Method's Mythic Kormrok Guide

By Methodgg Updated: 2018/05/12

MethodIron ReaverClick hereVideoAbilities and ExplanationKormrok (216mil HP)As ancient as Draenor itself, Kormrok once ruled Gorgrond, the creatures of the land slinking away from the giant magnaron's destructive fury. But then the Iron Horde came, trapping the behemoth and attempting to break his will. They were entirely unsuccessful...that is, until the rise of Gul'dan, and the fel power that Kormrok could not resist.

In general, the lower floor of Hellfire Citadel reflects the Iron Horde as it was before the influence of Gul'dan, whereas the upper reaches reflect the Shadow Council and the Legion more directly. Alongside siege machinery, the massive beasts of Gorgrond were the other lynchpin of the Iron Horde's invasion force, so it should come as little surprise that Gul'dan would seek to corrupt and empower them with fel energies.Leap

Kormrok leaps through the air and then splashes down in the nearest pool. Kormrok will not Leap to a pool that he has Leapt into recently.

On Mythic Difficulty, residue is sent out from the pool that Kormrok jumped into that needs to be soaked.

The following 4 abilities comes from the Leap.

Shadow Energy
Kormrok absorbs Shadow Energy, empowering the next 4 uses of his Fel Outpouring ability.

Explosive Energy

Kormrok absorbs Explosive Energy, empowering the next 4 uses of his Explosive Runes ability.

Foul Energy

Kormrok absorbs Foul Energy, empowering the next 4 uses of his Grasping Hands ability.

Splash

Mythic only ability that needs to be soaked by players.

Liquid in the pool splashes out onto the ground, leaving behind residue that will damage players who stand in the residue. Players can absorb the initial splashes, keeping the ground beneath them clear from residue.

Pound

Requires the raid to stay spread out.

Kormrok slams the ground repeatedly, creating shockwaves under all players that inflict 62,016 Physical damage to all enemies within 4 yards every second.

Fel Outpouring

Waves of globules that needs to be dodged.

Kormrok slams the ground, causing Shadowy Pool to spew forth globules. Victims caught in the path of the globules suffer 180,410 Shadowy damage.

(!) When empowered, this ability causes all three pools to send out globules.

Explosive Runes

Kormrok creates Explosive Runes on the ground. If these runes aren't triggered within 15 sec they will explode, inflicting 263,250 to 276,750 Fire damage to all enemies.
Triggering the rune results in a smaller explosion, inflicting 202,500 Fire damage to the triggering player.

(!) When empowered you need to think twice before soaking it. You want to aim it towards another rune and try to merge them as it's the only way to get rid of them.

Grasping Hands

Kormrok summons several stone hands under the feet of his enemies, inflicting 50,000 Physical damage to all enemies with 4 yards of the victim. These hands hold the victim in place until they are killed.
While held, the victim suffers 60,750 Physical damage every 3 sec.

(!) When empowered, Dragging Hands will pull you towards the nearest pool.

Mutating Hatred

Kormrok will use different abilities against his current tank target based on the last pool he leapt into. Getting hit with any of these abilities afflicts the victim with Fel Touch.

The following 4 abilities you need to be aware of as a tank.

Swat
Kormrok knocks the target backwards, inflicting 435,017 Shadowy damage. When the victim lands, they suffer damage inversely proportional to the distance they traveled.

The victim is afflicted with Fel Touch.

Explosive Burst

Kormrok ignites the ground beneath the target's feet and stuns them. After 10 seconds the ground explodes, inflicting 412,461 Fire damage to all players within 40 yards.

The victim is afflicted with Fel Touch.

Foul Crush

Kormrok summons a Foul Hand underneath the target. The victim is immediately grabbed and crushed for 83,523 Physical damage every 1 second until the hand is destroyed.

The victim is afflicted with Fel Touch.

Fel Touch

The victim is afflicted with Fel energies, increasing the magical damage they take by 50%.

Enrage

Kormrok enrages, gaining 30% haste.

Kormrok will use his abilities faster while enraged.,

Raid SetupTanks: 2

All of the tanks are viable.

Healers: 3-4

There isn't much damage on this encounter except when he does Pound, which you cooldown through.

If you want to play it safe and you have enough dps, then you can play it safe with 4 healers. Although for most guilds we would recommend 3 healers to meet the dps requirement.

DPS: 14-15

All dps are viable.

It's recommended to have some classes with high AoE burst damage such as warriors with Bladestorm to quickly kill the Grasping Hands.

It's also recommended to have 2-3 rogues to deal with the Explosive Runes.

Execution

Start of the encounter by pulling him towards the orange pool to get him to leap into it. Once he leaps into the pool, the raid needs to be ready to soak the residue that will spew out from it. It looks like this.

It's very important that you soak enough of them and in the middle of the room, as otherwise you will have nowhere to stand and it will make it a billion times more difficult to execute the encounter.

We recommend you to use the addon Exorsus Raid Tools to easy assign soaking spots. The addon will give each player an arrow which indicates where they need to stand.

The following is a picture of the addon in-action, and you should assign something similar for your raid.

Empowered Explosive RunesFeintCloak of Shadows

The runes spawns in a circle around the exact middle of the room, and the rogues will want to start at the same location. One rogue will run clockwise and the other one counter-clockwise. And they will meet up on the opposite side, and if everything was done correctly you will get rid of every Explosive Rune.

It's very important when doing this soaking that you always soak it with the character facing the next rune. Also it's important that nobody else soaks any of the runes as it will only make the rogue's job more difficult.

Grasping HandsMushroomSpirit Link TotemPower Word: BarrierAura MasteryFel OutpouringPoundPoundTranquilityHealing Tide TotemAscendanceRevivalEmpowered Explosive RuneLeapDragging HandsPoundFel OutpouringPoundKormrokFel OutpouringPoundEmpowered Explosive RunesDragging Hands

You will want to swap tank for each of the tank abilities; Swat, Explosive Burst, Foul Crush. Which causes Fel Touch.

For Explosive Burst make sure that you bring the boss to the side, so the raid can run to the other side to avoid the AoE damage.

Class TipsDeath Knight

You can use Anti-Magic Shell to abuse the residue from the leap.

It's also smart to save Anti-Magic Shell for Fel Outpouring + Pound at the same time, so that you can immune the globules and save space for others to stand on.

Unholy is recommended while progressing here if you are having troubles killing the hands. If not, play Frost.

Shadow Priest

Pre-cast Halo on the Grasping Hands on a good distance and grip yourself into melee with the glyph and cast .

Hunter

You can help the rogues with Deterrence if you know how to deal with the Explosive Runes.

Save focus for Grasping Hands so you have enough for Barrage as MM or Barrage + Beast Cleave as BM.

Druid

Use Stampeding Roar each time the raid has to soak the residue.

Displacer Beast can help you dodge the globules.

Warlock

Play Destruction or Demonology to quickly AoE down the Grasping Hands

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