Lich King
Tank1 hits The Lich King 1085 (O: -1)
The Lich King hits Tank1 25035 (O: -1, B: 10729)
Healer2 Greater Healing Wave Tank1 +*20882* (O: 5800)
Healer1 Regrowth Tank1 +*0* (O: 12427)

Clearly topped off at this point. Though oddly both of those were overheals, and the Rejuv 0.5s later does heal....

Tank1 gains Regrowth from Healer1
Healer1 Rejuvenation Tank1 +3744
Tank1 gains Ancestral Fortitude from Healer2
The Lich King Soul Reaper Tank1 43971 (O: 46029)
Tank1 dies

And here, Soul Reaper hits for exactly 90k damage (43971+46029 = 90,000).

Oddly, according to the log, my Regrowth did 0 healing just 0.5s before my Rejuv did a little bit of healing. Anyway, the tank was clearly topped off, *and* had Ancestral Fortitude. Soul Reaper still hit for 90,000 damage. Maybe Ancestral Fortitude meant that it was 90k instead of 100k. However, at the very end of the fight, we had the other tank die the same way:

The Lich King Soul Reaper Tank2 28626 (O: -1, R: 14053)
Tank2 afflicted by Soul Reaper from The Lich King
Healer2 Riptide Tank2 +1806
Healer2 Earth Shield Tank2 +5021
Healer2 Earthliving Tank2 +1325
Healer1 Rejuvenation Tank2 +*5709*
Healer1 Regrowth Tank2 +*12256*
Tank2 gains Regrowth from Healer1
The Lich King hits Tank2 31154 (O: -1)
Tank2 gains Living Seed from Healer1
Tank2's Living Seed fades
Healer1 Living Seed Tank2 +3898
Healer2 Riptide Tank2 +1806
Healer1 Regrowth Tank2 +848
Healer1 Regrowth Tank2 +*12346*
Tank2's Regrowth is refreshed by Healer1
Tank2 gains Lifebloom from Healer1
Healer2 Greater Healing Wave Tank2 +*14763* (O: 15801)
Healer1 Rejuvenation Tank2 +0 (O: 3806)
Healer1 Lifebloom Tank2 +0 (O: 571)
The Lich King hits Tank2 21997 (O: -1, B: 9427)
Tank2 gains Living Seed from Healer1
Tank2's Living Seed fades
Tank2 gains Aegis from Tank2
Tank2's Ancestral Fortitude is refreshed by Healer2
Healer1 Living Seed Tank2 +3926
Healer2 Earth Shield Tank2 +5021
Tank2 gains Hardened Skin from Tank2
Healer1 Regrowth Tank2 +*1271*
Healer1 Lifebloom Tank2 +571
Healer2 Riptide Tank2 +*2708*
Tank2 Censure The Lich King 2578 (O: -1)
Healer2 Ancestral Awakening Tank2 +8499 (O: 3555)
Healer2 Greater Healing Wave Tank2 +0 (O: 19036)

Topped off at this point.

The Lich King Soul Reaper Tank2 70474 (O: 10426, A: 6400)
Tank2 dies

This isn't quite as round, total damage was 87,300. However, it still shows that LK can do a 90k Soul Reaper.

Comment by fernandobacate

This is where Arthas 'tests' the tank capabilities. Be sure to have your health above 60k when He is about to cast this thing, so you can resist the BOOM damage and the next melee .
Pop your damage reduction or absorb cooldowns or both, and be prepared for 5 seconds of massive and fast attacks from the LK.
Note: LK uses this in phase 2 and 3, with a 35~40 seconds cooldown.
:)

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Soul Reaper

Soul Reaper
Melee Range
Instant

Strikes the target for 50% weapon damage and afflicts the target with Soul Reaper. This effect deals 70000 Shadow damage after 5 sec and increases the caster's haste by 100% for 5 sec.

Buff

Soul Reaper

Deals 70000 Shadow damage and the caster gains 100% increased haste after 5 sec.
5 seconds remaining

Spell Details

Duration

5 seconds

School

Physical, Shadow

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

5 yards (Combat)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Weapon Damage - %
Value: 51
Value: 51 - Heroic
Value: 51 - 25 Player (Legacy)
Value: 51 - 10 Player Heroic (Legacy)
Value: 51 - 25 Player Heroic (Legacy)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Periodic Damage
Value: 50001 every 5 seconds
Value: 60001 every 5 seconds - Heroic
Value: 60001 every 5 seconds - 25 Player (Legacy)
Value: 60001 every 5 seconds - 10 Player Heroic (Legacy)
Value: 70001 every 5 seconds - 25 Player Heroic (Legacy)
PVP Multiplier: 1

Flags

Unaffected by invulnerability
No Partial Resists

Soul Reaper

Buff

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