Azgalor Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot
Azgalor is the fourth boss you will encounter in the Hyjal Summit 25-player raid instance. Azgalor is another DPS check that will require your raid to do as much damage as possible before losing too many members of your raid to his Doom ability.
Overview
Azgalor is the fourth boss you will encounter in the Hyjal Summit raid instance. Azgalor will spawn after fourth and final set of trash waves is defeated. Azgalor is another DPS check and the difficulty of this boss will largely depend on your raid's DPS; the more damage you are able to deal the less you will have to content with his most deadly ability, Doom. This is a two-tank encounter and should not require you to bring any extra healers.
Role-Specific Tips for Azgalor
Healer Tips
Spread evenly around the boss to ensure every member of the raid is in range of at least one healer. Spreading allows you to minimize the impact of Azgalor's Rain of Fire ability.
Try to keep members of the raid as high health as possible to limit any deaths while Healers are silenced by Howl of Azgalor.
DPS Tips
Spread evenly around the boss to ensure every member of the raid is in range of at least one healer. Spreading allows you to minimize the impact of Azgalor's Rain of Fire ability.
Make sure you are aware of when Howl of Azgalor will be cast to prevent using cooldowns right before getting silenced.
Tank Tips
The second tank who will be assigned to picking up the Lesser Doomguard spawned by Doom should assign a specific position near the boss that allows for DPS to transition quickly from hitting the boss to hitting the Doomguard and then return to DPSing the boss after the Doomguard has been slain.
Azgalor Abilities
- Doom — every 45 seconds Azgalor will cast Doom on a random member of the raid, after the 20-second debuff expires it will instantly kill the target and spawn a Lesser Doomguard.
- Howl of Azgalor — Azgalor will occasionally silence the entire raid for five seconds.
- Rain of Fire — Azgalor will spawn a Rain of Fire on a random player dealing a large amount of Fire damage to anyone who remains inside of the affected area.
- Cleave — Azgalor will deal massive Physical damage to anyone in melee range in front of him.
Strategy for Azgalor
Pulling the Boss
Azgalor will spawn and engage your raid about 60 seconds after the final trash wave is defeated. It is crucial to be ready to pick him up as soon as he becomes active and position him in a central location that allows your raid to spread around him while avoid being in front of him. A location should be predetermined where players who are targeted by Azgalor's Doom ability should run to to ensure the Lesser Doomguard is able to be picked up quickly by the tank assigned to it. This location should be close enough to the boss that DPS can quickly switch back and forth between the boss and the Doomguard, but not close enough that DPS may get cleaved by the boss.
Phase One
Azgalor is the same boss fight from the second you engage him until he dies. Once Azgalor is positioned the raid should be spread evenly around him to avoid taking any unnecessary damage from his Rain of Fire ability and members of the raid who are targeted should move out of this as quickly as possible. Doom will be cast by Azgalor every 45 seconds and there is no way to avoid this killing the person who is targeted. To minimize the impact this ability has on your raid consider having your Warlocks create a rotation for casting their Soulstone on the player who is targeted by Doom. By creating this rotation you will be able to take full advantage of your Warlocks' utility and minimize the amount of players taken out of the fight by Doom. Players who are targeted by Doom should make their way to a predetermined location so they are in range of the Warlock who is assigned to Soulstone them and the Tank who will be picking up the Lesser Doomguard that will be spawning from the now dead player; DPS should focus on killing this Doomguard as quickly as possible before returning to DPSing Azgalor. Azgalor will also occasionally cast Howl of Azgalor, silencing everyone in the raid. This effect can be resisted so the importance of Shadow Resistance Aura from Paladins and Prayer of Shadow Protection from priests cannot be understated. Improved Concentration Aura from Paladins may also be something to consider if you are having a particularly hard time handling the silence.
Azgalor Loot
Item | Item Type | Slot |
---|---|---|
Gloves of the Forgotten Vanquisher | Tier Token | Gloves |
Gloves of the Forgotten Protector | Tier Token | Gloves |
Gloves of the Forgotten Conqueror | Tier Token | Gloves |
Girdle of Hope | Plate | Belt |
Bow-stitched Leggings | Pants | |
Don Rodrigo's Poncho | Leather | Chest |
Glory of the Defender | Plate | Chest |
Boundless Agony | Weapon | Dagger |
Shady Dealer's Pantaloons | Leather | Pants |
Design: Great Lionseye | Pattern | Jewelcrafting |
Design: Flashing Crimson Spinel | Pattern | Jewelcrafting |
Design: Inscribed Pyrestone | Pattern | Jewelcrafting |
Design: Sovereign Shadowsong Amethyst | Pattern | Jewelcrafting |
Design: Stormy Empyrean Sapphire | Pattern | Jewelcrafting |
Design: Veiled Pyrestone | Pattern | Jewelcrafting |
Design: Mystic Lionseye | Pattern | Jewelcrafting |
Design: Shifting Shadowsong Amethyst | Pattern | Jewelcrafting |
Other Hyjal Summit Guides
If you were looking for a full guide for the Hyjal Summit raid, or would like to know what specializations the loot from Azgalor should be prioritized to, see the links below.
Changelog
- 18 Dec. 2021: Guide added.
This guide has been written by Sellin, a former top 10 US raider and current season and several time Gladiator, long time WoW Player and passionate about all things Warcraft and Theorycrafting. You can follow him on Twitter and watch him on Twitch.
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