Brawler's Guild Fight Strategies Guide - Ranked Fights and Challenges

By Neryssa Updated: 2025/12/02

Ranked Fights: The main feature of the Brawler's Guild. You're able to progress through several ranks by fighting bosses in a set order, going to a maximum of Rank 8. There are a total of 28 ranked fights in this mode, and progressing through the ranks grants you access to the main rewards of the Brawler's Guild.

Challenge Cards: Once you reach Rank 8. you will no longer be able to engage in Ranked Fights. Instead, you can select which fights you can brawl against via Challenge Cards. Challenge Card fights include the 28 Ranked Bosses and an additional selection of 24 challenge fights from earlier iterations of the Brawler's Guild.

Random Brawls: If you don't want to know what you're fighting against, this is the perfect mode. Bring a Bag of Chipped Dice to any bouncers to enable Random Brawl Mode, in which the challenge you face is entirely random! This can pick up from both Ranked and Challenge fight pools, as well as every boss from past iterations of the Brawler's Guild.

Broker Challenges: You're also able to further increase the difficulty of fights in the Brawler's Guild by partaking in Broker Challenges. This will add affixes to your fight, rendering them even more challenging. Participating in Challenges is entirely optional.

Ranked Fights in the Brawler's GuildRank 1SunnySun BlastGerminateSunlingThorn EruptionAbilities:

Sun Blast

Germinate

Thorn Eruption

And their opponent, a weed so dangerous it is a pollen!DoomflipperFlipping OutAbilities

Flipping Out

Oh, the huge manatee! It's here to seal the deal... DOOMFLIPPER!GoredomeLumbering ChargeAbilities:

Lumbering Charge

Also entering the arena: Goredome! So-named because he will gore you. With his dome.DippyPeckSlippyAbilities:

Peck

Slippy

We also welcome everybody's favorite frosty feathered friend: Dippy!Rank 2BruceChomp Chomp ChompAbilities:

Chomp Chomp Chomp

Also entering the arena: Bruce, a crocolisk that we found!Bill the JanitorSummon BroomAnimated BroomBoom BroomBristledJanitor's RevengeAbilities:

Summon Broom

Bristled

Janitor's Revenge

And their challenger, Bill, the custodial engineer of death! Wait... what? Bill! What are you doing in there?OsoFrostShotgun RoarGrizzly LeapClawstrophobicAbilities:

Clawstrophobic

Grizzly Leap

Shotgun Roar

In the other corner, a dwarf and his totally loyal companion who would NEVER harm its master. Ever.The QuackenTenticklesFowl PlayTentickle MonsterQuack!Abilities:

Tentickles

Fowl Play

Tentickle Monster

Quack! (as a duckling)

Release the Quacken!Rank 3RazorgrinFlopBitesAbilities:

Bite

Flop

Unfortunately, he's a little out of his element. Everybody raise your glass for Razorgrin!BlatAbilities:

Split

Hey hey! Look what we've scooped up for you today...OolissHorrific PursuitAbilities:

Horrific Pursuit

Looks like every day is Hallow's end for this... thing. Give up some screams for Ooliss!King KulakaDashAbilities:

Dash

Now this is what I'm talking about! More dinosaurs, please! It's King Kulaka!Rank 4MeatballStrange EnergyStrange FeelingMEATBALL MAD!Bort FizzwaggleAbilities:

Strange Energy

Strange Feeling

MEATBALL MAD!

And... Meatball.Ash'katzuumI Pick You!Battle PetAbilities:

I Pick You!

And introducing the draenei obsessed with pet collection, it's Ash'katzuum!CrushIcehowlCollisionAbilities:

Collision

He's angry. He's deadly. He's a little bit adorable. Straight out of Neverest, it's Crush!GlorpGloopGloopsieRe-GloopAbilities:

Gloop

Gloopsie

Re-gloop

What could that odious stench be, slime? Watch out everyone, it's Glorping time!Rank 5KlunkKlunkAbilities:

Klunk

A golem with a magnetic personality. Watch out, this golem's gonna Klunk you up!StitchesAura of RotStitches' HookAbilities:

Aura of Rot

Stitches' Hook

All the way from the gloomy roads of Duskwood, it's Stitches!ToppsDino DashDino DazeCollisionDino Determination Abilities:

In the other corner... a really big dinosaur!CarlBurrowAbilities:

Burrow

And our other challenger, a worm with a serious fire fetish. Come on, Carl! Don't you know flames can kill?Rank 6FleasyGreazySleazyWheezyQueasyLeperous SpewAbilities:

Leperous Spew

Determined Shuffle

Five on one hardly seems fair, but come on... they're half-dead gnomes. It's the leper gnome quintet!Mecha-BruceBetter, Stronger, FasterStasis BeamMecha-Armor: Beta Abilities:

Better, Stronger, Faster

Chomp Chomp Chomp Chomp Chomp Chomp Chomp

Mecha-Armor: Beta

Powerful Bite

Stasis Beam

What's this? Bruce is back! A better, faster, stronger Bruce! It's MECHA-BRUCE!! YAYYYY!!Max MegablastGoblin Rocket BarrageBo BobbleGnomish Death RayEmergency TeleportShield GeneratorEnergy ShieldingShieldedAbilities (Both):

Emergency Teleport

Energy Shielding

Shielded

Abilities (Bo Bobble):

Gnomish Death Ray

Abilities (Max Megablast):

Goblin Rocket Barrage

GG Engineering is going to mop the floor with your sorry mug!DippyDoopyPeckAbilities:

Peck

Slippy

Rank 7Renegade SwabbieThe StormSearing AxeRepelTowerToweringSlurp BrewAbilities:

Now entering the arena, the only brawler that dresses like a pirate: the Renegade Swabbie!Dole DastardlyHudsonStuffshrewBarrier ProjectorHigh NoonManiacal LaughAbilities (Dole Dastardly):

Abilities (Hudson):

Abilities (Stuffshrew):

Maniacal Laugh

And in the other corner, it's the terrible trio... Hudson, Stuffshrew, and Dole Dastardly from the Ogrewatch Team!Blingtron 3000Mostly-Accurate RocketBlingtron 2000Gnomish Tesla CoilOvercharged!Malfunctioningthe electricity can jump to you and kill youAbilities:

Mostly-Accurate Rocket

Overcharged!

Malfunctioning

ROCK ONArcanite RipperEpicus MaximusPure Rock'n RollDestructolaserBlue CrushAbilities:

Pure Rock'n Roll

Destructolaser

Blue Crush

I am Destructobyte, the great usurper! And as you can see, I have found your secret plans! Fools! You thought they were hidden, deep in the sands of Uldum... Now, choke on your own hubris! Ah- hah hah hah hah haaa!Broker Challenges in the Brawler's GuildChallenge Broker SennaChallenge Broker GuoBrawl StarBruceDippy

Challenge

Description

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Arm the audience with foul fruit!Audience Participation

Fruits are constantly being tossed at your location, indicated by a faint circle under your character. If hit, you will get knocked up. This deals no damage.

Please freeze the arena!Brawler's Chilled

The arena floor is frozen, rendering it very slippery.

Make me a giant!Brawlzilla

Size increased by 250%. While a giant, your movement speed is slowed and your hitbox is a lot bigger, making it harder to dodge certain mechanics.

Literally set me on fire!Hot Footed

Your character is constantly running forward and dropping fire patches on the ground. The fire patches are merely cosmetic and do not hurt you. Casters can cast while moving.

I can win without a scratch!Let Me Solo It

You start the fight with a very fragile shield that breaks whenever you take a hit from any source.

Fill the arena with sticky molten tar!A Prime Ordeal

Transforms the arena floor into a swamp, reducing your movement speed. Occasionally, patches of flame will erupt through the arena, standing on top of them once they erupt inflicts massive fire damage.

Make me as light as a feather!Featherweight Brawler

Taking any hits will knock you back a considerable distance.

I can win with just my bare hands!Bare Knuckle Brawl

Your weapon is removed when you enter the arena. Haste for melee attacks is increased by 200%.

Challenge Cards in Brawler's GuildThe Best There IsCard Trader LeilaCard Trader AmiAkamaFeral SpiritShadow StrikesThunderstorm Chain LightningChain LightningShadow StrikesFeral SpiritAbilities:

BlackmangeBrashtide CannonCannon Blast!BlackmangeCharrrrrge!Abilities:

Charrrrrrge!

Cannon Blast!

In the other corner, a pirate with a lethal definition of head cannon! Put your hooks together for Blackmange!Blind HeroSwift StrikeBlind StrikeBlind CleaveAbilities:

Swift Strike

Blind Strike

Blind Cleave

Dark SummonerDark ProtectionShadowboltSummon GhostTormented GhostGuardian's LightSpottedAbilities:

DeekenShock FieldMechano KickAbilities:

Mechano Kick

Shock Field

Get ready to dance! Deeken's in the house!Dominika the IllusionistIllusionistAbilities:

Illusionist

Arcane Barrage

RiddohFranThrow DynamiteGoblin DeviceThrow NetFrenzied RiddohAbilities:

In the other corner... a disgusting green pile of goblin idiocy, riding on a lumbering chariot of shame.FjollDarkzoneShadowy BlastDark BarrageFlames of Fallen GloryDeath GripAbilities:

Dark Barrage

Darkzone

Shadowy Blast

Flames of Fallen Glory

Death Grip

IxxBuru the GorgerRuins of Ahn'QirajDevastating ThrustAbilities:

Devastating Thrust

Johnny AwesomeDazzleVolleyPowershotRevive DazzleAbilities:

And in the other corner, a hunter of incomprehensible spectacular amazing splendor! It's Johnny Awesome!KirrawkLightning BoltStorm CloudSummon TwisterTwisterLightning FlurryAbilities:

Leona EarthwindWrathSolar BeamEarthliving SproutEarthliving SeedAbilities:

Wrath

Solar Beam

Earthliving Seed

Mama StormstoutSMaSH TunCold CrashSpent GrainsLacto BasiliskAbilties:

SMaSH Tun

Cold Crash

Summon Lacto Basilisk

Your eyes do not deceive you folks, we have a brewmistress from the beautiful lands of Pandaria!Millie WattElectric DynamiteMegafantastic DiscombobumorphanatorShrink-Ray AftermathPhotoplasm Burster RayAbilities:

Electric Dynamite

Megafantastic Discombobumorphanator

Photoplasm Buster Ray

Shrink-Ray Aftermath

You really shouldn't play with this stuff. Someone could get hurt.NibblehSnakeNibblybuffSpit PoolDreadful PoisonAcid SpitAbilities:

Aww... look at the cute little snake, Nibbleh! Go ahead, let him nibble on your toes. Let's see what happens.ProboskusTorrentRain DanceBerserkAbilities:

Torrent

Rain Dance

Berserk

SanoriakFirewallPyroblastFireballAbilities:

From deep within the bowels of Blackrock Mountain, it's Sanoriak, master of flame!a SeagullFury of Gull'danBlinding PeckAbilities:

Blinding Peck

Fury of Gull'dan

And in this corner... a seagull? What is this, the Eye of Azshara?T440 Dual-Mode RobotAssault ModeArtillery ModeArtillery StrikeIntensifying AssaultPrecision ArtilleryElectric ShockAbilities:

Thog HammerspaceDa Fif HammerAbilities:

Da Fif Hammer

And straight from the frozen wastelands of Draenor... Stop what you're doing; it's hammer time!UnguloxxVian the VolatileVolatile FlamesLava BurstFire LineAbilities:

Volatile Flames

Lava Burst

Fire Line

Dungeon Master VishasNaughty SecretsHeated PokersAbilities:

Heated Pokers

Naughty Secrets

Well... wrap me in leather and tug my leash: it's Dungeon Master Vishas!Yikkan IzuIzu's RavenFallen KinFeathered FuryDisorienting ShriekAbilities:

Disorienting Shriek

Fallen Kin

Feathered Fury

We found this one cawing up a storm in Auchindoun. Give it up for Yikkan Izu!Random Brawls in Brawler's GuildBag of Chipped DiceUlaaniTiana NevermornCompleting Ranked Fight Brawls and Challenge Card Brawls via Random Brawl mode will NOT give you credit for their specific achievements or ranking ups.I Am Thrall's Complete Lack Of SurpriseAhoo'ruDivine BulwarkPhase 1Point of LightAvenging AngelChargePhase 2Complete Heal Divine CircleCrusader SmashAbilities:

Abilities (Ahoo'ru):

He represents everything that is just, and righteous, and several other virtues which are of no interest to you.AnthraciteOn FireSmoldering HeatHurl FireSprayCooledIonized WaterWater in the TankAlso, note that you need to have your back to Anthracite when you use the spray.Abilities:

BattletronProtected by Unstable MinesConjure Unstable MinesZot!Abilities:

Protected by Unstable Mines

Conjure Unstable Mines

Zot!

Beat BoxElectrifying the Dance FloorStep to ThisSweet MovesMocking LaughterWe hope your levels of funk are sufficient!Abilities:

Electrifying the Dance Floor

Mocking Laughter

Step to This

Sweet Moves

Greetings, prepare to be rhytmically disassembled.BurnstachioEmber ShieldWater OrbWater ShieldBurning GroundDo not move when you spawn into the ring: Your entry point is safe, but fire will spawn all around you and potentially kill you before you even get started.Abilities:

Get fired up for the djinn who will literally melt your heart, it's Burnstachio!Disruptron Mk. 3R-AlphaDual-Phasic DisruptorTri-Phasic DisruptorPenta-Phasic DisruptorStatic ChargeAbilities:

Static Charge

Doctor FISTLeft HookRight HookBody BlowUppercutHammer FistAbilities:

Farmer Xiang-SuWatering CanYummy VeggiesInfested VeggiesAbilities:

Watering Can

Tilled Soil:
Yummy Veggies

Infested Veggies

Straight out of retirement, Farmer Xiang-su is ready to wet some plants!Grandpa GrumpleflootSong of FlootCantata of FlootingGrummlepack ExplosionGood LuckydoLuckydoomAbilities:

Song of Floot

Cantata of Flooting

Grummlepack Explosion

Luckydo
Good Luckydo

Luckydon'tBad Luckydo

Luckydoom

Dust off the luckydo, because you're gonna need it.HexosSuper HexagonOcular StasisDeath PlanesChipzelAbilities:

Ocular Stasis

Death Plane

Our next challenger, Hexos, fights his foes with the powers of GEOMETRY!Hyper Mega-Mecha Seagull x9000Mecha Tree GullLaser BurnMecha Bee GullMecha Wee GullBlinding PeckTune UpAbilities:

And in this corner... wait, who gave it rockets? And cannons? Why would anyone do this?! It's a Hyper Mecha-Mega Seagull!Master Boom BoomToss a Boom BoomHeavy DynMITEDeploy Boom BoxAbilities:

Alo entering the arena: the magnanimous Master Boom Bom, the dynamite throwing monkey monk!Master PakuZen OrbsWhirling KickMoment of ZenPath of DespairAbilities:

Kindly insert a gold coin for a battle with Master Paku!Millhouse ManastormFrostboltShadowboltPower CrystalPower OverwhelmingDooooooom!Get Off!Abilities:

Frostbolt

Shadowbolt

Get Off!

Summon Power Crystals

Power Overwhelming

Dooooooom!

You'll be hearing from my lawyer!Remains of AjassaThe Golden Ram of NahomThe Untiring WatcherThe Obsidian PeregrineTitan's GazeTitan's WrathTitan's GlareTitan's FireTitan's ProtectionAbilities:

Get out your shovels, everyone! Mingus Diggs is about to teach us a lesson in Archaeology!OuroborosUmbral TorrentUmbral RemnantsEldritch BlastDark RetchDark OutpourDark ExhaustAbilities:

Umbral Torrent
Umbral Remnants

Eldritch BlastDark RetchDark Outpour

Dark Exhaust

Taking time off from devouring himself to take a bite of our challenger, meet... Ouroboros!Phillip Carter TraceyMurderous SwipesFatal AmbushBlazing BulletCivilized SlapAbilities:

I look forward to musing over your mutilated corpse!Ray D. TearShockwaveGrasping HandAcidic WoundDeath ThroesCrushing DarknessFel CrystalGavel of the TyrantBlack HoleFel Imp-losionShadowfel BurstAbilities:

Transform: Siegemaster Mar'tak: Shockwave

Transform: Gurtogg Bloodboil: Acidic Wound

Transform: Kormrok: Grasping Hand

Transform: Kilrogg Deadeye: Death Throes

Transform: Gorefiend: Crushing Darkness

Transform: Fel Lord Zakuun: Fel Crystal

Transform: Tyrant Velhari: Gavel of the Tyrant

Transform: Xhul'horac: Black Hole

Transform: Mannoroth: Fel Imp-losion

Transform: Archimonde: Shadowfel Burst

And now for the challenger that cost us so much... it's Ray D. Tear!Robe-Robber RobertDisrobing StrikeStripstormShameAbilities:

Disrobing Strike

Summon Stripstorm

Shame

Hmm... nice clothes. Now hand'em over!Ro-ShamboRock, Paper, Scissors!Abilities:

Rock, Paper, Scissors!

Serpent of OldToxic CrashAbilities:

In the other corner, a challenger so ancient that no one remembers his actual name. Let's call him Serpent of Old!Shadowmaster AameenShadow BlastShadow TorchAbilities:

Shadow Blast

Shadow Torch

In the other corner, a master of both shadows AND interior lighting... it's Shadowmaster Aameen!Smash HoofstompGood Luck GoblinTough LuckHoof StompShield WallerAbilities:

Hoof Stomp

Shield Waller

Tough Luck

SplatBlatSplitGoopAbilities:

Split

Goop

Brawl'gar veterans may remember Blat, the self-replicating ooze. Today, we meet his meaner, uglier, older sister: Splat!Spymaster

A dinner table with food;

A wasp;

A cauldron;

A frog;

A turtle;

A corgi dog;

A candle;

An octopus;

A chicken.

WrathMaster StrokeBlinding PowderAbilities:

Master Stroke

Wrath

Blinding Powder

He spies with his little eye... Your DEATH!Strange MushroomParanoiaStrangerTime DilationStrange ThingStrange ArmyStrange BehemothStrange HorseStrange BehemothStrange HorseCatLet's Get Really WeirdAbilities:

Let's Get Really Weird

Critical Bounce!ArghRaaaarghMaulSkull BashahemSlapNote:notAbilities:

Tidemistress ShellbreakerChuboChiboveryCarrying ChiboAbilities

Summon Poisonous Pufferfish

Summon Tantalizing Flame

Summon Piranhado

And in this corner... wait a sec, did somebody bring a BABY into a DEATH ARENA?WesSonnySound WaveSit DownDrop the Bass!DancerAbilities:

Abilities (Wes):

Abilities (Sonny):

And now for some soul-pounding beats from the musical underground, it's Thwack U and his dancers!Tyson Sanders

Electrochickens are Armored and summon Electric P.E.C.K. on the ground, doing damage and knocking you back.

Explosive Chickens do an AoE explosion with Feathery Detionation after a few seconds (these are your main concern).

Well Fed Chickens follow you around meleeing you for increasing damage with Endurance Training.

Abilities:

Punch-Out!!Ty'tharAbilities:

Left Hook

Right Hook

Slam

Altor DirevithArstad the WildUlrich ForgeworthDwarven PrideLightning CrashLava BurstWhirlwindMolten SlagAbilities (Arstad):

Lightning Crash

Abilities (Artor):

Lava Burst

Abilities (Ulrich):

Whirlwind

And in the corner, it's not one, not two, but the THREE dwarves of the Warhammer Council!Zen'sharPhase 1Eye of WardingEvil GlareGet Off!Phase 2Optic BlastAbilities:

Evil Glare

Get Off!

Optic Blast

Comments

Comment by Necropos

Phew, breathing a huge sigh of relief that there's no Hexos or GG Engineering fights this time around. Altho I can't believe Ahoo'ru is a rank 3 boss now O.O Hopefully they lowered the difficulty (a lot) for that fight.

Comment by mitydk

HEXOS

*shudders*

Comment by KittyKatBar

Ahoo'ru is the worst fight lol. I hope they at least fixed the bugs and he can actually be completed! A lot of folks were never able to complete their seasons because of his bugs.

Otherwise seems like this will be an interesting season!

Comment by Rathwirt

Sanoriak's firewall is not interruptable anymore. So save the interrupts for pyroblast but wait for the last second since he just stands there taking damage during that long cast. :)

Comment by Thalassassin

The mystery fighter is a very simple fight. He has 3 abilities: consume essence, riftwalk, and voidburst. The first ability he will cast is consume essence, you will want to interrupt this via an interrupt or a stun. The second is riftwalk; he will teleport to an area an deal a lot of damage. The area is indicated by a large purple circle. Don't stand in this. After he casts riftwalk, he will cast voidburst. Voidburst is a cone of void balls that you will need to dodge. Right after he casts this he will cast another consume essence, and the cycle continues. He only has 999k health, so it's not a long fight and the mechanics are straightforward. Good luck :)

Comment by Xirev

It is not possible to CC Hudson with all CC types, disorient and polymorph do not work, you need to damage down his shield before you can start attacking Dupree.

Comment by littlestpants

I doubt Sanoriak has 22.2M hp. I haven't done it yet, but I'm guessing that's a typo...

Comment by lokl08

Missing Shadowmaster Aameen on the list for random brawl.

Comment by Aarkan

No new shirts?

Comment by cremor

The buff from Diamond-Laced Refracting Prism makes you more or less immune for the Stranglethorn Streak brawl. It stays active and at full strenght, even though all your items should be counted as removed.

Comment by cremor

There seems to be a very annoying bug: When you loose a rumble fight, the next normal fight you win will not count for your rank and will give you a rumble bag instead of a normal bag.

Comment by Belandrial

Great guide, except you've got the wrong strategy listed for Sanoriak.

You've listed a strat that worked in earlier versions - however this time Firewall is not important and Pyroblast needs to be interrupted or it will 1 shot you.

Comment by 1625672

It would seem the Ourboros fight is terribly bugged for me, he just freezes in one spot while doing his beam attack then moves again but during that time I still take a huge amount of damage despite the animation not playing.

Comment by mredovan

Rank 4, Sanoriak. The guide reads: "First priority is to either interrupt or avoid taking too much damage from Firewall, as one or two ticks will kill you." The Firewall cast is no longer interruptable (as of Legion I think).

Comment by GreySage

Zen'Shar's optic blast hit me for 1.15 million, out of my 205k health pool. So... maybe they forgot to tune the giant eyeball?

Comment by lambd1

I've never before done the Brawlers Guild stuff. I want to give it try. That mount looks interesting, plus the "murder mystery" quest chain seems cool to me. But because I am not experienced with Brawlers Guild, I was doing my research to figure this out. I have a question: near the top of this guide, I found the line that said "The seasonal mount now comes from the Murder Mystery questline - You no longer need to reach Max Rank for it." But when I read through the quest chain for the murder mystery, it includes "Win a Rank 8 Brawl against a mysterious fighter." OK, so I might be new to this guild, but I can read and comprehend enough to wonder: how am I supposed to win a rank 8 brawl if I have not reached Max Rank yet? I will admit that I might be missing something here, but after reading the whole guide, I don't see how would ever complete the murder mystery without being Max Rank in the guild by the time I get the mount. Did the guide mean to say instead that reaching Max Rank is no longer the unlock requirement for the seasonal mount?

Comment by Nogrid

If you are a scribe the blood contracts can be used in brawls. In particular the Blood Contract: Oblivion will stun and fully kill any enemy that gets below 15% health. This will help you beat some of the timers or just help get rid of priority targets quickly.

Comment by tiagotau

Not getting credit toward I Am Thrall's Complete Lack of Surprise, is something wrong or ultimately bugged? Is it because people are summoning rumble bosses just before? I'd like some insight...

Comment by hubear87

Logged in to say, that it is entirely false that all forms of CC work on Ogrewatch. Snares, roots, slows and poly do not work.

Comment by Edgysan

would be nice if you said that Stuffshrew does aoe BEFORE he jumps... I was avoiding bombs but this kept me killed until I bothered to try and zerg that dude first

Comment by Rogvar

Just completed this season (rank 8, all achievements, questline). As a retri paladin, I had most difficulties with Ahor'oo and Seagull. Everything else was relatively trivial; last tier was also challenging DPS-wise. Maybe I am just bad with my class, my mainspec is holy and I am not very experienced at retri, but at ilevel 397 I had to use potions on Seagull and Ogrewatch.

Little tip for the last fight, Ogrewatch: consider killing Stuffshrew first. For me he was the most annoying. First, his Laugh is very easy to miss. Yeah, there is sound, but in all the explosions it is not very noticeable, and there are no other warnings, no circle on the floor, etc. If you miss it or are not fast enough (and there are only 2 sec to react and get far enough), you are just suddenly dead. Second, even if you notice it, you have to run away, which for melee means DPS loss on a very DPS-tight fight. And his grenades also force you to run around.

So I ended up just burning him first with potion and cooldowns. Managed to do that before his third laughter. And after that fight suddenly turned into a trivial "target dummy beating", no movement required, so you can easily focus on your rotation, maximizing damage output. You simply have to survive Hudson damage (and I think he won't even jump, as he is in melee range to you and you are all stationary), you just burn Dupree (for me was just before his High Noon going off at 30 sec to fight timeout - or, as a paladin, I believe you can bubble it) and then Hudson in remaining 30 sec. I actually died from arena fire in the end, but boss died a second earlier, so the kill counted. Had I waste time running from Stuffshrew abilities for the whole fight, I most probably won't make timer.

Comment by 1893544

Recommendation for rogues for Rank 7: Ogrewatch:

Don't follow the order in the guide, kill first Stuffshrew, then Dupree and finally Hudson. With this order I killed it on first try.

Comment by Velln

There's an error on Sanoriak's description.

It claims that Firewall is Interruptible, even though it isn't.

Additionally his Pyroblast now 1 shots most players, and needs to be interupted.

Comment by mairan

Just got Bruce and Rank 8.
Thank you for the guide it was very helpful.

Comment by fureeous

"Defeat any brawls while an unlikely visitor spies on you"

You get credit for the quest even if you lose the brawl!

Comment by Arkamedix

As elemental shaman, the Ogrewatch classic tactic didnt worked for me (kill Dole Dastardly first, then Hudson, then Stuffshrew). I tried around 30 times...thinking at the end that maby my ilvl isnt enough (wich btw is 405). Normally, Brawl guild bosses are "suitable" for the heroic ilvl of the current patch/expansion, wich in our case is patch 8.1.5 , therefor 400 ilvl. So thatswhy i was wondering what is wrong.
Then i tried another tactic: DPS elemental,lust and full dmg on Stuffshrew. After tank elemental, kill Dole Dastardly and at the end Hudson. Success on first try.
Because of the fact that elemental is a little bit limited in "mobile combat" and must be "stationary" for effective dps, the spell Maniacal Laugh was quite annoying and also dealing most of the dmg (one hit half hp). So choosing Stuffshrew as first target, especially as a caster class, i think is the best ideea. At least for me it worked very good.

Comment by happyfunpaul

Brawler's Guild - Feral Druid Addendum

Hi,

I've just completed the Brawler's Guild in 8.1.5 as a feral druid with item level 390. I thought I'd add some stuff that wasn't in the guide that helped me on some of the trickier bosses.

Talent Build

Unless otherwise noted, all fights were completed using the following build:

Sabertooth
Wild Charge
Balance Affinity
Mighty Bash
Soul of The Forest
Primal Wrath
Moment of Clarity

Rank 3

Klunk
Balance Affinity almost trivializes this encounter since you can DPS from outside his damaging circle. Just avoid being in front of him, and DPS continuously.

Farmer Xiang'su
You can mostly focus on gathering cabbage to increase your damage, and not worry too much about kiting the boss over pumpkins. You'll still meet the DPS check just fine.

Ahoo'ru
This fight is awful. After many, many tries, what finally worked was to go Guardian Spec, with the Feral Affinity talent. At the start of the fight, you get 5 seconds or so to do damage before he puts up his shield. Go cat form and take advantage of the free DPS, then shift back to bear once his shield is up. Running around in bear form is much more forgiving with incoming damage, and you can (relatively) safely spawn all 3 angels to cleave down simultaneously. I kept them relatively close to the boss, to make positioning the charges easier. Once his shield is down (3 charges), he immediately does his bubble stun. Run out of it, then shift back to cat form. Pop cooldowns, drums, etc. and burn. Each time he stuns you, shift back to bear form while the DoT wears off and then right back to cat form for DPS.

Rank 4

Sanoriak
Don't interrupt Fireball, only Pyroblast. Dodge the Firewall. Feral has more than enough self-healing to negate the incoming damage, if you stay on top of those two mechanics.

Rank 5

Meatball
With feral's movement speed, especially if you run Balance Affinity, you can easily DPS and grab nearly all the orbs. You don't have to focus on one at a time.

Tidemistress Shellbreaker
I found Balance spec to be much easier for this fight. Park the baby turtle in a corner and stand next to him. Click him when he runs toward something and quickly deposit him back in the corner. If something spawns close to your corner, move to another corner. Otherwise focus on DPS first and just interrupt when you can.

Mingus Diggs
Transitioning between totems frequently is key, so you can keep the debuff stacks under control. Get to 5 combo points on a totem, Rip, then Feral Charge or Dash to the next totem. Rinse, repeat until all totems are dead.

Rank 6

Nibbleh
I have nightmares of this fight from earlier expansions, but Balance affinity makes the positioning while kiting quite forgiving. You don't need to turn off run speed or do anything fancy. Just back up so that the boss continuously moving as you kite around the room, and DPS away.

Stitches
You don't need to run out of the green circle, just get near the edge and stacks will drop, usually without you getting hooked.

Mecha-Bruce
He follows a set pattern of abilities, never deviating from it. If you're struggling, learn the pattern, so you can run to the opposite corner before he starts his Mecha-Armor cast. The extra second or two to gain distance makes a big difference in how many times you can continue to kite away the Chomp without dying.

Rank 7

Hyper Mega-Mecha Seagull x9000
Recommend you don't worry about keeping certain gulls alive, like the guide suggests. Just keep moving and use Primal Wrath at 5CP and AoE down everything. Sometimes brute force works!

Fran and Riddoh
I found it easier to kill Fran first. Cleave where you can but focus on Fran dying first. Once she's down, Riddoh enrages, so try to save both charges of Survival Instincts and use them during the enrage to control incoming damage.

Ogrewatch
This was on par, or possibly even a little harder than Ahoo'ru in terms of difficulty. Even with good interrupts and stuns, there is a ton of incoming damage, coupled with a pretty tight DPS check. What finally worked was to spec into every conceivable self-healing talent, especially Resto Affinity and Renewal. Use Mighty Bash to immediately break the damage shield, then focus on Dupree to get him down before his enrage timer. Use Primal Wrath for cleave when all 3 bosses happen to be clump together, and Ferocious Bite on Dupree when they are spread out. When one or two bosses leap away, shift out to throw a quick Rejuv+Swiftmend on yourself. When they're in your face and your health is dropping, use Survival Instincts, health potions, and Renewal as needed to survive. I generally saved DPS potions and drums for after Dupree died, but that was more for economy than performance.

tl;dr
Ahoo'ru and Ogrewatch are massive difficulty spikes compared to the other fights. Just read those two sections if you're short on time.

Comment by meganerd18

Sanoriak's explanation here is very, very wrong. Firewall can't be interrupted except by stunning, Pyroblast will kill you if it goes off. Dodge firewall, interrupt Pyroblast.

Of course, being required to interrupt something that can occur more than once a minute is a real frigging problem for a balance druid.

Are there any items that can interrupt? Does Typhoon work?

Comment by bipolargirl

Is the "random" fight mode really random? I've qued ten times and gotten Ash'katzuum 8 times. I know RNG sucks but with over 50 different bosses it seems incredibly unlikely that I'd get the same guy twice in a row let alone 8 times out of 10.

Comment by Zeptah

I lost at the last boss fight and can't sign up for the same duel to get Bruce and I can't see the goblin at Area 52. What should I do?

Comment by RaczTamas

Please update the Mecha Seagull boss guide for rogues. It is impossible to do it, I tried every single option to get it done. According to this guide, you need to let live at least 1 seagull in order to do not get the boss with the haste and speed buff, but if I let them live, then the swarming will kill me in mere seconds. Used cooldowns, defenses, potions, none of them work.

Comment by Marwynz

My Stitches fight was Weird, 390 Ilvl Belf Ret Pally. My Stacks kept resetting from within the Rot AoE, making the Fight very, very easy.

Azerite Traits i had:
Head - Empyrean Power, Light's Decree, Blood Siphon, Impassive Visage
Shoulder - Light's Decree, Expurgation, Earthlink, Longstrider
Chest - Avenger's Might, Light's Decree, Unstable Flames, Vampiric Speed

Comment by FuxieDK

a single player can only use a rumble card once every 3 hours.

This is incorrect. You can use it, approx every 5 minutes.

Comment by Razz

I am trying to understand this whole brawlers guild thing... What is the incentive to even do this? just for the mount? No meatball companion nothing like that?

Comment by Frecnedeor

I don't know if this was some bug or what, but it seems I found an accidental cheese for the fight with Stitches on my warlock.

I'd casted Demonic Gateway as a quick getaway for when the slow debuff stack became heavy, but I noticed when I stood right on the gateway (not using it), the Aura of Rot debuff did not appear to stack, instead staying at 1. The same thing happened the next 2-3 times I fought him as well. I haven't seen this posted anywhere else, but maybe other people have experienced it.

Comment by Stingraydude453

If you're a shaman and you're having trouble with Hyper Mega-Mecha Seagull x9000. Just pop Earth Elemental to tank it. Easy peezy.

Comment by ceejai

Under the questline part, one of the steps listed is:

Defeat any brawls while an unlikely visitor spies on you

This is incorrect. You can lose the fight. All that matters is that you put the goggles on and see Yogg-Saron staring at you from the corner.

Comment by Raynuru

Am i the only one that sees the little guy on the back of the big guy NOT as a reference to Game Of Thrones..but instead to Mad Max THUNDERDOME?
Really? Just me?

Comment by Lornaa

I assume this is no longer doable? when I enter, you can't fight any more :(

Comment by Xozus

For Ooliss - Horrific Pursuit - change "will deal heavy damage if it gets close to you while channeling the spell" to "will lock your character and insta kill you. This is not an ability the can be mitigated with something like a tank defensive - the stun /lock aspect prevents abilities.

Comment by Xozus

For Ooliss - Horrific Pursuit - change "will deal heavy damage if it gets close to you while channeling the spell" to "will lock your character and insta kill you". As of 11.2.7, this is not an ability the can be mitigated with something like a tank defensive - the stun / lock aspect prevents abilities.

Comment by kassia1213

"If hit, you will get knocked up. This deals no damage." ...I beg to differ.

Comment by Lornaa

I assume you have to complete the 4 fights at rank 1 and rank 2 to make it to rank 3?

Comment by Kurumi516

I think you need to update this. I have done over 100 Random Brawls so far and can say with confidence (if i'm not EXTREMELY unlucky) that you actually not face the bosses listed here. In random you can only get the ranked and challenge cards bosses.

Comment by Demaruh

"You can either disrupt Hudson's barrier with most CCs, such as stuns and fears, or take it down. The priority is to kill Dole before High Noon goes off, or he will 1-shot you." in 2025, Hudson can only be interrupted and stunned. Fears, knockbacks, and other CCs will not work.

Comment by SteveRocks

GG Engineering 2025:

The fight/strategy has changed slightly from how I've done it in previous versions.

When the fight starts you have to be right on top of one of the enemies (Max or Bo; doesn't matter which one) and bait the rocket barrages to hit your target. That has not changed. However, this time around the rocket barrages are either more random with their placement, less frequent, or less powerful meaning you have to get lucky that enough rockets hit your target to whittle down their HP before the enrage timer.

To combat this, when your target jumps away under the turret shield, DO NOT follow them. Instead, simply switch to the other enemy and start hugging them and resume the same strategy of baiting the rockets into this new target (their HP is shared and both mobs can fire rocket barrages). In the past, you could follow your original target under the turret shield, kill the turret to dismantle the shield, and resume the strategy and still have enough time to beat the timer without switching targets. This time around, killing a turret is a waste of sorely needed time and DPS with a pretty tight damage check. You will still need to have some decent RNG that enough rockets hit your target.

Good luck!

Comment by alternis

I don't get how I'm supposed to beat the Ogrewatch fight. They have so much HP, I only kill one and half of them before getting wiped by fire.

Comment by brotalen

hudson is impossible to be killed as balance druid

Comment by Porcia

Brawler's Guild closed after reset. Talk to the bouncer and he says the guild is closed down for renovation, yet other people are fighting in the arena?

Comment by Xozus

In 11.2.7 for the Mama Stormstout fight, the grains are sometimes cast outside of the arena. I'm sure this is a bug and hoping it gets addressed.

Comment by wenll

Some notes having finished this:
1. This brawlers guild was MUCH harder then prior brawlers guilds
- I am unsure if I am doing less damage as a hunter or if they simply have more hp/do more damage compared to prior events tho I think they are just harder

2. I beat this as a 712ilvl hunter
- Mix of BM and MM depending on the fight...usually BM

3. USE THE POTIONS. Theres cheap potions you get off the vendor there...USE them. They help massively.
- I never used flasks or food buffsbut that would have likely helped as well.

4. Get to rank 8 and then do the afflixes
- Recommend Bruce.

5. You don't need all 24 challenge bosses, only 15 for the achievement the best there is..
- Esinar made an awesome post on the achievement "the best there is" on the easiest and hardest bosses
The Best There Is#comments:id=6263989

6. Ones I had the hardest time dealing with as a hunter:
Blat on rank 3
Meatball on rank 4
Leper gnome quintet on rank 6
GG engineering on rank 6
Renegade Swabbie on rank 7
Ogrewatch on rank 7
Blingtron on rank 7
- Most of these mechanics aren't the issue its either DPS or being overwelmed with adds

7. Once berserk happens you still have a few seconds left if you position yourself where you ported in.

8. A super annoying thing is MAKE SURE you are not /afk when you are ported in. If your afk when ported in you'll auto port out and have to wait again. Super annoying

9. Very important that you note you only need 15 out of the 24 challenge fights.
- If you find one too challenging skip it and go to the next one.
- Esinar made an awesome post on the achievement "the best there is"
The Best There Is#comments:id=6263989
- You don't get anything doing all 24

10. If you already did "I Am Thrall's Complete Lack Of Surprise." the prior 2 times theres no new achivement this time around.

11. Unclear if brawlers guild goes away in patch on Tuesday. If it doesn't its unclear if the stat squish will help or harm brawlers guild.

Comment by Firehands

I was stumped on Ogrewatch as a 711 Ret Paladin, but since the stat squish - and I'm not joking - I killed all three of them in 15 seconds. Go do it now if you previously hit the wall.

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