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Lieutenant Drake is the first mini-boss of Escape from Durnholde in Caverns of Time. He appears after you've put bombs in all of the barrels inside the internment lodges inside Durnholde Keep. He is a warrior-type mob with the several abilities including Whirlwind.
General Info
- Level (Normal): 68 Elite
- Hit Points (Normal): 79 800
- Level (Heroic): 72 Elite
- Type: Humanoid
- Class: Arms Warrior
Normal Mode Tactics
Abilities
- Whirlwind
- Intimidating Shout
- Mortal Strike
The fight
Fairly straightforward tank and spank. Although Lieutenant Drake has quite some health, he has no real dangerous abilities. That said keep clothies away from his whirlwind attack. When he fears, he will ignore the feared players for the duration of the fear. Be ready with Divine Shield, Fear Ward, Death Wish, etc. if the fear becomes a problem.
Heroic Mode Tactics
Abilities on Heroic Mode
- Intimidating Shout: AoE fear,it's an aggro wipe.
- Mortal Strike: Hit for about 6k on a tank
- Regular attack: Hit for 4k on a tank
- Exploding Shot: Ranged attack - hit for about 1-3k and stun for 5sec.
- Whirlwind: Can one-shot cloth wearers. Can be avoided by moving out of range (cloth wearers MUST be out of range, bubble can help).
The fight
If you can afford dual tanking him (have two warriors, or have a feral druid, or protection paladin), keeping boss busy and away from group is a joke, and you can skip the rest of this strategy and proceed to looting. Else read on.
Tank him below where the prisoners are and place your group on the top of the stairs. Everyone near to Drake must run out when Drake does his Whirlwind. His Intimidating Shout will wipe aggro on the tank and he will go after one of the other members of your group. As he reaches the top of the stairs, jump down and run at the tank to let the tank taunt and regain aggro, then run back upstairs and resume DPS. Pretty easy fight if everyone is on their toes. Also, if your warrior waits to use his shield block for when Drake yells "Time to Bleed", you can avoid the chance at your tank dying in 1 second from the mortal strike, and melee right away after.
- Perhaps they nerf this fight in 2.1, but as a bear tank I just stood my ground and tanked him. No running up and down stairs. I growled when his whirlwind was done. Very easy heroic fight.
Quotes
Aggro "I know what you're up to, and I mean to put an end to it, permanently!"
Whirlwind "Time to bleed!"
Intimidating Shout "Run, you blasted cowards!"
Kill "You will not interfere!"
Death "Thrall... must not... go free."
Loot
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