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Comment by prinnygod

Watched some videos of the fight, and you can tell what each train will do before it arrives. There are three torches above every train doorway. You want to pay attention to which of the three torches light up when the door opens.

If the torch on the left lights up, you will get a train with two carts. Each cart will deposit six Iron Raiders and two Iron Crack-Shots.

If the middle torch lights up, you will get a train with one cart. It will deposit two Iron Crack-Shots, two Gom'kar Firemenders, and one Grom'kar Man-at-Arms.

If the rightmost torch lights up, you will get a train with three carts. The only thing of interest being what looks to be an Iron Gunnery Sergeant manning an Obliterator Cannon on the middle cart.

If all three torches light up, the train will go through the station without stopping or dropping anything off.

And I have no idea when or where the Deforester is. It never appeared in the videos I watched, so it could very well be exclusive to Mythic difficulty.

Comment by Bairot

Remind your raid that Oh long johnsoning causes wipes!

Comment by ivanmex

sigh....*starts singing* "Smooth operatooooor.....smooooooth operator" ...Every.Damn.Time.

Comment by Alshor

For those of you looking for Operator Thogar's sound files, they aren't here for some reason. Currently, wowhead has them placed under the Furnace Engineers from the Blast Furnace.

Comment by LiriellGarrosh

There's an addon called Thogar Assist available on Curse. It helps a lot.

Comment by whyzzim

If you are killed by train you won't lose any durability.

Comment by samwysgankye

Make sure you don't get...tunnel vision. :snicker:

Comment by DatRandomGuy

He likes trains.

Comment by Casn

I guess Blackhand at least made trains run on time.

Comment by Farmbuyer

Also, for those of you unfamiliar with how a stockyard is run:

Bat the stack off of her!

Comment by Swemage

For the "There's Always a Bigger Train"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il-hF8XoLR0

Comment by Sethdarkus999

Now a possible minor possible Boss reference to this boss mite just be Jean Bison.
From the Sly Cooper Series He had 3 trains which he would call his Iron Horses.

In Sly2: Band of Thieves is that the fight with Jean Bison happens in his Lumber Mill much like how we deal with Thogar in his place of operation.

Well to defeat Jean Bison you would use his Lumber Mill controls to turn the place into a total hazard much like how Thogar commands his trains to try and hit you on the tracks.
By using Jean mill controls to defeat him by burning him with fire, Knocking him back with blades or by dropping Logs on his head. But Bentley would call things out to Sly in the Control room of the Mill and basically say things like "Sizzle his gizzard" "Blades" "Logs" over his walky-talky."

Much like how Thogar commands his rails.

Comment by Eilonthay

Want to know what's said during the fight, but don't want to go fight him? Here you go! Enjoy!

Before the fight (there's not a lot of variety here), while you're fighting the two Grom'kar Man-at-Arms guarding the gates:

Operator Thogar yells: Track one.
Operator Thogar yells: Track four!
Operator Thogar yells: Track three.
Operator Thogar yells: Faster! Bat the stack off her!
Operator Thogar yells: Redball incoming!
Operator Thogar yells: Faster! Bat the stack off her!
Operator Thogar yells: Track three.
Operator Thogar yells: Track two!
Operator Thogar yells: Track three.
Operator Thogar yells: Faster! Bat the stack off her!
Operator Thogar yells: Faster! Bat the stack off her!
Operator Thogar yells: Track three.
Operator Thogar yells: Incoming on two.
Operator Thogar yells: Send 'er on down the line!
Operator Thogar yells: Express, coming through.
Operator Thogar yells: Track three inbound.
Operator Thogar yells: Send 'er on down the line!
Operator Thogar yells: Track two!
Operator Thogar yells: Blackhand wants to see these shipments in Talador. NOW!

During the fight (minus the repeats, because there are a fair amount of them):

Operator Thogar yells: Blackhand won't tolerate any more delays.
Operator Thogar yells: Faster! Bat the stack off her!
Operator Thogar yells: Reinforcements, right on time.
Operator Thogar yells: Here come the boomers!
Operator Thogar yells: Redball incoming!
Operator Thogar yells: All aboard!
Operator Thogar yells: Ah - reinforcements.
Operator Thogar yells: The command car is here.
Operator Thogar yells: Express, coming through.
Operator Thogar yells: End of the line.
Operator Thogar yells: Hah, flat as a copper piece.
Operator Thogar yells: Right. On. Time.
Operator Thogar yells: Terminated!
Operator Thogar yells: Send 'er on down the line!
Operator Thogar yells: Hah hah, this timetable is a killer! (if you wipe)
Operator Thogar yells: Here comes the brass.
Operator Thogar yells: Here they come - hit the grit, boys!
Operator Thogar yells: Here's my artillery.
Operator Thogar yells: That wasn't on the...schedule. (when he dies)

Considering what this guy did for a living, I'm not surprised he's a regular Chatty Cathy...that likes to repeat himself quite a bit. =) I love the voice acting.

Comment by Morakin

A good macro we made to make it easier to target firemenders and man-at-arms:

/tar Grom'kar Firemender
/stopmacro
/tar Grom'kar Man-at-Arms
/stopmacro
/targetenemy

Comment by Foxpaw

4, 2, 1, 3, 4, 2 immediately followed by 3, 1, raid split (2&3), 1&4, 1 again, 2, 4, 3 then 2 then 1, 2&4, 1 immediate followed by 3, 1&4 immediately followed by 2, 2 again, raid split (2&3) with 3 almost immediately leaving and followed by 4, 1, 1&4 (hero), 2, 3, 3 again, 1&4, 4-3-2-1 down the line, wipe.

Comment by Hasphew

The easiest way to complete this part of the instance is to supplex the train.

Comment by Sipder

Mythic Operator Thogar: https://youtu.be/tsxlt79LIv4

Comment by tigersaurusrex

Solo'd on normal as an 865 Demon Hunter tank. This fight had the most dmg going out of the ones I've done so far in here (blast furnace wing + beastlord), but it was fairly easy. If you've never done the fight before, the trains will take a bit of getting used to. just make sure you're always positioned so you can see one of the side walls. When a door opens on the wall, make sure to get off that track. I ignored the cannons since I don't have a strong enough ranged attack to kill them and that's where most of the damage came from. I made sure to save a CD for the cannons and I was fine. I was nervous for the split trains but that part was nothing compared to the cannons. The adds barely tickled me. I killed him in about 4 minutes, before the second Man-at-Arms.

Comment by warp9pnt9

Extreme difficulty soloing on normal with an 889 Hunter Marksman with no boosts and no plan. But I did just get him down to 2%, but goofed up and died at the last second.

Revised plan: Nommed a "cupcake" (stat or damage increasing food), an Augment Rune, and dropped Drums, and remembered to spam Exhilaration as I Barrage the adds, as every 4 adds killed reset the CD, and if needed, pop turtle shell which heals 40%, and stand still and use a bandage (if not taking much AoE damage or being bounced around like a ping pong ball). Then it was fairly easy, 54.34 seconds.

Comment by Regalingual

As of 7.3's launch (and after a few attempts), it appears that the trash before him is bugged; specifically, the first train that drops off troops never moves on after you kill all of the mobs from both of the cars they come out of, which means you can't engage Thogar himself.

Incidentally, I noticed that the group on the left side is missing the mob that jumped on a barrel and usually evade-bugged out, so it could possibly be related to that (I.E. each car requires you to kill a specific number of NPCs to kill in order to trigger the event flag for "move the train", and that flag wasn't updated to account for the missing mob from the trash pack the car spawns).

Comment by SerroDan

Guide to soloing Blackrock Foundry on Mythic difficulty!

Link: https://youtu.be/Lkc08xw0WFE

In this guide you will be facing 3 Bosses which are covered in the The Iron Assemlby.
1. Beastlord Darmac
2. Operator Thogar
3. Admiral Gar'an

Why do we want to solo this on Mythic difficulty?
Unless you have completed the Quest, Sigil of the Black Hand (Mythic), you will not be able to skip straight to Blackhand.
Blackhand has a 1% chance to drop a Ironhoof Destroyer, which is a highly desirable mount!

Comment by Shardsy

When I have been running this lately (Patch 8.1.0) there has been a bug. When you kill the adds before the boss, the train coming in with the cannons, only have had one canon and I been forced to Alt+F4.
The bug only happens if I take the right group first.

Comment by Moonie1

I had some issues getting the gate to lower to the train tracks as a Blood DK. I had no ranged I could hit the Sergeants with to open the gate after everything else was dead. I finally was able to kill the right Sergeant using Blood Boil and standing in the corner near it on the right tower. The left Sergeant could not be hit with blood boil from the tower. I had to climb the 3 boxes on the tower and then jump towards the Sergeant and hit Blood Boil in the air to kill it.

Comment by Channelle

For some reason I can't get past the minions on this boss anymore (either difficulty).
I tried different ways of pulling the mobs, but one of the Iron raiders just stays in the train on the first track and I can't get past it to kill the boss.
It's been happening to me for a few weeks now, I quit playing for a while so I don't know how long this has been going on exactly.

EDIT: apparently this has happened in the past already, but I'm pretty sure it worked perfectly a few months ago.

Comment by CarlKorgall

Bug in 8.3 will cause one orc to get stuck in each train car before reaching the boss.

To get past this you just have to wait about 30 seconds after you've killed the other mobs, stand on the stairs and hit the orc in the train car with a ranged attack.

Comment by morahmeh

To avoid the bug with this boss (one mob staying on the train) you just have to aggro the Grom'kar Man-at-Arms on either platform, and don't kill him until that side of the train disembarks. It's worked for me 100% of the time on all difficulties. Happy farming!

Comment by Withboba

I accidentally found that they added a pair of shoulders to him.

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Operator Thogar <Grimrail Overseer>

This NPC can be found in Blackrock Foundry .

Blackrock FoundrySlagworksGruulOregorgerBlast FurnaceThe Black ForgeHans'gar & FranzokFlamebender Ka'grazKromogIron AssemblyBeastlord DarmacOperator ThogarIron MaidensBlackhand's CrucibleBlackhand- Choo choo!

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

Overview – Trains periodically pass through the encounter area, dropping off troops or providing support for Operator Thogar.
- Damage Dealers –
  Move away when [Siege Bombs] are fired at you.
  Interrupt Grom'kar Firemenders' [Cauterizing Bolt].
- Healers –
  Grom'kar Man-at-Arms' [Iron Bellow] inflicts raid-wide damage.
  Tanks with high stacks of [Enkindle] take significant damage.
- Tanks –
  Be ready to grab the attention of any reinforcement troops.
  Take turns tanking Thogar to avoid excessive [Enkindle] stacks.

Operator Thogar

Enkindle – Sets the target ablaze, inflicting Fire damage, additional Fire damage every second, and increasing damage taken by Enkindle by 35% for 25 sec. This effect stacks.
Prototype Pulse Grenade – Throws a prototype grenade at a target location, pulling in nearby targets over 20 sec, inflicting 1009 Nature damage every second.
Berated – Berate allies, increasing damage done by 5%, haste by 5%, and movement speed by 10%, and reducing casting time by 3%. This effect stacks.

Reinforcements

Iron Crack-Shot
- Shoot Rifle – Shoots at an enemy with a ranged weapon, inflicting Physical damage.
- Throw Grenade – Tosses a grenade at a location, inflicting Fire damage to enemies within 6 yards of the destination.
Iron Raider
- Serrated Slash – Slashes the target with a serrated axe, inflicting Physical damage and causing the target to bleed for 6 sec.
- Throw Grenade – Tosses a grenade at a location, inflicting Fire damage to enemies within 6 yards of the destination.
Grom'kar Firemender
- Cauterizing Bolt – Cauterizes the wounds of a target and allies within 5 yards, immediately inflicting 5% of their total health in damage, then restoring up to (1.5 * 5)% of their total health over 10 sec. A greater majority of this healing occurs quickly.
- Lava Shock – Blasts a nearby target with lava, interrupting casts and inflicting periodic Fire damage over 3 sec.
- Throw Grenade – Tosses a grenade at a location, inflicting Fire damage to enemies within 6 yards of the destination.
Grom'kar Man-at-Arms
- Iron Bellow – Lets forth a massive roar, inflicting Physical damage to all enemies.
- Reckless Slash – Charges a target, inflicting Physical damage to units within 7 yards of the impact location.
Iron Gunnery Sergeant
- Delayed Siege Bomb – Fires a series of bombs at a target, each inflicting 97 Physical damage and knocking back targets within 4.5 yards.
  These bombs embed themselves in the ground. After 30 sec, these explosives detonate, inflicting 107 Fire damage to targets within 9 yards.
Obliterator Cannon
- OBLITERATION – Fires an overloaded mortar shell into the air, raining fire onto the ground below for 30 sec. These patches of flame apply Burning.
  - Burning – Inflicts 437 Fire damage every second for 15 sec. This effect stacks.
Deforester
- Heat Blast – Channels a column of flame in a frontal line, applying Burning to targets.
  - Burning – Inflicts 437 Fire damage every second for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

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