Darkshore Conquered by Horde US - Ivus World Boss for Horde, Contributions Open for Alliance

Live Posted 2018/12/11 at 4:22 PM by Neryssa

Story of Darkshore guideYou only need to complete the introduction questline once to unlock access to the Darkshore scenario for all your alts.Today in WoWWhat Happens Now?Horde

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War ResourcesThe Honorbound

Buzzkill - 200 War Resources

Remaining Threats - 200 War Resources

Tapping the Breach - 300 Artifact Power

War ResourcesThe HonorboundHonorbound Service MedalBloodthirsty DreadwingDraught of Ten Lands

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Ivus the Forest LordIvus the Forest Lord can only be looted and coined once per Warfront cycle, with the loot lockout not resetting with the weekly reset.Normal

Knot of Ancient Fury

Ancient Knot of Wisdom

Petrified Ironbark Crown

Garments of the Forest Lord

Ivus' Tanglemoss Waistcord

Gnarled Bough Gauntlets

Protector's Tangleroot Belt

Forest Protector's Shoulderguards

Stoneroot Stompers

Warring Ancient's Crown

Forest Lord's Razorleaf

Overview: Ivus the Forest Lord often uses abilities to attack several players at random and will retreat to the safety of his [Petrified Bark] when at low health.

Tanks:
Ivus will cast [Frost Breath] in your direction, leaving a [Frost Patch] on the ground beneath you.
[Lunar Strike] will leave a few clear areas on initial impact before spreading.
Wisps summoned while Ivus is [Petrified] fixate on players at random and cannot be controlled through threat generation.
Healers:
[Hurl Boulder] will hit players at random.
[Lunar Strike] will leave a few clear areas on initial impact before spreading.
Wisps will channel [Ancient Spark] on a random player until they are dispatched.
Damage Dealers:
[Hurl Boulder] hits players at random.
[Lunar Strike] will leave a few clear areas on initial impact before spreading.
Ivus will remain immune to damage while [Petrified]. Dispatch all active Wisps to make Ivus end the Petrification.

Frost Breath: Inflicts 30 Frost damage to all enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Frost Patch: You take 30 Frost damage every second you remain in the area and your movement speed is reduced by 20%.

Hurl Blight: Hurls several boulders at random enemies, inflicting 30 Plague damage to players within 3 yards of their impact.
Shockwave: The caster slams the ground, sending a shockwave out in front of the caster that inflicts 30 Physical damage to all players caught in its path.
Lunar Strike: The caster calls down the power of the moon at random locations. Each point of impact creates a Lunar Rune that will expand rapidly after a few moments, inflicting 60 Arcane damage to all players caught in the rune.
Petrify: The caster enters a petrified state and calls forth a swarm of wisps to fight for them. While petrified, the caster is immune to all damage.
Defeating all of the wisps will end the petrification effect.

Wisp

Ancient Spark: Blasts the target for 5 Arcane damage.

Alliance

With Alliance fighting for control of Darkshore, it is time to queue for the scenario! The Alliance going straight into battle, without the need for contributions is a one-time occurrence, as after this cycle, each faction will have to contribute as normal before they're able to attack the Warfront. Completing the first Warfront victory quest awards you with a 385 piece of gear.

Alliance players will be able to queue into the Darkshore Warfront for a week, before they take over the zone. The scenario itself works slightly different from the Arathi Highlands scenario for the Alliance, with the main difference being that Wood is now generated passively. Alliance is able to queue to the Darkshore scenario from the Warfronts table near the Wind's Redemption in Boralus.

Learn more about the Warfronts Scenarios from our Mechanics and Strategy guides!

Comment by MeeboDidn't horde get the world boss 1st last time too?Comment by RandamizeDidn't horde get the world boss 1st last time too?Comment by ShryI wonder why they have Alliance in the game when Blizzard love the Horde so much. Its sickening.Comment by AngelhuntCan you change the title of the post, just delete the "contributions open for alliance" because you said in the post that "The Alliance going straight into battle, without the need for contributions is a one-time occurrence"Comment by mheller344Didn't horde get the world boss 1st last time too?Comment by NathasilThe interesting question is, which faction will attack+hold it January 22nd, when rewards from max-level content start to actually matter again? If we assume each phase lasts 6 days...it will be Horde. But since that is not certain, let's just wait and see. I still assume it will be Horde, though.Comment by echo808So can you bonus roll for the World Boss? Wasnt working for us today when we killed it.Comment by SergioRossi385 loot, yeah sure, with mu "Suppa" luck i'll get nothing but 500 azerite on all of my chars =(((Comment by KashraLast time Alliance got the boss and horde got the Warfront quest first (the guaranteed 370).

This time:
Horde get the boss
Alliance quest did not spawn for the gear (I know in Jan its 400 but for now it should be equal to the boss that I believe also goes up to 400 in Jan). Unless I'm blind on my ally character of course.Comment by MaXiiczekI'm really curious if Azerite gear from Ivus, even when scaled to lower ilvl, will have 5 Azerite rings as it is displayed here on wowhead :) I guess it won't, but it would be cool :)Comment by WalkerfinAt once of the Life Time -Blizzard was not Be Horde only and always firstComment by KelindreJust did Darkshore. No 385 gear. "Completing the first Warfront victory quest awards you with a 385 piece of gear." Anyone else?

edit: disregard. got to do the Night Warrior quest with Tyrandre first on at least one of your toons.Comment by DaxiokCan we kill the rares now, and again after we conquer Darkshore, to get both time their loot ?Comment by druidrygalore385 loot, yeah sure, with mu "Suppa" luck i'll get nothing but 500 azerite on all of my chars =(((Comment by jyuuniI wonder why they have Alliance in the game when Blizzard love the Horde so much. Its sickening.Comment by LiluluHonestly, other than gearing alts or your geneal side-collectables like achievements - warfronts are basically pointless for anyone doing endgame. Like Jyuuni said - 385s are plentiful on the auction house.
I kitted out an alt just now in 340 crafted pieces for less than 60k, then did the new warfront maybe once to see the cutscenes and get a free 385 (one handed caster weapon for a mage, wow. Dumb loot luck - but it's comedic timing is on point)

I honestly don't know what's going on with Blizzard and how they're treating Alliance. I've played both factions - this is the first expac where I didn't swap factions though, and it's hard not to regret it. From horse-mania to poorly timed reward schedules... for what reason was there that the factions don't even share the same emissary reward schedules? Both sides have factions that mirror eachother - 2 side story factions, a main storyline faction, and a war faction.
So why did one get gear caches and the other just gold?
I don't know a raiding guild Alliance side that wasn't sore about that - it's still a good way to break the ice in a guild.

So far I'm fairly underwhelmed. Horde favoritism or no, plenty seems to be going their way right now. Emissaries that give gear during the pre-raid gear rush, while Alliance only gets gold. First crack at warfronts to gap fill on gear once raids launch - while alliance got one guaranteed piece, with the rest entirely up to luck.