Helix Gearbreaker

Helix Gearbreaker
Title	<The Carpenter>
Gender	Male
Race	Goblin (Humanoid)
Level	16 Elite; 87 Elite (heroic)
Location	Mast Room, Deadmines [50.0, 90.6]
Status	Killable
Deadmines
Glubtok; Helix Gearbreaker; Foe Reaper 5000; Admiral Ripsnarl; "Captain" Cookie; Vanessa VanCleef (heroic)	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	NPCs
	Lieutenant Horatio Laine; Kagtha; Miss Mayhem; Slinky Sharpshiv; Calissa Harrington (heroic); Erik Harrington (heroic); Emme Harrington (heroic)
	Loot

Helix Gearbreaker the Carpenter is the second boss of Deadmines. Helix was once part of the Bilgewater Cartel, but is now considered a traitor. He works to build a mast for the Defias Juggernaut.

Abilities

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Objective of

[16] The Carpenter
[16] Traitors!!!

Strategy

Phase 1

Helix is riding atop of his Lumbering Oaf. The Oaf will melee and will, once in a while, grab a random player and crash him into the wall. Helix will throw Sticky Bombs which will explode after a while. The Lumbering Oaf may occasionally throw Helix on a random player.

Phase 2

Begins after the Lumbering Oaf is killed. Helix will jump on the face of a random party member, riding him instead of the oaf. He will rapidly throw Sticky Bombs, so the ridden player must move so that the group can continue DPSing Helix without being hit by bombs.

Loot

Normal
Cruel Barb Item Level 20 Binds when picked up Sword One-Hand Speed 2.70 13 – 25 Damage (7 damage per second) +3 Critical Strike +3 Haste Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 15 Sell Price: 17 55 Smelting Pants Item Level 12 Binds when picked up Leather Legs 3 Armor +2 Agility or Intellect +2 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +1 Versatility Durability 85 / 85 Requires Level 7 Sell Price: 11 76 Gold-Plated Buckler Item Level 12 Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 25 Armor +1 Strength +3 Intellect +1 Stamina +1 Haste +1 Versatility Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 7 Sell Price: 10 67

Heroic
Gear-Marked Gauntlets Heroic Item Level 37 Binds when picked up Plate Hands 10 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +5 Stamina +3 Haste +3 Mastery Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +2 Haste Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 32 Sell Price: 9 3 80 Old Friend's Gloves Heroic Item Level 37 Binds when picked up Mail Hands 6 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +5 Stamina +3 Haste +3 Versatility Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +2 Intellect Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 32 Sell Price: 9 6 95 Cloak of Thredd Heroic Item Level 37 Binds when picked up Back 3 Armor +2 Agility / Strength / Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Mastery Requires Level 32 Sell Price: 13 49 61 Cruel Barb (heroic) This item is not yet in Wowpedia. Contribute it using the Item Boilerplate. Look up in: ω þ Gearbreaker's Bindings Heroic Item Level 37 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 9 Armor +2 Strength or Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Versatility Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 32 Sell Price: 9 10 19

Related achievements

[Rat Pack]

Quotes

Aggro

The mistress will pay me handsomely for your heads!

Spell Cast

Bombs away!

Grabbed by Oaf

Lumbering Oaf yells: No...NO!
Lumbering Oaf yells: OAF SMASH!!

Helix Thrown

Ready Oafie? Throw!

Lumbering Oaf dies

I didn't need him! Not when I've got YOU oafs!

Death

The scales... have... tipped...

Notes

An interesting boss, he rides the back of a hobgoblin, and when he is killed, Helix then rides the back of a random player.

Trivia

The similarity of Helix's aggro quote is presumably in homage to one of the original Deadmines bosses, Rhahk'Zor.

Videos

Patch changes

Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added

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