Gal'darah

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Gal'darah is the last boss of Gundrak, an instance in Zul'Drak.

Contents 1 Abilities 2 Strategy 2.1 Normal form 2.2 Rhino form 2.3 Alternate strategy 3 Heroic 4 Achievements 4.1 Strategy for  What the Eck? 4.2 Strategy for  Share The Love 5 Loot 6 Quotes 7 External links

Abilities

Normal form

•   Stampede:

Summons a Rhino Spirit which charges your target, dealing 4713 to 5287 damage and knocking them into the air.

•   Whirling Slash:

A whirlwind attack that does substantial melee AoE damage, and which leaves a debuff that ticks for ~3500 damage per 3 seconds. Movement speed slowed by 65%.

Rhino form

•   Enrage:

125% Attack speed for 10 seconds

•   Puncture:

Punctures armor, dealing 4713 to 5287 Physical damage as well as stacking a DoT that ticks for 1k every 3 seconds for 9 seconds.

•   Impaling Charge:

Randomly impale a player, immobilizing them and dealing 1500 damage per second for 5 seconds.

Strategy

Gal'darah is pretty much a tank and spank with a twist. He summons Spirit Rhinos that charge your party members, knocking them around for approximately 10 yards while dealing ~3000 damage. Gal'darah transforms into a rhino after two uses of his Whirling Slash ability, and after two uses of Impale, he will transform back into a troll.

Normal form

The tank should range-pull and then back firmly into the wall and stay there for the entire fight. During this phase, melee should be in back of the boss ready to move away from the Whirling Slash, while ranged and healer should stand behind the melee out of Whirling Slash range. During Whirling Slash everyone but the tank should move to safety—the boss will keep aggro on the tank. The healer should focus all heals on the tank during Whirling Slash—the others can do ranged DPS or bandage if needed. The tank should save all blocking and avoidance cooldowns for Whirling Slash. The boss can be disarmed and dismantled on both normal and heroic and, if he is, the Whirling Slash will result in all misses/dodges/parrys/blocks against a tanking warrior, and minimal damage against bears.

Rhino form

At the beginning of Rhino phase, all players should run toward the tank as quickly as possible and should constantly stay as close as they can to the tank even to the point of directly stacking on the tank with backs to the wall to prevent the knockback. Players that get knocked back should immediately run toward the tank to minimize their potential charge distance. This phase is especially challenging for healers that need to stand still to cast. The healer's highest priority should be to keep the tank up regardless of distance from the Rhino. Second priority is to move toward the tank. Third priority is the other players.

Alternate strategy

Start the fight in the middle of the room, with other party members further out, and have the tank run far enough away during Whirling Slash to avoid the massive damage, while simultaneously circling around Gal'darah. This requires that the tank and healer be aware of each others position so as not to get out of range for heals. Random players will most likely get impaled and "ride the horn", possibly more that once, but if the tank is topped up, avoids most of the Whirling Slash damage, uses Enraged Regeneration, Lifeblood (if an herbalist), Last Stand, trinkets, etc, this will give the healer time to heal other group members and themselves before the return of Rhino form. Rinse and repeat until the boss is dead.

Heroic

On heroic, the damage is significantly increased from Gal'darah to the tank (around 8-10k melee plus DoTs) in rhino form, and from the Spirit Rhinos (~5k on leather/~8k on cloth). During phase 2, Gal'darah charges players; the further you are away the more damage taken.

Casters should remain out of range of the knockbacks, but should move in closer to reduce charge damage.

Wipes happen primarily either from Whirling Slash on non-tank players during Troll phase or from charges on non-tank players during Rhino phase. The Rhino knockback is a special concern because it does damage while moving the healer out of range just before a big damage Charge. A very workable strategy is to corner/wall tank the boss using one of the two wall crotches located to the left and right of the boss at about 45 degree angles. The tank and the group can safely move to either wall cavity without aggroing.

Tanks will take a lot of damage during Rhino form, which is then amplified when he enrages for 10 seconds. It is ideal to have a hunter in the group to Tranquilizing Shot each time Gal'darah enrages.

Achievements

The achievements associated with Gal'darah are:

• 10   [Gundrak]
• 10   [Heroic: Gundrak]
• 10   [What the Eck?], required for 25   [Glory of the Hero]
• 10   [Share The Love], required for 25   [Glory of the Hero]

Strategy for  What the Eck?

The boss may be defeated normally for this achievement, so long as players have the Eck Residue buff from Eck the Ferocious. For strategy on getting the buff, see the  What the Eck? entry.

Strategy for  Share The Love

The primary goal of this strategy is to keep DPS to a minimum while extending the encounter long enough for each party member to become impaled. The encounter is not a DPS race, and must be controlled through positioning and coordination.

Recommended group composition:

• A Feral Druid or Death Knight who can DPS through the whole instance, then switch into full tanking gear as the second tank makes this encounter much easier.
• A Warrior as the main tank can disarm Gal'darah, which helps significantly.
• An off-healer is helpful when the healer gets Impaled.

For example, a group could consist of a protection-specced Warrior, feral Druid with full tanking gear, an enhancement Shaman with full healing gear, an Arcane Mage, and a Holy Priest.

Normal form:

Gal'darah is pretty weak in troll form; however during Whirling Slash, all party members (including melee) except the main tank should stay away from him as much as possible to avoid any damage. The first tank just tanks the Troll form for until he turns into a Rhino.

Rhino form:

When Gal'darah transforms into a Rhino, everyone should stack on top of the tank so as to minimize the damage when impaled. When Gal'darah does his knockback, run back to the tank as fast as possible (any speed-enhancing moves are helpful here, such as Charge, Feral Charge, Blink, or Sprint). Once Gal'darah turns back into a Troll, get away from him as fast as possible.

Tips:

Remember that during this fight, you BARELY want to be damaging him; do not go DPS crazy AT ALL. Conserve mana, take it slow, and make sure it gets done right.

To ensure sure that your main tank gets impaled, have the main tank tanking until the off-tank gets hit by the impale, at which point the off-tank can taunt Gal'darah, and take over tanking until the main tank is impaled. Once your main tank is free again, he can taunt and tank the rest of the fight. The off-tank is then free to DPS, but being mindful to minimize the amount of damage while everyone takes a turn at being impaled.

Loot

Normal mode

Gal'darah's Signet Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +26 Strength +54 Stamina Requires Level 76 Item Level 179Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Increases defense rating by 36. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 20.

Shroud of Akali Binds when picked up Back 137 Armor +36 Stamina +35 Intellect Requires Level 76 Item Level 179Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Improves hit rating by 24. Equip: Increases spell power by 42.

Amulet of the Stampede Binds when picked up Neck Requires Level 76 Item Level 179Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Increases attack power by 50. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 21. Improves haste rating by 56.

Heroic mode

Sash of Blood Removal Binds when picked up Leather Waist 317 Armor +49 Stamina +51 Intellect Durability 40 / 40 Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1 Equip: Improves haste rating by 66. Equip: Increases spell power by 77.	Offering of Sacrifice Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket 550 Armor Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Use: Increases maximum health by 3025 for 15 sec.	2020 Frozen Orb Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable	Hemorrhaging Circle Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +49 Agility +51 Stamina Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1 Increases your expertise rating by 33. Increases attack power by 100.
Grips of the Beast God Binds when picked up Mail Hands 758 Armor +37 Agility +57 Stamina +30 Intellect Red Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Hit Rating Durability 40 / 40 Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Improves hit rating by 40. Equip: Increases attack power by 100.	Horn-Tipped Gauntlets Binds when picked up Plate Hands 1401 Armor +38 Strength +97 Stamina Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1 Equip: Increases defense rating by 48. Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 67.	Gored Hide Legguards Binds when picked up Leather Legs 494 Armor +89 Agility +96 Stamina Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1 Equip: Improves hit rating by 52. Equip: Increases attack power by 180.	Arcane Flame Altar-Garb Binds when picked up Cloth Chest 290 Armor +58 Stamina +77 Intellect Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 80 Item Level 200Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 60. Equip: Increases spell power by 91.
Emblem of Heroism Binds when picked up Requires Level 80 Item Level 80Disenchants into: Not disenchantable

Quotes

Aggro:

• I'm gonna spill your guts, mon!

Transform:

• Ain't gonna be nottin' left after this!
• You wanna see power? I'm gonna show you power!

Summon Rhino:

• Gut them! Impale them!
• Kill them all!
• Say hello to my BIG friend!

Killing a player:

• What a rush!
• Who needs gods, when WE ARE GODS!
• I told ya so!

Death:

• Even the mighty... can fall.

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