Convocation at Zol’Heb

Type: Group (Suggested 3 players)

Objective: Slay the Prophet of Akali.

Provided Item: Prophet of Akali Convocation

Walkthrough

Travel to Zol’Heb, just south of Gundrak. Find the green summoning circle at [77.6, 36.6]. Use the Prophet of Akali Convocation item in the circle to begin the encounter. The fight has two distinct phases:

Phase 1: You vs. the Prophet (~100% to ~80%)

The Prophet of Akali spawns and addresses you directly. He has several abilities:

• Incinerate: Cast-time Fire damage nuke. Can be interrupted or Spell Reflected by Warriors.
• Darting Flames: AoE Fire damage to nearby enemies. This is the stacking debuff that will slowly eat through your health. Each stack ticks for roughly 500 damage per 5 seconds, and the stacks add up fast.
• The Prophet moves at roughly normal speed. He is immune to snares, roots, and fear. Kiting is possible but difficult since you can’t slow him.

Your goal in Phase 1 is simply to survive long enough to push him to approximately 80% health. This is the hardest part of the fight for most solo players. Use defensive cooldowns, potions, and self-healing to stay alive. Many classes barely scrape through this phase.

Phase Transition: The Rescue

When the Prophet reaches roughly 80%, the encounter shifts dramatically:

• The Prophet stuns your entire party and becomes immune to all damage.
• He begins casting Akali’s Ritual of Annihilation, described as a spell that will “utterly annihilate the bodies and souls” of those targeted.
• Har’koa charges in from the southeast, interrupting the ritual and saving your life.

The RP exchange:

Prophet: “How sad that only now do you grasp the truth… I wield the power of a god.”

Prophet: “You’ve meddled in affairs that were none of your business. You are nothing but foreign invaders. Prepare to die!” The prophet begins to cast a ritual of annihilation upon you all.

Har’koa: “PROPHET!”

Prophet: “What? HAR’KOA?!”

Har’koa: “YOU KEEP YOUR FILTHY DRAKKARI HANDS OFF OF THEM!”

Prophet: “Very well, kitten. I see no need to delay your inevitable demise.”

Har’koa: “I THINK NOT. YOU WILL DROP YOUR IMMUNITY, CEASE YOUR RITUAL NOW AND RELEASE THEM!”

Prophet: “NO! I will kill you all!”

The stun dissipates and Phase 2 begins.

Phase 2: You + Har’koa vs. the Prophet (~80% to 0%)

Har’koa joins the fight permanently. She provides:

• DPS: She attacks the Prophet directly, dealing significant damage.
• Healing aura: She applies a HoT (heal over time) to you. Stand near her to benefit from it. This is critical for surviving the Darting Flames stacks.
• Aggro: She can hold threat, but not reliably. If you dump aggro (Feign Death, Vanish, Ice Block, Fade, Shadowmeld), she’ll pick him up.

Phase 2 is much more manageable. With Har’koa’s healing and DPS, most classes can comfortably finish the fight. Just stay near Har’koa and keep dealing damage.

Soloing Strategy

Despite the “Group (3)” tag, this quest is widely soloed. Key strategies:

• If you die, run back. This is the most important tip. Har’koa continues fighting the Prophet after you die. You can resurrect, rebuff, and rejoin the fight. You can die in Phase 1 or early Phase 2, run back, and finish the kill with Har’koa still standing. You still get full credit.
• Aggro management is everything in Phase 2. If you can hand aggro to Har’koa (Feign Death, Vanish, Ice Block, Shadowmeld, Fade), Phase 2 becomes trivial. You take almost no damage while she tanks.
• Hunters: Easiest solo. Pet tank Phase 1, Feign Death after Har’koa arrives, let her take over. Pewpew from range.
• Feral Druids: Bear Form through Phase 1, Bash to self-heal. Extremely comfortable.
• Mages: Ice Block after Har’koa arrives to drop aggro. Stay at range and nuke. Frost Mages: note the Prophet is immune to snares, so your control toolkit is limited. Fire Ward helps with the fire damage.
• Rogues: Pop all cooldowns for Phase 1 (Evasion, Blade Flurry, trinkets). Vanish after Har’koa arrives. Cloak of Shadows clears Darting Flames stacks.
• Death Knights: Anti-Magic Shell and Icebound Fortitude for Phase 1. Death Strike sustains through Phase 2.
• Paladins: Fire Resistance Aura helps. Seal of Light/Judgement of Light for self-healing. Divine Shield available if desperate, but note it does NOT remove the Prophet’s stun during the RP transition.
• Shadow Priests: One of the harder solos. Prophet is immune to fear and Psychic Scream. Burst through Phase 1, then Fade after Har’koa arrives. May need to drop Shadowform to heal.

Story Context

This is the climax of the entire Dying Loa questline. Har’koa’s quest text is the most emotionally raw dialogue she delivers in the entire chain. She genuinely believes this may be a suicide mission: “I fear this time we may not see each other again until the afterlife.”

She can only offer “the warmth of my words” as encouragement.

And then she shows up anyway. When the Prophet has you stunned and is about to obliterate your soul, Har’koa charges in alone against a troll wielding the stolen power of a god. Her line “YOU KEEP YOUR FILTHY DRAKKARI HANDS OFF OF THEM!” is raw maternal fury from a goddess who has watched her fellow loa be murdered one by one.

The Prophet calls her “kitten.” She forces him to drop his immunity.

Her completion text crowns you “the champion of Zul’Drak,” and the Zandalari present you with powerful chest armor as thanks. This quest completes the “Akali” criteria for The Empire of Zul’Drak achievement, part of Loremaster of Northrend.

Cross-Expansion Connection

The Prophet of Akali is Gal’darah, the final boss of Gundrak dungeon. You’ve just defeated him in the open world, but he survives to retreat into his stronghold.

The next quest, Unfinished Business, sends you to Gundrak to finish what you started, culminating in Gal’darah Must Pay. In Gundrak, Gal’darah uses Akali’s stolen rhino powers to transform during his boss encounter, with Whirling Slash and charge abilities reflecting the rhino god’s nature.

Killing him there completes the cycle of justice for Akali.