Info on Icecrown Citadel: Frozen Halls out

The Icecrown Citadel has always been a curious place for me and probably also for a lot of other people. Being the Lich King’s lair, I always tend to wonder not only what Blizzard has in store for us in terms of fight designs but also who and what we might find inside. Ever since we first saw the Citadel in he game, it’s been just there for us to see but not much else, teasing us and making us wonder what lies beyond that awesome facade.

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Well some info was just released about the 5 man dungeon that will be part of the Icecrown Citadel, which we’ve long known to be like the Magisters’ Terrace of this expansion in the sense that it will be the last and hardest 5 man dungeon. We now know that this dungeon which will be released in patch 3.3 will be called The Frozen Halls. based on the released info, this dungeon is going be so interesting in so many ways, bringing a kind of epic-ness that you’d expect from a dungeon like this.

The design of this dungeon has shown yet again that Blizzard can be innovative. They’ve shown this in the unconventional idea of Trial of the Champion, a dungeon with almost no trash mobs and even has some jousting as part of one of the fights. The Frozen Halls is a dungeon where players accompany Jaina Proudmoore or Sylvanas Windrunner, depending on what faction you’re in, across the three wings of the dungeon – The Forge of Souls, The Pit of Saron and finally the Halls of Reflection.

The three wings have to be done in order and you have to finish the first to continue with the second and then the second to continue to the third. What makes this setup interesting is that each wing is like a separate dungeon so in heroic mode, they will have they’re own lock out timers. This odd setup can be beneficial for example if a player gets saved to the first wing and somehow finds the group fall apart then finds a group that needs a replacement for the second and third wings.

There will be 7 bosses across the three wings – 2 for the first, 3 for the second and 2 for the third wing. The bosses will drop item level 219 gear on regular mode and item level 232 gear for heroic mode. You can check here for more info about the wings and the bosses but I’ll say this since we’re talking about bosses. as I was reading the info about the dungeon I thought it was such a cool idea but when I found out who the last boss for this 5 man was going to be, I almost fell off my chair. Clue: His initials are LK! Of course it’s assumed he escapes somehow for players to fight again in the raid dungeon of the Citadel. But even the thought of getting to fight him as a casual player doing mans really proves that Blizzard has outdone itself in making the Lich King more visible to more players rather than to a small number like with Illidan in The Burning Crusade. I can’t wait!