Lord Marrowgar Encounter Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot

• Melee DPS will want to stand as close as possible to Lord Marrowgar to avoid being hit by fires as he sends them out.
• Quickly kill the Bone Spike to free your other raiders.
• Fire is NOT a DPS increase.

• Stack with melee DPS to quickly be broken free from the Bone Spike.
• Use defensive cooldowns if available on Bone Storm and Bone Spike victims.

• Be sure to stack closely together to split the Bone Slice.
• Always know where the other tank is, so you can quickly stack together after each Bone Storm.

Start off by having everyone except for your healers move into melee range of the boss. Healers should spread out for the Coldflames, but be sure to stay in range of the raid. Tanks will want to quickly run in together and stay stacked at all times. You will want to use all offensive cooldowns right away on the pull to get as much damage in as possible before mechanics start going off. Be sure you do not walk too far in front of the boss, or you risk being hit by Bone Slice.

The main focus of the raid in this phase is to simply avoid the Coldflames and kill the Bone Spikes to free players. Melee DPS should prioritize the spikes in melee range, while Ranged DPS focus on spikes that melee can not reach easily.

After 60 seconds, Lord Marrowgar will use Bone Storm, running around the room and attacking all nearby enemies every 2 seconds. Coordinate raid-wide defensive spells here to help reduce the damage output. During this spin, Lord Marrowgar will target the player that is furthest away from him, and move towards them. It is ideal to have your tanks split apart on opposite sides of the room to help control where Lord Marrowgar moves. Everyone should be mindful of the Coldflame patches as you move around during this phase, as the fire is much more dangerous than the whirlwind. After 25 seconds, Lord Marrowgar will stop spinning and returns to the previous phase.

After 25 seconds, Lord Marrowgar will stop spinning and returns to the previous phase. Tanks must be sure to stack together quickly to split the Bone Slice damage; and DPS players must quickly stack back in melee range of the boss to deal with the coming Bone Spikes. The fight simply repeats from this point until Lord Marrowgar is defeated

• Bone Slice — Splits 300% of normal melee damage to an enemy and its two nearest allies.
• Bone Spike Graveyard — Hurls a massive bone spike which impales any enemies in the way, trapping them in a Bone Spike and dealing damage with Impale.
• Bone Storm — Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of bone.
• Coldflame — Summons a line of frost that hits enemies in the way.

Icecrown Citadel bosses have 4 varying difficulties that they can be engaged on, with each difficulty dropping geared tailored to match its' challenges. Below you can find a list of gear dropped on each and every difficulty for this boss encounter.

Item	Type/Slot
Marrowgar's Scratching Choker	Necklace
Shawl of Nerubian Silk	Back
Coldwraith Bracers	Mail Wrist
Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner	Cloth Waist
Linked Scourge Vertebrae	Mail Waist
Corrupted Silverplate Leggings	Plate Legs
Ancient Skeletal Boots	Plate Feet
Sliver of Pure Ice	Trinket
Frost Needle	Main-Hand Sword
Bonebreaker Scepter	One-Hand Mace
Bone Warden's Splitter	One-Hand Axe
Citadel Enforcer's Claymore	Two-Hand Sword

Item	Type/Slot
Marrowgar's Scratching Choker	Necklace
Shawl of Nerubian Silk	Back
Coldwraith Bracers	Mail Wrist
Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner	Cloth Waist
Linked Scourge Vertebrae	Mail Waist
Corrupted Silverplate Leggings	Plate Legs
Ancient Skeletal Boots	Plate Feet
Sliver of Pure Ice	Trinket
Frost Needle	Main-Hand Sword
Bonebreaker Scepter	One-Hand Mace
Bone Warden's Splitter	One-Hand Axe
Citadel Enforcer's Claymore	Two-Hand Sword

Item	Type/Slot
Snowserpent Mail Helm	Mail Hand
Bone Sentinel's Amulet	Neck
Rusted Bonespike Pauldrons	Plate Shoulder
Gendarme's Cuirass	Plate Chest
Bracers of Dark Reckoning	Plate Wrist
Handguards of Winter's Respite	Leather Hands
Crushing Coldwraith Belt	Cloth Waist
Legguards of Lost Hope	Plate Legs
Frostbitten Fur Boots	Leather Feet
Band of the Bone Colossus	Ring
Loop of the Endless Labyrinth	Ring
Marrowgar's Frigid Eye	Ring
Frozen Bonespike	Main-Hand Dagger
Bulwark of Smouldering Steel	Shield
Bryntroll, the Bone Arbiter	Two-Hand Axe

Item	Type/Slot
Snowserpent Mail Helm	Mail Hand
Bone Sentinel's Amulet	Neck
Rusted Bonespike Pauldrons	Plate Shoulder
Gendarme's Cuirass	Plate Chest
Bracers of Dark Reckoning	Plate Wrist
Handguards of Winter's Respite	Leather Hands
Crushing Coldwraith Belt	Cloth Waist
Legguards of Lost Hope	Plate Legs
Frostbitten Fur Boots	Leather Feet
Band of the Bone Colossus	Ring
Loop of the Endless Labyrinth	Ring
Marrowgar's Frigid Eye	Ring
Frozen Bonespike	Main-Hand Dagger
Bulwark of Smouldering Steel	Shield
Bryntroll, the Bone Arbiter	Two-Hand Axe

Achievement	Description
Boned (10 player)	Defeat Lord Marrowgar without any raid member remaining impaled for more than 8 seconds in 10-player mode.
Boned (25 player)	Defeat Lord Marrowgar without any raid member remaining impaled for more than 8 seconds in 25-player mode.

Lord Marrowgar is just one of the twelve encounters present in the Icecrown Citadel raid of Wrath of the Lich King. If you would like to learn more about the others, please see our other pages for the raid below.