His base swing damage hits for about 170k physical damage before armor mitigation, or about 38k on a tank, with a swing speed of 1.5 seconds. In heroic difficulty, this encounter is a big step above the rest of the Icecrown Citadel raid, with substantial gear checks that may prove impossible to beat week 1 even for the best of guilds for the first time in Classic.īefore getting into mechanics, let's talk about the first difficulty of the encounter: The Lich King hits like a truck. Fighting Arthas is a real marathon of nearly 15 minutes with no less than 4 phases, over 15 mechanics, and 5 different types of adds combined to make the most difficult encounter back in 2010 and in WoW Classic to date. The Lich King is the final encounter of the Icecrown Citadel raid and the most emblematic fight of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.
