Firemaw

Firemaw
Race	Drake (Dragonkin)
Level	?? Boss
Affiliation(s)	Black Dragonflight
Location	Blackwing Lair
Status	Killable
Blackwing Lair Razorgore the Untamed Vaelastrasz the Corrupt Broodlord Lashlayer Firemaw Ebonroc Flamegor Chromaggus Nefarian (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) NPCs Grethok the Controller Lord Victor Nefarius Master Elemental Shaper Krixix (lore) (lore) (lore) Loot

Firemaw is the fourth boss in Blackwing Lair, after Broodlord Lashlayer and before Ebonroc. He drops the Tier 2 Epic Set gloves for all classes.

Abilities

Like the other 2 drakes, Firemaw casts wing buffet and shadowflame. His unique drake ability is Flame Buffet ("violent shock or concussion," pronounced buff-it; buh-fey relates to food). Firemaw's flame buffet is a stackable and non-dispellable debuff that hits anyone within Firemaw's line of sight. It begins by doing 150 damage. And each tick that you are in LoS of Firemaw the debuff is renewed and stacks another time. Each time it stacks the damage increases by another 150. The Flame Buffet debuff will last for 16 seconds if not renewed. While you are not in the LoS of Firemaw you will not take any damage from Flame Buffet. The Flame Buffet is a Fire effect and can be resisted if you have sufficient fire resistance - it is a binary effect so you will either resist it entirely or take full damage, you will not resist it partially. He is completely immune to Fire-based spell damage.

Strategy

Firemaw should be tanked in the entrance to the room he guards, where the Broodlord Lashlayer was stationed. He should not however be pulled without clearing the first few packs of Mobs in the room, the amount needing to be cleared depending on the skill of the raid, but most likely three.

He should be aggroed so that he is attacking the main tank inside the doorway and can be put out of sight by the raid if they hug the walls either side of him. This is necessary to negate the stack of Flame Buffet that quickly accumulates. One tank should stand in front of him to take aggro for most of the fight being healed from the right side of the room, however during his knockbacks the tank behind him will have to take over, healed by the left side. The main tank will keep getting hit with debuffs, so there should be a second tank prepared to switch in for the Main Tank until the MT's debuffs fall off.

DPS should stand, with the majority of the healers, on the right hand side of the room and get out of LoS when stacks reach about 5-10, depending on your health. Bandaging should be used on non tanks as much as possible, as mana will be needed to heal tanks taking more damage from their lessened fire resistance. [Dampen Magic] is very useful here since it applies its damage reduction against each stack of the debuff, rather than just once overall.

As with all the other drakes, Firemaw's most deadly weapon is his shadowflame. In order to reduce the impact that this has it is considered wise to have priests cast a Power Word Shield on the MT just prior to this. Other tactics include having one or two healers using big heals and attempting to time them so they land the second after the shadowflame hits.

As with all BWL fights, it is important to manage aggro heavily here as wing buffet reduces the aggro on the tank who is hit by it. In a perfect kill the MT will never take a buffet and will be able to keep ahead of aggro, however if he does get hit by one aggro can get finicky later in the fight.

His knockbacks are about 30-35 seconds apart, and his shadowflames about 15-18 seconds apart.

Keys to the Fight

1. Constantly watch your health. Everyone besides the healers is taking constantly increasing damage this fight; not watching your health will allow the debuffs to stack up and eventually kill you.

2. Positioning for this fight is everything. You've heard it before, but it's really true here. All efforts should be taken to ensure that Firemaw does not change location while the fight goes on. The buffet-eater should get right on Firemaw to taunt, as being at the edge of his hit box forces him to move to the OT. The replacement tank should stand on the spot the MT is at before taunting Firemaw off. However your guild does positioning, be wary of the possibility of Firemaw shadowflaming while the buffet tank has aggro; if the raid is behind the eater, it can lose 10-20 people in one breath. As bosses go, Firemaw does not hit hard. If you can get your positioning down, you've won the fight.

Loot

Firemaw/Tier 2 Gloves

Firemaw-specific non-set loot

Black Ash Robe Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Chest 14 Armor +2 Intellect +5 Stamina +3 Fire Resistance +3 Versatility Durability 165 / 165 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 5 45 18 Claw of the Black Drake Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Fist Weapon One-Hand Speed 2.60 3 – 5 Damage (1.5 damage per second) +2 Strength +1 Stamina +3 Critical Strike Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 7 96 72 Cloak of Firemaw Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Back 3 Armor +2 Agility or Strength +3 Stamina Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 2 32 75 Firemaw's Clutch Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Waist 2 Armor +3 Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Versatility Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 78 80 Legguards of the Fallen Crusader Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Legs 13 Armor +4 Strength or Intellect +5 Stamina +4 Critical Strike Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 5 66 24 Natural Alignment Crystal Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket Use: Increases spell power by 250, and increases mana cost of spells by 20% for 20 sec. Classes: Shaman Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 7 20 39 Primalist's Linked Legguards Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mail Legs 8 Armor +2 Agility or Intellect +5 Stamina +5 Critical Strike +1 Haste Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 5 35 1 Scrolls of Blinding Light Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket Use: Energizes a Paladin with light, increasing melee haste rating by 250 and spell haste rating by 330 for 20 sec. Classes: Paladin Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 7 20 39

Firemaw/Drakes Shared Loot

Videos

Firemaw from a Hunter's Perspective

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

[1] 

• http://www.wow-tactics.de/20_taktiken/bwl/feuerschwinge.php - German Tactic Link
• Firemaw Chant - Good Advice for Fighting Firemaw

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