Necrosniper, you used too many words to say too little.&nbsp For all you smart Affliction Warlocks out there, it goes something like this ...

FORGET about all the bandages & potions & confidence ... just summon a pet & pwn him.&nbsp You could do it with 5 hitpoints if you want!

I just soloed him at 56 without taking 1 point of damage!

Preparation:
Walking south from Kroshius's body, there's a large tree just to your left against the cliff.&nbsp Kill everything around it.&nbsp This tree is your battle zone!

Attack:
1. Cast Curse of Exhaustion
2. Turn around & run towards tree
3. Cast Siphon Life & Corruption
4. Run around the tree
5. Life Tap & Dark Pact as necessary
6. RINSE & REPEAT

If you're not Affliction or don't have CoE, this'll still work (trees hinder NPC movement but not line of sight).&nbsp You'll simply have to insert Fear, Banish, & Bandage throughout the fight.

It's really that simple!

--Maehlice
Gnome Warlock
Tichondrius

Easy soloable as lvl 52, i didn't loose any hp at all!, an almost no mana!

The thing is, it's a warlock thing,
it's called Enslave Demon!

enslave our dear Kroshius and get him to attack one of the normal [not elites] flame things that wander around a little south of him, they're imune to fire, so he cant hurt them, (just a little),
when it says 1/100 hp on kroshius, dismiss him, and either 2-3 dots or dd spells should do the job.
If he gets to close, use deathcoil!
you may need to enslave him again when/if you loose him, (but i didn't need to)

And there you go, you get a lvl 52-54 mob to kill a lvl 55 elite for you:]

<3 warlocks <3

ok KEY WORD: ENSLAVEABLE!
Find a warlock to help that is 54+ and can enslave demons up to 58, or if u have that spell find somebody to attack it for u. When you rezz Kroshius enslave him, then enter a duel, put Kroshius on Passive and work down his health with ease, before he is dead the warlock must release him so he is not a minion but an enemy, then take wat life he has left and loot his core. out of all the times iv killed him this was by far the easiest and funnest. Good Luck!

After dieing several times trying to solo this quest at 52 I finally found the easiest method to do this.

Get close to his remains (45,35), but don't yet awaken him, spin the camera round so you can watch the pool south of you and wait until you see one of the elite infernals patrolling towards you. (One regularily circles the pool)

Awaken Kroshius and Curse Of Shadows > Enslave him, even with no points in Improved Enslave he'll hold plenty long enough for the next part.

Set him on that elite Infernal that's patrolling and sit back and watch/dance )

The elite should be able to solo Kroshy for you.

Let it take him down to minimal health (5% or thereabouts), then it's very important that you release/dismiss him before he dies otherwise you cant loot his corpse for the quest drop.

Using this method when I released him, both he and the infernal he was fighting were down to 200-300 hp, easily dealt with.

PS. For this method I would recommend being at least 52 seen as at lower levels you're likely to not land the enslave for long enough or before he squishes you :)

Just to clear something up, The mob is a DEMON and wasnt immune to anything I put on him ) I just did this solo as lock52 first try, wasnt easy but not hard at the same time ^^

Without a doubt, fear and dot works a treat. Fight lasted about 4 mins. Healthstone, health pot (only superior >< how cheap am I?) and 2 normal runecloth bandages used. He resisted fear twice, both times getting me to under 100hp! lol, but i did it ) As for your pet, VW for shield or if ur dark pact build anything with mana is fine p dont even bother setting ur pet on it, DoT and Fear ftw =)

As of patch 2.3, this information is now largely irrelevant. However, this tactic, while excessive, still works, so I'll leave it be. Simply know that there are far easier ways to kill Kroshius, like walking up to him and poking him with your dagger. (Okay, so he wasn't nerfed that badly. You get the point.)

Actually, they can, indeed, be enslaved. I just killed Kroshius not 10 minutes ago using one of them.

A couple notes...

You can only enslave demons that are up to 3 levels above you with the rank of Enslave Demon that you have at this level. If you try to enslave one that's too high, it will say "Target Cannot Be Charmed," leading some people to the assumption that they are not enslavable.

Also, I don't recommend trying the following tactic unless you have Improved Enslave Demon. The reduced chance to have your (higher-level) minion break free during the (long) fight and the extra damage to help shorten it make this worlds easier.

Now for the actual battle...

Firstly, the infernals that you enslave are immune to most of Kroshius' damage. This immunity means that Kroshius will not attack the enslaved infernal unless it is the only thing on his aggro list, and therefore that you cannot attack Kroshius or aggro will be lost on the infernal permanently.

Second, Kroshius will aggro directly to you when he is first summoned, so summon him and be ready to run away or die/Soulstone to de-aggro him. Don't worry, he won't despawn for a while. Now, go and enslave your infernal, making sure that it's at least level 53 (the highest that you can summon at level 50) so that Kroshius (55) is yellow to it.

Third, tell your minion to attack Kroshius and sit back and watch the show. They'll go at it for a while, but not so long that the 5-minute timer runs out if your minion is 53 and you have the talent (I haven't tried it with anything less, but I had about a minute to spare at the end). Your minion is immune to most of Kroshius' damage, as I've said, so he can actually solo Kroshius.

Fourth and finally, wait until Kroshius is one hit from death and kill him. I did it with a Death Coil, just in case it took a second hit.

I hope this helps.

-Aulus

Remains at 45,3-35.3.

Unprepared - yes - that is the key.
When you turn in the quest there is a chance that the imp will summon a giant chicken you have to fight.
Doesn't matter - you already have the infernal summon so either way you are good.
But it is basically the ancona chicken on steroids. Same size as a VW, sounds like a freight train and tastes like.... well you get the point

Where do I find the remains? I keep searching and come up with nothing!

Cakewalk now, been nerfed in 2.3

He's a normal 55 mob (Im guessing he used to be elite), with Felgaurd up he died before my immolate finished!

1. Summon Void
2. Summon Kroshius
3. Sac Void
4. Enslave Kroshius
5. Sick Kroshius on enemy infernal
6. When Kroshius is nearly dead, banish enemy infernal
7. Dismiss Kroshius within SAFE DISTANCE
8. Have potions, healthstone, bandage hotkeyed
9. Immolate ( YES, HE TAKES FIRE DAMAGE!)
10. Conflagulate ( see Above )
11. Loot Dead Kroshius while enemy infernal is still banished

EASY. It only looks tough.

I did this at 52 and had the help of a 56 lock. Barely survived, but we did it. :D

I did this quest at lvl 57 with a 60 druid and we got stomped at first. He does a kick back that sends you flying. If you get too far away from where he starts out, then he resets.
Finally, I just enslaved Kroshius, and challenged the druid to a duel.
He broke enslavement once, but I was far enough away from him (set him to passive, stay and disable auto kickback) I was able to re-enslave him.
After she beat him for me, she went after me (we were still dueling). I put the smack down :)
And since I was enslaving, I beat her without a pet. I admit that I used a healthstone, but it was still fun.

Followed jbskiotaku's advice I am now convinced one can theoretically do this quest at level 20.&nbsp Simply find a big fat tree just south of Krosh's remains and run around it keeping dots on him, you don't even have to run that fast because you might accidently lap him.&nbsp Don't have to be affliction, just run around with siphon and CoA on him.&nbsp The only problem might be that the tree is fat enough that you might sometimes be out of range for your spells.&nbsp It took me a matter of 3 minutes to do it, and only got smacked once because a horde came by and I had to run&nbsp back to Kroshius.

My 53 lock (demonology/destruction spec) and a 54 warrior duo'd him with no problems.&nbsp As the other posts suggest, fear, DoT, rinse, repeat.&nbsp Pet and warrior just ran after him and provided some additional DPS and bought me time to recast fear after it faded.&nbsp Got hit a couple of times but nothing a healthstone couldn't fix in a hurry.&nbsp Keep the DoTs on him and he actually goes down pretty quick.&nbsp Didn't even burn through all my mana.&nbsp Much easier than expected.

Did this last night (52, affliction) using the CoEx strategy.&nbsp Cleared out the area around a nearby tree, before summoning Krosh.&nbsp Only thing, the mobs respawned while Krosh was about half health...I died. So I scouted out the area and found a safe path to the road. And on the next try, kited Krosh all the way down Felwood. This worked great:

1. No mobs on the road.
2. Added benefit of shocking players as you run by them, lol (Wish I took some screenshots!)
3. Very likely someone will stop and help you along the way, quickening the process - thanks to the 2 hunters (shadow council) who did just that for me :)

Just did this solo at 51.

He hits pretty hard, prepare some major health potions and bandages.

Get away from him at the start then just fear and dot, don't let him get close to you. Recast fear whenever he breaks it. I used an imp as a mana battery (dark pact), so the mana wasn't a problem for me. I've also noticed that he doesn't move as fast as you.

It took me about 3 minutes, but the fight was fun!

Affliction 31
Destruction 11

I'm lvl 52, and haven't gotten this quest. I got the quest that starts the series, that when completed, can give the Soul Harvester, and I am wondering if i have to do those quests first then talk to my trainer again for the Inferno quest. ((Also, when you summon an Inferno, or a Doomguard, and die, does the demon dissapear? Or does it stick around killing everything around?)) Ty all.

-Saiten lvl. 52 ((Skullcrusher))

Killing this guy if you have Demonic Sacrifice is easy as hell.&nbsp Get Fel Stamina up and begin the event.&nbsp The first thing you should do is put curse of shadow on him and then fear.&nbsp Throw up corruption, life tap, fear, drain life, fear, life tap, corruption... Don't life tap more than once and don't waste mana on %^&* like shadowbolts.&nbsp Make it an endurance fight and you win.

The only thing I used was a healthstone to top my life off near the end.&nbsp Never needed death coil or pots or band-aids.&nbsp Demo spec's added utility ftw.

you could kill him easily,if you are Afflection specced,use Curse of Exaustion on him,start running,dump all your DoT on him,after 12 secs use CoE again,repeat teh process.

use your pet to hit him while you are running also DP when it is needed.

I`m full demon spec and just did him with a 63 hunter friend but he realy kicks hard but i didn`t know he was fearable so its easy to solo just fear the bastard and keep curses running fellguard gives some nasty punches too

I am a 52 full spec demonologist, and I tried every strategy there is here so that I could solo it. Eventually my best strategy became to call on three of my guildies to come and help. We took him down on the first fight. But I ended up dying about 12 times trying out all these strategies... was it worth it.. HELL YES!

Oh and fire spells do affect him!

I just solo'd Kroshius as a 54 affliction specced lock. I tried three or four times to enslave an infernal sentry but died each time. They would break enslavement during the fight. I would then have a 52 elite and 55 elite both pounding me. Next I tried using the VW and managed to drop Kroshius. I sent the VW in, dropped all DoT's (corruption, immolate, siphon life, and Curse of Agony with first being amped), and spammed fear on him. Only issue I had was in running low on mana. Forunately I was able to life tap enough mana to keep him feared. The good thing (maybe lucky?) was that Kroshius always ran up the hill away from the other mobs. He never ran down the hill where mobs were respawning.

Warning, if he gets close Kroshius hits hard. He easily hits for 650+. Keep him as far from you as possible and you'll be okay.

Edited, Jan 6th 2007 12:05pm by Doofgodolac

Edited, Jan 6th 2007 12:18pm by Doofgodolac

I did this as lvl 54. I had two pala friends with me just for the healing...and yes...there was a lot of healing to do!

First thing is to have plenty of shards with ya, your soulstone and your healthstone. Next: Summon your felhunter and be sure to have fel domination ready for later!
I had the palas to cast bleesing of kings + mana regen on me and blessing of kings + extra-health-while-healing-thingy on felhunter!
Be sure to have a mana potion rdy too btw!

So summon the bastard and start spamming paranoia while placing your dots on him. Cast a shadow bolt once and a while and use shadow burn too!
If u die...rez and cast banish. This grants you time enough to use your mana potion and summon a new felhunter with fel domination.
If Kroshius starts attacking the palas just start spamming shadow bolt (that's what I did).
When he's about to fall use your shadow burn + death coil and that should nail the bastard.

Btw the palas did no damage to Kroshius...they hust healed - I was not sure whatever Kroshius would drop ot not if I had the palas to help with the damage...so I solo damaged him.

and...now that I've tried summon an infernal I can tell u this - at lvl 54 this is a totally suicide spell...but wtf..I got it atleast!

Cord's 45,35 are right on the money.. :)

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By the way, I was well prepared, I knew what I was doing, my first time attempting it and I also knew I was going to succeed because I have soloed elite mobs 3 lvls higher than me in the past and was confident in the Warlock class in knowing that this mob would be 2 lvls higher and another mildly easy mob. I came fully 1hr buffed with fortitude, int and mark of the wild buffs. Only used 2 Heavy Runecloth Bandages. He actually knocks you back the first hit he gets off you for about 200-400 damage then the next few hits are pretty small damage so in those next few hits I feared him again. I feared him the whole time, you have a WIDE space to work with so no chance of attracting another mob. Used Immolate, no he isnt immune to immolate spell. Used Curse Agony and Corruption spells. Used like 2-3 shadowbolts not many. Used Life Sap on him as well. When he was dotted I would gain distance while he was feared to have enough time to fear him again from afar before he got a hit off of me. Used the Imp demon as a mana bot to sap mana out of it. Nobody was there to help as you can see on the pics no other classes debuffs are listed on the mob or are there extra group dots on radar. And by the way, I didn't enslave the other Inferno to fight against him, just had my Imp for extra mana and didnt let him attack so I did all the damage :) Alexandria on Bloodhoof if anybody has questions, take care

post scriptum

my build is 31 affliction and 13 points so far in demonology

Edited, Sun Sep 11 05:37:29 2005

I did this solo at lvl 53. I don't know how, but I did it. I killed him on my second try. I was amazed when I did....

This is what I did, I summoned my FelGuard and had him tank for me while I lit
Kroshius up with dots: Curse of Agony, Corruption and Immolate and feared him. When I noticed my Felguard was almost dead, I feared Kroshius, click on Fel Domination to instant summon another Felguard and dotted him. Sent my Felguard after him again. By this time my mana was low so I used Life Tap. When Kroshius decided to come after me I RAN! You can outrun Kroshius, he is pretty slow! And while he was chasing me my Felguard was doing damge to him. When Kroshius focused his attention back to my Felguard, I dotted him and feared him. My felguard went down twice! At the end Kroshius was chasing me, I had only 2% health, had no dots on him. It was Felguard that saved me because while I was running from him with only 2% health left, my Felguard was hitting him!

I'm a !@#$ty warlock player. Haven't really mastered fear and dots! So if I can do it, anyone can lol!

I just soloed Kroshius as a level 54 afflic lock. I sent my void in to aggro, cast UA, COA, cor, sap life, then i feared pulled back void to heal him, sent him back in, fear, then dot dot dot. Rinse repeat!

It took more time to get all the flawless essences than finishing this quest in Felwood. I am affliction specced and didn't have any problems defeating him. What worked best for me is send in VW, put on syphon life, curse of agony, corruption etc. (all the DoTs). As soon as he comes towards you fear him...redo DoTs if necessary, and fear again etc. Works like a charm. You even have enough time to heal yourself in case he hits you (watch for his knock-backs as they are pretty annoying). His damage is I believe 700HP on a hit.

The infernal is a cool one to have...looks impressive as it is a huge dude...and can tank nicely as well...too bad about the enslaving :-)

45.3 , 35.2

SL+shadow spec..

first tried with voidy, got pummeled in a minute.

Then with imp, kept him chain feared and put Curse of Elements on him. let the imp nuke away, and soul fired twice, searing pain, etc.

keeping him feared is key, if he gets on you he will interrupt, i think he has a fire aura.

if he gets too close because you screwed up a fear, Death coil and fear on top of that.

good luck, fun fight. thank god, no adds.