Blackrock Spire

Highlord Omokk

An ogre leader and an easy tank-and-spank fight. His Knock Away throws the tank back, so tank him with his back to a wall. He goes into a frenzy that speeds up his attacks, so keep healing steady.

In short: back to a wall, heal through the frenzy.

Highlord Omokk’s abilities

Ability	Effect
Enrage	Frenzy: attack speed up 60% for 2 minutes.
Knock Away	Extra damage and a knockback on the target.

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Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin

A forest troll shadow hunter who hexes and curses. Ranged players and healers stay at least 20 yards away so they are not hexed. A hex does not make the tank lose aggro. Curse of Blood adds a small amount of Physical damage taken and is easy to live with.

In short: stay 20 yards away, ignore the curse.

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War Master Voone

A forest troll who changes stance as he loses health. He starts with fast attacks and Throw Axe. At 65% health he adds Cleave and Mortal Strike. At 40% he adds Snap Kick, Uppercut and Pummel. He hits hard and throws the tank into the air, so keep damage from piling on while the tank is airborne. He is immune to stuns, and mind controlling the berserker in the room before him does not work. He also uses a stomp that slows movement.

In short: plain tank and spank, heal through Mortal Strike and do not pull aggro off the tank.

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Mother Smolderweb

A giant crystal spider. Crystallize stuns its target for 3 seconds, and Mother's Milk poisons everyone nearby and now and then roots a poisoned player and the allies near them. Cure the poison and spread out so one root does not catch the group. When she dies, three Spire Spiderlings come out of her body, so be ready with area damage.

In short: cure the poison, spread out, sweep the spiderlings.

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Urok Doomhowl

The true leader of the ogres, and a boss you summon. Mount Omokk's Head on the Roughshod Pike in the pile of skulls on the landing above the spider tunnels. Several waves of ogre guards come first and Urok follows. Clear the landing and the ramp before you start. The head can be used again during the fight for heavy damage to his helpers, about every 30 seconds, so give it to one player. Urok can be crowd controlled and feared, so a warlock can keep him feared while damage over time kills him. His roar sends everyone nearby running in fear.

In short: summon with the head, clear the guards, feared and ticking beats a brawl.

Quartermaster Zigris

An orc with a gun. Pull him down the hallway and fight him there, or he backs away to shoot and pulls in extra guards. Clear the top of the hallway and the packs on the right of his room first. He nets a random player, hurls a stun bomb that stuns everyone in a small area, and drinks a healing potion. Move out of the bomb area.

In short: pull to the hallway, clear first, step out of the bomb.

Halycon

A giant worg, den mother of the spire's attack worgs, in a nest full of pups. The pups are non-elite, so let area damage handle them. Fight inside her lair, because Gizrul arrives down the hallway after she dies. Casters and healers go to the higher ground at the back, away from her in case the tank loses aggro. Shamans should replant totems inside the lair to avoid pulling Gizrul early.

In short: sweep the pups, fight inside the lair, be ready for Gizrul.

Gizrul the Slavener

Halycon's mate, who arrives on his own when she dies. He frenzies, and his Fatal Bite drains health and heals him for twice the amount. Infected Bite is a disease that deals Nature damage every 3 seconds and makes the target take more Physical damage. Cure the disease and keep up healing on the tank.

In short: cure the disease, keep the tank healed, do not let the drain run long.

Gizrul the Slavener’s abilities

Ability	Effect
Enrage	Frenzy: attack speed up 60% for 2 minutes.
Infected Bite	Disease: Nature damage every 3 seconds and more Physical damage taken.
Fatal Bite	Physical damage that drains health; he heals for twice the amount drained.

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Overlord Wyrmthalak

A black dragonspawn who rules the lower city. Tank him with his back to a wall, because Sweeping Slam knocks back everything in front of him. Melee stand behind him to avoid Cleave and Slam. At 50% health two helpers run up the ramp, picked at random from Spirestone Warlords, Smolderthorn Berserkers and Bloodaxe Veterans. Control or off-tank them so they stay off the casters. If he dies fast, the helpers stand idle and will not aggro if you stay back.

In short: wall behind him, melee behind him, off-tank the two helpers.

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Pyroguard Emberseer

A fire elemental held captive by Blackhand Incarcerators, and the gate to the rest of the Upper Spire. In the first stage the Incarcerators encage random players in a 10 second stun, so kill them quickly. When the Emberseer breaks free he hits his target with Flame Buffet, which stacks extra Fire damage taken, and uses Fire Nova and a Fire Shield that burns nearby players. Bring Fire protection.

In short: kill the Incarcerators, Fire protection, watch the Flame Buffet stacks.

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Warchief Rend Blackhand

The Dark Horde warchief, fought in the Blackrock Stadium of the Upper Spire. Several waves of chromatic dragonkin and whelps come through the gate first, and many orcs gather at the top of the arena and stay there until the event is over. Rend then arrives mounted on the chromatic drake Gyth, who uses frost, fire and acid breath and a knockback. When Gyth is down to 25% health, Rend dismounts and fights on foot with Whirlwind, Cleave and Mortal Strike, and he goes into a frenzy. Everyone damages Gyth until Rend falls off, then a second tank holds Rend while the group finishes Gyth, and then they burn Rend down. Keep pets and summoned images from attacking the orcs above.

In short: clear the waves, bring Gyth to 25%, a second tank takes Rend, spread from the Whirlwind.

Warchief Rend Blackhand’s abilities

Ability	Effect
Enrage	Frenzy: attack speed up 60% for 2 minutes.
Whirlwind	Spin attack that hits players within 8 yards every 2 seconds.
Mortal Strike	Heavy weapon hit that cuts healing received by 50% for 5 seconds.
Cleave	Melee hit on the target and its nearest allies, up to 3 targets.

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The Beast

A core hound at the Furnace in the Upper Spire, captured by Nefarian's forces and retrained as a guard. He hits extremely hard and can kill a cloth wearer in two or three hits, so the tank must hold aggro the whole fight. More than one tank may be needed to hold aggro through Terrifying Roar and the Berserker Charge. He also throws Fireball and Immolate, which burns a random player for fire damage over 15 seconds, and Flamebreak, a knockback. Bring Fire protection.

In short: hold aggro, a second tank for the fear and charge, Fire protection.

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General Drakkisath

The last boss, flanked by two Chromatic Elite Guards. The common plan is to pull the guards first while a hunter, or a rogue with Vanish, pulls the General away and kites him across the bridge toward Rend's room or the Beast's lair. Kill the guards, then bring him back and fight him with two tanks. Conflagration sets a random player aflame, confuses them and scorches allies near them for about six seconds, and the General turns on the next player on his threat list meanwhile, so the second tank matters. Step out of Flamestrike, which hits an area. With enough tanks and healers you can also take all three at once, guards first.

In short: guards first, two tanks, step out of Flamestrike, spread out from Conflagration.

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Lord Valthalak

A drakonid warlock who was once the spire's general. He is a summoned boss in the Upper Spire, called with a Brazier of Beckoning as the last step of the second dungeon set quest line. In the first phase his caster melee is weak and slow. His main danger is a chain life drain that jumps between players and doubles in damage on each jump, healing him too. Keep him 20 to 30 yards from the group, spread everyone out, interrupt the drain and let one tank hold him alone. He also calls Spectral Assassins. At 40% health he switches weapons and hits very hard, so disarm him and burn him down. At 15% health he casts a Shadow Bolt on the whole group often, so use Shadow protection and finish him fast.

In short: spread out, interrupt the drain, burn him in the last two phases.