Tempest Keep: Arcatraz

Arcatraz is the third and final five man instance in the Tempest Keep area. Like in the later parts of Botanica, things are completely out of control.

The trash in this place is miserable. It makes Mana Tombs look like fun. It's not even hard. It's just not fun. Not even a little bit. The bosses are fun and interesting, but don't make up for the required clearing.

The first boss is a Pandemonius rehash, with buggy void zones that hit you three times before you see them. I didn't take a screenshot of him. I didn't have time to hit any keys other than the ones to run away from the AE while dodging the bugged void zones. I don't think it was fun, but I'm not sure. They tricked me into being too busy to notice.

The second set of bosses are much better. As soon as you walk in the room, they start talking smack at you and then separate into their respective corners, where you can fight them individually. Kinda like a kung-fu movie... with demons.

The right side has an immolation aura and huge knockback. If no one's in melee range of him, he intercepts a random target and leaves a fire trail behind that lasts several seconds. Easy, if your tank is good at intercepting back from the air.



The Left is similarly easy. She throws a 2k/s whirlwind and then starts a big, interruptible heal right after the whirlwind. She also debuffs random group members with a curse that gives her a chance to heal anytime the cursed person gets a heal.



After this, the trash clear steps it up a notch from miserable to flat-out excruciating. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking with the trash.

The last boss encounter makes up for it all though. When you attack the prison warden, he starts releasing random mobs out of the cells for you to defeat, most of which are five man copies of MC, BWL, and AQ bosses.

Here's Broodlord, complete with blast wave, knockback, and ghetto mortal strike:



Finally, you end up with Skeram, complete with splits each 25%:



Sadly, as much fun as the last bosses are, this zone will be the LBRS of the expansion. Come once to finish your Karazhan key and then avoid it like that girl you always call when you're drunk.