Icecrown Gunship Battle

Icecrown Gunship Battle
Race	Unknown
Location	Rampart of Skulls, Icecrown Citadel
Icecrown Citadel Lord Marrowgar Lady Deathwhisper Icecrown Gunship Battle Deathbringer Saurfang Festergut Rotface Professor Putricide Blood Prince Council Blood-Queen Lana'thel Valithria Dreamwalker Sindragosa The Lich King (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) Other Icecrown Citadel instances The Forge of Souls (5) Pit of Saron (5) Halls of Reflection (5)

The Icecrown Gunship Battle is an encounter in Icecrown Citadel that involves an aerial battle between the gunships Skybreaker and Orgrim's Hammer. Muradin Bronzebeard and High Overlord Saurfang are the gunship commanders.

Abilites

Both sides and their mobs use the same abilites that do not change other than increased health and damage.

Alliance side

Gunship Cannon

•  Cannon Blast 150 yd range — Launches a cannonball at the target. Inflicts 1000 Siege damage and generates 6 to 10 Heat. Instant
•  Incinerating Blast 150 yd range — Consumes all of the cannon's Heat to launch a massive ball of fire at the target. Inflicts 1000 Siege damage plus additional damage per point of Heat. Instant

Muradin Bronzebeard

•  Battle Fury — Increases all damage done by 5%. Instant. 20 sec duration. +7% in 25-player mode
•  Cleave Melee range — Inflicts 120% of normal melee damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 3 targets. Instant (6 sec cooldown)

Skybreaker Sergeant

•  Bladestorm — Instantly Whirlwind up to 4 nearby targets and for the next 6 sec you will perform a whirlwind attack every 1.0 sec. While under the effects of Bladestorm, you can move but cannot perform any other abilities but you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed. Instant (7 sec cooldown)
•  Wounding Strike Melee range — Inflicts 200% weapon damage and leaves the target wounded, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 25% for 10 sec. Instant. -40% healing in 25-player mode.
•  Experienced — Damage done increased by 30%. Attack and casting speeds increased by 20%. Instant
•  Desperate Resolve — Increases armor and attack speed by 60%. Instant. +120% Armor in 25-player mode

Skybreaker Mortar Soldier

•  Rocket Artillery 50,000 yd range — Launches a rocket that explodes on impact, inflicting Fire damage to nearby enemies and Siege damage to the enemy gunship. 5 sec cast
  •  Explosion 50,000 yd range — The rocket explodes, inflicting 6300 to 7700 Fire damage to nearby enemies and Siege damage to the enemy gunship. Instant
•  Experienced — Damage done increased by 30%. Attack and casting speeds increased by 20%. Instant

Skybreaker Marine

•  Experienced — Damage done increased by 30%. Attack and casting speeds increased by 20%. Instant
•  Desperate Resolve — Increases armor and attack speed by 60%. Instant. +120% Armor in 25-player mode

Skybreaker Sorcerer

•  Below Zero 50,000 yd range — Freezes the target in a block of ice by concentrating and freezing moisture in the air. The caster must channel to maintain the ice block. Instant

Skybreaker Rifleman

•  Hurl Axe 50,000 yd range — Hurl an axe at the target, inflicting 3800 to 4200 Physical damage. 2 sec cast. 5700-6300 in 25-player mode
•  Experienced — Damage done increased by 30%. Attack and casting speeds increased by 20%. Instant
•  Desperate Resolve — Increases armor and attack speed by 60%. Instant. +120% Armor in 25-player mode

Horde side

Gunship Cannon

•  Cannon Blast 150 yd range — Launches a cannonball at the target. Inflicts 1000 Siege damage and generates 6 to 10 Heat. Instant
•  Incinerating Blast 150 yd range — Consumes all of the cannon's Heat to launch a massive ball of fire at the target. Inflicts 1000 Siege damage plus additional damage per point of Heat. Instant

High Overlord Saurfang

•  Battle Fury — Increases all damage done by 5%. Instant. 20 sec duration. +7% in 25-player mode
•  Cleave Melee range — Inflicts 120% of normal melee damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 3 targets. Instant (6 sec cooldown)

Kor'kron Sergeant

•  Bladestorm — Instantly Whirlwind up to 4 nearby targets and for the next 6 sec you will perform a whirlwind attack every 1.0 sec. While under the effects of Bladestorm, you can move but cannot perform any other abilities but you do not feel pity or remorse or fear and you cannot be stopped unless killed. Instant (7 sec cooldown)
•  Wounding Strike Melee range — Inflicts 200% weapon damage and leaves the target wounded, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 25% for 10 sec. Instant. -40% healing in 25-player mode.
•  Experienced — Damage done increased by 30%. Attack and casting speeds increased by 20%. Instant
•  Desperate Resolve — Increases armor and attack speed by 60%. Instant. +120% Armor in 25-player mode

Kor'kron Rocketeer

•  Rocket Artillery 50,000 yd range — Launches a rocket that explodes on impact, inflicting Fire damage to nearby enemies and Siege damage to the enemy gunship. 5 sec cast
  •  Explosion 50,000 yd range — The rocket explodes, inflicting 6300 to 7700 Fire damage to nearby enemies and Siege damage to the enemy gunship. Instant
•  Experienced — Damage done increased by 30%. Attack and casting speeds increased by 20%. Instant

Kor'kron Reaver

•  Experienced — Damage done increased by 30%. Attack and casting speeds increased by 20%. Instant
•  Desperate Resolve — Increases armor and attack speed by 60%. Instant. +120% Armor in 25-player mode

Kor'kron Battle-Mage

•  Below Zero 50,000 yd range — Freezes the target in a block of ice by concentrating and freezing moisture in the air. The caster must channel to maintain the ice block. Instant

Kor'kron Axethrower

•  Hurl Axe 50,000 yd range — Hurl an axe at the target, inflicting 3800 to 4200 Physical damage. 2 sec cast. 5700-6300 in 25-player mode
•  Experienced — Damage done increased by 30%. Attack and casting speeds increased by 20%. Instant
•  Desperate Resolve — Increases armor and attack speed by 60%. Instant. +120% Armor in 25-player mode

Strategy

Overview

The objective is to deal more siege damage to the enemy gunship than it does to yours. Siege damage is done by firing the guns on your gunship. The enemy gunship will attack yours mainly using rockets and hand-held ranged weapons. The enemy will periodically attack your ship with a boarding party, which must be tanked and killed before they can do too much damage. Ranged DPS are preferred for the defensive party. The enemy will periodically deploy a mage to stand on their deck and freeze the guns of your ship preventing them from firing, and this mage must be killed to free your guns so that you can keep damaging the enemy gunship. In order to do this you should form a boarding party of your own consisting of a single tank, some healers and some damage dealers (preferably melee). The boarding party can jump to the enemy gunship and back using jetpacks provided by your gunship's engineer. The tank must tank the enemy commander while being healed. The enemy commander will gain a stacking buff over time while in combat that increases his damage, so the boarding party must kill the enemy mage before the commander gains enough buffs to kill the tank. If any time remains the boarding party can also kill the rocket teams. After this it is essential that the entire boarding party jumps back to the friendly ship in order for the enemy commander to be left alone and lose his stacking buff before the next mage comes out and freezes your guns. The enemy ranged infantry can be killed by the defending ranged DPS while they are not killing an enemy boarding party. If all of these things are done you should comfortably win the DPS race.

Tactics by Role

Defenders

Their main role is to eliminate enemy boarding parties that will teleport over. While there is no boarding party they can kill the ranged DPS on the enemy gunship, hence ranged DPS are preferred for this group. The boarding party can be tanked by a single tank, who will of course need healers. The enemy rocketeers will fire rockets at your gunship that should be avoided by looking for the (easy to spot) target markers and moving away before the rocket lands. TODO: information about how to fight the enemy boarding party

Gunners

Their main role is to damage the enemy gunship while their guns are not frozen. While their guns are frozen they should leave their guns and help with another activity, such as defending against enemy boarding parties, or damaging the enemy's ranged DPS. They can also join the boarding party and help kill the mage, but once the mage is down they should jump back immediately to fire their guns again rather than stay and kill the rocketeers. TODO: information about gun heat mechanic.

Boarding Party

Make sure you pick up a jump pack from your gunship's engineer and equip it before the fight, as it is a clothing item and cannot be equipped once in combat. The jump pack is used by 'using' the item of clothing and selecting a destination to jump to (you can practice before the battle starts). They can defend against enemy boarding parties while not busy, but should remain ready to jump over to the enemy ship when the mage comes out (which will be announced by a raid emote by the enemy commander). A single tank is required who should jump first with his healers shortly after to keep the enemy commander busy. The commander has a ranged attack but should be tanked at melee range, as his ranged attack applies a stacking impale dot that is weak at first but will quickly become unhealable. The other enemy crew members will not bother you. The DPS should kill first the mage, then try to kill the rocketeers, and then jump back. The tank and healers should then make sure they jump back together to avoid being killed on the way out. The boarding party is on a time limit and must at least kill the mage before the enemy commander gets enough buff stacks to endanger the tank (around 20-25 stacks, though this will depend on the strength of your tank and healers and cooldowns used). The boarding party must all leave and wait for the enemy commander to lose his buff before they can return. For this reason the boarding party should only jump over when the mage freezes your guns, and not jump over early. It is not necessary or desirable to DPS the enemy commander - he is only tanked.

Loot

10 man

Abomination's Bloody Ring Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +8 Strength +18 Stamina +16 Dodge +10 Critical Strike   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +3 Stamina   Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Bone Drake's Enameled Boots Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Feet 52 Armor +14 Strength +32 Stamina +15 Critical Strike +6 Haste   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +3 Strength   Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 12 29 41 Bracers of Pale Illumination Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 33 Armor +12 Strength or Intellect +24 Stamina +7 Haste +11 Versatility   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +2 Intellect   Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 6 83 87 Cord of Dark Suffering Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Waist 17 Armor +14 Agility or Intellect +31 Stamina +6 Critical Strike +14 Versatility   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Spell Power   Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 6 81 39 Frost Giant's Cleaver Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Axe One-Hand Speed 2.60 690 – 1283 Damage (379.4 damage per second) +62 Agility +88 Stamina +45 Critical Strike +35 Haste Durability 110 / 110 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 23 37 21 Ice-Reinforced Vrykul Helm Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Head 35 Armor +21 Agility or Intellect +30 Stamina +15 Haste +14 Versatility   Meta Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Power   Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 11 20 95 Icecrown Rampart Bracers Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Wrist 19 Armor +7 Agility or Intellect +24 Stamina +10 Critical Strike +8 Haste   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +2 Agility   Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 7 6 56 Midnight Sun Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.80 27 – 46 Damage (20.3 damage per second) +154 Intellect +22 Stamina +9 Haste +11 Versatility Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 19 21 87 Muradin's Spyglass Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +131 Critical Strike Equip: Each time you deal spell damage to an opponent, you gain 18 spell power for the next 10 sec, stacking up to 10 times. Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 11 39 40 Neverending Winter Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 7351 Armor +80 Strength +120 Stamina +37 Dodge +65 Parry Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 15 77 11 Pauldrons of Lost Hope Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Shoulder 1389 Armor +107 Agility +119 Stamina +85 Critical Strike +44 Haste   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +6 Haste   Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 11 5 80 Saronite Gargoyle Cloak Item Level 251Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Back 517 Armor +72 Strength +120 Stamina +32 Critical Strike +61 Haste   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Strength   Requires Level 80 "Even longer than your average cloak or cape." Sell Price: 7 31 24

25 man

Althor's Abacus Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +153 Intellect Equip: Each time your spells heal a target you have a chance to cause another nearby friendly target to be instantly healed for 5550 to 6450. Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 11 39 40 Amulet of the Silent Eulogy Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Neck +12 Intellect +23 Stamina +7 Critical Strike +11 Haste   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +3 Spell Power   Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Boneguard Commander's Pauldrons Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Shoulder 1978 Armor +120 Strength +157 Stamina +87 Dodge +55 Parry   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +9 Stamina   Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 13 55 20 Boots of Unnatural Growth Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Leather Feet 21 Armor +14 Agility or Intellect +31 Stamina +14 Critical Strike +6 Versatility   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Spell Power   Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 10 78 52 Corp'rethar Ceremonial Crown Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Head 15 Armor +17 Intellect +41 Stamina +11 Critical Strike +15 Versatility   Meta Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Power   Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 13 70 5 Corpse Tongue Coin Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +152 Dodge Equip: Melee attacks which reduce you below 35% health cause you to gain 5712 armor for 10 sec.  Cannot occur more than once every 30 sec. Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 11 39 40 Gunship Captain's Mittens Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Hands 12 Armor +14 Intellect +31 Stamina +6 Critical Strike +14 Haste   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Spell Power   Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 9 36 79 Ikfirus' Sack of Wonder Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when equipped Leather Chest 30 Armor +21 Agility +37 Stamina +15 Critical Strike +11 Haste   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Agility   Durability 165 / 165 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 17 49 95 Polar Bear Claw Bracers Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 33 Armor +12 Strength or Intellect +24 Stamina +11 Critical Strike +7 Haste   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +2 Strength   Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 6 87 95 Ring of Rapid Ascent Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +82 Intellect +129 Stamina +60 Critical Strike +52 Haste   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Power   Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Scourge Hunter's Vambraces Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Wrist 849 Armor +90 Agility +107 Stamina +82 Critical Strike +40 Haste   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Agility   Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 7 47 14 Scourgeborne Waraxe Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Axe One-Hand Speed 1.80 544 – 1011 Damage (431.9 damage per second) +69 Agility +104 Stamina +46 Critical Strike +46 Haste Durability 110 / 110 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 24 81 79 Shadowvault Slayer's Cloak Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Back 556 Armor +90 Agility +124 Stamina +52 Critical Strike +60 Haste   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Agility   Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 7 41 55 Skeleton Lord's Circle Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +82 Strength +136 Stamina +60 Critical Strike +52 Expertise   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Strength   Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Waistband of Righteous Fury Item Level 264Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Waist 43 Armor +14 Strength or Intellect +31 Stamina +14 Critical Strike +6 Versatility   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Spell Power   Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 80 Sell Price: 7 27 9

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References

Icecrown Citadel: The Frozen Throne |   Blizzard Entertainment

As they continue their ascent, the Alliance and Horde heroes ultimately end up outside of the citadel where their hatred for one another erupts into a battle for dominance over the Rampart of Skulls. Players will join in battle alongside High Overlord Saurfang on the Orgrim's Hammer gunship or Muradin Bronzebeard on The Skybreaker in a unique encounter. Each faction will protect its gunship and try to destroy the other one in a back-and-forth battle to see who is truly worthy of facing the Lich King.

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