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'''Halfus Wyrmbreaker''' is the first boss of [[Bastion of Twilight]], a raid instance in the [[Twilight Highlands]]. He can be found in the [[Wyrmbreaker's Rookery]], overlooking a lava pit and facing his guardian, the [[Proto-Behemoth]]. He is considered a fairly easy fight.
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==Patches and hotfixes==
  
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{{Patch 4.0.3a|note=Added.}}
  
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Halfus was beaten along with the other bosses in the first week of Cataclysm's release, but the heroic modes proved more difficult. The world first kills came on Wednesday, 15 December 2010.
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==Abilities==
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===Halfus===
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*{{abilities|Malevolent Strikes|(Buff gained from Slate Dragon) Halfus' attacks wound the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing on it by 5%. Stacks.|id=39171|image=ability_warrior_decisivestrike}}
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*{{abilities|Frenzied Assault|(Buff gained from Nether Scion) Increases the caster's attack speed by 100%.|id=86160|image=ability_warrior_rampage}}
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*{{abilities|Shadow Nova|(Buff gained from Storm Rider) Dark magic is unleashed, causing 28500 to 31500 Shadow damage and knocking back all enemies within 50000 yds.|id=86166|image=spell_shadow_shadowfury}}
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*{{abilities|Furious Roar|Halfus roars, inflicting 9500 to 10500 Physical damage and knocking his enemies to the ground.|id=86169|image=ability_warrior_battleshout}}
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*{{abilities|Berserk|(After 6 minutes) Increases the caster's attack and movement speeds by 150% and all damage it deals by 500% for until cancelled. Also grants immunity to Taunt effects.|id=26662|image=spell_shadow_unholyfrenzy}}
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===Proto-Behemoth===
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*{{abilities|Fireball Barrage|(Buff gained from Time Warden) Unleashes a stream of fireballs at random enemy targets.|id=83706|image=spell_fire_meteorstorm}}
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*{{abilities|Scorching Breath|(Buff gained from Orphaned Emerald Whelps) Breathes flame at enemies in front of the caster, inflicting Fire damage.|id=83707|image=spell_fire_burnout}}
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===Drake Debuffs===
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*{{abilities|Dragon's Vengeance|Halfus takes 100% increased damage from all sources. Stacks.|id=87683|image=inv_misc_head_dragon_red|notes=Applied by drake when it dies.}}
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*{{abilities|Time Dilation|Warps the flow of time around the target, causing its hostile actions to occur in slow motion.|id=83601|image=spell_holy_borrowedtime|notes=Applied by Time Warden, slows Proto-Behemoth's fireballs}}
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*{{abilities|Cyclone Winds|Envelops the target in a cyclone, slowing its casting speed by 500%.|id=84092|image=ability_druid_cyclone|notes=Applied by Storm Rider on Halfus, slows Shadow Nova}}
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*{{abilities|Nether Blindness|Nether fog blinds the target, impairing its vision and reducing its chance to hit, its attack speed, and its damage done by 25%.|id=83611|image=spell_arcane_massdispel|notes=Applied by Nether Scion on Halfus}}
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*{{abilities|Stone Touch|Afflicts the target, causing them to occasionally become paralyzed for 12 sec. While paralyzed the target cannot move or attack.|id=83603|image=inv_stone_08|notes=Applied by Slate Dragon on Halfus}}
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*{{abilities|Atrophic Poison|Poisons the target, reducing its damage done by 750.|id=83609|image=ability_creature_poison_02|notes=Applied by each Orphaned Emerald Whelp on Proto-Behemoth. Stacks to 8.}}
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==Overview==
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[[File:Halfus Wyrmbreaker area.jpg|thumb|250px|Halfus Wyrmbreaker and his proto-drake]]
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Halfus Wyrmbreaker is a tank and spank fight with some interesting debuff mechanics added in. He has one add, the [[Proto-Behemoth]], that will spit fireballs at raid members and do an AoE flame breath. It is best to ignore this drake and concentrate on killing Halfus, as it has a large health pool and its damage can be either dodged or healed through.
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Four friendly [[drake]]s and a pack of whelps are imprisoned in the area where Wyrmbreaker is engaged, but in normal mode 2 are unavailable each week. When freed, each drake or whelp pack will put a debuff on both the boss and (on heroic mode) the raid. It will initially attack Halfus and give him its debuff, but after a couple seconds, the boss emotes, "Halfus Wyrmbreaker binds the <drake type> to his will!" The drake or pack then becomes mind controlled and must be tanked (and possibly killed depending on your tactic for the week).
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Below 50% he periodically casts unavoidable AoE ability called Furious Roar which is a raid wide aoe and stun which hits for around 10,000 three times.
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=== Drakes ===
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The drake composition of the fight is selected per week and, like classic [[Nefarian]], getting a difficult combination of adds might mean you have to wait until next week.
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A drake being active means that Halfus has a buff that that drake can counter to some degree when it is released. A drake being unavailable (which only happens in Normal mode - yes, it's easier) means Halfus simply does not have that ability needing to be countered for the week. In heroic mode, Halfus has all abilities active, and you need to choose which abilities you want to counter (which drakes to release, and in which order).
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;The Nether Scion: Pre-fight, applies a frenzy buff to Halfus Wyrmbreaker (+100% attack speed). When freed, reduces his attack speed, hit chance and damage done.
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;The Time Warden: Gives Proto-Behemoth Fireball Barrage ability. When freed slows fireballs' flying speed.
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;The Slate Dragon: Gives Wyrmbreaker his Malevolent Strikes ability, which causes a stacking healing debuff. When freed periodically stuns Halfus for 12 seconds.
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;The Orphaned Emerald Whelps: Give Proto-Behemoth Scorching Breath ability. When freed, lower the damage it does.
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;The Storm Rider: Gives Wyrmbreaker a Shadow Nova ability which deals AoE damage and knocks people back. When freed, reduces his cast speed, so it becomes possible to interrupt.
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==Strategy==
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Two tanks are recommended for Halfus Wyrmbreaker, as additional drakes have to be tanked and, if the Slate Dragon is active, his hits apply a debuff that reduces healing received by 4% to a max of 15 (90% of healing negated) and stacks up rather quickly. Halfus Wyrmbreaker is tauntable until his enrage.
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Halfus Wyrmbreaker has a 6-minute(?) hard enrage timer.
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Strategy will depend on the drake combination of the fight. Usually two drakes will be awaken at the same time and then taken down consecutively. Once they are dead, DPS will switch to the boss. Sometimes, the raid will have to deal with two mechanics:
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- If the Slate Dragon is active, the boss will get Malevolent Strikes, a Mortal Strike-like ability. Tanks must switch Halfus every N stacks (usually about 10) of Malevolent Strikes: otherwise, the tank will become unhealable. If the off-tank is busy tanking the drakes, it is handy to use a bubble or Hand of Protection on the main tank on the first 15 stacks; then the tank will retaunt Halfus.
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- If the Storm Rider is active, Halfus will cast a Shadow Nova that *must* be interrupted (very hard unless the Storm Rider is released, see below). If it is not interrupted, the raid will take about 30k damage per member and suffer a knockback, making the encounter unhealable. Halfus will almost always Cast shadow nova During the 3rd stun tick of Furious Roar, while it is possible for the raid to eat this nova without too much concern if healers are keeping up it will make your healer more comfortable to interrupt and the best way to do that is to either have a mage blink the last stun and counter spell or it is possible for any other interrupt to be used at the last bit of the cast but is a little more risky.
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Choosing which drakes to release can be tricky. The raid should take several considerations into account:
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- The Storm Rider should always be released if active. The Shadow Nova will then become interruptable as its cast time rises from 0.25 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
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- If the Slate Dragon and the Nether Scion are active, the Nether Scion has to be released. Otherwise, Malevolent Strikes will stack up very quickly.
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- If the Time Warden is active, it is usually desirable to free him in order to make the Fireball Barrage slower and easier to dodge, thus avoiding a lot of raid damage.
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==Drake combinations==
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{| class="darktable zebra"
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!Week #!!US Realms Drakes!!EU/KR/TW Realms Drakes
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|Week #9 (Feb 1 - Feb 7)||Slate Dragon, Time Warden, Whelps||Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Time Warden
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|Week #10 (Feb 8 - Feb 14)||Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps||Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Time Warden
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|Week #1 (Feb 15 - Feb 21)||Storm Rider, Time Warden, Whelps||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Time Warden
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|Week #2 (Feb 22 - Feb 28)||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Whelps||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Slate Dragon
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|Week #3 (Mar 1 - Mar 7)||Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Whelps||Slate Dragon, Time Warden, Whelps
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|Week #4 (Mar 8 - Mar 14)||Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Whelps||Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps
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|Week #5 (Mar 15 - Mar 21)||Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Time Warden||Storm Rider, Time Warden, Whelps
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|Week #6 (Mar 22 - Mar 28)||Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Time Warden||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Whelps
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|Week #7 (Mar 29 - Apr 4)||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Time Warden||Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Whelps
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|Week #8 (Apr 5 - Apr 11)||Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Slate Dragon||Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Whelps
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The [http://www.halfus.info Halfus Wyrmbreaker Adds] site can also show you which drakes and abilities will be available for the current and upcoming week.
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==Quotes==
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*{{text|yell|Cho'gall|Halfus! Hear me! (The Master calls, the Master wants) Protect our secrets, Halfus. Destroy the intruders. (Murder for His glory. Murder for His hunger.)}}
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;Aggro
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*{{text|yell|Cho'gall will have your heads! ALL OF THEM!}}
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;Killing a player
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*{{text|yell|The burden of the damned falls upon you!}}
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*{{text|yell|The wyrms will eat well tonight!}}
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;Death
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*{{text|yell|Cho'gall|Flesh and sinew, weak but proud. Dare they part the Master's shroud? They stumble fumble groping blind, Finding fate and chaos intertwined.}}
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==Loot==
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{{lootbox|Normal Mode
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|Book of Binding Will
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|Bracers of Impossible Strength
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|Bracers of the Bronze Flight
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|Essence of the Cyclone
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|Helm of the Nether Scion
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|Legguards of the Emerald Brood
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|Malevolence
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|Pauldrons of the Great Ettin
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|Proto-Handler's Gauntlets
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|Robes of the Burning Acolyte
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|Storm Rider's Boots
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|Wyrmbreaker's Amulet
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}}
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{{lootbox|Heroic Mode
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|Book of Binding Will (heroic)
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|Bracers of Impossible Strength (heroic)
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|Bracers of the Bronze Flight (heroic)
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|Essence of the Cyclone (heroic)
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|Helm of the Nether Scion (heroic)
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|Legguards of the Emerald Brood (heroic)
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|Malevolence (heroic)
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|Pauldrons of the Great Ettin (heroic)
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|Proto-Handler's Gauntlets (heroic)
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|Robes of the Burning Acolyte (heroic)
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|Storm Rider's Boots (heroic)
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|Wyrmbreaker's Amulet (heroic)
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|Chest of the Forlorn Vanquisher
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|Chest of the Forlorn Conqueror
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|Chest of the Forlorn Protector
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}}
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==Related achievements==
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*{{achievement|Heroic: Halfus Wyrmbreaker}}
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*{{achievement|The Only Escape}}
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== 10-Man Heroic Videos ==
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! colspan=2 | Heroic Halfus Wyrmbreaker Guide by [http://www.youtube.com/users/omfgcata OMFGCATA]
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! <youtube>tUKzq0zjuKs</youtube>
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{| class="darktable"
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! colspan=2 | Heroic: Halfus Wyrmbreaker (1080p) by [http://www.vagrantcorps.com/showthread.php?tid=98 Vagrant Corps]
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! <youtube>2CHp_A1Grmc</youtube>
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== 10-Man Normal Videos==
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{| class="darktable"
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! colspan=2 | Halfus Wyrmbreaker 10 man normal kill by [http://www.youtube.com/user/level70pally Singularity]
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! <youtube>l1wmrMzSJrA</youtube>
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{| class="darktable"
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! colspan=2 | Halfus Wyrmbreaker Boss Guide by [http://www.youtube.com/OMFGCATA OMFGCATA on YouTube]
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! 10 man strategy guide, Covering all the dragons.
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! <youtube>BM9sOdXCcqw</youtube>
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{| class="darktable"
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! colspan=2 | Halfus Wyrmbreaker by [http://www.youtube.com/LoDtvz LoD on YouTube]
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! 10 man strategy guide, covering every aspect of the fight.
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! <youtube>FCHH0Q8gmr4</youtube>
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{| class="darktable"
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! colspan=2 | Halfus Wyrmbreaker by [http://www.youtube.com/tgnWorldofWarcraft TGN on YouTube]
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! 10 Normal strategy and kill || 10 Heroic first look
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! <youtube>aSLQyNqxr3w</youtube>
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! <youtube>tgsGWWHhNcA</youtube>
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{| class="darktable"
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! A Look at the 10 Man Fight by [http://www.youtube.com/BlueXephos The Yogscast on YouTube]
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! <youtube>BHYy_7YPErw</youtube>
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== 25-Man Heroic Videos ==
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{| class="darktable"
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! [GUIDE] Heroic: Halfus Wyrmbreaker (25H) by [http://www.youtube.com/user/alpha1337 Sleepless Knights on YouTube]
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! <youtube>maIuViF0Q4M</youtube>
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== 25-Man Normal Videos ==
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{| class="darktable"
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! Halfus Wyrmbreaker Strategy Guide by [http://www.learntoraid.com/2011/01/19/halfus-wyrmbreaker-strategy-guide-25-normal Learntoraid.com]
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! <youtube>sxqI9fuYOcg</youtube>
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{| class="darktable"
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! [Guide] Normal: Halfus Wyrmbreaker by [http://www.youtube.com/user/mrMilanna?feature=mhum MrMilanna on YouTube]
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! <youtube>mJ37qLHX6f0</youtube>
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|}
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==Patch changes==
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*{{Patch 4.0.3a|note=Added}}
   
 
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MobHalfus Wyrmbreaker
Image of Halfus Wyrmbreaker
Race Ettin (Humanoid)
Level ?? Boss
Location Wyrmbreaker's Rookery, Bastion of Twilight
Status Killable

Halfus Wyrmbreaker is the first boss of Bastion of Twilight, a raid instance in the Twilight Highlands. He can be found in the Wyrmbreaker's Rookery, overlooking a lava pit and facing his guardian, the Proto-Behemoth. He is considered a fairly easy fight.

Halfus was beaten along with the other bosses in the first week of Cataclysm's release, but the heroic modes proved more difficult. The world first kills came on Wednesday, 15 December 2010.

Abilities

Halfus

  • Ability warrior decisivestrike Malevolent Strikes — (Buff gained from Slate Dragon) Halfus' attacks wound the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing on it by 5%. Stacks.
  • Ability warrior rampage Frenzied Assault — (Buff gained from Nether Scion) Increases the caster's attack speed by 100%.
  • Spell shadow shadowfury Shadow Nova — (Buff gained from Storm Rider) Dark magic is unleashed, causing 28500 to 31500 Shadow damage and knocking back all enemies within 50000 yds.
  • Ability warrior battleshout Furious Roar — Halfus roars, inflicting 9500 to 10500 Physical damage and knocking his enemies to the ground.
  • Spell shadow unholyfrenzy Berserk — (After 6 minutes) Increases the caster's attack and movement speeds by 150% and all damage it deals by 500% for until cancelled. Also grants immunity to Taunt effects.

Proto-Behemoth

  • Spell fire meteorstorm Fireball Barrage — (Buff gained from Time Warden) Unleashes a stream of fireballs at random enemy targets.
  • Spell fire burnout Scorching Breath — (Buff gained from Orphaned Emerald Whelps) Breathes flame at enemies in front of the caster, inflicting Fire damage.

Drake Debuffs

  • Inv misc head dragon red Dragon's Vengeance — Halfus takes 100% increased damage from all sources. Stacks. Applied by drake when it dies.
  • Spell holy borrowedtime Time Dilation — Warps the flow of time around the target, causing its hostile actions to occur in slow motion. Applied by Time Warden, slows Proto-Behemoth's fireballs
  • Ability druid cyclone Cyclone Winds — Envelops the target in a cyclone, slowing its casting speed by 500%. Applied by Storm Rider on Halfus, slows Shadow Nova
  • Spell arcane massdispel Nether Blindness — Nether fog blinds the target, impairing its vision and reducing its chance to hit, its attack speed, and its damage done by 25%. Applied by Nether Scion on Halfus
  • Inv stone 08 Stone Touch — Afflicts the target, causing them to occasionally become paralyzed for 12 sec. While paralyzed the target cannot move or attack. Applied by Slate Dragon on Halfus
  • Ability creature poison 02 Atrophic Poison — Poisons the target, reducing its damage done by 750. Applied by each Orphaned Emerald Whelp on Proto-Behemoth. Stacks to 8.

Overview

Halfus Wyrmbreaker area

Halfus Wyrmbreaker and his proto-drake

Halfus Wyrmbreaker is a tank and spank fight with some interesting debuff mechanics added in. He has one add, the Proto-Behemoth, that will spit fireballs at raid members and do an AoE flame breath. It is best to ignore this drake and concentrate on killing Halfus, as it has a large health pool and its damage can be either dodged or healed through.

Four friendly drakes and a pack of whelps are imprisoned in the area where Wyrmbreaker is engaged, but in normal mode 2 are unavailable each week. When freed, each drake or whelp pack will put a debuff on both the boss and (on heroic mode) the raid. It will initially attack Halfus and give him its debuff, but after a couple seconds, the boss emotes, "Halfus Wyrmbreaker binds the <drake type> to his will!" The drake or pack then becomes mind controlled and must be tanked (and possibly killed depending on your tactic for the week).

Below 50% he periodically casts unavoidable AoE ability called Furious Roar which is a raid wide aoe and stun which hits for around 10,000 three times.

Drakes

The drake composition of the fight is selected per week and, like classic Nefarian, getting a difficult combination of adds might mean you have to wait until next week.

A drake being active means that Halfus has a buff that that drake can counter to some degree when it is released. A drake being unavailable (which only happens in Normal mode - yes, it's easier) means Halfus simply does not have that ability needing to be countered for the week. In heroic mode, Halfus has all abilities active, and you need to choose which abilities you want to counter (which drakes to release, and in which order).

The Nether Scion
Pre-fight, applies a frenzy buff to Halfus Wyrmbreaker (+100% attack speed). When freed, reduces his attack speed, hit chance and damage done.
The Time Warden
Gives Proto-Behemoth Fireball Barrage ability. When freed slows fireballs' flying speed.
The Slate Dragon
Gives Wyrmbreaker his Malevolent Strikes ability, which causes a stacking healing debuff. When freed periodically stuns Halfus for 12 seconds.
The Orphaned Emerald Whelps
Give Proto-Behemoth Scorching Breath ability. When freed, lower the damage it does.
The Storm Rider
Gives Wyrmbreaker a Shadow Nova ability which deals AoE damage and knocks people back. When freed, reduces his cast speed, so it becomes possible to interrupt.

Strategy

Two tanks are recommended for Halfus Wyrmbreaker, as additional drakes have to be tanked and, if the Slate Dragon is active, his hits apply a debuff that reduces healing received by 4% to a max of 15 (90% of healing negated) and stacks up rather quickly. Halfus Wyrmbreaker is tauntable until his enrage.

Halfus Wyrmbreaker has a 6-minute(?) hard enrage timer.

Strategy will depend on the drake combination of the fight. Usually two drakes will be awaken at the same time and then taken down consecutively. Once they are dead, DPS will switch to the boss. Sometimes, the raid will have to deal with two mechanics:

- If the Slate Dragon is active, the boss will get Malevolent Strikes, a Mortal Strike-like ability. Tanks must switch Halfus every N stacks (usually about 10) of Malevolent Strikes: otherwise, the tank will become unhealable. If the off-tank is busy tanking the drakes, it is handy to use a bubble or Hand of Protection on the main tank on the first 15 stacks; then the tank will retaunt Halfus.

- If the Storm Rider is active, Halfus will cast a Shadow Nova that *must* be interrupted (very hard unless the Storm Rider is released, see below). If it is not interrupted, the raid will take about 30k damage per member and suffer a knockback, making the encounter unhealable. Halfus will almost always Cast shadow nova During the 3rd stun tick of Furious Roar, while it is possible for the raid to eat this nova without too much concern if healers are keeping up it will make your healer more comfortable to interrupt and the best way to do that is to either have a mage blink the last stun and counter spell or it is possible for any other interrupt to be used at the last bit of the cast but is a little more risky.

Choosing which drakes to release can be tricky. The raid should take several considerations into account:

- The Storm Rider should always be released if active. The Shadow Nova will then become interruptable as its cast time rises from 0.25 seconds to 1.5 seconds.

- If the Slate Dragon and the Nether Scion are active, the Nether Scion has to be released. Otherwise, Malevolent Strikes will stack up very quickly.

- If the Time Warden is active, it is usually desirable to free him in order to make the Fireball Barrage slower and easier to dodge, thus avoiding a lot of raid damage.

Drake combinations

Week # US Realms Drakes EU/KR/TW Realms Drakes
Week #9 (Feb 1 - Feb 7) Slate Dragon, Time Warden, Whelps Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Time Warden
Week #10 (Feb 8 - Feb 14) Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Time Warden
Week #1 (Feb 15 - Feb 21) Storm Rider, Time Warden, Whelps Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Time Warden
Week #2 (Feb 22 - Feb 28) Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Whelps Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Slate Dragon
Week #3 (Mar 1 - Mar 7) Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Whelps Slate Dragon, Time Warden, Whelps
Week #4 (Mar 8 - Mar 14) Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Whelps Nether Scion, Time Warden, Whelps
Week #5 (Mar 15 - Mar 21) Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Time Warden Storm Rider, Time Warden, Whelps
Week #6 (Mar 22 - Mar 28) Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Time Warden Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Whelps
Week #7 (Mar 29 - Apr 4) Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Time Warden Nether Scion, Slate Dragon, Whelps
Week #8 (Apr 5 - Apr 11) Nether Scion, Storm Rider, Slate Dragon Slate Dragon, Storm Rider, Whelps

The Halfus Wyrmbreaker Adds site can also show you which drakes and abilities will be available for the current and upcoming week.

Quotes

Intro
  • Cho'gall yells: Halfus! Hear me! (The Master calls, the Master wants) Protect our secrets, Halfus. Destroy the intruders. (Murder for His glory. Murder for His hunger.)
Aggro
  • Cho'gall will have your heads! ALL OF THEM!
Killing a player
  • The burden of the damned falls upon you!
  • The wyrms will eat well tonight!
Death
  • Cho'gall yells: Flesh and sinew, weak but proud. Dare they part the Master's shroud? They stumble fumble groping blind, Finding fate and chaos intertwined.

Loot

Normal Mode
Heroic Mode

Related achievements

10-Man Heroic Videos

Heroic Halfus Wyrmbreaker Guide by OMFGCATA


Heroic: Halfus Wyrmbreaker (1080p) by Vagrant Corps

10-Man Normal Videos

Halfus Wyrmbreaker 10 man normal kill by Singularity
Halfus Wyrmbreaker Boss Guide by OMFGCATA on YouTube
10 man strategy guide, Covering all the dragons.
Halfus Wyrmbreaker by LoD on YouTube
10 man strategy guide, covering every aspect of the fight.
Halfus Wyrmbreaker by TGN on YouTube
10 Normal strategy and kill 10 Heroic first look


A Look at the 10 Man Fight by The Yogscast on YouTube

25-Man Heroic Videos

[GUIDE] Heroic: Halfus Wyrmbreaker (25H) by Sleepless Knights on YouTube

25-Man Normal Videos

Halfus Wyrmbreaker Strategy Guide by Learntoraid.com
[Guide] Normal: Halfus Wyrmbreaker by MrMilanna on YouTube

Patch changes

  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08):
    • Shadow Nova is now cast less frequently in 10-player modes to account for fewer available interrupts there.
    • The captured drakes in this encounter now apply Dragon's Vengeance when they are killed instead of when they are freed. To account for this change, the health and damage of the drakes has been reduced, and the damage bonus gained from Dragon's Vengeance has been increased.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added

External links

External link www.Learntoraid.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Strategy Guide
External link 25man.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Tactics & Strategy Guide
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