For the fourth anniversary of World Of Warcarft.
　　Although the battle still cannot get out of the "tank-healer-dps”mode,the Boss battle,as a best feature of Wow,are the most carefully designed part.Today,I'm starting from MC and talk about the change occured to the boss battle in nearlt 5 years.

　　I joined most of the battle,so far,and this is some personal understanding and comment,maybe I am not brepared,just point out the improper part,thanks

　　Part.1:World of warcraft,Classic

Molten Core

      Member limits：40

　　Boss number：10

　　The Level：Tier 1 ～ Tier 2

　　Boss list：

　　Lucifron

　　Magmadar

　　Gehennas

　　Garr

　　Baron Geddon

　　Shazzrah

　　Sulfuron Harbinger

　　Golemagg the Incinerator

　　Majordomo Executus

　　Ragnaros

　　As the first raid dungeon ,there are not so many light spots on designment,it just locked by the thought of everquest.The simply tank-heal-dps's mode,so the guild "conquest" can clearing the whole raid in a short time except the so called no patch no down Ragnaros.

　　Lightspot on designment.

　　The Boss with guardians.

　　The ever greatest shocked demobilisation-Ragnaros

　　The first large scaled raid with numerous of Bosses and mobs.

　　
　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Magmadar：The first hard bone for most of the players.

　　Baron Geddon：With the most interesting skill.

　　Majordomo Executus：The main fighting mode:leader with guardians and the Majordomo's the best designed.,

　　Ragnaros：Shocked march out and curtain call and the fevered music made the whole battle unfortettable.

Onyxia's Lair

　　Member limits：40

　　Boss number：1

　　The Level：Tier 2

　　Boss list：

　　Onyxia

　　A significant raid,and as the first dragon Boss players faced,the Onyxia got most of the spells that most of the dragons in the fantasy world have.such as flaming,The dragons' fear and so on.On the aspect of raid designment,the Onyxia set the basic mode,script and phase that all the Boss should following

　　的Lightspot on designment.：

　　A raid with the wow characteristic

　　The ever best raid-related quest chains

　　The first midget raid,with 4 mobs before the boss.

　　Lightspot on Boss：

　　Onyxia：The first dragon boss,and the deep breath when flying made the battle more epical.

　　Blackwing Lair

　　Member limits：40

　　Boss number：8

　　The Level：Tier 2

　　Boss list：

　　Razorgore the Untamed

　　Vaelastrasz the Corrupt

　　Broodlord Lashlayer

　　Firemaw

　　Ebonroc

　　Flamegor

　　Chromaggus

　　Nefarian

　　The Blackwing Lair,molten center,the black rock temple and the black rock depth made up the ever grandest dungeons group,the black rock mountain.The BWL's desienment was perfect and totally break away from the everquest.and the raid was accepted by playersgradually.The second Vaelastrasz the Corrupt was one of the most classical bosses and made many guild disbanded.

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　The highlight of positioning and threat controlling

　　The trap house.

　　Interaction with the circumstances.

　　Ramdon spells of Boss.

　　Lightspot on Boss：

　　Razorgore the Untamed：A battle made players cheering,The first appearance of the use of the objects surrounded.

　　Vaelastrasz the Corrupt：How many of the guild was disbanded by the last 1%?The most classical Boss ever.

　　ChromaggusThe only boss with random spells,sofar.And it also shows the integral style：Positioning and threat controlling.

　　Nefarian：The famous lines and the famous A.L.

Zul'Gurub

　　Member limits：20

　　Boss number：13(hidden ones included5)

　　The Level：Tier 1

　　Boss list：

　　High Priestess Jeklik

　　High Priest Venoxis

　　High Priestess Mar'li

　　Bloodlord Mandokir

　　High Priest Thekal

　　High Priestess Arlokk

　　Jin'do the Hexxer

　　Hakkar

　　Gahz'ranka

　　Gri'lek

　　Hazza'rah

　　Renataki

　　Wushoolay

　　The first 20 members raid.The release of was to solve the problem of too high-ended of raid.but the fact was:the adoption of thought of BWL made it as hard as BWL and the drop's wores than MC.The zul got a considerable depth-numerous of hidden bosses,and downing hakka with the priests alive even can be seen as the sprout of hard mode.

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　The first outdoor raid

　　Splendid scene designment

　　Several hidden factors

　　The trolls the light spots.

　　Sprout of hard mode raid

　　Lightspot on Boss：

　　None

Temple of Ahn'Qiraj

　　Member limits：40

　　Boss number：9

　　The Level：Tier 2.5

　　Boss list：

　　The Prophet Skeram

　　Lord Kri/Princess Yauj/Vem

　　Battleguard Sartura

　　Fankriss the Unyielding

　　Princess Huhuran

　　Viscidus

　　Emperor Vek'lor/Emperor Vek'nilash

　　Ouro

　　C'Thun

　　The gate of ahn'qiraj's open and a mysterious empire was illustrated after the miller sounding.The complicated quest line,source collection and the famous speech of High Overlord Saurfang made the event more epical.Epical,the main impression of the temple.

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　A design with positioning high lighted.

　　Opening event

　　The largest ever

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Lord Kri/Princess Yauj/Vem:DIfferent sequence of killing means different difficulty and drop.Approaching the formal hard mode

　　Viscidus：The optional set made all the difficulty and unique mode absurd.

　　Emperor Vek'lor/Emperor Vek'nilash：A good example of mobile warfare

　　Ouro：Also with new and unique design,a boss of no patch no down.

　　C'Thun：The ancient god C'thun set the basic shape and style of battle.And the plane separate mode was been extensively used .

Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj

　　Member limits：20

　　Boss number：6

　　The Level：Tier 1

　　Boss list：

　　Kurinnaxx

　　General Rajaxx

　　Moam

　　Buru the Gorger

　　Ayamiss the Hunter

　　Ossirian the Unscarred

　　It's at the back of the wall and a concomitance of the temple and the second 20 members raid.With the experience of zul',the ruin got a more reasonable designment and a better drops while the boss battle was also interesting.。

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　None

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Ossirian the Unscarred:Excellent interaction with the surrounding

Naxxramas

　　Member limits：10/25/40

　　Boss number：15

　　The Level：Tier 3/Tier 7(WLK)

　　Boss list：

　　Anub'Rekhan

　　Grand Widow Faerlina

　　Maexxna

　　Noth the Plaguebringer

　　Heigan the Unclean

　　Loatheb

　　Patchwerk

　　Grobbulus

　　Gluth

　　Thaddius

　　Instructor Razuvious

　　Gothik the Harvester

　　Baron Rivendare(Highlord Mograine)/ Lady Blaumeux/Sir Zeliek/Thane Korth'azz

　　Sapphiron

　　Kel'Thuzad

　　Naxxramas,name after the undead flying basement in war3..A combination of difficulty and scope.Naxxramas was the best designed raid ever.The boss battle are a combination of guardian battle of MC,the threat of BWL and the war of movement ofTAQ,and the T3 was considered as the best shape designed suit.The Naxxramas was so difficult and classsic that repacked to WLK 2 years later.

Lightspot on designment.：

　　Combined design of boss fighting.

　　The largest Boss number

　　Great scene and music.

　　Lightspot on Boss：

　　Heigan the Unclean：based on dancing machine,with a strong rhymic

　　Loatheb：The theme was to keep yourself safety

　　PatchwerkM： Make Quick Werk Of Him.mathematical principles of world of warcraft.

　　Instructor Razuvious：connection of controlled tank and the use of skill are of new conceptions.

　　Baron Rivendare(Highlord Mograine)/ Lady Blaumeux/Sir Zeliek/Thane Korth'azz：Just 3gears turning with occlude accuracy in three different period,maybe the peak of boss designment in the history of Wow.

　　Sapphiron：An other boss with the shocked march out,a test of finding the chance of gathering and separation.

　　Kel'Thuzad：The Fault Tolerance's lower than the horsemen.and the requirement on classes are also higher.but the lack of innovation made the brilliant covered by hersemen.

　　

Part2:The burning crusade.

Karazhan

      Member limits：10

　　Boss number：16

　　The Level：Tier 4

　　Boss list：

　　Attumen the Huntsman/Midnight

　　Moroes

　　Maiden of Virtue

　　Romulo/Julianne

　　The Big Bad Wolf

　　The Crone

　　The Curator

　　Shade of Aran

　　Terestian Illhoof

　　Netherspite

　　The Chess Event

　　Prince Malchezaar

　　Nightbane

　　Hyakiss the Lurker

　　Rokad the Ravager

　　Shadikith the Glider

　　The first raid in the tbc and also the first 10 members raid,As the most welcomed raid with reasonable difficulty and team's number,good scene adn music,profused contents and details everywhere.The success of karazhanmade the 10 members' raid the main steam and continued to this very day.

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　Music and scene design.

　　Affluent content.

　　Newly designed boss mode.

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Moroes：Typical leader with guardians.the difference's the guardian's 4 of 6 guardians randomly.Just similar as nefarian

　　The Opera House Event：The Opera House Event contains 3 different battles.Romulo/Julianne，The Big Bad Wolf and The Crone，They're all draw materials from the famous drama.Players may face any kind of three dramas randomly.That;s the brighttest lightspot of the whole raid.

　　Shade of Aran：One of the few battles of no threats.

　　Netherspite：Interesting,maybe the most complicated

　　The Chess Event：An other lightspot,pleasure's more than challenge

Gruul's Lair

　　Member limits：25

　　Boss number：2

　　The Level：Tier 4

　　Boss list：

　　High King Maulgar

　　Gruul the Dragonkiller

　　The first 25 members' raid in tbc,one solution of excessively high of Member limits made the activity hard to organizing amd as a raid of entry level,the gruul's lair was justright for the purpose occasion.especially the Maulgar,the different guardian tanked by different classes made the battle more interesting and challengable.

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　Successful shifting of 40members to 25members.

　　A new generation's opening of leader with guardians.

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　High King Maulgar：The multi-classes tank mode.

Hellfire Citadel: Magtheridon's Lair

　　Member limits：25

　　Boss number：1

　　The Level：Tier 4

　　Boss list：

　　Magtheridon

　　The lowest ever cost performance,a difficulty similar with last boss of T5 raids,but a whole levels'lower in drops.That made most of the players skip this and directly to the t5 raid.

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　None

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Magtheridon：The most complicated battle before being nerf,the main difficulty was on the controlling of cubic

Coilfang Reservoir: Serpentshrine Cavern

　　Member limits：25

　　Boss number：6

　　The Level：Tier 5

　　Boss list：

　　Hydross the Unstable

　　The Lurker Below

　　Leotheras the Blind

　　Morogrim Tidewalker

　　Fathom-Lord Karathress

　　Lady Vashj

　　Thedesign's os simple,but the lady vashj 's definitely different

      Lightspot on designment.：

　　Mone

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Lady Vashj：Complicated and interesting.The key was on the transmit of center

Tempest Keep: The Eye

　　Member limits：25

　　Boss number：4

　　The Level：Tier 5

　　Boss list：

　　Al'ar

　　Void Reaver

　　High Astromancer Solarian

　　Kael'thas Sunstrider

　　Common as Serpentshrine Cavernbut the design of prince kael was great,the design of weapons made everyone's trying the legend weapons.the process's also epic

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　None

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Kael'thas Sunstrider：5phrases.Generally speaking,when compared in designment,the kael'thas covered illidian.

Caverns of Time: Hyjal Summit

　　Member limits：25

　　Boss number：5

　　The Level：Tier 6

　　Boss list：

　　Rage Winterchill

　　Anetheron

　　Kaz'rogal

　　Azgalor

　　Archimonde

　　The hyjal summit was totally loyal to the last campaign of reign of chaos.That made the fans of war3 exciting,and also made the boss fighting old-fashioned.The archimonde's the only light spot

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　The first and the only raid of defence

　　A totally and loyally recurrence of  Dusk of the Gods

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Archimonde：A battle with a low fault-tolerance.and the funny props made so much happiness.

Black Temple

　　Member limits：25

　　Boss number：9

　　The Level：Tier 6

　　Boss list：

　　High Warlord Naj'entus

　　Supremus

　　Shade of Akama

　　Teron Gorefiend

　　Essence of Anger/Essence of Desire/Essence of Suffering

　　Gurtogg Bloodboil

　　High Nethermancer Zerevor/Lady Malande/Veras Darkshadow

　　Mother Shahraz

　　Illidan Stormrage

　　The illidian made blizzard find that those powerful guild took the initative gradually.The raid's too hard for common players but means difficulties for those guild.That the loss of Pve players and scoff of kungen made the Blizzard have difficulty in conducting within and without.

        Dispite the problem,the black temple was really with effort.Scene and music are as the same remarkable asboss fighting.The only thing that matters was that Illidian seems covered by 3 faces.both difficulty and new meaning.

      Lightspot on designment.：

　　Scene and music design

　　Create boss battle

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Essence of Anger/Essence of Desire/Essence of Suffering：The famous three faces,and with the most originality in tbc both the battle itself and the model was perfect.Illidian was covered once again.

　　Gurtogg Bloodboil：Skills targets depends on the distance.

　　Illidan Stormrage：Although he was the most pathos boss in the warcraft history,although been covered again and again,the fire elements in p2 was a  great designment.requires a high level of tank.

Zul'Aman

　　Member limits：10

　　Boss number：6

　　The Level：Tier 5

　　Boss list：

　　Nalorakk

　　Akil'zon

　　Jan'alai

　　Halazzi

　　Hex Lord Malacrass

　　Zul'jin

　　The trolls seems the Blizzard's favourate,With the most perfect race pedigree.And the forest troll's zul'aman's oprning after the  jungle troll's capital zul'gurub lift restrictions.Same as karazhan,zul'aman was rational designed with the boss fighting interesting.More over,the Blizzard got a time limit mode for zul'aman to fufill both the common players and ofhigh-end players.

Lightspot on designment.：

　　The troll the light sopt

　　The first and ony raid with time limit

　　Creative boss battle

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Hex Lord Malacrass：similar with morose,but more powerful and complicated.maybe the most complicated in 10 members' raid

　　Zul'jin：The most powerful druid ever.

Sunwell Plateau

　　Member limits：25

　　Boss number：6

　　The Level：Tier 6.5

　　Boss list：

　　Kalecgos

　　Brutallus

　　Felmyst

　　Grand Warlock Alythess/Lady Sacrolash

　　M'uru

　　Kil'jaeden

　　As the central column of the TBC,The sunwell reappear the top design of naxxramas.Boss are of classic and the adjustment was in place,no "no patch no down"happening again,The only pity was the numbers of bosswhen compared with 15 of naxxramas.

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　comprehensive expression of design of boss

　　Scene and music design

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Kalecgos：Most idiomatical dragon fighting.

　　Felmyst：Deep breath of demon dragon's more powerful than frost wyrms or common dragons.

　　M'uru：Always been compared wth The horsemen,maybe the most difficult moss battle.

 

Part3：Wrath of the lich king

The Obsidian Sanctum

　　Member limits：10/25

　　Boss number：1

　　The Level：Tier 7

　　Boss list：

　　Sartharion

　　A markable raid in warcraft history,although with a unknown boss and a extremely simple surrounding but a test range of 2 important plans,the heroic raid and the hard mode.and the practice proves that both of them plays well.the Obsidian Sanctum will goes down to history.

　　Lightspot on designment.：

　　The first raid with 10members and 25members mode.

　　The first raid with hard mode.

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Sartharion：The hard mode was the most challenging boss fighting before ulduar.

Vault of Archavon

　　Member limits：10/25

　　Boss number：2

　　The Level：Tier 7～Tier 8

　　Boss list：

　　Archavon the Stone Watcher

　　Emalon the Storm Watcher

　　Settled at the wintergrasp,it's a raid with special setting.Only the winning faction of battle in wintergrasp can enter the raid.

      Lightspot on designment.：

　　A rewarding of winning of battle.

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　None

The Nexus: The Eye of Eternity

　　Member limits：10/25

　　Boss number：1

　　The Level：Tier 7

　　Boss list：

　　Malygos

　　simalar with onyxia,both dragon,both 3phrases.but the mailgos pulled the carrier in to the battle.players fufill the dream of fighting at the back of a dragon.A gorgeous and epic battle full of sence of experiencing.

      Lightspot on designment.

　　Carrier,carrier,carrier!

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Malygos：The third blue dragon boss,the king of blue dragon.
Ulduar

　　Member limits：10/25

　　Boss number：14

　　The Level：Tier 8

　　Boss list：

　　Flame Leviathan

　　Razorscale

　　Ignis the Furnace Master

　　XT-002 Deconstructor

　　Kologarn

　　Auriaya

　　Runemaster Molgeim/Steelbreaker/Stormcaller Brundir

　　Freya

　　Hodir

　　Thorim

　　Mimiron

　　General Vezax

　　Yogg-Saron

　　Algalon the Observer

　　The ulduar was lying on The Storm Peaks,the most spectacular place ever.The ulduar it self was of a very large scale among raids.Boss number was second only to Naxxramas,with14 leaders.and with a wholly draw-in of hard mode.10 of 14 leaders got a hard mode.They're made for those uber guilds.especially the guild destructor Algalon the Observer,the most difficult ever.

        Different from Obsidian Sanctum,The hard mode of ulduar got betterdrops  exclusively for hard mode,That made ulduar 4 modes for different players.and got relevant drops .

　　Lightspot on designment.

　　The most prolific content,for all kinds of players.

　　wonderful scene design

　　Now design of boss fight.

　　Lightspot on Boss

　　Freya：The first healer boss.And the hard mode was just at the point.

　　Mimiron：The transformer in the Wow,and the most complicated boss fight,so far.

　　Yogg-Saron：A battle like C'Thun,but more complicated and elaborate.The set of mind also avoid the "no patch no down"

　　Algalon the Observer:Jus from the lines can we know howpowerfui he was and the 1 hour limitation made it more difficult.

　　When making a general survey of raid design of WotLK we can find that Blz turn to the hard mode for all the players and promote the suitability.

      The hard mode made the boss fighting more complicated and the requirement of players has reached a utmost limit,