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Warlords of Draenor - Blackrock Foundry: The Blast Furnace
Today we are taking a look at The Blast Furnace, one of the more interesting bosses in Blackrock Foundry.
Originally Posted by MMO-ChampionThe Blackrock clan's unique ability to smelt the black ore, a substance so dense that ordinary flame does not even soften it, has always been their most closely-guarded secret. Deep within the Foundry, their furnace contains a primal force as old as Draenor itself, raging within the confines of its prison as it emanates a preternatural heat.
- Overview - The objective of this encounter is to destroy the Foundry's massive furnace. Players must first disable the Blast Furnace's Heat Regulators, which will release the Heart of the Mountain, a blazing fire Fury that powers the furnace. Primal Elementalists then join the fight and channel beams to control the raging Fury. Once the Primal Elementalists have fallen, the Heart of the Mountain is unleashed and must be dealt with directly.
- Damage Dealers -
- Furnace Engineers attach bombs to random targets. Detonate these bombs near a Heat Regulator to damage them.
- Defeat Slag Elementals near Primal Elementalists to temporarily disrupt their protective shield.
- Interrupt Firecallers' Cauterize Wounds.
- Healers -
- Players in the vicinity of Foreman Feldspar suffer Fire damage as long as they are close to him.
- Foreman Feldspar targets random players with his Pyroclasm ability.
- Every time the Heart of the Mountain reaches 100 Energy, he will cast Blast.
- Slag Elementals pick targets at random to fixate on and attack.
- Tanks -
- Position Security Guards so they cannot protect nearby allies with their Defense ability.
- Slag Elementals fixate on random players, and cannot be taunted.
- Firecallers will heal their allies for a significant amount.
- When facing the Heart of the Mountain, take turns tanking in order to manage your stacks of Tempered and Heat.
- Phase 1 - Sabotage - Players must disable the Heat Regulators located on each side of the Blast Furnace to disable it.
- The Blast Furnace -
- Blast - The Blast Furnace periodically unleashes a burst of heat upon the whole room. All players suffer 112,676 Fire damage.
- Furnace Engineer -
- Electrocution - The caster fires a bolt of electricity at a random enemy that inflicts 33,802 Nature damage. The electricity will jump to up to 2 other targets within 5 yards of the initial target.
- Repair - The caster attempts to repair a nearby Heat Regulator for 3% of its maximum health.
- Bomb - The caster attaches bombs to random enemies. After 15 sec the bombs will detonate.
- Drop Lit Bombs - The caster drops their sack of bombs. The force of dropping to the ground causes them all to arm; they will explode shortly after being picked up. If all the bombs are taken out of the sack, the sack will dissappear. Otherwise the sack will explode after 15 sec.
- Bellows Operator -
- Loading - Periodically increases the heat level of the Blast Furnace by 2.
- Get in the Fight! - In Mythic Difficulty, the Bellows Operators will stop operating the bellows of the furnace and engage players in melee combat after reaching 50% health remaining.
- Security Guard -
- Defense - The caster provides protection for their nearby allies, preventing nearly all damage.
- Slay Elemental - The caster strikes the target, disabling any protection their elemental nature would normally provide and causing the target to take an additional 50% more damage for 20 sec.
Only works on Slag Elementals.- Foreman Feldspar -
- Pyroclasm - The caster hurls a massive glob of pyroclastic sludge at a random target for 70,422 Fire damage.
- Rupture - The ground beneath the target's feet rips open, revealing pyroclastic flows that inflict 56,338 Fire damage to all players in the vicinity every second.
- Hot Blooded - Foreman Feldspar's very presence burns his enemies with Fire damage.
- Melt Armor - The caster lashes forward with their molten gauntlets, inflicting 43,000 Fire damage and melting the victim's armor.
Further instances of this attack received within 30 sec inflict 30% more damage.- Phase 2 - The Heart Exposed - The Heart of the Mountain escapes from the Blast Furnace! Primal Elementalists join the fight in an effort to keep the Heart of the Mountain from destroying everything.
- The Blast Furnace -
- Blast - The Blast Furnace periodically unleashes a burst of heat upon the whole room. All players suffer 112,676 Fire damage.
- Slag Pool - The Slag Pool continues to heat up the Heart of the Mountain as long as it remains in the area.
- Cooling Down - When the Heart of the Mountain exits the Blast Furnace it loses heat.
- Primal Elementalist -
- Damage Shield - The caster raises a shield of elemental forces, making them immune to all damage.
- Shields Down - Primal Elementalists are vulnerable to damage when their Damage Shield has been removed.
- Reactive Earth Shield - The Reactive Earth Shield will heal the target after 8 sec.
- Firecaller -
- Cauterize Wounds - The caster seals the target's wounds with flames, cauterizing them and healing the target for 20% of their maximum health.
Players healed in this way are healed for 1/10th this value.- Lava Burst - The caster hurls a massive glob of lava at a random target for 77,466 Fire damage.
- Volatile Fire - Afflicts random enemies with a seed of Volatile Fire that will explode after 8 sec. When the seed explodes, it inflicts 71,450 Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards of the explosion.
- Erupt - The caster causes lava underneath the target Slag Elemental to rise up out of the ground, heating them up. The Slag Elemental is energized to full.
- Slag Elemental - Slag Elementals will go Dormant and remove the Damage Shield of any nearby Primal Elementalist when they are reduced to 1 hitpoint. While Dormant, the Fury's Blasts will restore 25 Energy. When the Slag Elemental reaches 100 Energy they will revive.
- Burn - The caster inflicts 42,254 Fire damage to their current target.
- Fixate - Slag Elementals fixate on a random target, focusing their spells on the victim.
- Slag Bomb - Upon reaching zero health remaining, the Slag Elemental explodes for 100,000 Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards and goes Dormant.
- Hardened Slag - Hardened Slag is impervious to nearly all damage.
- Security Guard -
- Defense - The caster provides protection for their nearby allies, preventing nearly all damage.
- Slay Elemental - The caster strikes the target, disabling any protection their elemental nature would normally provide and causing the target to take an additional 50% more damage for 20 sec.
Only works on Slag Elementals.- Phase 3 - Freedom! - With all of the Primal Elementalists defeated, the Heart of the Mountain attacks everything in site.
- Heart of the Mountain -
- Blast - The Blast Furnace periodically unleashes a burst of heat upon the whole room. All players suffer 112,676 Fire damage.
- Tempered - Exposure to Heat from the Heart of the Mountain's attacks gradually increases damage taken from Heat. Tempered will only increase its efficacy when exposed to greater Heat levels than your current Tempered level and any time Heat is initially applied to you.
- Heat - Heats up the victim's arms and armor. This heat inflicts 28,169 Fire damage every second for each application and is increased by the victim's Tempered level.
- Melt - The caster heats the floor under a random enemy. Players entering the affected area suffer 70,422 Fire damage every second.
Brewfest 2014
Brewfest is upon us once again, and Icy-Veins has an in depth guide to all things Brewfest. This year the event runs from September 20 to October 6. This year offers the same items as last year, such as the Pandaren Brewpack and item level 470 epic trinkets.
If you are still leveling alts, don't forget to grab the Brewfest Enthusiast buff at 6:15 AM and 6:15 PM server time outside of Ironforge and Orgrimmar at the Tapping of the Keg ceremony.
Level Type Spec Slot Name 470 Trinket Trinket Bubbliest Brightbrew Charm 470 Trinket Trinket Bitterest Balebrew Charm 470 Trinket Spell DPS Trinket Mithril Wristwatch 470 Trinket Physical DPS Trinket Coren's Cold Chromium Coaster 470 Trinket Tank Trinket Brawler's Statue 470 Trinket Healer Trinket Thousand-Year Pickled Egg
Brewfest Prize Token Rewards
Level Type Slot Name Cost 20 Companion Pets Wolpertinger's Tankard 200 × 20 Companion Pets Pint-Sized Pink Pachyderm 100 × 20 Holiday Preserved Brewfest Hops 20 × 1 Quest "Brew of the Month" Club Membership Form 200 × 10 Head Head Belbi's Eyesight Enhancing Romance Goggles 100 × 10 Head Head Blix's Eyesight Enhancing Romance Goggles 100 × 1 Head Head Brown Brewfest Hat 50 × 1 Head Head Green Brewfest Hat 50 × 1 Head Head Blue Brewfest Hat 50 × 1 Head Head Purple Brewfest Hat 50 × 1 Chest Chest Brewfest Regalia 200 × 1 Chest Chest Brewfest Dress 200 × 1 Feet Feet Brewfest Boots 100 × 1 Feet Feet Brewfest Slippers 100 × 1 Consumable Pandaren Brewpack 100 × 1 Consumable Brewfest Pony Keg 100 × 1 Consumable Brewfest Keg Pony 200 × 20 Consumable Fresh Brewfest Hops 2 × 20 Consumable Fresh Goblin Brewfest Hops 5 × 1 Consumable Brewhelm 2 ×
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EU Connected Realms Update - 18/09
Final Phase of Heroes of the Storm Technical Alpha
The Heroes shop is closing on September 22, with all heroes being free to play after that. The next week Heroes will be shutdown for over a week to wipe all data and move to using the live servers. This will split players by region and connect your live Battle.Net friends lists.
Blizzard Art Update
Blizzard has added more pieces to the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Art gallery.