Guardian Tak'u

Channeled by a Priest of the Serpent, Priest of the Hydra, Priest of the Direhorn, and a Priest of the Hawk.

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Tak'u starts the encounter immune to damage and at 0 energy, but will activate after roughly 30 seconds after the first priest is aggroed when he reaches 100 energy. The four priests are channeling auras on the golem, which grant Tak'u an ability. If a priest is dead when Tak'u activates, it will not have that ability for the rest of the encounter. Each priest has 630,000 health, and priests are either alive or dead as far as Tak'u is concerned, so it's all or nothing. This translates to some multiple of 21,000 DPS necessary to knock out priests in the first 30 seconds.

Blow cooldowns at the beginning of the encounter to kill as many priests as possible to make the fight against Tak'u itself easier. Tak'u has Lightning Strike no matter what, so simply get out of the targeting circle when the golem casts it. Fire of the Serpent must be interrupted, as it does 250,000 Fire damage that can't be avoided. Waves of the Hyrdra is a magic buff that heals the golem for 472K a tick, but can be dispelled and spellstolen. Wrath of the Direhorn is a large (roughly 20-yard) point blank area of effect that must be run out of. Gusts of the Hawk spawns a handful of tornadoes that criss-cross the arena in straight lines and do some minor Nature damage.

Once Tak'u activates, the fight is merely getting out of the areas of effect and interrupting/dispelling as appropriate. Classes without dispells or interrupts should thus focus on the respective priests and kill them before the fight starts.

Note that to gain credit for the achievement Our Powers Combined, kill either zero or all four priests before Tak'u activates. Then, kill Tak'u the other way.

• Even Giants Fall
• What's Inside Counts

• Our Powers Combined

• +100 The Black Prince (+37.5 for each priest killed)