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Comment by Acku

For the trek to Rattlebore, i would suggest you use Zort's Protective Elixir as it makes the worm clearing that much more bearable.

As for Rattlebore himself, you need a healer.
You can only 2man with some a tank class in DPS as he has a lot of hp.
He also applies debuffs which reduce dmg dealt by 30% and armor by 20%.

Comment by 223384

Easily soloable as a frostmage. Clear the way and kite him until he's dead.

Comment by VanCleef

You have to complete a few quests starting with Slim Pickings from the goblin Zort before you can get this one.

Comment by 150628

This is good advice. Rattlebore is at the very end of a long series of caves called "Ice Heart Cavern" filled with Ice Heart Jormungar Feeders and their little pals Ice Heart Jormungar Spawn. The larger ones apply a corrosive spit debuff which you are probably familiar with from the lead up to this quest.

Rattlebore himself is in a larger cavern surrounded by the smaller worms, which you probably should clear before attempting the fight. He has 100,000+ HP and hits harder, especially after his debuffs (Powerful Bite and Corroded Mind) are applied. Fun facts:

Immune to sleep
Immune to fear
Immune to slowing
Immune to snares/roots

So, basically, kiting is right out. However, some people have claimed success by DOT'ing him and then running like the wind for the tunnel exit. He will reset if you outdistance him when he tries to cast, though. The quest is probably soloable by some classes, especially well-geared tanks who can heal themselves. It's definitely two-mannable with a tank+healer or tank+dps if you're sufficiently geared. For three people, it's easily done, even if you've only got cloth wearing DPS -- just remember to clear the nearby spawns and take turns with the aggro,

Comment by 240570

Can be soloed by Unholy Death Knight lvl75.

Prebuff yourself with Bone Shield, when the Bone Shield wears out use your Ice Bound fortitude, when that wears out use your next Bone Shield. Keep your diseases up and use your Death Strike on every CD to keep yourself up. Don't forget to use your Death Coil/Runestrike as a runic power escape.

Comment by 61823

Fairly easy to solo as a 75 feral druid,

Had the potion from zort (made it alot easyer), just bearform tanked him and used frenzied regen / survival intincts just for safety, wasnt really a need for it

Gear is above average tho, still got most of my old BC epics

Didnt need to pot or caster heal, just dpsed

GL and HF :)

Edit - Gave me 12 k xp when soloed with rested :) add that to the 30 k you get from the quest hand in and thats 42 k xp, for 5mins work :)

Comment by 31892

Easily soloable by a Shadow Priest using DoT kiting. Drop your DoT's, start running. Boots with speed enchant will help. Pause to reapply SW:P and DP if you start to outpace him. Refresh a DoT at least once every 9 seconds or so to prevent the mob from resetting. The mob is slow enough that you can actually outrun it.

If the path is clear, easily kited all the way out of the cave, DoTing the whole way out.

Comment by 64110

This is actually hard for Death Knights (of all specs), just to save on repair bills it's better to get some help for this one. Depending on Realm that shoulndn't be a problem.

Comment by 216658

Soloed as a level 76 prot warrior in t5/badge gear and some questing blues. Killed him with 7k/21k health left. The first time he used corrosive mind I popped enraged regeneration, and just kept spamming shield slam/revenge/devastate/concussion blow. I didn't need need last stand or shield wall but if you get low on health just pop either of them. Also, keep shield block up on every cooldown, it reduces the damage you take by quite a lot.

Comment by CorvinCorvae

Soloed as a 74 BM spec hunter. Some kara/gruuls gear. Boar pet, just healed him and blew him away. Feigned twice as I was getting up on the aggro. he almost killed me first time, but I wasn't at full mana starting. feigned out of that, ressed pet, waited for mana, and hit. Mana potted once, otherwise, never used the item from previous quests. Didn't get hit with acid, so...

Comment by Kimoshi

Soloed as a 75 Unholy DK.

Put on what tank gear I have (11.89% parry, 12% dodge, 16k HP, 51.4% armor mitigation).

Sent in my ghoul, let him take a hit or two, then went to town. Didn't use Scourge Strike any really, only death. Blood strike when I have blood runes so they can be used for more Death Strikes. Used a health pot at maybe 50%, and Empower Rune Weapon at 25. I transformed into a ghoul right at maybe 5%. Told my pet to huddle and proceeded to kill him.

Comment by 245256

Soloed with easy as an 80 SPriest. I bubbeled, let my Shadowfiend take initial aggro, and then dotted up before Mind Blast. From there, I just alternated Mind Flay-Dots-Mind Blast, with bubble as necessary. I didn't need Dispersion, though I got a bit low towards the end.
Really, the trick was to let my Shadowfiend hold the beast's attention for about 8 seconds before doing what you always do.

Comment by 267348

soloed as 73 demo lock. just make sure that you keep your felguard alive ... this worm hits hard! ;-)

edit: i'm very poorly equipped (only greens), and it still wasn't very difficult.

Comment by Keiren

Easily solo'd as an Arcane Mage (77): Run, Jump, Spin, Arcane Barrage, repeat until dead, refreshing Slow as needed...

Biggest challenge was not aggroing stuff on the way up.

Comment by 262354

Not *entirely* sure on this, since I only remembered to pop the protective elixir in the middle of the fight, but i *think* that the elixir might invisibly apply to hunter pets as well. I noticed that all the worms I fought on the way out failed to inflict their debuff on my pet. That would definitely make this thing a *little* easier to hunter-solo, anyway.

Comment by 44807

Rattlebore dies, you gain 6251 experience.

Level 73 Elemental Shaman.

Just heal your earth elemental and perhaps have a mana pot standing by just in case.
I used Wind Shock but pulled aggro a few times anyway, you'll probably survive until Earth Elemental taunted back again.

Comment by 263563

i think they have change her now she is NOT solobale any longer
i'm a hunter lvl 78 my pet is 77 she killed my pet in 10 secunds and the thing that Znort gives you didn't help at all
and yes i tried to heal my pet i use Heart of Phoenix dead in 10 secunds any way
and yes i have played Hunter in 2 years time now

Comment by silkfire

Shouldn't killing Rattlebore make the Crystalline Ice Giants friendly? Like the Ogri'la ogres?

Okay, that was the last time I helped a giant. That goblin was right.

Comment by 284096

Easily soloable as a 76 BM hunter with a gorrila as of today.
Keep heal pet up and when he gets low on health use distracting shot and run like crazy for 6 secounds to give your pet some time to get his health back up.
took about 2 minutes, easy as =)

Comment by 173605

Solo'ed by a level 77 prot warrior. Just make sure you save the potion for this guy and it should be cake. I had almost 100% hp after using enraged regeneration in the middle of the fight.

Just make sure you clear the area first before engaging.

Comment by 90908

Killed him with 75 Fury warrior in prot gear (512 defense) and 75 rogue without even breaking a sweat.

Comment by Flaccus

As a level 76 Blood Death Knight, in Prot Gear:

Make sure to imbibe the quest potion you were given. It helps.
At first I couldn't solo him because I was in tank gear / frost presence, so I didnt have nearly enough DPS.However, there was a nice human Warrior (75, Arms specced) also there. We communicated by emotes and we both killed him twice for our quest.

First time it was pretty close as he hit me damn hard. The second time it was a breeze.

A nice little heart-warming tale of cross-faction co-operation :-)

Comment by 286647

Soloed with my 75 Retri Pala, isnt easy at all, just keep your seal of wisdom and healing all the time and you should be fine

Comment by Poposhka

at 77 with 8.5K armor my ret paladin took him down to about 25% before i was competely oom after popping a pot, LoH, and all my other cooldowns. It might be doable solo as a RetPally, but with 12K HP and that snake hitting me for 1500 - 2000 per swing, i kept alternating between JoW and Holy Light.

I don't believe the Ret Pala that soloed him at 75. But if you try, make sure you got BoW+SoW+JoW and pop Divine Favor all the time, to keep mana up, keep healing yourself between Judgement cooldowns...and maybe it will work.

Tried a second time, this time it went worse. he hits too hard.

Comment by 292885

Solo'ed by a 74 blood DK. Used Icebound Fortitude, Vampiric Blood and Mark of Blood.

Also used Zort's Protective Elixir (which really helps btw).

She hit me for about 1,9k/swing (i was wearing quest gear and some instance blues)

Make sure you have your ghoul up so u can use Death Pact if you go too low on hp (Death Pact will heal you for about 3-4k if u have vampiric blood up), use Rune Strike whenever it is available, keep diseases up and spam Death Strike and Heart Strike.

Absolutely manageable with some luck

Comment by 295926

78 Prot Pally, easily soloable - just a matter of keeping SoW up, a few heals here and there if needed and the usual tank rotation of spells. She will roughly hit for 300-400 (Around 1100 if not blocked) and Corroded Mind will hit for 'round 1100.

Just posting for those who are wondering if they need really a group or not for this.

Comment by camilocraft

I Just do it with my lvl 77 Retri Pally.Mostly in blues from pre-area instances Just a dps race after all my mana was lost. kill the guy the fastest as you can and dont forget use the pot that they give to u.

I need Buble + LoH + healing pot. This guy is really hard

Comment by grawss

He runs slower than 115%, and quite possibly slower than 108%. Those with run speed can kite him to death.

Comment by 81448

Soloable as a 75 shadow priest with 930 spell damage and 13k HP. Very difficult and died 3 times attempting.

Clear a path through the tunnel all the way to the beginning. Do this quick to avoid respawns and then run back to him. Tag him with a Vampiric Touch and Mind Blast at max distance and start running! Do a strafe run back to the beginning while keeping him dotted up with Vampiric Embrace, Shadow Word: Pain, and Devouring Plague. Shadow Word: Death occassionally if you feel safe enough. If he stops to cast Corrosive Acid, quickly turn and grab him with a Mind Blast and keep running. If you run out of tunnel space, Shield up and run through him and back down the tunnel. He died for me on the way back down. Stay in shadow form as it reduces damage by 15%. I tried it previously out of SF with Renew and died trying it that way.

Comment by BristolUTD

Just soloed her with a lvl 76 BM Hunter.
I was using a cat with 9447HP and 13768 armor.
I have 20% crit chance and 2k ap with AotDh.
I send my pet with misdirect, imedialty cast mend pet, put a sting and pop all of my cooldowns(I am an Orc) and 1 trinket. Recast Mend pet when needed.
This way I got her down to 40% and my pet had 300HP(dead). Used HotP
When my pet is rezzed used mend pet and send pet back on attacking the worm. I FD and I had no mana,used a mana pot and poped my 2nd trinket. When the worm was @ aprox 1% my pet was almost dead but I managed to kill her.
Horray :)

Comment by 113411

You better believe it, this worm was taken down by two LASER CHICKENS, levels 74 and 75. Sure, of course, we wiped a few times, since being a true boomkin means going all out and never holding back. But then we finally decided that one of us should act as a healer. The other one downed a flask of the frost worm and we were ready to go!

First things first, we both released our treants and let the worm chew on them for a little bit. Both of us dropped faerie fire to lower its armor, then I went ballistic, dropping starfall, insect swarm, moonfire, and a typhoon before I began spamming wrath as if the sun would never rise again. My fellow boomkin in elf form kept me alive with helpings of rejuvenation, lifebloom, and the occasional regrowth. Knowing that the was healing me well, I slapped on the barkskin and showered down an uninterruped hurricane! Slugged down a quick mana potion, whose effect was boosted by my alchemist stone, refreshed insect swarm, faerie fire, and moonfire, threw a second typhoon at it, then started a second wrath spam whereupon it collapsed in a glorious pile of worm goo!

BOOMKIN POWER!

Don't underestimate.

Comment by 102479

Yeah well Shadowpriest lvl 59 no big deal, if you have good gear. Just kill a mob for 5 stacks Shadoweaving then put on shield activate trinket and go all out on the worm. A Healing Potion does a great job in this fight and Dispersion can be used in the end just make sure all Dots are up when you use it. Shadowfiend CD sould be rdy too, u will use Shield on CD so you will need a lot of Mana.

I didn't try to run, just in the beginning until all Dots where up. Think this depends on gear and lvl if it's not very good i think Dot&Run works better ^^

Comment by 306055

soloable as 73 enha shaman

Comment by 302942

Easily soloable as a blood DK. Remember to stay in frost presence and pop Mark of blood, IB, RT, VB when necessary.

Comment by 297120

Soloable as a level 68 balance druid. That's not to say I did it. Got her to 68hp last attempt. Opening with treants and pre-heals is a must, as is popping everything you have. That poison hurts.

Edit: It seems pre-healing and bursting may not be the only way. She appears to hit 2k on normal form with levelling armour.

Eventually beat her by pre-healing, sending treants, nuking hard, healing during barkskin, using pots etc then, and then finishing her off. Died and killed her at the same time. so satisfying.

Comment by RogueJedi86

Ko'char said a Plaguelands adventurer named Rattlebore. Any idea who this refers to?

Comment by 295903

Solo'd as a level 75 Unholy DK.

Of course, DK's can solo anything that doesn't hit for too much at once. I didn't even have that elixir; I died the first time because my stupid ghoul aggro'd like every worm in the cave on me. -_-

Comment by 260704

Solo'd her/him as a 73 Unholy Tank spec DK, with Cobalt gear BS can make and the tank gear you get from the Nexus quest. Just changed my rotation to hit Death Strike every time it was up instead of Scourge Strike. Also, I have the glyph of Death Strike, so it healed me a bit more. Went it with Bone Armor up and off CD, so I could hit it again part way thru. Hit Icebound Fort. right towards the beginning, and it was off CD towards the end of the fight so I hit it again. Lived with 200 hp :P. Forgot to hit my Gargoyle, would have made it a bit easier. I did have the elixir thing up on me, and did us a health pot towards the end.

Comment by 315237

Solo'd by a 75 Feral druid in quest gear, didnt even have to use barskin.

Edit: Yes Setup, it is soloable. Maybe you had some bad luck or you just have to l2p.

Comment by ZookCloak

Just solo'd this as a level 74 Frost-Tank spec Death Knight in green/blue tanking gear. Used all my cooldowns throughout the fight, and beat her with about 10% of my HP remaining. I highly recommend saving Zort's Elixir for this fight - it saved me from a lot of damage. Got her on my first try, though. :)

Comment by Flameseeker

Easily solo'd as a 74 Shadowpriest w/ 1245 spellpower. Just dot and kite :D

Comment by Shemmari

solo'ed as a lvl 80 rogue with full t7.5 gear had to pop evasion twice and nuke.

Comment by SpartanCaliber

For those who want to solo, make sure you have some way of healing yourself, a lot. Boomkin, 11k~ armor. Hit me for 1,400-2,100. Good luck lol. Bring a healer and a dps. Make this a cake walk.

Comment by 331863

Cave entrance: 57.5,12.4 .

Comment by heine123

Soloed it as a lvl 76 BM Hunter, was fairly easy, just kited him between me and my pet with "Distracting shot" keept Mend pet(my pet is a Tank specced Gorilla) up together with Scorpid sting, and then just ran back and fourth and taunted him off my pet when it was getting low, healed it up while i Kited it for a time, for then back to dps/Tank then back to kiting again while pet got up to full health again. fun fight :)

just make sure to clear some space before you attempt, ... oh and i forgot to use that Elixir thingie i got.. Hmm

Comment by mistyblue

soloed as a lvl 76 dk mostly blood spec never got below 50% health was rather easy.
just be sure to use the elixir before hand.

Comment by Giygas

Just soloed him with a 75lvl Frostfire Mage. Started with a few FFB, and used Living bomb and ran away(To the exit ofcourse). Kept living bomb up, and used Fire Blast so he wont reset. Managed to throw some FFB and a few instant Pyros aswell. Went LoS when he used the poison. So with a caster who has DoTs, its soloable, you just have to clear the area first. Remember to use mana gems, and a pot if needed.

Comment by hermeska

Something just went a little crazy on this quest for me (solo 77 prot warrior).

I died the first time killing him. Went in for a second shot, got him to about 20% HP and again, died. Ran to my corpse, rezzed, then ran out of the tunnel to see if I could pick up the potion again, picked up too many ads (cos I'm lazy) and died. Again, went to get my corpse at the entrance, then flew back to the quest giver, at which point the quest become completed?

There was a stack of time between when I died from him and got back to the quest giver, NFI how this happened.

Comment by 302741

L75 retribution paladin in Northrend quest gear (11.1k health, 4.8k mana, 1.5k AP, 13300 armor), no real trouble. Cleansed what I could, seal of wisdom, judgement of light and retri aura with a sword and board, using just the judgement and crusader strike for damage to save mana for heals. Got quite low a few times (it can hit really hard) but overall it wasn't too difficult. A fun fight.

Comment by 361776

Soloed with a 72 Blood DK in Frost Presence. Very easy but use http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=36770 (Zort'sProtective Elixir) before fighting. Just keep track of your diseases and use Death Strike whenever you can. Use runetaps when lower than 10k HP and pop Ghoul in the middle of the fight to add more DPS and whenever you're low on health, use Death Pact at low health.

Comment by 367219

31,150 xp at level 74.

Comment by 247674

Soloed with a 74 Enhance Shammy. Kill everything around the boss, put up your finest totems, get your wolves ready and your mean Fire Totem. Easy Kill

Comment by 195513

Impossible to solo as an arms warrior, Just to let anyone know dont waste your time!

Comment by Conal

It took a little bit of time but this is easily soloable as a 73 demo lock (with quest greens and blues). All I had to do was send my felguard in and keep him alive while he put the hurt on.

Comment by Sethebos

As an 80 mage, I didn't find it very hard, I just tanked it. Used my Frost PvP spec, had 13k hp and around the same amount of mana. Started fully buffed with the pot from the goblin and Ice Barrier, popped IV+trinket, summoned WE, Ice Block when your Barrier breaks and it's on cd. Cold Snap, rince and repeat, used a health pot and my 70 Battlemaster trinket at the end. I guess this is easily soloable for someone with better gear than mine.

Comment by 435619

Just did as 76 Prot Warrior, got it first try. If you're a prot warrior, well, if you're any class, make sure you clear the patrolling MOBs near Rattlebore first, don't want them getting in the way. I completely forgot about the elixir (V_>) but it would probably be a good idea to use it. Really only took heavy damage from the poison which ticked for ~450. Started off, pulled Rattlebore over to the cave side wall, popped shield block and starting going through the rotation with Devastate and SS/Revenge procs. I popped Enraged Regen & Lifeblood at the start of the fight, kept my HP above 90%. Thought it was going to be easy until the poison hit me and started draining. Again, elixir, use it. Anyways I eventually knocked Rattlebore down after a minute or so with a little bit of health left.

If you're a prot warrior, DO NOT FORGET about your rage bar. You need rage dumps in this fight, as you'll shoot up to a full bar pretty quickly. Use whatever you can as a dump, HS, Concussion Blow, Shockwave, etc. The stuns have no effect but they still deal decent damage.

Stats
~18.9K health with Stam Scroll + Comm. Shout
1603AP
17.9K Armor
460 def

Comment by 429019

I managed to solo this as 74 Demo lock easy peasy :) All i had to do was to summon my felguard. Then just clear the area for ugly worms. Then in the fight of Rattlebore let the Felguard get some threat then put up some DoT's and just use health funnel until Rattlebore dies :) (Keep the DoT's up or else it would take aloot of time :) ) Hope you liked my tutorial :)

Comment by Galabriel

TIPS for 73+ Ret Paladins with only questing greens

Here's what has worked for me after numerous attempts:

Start off by clearing out the adds to one of the sides
Buff yourself as much as possible (in my case I had 30crit/30stam food, 60ap elixir, and an armor scroll)
When you're ready with your buffs and at full mana, cast a Holy Light on yourself immediately followed by drinking your best water to regain mana -- do this until you get a crit HL heal. (the reason for this is that due to Sheath of Light, you'll have heals that tick for 1k for the first 7-8 seconds of the fight and that really counts for a lot)
When your heals are ticking and you're on full mana ASAP pop your Avenging Wrath (you want to be able to bubble within 30secs) and any AP trinkets and such and engage the fight.
Judge Light and do your normal rotation; instant heal with FoL whenever Art of War procs.

1st time your health gets low: use your best health potion
2nd time your health gets low: pop Lay on Hands
3rd time your health gets low: pop Divine Shield (by now, if you werent really unlucky with crits, you should be at least 25-30 seconds into the fight anyway and DS should be usable)

Good luck!

Comment by Dracomortis

As others have stated, Rattlegore moves at a slower pace than 100% speed (I would guess it to be around 80-90%), so she can be kited, especially if you have instant-cast DoTs. Those without DoTs can still do it, it's just going to require a bit more skill (you're either going to have to get your spells off by spin-jumping or by running, popping a spell or two, and then running some more). Make sure you clear any worms that could potentially wander into your path on the way out - some of them, especially the ones immediately surrounding Rattlebore, can move around quite a bit. Unless you're in plate, avoid getting hit at all costs - she was hitting my boomkin for about 1.5k in mostly dungeon blues.

As a 75 boomkin, I pulled her with Improved Faerie Fire and then applied Insect Swarm whenever its duration ran out. Whenever I felt I was far enough from her to get away with it, I stopped long enough to get in a Moonfire before continuing my run (I'm not very good at spin-jumping, so I had to stop and manually face her each time - it was still easy enough to do). I wound up kiting her all the way back to the questgiver before she finally died. Only got hit twice, and that was because I got overconfident and tried to get a Wrath off.

TL;DR: Clear a path, then DoT kite her all the way out of the tunnel until she dies.

Comment by nowayride

Very easy with a 75 hunter. Just distract kite with your pet. He runs so slow you can usually distract twice with pet on stay then let him run back and beat on your pet a bit.

Comment by Glof

Soloable as level 71+ lock, i did it at level 73. How to do it as a lock:
You must be demonology to solo it, otherwise you will get DESTROYED.
Summon your VOIDWALKER (I'll say why in a minute). Clear all the adds and get full hp/mana. Cast Fel Armor (For healing). Then start the fight with your voidwalker, Spam the worm with dots and whenever the Voidwalker is below 3/4 hp use your "Health funnel", if you use Fel guard for this he will die because of lower armor, making the worm hit higher and making your Health funnel not work as well. Because of the Fel armor healing, you wont lose ANY health from healing your voidwalker. If you get aggro, dont worry, your voidwalker will use its torment and the worm will attack him again, if the worm hits you and you get low hp, cast Death coil on it, it won't aggro. Let your voidwalker tank until the worm has around 1/4 hp (remember to splash it with dots when voidwalker is full hp). Once it is 1/4 hp Cast all your spells on it to finish it off quickly.
Notes: 72k hp, immune to: Almost everything

~~~GLOF~~~

Comment by 316476

Soloed as 74lv Enha Shamy.

Tactics:

1) pop up Earth Elemental to tank
2) Melee the worm and heal the elemental
3) Elemental died at about 40k of the worm
4) pop up Wolves, Rage, Bloodlust, Trinkets and burst him down

Not too easy but soloable.

Comment by 540998

Soloed as a lvl 77 retri paladin in basic greens/blues. Was easy. Usehttp://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=36770 and dispell the poison he frequently throws. Threw in HoL when health got too low and once Avenging Wrath was done and I could bubble up I did as it gives me some extra nuking while filling up mana/health. I used SoC, BoM and retri aura and regular dps cycle. Make sure to throw in FoL on every Art of War proxx.

Comment by aganlon

Soloed as a Blood Death Knight in mainly blue gear.

Threw Mark of Blood, and a Raise Dead. That basicly kept my life up. Popped the ghoul at 5 seconds left.
Used Rune Tap a few times, just to be sure.

Remember to go Frost Presence and Horn of Winter.

Comment by 547780

Rattlebore is no pushover.

Trying to solo as a level 75 affliction lock using the same technique I used to solo the other quest elites in Dragonblight.

I got her down to about 20k health before my voidwalker died and she came after me. Needless to say, she hits cloth pretty hard. I also forgot to put that protective elixir on, but I'm not sure how much it would have helped.

Comment by 539250

Was able to solo this as a lvl 73 Elemental Shaman (very well geared, 1100 sp).

I dropped Cleansing Totem, Totem of Wrath, and Wrath of Air totem. Then I cast a LB and threw down Earth Elemental Totem (I tried Fire Elemental but he took too much damage).

Throughout the fight I kept Flame Shock and Water Shield up and alternated between throwing my Earth Elemental a LHW and putting in a LB.

Once the worm got to about 33% health I popped Heroism to finish him off. It was a close fight as I ended up with 1k health.

Comment by euroq

Everyone here says it was really hard... it's not. We did it with just a lock (felguard) and a priest. Also, I think it could have been soloed by the lock/felguard combo.

Comment by 624985

Soloed as a 76 feral druid - ended up with 50% hp so it can probably be done at 73/74 ish but it will be tight. I was fully buffed with 19k in bear form using half of a tanking set from TBC.

Important things to remember:-

- barkskin works in bear form. Use it!
- frenzied regen is great. Get full rage then pop it and enjoy the numbers.
- do not go out of bear form to heal. You will get stomped for big damage and you'll be back at square one.
- Use a HP pot
- Badge of Tenacity or Charm of Alacrity or something like that is great to have too. You'll get to pop it twice this fight.

As with every other elite in Dragonblight, if you play well you'll have no problems at all.

Comment by mtpleasantries

That's what she said

Comment by 387090

Just a friendly reminder, be sure to use Zort's Protective Elixir that you get from the goblin, as it makes you immune to whatever acidic DoT the worm spits.

Comment by Altaris

Soloed as 76 boomkin in level 70 pvp gear, S4 Brutal set. Was a cake walk. Clear the room, eat/drink back up to full. Start in battle chicken form, casted starfire, star surge, treants, then star fall and start running in a circle around her room in a strafe motion. Alternate hots with moon fire and insect swarm. Still had bark skin and pots if need be, ended at 100% hp and 70% mana.

Comment by 749292

Soloed as a level 75 Disc Priest in Northrend greens and blues. I used Zort's Protective Elixir just before the fight and cleared out the room before pulling Rattlebore.

She could one-shot my bubble, so I spent most of my time spamming Heal on myself. Renewed my bubble whenever Weakened Soul fell off. I kept Shadow Word: Pain and Devouring Plague up on her and used Shadowfiend when she had about a third of her health left.

Heal has a low mana cost but a long cast time, so I would chain-cast it on myself. I tossed a few Flash Heals when my health got low and renewed DoTs between Heal casts. With the low mana cost of Heal, my mana never dropped below 7k, but I had to keep rolling Heals to survive. It was a long fight but fairly easy once I got the rhythm down.

Comment by Neptunestar

I just Soloed this quest as a level 73 Hunter with a level 70 pet and both me and my pet had allmost 24k in health together and all i did first was clearing the way from the small ones and then when the path was cleared I just sent out my pet on Rattlebore and just kept using mend pet to heal my pet. Also i used Arcane Shot all the time except for Serpent Sting (one time) and Kill Shot (2-3) times. And I never got hit and my pet never died :) even though that my pet's life were near 4-5k health I never failed the quests :)

Comment by 778141

This can be soloed by a lvl 75 frosmage in lvl 70 Brutal PvP gear with gems. Just have gems that give stam and have a good critical strike rating and you will pwn her.

I did it by using the Elemental's freeze,used the 2 charges of ice lance given by that and then used icy veins and mirror image and went Frostbolt/Ice Lance. It'll keep attacking the Mirror Images which is kind of funny. Use the Elemental's freeze as soon as it's available and you'll be done. Really easy.

Hope this helps.

P.S.: if you already have Deep Freeze use that right after the Elemental's freeze for a 10k crit, very nice :D

Comment by 875902

just soloed this on my 75 hunter. send pet in first. mend pet. dps. win

Comment by fordahord

I'm gonna guess this quest has been nerfed a bit. I just did it with a level 73 Disc Priest. It wasn't just easy; it was dull.

I had deleted Zort's mixture long ago, but the only defense I needed was my Power Word: Shield (maybe that's it -- PW:S was beefed up in the last patch).

I used Shadow Word: Pain and Devouring Plague. And that's all!

I didn't try to run or kite her in any way. I just stood there and let her hit my shield. I didn't even use my shadow fiend or any trinkets. Nothing to it. Heck, the hardest part was taking the time to kill all the nearby worms before I started...

Comment by TimeTraveler

Happy to see all the comments about how to beat this worm but could someone tell me how to find it. I have looked for this cave forever. Found the one in the Crystal Vice but that is not the one. No coordinate program. Anyone got a pic ?

Comment by MABGamer6407

Something is fishy about the worms name...just replace the B with a G an you get a known returning Boss from a now heroic Dungy..

Comment by MakriWorgen

I did this quest today and the exp reward has changed. It is now 3,100 exp and not 31,150 exp as stated at the top of this page. Equip and money rewards stay the same.

Comment by Vestooms

Easily soloed as 75 arms warrior. 11k health. No healer or wing man necessary.

-Take the elixir (wasn't necessary for me but if needed)
-Clear the area
-She's done in about 5 hits

Comment by 1440987

Really Big Worm http://youtu.be/U1E38sM2fYg

Comment by Boxofbeer

Really Big Worm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn6fSNq8CV4

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIBd1ehID0g&feature=youtu.be

Comment by astralInferno

If you're doing this for the dragonblight loremaster, note that you have to complete Worm Wrangler from Zort as well. (And possibly Stomping Grounds, but I handed that in before so I can't be sure.)

Links

Really Big Worm

Enter the Ice Heart Cavern and slay Rattlebore. If it is still in your possession, be sure to use Zort's Protective Elixir to protect you from the Jormungar's corrosive spit.

Return to Ko'char the Unbreakable in the Crystal Vice when the task is complete.

	Rattlebore slain (1)

Description

The jormungar have a spawnmother in the caverns below. We call her Rattlebore - a name that was gifted to her by an adventurer from the Plaguelands. I saw her only briefly as I was fighting off their initial onslaught - she is large enough to devour one of my young whole. This cavern will not be ours until she is removed from it.

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Thin Jormungar Legwraps			Rattlebore Slayer Leggings
	Ice Heart Chestguard			Crystalplate Legguards

You will receive:

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(12080))