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{{redirect|Bloodboil|the death knight ability|Blood Boil}}
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|name=Gurtogg Bloodboil
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The '''European forums''' of World of Warcraft allow unrestricted access to anyone, but posting can only be done through an account obtained by purchasing a retail version of the game, and paying for an account. There are a number of sections all dealing with various aspects of the game, with the [http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/board.aspx?fn=wow-general-en General Forum] being the most popular due to its wide range of topics.
  
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|race=Fel orc
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|creature= Humanoid
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|image=Gurtogg_Bloodboil.jpg
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|level=??
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|type=Boss
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|health=3,983,700
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|status = Killable
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| faction=Combat
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|location=[[Halls of Anguish]], [[Black Temple]]
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|instance=Black Temple
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'''Gurtogg Bloodboil''' is a (presumably) [[fel-sworn]] [[orc]] [[boss]] in [[Black Temple]]. The fight is a [[battle for survival]] combined with a tough healer [[gear check]]. Depending on the relative gear levels between healers and damage dealers, Bloodboil is usually killed fifth or sixth, and is a prerequisite for gaining access to [[Mother Shahraz]].
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==Abilities==
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* '''Melee''': 6k on plate (9k crushing, up to 20k on cloth)
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* '''Fel Acid Breath''': 10 yard AoE Nature debuff dealt in a frontal cone on a random target in melee range, for 2750 nature damage every 5 seconds for 20 seconds, resistible, Cloak of Shadows removes.
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* '''Arcing Smash''': 5k damage 4 yard range cleave attack on all targets in front of the boss, 10 sec cooldown.
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* '''Berserk''': After 10 minutes Gurtoggs damage increases by 500% and attack speed by 150%
   
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=== Phase 1 only ===
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* '''Bloodboil''': debuff cast every 10 sec on the five raid members furthest away from Gurtogg, dealing 600 damage per sec for 24 sec. Not resistible or dispellable, resilience and [[Shadow Embrace]] reduce the damage taken. Can be removed with Divine Shield and Ice Block.
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* '''Acidic Wound''': stacking debuff applied on melee hit every 2 sec. The stack expires 60 sec after the last debuff was applied. Reduces armor by 500 and ticks for 250 damage per debuff. Not removable. Avoidable by dodge/parry/miss
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* '''Eject''': Knock back the current target, reduces threat
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* '''Bewildering Strike''': Disorients the current target (similar to [[Scatter Shot]]), causing 5 sec aggro loss
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* '''Arcing Smash''' also applies (= refreshes) the Acidic Wound debuff on all targets hit
   
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=== Phase 2 only ===
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* '''Fel Acid Breath''' is cast on the Fel Rage target only
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* '''Arcing Smash''' damage is increased to 12k and also deals a [[Mortal Strike]] type debuff which reduces healing taken by 50% for 6 sec
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* '''Fel Rage (player)''': 30 sec debuff cast on a random raid member (see below) used every 90 seconds
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* '''Fel Rage (self)''': stacking self-buff which increases damage dealt and forces Gurtogg to attack only the player with the Fel Rage debuff
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* '''Acid Geyser''': 5k nature damage 5 yard AoE on and around the Fel Rage target at the start of phase 2
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* '''Insignificance''': All raid members get this resistable buff. Insignificant players cannot cause threat
   
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=== Fel Rage ===
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The Fel Rage debuff has the following effects on players:
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* +15k Armor
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[[Avatar]]: [[Goblin]].
  
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* +30k Health
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* +100% Healing done (healing doubled)
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* +300% Damage done (DPS quadrupled)
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* +100% Size (character size doubled)
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* Gurtogg attacks only the player with Fel Rage until the player is dead or becomes invulnerable (e.g. Ice Block or Bubble), in that case he returns to the highest aggro target
   
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== Preparation ==
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The fight has two alternating phases in a 90 seconds cycle. During the 60 seconds of Phase 1 the bloodboil debuff is dealt out and the tanks take a stacking debuff. Right after the fifth set of bloodboil debuffs, Gurtogg and one random raid member receive Fel Rage, which starts Phase 2. After 30 seconds Fel Rage wears off and Phase 1 starts again.
   
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The encounter can be reset by running up the ramp, through the next room and up the stairs on the back of that room.
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==== [[Vaneras]] ====
  
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=== Raid composition ===
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* 3 Tanks (more difficult but possible with two tanks)
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* 8-9 healers (well-geared and experienced raids can do with 7, new raids can bring even 10)
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* normal mix of damage dealers
   
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Because the enrage timer is rather long trading DPS for extra healing is feasible.
   
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=== Buffs and gear ===
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The fight is extremely healing intensive, even more so than [[High Warlord Naj'entus]] - healers should wear their best endurance gear. The whole raid should be buffed with [[Amplify Magic]] - even though the acid damage is magic, the advantage gained from increased healing outweighs that. Each raid member should have a [[Healthstone]], all raid members should have a few health or rejuvenation potions. No special resistance gear is required.
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=== Positioning ===
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Most raids fight him on the ramp leading down to his place. The melee group stands on the right wall (when facing the boss), tanks with their backs to the wall, everybody else sets up on the ramp near the line drawn on the floor at the left wall. Three groups of five people each need to be pre-designated as Bloodboil (BB) soakers. The first of these groups sets up beyond the line with their backs to the left wall.
   
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== Phase 1 ==
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After a standard [[Misdirection]] pull, the first tank takes him. The other tanks should do their best to build as much threat as possible, all other raid members must be extra careful to stay below all three tanks on the aggro list.
   
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=== Bloodboil ===
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Every time Gurtogg deals BB, the five BB soakers who just got it must move forward over the line, and the next group of five must move back to the wall, in order to take the next BB. The three groups need to keep up this rotation until five sets of BBs have been dealt. For new raids it's a good idea to practise this rotation prior to the pull. No raid member should ever take a double BB, because that's very hard to heal through.
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One method to organize the rotation is to designate three groups, and give one member of each group a raid mark. After each BB, the raid leader calls out the icon which is due next. Two of the groups have to take two sets of BB each, one group takes only one. Raid members with low total health, usually Mages or Priests, should be in that third group.
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=== Healing ===
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Three healers should concentrate on healing through the BB damage. 1-2 healers should be on the off-tanks, and the rest on the current MT. As usual in situations with lots of distributed damage, [[Chain Heal]] and [[Circle of Healing]] are the spells of choice.
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=== Tanking ===
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The Acidic Wound stack can grow to dangerous levels, at 20 debuffs for example, the tank takes 5k damage per [[tick]] and has 10k less armor. If it gets too much, the tank must drop aggro ([[Misdirection]] to one of the OTs is helpful here) and move to Gurtoggs back, avoiding Arcing Smash for 60 seconds until the debuff stack wears off. During that time, the tank must continue building as much hate as possible. Paladins can bubble out of the debuff stack (which temporarily removes him from the threat list).
   
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All three tanks must be clearly aware of each others threat levels and current Acidic Wound stack. In the ideal case, the three tanks are closely together on the hate list and can easily take aggro from each other. In order to build rage the OTs can take an Arcing Smash now and then on purpose. A small stack of Acidic Wounds helps rage generation.
   
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The third tank is needed for Disorient. If one tank is on Acidic Wound cooldown and the current MT gets Disoriented, the third tank must take over.
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Stacking avoidance gear can be feasible, because all of Gurtogg's abilities can be avoided. The problem in that case is that the aggro-reducing abilities are avoided too, this can lead to the MT running far ahead on the hate list. The MT may have to stop his attacks entirely, or [[Hand of Protection]] can be used.
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== Transition to Fel Rage ==
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The transition to Fel Rage (FR) after the fifth BB is the most healing intensive moment in the fight. 15 raid members have BB, and one person gets FR, needing a lot of attention from the healers, while the tanks still have the DoT stacks from Acidic Wounds. All main tank healers must immediately switch to the FR target, while the raid healers must do their best keeping the BB targets up. At the same time, the raid must spread out to avoid too much damage from the Acid Geyser. It's a good idea to start repositioning after the fourth BB, but be careful that the designated BB soakers remain the raid members furthest away from Gurtogg. The melee damage dealers should also move away from him, to avoid taking damage from Arcing Smash when he turns around to face the FR target.
   
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==Phase 2==
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At the start of Phase 2, Gurtogg casts Acid Geyser together with FR on a random raid member and quickly runs to that person. The FR target should not move, and the raid should regroup so that nobody is hit by Gurtoggs frontal cone attacks.
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The toughest job during these 30 seconds is to keep the FR target up. Cloth classes take normal attacks for ~13k (up to 20k crushing), and nothing prevents two (or more) crushing blows in a row. If the FR target can heal, he should do a lot of self-healing (since FR increases healing done by 100%). All non-healing capable classes should use at least a [[Super Healing Potion]] and a [[Healthstone]], and try to reduce their damage taken as much as possible.
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If the FR target dies, Gurtogg returns to the normal aggro list (usually to a tank). Since during Phase 2 Gurtoggs damage output is substantially higher than during Phase 1, the tank should use all means available to increase his survivability (e.g. [[Shield Wall]]). It is in the raid's best interest not to let the FR target die, as with the extra HP and armor, even mages are better suited to take Gurtogg's attacks than the tanks are.
   
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Damage dealers should make sure they have the Insignificance buff, and then go all-out during this phase, using all trinkets and cooldowns (like [[Bloodlust]]).
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==Class instructions for Fel Rage==
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Generally, FR targets must immediately use all damage-reducing or health enhancing abilities they have. Damage dealers and tanks should switch to their most defensive setup. Classes able to use a shield should equip one. Pure healing builds should exclusively spam heal themselves (this allows the other healers to regain some mana). DPS hybrids able to heal should start out spam healing themselves. If the raid healers have covered up and the situation feels comfortable, hybrids may start do DPS, but must be ready to immediately resume self healing if their health drops below 50%.
   
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* '''Death knight''': First, [[Icebound Fortitude]] and [[Bone Shield]] (if available). After that, go [[Frost Presence]] immediately. [[Vampiric Blood]] helps healing you. Be prepared to use [[Rune Tap]] (if available)
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* '''Druid''': First, [[Barkskin]]. After that, go [[Bear Form]] immediately. [[Frenzied Regeneration]] heals for double the usual amount, use it wisely. Keep [[Demoralizing Roar]] up
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* '''Hunter''': Hit [[Aspect of the Monkey]]/[[Aspect of the Dragonhawk]] as soon as possible, since it's impossible to move away from him, deal melee damage. Use [[Deterrence]] if available
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* '''Mage''': Use [[Ice Armor]] and [[Ice Barrier]] as often as possible. Switch on [[Mana Shield]] while the Mortal Strike debuff is in effect. Nuke with instant or uninterruptible attacks (like [[Fire Blast]] or [[Ice Lance]]). Never use [[Ice Block]]
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* '''Priest''': Use [[Dispersion]] if available. Use [[Power Word: Shield]] on every CD. Keep [[Renew]] up and spam [[Flash Heal]] on self. Be prepared to use [[Desperate Prayer]] (if available)
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* '''Rogue''': Use all DPS enhancing cooldowns. Hit [[Cloak of Shadows]] when he uses Fel Acid. Save [[Evasion]] for the Mortal Strike debuff. Do not Vanish
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* '''Shaman''': Enhancement Shamans should use [[Shamanistic Rage]]. Resto shamans must not forget to [[Earth Shield]] themselves. If the shaman has a two handed weapon equipped, it is recommend to equip a shield for extra armor until the FR is gone.
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* '''Warlock''': First, [[Metamorphosis]] if available. Spam [[Drain Life]], ignoring interrupts. Keep up [[Siphon Life]] if available, use [[Death Coil]] when low on HP
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* '''Warrior''': Switch to [[Defensive Stance]] and equip 1H + shield. Do not use [[Death Wish]]
   
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==Tips==
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* [[Pain Suppression]] helps the FR target a lot. It may be worth having a priest respec to get it if the raid is continuously unable to beat this boss
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* If it looks like a Fel Raged person is going to die, [[Intervene]] may be a life saver.
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* Shamans not in the tank group should drop [[Tranquil Air Totem]] during Phase 1, and a DPS enhancing totem (like [[Wrath of Air Totem]]) during Phase 2
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* Mages can take the fourth and fifth BBs on purpose and then remove them with [[Ice Block]], Paladins can do the same with [[Divine Shield]]
   
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== Alternate strategy ==
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=== Positioning===
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Some raids fight Gurtogg at the waterfalls right in front of his initial position. The tanks line up at the right waterfall, the raid stands near the trough of the left waterfall, with the BB soakers in the trough.
   
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Another alternative is to tank him on the wall behind his initial position. This gives the raid a lot of space to spread out to minimize the damage from Acit Geyser, but has the disadvantage that wipe recovery is much more difficult.
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The first CR (Community Representative) to join the German speaking team.
  
   
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=== Two tanks ===
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It's possible to manage this fight with only two tanks. This requires them both to have very good avoidance gear.
   
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== Quotes ==
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Aggro:
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*{{text|yell|Horde will crush you!}}
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Special:
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*{{text|yell|Drink your blood! Eat your flesh!}}
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*{{text|yell|I hunger!}}
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Killing a player:
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*{{text|yell|Time to feast!}}
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*{{text|yell|More! I want more!}}
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Enraged:
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*{{text|yell|I'll rip the meat from your bones!}}
   
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==Loot==
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{{Lootbox|Gurtogg Bloodboil drops
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|Belt of Primal Majesty
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|Blood-cursed Shoulderpads
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|Garments of Temperance
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|Girdle of Mighty Resolve
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|Girdle of Stability
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|Leggings of Divine Retribution
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|Messenger of Fate
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|Shadowmoon Insignia
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|Shroud of Forgiveness
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|Staff of Immaculate Recovery
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|Unstoppable Aggressor's Ring
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|Vest of Mounting Assault
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|Wand of Prismatic Focus
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}}
   
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== Movies ==
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*[[Image:Icon-video-22x22.png]][http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=63263 Rogue PoV Kill Movie] by 3ioB (US-SURAMAR)
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*[[Image:Icon-video-22x22.png]][http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=44552 First Kill] by Black Division (EU-Drak'thul)
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*[[Image:Icon-video-22x22.png]][http://www.guildvideo.com/guild/cookie/cookie_vs_bloodboil Hunter PoV] by Cookie (EU-Darkspear)
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*[[Image:Icon-video-22x22.png]]For more Killmovies of this encounter, see the [[Movies of boss kills]] article.
   
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==Patches and hotfixes==
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{{Patch 2.1.0|note=Added}}
   
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==External links==
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{{elinks-NPC|22948|armory=1}}
   
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bloodboil, Gurtogg}}
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[[es:Gurtogg Bloodboil]]
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[[Category:Black Temple mobs]]
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==== [[Nazamur]] ====
  
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=== Highlander ===
  
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A well-known guide author, with loads of guides under his name at the Professions forums. He's answering loads of questions on the Professions forums, if they are, of course, not in the stickies...
  
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==== Baarab ====
  
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==== Gnii ====
  
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==== Sherinda ====
  
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==== [[EU_forums/Wormsborough|Wormsborough]] ====
  
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==== Chain ====
  
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A short lived, lesser known poster he nevertheless developed a strong cult following within the off topic forums, most known for his strange use of the English language, bizzare threads, effective trolling and fondness for the word "mens" (used to describe almost every person). He provided an alternative to the countless "/hug /kiss" threads and is a sorely missed poster.
 
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His disappearance followed a claim in an in game mail sent to a player that he was locked in blizzard's dungeon next to a noob that could not speak English (poetic justice?) and to this day he is still there. This was probably his way of saying that he was banned, most likely for pestering the role playing community with his questionable humour, marvelous works of fiction like the "Cloud Baby" stories and asking them repetedly if "Hulkhogan" and "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman Batman]" were good role playing names. All of his threads seem to have been removed and Chain himself has not been seen for a number of months.
  
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==== Replicant ====
  
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A poster that first gained attention with his seemingly never ending [http://www.wowhealers.com/content/view/141/50/ quest] to obtain the [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/mounts/paladin/ss2.jpg paladin epic mount], Replicant has since evolved into one of the better (or worse, the views are divided) trolls on the European forums. His tendency to start inflammatory threads and in his own words "pwn" any attempts at disagreement has earned him many friends and enemies over time.
 
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==== Kawaii ====
  
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This cute pink-haired pair of pigtails was the cause of controversy on her native realms throughout her forum career. Posting a lot, her posts could often be construed more as flaming and trolling than constructive, but more often than not she managed to be somewhat witty. She posted a lot on her realm forums, but also quite a bit on the Off-Topic, General, and other forums.
  
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Kawaii begun her (forum) career on [[Server:Agamaggan_Europe|Agamaggan]], on which she caused some controversy over some nationality issues. Moving on, she migrated to [[Server:Kor'gall_Europe|Kor'gall]] in the first free migration from Agamaggan to Kor'gall. Although Kawaii is a gnome mage, she left her spirit on Kor'gall as an undead rogue after leaving Kor'gall in the first free migration to [[Server:Emeriss_Europe|Emeriss]]. Things cooled down on the realm scene after her arrival on Emeriss, as it seemed the majority of Kor'gallians stayed on Kor'gall, but this soon changed after the second free migration from Kor'gall to Emeriss.
  
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After having been temporarily banned from the forums several times, Kawaii finally received a '''permanent ban''' to the European forums in late 2006 for "Posting harassing or defamatory language towards others". On the matter of the ban, she has been heard saying "''I'm glad it happened. I was starting to dislike what I'd become.''"
  
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Other notable posters who might recognize the name Kawaii include [[Anvilbeard]] and [[EU_forums/TotalHalibut|TotalHalibut]], among others.
  
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Kawaii also posted as Sapphire, and Jolee. Her other characters remain unknown. You can find Kawaii in the Armory [http://armory.wow-europe.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=Emeriss&n=Kawaii here].
  
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==== Lysander ====
  
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Lysander was the creator of the thread, "How to make a Warcraft Movie: The Basics," which eventually drowned in the masses of the forums. He is known to insert witty remarks, and is commonly affiliated with the view that Blizzard does listen and that they do care. Confusion often arose when it was revealed two users, both regulars on the general forum, were posting. Although one lysander is known to reside on genjuros and indeed made the movie making guide, the undead Lysander was responsible for often reassuring people that Blizzard listen. He also used to have a guild on the server Genjuros, called "Lysander FTW," but this disbandoned. Lysander commented:
  
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"''Reasons beyond my control resulted in the existence of Lysander FTW to cease. I'll get those meddlin' squirrels one day.
 
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ONE DAY.''" http://forums-en.wow-europe.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general-en&t=797886&p=1&tmp=1#post797886
  
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'''[Link Is Now Dead]'''
  
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==== [[User:Tinkerer|Tinker]] ====
  
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Now a well-known guide author like Highlander, he has made a guide to the Fishing Extravaganza and Engineering. He also answers questions around the Professions forums, and is known to be writing an extensive walkthrough of the [[Tier 0.5]] questline.
  
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==== Xarantaur ====
  
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The lore master. His various contributions and stickies on the [[Role-Playing]] forums have been useful to many. He is also known to know [[Chris Metzen]].
  
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==== Kissmequick ====
  
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A relative newcomer to the off-topic forums, Kissmequick (KMQ for short) is an aspiring author with a penchant for ribald jokes and double entendres. She plots to try and rise to fame through the dark side or lunacy on the forums.
  
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== Frequent Forum Behaviour ==
  
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'''''Included here because of recurring appearances, the use of some of these items is considered by most forum users to be pointless, immature and generally idiotic.'''''
  
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=== The O RLY bird ===
  
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The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_RLY O RLY] bird and its derivations (YA RLY, NO WAI) are thought to have been brought over from the American forums by some of the <strike>trolls</strike> younger and more enthusiastic posters. It was used heavily in its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascii ascii] form for a period of time in 2005, also spawning other World of Warcraft related ascii art (eg. Learn2Play man). The use of the picture form gradually died out of its own accord and it is a rare sight nowadays. The shorter text form including just the question (O RLY?) is still used in many cases.
  
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=== Learn2Play ===
  
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Thought to be an exclusively WoW related term, Learn2Play was originally developed by our friends over on the American forums. It originated from a [[shaman]] named Nert, as an effort to repel players who were calling for the [[nerf]]ing of his class.
 
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Usual post format is a single line reply with only the words Learn2Play (no spaces), or one of its derivatives. These can involve using no capitals or broken spelling in one or both words (eg. lern2plai, L2P). The phrase "It's fine," is also sometimes used before the "Learn2Play".
  
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The term is usually used in nerf and whine threads that attempt to point out a perceived game play advantage or disadvantage towards a specific class. Learn2Play signifies its poster's disagreement and usually disdain for the plight of the thread starter and carries a suggestion that the latter should better familiarize himself with the proper use of his or her character. In short, the poster is trying to say that the issue specified does not exist and the real problem is the thread starter's lack of skill.
  
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Learn2Play was famously turned into a [http://learn2play.ytmnd.com/ spoof poster for a Vin Diesel movie] in response to the many threads lamenting the perceived faults of the [[paladin]] class.
  
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This category includes the almost endless supply of threads by forum users who believe that the [[shaman]] class in its current form is overpowered, meaning it is easier to play successfully (usually in PvP combat situations) than any other class. This belief seems widespread amongst the WoW community, seemingly more so on the side of the Alliance, though the most aggrieved classes appear to be the Shamans counterpart, the [[Paladin]] and the [[Mage]].
  
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While many arguments have been used over time to try and prove these allegations of imbalance, "nerf shaman" threads are usually instantly spammed with "O RLY?" and "Learn2Play" comments and rarely lead to any constructive dialog. The fact that this popular stance has as yet resulted in no direct game changes from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment Blizzard] makes a strong case that the perceived extra advantages of the shaman are actually a myth.
  
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A common occurrence many months ago, posts in by the Shamans who had unfairly tolerated these "nerf shaman" threads for many months would often retort to using quotes similar to those found on the [http://www.4q.cc/vin/ Random Vin Diesel Fact] generator. For example "Vin Diesel has 160 talent points" could be used to suggest that Shamans could take all the points in their talent trees, thus making them viable healers, meleers and spell casters. These "Vin Diesel Facts" are made up to show that many of the nerf whiners have little clue about the subject they are complaining about, as many separate specializations of Shamans exist but none have everything as they suggest.
 
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To this day in many EU Shamans minds, Vin Diesel remains their biggest mascot.
  
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Introduced into the mainstream forum by Anvilbeard in an episode of Warcraft Weekly, the practise of many posters posting the same phrase has increased in popularity in recent times. Some of the most famous phrases were:
 
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*Any reference to a cloak that is "... white, cool and longer than your average cloak" (The proper stoneskin gargoyle cape phrasing is "it looks pretty cool too. It's white and looks longer than your average cloak or cape.")
  
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*"[http://www.ithasnewstats.com/ It has new stats!]" (about the [[Don Rodrigo's Band]] which got his attributes changed in [[Patch_1.11_(Release_Notes)|Patch 1.11.0]])
  
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=== IBTL ===
  
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Standing for "In before the lock", this common acronym is almost always posted in threads that are believed to be violating the forum Code of Conduct and therefore locked in the near future. The term "lock" refers to a GM preventing any further posts to be made in the thread. There are many reasons why "IBTL" is so popular, many depending on the specific user. Some consider it a challenge or a game, other quote "fun" to be a primary reason.
  
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This new acronym stands for "posting to see replies". Blizzards new forum software has so far proven unable to properly display posts made in a thread before a user has posted there themselves. New replies would show up on the index page, but remain invisible in the actual thread. "Posting to see replies" solves that problem.
  
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One liner used exclusively in the popular "I quit" threads, where the original poster wants to inform the forums that due to one reason or another they will be canceling their WoW account. "Stuff" refers to the gold and items that the thread starter has amassed on all his characters, which would be destroyed permanently on character deletion. However, since in World of Warcraft all wearable items are [[soulbound]] (meaning only usable by 1 character), the term is used more out of a tradition carried over from other MMORPGs and is used sarcastically rather than as an actual appeal for freebies. The actual meaning of this phrase is often "I don't care about your reasons, just be gone!"
  
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=== First, Second, Third (etc.) ===
  
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Similar to IBTL, some in the WoW community seem to take pride in being one of the first people to reply to a thread. This behaviour is seen mostly (but not exclusively) in GM threads, which are the most read and have the potential to grow very large. The format is usually the numerical reference, followed by an empty line and then a possible witty comment (eg. "LOL") from the poster. Many people frown upon this practice, but due to the particular mentality (and age) of some forum posters it is likely to continue for years to come.
  
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This is an thing, that mostly level 1 forum characters does, basically to troll around, one such example is written by Xeqterz the level 6 tauren druid where he writes the following:
  
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"hey ai gut a problim ai juzt cnat rezzzurekt becuz ai diad and nuw aim wiht a gost becus he killd me ai think he was a cretur... so huw do ai ress? or muzt ai creat nu car? tank u"
  
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Mostly, this are just trolls that are bored out of the mind, or just to annoy people. There are loads of example of this gibberish on the World of Warcraft Europe forums.
  
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A new player is often welcomed and given the title of "newcomer". This title refers to a person who is quite new to the game, but willing to learn as much about it as possible and very open to suggestions. A "noob" is the term used for players who don't know much about the game, but who seem to think they know everything and are very abusive if other players make valid suggestions to improve their gaming style.
  
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These two terms have often been confused on the WoW-forums. Generally speaking it is not-done to call someone a "noob" under any circumstance. If a forum-user uses the word "noob" as response to a normal newcomer-question, he/she can expect that word to backfire on him/her greatly.
  
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A relatively new term is Rickrolling, which is a response to the lesser known, duckrolling, the thing is to post about something interesting and claim to have a video on it, usually uploaded to youtube, when unsuspecting users click the link they are greeted with a music video performed by Rick Astley, called ''"Never gonna give you up"'' recently this type of behaviour has reached the European Forums, and a community-initiative to combat it is supported by [[Aeus]].
  
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"Bloodboil" redirects here. For the death knight ability, see Spell deathknight bloodboil [Blood Boil].
MobGurtogg Bloodboil
Image of Gurtogg Bloodboil
Race Fel orc (Humanoid)
Level ?? Boss
Location Halls of Anguish, Black Temple
Status Killable

Gurtogg Bloodboil is a (presumably) fel-sworn orc boss in Black Temple. The fight is a battle for survival combined with a tough healer gear check. Depending on the relative gear levels between healers and damage dealers, Bloodboil is usually killed fifth or sixth, and is a prerequisite for gaining access to Mother Shahraz.

Abilities

  • Melee: 6k on plate (9k crushing, up to 20k on cloth)
  • Fel Acid Breath: 10 yard AoE Nature debuff dealt in a frontal cone on a random target in melee range, for 2750 nature damage every 5 seconds for 20 seconds, resistible, Cloak of Shadows removes.
  • Arcing Smash: 5k damage 4 yard range cleave attack on all targets in front of the boss, 10 sec cooldown.
  • Berserk: After 10 minutes Gurtoggs damage increases by 500% and attack speed by 150%

Phase 1 only

  • Bloodboil: debuff cast every 10 sec on the five raid members furthest away from Gurtogg, dealing 600 damage per sec for 24 sec. Not resistible or dispellable, resilience and Spell shadow shadowembrace [Shadow Embrace] reduce the damage taken. Can be removed with Divine Shield and Ice Block.
  • Acidic Wound: stacking debuff applied on melee hit every 2 sec. The stack expires 60 sec after the last debuff was applied. Reduces armor by 500 and ticks for 250 damage per debuff. Not removable. Avoidable by dodge/parry/miss
  • Eject: Knock back the current target, reduces threat
  • Bewildering Strike: Disorients the current target (similar to Ability golemstormbolt [Scatter Shot]), causing 5 sec aggro loss
  • Arcing Smash also applies (= refreshes) the Acidic Wound debuff on all targets hit

Phase 2 only

  • Fel Acid Breath is cast on the Fel Rage target only
  • Arcing Smash damage is increased to 12k and also deals a Ability warrior savageblow [Mortal Strike] type debuff which reduces healing taken by 50% for 6 sec
  • Fel Rage (player): 30 sec debuff cast on a random raid member (see below) used every 90 seconds
  • Fel Rage (self): stacking self-buff which increases damage dealt and forces Gurtogg to attack only the player with the Fel Rage debuff
  • Acid Geyser: 5k nature damage 5 yard AoE on and around the Fel Rage target at the start of phase 2
  • Insignificance: All raid members get this resistable buff. Insignificant players cannot cause threat

Fel Rage

The Fel Rage debuff has the following effects on players:

  • +15k Armor
  • +30k Health
  • +100% Healing done (healing doubled)
  • +300% Damage done (DPS quadrupled)
  • +100% Size (character size doubled)
  • Gurtogg attacks only the player with Fel Rage until the player is dead or becomes invulnerable (e.g. Ice Block or Bubble), in that case he returns to the highest aggro target

Preparation

The fight has two alternating phases in a 90 seconds cycle. During the 60 seconds of Phase 1 the bloodboil debuff is dealt out and the tanks take a stacking debuff. Right after the fifth set of bloodboil debuffs, Gurtogg and one random raid member receive Fel Rage, which starts Phase 2. After 30 seconds Fel Rage wears off and Phase 1 starts again.

The encounter can be reset by running up the ramp, through the next room and up the stairs on the back of that room.

Raid composition

  • 3 Tanks (more difficult but possible with two tanks)
  • 8-9 healers (well-geared and experienced raids can do with 7, new raids can bring even 10)
  • normal mix of damage dealers

Because the enrage timer is rather long trading DPS for extra healing is feasible.

Buffs and gear

The fight is extremely healing intensive, even more so than High Warlord Naj'entus - healers should wear their best endurance gear. The whole raid should be buffed with Peticon-magical Spell nature abolishmagic [Amplify Magic] - even though the acid damage is magic, the advantage gained from increased healing outweighs that. Each raid member should have a Warlock healthstone [Healthstone], all raid members should have a few health or rejuvenation potions. No special resistance gear is required.

Positioning

Most raids fight him on the ramp leading down to his place. The melee group stands on the right wall (when facing the boss), tanks with their backs to the wall, everybody else sets up on the ramp near the line drawn on the floor at the left wall. Three groups of five people each need to be pre-designated as Bloodboil (BB) soakers. The first of these groups sets up beyond the line with their backs to the left wall.

Phase 1

After a standard Ability hunter misdirection [Misdirection] pull, the first tank takes him. The other tanks should do their best to build as much threat as possible, all other raid members must be extra careful to stay below all three tanks on the aggro list.

Bloodboil

Every time Gurtogg deals BB, the five BB soakers who just got it must move forward over the line, and the next group of five must move back to the wall, in order to take the next BB. The three groups need to keep up this rotation until five sets of BBs have been dealt. For new raids it's a good idea to practise this rotation prior to the pull. No raid member should ever take a double BB, because that's very hard to heal through.

One method to organize the rotation is to designate three groups, and give one member of each group a raid mark. After each BB, the raid leader calls out the icon which is due next. Two of the groups have to take two sets of BB each, one group takes only one. Raid members with low total health, usually Mages or Priests, should be in that third group.

Healing

Three healers should concentrate on healing through the BB damage. 1-2 healers should be on the off-tanks, and the rest on the current MT. As usual in situations with lots of distributed damage, Spell nature healingwavegreater [Chain Heal] and Spell holy circleofrenewal [Circle of Healing] are the spells of choice.

Tanking

The Acidic Wound stack can grow to dangerous levels, at 20 debuffs for example, the tank takes 5k damage per tick and has 10k less armor. If it gets too much, the tank must drop aggro (Ability hunter misdirection [Misdirection] to one of the OTs is helpful here) and move to Gurtoggs back, avoiding Arcing Smash for 60 seconds until the debuff stack wears off. During that time, the tank must continue building as much hate as possible. Paladins can bubble out of the debuff stack (which temporarily removes him from the threat list).

All three tanks must be clearly aware of each others threat levels and current Acidic Wound stack. In the ideal case, the three tanks are closely together on the hate list and can easily take aggro from each other. In order to build rage the OTs can take an Arcing Smash now and then on purpose. A small stack of Acidic Wounds helps rage generation.

The third tank is needed for Disorient. If one tank is on Acidic Wound cooldown and the current MT gets Disoriented, the third tank must take over.

Stacking avoidance gear can be feasible, because all of Gurtogg's abilities can be avoided. The problem in that case is that the aggro-reducing abilities are avoided too, this can lead to the MT running far ahead on the hate list. The MT may have to stop his attacks entirely, or Spell holy sealofprotection [Hand of Protection] can be used.

Transition to Fel Rage

The transition to Fel Rage (FR) after the fifth BB is the most healing intensive moment in the fight. 15 raid members have BB, and one person gets FR, needing a lot of attention from the healers, while the tanks still have the DoT stacks from Acidic Wounds. All main tank healers must immediately switch to the FR target, while the raid healers must do their best keeping the BB targets up. At the same time, the raid must spread out to avoid too much damage from the Acid Geyser. It's a good idea to start repositioning after the fourth BB, but be careful that the designated BB soakers remain the raid members furthest away from Gurtogg. The melee damage dealers should also move away from him, to avoid taking damage from Arcing Smash when he turns around to face the FR target.

Phase 2

At the start of Phase 2, Gurtogg casts Acid Geyser together with FR on a random raid member and quickly runs to that person. The FR target should not move, and the raid should regroup so that nobody is hit by Gurtoggs frontal cone attacks.

The toughest job during these 30 seconds is to keep the FR target up. Cloth classes take normal attacks for ~13k (up to 20k crushing), and nothing prevents two (or more) crushing blows in a row. If the FR target can heal, he should do a lot of self-healing (since FR increases healing done by 100%). All non-healing capable classes should use at least a Inv potion 131 [Super Healing Potion] and a Warlock healthstone [Healthstone], and try to reduce their damage taken as much as possible.

If the FR target dies, Gurtogg returns to the normal aggro list (usually to a tank). Since during Phase 2 Gurtoggs damage output is substantially higher than during Phase 1, the tank should use all means available to increase his survivability (e.g. Ability warrior shieldwall [Shield Wall]). It is in the raid's best interest not to let the FR target die, as with the extra HP and armor, even mages are better suited to take Gurtogg's attacks than the tanks are.

Damage dealers should make sure they have the Insignificance buff, and then go all-out during this phase, using all trinkets and cooldowns (like Spell nature bloodlust [Bloodlust]).

Class instructions for Fel Rage

Generally, FR targets must immediately use all damage-reducing or health enhancing abilities they have. Damage dealers and tanks should switch to their most defensive setup. Classes able to use a shield should equip one. Pure healing builds should exclusively spam heal themselves (this allows the other healers to regain some mana). DPS hybrids able to heal should start out spam healing themselves. If the raid healers have covered up and the situation feels comfortable, hybrids may start do DPS, but must be ready to immediately resume self healing if their health drops below 50%.

Tips

  • Spell holy painsupression [Pain Suppression] helps the FR target a lot. It may be worth having a priest respec to get it if the raid is continuously unable to beat this boss
  • If it looks like a Fel Raged person is going to die, Ability warrior victoryrush [Intervene] may be a life saver.
  • Shamans not in the tank group should drop Ability shaman tranquilmindtotem [Tranquil Air Totem] during Phase 1, and a DPS enhancing totem (like Spell nature slowingtotem [Wrath of Air Totem]) during Phase 2
  • Mages can take the fourth and fifth BBs on purpose and then remove them with Spell frost frost [Ice Block], Paladins can do the same with Spell holy divineshield [Divine Shield]

Alternate strategy

Positioning

Some raids fight Gurtogg at the waterfalls right in front of his initial position. The tanks line up at the right waterfall, the raid stands near the trough of the left waterfall, with the BB soakers in the trough.

Another alternative is to tank him on the wall behind his initial position. This gives the raid a lot of space to spread out to minimize the damage from Acit Geyser, but has the disadvantage that wipe recovery is much more difficult.

Two tanks

It's possible to manage this fight with only two tanks. This requires them both to have very good avoidance gear.

Quotes

Aggro:

  • Horde will crush you!

Special:

  • Drink your blood! Eat your flesh!
  • I hunger!

Killing a player:

  • Time to feast!
  • More! I want more!

Enraged:

  • I'll rip the meat from your bones!

Loot

Gurtogg Bloodboil drops

Movies

Patches and hotfixes

Bc icon Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Added

External links

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