Kystia Manaheart
Murder Row · boss 1 of 4
Although an accomplished Magister, Kystia Manaheart was far too devoted to fel magic to give it up entirely. Little wonder she's become a staunch supporter and ally to underground fel smuggling operations in the Row.
Her pet is the mechanic, not the target. Push Nibbles down until she turns on Kystia, that stun is the only window your damage really counts.
Illicit Infusion keeps Nibbles hostile only while she is above a health threshold; push her under it and she reverts to her light form, casts Light Infusion, and Destabilizes Kystia, a stun that halts Kystia's attacks, raises her damage taken, and weakens her Felshield. Burn Kystia in that window.
The spells that matter
The handful you actually react to. Hover for Blizzard's own text; click through for the full tooltip.
Illicit Infusion
Light Infusion
Destabilized
Mirror Images
Felstorm
Fel Spray
Felshield
Chaos Barrage
What actually kills you
Everything else is noise until these three are handled.
- Tunnelling Kystia through Felshield. The barrier cuts her damage taken substantially; Destabilized is what strips it.
- Standing in Nibbles' cone. Fel Spray is a frontal that keeps burning after it lands.
- Leaving Mirror Images to cast. Each copy channels Felstorm across the arena, and several at once is not survivable.
Your job
If you tank
- Hold Nibbles pointed away from the group so Fel Spray's cone is only your problem.
- Fel Nova teleports Kystia to a random player and knocks everyone near them back; expect to be out of position after it and plan the walk back.
If you heal
- Destabilized is a damage window that costs you: it expels Chaos on everyone every second for its duration. The burst phase is also the healing phase.
- Chaos Barrage jumps from its target to nearby players at reduced strength; spread and it stays small.
If you DPS
- Interrupt Kystia's Mirror Images; that assignment decides the pull.
- Switch to Nibbles early, not late. Every second of Destabilized beats the same second on a shielded Kystia.
How the fight goes
| Part | What to do |
|---|---|
| Step 1 | Kystia fights behind Felshield with Nibbles fel-infused and hostile. |
| Step 2 | Push Nibbles below her threshold; she reverts to light form and Destabilizes Kystia. |
| Step 3 | Burn Kystia through the window while Light Infusion damages everyone. Repeat when Nibbles is re-infused. |
Higher keys
Heroic and Mythic
The journal publishes no key-level-specific text; higher keys scale health and damage. We would rather say that than invent a difference.
Loot
Everything Kystia Manaheart can drop, from the Midnight Season 2 item database.
| Slot | Item |
|---|---|
| Head | Greathelm of Temptation |
| Feet | Felsoaked Soles |
| Wrist | Nibbling Armbands |
| Hands | Gauntlets of Fevered Defense |
| Trinket | Manaheart's Binding Flame |
| Two-hand | Nibbles' Training Rod |
| Ranged | Sinseared Repeater |
Nothing matches that.
This boss drops a trinket. Trinket value varies enormously by spec — see the simulated trinket rankings.
Worth a bonus roll?
You cannot roll this boss on its own. A dungeon roll is against the whole instance, so this table is one part of a pool that includes every other boss in Murder Row — the bonus roll guide explains what that changes, and the planner works it out per spec.