Gorefiend (Hellfire Citadel) Strategy Guide

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LFR (685)

Cloth: Felfume Pantaloons, Gloves of Great Engorgement
Leather: Boisterous Bellower's Hood, Ironpelt Leggings
Mail: Bulging Chain Vest, Rancorbite Leggings
Plate: Demonbreaker Legplates
Neck: none
Cape: Greatcloak of the Terrible Feast
Ring: none
Trinket: Fetid Salivation
Weapons: Limbcarver Hatchet, Deserter's Honor, Soulcult Ritual Staff

Normal, Heroic, Mythic (695, 710, 725)

Cloth: Cowl of a Thousand Hungers
Leather: Chestguard of Gnawing Desire
Mail: Mitts of Eternal Famishment
Plate: Soulgorged Pauldrons, Ravenous Girdle
Neck: Choker of Forbidden Indulgence
Cape: Cloak of Insatiable Greed, Drape of Gluttony
Ring: Serrated Demontooth Ring
Trinket: Unending Hunger
Weapons: Spur of the Great Devourer, Voracious Souleater, Gibbering Madness
Tier Armor: Legs

Tome of Chaoslegendary questlineWe Don't Need No Library CardWell of SoulsSoul RemnantSoul ConduitHeroicMythicHellfire CitadelGlory of the Hellfire RaiderInfernal DirewolfGorefiendGet In My Belly!Return to Table of ContentsNotable Trash MobsGorebound Berserker

Gorebound Berserkers will target a distant ranged player and charge to them with Felblaze Rush, dealing light damage to all players in the path

This leaves a trail of Fel Blaze on the ground; players standing in the fire will be debuffed with Fel Blaze

The Fel Blaze debuff stacks, dealing increasing damage

Berserkers buff themselves with Goredrenched Vial, dealing 300% additional damage, but also taking 100% additional damage, while buffed

Players should move out of fire and tanks should use CDs while the Berserkers have the Goredrenched Vial buff

Gorebound BruteGorebound Bloodletter

The Gorebound Brute will Slam, dealing moderate Fire damage to all players and knocking them into the air

The Brute also casts Fel Fury, dealing heavy damage to nearby players and creating a lingering pool of felfire that damages players standing within it

The Gorebound Bloodletter will debuff random players with Corrupted Blood, which can stack, and deals moderate to heavy Shadow damage

Corrupted Blood should be dispelled by healers

Bloodletters also cast Surge of Darkness, dealing heavy Shadow damage to the entire raid if not interrupted

Gorebound Crone

The Gorebound Crone will frequently cast Shadow Bolt at random players; this can be interrupted

She will also summon Soul Fissures, which deal heavy Shadow damage to the raid

If a player stands inside a Soul Fissure, the damage that Fissure deals to the entire raid will be reduced by 90%

The raid should be certain to stand in all of the Soul Fissures

Kill the two Brutes first, to eliminate Slam and Fel Fury

Return to Table of ContentsGorefiend Encounter MechanicsPhase 1: Shadow of DeathShadow of DeathShadow of Death

While inside Gorefiend's stomach, players will have a role-specific job to perform

Inside the stomach, players must also avoid the Bursting Ulcers by moving away from the purple swirls on the floor

Players in the stomach gain a Digest debuff that lasts 40 seconds; if they are still in the stomach when it expires, they will die

To exit the stomach before Digest wears off, players must run into the center of the stomach

After exiting Gorefiend's stomach, players gain a 3-minute Gorefiend's Corruption debuff, meaning that further deaths - via Shadow of Death or otherwise - will be permanent

Note that players who die accidentally - not from Shadow of Death - will also be transported into Gorefiend's stomach and will gain the Gorefiend's Corruption debuff. This must be avoided, especially on small raid sizes, as it increases the chance that a player with Gorefiend's Corruption will be targeted by Shadow of Death and instantly killed.Shadow of Death

Normal/Heroic Shadow of Death Schedules

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