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| − | {{for|character biography|Nefarian}} |
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| − | {{for|strategy on the Blackwing Lair encounter|Nefarian (tactics)}} |
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| − | |name= |
+ | |name=Halfus Wyrmbreaker |
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+ | |image=Halfus Wyrmbreaker.jpg |
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| − | |location = [[Blackwing Descent]] |
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| − | |faction |
+ | |faction=Combat |
| − | |health |
+ | |health= 32,460,000 ([[10-player mode]])<br/>51,535,200 ([[10-player heroic mode]])<br/>115,950,000 ([[25-player mode]])<br/>184,667,808 ([[25-player heroic mode]]) |
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+ | |status = Killable |
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| − | |instance=Blackwing Descent |
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| + | |location=[[Wyrmbreaker's Rookery]], [[Bastion of Twilight]] |
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| + | |instance=Bastion of Twilight |
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| − | '''Nefarian''' is the last boss of [[Blackwing Descent]], a raid shipped with ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]''. He can be found in the [[Vault of the Shadowflame]], where he resurrects his sister [[Onyxia (Blackwing Descent)|Onyxia]], who makes up the first phase of the fight. Throughout the fight, Nefarian has several other undead adds as well. |
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| + | '''Halfus Wyrmbreaker''' is the first boss of [[Bastion of Twilight]], a raid instance in the [[Twilight Highlands]]. He can be found in the [[Wyrmbreaker's Rookery]], overlooking a lava pit and facing his guardian, the [[Proto-Behemoth]]. He is considered a fairly easy fight. |
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| − | Nefarian was the last boss of the entry tier of ''Cataclysm'' to be killed on normal mode, in part due to a respawn bug. The world first kill came on 13 December 2010, almost a week after the expansion's release. It was completed on 10-person mode by the Russian guild Exorsus. The world first heroic kill was on 10 January 2011 by Paragon (25 person). |
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| + | Halfus was beaten along with the other bosses in the first week of Cataclysm's release, but the heroic modes proved more difficult. The world first kills came on Wednesday, 15 December 2010. |
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==Abilities== |
==Abilities== |
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| + | ===Halfus=== |
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| + | *{{abilities|Malevolent Strikes|(Buff gained from Slate Dragon) Halfus' attacks wound the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing on it by 5%. Stacks.|id=39171|image=ability_warrior_decisivestrike}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Frenzied Assault|(Buff gained from Nether Scion) Increases the caster's attack speed by 100%.|id=86160|image=ability_warrior_rampage}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Shadow Nova|(Buff gained from Storm Rider) Dark magic is unleashed, causing 28500 to 31500 Shadow damage and knocking back all enemies within 50000 yds.|id=86166|image=spell_shadow_shadowfury}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Furious Roar|Halfus roars, inflicting 9500 to 10500 Physical damage and knocking his enemies to the ground. Cast 3 times in succession once Halfus reaches 50% and periodically afterwards.|id=86169|image=ability_warrior_battleshout}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Berserk|(After 6 minutes) Increases the caster's attack and movement speeds by 150% and all damage it deals by 500% for until cancelled. Also grants immunity to Taunt effects.|id=26662|image=spell_shadow_unholyfrenzy}} |
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| + | ===Proto-Behemoth=== |
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| − | Throughout the entire encounter every 10% of Nefarian's health will cause Nefarian's lightning machine to strike the raid with Electrocute. |
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| + | *{{abilities|Fireball Barrage|(Buff gained from Time Warden) Unleashes a stream of fireballs at random enemy targets.|id=83706|image=spell_fire_meteorstorm}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Scorching Breath|(Buff gained from Orphaned Emerald Whelps) Breathes flame at enemies in front of the caster, inflicting Fire damage.|id=83707|image=spell_fire_burnout}} |
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| + | ===Drake Debuffs=== |
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| − | ''[[Nefarian's Lightning Machine]]'' |
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| + | *{{abilities|Dragon's Vengeance|Halfus takes 100% increased damage from all sources. Stacks.|id=87683|image=inv_misc_head_dragon_red|notes=Applied by drake when it dies.}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Electrocute|Generates a massive bolt of lightning that strikes the ground, inflicting 103950 to 106050 Nature damage on all enemy targets.|id=94090|image=spell nature lightningoverload|}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Time Dilation|Warps the flow of time around the target, causing its hostile actions to occur in slow motion.|id=83601|image=spell_holy_borrowedtime|notes=Applied by Time Warden, slows Proto-Behemoth's fireballs}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Cyclone Winds|Envelops the target in a cyclone, slowing its casting speed by 500%.|id=84092|image=ability_druid_cyclone|notes=Applied by Storm Rider on Halfus, slows Shadow Nova}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Nether Blindness|Nether fog blinds the target, impairing its vision and reducing its chance to hit, its attack speed, and its damage done by 25%.|id=83611|image=spell_arcane_massdispel|notes=Applied by Nether Scion on Halfus}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Stone Touch|Afflicts the target, causing them to occasionally become paralyzed for 12 sec. While paralyzed the target cannot move or attack.|id=83603|image=inv_stone_08|notes=Applied by Slate Dragon on Halfus}} |
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| + | *{{abilities|Atrophic Poison|Poisons the target, reducing its damage done by 750.|id=83609|image=ability_creature_poison_02|notes=Applied by each Orphaned Emerald Whelp on Proto-Behemoth. Stacks to 8.}} |
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| + | ==Overview== |
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| + | [[File:Halfus Wyrmbreaker area.jpg|thumb|250px|Halfus Wyrmbreaker and his proto-drake]] |
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| + | Halfus Wyrmbreaker is a tank and spank fight with some interesting debuff mechanics added in. He has one add, the [[Proto-Behemoth]], that will spit fireballs at raid members and do an AoE flame breath. It is best to ignore this drake and concentrate on killing Halfus, as it has a large health pool and its damage can be either dodged or healed through. |
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| + | Four friendly [[drake]]s and a pack of whelps are imprisoned in the area where Wyrmbreaker is engaged, but in normal mode 2 are unavailable each week. When freed, each drake or whelp pack will put a debuff on both the boss and (on heroic mode) the raid. It will initially attack Halfus and give him its debuff, but after a couple seconds, the boss emotes, "Halfus Wyrmbreaker binds the <drake type> to his will!" The drake or pack then becomes mind controlled and must be tanked (and possibly killed depending on your tactic for the week). |
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| − | ===Phase One=== |
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| − | [[File:Undead Onyxia waiting.jpg|thumb|250px|Undead Onyxia is the first part of the encounter. She awaits players following the intro.]] |
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| − | ''Onyxia'' - 6.6 million (10-man) / 24 million (25 man) / 34.7 million (25 man heroic) HP |
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| − | *{{abilities|Electric Discharge|When the lightning orbs on Onyxia's sides are glowing inflicts 19500 to 20500 Nature damage per second to enemies on Onyxia's sides. Damage increased by Onyxia's lightning charge level. Can be avoided by line of sight behind the pillars in the room.|id=94107|image=ability criticalstrike|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Shadowflame Breath|Inflicts 35,000 Shadowflame damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster every 0.5 seconds for 1.5 seconds. Also resurrects Animated Bone Warriors in the area of effect.|id=94124|image=ability creature cursed 03|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Tail Lash|A sweeping tail strike hits all enemies behind the caster, inflicting 15750 to 20250 damage and stunning them for 2 sec.|id=94128|image=inv misc bone 03|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Children of Deathwing|Nefarian and Onyxia attack 100% faster when they are within 60 yards of eachother.|id=78620|image=inv misc head dragon black|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Electrical Overload|Inflicts 855000 to 1045000 Nature damage to all enemies. Cast when Onyxia's lightning charge level reaches full and wipes the raid.|id=78999|image=spell_nature_lightningoverload|}} |
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| + | Below 50% he periodically casts unavoidable AoE ability called Furious Roar which is a raid wide aoe and stun which hits for around 10,000 three times. |
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| − | ''Nefarian'' |
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| − | *{{abilities|Hail of Bones|Nefarian will cast this six times in phase one before landing, each time spawning an Animated Bone Warrior and doing 23987 to 26512 Shadow damage to nearby enemies.|id=94121|image=ability warlock eradication|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Shadowflame Breath|Inflicts 54,000 Shadowflame damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster every 0.5 seconds for 1.5 seconds. Also resurrects Animated Bone Warriors in the area of effect.|id=94125|image=ability creature cursed 03|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Tail Lash|A sweeping tail strike hits all enemies behind the caster, inflicting 15750 to 20250 damage and stunning them for 2 sec.|id=94128|image=inv misc bone 03|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Children of Deathwing|Nefarian and Onyxia attack 100% faster when they are within 60 yards of eachother.|id=78619|image=inv misc head dragon black|}} |
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| + | === Drakes === |
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| − | ''[[Animated Bone Warrior]]'' |
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| + | The drake composition of the fight is selected per week and, like classic [[Nefarian]], getting a difficult combination of adds might mean you have to wait until next week. |
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| − | *Have an energy bar that slowly depletes over time. It will be reset to full if they are touched by [[shadowflame]] effects. While they have far too much HP and are too numerous to be killed, they will 'lie down' and despawn if they run out of energy. Their damage increases steadily while melee-ing, so they should be kited. They can be [[crowd control]]led, excluding fear effects and [[Polymorph]]. |
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| − | *{{abilities|Animate Bones|Shadowflame energy animates these bones, taking 2 energy per second.|id=78122|image=spell fire windsofwoe|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Empowering Strikes|Melee and Ranged attacks empower the caster, increasing all damage dealt by 100% and movement speed by 10%. Stacks infinitely.|id=94091|image=ability hunter swiftstrike|}} |
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| + | A drake being active means that Halfus has a buff that that drake can counter to some degree when it is released. A drake being unavailable (which only happens in Normal mode - yes, it's easier) means Halfus simply does not have that ability needing to be countered for the week. In heroic mode, Halfus has all abilities active, and you need to choose which abilities you want to counter (which drakes to release, and in which order). |
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| − | ===Phase Two=== |
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| − | [[File:Nefarian new flying.jpg|thumb|250px|Nefarian in the air]] |
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| + | ;The Nether Scion: Pre-fight, applies a frenzy buff to Halfus Wyrmbreaker (+100% attack speed). When freed, reduces his attack speed, hit chance and damage done. |
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| − | ''Lava'' |
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| + | ;The Time Warden: Gives Proto-Behemoth Fireball Barrage ability. When freed slows fireballs' flying speed. |
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| − | *{{abilities|Magma|Swimming in Magma deals 5,000 fire damage per second. Increases damage taken from Magma by 2000. Stacks.|id=94075|image=spell shaman lavaflow|}} |
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| + | ;The Slate Dragon: Gives Wyrmbreaker his Malevolent Strikes ability, which causes a stacking healing debuff. When freed periodically stuns Halfus for 12 seconds. |
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| + | ;The Orphaned Emerald Whelps: Give Proto-Behemoth Scorching Breath ability. When freed, lower the damage it does. |
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| − | ''Nefarian'' |
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| + | ;The Storm Rider: Gives Wyrmbreaker a Shadow Nova ability which deals AoE damage and knocks people back. When freed, reduces his cast speed, so it becomes possible to interrupt. |
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| − | *{{abilities|Shadowflame Barrage|Spammed on the raid the whole of phase 2. Inflicts 22500 to 27500 Shadowflame damage to an enemy.|id=94121|image=ability warlock shadowflame|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Shadow of Cowardice|Inflicts 30000 Shadowflame damage to an enemy and increases Shadow damage taken by 100%. Appears to only be used when trying to exploit the encounter.|id=79353|image=ability warlock shadowflame|}} |
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| − | '''Heroic Mode Only''' |
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| − | *{{abilities|Explosive Cinders|Burns several enemies at random, coating them in explosive residue that inflicts periodic fire damage. The residue detonates after 8 sec, inflicting 42750 to 47250 Fire damage in a small area and knocking enemies back 150 yards.|id=79339|image=spell fire elementaldevastation|}} |
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| − | ''[[Chromatic Prototype]]'' |
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| − | * Will stand in place and constantly try to cast Blast Nova, which can be interrupted. 2.6M/8M/9.7M(25 hc) HP. Does not melee. |
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| − | *{{abilities|Blast Nova|Deals 30050 to 40950 Fire damage to all enemies every 2 seconds for 30 seconds. Interruptable.|id=80734|image=spell fire sealoffire|}} |
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| − | ===Phase Three=== |
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| − | ''Nefarian'' |
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| − | *{{abilities|Shadowflame Breath|Inflicts 54,000 Shadowflame damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster every 0.5 seconds for 1.5 seconds. Also ressurects Animated Bone Warriors in the area of effect.|id=94125|image=ability creature cursed 03|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Tail Lash|A sweeping tail strike hits all enemies behind the caster, inflicting 15750 to 20250 damage and stunning them for 2 sec.|id=94128|image=inv misc bone 03|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Shadowblaze Spark|Creates a shadowy blaze at a nearby location that spreads quickly. It will expand from its starting location in a circular shape and will follow players and speed up if it is touched.|id=81031|image=ability warlock shadowflame|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Shadowblaze|Inflicts 50,000 Shadowflame damage per second to enemies within the Shadowblaze. Also resurrects Animated Bone Warriors in the area of effect. Also continuously wipes all debuffs on living Animated Bone Warriors that remain in the flame (most notably roots and stuns).|id=94087|image=spell shadow shadowfury|}} |
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| − | ''Heroic Mode Only'' |
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| − | *{{abilities|Dominion|Dominate the minds of 2/5 nearby humanoids, seizing control of their bodies for 20 sec. Immune to stuns and roots. Dominated players will walk towards Dominion portals which will spawn in the north, south, west and east parts of the room. Dominated players will die instantly when they touch the portals.|id=79318|image=ability warlock eradication|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Siphon Power|Absorb a little of the immense power Nefarian is using to control your actions. |id=79319|image=spell arcane focusedpower|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Stolen Power|Strike back with great vengeance and furious anger. Damage and healing of your next spell or ability is increased by 15%. Does not function with many abilities such as Rip, Bane of Doom, Deep Freeze and others. Stacks.|id=80627|image=spell arcane focusedpower|}} |
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| − | *{{abilities|Free Your Mind|Focus your will to attempt to break Nefarian's dominion over your actions.|id=79323|image=spell arcane mindmastery|}} |
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| − | ''Animated Bone Warrior'' |
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| − | *Same as Phase One. |
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==Strategy== |
==Strategy== |
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| + | Two tanks are recommended for Halfus Wyrmbreaker, as additional drakes have to be tanked and, if the Slate Dragon is active, his hits apply a debuff that reduces healing received by 4% to a max of 15 (90% of healing negated) and stacks up rather quickly. Halfus Wyrmbreaker is tauntable until his enrage. |
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| − | ===Phase One=== |
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| − | The encounter begins with an introductory event in which Nefarian (as Lord Victor Nefarius) resurrects [[Onyxia (Blackwing Descent)|Onyxia]]. He then turns into his dragon form and flies into the air, landing 30 seconds into the fight. Before Nefarian lands he will spawn 6/12 (10/25-man) Animated Bone Warriors which can be either kited, CC'd or tanked until they run out of energy and die on their own in this phase. Onyxia and Nefarian should be tanked on opposite sides of the room to remove their 100% haste buff Children of Deathwing. Onyxia should be damaged down to low health but not killed. This will give you some time to burn Nefarian's health down before the last phase. Onyxia will eventually hit full energy and instantly kill the raid, and every 10% of Nefarian's health adds 25% to her energy charge. You will generally have time to burn Nefarian down to sub-80% before killing Onyxia and ending the phase. Do not let either Dragon breathe on the Animated Bone Warriors as this will break CC, snares and roots and reset their energy to full. |
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| + | Halfus Wyrmbreaker has a 6-minute(?) hard enrage timer. |
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| − | ===Phase Two=== |
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| − | The arena will fill with lava and three Chromatic Prototypes will spawn on each raised pillar of the room. They do not melee. They cast Blast Nova which must be interrupted. |
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| + | Strategy will depend on the drake combination of the fight. Usually two drakes will be awaken at the same time and then taken down consecutively. Once they are dead, DPS will switch to the boss. Sometimes, the raid will have to deal with two mechanics: |
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| − | Assign players to each of the three platforms for phase two. Each platform needs one reliable interrupt for 10-man and two reliable interrupts for 25-man (you will need interrupt rotations on 25). A ranged interrupter is helpful in the beginning of the phase on each platform while everyone is jumping up. It is important to spread out around the edge of the platforms in phase 2 as splash damage from Shadowflame Barrage will cause deaths. You should try to damage Nefarian below 70% in this phase, survival cooldowns should be used to mitigate the electrocute at 70%. The phase will end after the Chromatic Prototypes die or after three minutes. |
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| + | - If the Slate Dragon is active, the boss will get Malevolent Strikes, a Mortal Strike-like ability. Tanks must switch Halfus every N stacks (usually about 10) of Malevolent Strikes: otherwise, the tank will become unhealable. If the off-tank is busy tanking the drakes, it is handy to use a bubble or Hand of Protection on the main tank on the first 15 stacks; then the tank will retaunt Halfus. |
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| − | ===Phase Three=== |
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| − | The lava will subside and Nefarian will land, stay spread out until Nefarian has stopped casting Shadowflame Barrage. |
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| + | - If the Storm Rider is active, Halfus will cast a Shadow Nova that *must* be interrupted (very hard unless the Storm Rider is released, see below). If it is not interrupted, the raid will take about 30k damage per member and suffer a knockback, making the encounter unhealable. Halfus will almost always Cast shadow nova During the 3rd stun tick of Furious Roar, while it is possible for the raid to eat this nova without too much concern if healers are keeping up it will make your healer more comfortable to interrupt and the best way to do that is to either have a mage blink the last stun and counter spell or it is possible for any other interrupt to be used at the last bit of the cast but is a little more risky. |
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| − | Phase Three is like phase one except Nefarian will now cast Shadowblaze Spark, it will always be targetted on the location of the Animated Bone Warriors. It will break CC, snares and roots on the Animated Bone Warriors and reset their energy to full just as the dragons' breath does. |
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| + | Choosing which drakes to release can be tricky. The raid should take several considerations into account: |
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| − | Since Shadowblaze Spark is always targetted on the Bone Warriors, CC and roots are ineffective. You should have a tank kite the Bone Warriors away from Nefarian and continually move to avoid the Animated Bone Warriors ever regaining energy. They will die after 50 seconds and reset their empowering strikes stacks, this will allow the Bone Warrior tank to survive. Both tanks will need to use a survival cooldown to survive Electrocute every 10% of Nefarian's health. |
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| + | *The Storm Rider should always be released if active. The Shadow Nova will then become interruptable as its cast time rises from 0.25 seconds to 1.5 seconds. |
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| + | *If the Slate Dragon and the Nether Scion are active, the Nether Scion has to be released. Otherwise, Malevolent Strikes will stack up very quickly. |
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| + | *If the Time Warden is active, it is usually desirable to free him in order to make the Fireball Barrage slower and easier to dodge, thus avoiding a lot of raid damage. |
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| + | ==Drake combinations== |
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| − | The longer Nefarian takes to die the faster he will cast Shadowblaze Spark, until it is impossible to avoid and the raid dies. |
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| + | {| class="darktable zebra" |
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| + | !Week #!!US Realms Drakes!!EU/KR/TW Realms Drakes |
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| + | |Week #9 (Feb 1 - Feb 7)||Slate Dragon, Time Warden, Whelps||Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Time Warden |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #10 (Feb 8 - Feb 14)||Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps||Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Time Warden |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #1 (Feb 15 - Feb 21)||Storm Rider, Time Warden, Whelps||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Time Warden |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #2 (Feb 22 - Feb 28)||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Whelps||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Slate Dragon |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #3 (Mar 1 - Mar 7)||Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Whelps||Slate Dragon, Time Warden, Whelps |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #4 (Mar 8 - Mar 14)||Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Whelps||Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #5 (Mar 15 - Mar 21)||Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Time Warden||Storm Rider, Time Warden, Whelps |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #6 (Mar 22 - Mar 28)||Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Time Warden||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Whelps |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #7 (Mar 29 - Apr 4)||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Time Warden||Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Whelps |
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| + | |- |
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| + | |Week #8 (Apr 5 - Apr 11)||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Slate Dragon||Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Whelps |
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| + | |} |
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| + | The [http://www.halfus.info Halfus Wyrmbreaker Adds] site can also show you which drakes and abilities will be available for the current and upcoming week. |
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==Quotes== |
==Quotes== |
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| − | ;Enter Blackwing Descent on normal difficulty |
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| − | *{{text|yell|Welcome to my personal sanctum heroes! I hope you find the accomodations to your liking. Within you will find many of my failed experiments and... ultimately... my greatest triumph!}} |
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| − | ;Enter Blackwing Descent on Heroic difficulty |
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| − | *{{text|yell|Mortals that fancy themselves HEROES have entered the Broken Hall! [[Merely a setback|Oh, I do hope this 'raid' will amuse me more]] than [[Blackwing Lair|the last]]!}} |
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;Intro |
;Intro |
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| − | *{{text|yell| |
+ | *{{text|yell|Cho'gall|Halfus! Hear me! (The Master calls, the Master wants) Protect our secrets, Halfus. Destroy the intruders. (Murder for His glory. Murder for His hunger.)}} |
| − | *{{text|yell|Behold, the Broodmother... Onyxia... REBORN. Perhaps my finest work.}} |
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| − | *{{text|yell|My dearest sibling... do you hunger? THEN FEAST UPON OUR ENEMIES!}} |
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| + | ;Aggro |
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| − | ;Phase 1 |
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| − | *{{text|yell| |
+ | *{{text|yell|Cho'gall will have your heads! ALL OF THEM!}} |
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| − | ;Phase 2 |
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| − | *{{text|yell|Curse you mortals! Such callous disregard for one's possessions must be met with extreme force. I hope you can swim... in molten lava!}} |
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| − | ;Phase 3 |
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| − | *{{text|yell|I have tried to be an accomodating host, but you simply will not die. Time to throw all pretense aside and just KILL YOU ALL!}} |
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| − | ;Shadowblaze Spark |
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| − | *{{text|yell|Flesh turns to ash!}} |
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| − | ;Dominion |
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| − | *{{text|yell|Mortal minds, so easily manipulated...}} |
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;Killing a player |
;Killing a player |
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| − | *{{text|yell| |
+ | *{{text|yell|The burden of the damned falls upon you!}} |
| − | *{{text|yell| |
+ | *{{text|yell|The wyrms will eat well tonight!}} |
| − | *{{text|yell|You really have to want it.}} |
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| − | *{{text|emote|Nefarian laughs.}} |
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;Death |
;Death |
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| + | *{{text|yell|Cho'gall|Flesh and sinew, weak but proud. Dare they part the Master's shroud? They stumble fumble groping blind, Finding fate and chaos intertwined.}} |
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| − | *{{text|yell|Defeat has never tasted so bitter...}} |
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==Loot== |
==Loot== |
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{{lootbox|Normal Mode |
{{lootbox|Normal Mode |
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| + | |Book of Binding Will |
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| − | |Akmin-Kurai, Dominion's Shield |
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| + | |Bracers of Impossible Strength |
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| − | |Andoros, Fist of the Dragon King |
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+ | |Bracers of the Bronze Flight |
| + | |Essence of the Cyclone |
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| − | |Crul'korak, the Lightning's Arc |
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| − | |Mantle of Nefarius |
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| + | |Legguards of the Emerald Brood |
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| − | |Prestor's Talisman of Machination |
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| + | |Malevolence |
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| − | |Reclaimed Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood |
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| + | |Pauldrons of the Great Ettin |
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| − | |Shadow of Dread |
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| + | |Proto-Handler's Gauntlets |
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| − | |Shadowblaze Robes |
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+ | |Robes of the Burning Acolyte |
| + | |Storm Rider's Boots |
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| + | |Wyrmbreaker's Amulet |
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| − | |Helm of the Forlorn Protector |
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| − | |Helm of the Forlorn Vanquisher |
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{{lootbox|Heroic Mode |
{{lootbox|Heroic Mode |
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+ | |Chest of the Forlorn Protector |
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==Related achievements== |
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==Videos== |
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===10-man Normal=== |
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| + | <youtube>FCHH0Q8gmr4</youtube><!--LoDtvz LoD--> |
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| + | <youtube>aSLQyNqxr3w</youtube><!--TGN--> |
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| + | <youtube>BHYy_7YPErw</youtube><!--The Yogscast--> |
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| + | <youtube>tUKzq0zjuKs</youtube><!--OMFGCATA--> |
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| + | <youtube>2CHp_A1Grmc</youtube><!--Vagrant Corps--> |
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| + | <youtube>tgsGWWHhNcA</youtube><!--TGN--> |
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===25-man Normal=== |
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| − | * {{Patched|date=2011-01-18|bluenote=Rip and Bane of Doom damage is no longer affected by the damage increase of Stolen Power when engaging Nefarian. |link=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1232869}} |
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| − | * {{Patched|date=2011-01-05|bluenote=Anti-Magic Shell no longer stops Onyxia or Nefarian's Shadowflame Breath from being cast.|link=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1232869}} |
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Revision as of 01:11, 6 March 2011
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| Race | Ettin (Humanoid) | ||||||
| Level | ?? Boss | ||||||
| Location | Wyrmbreaker's Rookery, Bastion of Twilight | ||||||
| Status | Killable | ||||||
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Halfus Wyrmbreaker is the first boss of Bastion of Twilight, a raid instance in the Twilight Highlands. He can be found in the Wyrmbreaker's Rookery, overlooking a lava pit and facing his guardian, the Proto-Behemoth. He is considered a fairly easy fight.
Halfus was beaten along with the other bosses in the first week of Cataclysm's release, but the heroic modes proved more difficult. The world first kills came on Wednesday, 15 December 2010.
Abilities
Halfus
Malevolent Strikes — (Buff gained from Slate Dragon) Halfus' attacks wound the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing on it by 5%. Stacks.- Frenzied Assault — (Buff gained from Nether Scion) Increases the caster's attack speed by 100%.
- Shadow Nova — (Buff gained from Storm Rider) Dark magic is unleashed, causing 28500 to 31500 Shadow damage and knocking back all enemies within 50000 yds.
- Furious Roar — Halfus roars, inflicting 9500 to 10500 Physical damage and knocking his enemies to the ground. Cast 3 times in succession once Halfus reaches 50% and periodically afterwards.
- Berserk — (After 6 minutes) Increases the caster's attack and movement speeds by 150% and all damage it deals by 500% for until cancelled. Also grants immunity to Taunt effects.
Proto-Behemoth
- Fireball Barrage — (Buff gained from Time Warden) Unleashes a stream of fireballs at random enemy targets.
- Scorching Breath — (Buff gained from Orphaned Emerald Whelps) Breathes flame at enemies in front of the caster, inflicting Fire damage.
Drake Debuffs
- Dragon's Vengeance — Halfus takes 100% increased damage from all sources. Stacks. Applied by drake when it dies.
- Time Dilation — Warps the flow of time around the target, causing its hostile actions to occur in slow motion. Applied by Time Warden, slows Proto-Behemoth's fireballs
- Cyclone Winds — Envelops the target in a cyclone, slowing its casting speed by 500%. Applied by Storm Rider on Halfus, slows Shadow Nova
- Nether Blindness — Nether fog blinds the target, impairing its vision and reducing its chance to hit, its attack speed, and its damage done by 25%. Applied by Nether Scion on Halfus
- Stone Touch — Afflicts the target, causing them to occasionally become paralyzed for 12 sec. While paralyzed the target cannot move or attack. Applied by Slate Dragon on Halfus
- Atrophic Poison — Poisons the target, reducing its damage done by 750. Applied by each Orphaned Emerald Whelp on Proto-Behemoth. Stacks to 8.
Overview
Halfus Wyrmbreaker and his proto-drake
Halfus Wyrmbreaker is a tank and spank fight with some interesting debuff mechanics added in. He has one add, the Proto-Behemoth, that will spit fireballs at raid members and do an AoE flame breath. It is best to ignore this drake and concentrate on killing Halfus, as it has a large health pool and its damage can be either dodged or healed through.
Four friendly drakes and a pack of whelps are imprisoned in the area where Wyrmbreaker is engaged, but in normal mode 2 are unavailable each week. When freed, each drake or whelp pack will put a debuff on both the boss and (on heroic mode) the raid. It will initially attack Halfus and give him its debuff, but after a couple seconds, the boss emotes, "Halfus Wyrmbreaker binds the <drake type> to his will!" The drake or pack then becomes mind controlled and must be tanked (and possibly killed depending on your tactic for the week).
Below 50% he periodically casts unavoidable AoE ability called Furious Roar which is a raid wide aoe and stun which hits for around 10,000 three times.
Drakes
The drake composition of the fight is selected per week and, like classic Nefarian, getting a difficult combination of adds might mean you have to wait until next week.
A drake being active means that Halfus has a buff that that drake can counter to some degree when it is released. A drake being unavailable (which only happens in Normal mode - yes, it's easier) means Halfus simply does not have that ability needing to be countered for the week. In heroic mode, Halfus has all abilities active, and you need to choose which abilities you want to counter (which drakes to release, and in which order).
- The Nether Scion
- Pre-fight, applies a frenzy buff to Halfus Wyrmbreaker (+100% attack speed). When freed, reduces his attack speed, hit chance and damage done.
- The Time Warden
- Gives Proto-Behemoth Fireball Barrage ability. When freed slows fireballs' flying speed.
- The Slate Dragon
- Gives Wyrmbreaker his Malevolent Strikes ability, which causes a stacking healing debuff. When freed periodically stuns Halfus for 12 seconds.
- The Orphaned Emerald Whelps
- Give Proto-Behemoth Scorching Breath ability. When freed, lower the damage it does.
- The Storm Rider
- Gives Wyrmbreaker a Shadow Nova ability which deals AoE damage and knocks people back. When freed, reduces his cast speed, so it becomes possible to interrupt.
Strategy
Two tanks are recommended for Halfus Wyrmbreaker, as additional drakes have to be tanked and, if the Slate Dragon is active, his hits apply a debuff that reduces healing received by 4% to a max of 15 (90% of healing negated) and stacks up rather quickly. Halfus Wyrmbreaker is tauntable until his enrage.
Halfus Wyrmbreaker has a 6-minute(?) hard enrage timer.
Strategy will depend on the drake combination of the fight. Usually two drakes will be awaken at the same time and then taken down consecutively. Once they are dead, DPS will switch to the boss. Sometimes, the raid will have to deal with two mechanics:
- If the Slate Dragon is active, the boss will get Malevolent Strikes, a Mortal Strike-like ability. Tanks must switch Halfus every N stacks (usually about 10) of Malevolent Strikes: otherwise, the tank will become unhealable. If the off-tank is busy tanking the drakes, it is handy to use a bubble or Hand of Protection on the main tank on the first 15 stacks; then the tank will retaunt Halfus.
- If the Storm Rider is active, Halfus will cast a Shadow Nova that *must* be interrupted (very hard unless the Storm Rider is released, see below). If it is not interrupted, the raid will take about 30k damage per member and suffer a knockback, making the encounter unhealable. Halfus will almost always Cast shadow nova During the 3rd stun tick of Furious Roar, while it is possible for the raid to eat this nova without too much concern if healers are keeping up it will make your healer more comfortable to interrupt and the best way to do that is to either have a mage blink the last stun and counter spell or it is possible for any other interrupt to be used at the last bit of the cast but is a little more risky.
Choosing which drakes to release can be tricky. The raid should take several considerations into account:
- The Storm Rider should always be released if active. The Shadow Nova will then become interruptable as its cast time rises from 0.25 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
- If the Slate Dragon and the Nether Scion are active, the Nether Scion has to be released. Otherwise, Malevolent Strikes will stack up very quickly.
- If the Time Warden is active, it is usually desirable to free him in order to make the Fireball Barrage slower and easier to dodge, thus avoiding a lot of raid damage.
Drake combinations
| Week # | US Realms Drakes | EU/KR/TW Realms Drakes |
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| Week #9 (Feb 1 - Feb 7) | Slate Dragon, Time Warden, Whelps | Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Time Warden |
| Week #10 (Feb 8 - Feb 14) | Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps | Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Time Warden |
| Week #1 (Feb 15 - Feb 21) | Storm Rider, Time Warden, Whelps | Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Time Warden |
| Week #2 (Feb 22 - Feb 28) | Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Whelps | Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Slate Dragon |
| Week #3 (Mar 1 - Mar 7) | Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Whelps | Slate Dragon, Time Warden, Whelps |
| Week #4 (Mar 8 - Mar 14) | Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Whelps | Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps |
| Week #5 (Mar 15 - Mar 21) | Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Time Warden | Storm Rider, Time Warden, Whelps |
| Week #6 (Mar 22 - Mar 28) | Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Time Warden | Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Whelps |
| Week #7 (Mar 29 - Apr 4) | Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Time Warden | Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Whelps |
| Week #8 (Apr 5 - Apr 11) | Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Slate Dragon | Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Whelps |
The Halfus Wyrmbreaker Adds site can also show you which drakes and abilities will be available for the current and upcoming week.
Quotes
- Intro
- Cho'gall yells: Halfus! Hear me! (The Master calls, the Master wants) Protect our secrets, Halfus. Destroy the intruders. (Murder for His glory. Murder for His hunger.)
- Aggro
- Cho'gall will have your heads! ALL OF THEM!
- Killing a player
- The burden of the damned falls upon you!
- The wyrms will eat well tonight!
- Death
- Cho'gall yells: Flesh and sinew, weak but proud. Dare they part the Master's shroud? They stumble fumble groping blind, Finding fate and chaos intertwined.
Loot
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Related achievements
Videos
10-man Normal
10-man Heroic
25-man Normal
25-man Heroic
Patch changes
- Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08):
- Shadow Nova is now cast less frequently in 10-player modes to account for fewer available interrupts there.
- The captured drakes in this encounter now apply Dragon's Vengeance when they are killed instead of when they are freed. To account for this change, the health and damage of the drakes has been reduced, and the damage bonus gained from Dragon's Vengeance has been increased.
- Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added
External links
www.Learntoraid.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Strategy Guide 25man.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Tactics & Strategy Guide