We have several more Warlords of Draenor Alpha Previews to share with you today--a look at the Minas Machacasangre dungeon and more exploration vignettes in Frostfire Ridge.Warlords Content Hub if you'd like to read even more about the expansion!Video General Strategy Casters periodically summon a pool of purple smoke on the ground which will silence anyone in it, or anyone who moves into it. These persist until the caster is dead, so CC or focus down casters to avoid excessive pools. Some melee will periodically use a chain grapple to pull players toward them. This cannot be avoided but alone does negligible damage. Some melee will periodically cleave with a smoke effect on the ground. This does very high damage, with scaled ilvl of 500 it was taking away about 60% health in build 18379 There are several patrols, particularly in the area prior to Rolltall's bridge. Try to fight mobs where they stood to avoid the patrols, and stay aware - an unmanaged overpull could cause a wipe, especially at a 500 ilvl. Use CC. While you will be able to muscle through, especially on better geared characters, using CC will make the run smoother. There are two minibosses, a boar boss and Slagna, a miniature Magmaw. Boar Boss: He does a Horridon-style double swipe, hitting a cone in front of his head and tail. He will not follow the tank while he does it. Avoid this. Slagna: Conjures pools of lava. Don't stand in them Interrupt the summoned elementals' Firestorms DPS the elementals down quickly. They have relatively low health pools. Don't stand in the fire Dispel debuffs as regularly as possible, particularly from melee and tanks as they spread. Avoid standing in the two Smash abilities which have obvious smoke effects on the floor Don't stand in the ground effects Interrupt Ferocious Yell Miners cannot be taunted, they need to be DPS'd down. Bringing them to melee can help. Miners will try to attack targets the boss has leapt on. There are friendly miners, but it's not obvious which they are. Don't worry too much about healing them, you don't need them to down the boss. Look at Rolltall's end of the bridge to see where the rolling boulders will spawn. Avoid them while you can, they do a fair amount of damage and a 1-second stun During his wind blast, you can cast while being blown along the bridge if you don't run into the wind. Because of the wind blast, it's helpful to your healer if you try to stay grouped He will summon fire, coating parts of the bridge until the fight ends. It is not possible to position this as it is not cast on players. The fire does a lot of damage, try to dodge it during the wind blast. The boulders will often fill the fire-free areas. Pick between the two, do not get hit by both! In alpha, the fire seemed to do more damage than the boulders, but the tooltips indicate the opposite is true. This fight has a soft enrage as the bridge will become completely covered in fire. Don't fall off the bridge! Interrupt Molten Blast at every opportunity. Doing this effectively removes two high-damage abilities from the fight, making it far easier. If interrupting fails, healers with an offensive dispel (priests, shaman), Mages and Prot Warriors can remove the buff. The summoned elementals need to be DPS'd down before the reach the kilns their beams are leading to. Use roots, snares and stuns to ensure they are killed in time. There will be an increasing amount of fire on the floor. Don't stand in it. Each pool will last for 2 minutes Because of the elementals and the fire, it may be best, depending on your comp, for ranged DPS to deal with the elementals while melee focus the boss. Ensure you remain in range of your healer wherever possible. It's easy to get very spread out in this fight. Achievements Dungeon Journal Overview
– Forgemaster Gog'duh hurls two greater elementals at the party in an attempt to buy time.
Once the Forgemaster is brought low on health, Magmolatus will escape from the furnace and engage the party. Magmolatus will periodically call in Molten Elementals to assist him.
Damage Dealers
–
While Forgemaster Gog'duh is alive, defeat the elementals called into combat.
Interrupt Calamity's
[Firestorm] to prevent heavy Fire damage.
While Magmolatus is active, kill Molten Elementals to avoid being overwhelmed.
Tanks
–
[Rough Smash] and
[Slag Smash] both do high damage and stun players!
Molten Elementals are immobile and cannot be tanked.
Stage One: Frantic Forgemaster
Gog'duh hastily conjures two elementals in his defense, then assaults players with blasts of magma.
Gog'duh
Ruination, Servant of the Earth
Calamity, Servant of the Flame
Stage Two: Menacing Magma
Once Gog'duh is badly injured, the powerful elemental Magmolatus escapes and begins to wreak havoc.
Magmolatus
– Magmolatus assaults players with a fierce combination of earth and fire.
Overview
– Slave Watcher Crushto attacks the party with a series of physical and earthen abilities.
He will periodically call in Captured Slaves to fight for him. Some especially daring slaves might turn against him!
Damage Dealers
–
Interrupt Slave Watcher Crushto when he casts
[Ferocious Yell] .
Kill hostile enslaved miners so they do not overwhelm your group.
Healers
–
Hostile Captured Miners will focus on allies who have been struck by
[Crushing Leap] .
Heal friendly rebelling miners to keep them in the fight.
Tanks
–
Interrupt Slave Watcher Crushto when he casts
[Ferocious Yell] .
Enemy miners will fixate on players hit by
[Crushing Leap] , ignoring taunt effects during this time.
Slave Watcher Crushto
– Crushto ferociously attacks players, periodically calling in Captured Miners to assist him in combat.
Captured Miner
– Captured Miners are forced to fight for their slave master, but some will turn to your side upon noticing your faction.
Overview
– Roltall summons a series of Fiery Boulders that roll down the narrow bridge, damaging all enemies in their path.
Overview
– Gug'rokk uses Molten Blast as his primary attack, gaining Molten Core with each successful cast. If he reaches 3 stacks of Molten Core, he will cast Molten Barrage, causing group wide damage.
Frostfire Ridge Vignettes Last week,
we posted about many rare spawns and exploration details, including the frozen remains of a Young Orc Woman who died holding a love letter and memento, the
Colmillo de leche de lobo gélido . We recently found the fate of the man she was waiting for, the Young Orc Traveler.
When you approach him, the following description pops up:
<A lone orc traveler lies dead in the snow, apparently overwhelmed by ravenous tundra wolves. Judging by his gear, he was prepared for a long journey through harsh conditions.
He was holding a
Pata de liebre de las nieves and
Pergamino forrado de pieles , similar to Magra's
Nota doblada :
Karash, my wolf,
If you combine the
Pata de liebre de las nieves and
Colmillo de leche de lobo gélido , you create a
Dije de anhelo frustrado . As Magra stated in her note, the path connecting both of them is marked with a faint trail of bones.
In addition, we found
Jehil el Escalador , who drops
Botas de escalada de Jehil and is accessible via a jumping game! He's on the roof of a questing area, which requires you to climb a large mountain, jump down onto the roof which has large separated bones, and jump between the bones until you reach the roof's tarp.
