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Comment by 13075

Pretty easy boss if you have a good group, we had 2 healers, a tank, and 2 dps.

The fight is an endurance fight. He does a random shrink, throws saws. and sometimes does lightning damage.

he will spawn technians at 75%/50%/25% this will try to heal, so interupt them at all cost otherwise they will heal.

If you kill them quick its an easy fight

Comment by 17918

He also drops the schematics for rocket boots extreme.

Comment by Izichial

A real bitch in heroic. He starts out with three adds, and summons more one at a time continously during the fight. Our solution with mage, mage, warlock, paladin, feral druid (me) was to go spam nukage + swipe at start and get the first ones down asap, then nuke boss and have the mages single target nuke down the new spawns (I helped finish off several as well). Ended up swipe-interrupting three adds' heals on the last 5% or so while mages and warlock went all out, tho, was a close call.

Not many other changes I could see, saws prolly hit harder.

Comment by 21590

we wiped about 10 times in heroic, with deftank, warlock, hunter, paladin and priest, as the adds dispell SoC as well as fear, and our damage output wasnt enough to kill the adds before new ones spawn.
we almost gave up, then did one try with a shaman instead of the paladin, and with bloodlust enabled we had him down shortly after it wore off ...
DDs ignored the adds almost completely, the priest spammed lvl1 holy nova to interrupt adds at healing, plus mass fear was used several times to interrupt additionally.

Comment by azzgunther

Heroic:

Have a Mage stand under the boss and run in circles spamming Rank One Arcane Explosions throughout the fight. If you have a Hunter, have him lay a Frost Trap to help the Mage stay ahead of the adds. The adds won't be able to do any regular healing because of the Mage so have the rest of the group tank and spank the boss to death. Simple fight if you find a way to interrupt the healing. Have fun killing 15 or so adds after the boss dies.

Comment by holystar

on heroic.

this fight is rather simple on heroic, the fight being much the same as in normal mode.

healing
your group should really, for heroics, have 2 healers. the stongest healer should be healing your main tank. if your a priest use rank2/3 greater heal, this should heal for around 2-3k depending on your +healing, this is also great on the mana and allows alot of regen during the fight. the offhealer should be healing a mage if you have one and out healing the saw effect which the boss uses on the group every now and then.

adds
in our group setup our only dps is 2 hunters. we found using both hunters to kill the 1/2/3 add(s) which spawn very easy and fast, we gave the adds priority over the boss himself as they heal him. because the adds died so quickly the hunters themselves had plenty of time to dps the boss. make sure ur dps use dots on the boss to kill him alittle whislt killing the adds. moves such as multishot which hit more than one target help alot here and should be used when ever available

note: the adds use a channel heal, so if u dont manage to kill all of them at least hit them to cancel/slow this effect

a small problem
i did notice the adds ''netting'' people during the fight, this didn't seem to happen alot, but when it did it usually happend to the people killing the adds. healers be aware of this as the netted person will of course need more healing than normal whilst netted.

Overall the fight last a little longer than in normal mode due to the adds and the boss having a little more health, which is a little demanding on the healers mana, but a priest with a stong 9/10k mana pool should be able to keep the main tank up alone, i strongly suggest using greater heals, while the offhealer heals the group.

yet again we got normal loot from this boss - pala healing helm :(

Comment by 25744

This fight is easy on Heroic.
It's the same as the "Normal" fight, but instead of him spawning 3 at a time, he just spawns one every 7 seconds or so? Have your ranged nuke the 1 he spawns, then just get back on the boss.
We did it with War, Priest, Warlock, Mage, Rogue. No worries.
The only part that kinda hurt was the saw blades, hit for 2k. Just bandages after you get hit if you're healer is low on mana. =)

Comment by 34936

We have done several runs in heroic mode and the best party was Warrior+Mage+Hunter+Pala+Priest. In the last 2-3 times we couldn't make good party for this boss, so we decided to try pull the boss away and a rogue used the control panel behind him to open the door to the last boss. This boss has only crap loot and if we want badge we do a fast Mechanar for 3 "free" badges :P

Comment by gomer

Heroic strat:
we had priest warrior mage mage shaman

priest fears
warrior builds hate
dps starts
warrior fears
shaman uses heroism
priest fears again
zerg boss down
aoe adds after boss down

Comment by Eldregn

Just downed this boss on heroic with the following setup.

Shadow Priest, Healer Paladin, Tank Warrior, Warlock and a Mage, and what we essentially did was to just tag the healers he spawn so they get a lil pissed off and nuke like theres no tomorrow and it went down faster than ever before, this requires a healer that can both tank and heal tho so it wont work for everyone, but if you have the dps you can just nuke it.

Comment by 46986

Heroic:

Had a very successful strat as a Resto shaman on this boss. More of a compliment to the mage AE strat than a replacement, but perhaps it could be made to work:

Stand near where the adds like to heal. Keep Earthshield on yourself, instead of the main tank. Drop rank 1 magma totem. Replace rank 1 magma totem whenever it expires. You should be pulling a fair number of the healing adds onto yourself. Whenever they start to heal, the magma totem will interrupt them and they'll likely start hitting you (a rank 1 magma totem is unlikely to draw aggro and die prematurely). But with stoneskin and earthshield, the damage should be mostly negligable. And with Earth Shield on yourself and 5/5 Healing Focus, your heals will be just as fast as ever.

Complement this with a priest or warlock fearing and a perhaps a mage picking up others and the fight is extremely trivial.

Comment by 16316

If you don't feel like doing this guy on Heroic you can just have someone take care of the sniper and walk to the organ thing and open the door to Kalithresh.

Also, he can be resetted by jumping off the bridge into the water.

All you really lose is 1 badge boo hoo.

Comment by 49056

u can get to him from first boss if u go in the water and swim u will come up in the Slave master room, right before this boss (p.s. make sure a shaman has water walk to make it go faster)

Comment by 55393

why does a leperous gnome come to outland, must have been one hell of a trip. gnomeragan to steamvault

Comment by Kathucka

Heroic Mode:

Maybe I never noticed it on normal mode, but on heroic mode, his repair gnomes will go back to repairing after they've spent a little time attacking player characters. They aren't distracted for long.

Our group's solution was to kill the first three repair gnomes, then focus DPS on the boss while interrupting the heals from new repair gnomes.

The boss gets a visible healing "debuff" for each gnome on him, so it's easy to see when he's being repaired and you need to shake a gnome off of him.

Hunter explosive trap works well for disrupting the healers, as it's a non-channeled AoE DoT.

Comment by 66796

This boss is an absolute joke to be honest for the group we had.

Rogue
Elemental Shaman
Resto. Shaman
Warlock
Warrior (me)

Simply put, we had the rogue put wound poisons on the boss and the shaman both put the fire elemental out. everybody nuked the boss and the elementals did their thing and at the same time killed the adds. Boss went down super fast.

The adds come out one by one, so it's very easy to take care of them.

This boss is alot easier than the first to be honest.

Comment by 21158

This boss can be a real chore on heroic, because if you can't get the adds off him and down them they will heal right through your dps. There are a few tricks that you can use that work very well for mages and locks.

Mages: If you throw off Arcane Explosions around the boss, you can pick the adds off healing the boss as well as continuing to contribute to dps on the boss. This is very effective for keeping them from healing the boss.

Warlock (Affliction): Unstable Affliction is amazingly useful in this fight. The adds will dispel it from themselves, effectively killing each other, so keep throwing it out.

If you find him too hard to beat with your group make up, have the tank grab him and pull him away to the right. Have a mage or rogue run to the control panel and use it to open the door to the last boss. Once that is done everyone jump off the bridge to the right. The boss will freeze on the bridge and then reset. You can swim back to the first boss area and then proceed to the final boss.
EDIT: This strat no longer works - see below.

Comment by InfernoMan

For all the strats that say pull him to the side and use the control panel, have fun while it lasts, as in the new patch that will no longer be possible.

Heroic Coilfang Resevoir- Steamvaults

Mekgineer Steamrigger's Main Chambers Access Panel is no longer interactable until Mekgineer Steamrigger has been killed.

This dude is a P.I.T.A. on heroic, had a feral tank, feral DPS, holy priest, Hunter and rogue attempt this on heroic, threw everything we had at him including the kitchen sink and a bath tub. Including hunter swapping to his warlock alt, and feral switching to mage. Finally gave up since it was way too late to continue further. Thanks for all the comments about spamming Rank 1 AE (geeze somehow I always forget about downranking spells like that to save mana DOH) Oh and didn't realize that the adds dispelled SoC (don't think the lock realized it either) will suggest he use UA instead, So thanks for that as well. Will give it another go tonight implementing the above strategies and maybe all will be rejoicing!

Comment by 95744

One good way to do this in Heroic is to have a warlock with Unstable Affliction and keep casting it on adds. These adds heal themselves after they dispel themselves; thus the additional damage when dispelled and the silence effect of this spell is maximized. I am wondering whether this boss is designed for this spell.
Another way to make it an easier fight is to reduce the healing: if you have a troll priest, hex him; if you have a weapon warrior, mortal strike him. Though the first one is rare, and second one is even rarer...

Comment by Beetroot

Tune 'em up good, boys!
Mommy.

Comment by 52332

My theory is that the Naga, who to the best of my knowledge are technologically challenged commissioned the leper gnomes of Gnomergan to build them the pumps that are slowly emptying Zangermarsh.

Moreover he shares the same first name as his king:
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=7800

Comment by Lorum

This boss is easymode with a protection paladin. Just keep consecrating, and the gnomes won't get a heal off.

Comment by 100270

For those of you who are interested in this sort of thing, Steamrigger was voiced by Spike Spencer; which is why Steamrigger sounds so crazy.

Comment by 309267

is this dungeon all full of leper gnmes and nagas....creepy o.O

Comment by 260300

I was able to solo as a level 80 hunter in heroic gear. Just by pass ever mob in the place feign death where ever needed.

When you get to the boss send your pet in to attack the boss and build up threat using mend pet where ever needed. Get down the first adds so it's less overwhelming during the 75/50/25%. When adds spawn you'll pick the adds after a few mend pets, just lay down a frost trap and run around the boss keeping your pet up and knocking out as much health as possible from the boss and you should be fine.

This is purely for fun and boredom. =P

Comment by 376384

Solo'd as an 80 Ret Pally in a mix of Naxx/Ulduar and Hateful/Deadly gear. Pretty straightforward, just keep up your AoEs.

Comment by fiberi

Solo'd as a 80 PvP Killing Spree Rogue with the FoK glyph and PvE gear. Just FoK the adds up and go for a quick kill. The Schematic: Rocket Boots Xtreme dropped for me on my first kill.

Comment by 397318

"I'm bringin' the pain!"

Self-explanitory. /cry

Comment by 171419

Soloed on Heroic mode by level 80 7/57/7 raid-spec MM Hunter. Gear was entirely Heroic blues & purples (no badge rewards, no raid drops) socketed with epic gems (all AP & crit for boosted Volley damage). I did have the 232 crossbow from Heroic PoS. My Bear pet had barely over 13k health and was lacking most of the mitigation talents (but I did have Blood of the Rhino for healing). Glyphs were Serpent Sting, Trueshot Aura, and Kill Shot.

I used what I call the "Chillmaw strategy": hit it really, really hard while screaming in panic at the keyboard, so that it dies before your pet does, since MM pets are about as durable as toilet tissue.

The trick here is to completely ignore the Mechanics! Just burn Steamrigger. Your damage is much more powerful than their healing, and wasting time trying to AE them or kite them prolongs the fight too much and gets your pet killed too soon.

I don't see this as much of an accomplishment (it's Heroic SV...), but all the strategies I've seen about soloing Streamrigger seem to refer to Normal mode, and I just wanted to make it clear that by popping everything and burning him (he only has 125k HP) you can solo him down without a 30k health Turtle. ;]

(... the twit still didn't drop the boot schematic.)

Comment by 365883

For those plate wearers that want to collect all the "purple" Judgement pieces... This guy drops the head piece and at 80 (with only a few epics) and being a holy spec pally... You can get to this guy with only having to fight 2 mobs on the way in normal difficulty. The ones that stand in the doorways are all you should have to deal with. They are all "warriors" and can be taken down by simple AoEing. The boss does not pose a large threat if you just keep consecration up to avoid the adds healing him, use divine plea on each cooldown and you should be fine. Didn't drop below 50% mana with this method and it took about 3-4 minutes to down him because of my terrible DPS.

1 piece closer to having the look-a-like Judgement set!

Comment by HelloKitty

Useful info here.

First off, to begin, this boss is a complete joke. I'm a PvE specced (PvP geared) mut rogue. 31k hp. I'll explain what I did.

1. Distract him away from you
2. Garrote him
3. Do PvE rotation
4. Evasion
5. FoK adds after he dies (Vanish might also work if you're lazy)

Yes. That's it. FoK them AFTER he dies. He does not appear to summon more adds to the fight unless you killed his previous batch, and, yes, this includes the three he starts with (although he did appear to summon 1 new add, which arrived when he had about 15k hp left). That's important, because I originally started saving Evasion expecting to have to pick up like 12 adds and evasion tank them, but that wasn't at all the case.

Comment by 777044

I killed him with a couple shots and my pet solo :-D

Comment by 360690

Been farming this guy for 2 weeks now and still haven't had the mask drop, not bad to say it's a decent drop rate.

Comment by Eekwibble

Soloed on normal at lvl70. Blood DK in full 'looms (head, shoulders, back, chest, axe and 2 haste trinks) and Outland blues (bar one ring from Northrend).

Very straightforward tank'n'spank('n'self-heal) fight.

Comment by Sdaco

Back in the old days, it was a pain in the ass to solo him ...

Comment by Khayos

All this guy seems to want to drop is Earth Mantle Handwraps. So..almost guaranteed drop for you Shamans..

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Heroic		Mythic
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Tank		DPS
Healer		Interruptible
Magic		Curse
Poison		Disease
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