Upper Blackrock Spire Dungeon Guide

Abilities

• Emberseer Despawn
• Fire Nova · Inflicts Fire damage to nearby enemies.
• Flame Buffet · Inflicts 761 Fire damage to an enemy and increases the Fire damage it takes by 634 for 45 sec.

Tactics

• Keep ranged players away from Emberseer so Fire Nova does not hit them.
• Flame Buffet increases the Fire damage its target takes for 45 seconds, making later Fire hits more dangerous.

Abilities

• War Stomp · Inflicts normal damage plus 50 to nearby enemies, knocking them back and stunning them for 5 sec.

Tactics

• Clear the dragonspawn already in the room before activating Father Flame.
• Keep the group together during the waves to limit line of sight problems and make AoE effective.
• Kill Rookery Hatchers before Rookery Guardians.
• Avoid walking close to eggs, which hatch whelps that can overwhelm the group.

Abilities

• Backhand · Backhands an enemy, stunning it for 2 sec.
• Strike · Strikes at an enemy, inflicting increased melee damage.
• Head Crack · Reduces an enemy's Stamina by 18 for 20 sec.

Tactics

• Keep Goraluk on a tank, since Strike deals increased melee damage.
• Backhand stuns its target for 2 seconds, so do not rely on that player to act during the stun.

Abilities

• Knock Away · Inflicts normal damage plus 30 to an enemy and knocks it back.
• Summon Rend Blackhand
• Freeze · Sends out an ice blast that stuns and damages enemies in a cone in front of the caster, then inflicts additional Frost damage every 3 sec. for 10 sec.
• Corrosive Acid Breath · Shoots a cloud of acidic breath at enemies in a cone in front of the caster, reducing their armor and inflicting Nature damage every 5 sec. for 30 sec.
• Flame Breath · Inflicts 507 Fire damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Tactics

• Keep everyone except the tank out of Gyth's front to avoid Flame Breath, Freeze and Corrosive Acid Breath.
• Freeze also stuns and leaves continuing Frost damage, so an initial hit is not the end of the danger.
• In Classic, Rend dismounted during this encounter and fought on foot, so be ready to handle him separately.

Abilities

• Enrage · Increases the caster's attack speed by 60% and the Physical damage it deals by 50 for 2 min.
• Whirlwind · Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of steel that lasts 2 sec. and inflicts normal damage plus 300.
• Mortal Strike · Inflicts 300% weapon damage and leaves the target wounded, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 5 sec.
• Cleave · Inflicts weapon damage plus 30 to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 3 targets.

Tactics

• Move out of nearby melee range during Whirlwind, which lasts 2 seconds.
• Do not stack beside Rend's current target, since Cleave can hit that player and nearby allies.

Abilities

• Thunderclap · Inflicts 75 Nature damage to nearby enemies, increasing the time between their attacks by 33% and slowing their movement by 40% for 10 sec.

Tactics

• In Classic, the standard approach was to kite Drakkisath away while killing his two Chromatic Elite Guards, then use two tanks to cover Conflagration.
• Assign the kiter before the pull and agree on a route across the bridge toward the Beast's lair or Rend's room.
• Have the kiter drop aggro only once the guards are dead and the tanks are ready for Drakkisath's return.
• Keep other players away from a Conflagration victim, who damages nearby allies while confused.

Abilities

• Shield Bash · Bashes an enemy with the caster's shield, inflicting Physical damage and interrupting the spell being cast for 8 sec.
• Strike · Strikes at an enemy, inflicting increased melee damage.
• Shield Charge · Charges an enemy, knocking it back and inflicting normal damage plus 150.

Tactics

• Keep casters out of melee range so Shield Bash does not interrupt their spells for 8 seconds.
• Leave space for Shield Charge's knockback and avoid positioning where it could push you toward another enemy.