Ouro

Ouro
Race	Sand Worm (Uncategorized)
Level	?? Boss
Location	Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
Status	Killable
Relative(s)	C'Thun (creator)
Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
The Prophet Skeram; Silithid Royalty; Battleguard Sartura; Fankriss the Unyielding; Viscidus; Princess Huhuran; Twin Emperors; Ouro; C'Thun	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	NPCs
Caelestrasz; Arygos; Merithra; Kandrostrasz; Andorgos; Vethsera
	Loot

The ancient Sand Worm, Ouro, is a being of legendary power. He is rumored to have been created by the Old God C'Thun himself as a mockery of life. He resides in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj.

His skin is unnaturally thick, nearly impregnable. It's flexible and allows him to move with the speed and grace of a much smaller creature.

Strategy

Phase One

Abilities

Sweep: 1k-2.5k physical damage (with AoE knockback, often result in temporary switch aggro to ranged group and sandblast ranged group). Keep in mind, usually after a sweep, a tank will lose aggro and a new tank will be on Ouro's aggro list. It is crucial that the tank who was swept not go in melee range, as Ouro will return to that warrior, and chances are that warrior will not be full health.
Sand Blast: 3.5k - 4.5k nature damage. Frontal breath affecting 180 degrees. You can fully resist it or not, damage is not reduced/blocked because it has an incapacitating effect that makes it a binary spell. Ouro sandblasts in the direction of the person in the raid with the highest threat and being hit by the sandblast clears all threat for that person. Sand Blast is every 20-25 seconds. It has 45 yards range and can be easily outranged.
Submerge - Burrows under the ground. Ouro becomes untargettable and undamagable. Ouro has a chance to submerge every 1.5minutes. He will not submerge if he is busy casting a Sand Blast or Sweep, else he will submerge (ie. the chance of submerging is totally random). It will also submerge if no player is in melee range of it.
Ground Rupture - 2k physical damage to anyone on top of Ouro when it reappears from a submerge.
Dirt Mound's Quake: With 200 NR, expect 1000 nature damage, with around 500 resisted. This is done when Ouro is submerged.
Scarabs: They hit for 300 on cloth, 40-150 on tanks. They will pick an initial target and will never change targets. They will despawn on their own after 45 seconds.

Ouro seems to give you about 10 seconds to get a MT in there when he pops up, otherwise he goes right back down. In order to determine where he will surface, it is advised that everyone in the raid stay near the center area (or predetermined area) near the end of the submerging phase. Once he appears, have multiple tanks on Ouro, to ensure he does not submerge again. Regardless of any deaths, Ouro will resurface with scarabs, they will despawn after 45 seconds so fears, frost nova, frost traps, and any forms of CC is adequate.

Usually he starts with a frontal cone of Sand Blast after popping up. It does not happen immediately so there is time for positioning shorting after resurfacing. Try to avoid that if you are not the MT. Don't stay over the Dirt Mound, as it hits multiple times (in fact, usually it hits until you die).

The raid should be positioned using 3 groups spread with 120º between them. Healers at the back away so they don't suffer Sand Blast. Sand Blast does up to 4.6k damage. It is a matter of having enough health and let the healers top your hp after each hit.

Usually you get out of combat for a second each time Ouro is about to go up. If you spam the button, you can drink.

Phase Two

At 20%, Ouro gains enrage, +150% attack speed, + 100% attack damage. From this point on, Ouro will not submerge again, but he summons Dirt Mound Quakes and Scarabs while remaining up. DPS is much more important than NR in this stage, you need kill it ASAP, and at 20% he has about 400,000 health.

If no one is in melee range during this phase, he will throw boulders [1] for ~6000 damages to a raid member, pretty much like in the Ragnaros encounter.

Loot

Tier 2.5 set Legs tokens
Ouro's Intact Hide Binds when picked up Classes: Priest, Rogue, Mage, Warrior Sell Price: 1 Skin of the Great Sandworm Binds when picked up Classes: Paladin, Shaman, Druid, Hunter, Warlock Sell Price: 1

Ouro non-set loot
Burrower Bracers Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Wrist 2 Armor +2 Intellect +3 Stamina Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 1 78 74 Don Rigoberto's Lost Hat Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Head 3 Armor +3 Intellect +5 Stamina +4 Versatility Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 4 29 92 Imperial Qiraji Armaments Binds when picked up Requires Level 25 "Ceremonial Armaments of the Qiraji Lords. Used by Qiraji infantry." Imperial Qiraji Regalia Binds when picked up Requires Level 25 "Regalia of Qiraji Nobility. Used by Qiraji spell casters." Jom Gabbar Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket Use: Increases attack power by 65 and an additional 65 every 2 sec. Lasts 20 sec. Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 18 7 Larvae of the Great Worm Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Gun Ranged Speed 3.00 4 – 9 Damage (2.2 damage per second) +3 Agility +7 Critical Strike Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 6 34 65 The Burrower's Shell Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket Use: Absorbs 613 damage. Lasts 20 sec. Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 18 7 Wormscale Blocker Item Level 29Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 42 Armor +2 Strength +5 Intellect +2 Stamina +2 Versatility Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 5 69 95