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Comment by Djane

Basic Tactics

Phase 1
Nuke the croc.
When marked, move near the tank and have the dps aoe the adds down
Run the hell away from Augh
Don't stand in the fog, it kills.

Phase 2
Run the hell away from Augh

You can rez/heal/rebuff between phases if you back off away from Augh and don't activate him through hostile action.

Comment by 315859

Because nothing says "Egypt" like hungry crocodiles!

Comment by AnarchyAo

Possible reference to a crocodile named "Lockjaw" that roamed the shores of Oasis of Marr in Everquest.

Comment by Eachon

Tank him near the stairs, and aoe everything.

Comment by 357881

This is a 2-part boss fight, the first part is killing Lockmaw, the second is killing Augh. You can do both of these separately, so for that reason pull the croc back a bit so that Augh doesn't aggro right away. (you are out of combat until you pull Augh).

Phase 1: Lockmaw
Avoid clouds of dust. These spawn where Augh whirlwinds and where Lockmaws tail is. They cause massive, avoidable damage.

Non tanks should worry about being marked with Scent of Blood. When marked, a small red arrow will point at them and 3 (heroic: 4) non-elite crocolisks will come chomp on the affected target. These small crocolisks need to be burned down. For this reason, I'd suggest stacking on the boss. Hunters should be close and feign death after all the crocks have jumped on them.

Augh has a presence in phase 1, but is easily avoidable. Dont get into his whirlwind and you should be fine.

Around 40% or so he will go into a venomous rage, and this ~~can~~ should be tranq'd or soothed off.

There is lots of poison so nature resist comes in handy.

After Lockmaw is dead, drink up, heal up, and rez any dead rogues and mages you have, and be ready for Augh.

Phase 2: Augh

Augh is a crazy little bugger. His frenzy cannot be removed. He will cast dragons breath (short cone which disorients as well as does damage). Stay out of his whirlwinds, and heal through the blow darts. In heroic, he was pretty easy compared to any other heroic encounter.

I would not be surprised if this gets patched to make Phase 2 start as soon as lockmaw dies.

Comment by 562556

The poison on this fight hurts. If you get into a group with a healer that can't cleanse, and you can, please, for the sanity of all, at least cleanse the tank when he's hit.

Comment by Telka98

Have everyone but the tank stand on the bird statues behind him. Tank and spank after that.

Comment by 271371

Just a hint for all you warrior tanks out there.

Use vigilance on the person being attacked by the crocs, works excellent with the taunt refreshing !

Comment by 182693

Everyone except the tank: Make a wide left (as you face the building) around until you are at the left side of his building. You'll see a statue of a large croc on the "porch" to the bosses right. Jump up on the very end of the tail and get up on the statues back. You can dps and heal from here, bypassing most of the other mechanics of the fight. Just keep your tank up and burn him.

Comment by xmuppet

You can no longer jump on the crocodile statues for the fight

Comment by Ginobili

Reference to Everquest's Lockjaw
http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=4238

Comment by 430528

As xmuppet has stated, as of patch 4.0.6 it is no longer possible to exploit this encounter by climbing the croc statues. The adds will hafta be dealt with as intended.

Also on a similar note, Commander Springvale in SFK also had his "Drag to Courtyard" exploit nerfed (he does 200% more dmg when outside his room) so the adds will hafta be dealt with.

Comment by 558621

I've guild ran this heroic on both my S-Priest and Hunter..
We worked on Lockmaw heroic on Tues. Everything is "off" as to where you can stand except back at the staircase. Be careful NOT to pull Lockmaw up onto the flat area above the stairs keep him ON or at the BASE so caster's can still LOS. He will reset if you get him up past the top of the stairs. I know most just run around the stacks of pigmy's on either side, take a extra min. to burn em' down.
Have your squishies stand on the ramps of the staircase, (you can't stand on the flat areas off the ramps, but you can on the ramps themselves.) making sure to stand facing down onto the staircase to avoid any LOS problems. The tank can go out and grab kiting him back to the staircase it keeps everything and one in a generalized spot when he spawns the pita lil' crocs. Have your squishies aoe using the boss as they're target it's sure to hit everything around him.
I found when Augh pops up on my s-priest if you hit him once with Plague (on my Hunter just arcane or tranq.) he goes away to regen himself and is out of your hair for that moment..so have someone hit him with a DOT if he pops up getting all wiley and in the way (which he will:))
Hunter's be ready to feign I know they took our aoe's so just spam the snot out of your Multi-Shot when the pita croc's come up using Cobra to regen your focus since the extra dmg it does is always nicer than waiting for steady shot to decide to tick for ya.
Healer's that can throw a lightwell do so up at the top of the staircase in the middle of both ramps to help you out, and if your peeps are standing on the ramps they can reach it easily and save you some headache's and leg bones munched on trying to run around and heal. If you get scent of blood run down into the staircase and wait for your tank and dps to get em' off you.
It took a few tries, main thing is make sure you have the dps to fry down the croc's and you'll be on to Augh in no time.

Comment by Jaromor

SiamatLockmaw is the third - and optional - boss...

How is this boss optional when Siamat doesn't show up without killing him?

Comment by 533681

Yes. This is inaccurate. He is far from optional as you need him down to get to Siamet. Confirmed 1/2011.

Comment by Superchief

Tried to solo this on my Blood DK and failed, normal mode. The little crocs add up and are too much damage. With that I didn't attempt any more bosses from this dungeon, but General Husam is definitely soloable.

Comment by DaveJK

Oddly enough, you can't skin this crocodile. Not even an error that skinning skill isn't high enough(the one you get if you don't have Enchant Gloves-Gatherer).

Comment by WorgN6

I tamed King Krush earlier on my 383 BM hunter, queued and got Tol'Vir - on Lockmaw the pet's parses were showing a 20% miss rate with me .3% over the hit cap. Came to check if it had some sort of -hit% debuff or such but it doesn't seem to...

Comment by Shashos

Ok, Lockmaw is dropping nothing but silver on Normal mode. I thought it was perhaps me breaking the script by killing him too fast, but if that was the case, the croc wouldn't be lootable at all. I've been running lowbie alts through Lost City and after dozens upon dozens of runs, no items have dropped.

Reset the instance and put it on Heroic. The fight went totally as expected and loot dropped off Augh.

I know Lockmaw used to drop loot on normal, but it appears the fight has broken at some point.

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Lockmaw

This NPC can be found in Lost City of the Tol'vir .

Lost City of the Tol'virGeneral HusamHigh Prophet BarimLockmawAughSiamatLockmawLost City of the Tol'virAugh

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Heroic		Mythic
Deadly		Important
Tank		DPS
Healer		Interruptible
Magic		Curse
Poison		Disease
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Lockmaw

Viscous Poison – Lockmaw spits a glob of poison onto the location of a random player, inflicting 17 Nature damage to every player within 5 yards of the location, slowing their movement speed by 30%, and additionally inflicting 11 Nature damage every 2 seconds for 12 sec.
Dust Flail – Lockmaw begins to whip his tail up and down for 5 sec. Lockmaw deals 14 Nature damage every second to players behind him and their chance to hit is reduced by 50% for 10 sec. The damage dealt by Dust Flail increases by 50% for each second Lockmaw whips his tail.
Venomous Rage – When Lockmaw's remaining health reaches 30%, he enters a Venomous Rage. This increases his damage dealt by 25%.
Scent of Blood – Lockmaw causes a random player to bleed, inflicting 2 Physical damage every 2 seconds for 30 sec. The scent of the blood causes Frenzied Crocolisks to attack the affected player.
Frenzied Crocolisk – These vicious crocolisks periodically join the fight from the nearby riverbeds. They try to attack any player who has the Scent of Blood effect on them.
- Vicious Bite – Frenzied Crocolisks bite their current enemy target, inflicting Physical damage equal to 50% of a normal melee attack and additionally inflicting 2 Physical damage every 2 seconds for 15 sec. The Vicious Bite stacks up to 3 times.

Augh

While Lockmaw is alive, Augh is immune to damage and will periodically enter the fight stealthed then use his Paralytic Blow Dart, Whirlwind, or Smoke bomb abilities before retreating.

After Lockmaw dies in Heroic Difficulty, Augh steals Lockmaw's loot and becomes attackable.

Paralytic Blow Dart – Augh shoots a Paralytic Blow Dart at a random player, immediately inflicting 13 Nature damage, reducing melee, ranged, and spell casting speeds by 40%, and additionally inflicting 5 Nature damage every 2 seconds for 9 sec.
Whirlwind – Augh spins around like mad towards a random player for 20 sec, inflicting 23 Physical damage every second to surrounding enemies within 4 yards.
Smoke Bomb – Augh explodes a Smoke Bomb at his feet, stunning any enemy target within 5 yards for 3 sec.
Frenzy – Augh enters a Frenzy, increasing his attack speed by 60% and damage dealt by 60%.
Dragon's Breath – Augh breathes fire in a 10 yard long 60 degree frontal cone, inflicting 22 Fire damage to every enemy target within the cone and disorienting them for 3 sec.

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