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The Ravenian is a hulking wight who lurks in a flooded vault at the bottom of Scholomance. Described as one of Kel'Thuzad's mightiest agents, he is said to devour the school's students who do not study hard enough. He is one of the six instructors whose deaths summon Darkmaster Gandling.
Background
Little is told about the Ravenian in the game itself. Warcraft Wiki's history of the school names him as one of Kel'Thuzad's most powerful servants living in the recesses of the Scholomance, and his reputation is that of a monster set loose on failing pupils. His name may be a nod to Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," or simply a play on "ravenous."
He is a wight, one of the large, brutish undead that the Scourge raises from strong corpses. His vault is one of the six rooms that open off the Headmaster's Study, and it is filled with water.
Abilities
The Ravenian fights entirely with physical attacks, and they stack up fast.
- Sundering Cleave: hacks at the armor of his target and up to two others, stacking up to five times.
- Trample: damages everyone around him.
- Knock Away: knocks his target back.
- Cleave: a normal cleave on up to three targets.
Strategy
The fight is a test of the tank and healer. Sundering Cleave stacks quickly on the tank and on anyone standing beside it, and at five stacks the tank's armor is badly reduced. Melee players should stay behind him to avoid the cleaves, though Trample still reaches them. Healers should expect the damage on the tank to rise through the fight and keep their mana for the end.
His room has one more use. Undead can't swim, so a group that is losing a fight elsewhere in the lower school can sometimes escape into the water of his vault to avoid a wipe.
Loot
Drop chances are from our database (patch 1.12). He shares the instructors' loot table, plus a Dungeon Set 1 piece of his own.
| Item | Chance |
|---|---|
| [Wildheart Belt] | 3.5% |
| [Necropile Robe] | 1.1% |
| [Deathbone Chestplate] | 1.1% |
| [Cadaverous Armor] | 1.1% |
| [Bloodmail Hauberk] | 1.1% |
| [Ancient Bone Bow] | 1.1% |
| [Hammer of the Vesper] | 1.1% |
| [Skin of Shadow] | 17% |
[Wildheart Belt] is the druid's Dungeon Set 1 belt (see Tier Sets). The 1.1% pieces come from the Necropile, Deathbone, Cadaverous and Bloodmail sets shared by the six instructors.
Quests
No Classic quest names him. He drops a [Corruptor's Scourgestone] for the Argent Dawn's repeatable turn-ins, and his death is one of the six needed to call Gandling.
Later history
Patch 4.0.3a lowered his dungeon version to level 43 and added a second Ravenian to the Battle for Andorhal in Western Plaguelands, where Horde players kill him. Mists of Pandaria removed him from the dungeon, and the Legacy of Scholomance brought him back in patch 10.1.5.
Sources
Categories: Bosses