Commander Stoutbeard is a boss located in the Hall of Stasis in The Nexus. He is only available in Heroic mode. While the fight is a fairly simple tank and spank, he does cast Whirlwind quite often and non-plate melee need to get away without being hit, as they will be basically one-shotted. The range of Whirlwind seems quite wide and hits for over 20K on leather.

This fight is a carbon copy of the boss encountered by Alliance players, Commander Kolurg, with the obvious exception that he isn't an orc.

Contents 1 Abilities 2 Strategy 3 Quotes 4 Loot 5 Videos 6 External links

AbilitiesEdit

Commander Stoutbeard

• Whirlwind - Inflicts around 12-16k damage on a plate wearer and 20K on a leather. Goes for about 4 spins.
• Frightening Shout - AOE Fear's people for around 6 seconds.
• Immune to Blind, Sap, but NOT immune to Dismantle.
• Melee Swings for ~6k on plate.

Alliance Cleric

• Shadow Word: Death for ~4k
• Heals Commander Stoutbeard.

StrategyEdit

Avoid his whirlwind at all costs. He also comes with two priest healers who respawn on wipes.

The strategy is mainly tank and spank and to make sure that you pull him far back enough that fear wont attract more enemies. Melee should watch out for whirlwind by standing at max melee range and moving away once you see the animation and tank should keep boss far away from any casters. Depending on the group depends on the order of killing the extra priests.

QuotesEdit

Aggro

• What? Where in the...don't just stand around, lads! Kill somebody!

Killing a player

• Now we're gettin' somewhere!

Death

• Is that all you...got...

Loot Edit

Cleric's Linen Shoes Binds when picked up Cloth Feet 199 Armor +31 Stamina +44 Intellect Red Socket Socket Bonus: +6 Stamina Durability 40 / 40 Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Improves haste rating by 57. Equip: Increases spell power by 59. Sell Price: 4 62 28	Grips of Sculptured Icicles Binds when picked up Plate Hands 1354 Armor +48 Stamina +58 Intellect Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 42. Equip: Increases spell power by 68. Sell Price: 5 40 49	Opposed Stasis Leggings Binds when picked up Cloth Legs 254 Armor +58 Stamina +59 Intellect +78 Spirit Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Increases spell power by 91. Sell Price: 5 59 67	Cloak of the Enemy Binds when picked up Back 145 Armor +31 Strength +66 Stamina Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Increases defense rating by 42. Equip: Improves hit rating by 25. Sell Price: 4 59 2
Emblem of Triumph Binds when picked up Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable

Videos Edit

(Note that this video contains multiple bosses and not just this one. Also note that this is from an Alliance perspective and shows Commander Kolurg rather than Stoutbeard.)

Heroic only Bosses - Paladin Tanking Perspective

External links Edit

• Please remove armory=. Battle.net removed NPC linking support.
• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• DB MMO-Champion