Azgalor (tactics)

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'''Azgalor''' is the fourth boss in the [[Battle for Mount Hyjal]] raid instance, preceded by the most difficult set of trash waves. The fight is a [[Battle for survival]]. Even though a raid member dies every 45 seconds, the emphasis is on avoiding the AoE fire damage, not on nuking the boss as quickly as possible.

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|race = Annihilan

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|level = ?? (Boss)

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|stamina=173

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|affiliation = [[Burning Legion]]

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|intellect=113

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|faction = Combat

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|yellow-sockets=1

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|location = Hyjal Summit, [[Caverns of Time]]

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|health = 4,100,000

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|durability=100

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|mana = 67,740

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|crit=80

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|instance=Battle for Mount Hyjal

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|set=Bloodmage's Regalia

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==Abilities==

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|ilvl=264

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=== Azgalor ===

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*'''Melee''': 6-9k on plate, no [[crushing blow]]s

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==Source==

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*'''Rain of Fire''': 10 second long 15-yard radius [[AoE]] for 1619-1881 fire damage every [[tick]] plus if you spend more than 2 seconds in the AoE, you receive Unquenchable Flames, an additional [[debuff]] dealing 1250 damage per second for 5 seconds, resistible. This spell is cast on a random person within 40 yards range from boss.

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*'''Howl of Azgalor''': 5 sec zone-wide AoE silence, 15 seconds cooldown, resistible (shadow).

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*'''Cleave''': Frontal Cleave ability, hits up to 5 targets for his melee damage plus 2k.

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*'''Doom''': 100yds range, cast every 45 seconds, not resistible, not removable, random single player debuff which kills its target after 20 sec, spawning a Lesser Doomguard.

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*'''Enrage''': 10 minutes [[enrage (boss)|enrage]] timer.

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=== Lesser Doomguard ===

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*'''Health''': ~65k HP

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*'''Melee''': ~2.5k on plate

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*'''Thrash''': Chance on successful melee hit to gain two extra attacks

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*'''Cripple''': Debuff slowing movement and attack speed by 50%

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*'''Warstomp''': short range AoE dealing 1250 damage plus 2 sec stun, ~15 sec cooldown

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== Preparation ==

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The [[Battle for Mount Hyjal#Tips on Bosses | MH Boss Tips]] apply as usual. There should be one tank for the boss and at least one more for the Lesser Doomguards (two is better, in case one of them gets Doom). The Doomguard tanks need two healers, the Azgalor tank three. The other healers should keep up the raid.

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Casters should wear some {{quality|epic}} [[shadow resistance]] gear and the [[Shadow Protection]] buff as well, to resist the silence. Fire resistance potions can increase survivability; the melee group can wear some fire resistance gear if available. All Warlocks should have a [[Soulstone]] available, but not pre-cast.

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The boss should be tanked next to Thrall, and you should try to get as much help as possible from the NPCs (try to keep the pats alive). Thrall won't die from the rain of fire. The other NPCs probably won't make it through the fight, but they still do decent DPS while alive.

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== Rain of Fire ==

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The first priority for everyone is to avoid Rain of Fire - move out of it fast. Beyond that, the periodic silence makes it challenging to keep the tank up. The tank should have as many [[HoT]]s as possible at all times, and (like everybody else) be generally at top health, so that there's a good chance to survive 5 seconds without a heal. It's also possible to stop all melee attacks during silence, so that the Boss doesn't get the increased swing speed from parries.

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== Lesser Doomguards ==

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When receiving the Doom debuff, players should run to the predetermined Doomguard tanking spot. At that place, the melee DDs and the NPCs should kill them. The easiest setup is to tank them at the Tauren camp, while tanking Azgalor next to Thrall.

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Warlocks should have their soulstones at the ready, but unassigned. When a vital player (e.g. a healer) is Doomed, they should assign the soulstone. Set up a rotation so that the warlocks are clear on who should hand out the first, second, etc. Soulstones and battle rezzes should be used early and often in order to maximize DPS on the boss and bring him down quickly.

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Note: There is a known bug (as of 2.4) that Doomguard tanks may be unable to get loot because they are not on the aggro table of the boss. It is highly recommended for Doomguard tanks and healer to go in range and do a couple ranged attacks on the boss before going to the Doomguard tanking spot. Healing or bandaging someone who is on the bosses aggro table also should work. There is also a small domed clay oven present at the Tauren warrior camp that is terrain bugged - if players with Doom die on top of it, the resulting Doomguard will spawn in the middle of the raid, causing a wipe.

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== Positioning ==

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If your raid has high ranged DPS, it is possible to completely avoid the Rain of Fire through careful positioning. The raid should be split into camps according to roles (ranged, melee, healers). The melee should stand at the designated Doomguard tanking position and help take down these ads. The ranged dps should stand in a semicircle in front of Azgalor at absolute max range (30 yds). As his Rain of Fire is cast on a person rather than a spot on the ground, having the raid outrange his ability causes him to cast it rarely if at all. Healers should stand off to one side where they are in range of the main body of the raid, but able to run to the Doomguard tanking position if Doom is cast.

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== Tips ==

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*'''DPS Cooldowns''': Should be used early but not too early (watch aggro).

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*'''Cleave''' will not be cast if the Main Tank is the only target in front of Azgalor. With careful positioning of NPCs, and leaving pets to DPS the Doomguards, the amount of spike damage from Cleaves can be significantly reduced. Since the change to pets that keeps them behind a stationary target, if Azgalor is held still pets will likely not trigger cleaves.

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*'''Hearthing''' will remove the Doom effect. This can be used productively later in the fight when no further combat rezzes are available. It will not remove the person from the loot table, though the bug regarding Doomguard tanks may still apply.

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*'''Improved Concentration Aura''': Creating a healer group with a Paladin specced into this will reduce the chance of the tank dying to spike damage during the silence, as the healers have an additional 1.5 seconds (assuming 3/3) to recover from the silence (this group should be made up of the MT healers).

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*'''Curse of Recklessness''': CoR makes Azgalor hit significantly harder than normal. Use a different curse.

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==Loot==

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{{Lootbox|[[Tier 6]] gloves tokens

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|Gloves of the Forgotten Conqueror

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|Gloves of the Forgotten Protector

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|Gloves of the Forgotten Vanquisher

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{{Lootbox|Other drops

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|Boundless Agony

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|Bow-stitched Leggings

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|Don Rodrigo's Poncho

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|Girdle of Hope

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|Glory of the Defender

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|Shady Dealer's Pantaloons

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==Quotes==

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Enter:

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*Yells: Abandon all hope! The legion has returned to finish what was begun so many years ago. This time there will be no escape!

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Killing a player:

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*Yells: Reesh, hokta!

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*Yells: No one is going to save you.

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*Yells: Don't fight it.

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Doom:

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*Yells: Just a taste... of what awaits you.

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*Yells: Suffer you despicable insect!

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Death:

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*Yells: Your time is almost... up.

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==Patch Changes==

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[[Patch 2.4]] — Rain of Fire radius reduced.

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-:''This article is about the in-game raid boss. For character biography and Warcraft III appearances, see [[Azgalor]].''
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-'''Azgalor''' is the fourth boss in the [[Battle for Mount Hyjal]] raid instance, preceded by the most difficult set of trash waves. The fight is a [[Battle for survival]]. Even though a raid member dies every 45 seconds, the emphasis is on avoiding the AoE fire damage, not on nuking the boss as quickly as possible.
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+|bind=BoP
- |name = Azgalor
+|slot=Shoulder
- |image = Azgalor2.jpg
+|type=Cloth
- |race = Annihilan
+|armor=835
- |level = ?? (Boss)
+|stamina=173
- |affiliation = [[Burning Legion]]
+|intellect=113
- |faction = Combat
+|yellow-sockets=1
- |location = Hyjal Summit, [[Caverns of Time]]
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+|crit=80
- |instance=Battle for Mount Hyjal
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+|set=Bloodmage's Regalia
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-==Abilities==
+|ilvl=264
-=== Azgalor ===
+|itemid=51155}}
-*'''Melee''': 6-9k on plate, no [[crushing blow]]s
+==Source==
-*'''Rain of Fire''': 10 second long 15-yard radius [[AoE]] for 1619-1881 fire damage every [[tick]] plus if you spend more than 2 seconds in the AoE, you receive Unquenchable Flames, an additional [[debuff]] dealing 1250 damage per second for 5 seconds, resistible. This spell is cast on a random person within 40 yards range from boss.
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-*'''Howl of Azgalor''': 5 sec zone-wide AoE silence, 15 seconds cooldown, resistible (shadow).
-*'''Cleave''': Frontal Cleave ability, hits up to 5 targets for his melee damage plus 2k.
-*'''Doom''': 100yds range, cast every 45 seconds, not resistible, not removable, random single player debuff which kills its target after 20 sec, spawning a Lesser Doomguard.
-*'''Enrage''': 10 minutes [[enrage (boss)|enrage]] timer.
-=== Lesser Doomguard ===
-*'''Health''': ~65k HP
-*'''Melee''': ~2.5k on plate
-*'''Thrash''': Chance on successful melee hit to gain two extra attacks
-*'''Cripple''': Debuff slowing movement and attack speed by 50%
-*'''Warstomp''': short range AoE dealing 1250 damage plus 2 sec stun, ~15 sec cooldown
-== Preparation ==
-The [[Battle for Mount Hyjal#Tips on Bosses | MH Boss Tips]] apply as usual. There should be one tank for the boss and at least one more for the Lesser Doomguards (two is better, in case one of them gets Doom). The Doomguard tanks need two healers, the Azgalor tank three. The other healers should keep up the raid.
-Casters should wear some {{quality|epic}} [[shadow resistance]] gear and the [[Shadow Protection]] buff as well, to resist the silence. Fire resistance potions can increase survivability; the melee group can wear some fire resistance gear if available. All Warlocks should have a [[Soulstone]] available, but not pre-cast.
-The boss should be tanked next to Thrall, and you should try to get as much help as possible from the NPCs (try to keep the pats alive). Thrall won't die from the rain of fire. The other NPCs probably won't make it through the fight, but they still do decent DPS while alive.
-== Rain of Fire ==
-The first priority for everyone is to avoid Rain of Fire - move out of it fast. Beyond that, the periodic silence makes it challenging to keep the tank up. The tank should have as many [[HoT]]s as possible at all times, and (like everybody else) be generally at top health, so that there's a good chance to survive 5 seconds without a heal. It's also possible to stop all melee attacks during silence, so that the Boss doesn't get the increased swing speed from parries.
-== Lesser Doomguards ==
-When receiving the Doom debuff, players should run to the predetermined Doomguard tanking spot. At that place, the melee DDs and the NPCs should kill them. The easiest setup is to tank them at the Tauren camp, while tanking Azgalor next to Thrall.
-Warlocks should have their soulstones at the ready, but unassigned.  When a vital player (e.g. a healer) is Doomed, they should assign the soulstone.  Set up a rotation so that the warlocks are clear on who should hand out the first, second, etc.  Soulstones and battle rezzes should be used early and often in order to maximize DPS on the boss and bring him down quickly.
-Note: There is a known bug (as of 2.4) that Doomguard tanks may be unable to get loot because they are not on the aggro table of the boss. It is highly recommended for Doomguard tanks and healer to go in range and do a couple ranged attacks on the boss before going to the Doomguard tanking spot. Healing or bandaging someone who is on the bosses aggro table also should work.  There is also a small domed clay oven present at the Tauren warrior camp that is terrain bugged - if players with Doom die on top of it, the resulting Doomguard will spawn in the middle of the raid, causing a wipe.
-== Positioning ==
-If your raid has high ranged DPS, it is possible to completely avoid the Rain of Fire through careful positioning.  The raid should be split into camps according to roles (ranged, melee, healers).  The melee should stand at the designated Doomguard tanking position and help take down these ads.  The ranged dps should stand in a semicircle in front of Azgalor at absolute max range (30 yds). As his Rain of Fire is cast on a person rather than a spot on the ground, having the raid outrange his ability causes him to cast it rarely if at all.  Healers should stand off to one side where they are in range of the main body of the raid, but able to run to the Doomguard tanking position if Doom is cast.
-== Tips ==
-*'''DPS Cooldowns''': Should be used early but not too early (watch aggro).
-*'''Cleave''' will not be cast if the Main Tank is the only target in front of Azgalor. With careful positioning of NPCs, and leaving pets to DPS the Doomguards, the amount of spike damage from Cleaves can be significantly reduced. Since the change to pets that keeps them behind a stationary target, if Azgalor is held still pets will likely not trigger cleaves.
-*'''Hearthing''' will remove the Doom effect. This can be used productively later in the fight when no further combat rezzes are available. It will not remove the person from the loot table, though the bug regarding Doomguard tanks may still apply.
-*'''Improved Concentration Aura''': Creating a healer group with a Paladin specced into this will reduce the chance of the tank dying to spike damage during the silence, as the healers have an additional 1.5 seconds (assuming 3/3) to recover from the silence (this group should be made up of the MT healers).
-*'''Curse of Recklessness''': CoR makes Azgalor hit significantly harder than normal.  Use a different curse.
-==Loot==
-{{Lootbox|[[Tier 6]] gloves tokens
-|Gloves of the Forgotten Conqueror
-|Gloves of the Forgotten Protector
-|Gloves of the Forgotten Vanquisher
-}}
-{{Lootbox|Other drops
-|Boundless Agony
-|Bow-stitched Leggings
-|Don Rodrigo's Poncho
-|Girdle of Hope
-|Glory of the Defender
-|Shady Dealer's Pantaloons
-}}
-==Quotes==
-Enter:
-*Yells: Abandon all hope! The legion has returned to finish what was begun so many years ago. This time there will be no escape!
-Killing a player:
-*Yells: Reesh, hokta!
-*Yells: No one is going to save you.
-*Yells: Don't fight it.
-Doom:
-*Yells: Just a taste... of what awaits you.
-*Yells: Suffer you despicable insect!
-Death:
-*Yells: Your time is almost... up.
-==Patch Changes==
-[[Patch 2.4]] — Rain of Fire radius reduced.
 ==External links==
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-{{Elink|site=gsDKP|link=http://www.gsdkp.com/index.php?s=items&z=30&b=Azgalor|desc=Loot Table}}
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-[[Category:Bosses]]
-[[Category:Hyjal Summit mobs]]