Freehold Dungeon Ability Guide

By FatbossTV Updated: 2020/02/24

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Silk Cuffs of the Skycap'n

Sharkbait's Fishhook

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Kragg's Rigging Scalers

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Parrotfeather Cloak

Sailcloth Waistband

Raoul's Barrelhook Bracers

Seal of Questionable Loyalties

Dashing Bilge Rat Shoes

Silver-Trimmed Breeches

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Captain's Diplomacy

Jolly's Boot Dagger

Jeweled Sharksplitter

Shell-Kickers

Sharktooth-Knuckled Grips

Sharkwater Waders

Greasy Bacon-Grabbers

Bite-Resistant Chain Gloves

Chum-Coated Leggings

Sea Dog's Cuffs

Sharkhide Grips

Sharkbait's Favorite Crackers

Gold-Tasseled Epaulets

Gaping Maw Shoulderguard

Sea-Brawler's Greathelm

Harlan's Loaded Dice

Bloody Tideturner

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Ruffled Poet Blouse

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VideoFatbossTVSkycap'n KraggNotable Trash MobsSkycap'n KraggSharkbaitVile Bombardment

Players caught within the patches will take a ticking damage and be slowed by 40%. So yeah don't stand in the parrot poop.

Irontide EnforcerBrutal Backhand

All players should avoid standing within this frontal cone. Tanks can sidestep this ability, as the enforcer will continue to face his initial direction once the cast begins.

The Irontide Enforcers will also cast Shattering Toss on the tank. This cast throws the tank far away from the group.

Azerite GrenadeIrontide MastiffCrippling Bite

These doggies will also buff themselves with Bestial Wrath, an enrage effect that increases their physical damage done by 50% for 1 minute.

Players who can "soothe" the enrage away from the Mastiffs should, as this will help keep incoming damage under control.

Irontide CorsairPoisoning Strike

This ability is cast more frequently than every 12 seconds, therefore this poison dot is likely to stack.

The debuff should be dispelled if possible, if not the tank may wish to stun the enemies just before the dot times out, as this will prevent another Poisoning Strike cast from going through and stacking the dot.

Irontide Crackshot

The tank should attempt to stack enemies on top of the Crackshots to ensure that the group can cleave everything down.

The Crackshots will mark the location of a random player and throw an Azerite Grenade. This grenade will deal damage to all players within the 16-yard landing location.

Players should simply move out of the red targeting zone as soon as it appears to avoid the damage.

Skycap'n KraggIrontide BonesawFilthy BladeInfected Wound

This should be dispelled if possible and the group should be careful when pulling a large number of Irontide Bonesaws at once.

The Bonesaws have an interruptible 2.5-second cast: Healing Balm. This will apply a magic buff to a wounded trash mob which heals them for 5% max hp every second.

Players should interrupt this cast as the highest priority. If the cast does go through, the trash mob who gained the Healing Balm should be quickly dispelled.

Freehold Pack Mule

They have a low health pool and do not cast any abilities.

Skycap'n KraggIrontide EnforcerIrontide MastiffSkycap'n KraggSkycap'n Kragg Abilities & StrategySharkbaitCharrrrrgeSkycap'n KraggSharkbaitSharkbaitSkycap'n KraggSharkbaitCharrrrrgeCharrrrrgePistol ShotSkycap'n KraggSharkbaitSharkbaitVile Bombardment

These work identically to the patches the group needed to avoid whilst defeating the trash on the way to this boss.

Attempt to remain spread from one another, so no more than one player is hit when the Vile Bombardment lands. That player should then swiftly move out of the area to avoid the incoming ticking damage and movement speed slow.

Vile Bombardment will always prefer the closest target to Sharkbait, so ranged and healer players can bait it.

Azerite Powder ShotSkycap'n KraggCharrrrrgePistol ShotAzerite Powder Shot

To minimize incoming damage, players should spread out around the boss. This will reduce the chance of multiple players being hit at once.

Revitalizing Brew

The group should interrupt this cast as soon as possible. Doing so will cause the bottle of brew to land on the ground nearby. A player can interract with this object and channel Revitalizing Brew themselves, providing a small amount of healing over 5 seconds.

Sharkbait mid Dive Bomb.

Heroic difficultySharkbaitDive Bomb

Sharkbait will then charge across the arena in a straight line, dealing damage and knocking back all players in the path.

Players need to keep an eye on Sharkbait throughout the encounter to ensure they spot the sneaky parrot landing and casting Dive Bomb so that it can be avoided.

Council o' CaptainsNotable Trash MobsSkycap'n KraggFreeholdBlacktooth BruteEarth Shaker

Players hit by this need to be aware of their impaired movement, as this may catch them off guard when trying to move from other trash abilities.

Sea SpoutCutwater DuelistDuelist Dash

Each member of the group should ensure that they are not between the Duelist Dash zone and the Duelist at all times.

Irontide OarsmanSea Spout

These zones will detonate shortly after spawning, dealing damage and shooting players high into the air.

This cast should be interrupted where possible, and if the cast goes through players should quickly move out of the Sea Spout zone that has spawned underneath them.

Bilge Rat PadfootPlague Step

Players should attempt to remain somewhat close to the pack of enemies to reduce the distance the Bilge Rat Padfoot has to travel back to get into the cleave damage of the group.

Cutwater Knife JugglerRicocheting Throw

Whilst engaging these Knife Jugglers, ranged players should spread apart from one another at least 8 yards to ensure that no excess damage goes through to the group.

Rat TrapsVermin TrapperRat Traps

Players should move quickly away from their current location when Rat Traps is cast to avoid its dangerous effects.

Vermin TrapperSoggy ShipratScabrous Bite

Due to the sheer quantity of rats, the group should quickly kill them to ensure that the Scabrous Bite debuff does not stack too high on the tank.

Blacktooth KnuckledusterBlacktooth Scrapper

Blacktooth Knuckledusters have an interruptible 2.5 sec cast called Shattering Bellow. This deals damage and interrupts all players within 30 yards.
The group should ensure that this spell is interrupted, especially as there are no other enemies that have interruptible casts in this area.

Blacktooth ScrapperBlind Rage

The Blind Rage can be soothed off the scrapper, as it is an enrage buff. Alternatively, the player fixated can kite the mob until the fixate ends.

Joining the Pirates

It is important that this is done, otherwise, the three bosses will gain the Under One Banner buff, which increases each bosses damage and health pool by 100%.

Murphy

Murphy will go through several different spots, most of which reside in a clump of trash. Make sure to finish one trash pack before pulling the next.

Eventually Murphy will get tuckered out and fall asleep. At this point, somebody must right click him to take his keys.

You can then open the cage holding Lokhtos Darkbargainer. He will make you an honorary member of his crew, making Captain Jolly an ally to the party.

This will get players drunk for 1 minute through their Bilge Rat Brew.

Once all players have had a drink they will become honorary members of that crew, making Captain Eudora an ally to the party.

Blacktooth Knuckleduster

At this point, four additional enemies will run towards the group. Once all 6 enemies have been defeated, the group will become honorary members of Captain Raoul crew, making him an ally in the next encounter.

Chase Murphy around to snag his keys!


Have the entire group get drunk with the Vulpera!	Attacking these enemies will pull fouradditional mobs! Be prepared!

Council o' Captains Abilities & StrategyBlackout BarrelCaptain RaoulBlackout Barrel

Players should focus this as soon as possible to allow their ally to rejoin the fight.

Players within melee range of Captain Raoul will need to watch out for his Barrel Smash, which deals a burst of damage and knocks back players within 10 yards each time it is cast.
This ability is broadcast clearly to players via a brown swirly circle animation. Anyone who sees that should make sure they move away from this captain.

Captain EudoraPowder Shot

As this is cast so frequently, this captain will often remain stationary, forcing melee players and the tank to move to her.

This is most prevalent when Captain Eudora casts Grapeshot. Eudora will jump far away from her current location and unleash a series of blasts that deal damage in a large cone across the encounter space.
This ability will always fire from Eudora's left to her right (Alternatively, from the player's right to left facing Eudora).

Players with exceptional movement speed should move behind Eudora by moving to the left side of Eudora.

Players with slower movement may just want step through one tick of the cone by stepping to the right, facing Eudora.

The worst thing you can do is try to move behind Eudora by moving left and instead eating every tick of the cone!

Captain EudoraGrapeshotCaptain JollyCutting Surge

Upon cast completion, Jolly will charge towards the location and deal moderate damage to all players within 5 yards, whilst also applying a 12-second physical damage dot.

Captain Jolly will also throw out a spinning blade when he casts Whirlpool of Blades which deals heavy nature damage to anyone stood near the blade.

This blade will return to Captain Jolly. The tank should attempt to keep Captain Jolly still to allow the blade to return to him as soon as possible, as it will despawn upon contacting the captain.

Allied Captain BuffsCaptain EudoraChain ShotCaptain RaoulTapped Keg

The group should remain near to Captain Raoul whenever he is due to cast Tapped Keg, as to ensure they gain this beneficial damage increase.

Captain JollyTrade Wind's VigorHeroic difficultyRummy Mancomb

The beverage that is being thrown can be seen by checking Rummy Mancombs casts as each time he throws a brew, his cast will represent the brew being tossed.

The bartender cannot be attacked by the group. Instead the group must move the bosses out of the beverages, whilst standing themselves within the beneficial ones.

Brews

Confidence-Boosting Freehold Brew increases critical strike chance by 50% for 8 seconds.

Invigorating Freehold Brew increases haste by 30% for 8 seconds.

Caustic Freehold Brew deals ticking damage over 8 seconds.
This is the only brew players should avoid, whilst attempting to keep the captains within these zones.

Ring of BootyNotable Trash Mobs

We recommend that the group takes the central path, as it allows for easier backtracking. However, they definitely may be better options that are found as more players go through the dungeon as expansion goes on.

Blacktooth KnuckledusterBlacktooth ScrapperCaptain RaoulBoulder ThrowCutwater HarpoonerDragging Harpoon

Ranged players must be aware of what awaits them at their destination, such as dangerous area of effect abilities from the Irontide Crusher.

Irontide CrusherBoulder Throw

Players should quickly identify the area in which the boulder will land so that they can move out of it to avoid the damage and stun.

The crusher will also cast Ground Shatter. After a 2.5 sec cast, all players within 9 yards of the crusher will take a burst of damage and be slightly knocked back.

Players should ensure that they do not remain within the zone around the Irontide Crusher when this is cast.

Players gripped in by the Dragging Harpoon cast should be especially careful, as the combined damage of the two abilities might one shot a player.

Ring of Booty Abilities & StrategyPhase One: Catch LightningLightning

Lightning will run around the arena at an impressive rate, which can make interacting with the pig pretty challenging. Once Lightning has been picked up, the phase will end.

Lightning will spawn at a random spot in the arena.

Phase Two: LudwigLudwig Von Tortollan

Aside from melee swinging the tank, Ludwig Von Tortollan only has one ability: Shell Bounce.

When cast, Ludwig will face a random direction and send out a shell. This shell will bounce endlessly around the encounter area, dealing damage and knocking back anyone who stands in its path.

Players simply need to avoid standing in the path of the shell, which does become more difficult as more and more shells are introduced into the arena.


Phase 1: Click Lightning 5 times!	Phase 2: Avoid the bouncing shells!

Phase Three: TrothakShark TornadoTrothak

Trothak will hit a random player in melee and apply a physical damage 12-second dot via his Ripper Punch ability.

This cannot be avoided, instead, the healer should ensure that players within melee range of Trothak are kept healthy at all times.

Shark Tornado

This cannot be interrupted or avoided, instead players can chose to stay within the Shark Tornado and take the damage, or stand away and wait for the spell to end.

TrothakShark Toss

This Flailing Shark deals damage to all players within 5 yards each time it bounces towards the nearest player. They cannot be attacked or crowd controlled by players.

Ranged players should kite the shark around, making sure that they do not kite it into melee range, as melee players will struggle to kite the shark away whilst staying within range of the boss.

Throw ChumTrothakRearm

There can be up to two sharks active at any given time. This is a large source of incoming group damage, so players should prioritise safely kiting the sharks over their damage dealing duties.

Heroic difficultyFlailing Shark

This can be counteracted by utilizing the Throw Chum patches that are present on heroic difficulty.

Players should kite the Flailing Shark into these patches, as the shark will consume the patch and be immobile for 3 seconds.

Harlan SweeteNotable Trash MobsIrontide OfficerOiled Blade

As this ability cannot be avoided, the healer should aim to quickly dispel this debuff, whilst the tank uses a damage reduction cooldown to survive during this time.

Thundering SquallIrontide RavagerPainful Motivation

This effect also inflicts 3% maximum health damage to the trash mobs every second over its 10 second duration, equalling to an impressive 30% max health damage from the buff.

Confident groups may wish to leave the spell uninterrupted to allow the enemies to die slightly quicker, at the expense of more incoming damage.

Lightning BoltIrontide StormcallerThundering Squall

Players should aim to interrupt Thundering Squall as a high priority, as its high damage will force melee DPS to move away from the otherwise clumped trash mobs.

Irontide BuccaneerBlade Barrage

The group should avoid this ability as much as possible, as the damage it deals over its 5 second duration is very dangerous.

The Buccaneer will maintain their position whilst channelling the ability, allowing the tank to also sidestep the ability.

Harlan SweeteHarlan Sweete Abilities & StrategyHarlan SweeteCannon BarrageCannon Barrage

This player will now spawn zones every 0.8 seconds over the 3 duration of the debuff. These zones will explode after 1.5 seconds, dealing damage and applying a Flaming Shrapnel dot to all players within the zone.

The zones will also leave Fiery Debris zones, which last 5 minutes and deal ticking damage to anyone who stands within it.

Players marked by Cannon Barrage should move to low traffic areas of the encounter space and place their zones close to one another, as this will maximise the space the group has to work with.

Swiftwind Saber

The group needs to quickly identify which direction these blades are facing and attempt to side step out of their path.

As this can be difficult, players should ensure that they will not be knocked back into a Fiery Debris zone in the event that they are hit by the Swiftwind Saber blades.

Irontide Grenadier

These adds will fixate a random player and chase them down. Upon reaching them, they will detonate their Black Powder Bomb. This will kill the add whilst dealing substantial damage to all players within 5 yards.

The group should immediately switch to these adds and kill them. Grenadiers are susceptible to most crowd control effects, including displacements, slows and stuns.

Loaded Dice: All Hands!

Cannon Barrage will now be applied to all non-tank players.
The group needs to ensure that they do not cut off one another. This is easily done by being spread before the ability is cast.

Swiftwind Saber

As each of these sets spawn within a short time of one another, dodging the ability can be incredibly difficult. The group should now expect to be hit by the blades, and therefor should be kept healthy before the ability is cast.

The strategy for dealing with these adds remains the same: make sure that the adds are crowd controlled and killed before they reach any player.

Loaded Dice: Man-O-War

Due to the increased attack speed, the tank may wish to save large damage reduction cooldowns for this period. Harlan will die very quickly due to the damage taken increase, so most classes should be able to chain cooldowns to cover this incoming damage.

Likewise, healers may wish to save large cooldowns during this time as the incoming damage the group is taking is likely to go up due to the larger amount of incoming abilities.

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Comments

Comment by Hirotoro

Fantastic guide as always. Just the one small nitpick would be that the 'notable trash mob' links in the table of contents always takes you to the notable trash mobs section of the first boss, regardless of which one you click. So if you want to check out trash for later bosses you'll have to click on the Boss' name instead. As each boss' section begins with its respective trash anyway, you may as well link directly to the boss even when that boss' respective trash mobs header is clicked.

Comment by Moldybeaver

Anyone had problems with the event to make one of the captains your friend bugging out? We had the brawlers and a hunter accidentally pet pulled then it went away.

Comment by dumenc

omg, Shark Tornado
I really hope that, in some other instance (next raid maybe¿?) they'll add a new spell :"Shark Tornado 2" and 3, 4, 5... lol

Comment by SolSphere

If you have a stealth member in your party (rogue druid) you can follow Murphy (the doggie) without pulling all the trash in the area. He responds to the stealth members presence. I assume he can smell you.

Comment by pozomarcelo

You forgot about the NPC Bilge Rat Buccaneer before third boss.

Comment by madmason

Timer to beat it for +1 is now at 33 minutes (from the season 2 patch notes). This probably means the timers for +2 and +3 need also be adjusted.

Comment by vegard101

This sucks. He forgot loads of trash mob abilities which does a lot of dmg and have to be interrupted.

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