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Comment by 482229

ehm last boss Nefarian :P

Comment by shadowaninja

Is anyone else getting tired of this "_____ was merely a setback!" stuff? It was fine the first few times, but it's starting to get a bit rediculous. What's the point of fighting anymore if all the biggest bad guys just get reanimated everytime?

Welcome to World of Zombiecraft.

Comment by matoh

Blackrock Spire was merely a setback

Comment by onnut

there should be an achievement for defeating:
-Both Kael'thases
-All 3 Blood princes in and out of Icecrown Citadel
-Both Anub'Araks
-Both Nefarians
Reward: Title
<Name> The Back Setter

Comment by Takakura

Does anyone else wonder what the point of cutting peoples' heads off if the buggers just won't stay down?

Just steal their hand or something.

Comment by MarUlberg

And anyone who doesn't get resurrected, gets someone to take there place....

Comment by boonya

This is what happens when Wow puts out ^&*! content like Wrath. Everyone complains that it's ^&*! and how good the old raid content was, the old content is brought back and everyone whines and complains.

Comment by Drexai

Oh come on, you guys are hardly being fair. Us as player characters have returned from the dead hundreds upon hundreds of times; is it fair that if we have had so many setbacks of our own, while these bosses aren't entitled to one or two?

Comment by Guanyin

Actually, it makes perfect sense.

We die, we respawn. Boss dies, boss respawns.

We kill the bosses for the stuff they drop, for the fight, for achievements, raid progress etc.
Not to actually kill them. So they respawn, and we can kill them again, and then they respawn a bit stronger in another raid. And once again, we kill them.

It's what this game is all about :]

Comment by Deathwalker98

where is here Blackwing

Comment by 395813

lol it would Seem Deathwing is Bringing the Family together
Somebody Data Mined and Found Undead Onyxia, Undead Nefarian and Sinestra

Comment by roody

there is now a total of 6, SIX!, dungeons in blackrock mountain. granted, the thing is huge. but since i'm not in beta and haven't had chance to see it for myself, I'm really curious as to how do they all fit in there? :D

Comment by 386896

blackwing lair was merely a setback! did you really think i would trust this mountain to some dark iron heathens?

Comment by 5688

10 Man Regular Strategy
by Cromar of TGN

Video (tank perspective):
Part 1, Part 2

This is a fun encounter consisting of 4 golem bosses with a shared HP pool of 32M. You can stack them for extra damage from incidental AOEs, tank cleave, etc. The bosses do not do any cleaves, stacking buffs, or crazy AOEs that punish the tanks for this strategy. When the fight starts, only one golem is active. It has 100 stored energy, which starts draining as soon as you pull. Once the energy hits 50, another golem will "wake up" and join the fight. Once the first golem reaches 0, it shuts down, and a new one spawns. This continues in a cycle until you kill the boss.

Tanks: A "stream" from the back wall to the next golem will show you which one is spawning next. Get ready to pick that one up once your golem reaches about 3 or 4 energy. You will know what golem to expect based on the color of the stream. Don't stand in poison clouds, and don't let the boss stand in whirlpools.

Healers: When you see "Aquiring Target" go off, Magmatron's target is about to take a lot of damage. A helpful red beam points to whoever is being targeted. The tanks are eligible targets as well. Get ready with preventive healing/shielding. If you are running low on mana, stand in a whirlpool for some nice regen.

DPS: Stand in the whirlpools for a buff. Don't stand in the poison clouds. Kill any slimes that spawn (they spawn 3 at a time and you get a raid warning). If a slime is targeting you, kite it (especially if you are melee). Try to slow it, though I'm not 100% sure if that works. When a boss casts their "shield" ability (look for keywords Barrier, Shield, Shell, or Absorption) switch targets immediately, or bad things happen. Special note for melee: Your tank might get hit with the "Lightning Conductor" debuff. Watch out for this. If that happens, get away from the tank ASAP as they will be hitting you with a big aoe.

Everyone: Spread out as much as you can. Don't stand in the bad stuff, but do stand in the good stuff. If you are targeted by Magmatron's "Acquiring Target" spell, stand there and take it (use damage reduction cooldowns if you have them; it will save the healer a lot of trouble).

Boss abilities:

Magmatron:
Incineration Security Measure - Shoots out jets of flame all over the room. Don't stand in the fire. If you are the tank, don't move or rotate the boss.
Aquiring Target - Targets one raid member and, after a few seconds, shoots a huge jet of flame straight at them. Get out of the way, and heal the target.
Barrier - Absorbs 300k damage and explodes to deal 75k damage to everyone. Don't attack the barrier.

Toxitron:
Poison Cloud - Causes anyone standing in it to gain a debuff that increases all damage taken by 50%, including the boss.
Poison Protocol - Summons 3 slow moving slimes that crawl towards a chosen target. Kill the slimes with ranged dps. If the slimes reach their target, they explode for about 100k and leave a pool of poison. Don't stand in that, and don't let a slime hit you; if you are being chased, kite it. Slimes are untauntable.
Poison Soaked Shell - When struck, the boss puts a stacking dot on the attacker. However, the dot has a benefit; when you attack with it, you deal a huge burst of nature damage (10k per stack). Try not to get it stacked too much, though, for the healers' sake.

Electron:
Lightning Conductor - Puts a debuff on one target that hits all nearby raid members for big damage. If you get this debuff as a healer or dps, run away from the group. If a tank gets the debuff, pay attention and move away from the tank.
Chain Lightning - Not sure about the name or how much damage you can expect, but he does a chain lightning, so spread out.
Unstable Shield - When struck, the boss lets out a very high damage AOE. Don't hit the boss when this is up.

Arcanotron: Pull him out of his whirlpool, but make sure he's close enough to it that melee can stand in it.
Whirlpool - Gives whoever is standing in it a big boost to damage and mana regen. Stand in the whirlpool, but make sure the boss isn't.
Arcane Annihilator - Short cast time, interruptable, does a lot of damage to one target. Buffed by Power Conversion.
Power Conversion - Causes the boss to generate a stacking damage buff whenever he is struck. Don't hit him when he has this up. The damage buff is stealable, so if you like living dangerously, a mage might want to try that.

Comment by skribs

To all those complaining about "It was merely a setback" type encounters...bosses respawn every week. We resurrect after every wipe. We got stronger after every kill. Doesn't it make sense that the bosses should get stronger after looting our corpses?

Comment by 689876

i like ow 3 bosses only react to Horde ...well thats what wowhead thinks

Comment by 175130

For newcomers, how to get in the entrance: you start from outside the mountain, approach from the 2 o'clock position (heading south-west toward the mountain). Once you get to the mountain, fly about 3/4 of the way up. You will see an open terrace with the raid entrance on the left-hand side.

Comment by 238581

You haven't lived until you've seen a hovering drake ride an elevator.

Comment by Lindentree

I always wondered where that doorway led to...

Comment by 744470

Entrance coords 23,26 in Burning Steppes (on the outside of Blackrock Mountain). Coords for meeting stone 25,23

Comment by 252897

Nefarian has the most awesome and sarcastic lines when doing the instance on heroic. The way he interrupts the fight to make it more entertaining is amazing : D

Comment by Rappy

Seems someone sewed her head back on...might explain the dragon claw marks on SW's gates.

I don't know, maybe it's.... like Deathwing claws? Like in intro?

Naaah

Comment by Raszero

What I want to know is what happens if I get to the Onyxia boss and I have Head of Onyxia in my inventory. A Most Puzzling Circumstance indeed :)

Comment by 44284

Wowhead is incorrect to list Maloriak as the third boss in this raid. In fact, the third boss in BWD is the BWD Elevator, accessable once Magmaw and the Omnitron Defense System are defeated.

Comment by Draste

WHY isnt the elevator boss listed?

Comment by 590092

what average ilvl is required for this raid?
its prolly around 340 isnt it?

Comment by philijongon

But...Onyxia's Lair was still merely a setback. A model of an undead Onyxia has been datamined. Seems someone sewed her head back on...might explain the dragon claw marks on SW's gates.

The claw marks on SW gates are from Deathwing, it's even shown on the login screen.

Comment by 115921

The claw marks on SW gates are from Deathwing, it's even shown on the login screen.

Uhmmm... please take notice to when that comment was posted, obviously before cata =P

Not deathwing. lol

Comment by 592044

There is no Maloriak link on the Blackwing Descent menu under the Blackrock Mountain list.

edit: This was meant as feedback. I've found the appropriate channels.

Comment by 618815

On heroic encounters, nefarion will chime in for every one one of the bosses, giving some background info on them as well as assisting them in various ways and generally annoying your raid.

Comment by 806819

type for mages at Magmaw fight and Defense system when magmaw makes pillar of flame u can just blink to other place dont need to run and at omnitron def system one of bosses named Arcanotron give himself spell named *
Power Conversion: Increases 10% attack speed and magic damage every time Arcanotron is hit. You shouldn't have any stacks of that (since that is his "shield"), but if you do - Converted Power is a magic buff and you can remove it. mages can spellsteal it and it makes them higher dps and haste ;D

Comment by 817595

I have a fire mage item lvl 349 and was wondering what item lvl should your character have before doing this raid?

Comment by henslock8

Blackwing Descent is home to one of the most hardest bosses in the game, The Elevator Boss.

Comment by Illearth

But its one thing when they bring a boss back with no story behind it, but if they develop the lore well enough theres no reason a boss shouldn't be able to be resurrected by a more powerful entity. Like Drexai said 6 comments up, you figure how many times we die just questing, even ignoring raiding, and its no comparison. Also, do you all get pissed off about trash mobs too? They come back. We have to kill them a bunch of times. Just be happy about bosses not having the exact same fight pattern as they did originally.

Comment by 164363

yo dawg we heard you like setbacks so we put a setback that sets back the setback we put in your setback so you can reanimate while you reanimate the reanimated setbacked reanimation. LOLWUT

Comment by Superchief

Confirmed for 4.2 several bosses are soloable by a Blood DK in full 359 justice point gear.

Comment by 759403

If these bosses get set back as many times as I get killed, I hope about....4000 years in the future my relatives enjoy killing him :P

Comment by jkurkul

Question - has the number of valor points per boss changed since 4.2 and Firelands came out?

Comment by MiltiadesBooga

The elevator will haunt your dreams.

Also, I kept getting flashbacks to Norfair in here.

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Blackrock MountainBlackrock DepthsBlackrock SpireMolten CoreBlackwing LairBlackrock CavernsBlackwing DescentMagmawOmnotronDefenseSystemMaloriakAtramedesChimaeronNefarianBlackwing DescentBlackwing LairNefarianLoot:

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Heroic: 372.

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Omnotron Defense System – The Omnotron Defense System was once touted as the Dark Iron dwarves' greatest technological marvel. When Nefarian arrived in Blackwing Descent, he repurposed the run-down system to annihilate anyone intruding on his laboratories.
Magmaw – Magmaw is a colossal lava worm summoned from the Firelands centuries ago by Ragnaros' Dark Iron servitors. Nefarian largely considers Magmaw a worrisome pest, but has grown fond of feeding the beast his failed experiments... and servants.
Atramedes – Atramedes, or Experiment 25463-D, is a failed attempt to bestow enhanced senses on a black dragon whelp. The toxic salve applied to the broodling robbed him of sight, forcing him to rely on sound and smell for survival. A tragic story... if Atramedes weren't so evil.
Chimaeron – Terrifying. Ugly. Evil. Kill it.
Maloriak – The human Malory was a bright young alchemist until he was kidnapped by Nefarian and fused with the corpse of a dragonspawn. The result-Maloriak-is a bumbling minion who possesses only a dull glimmer of his former intelligence.
Nefarian's End – Deathwing's son, Nefarian, gained infamy for his horrifying efforts to create chromatic dragons from the essences of Azeroth's various dragonflights. After his death in Blackwing Lair, he was reanimated and charged by Deathwing to continue his insidious endeavors.

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