Ghaz'an

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Ghaz'an

Hydra boss of The Underbog in Coilfang Reservoir.

General Information

• Level (Normal): 65 (Elite)
• Level (Heroic): 72 (Elite)
• Type: Beast
• Map Location

Attacks and Abilities

• Acid Spit: 180° frontal 2k nature damage attack.
• Acid Breath: 155 nature damage over 3seconds stacks on MT. Stacks up to 10 times.
• Tail Whip: 500 damage behind Ghaz'an.

Strategy

This boss walks onto the center platform when you enter his chamber. There is a wall of vertical pipes to the right and many tanks place their backs against this. The important thing is that the tank doesn't move the entire fight so that the rest of the group can stand to Ghaz'an's sides. If you are in front of him you will be hit by his nature breath attack and behind he will tail swipe you off the platform. If you get swiped off you can swim to the ramp and run back up but you will be out of the fight for approximately 45-60 seconds. Other than the Nature breath attack and tail swipe, Ghaz'an has no special abilities and is easily dispatched if everyone is positioned properly. An easy way to think of this is setting it up similar to Onyxia.

Ghaz'an's Acid Breath is the main problem in this fight. It is a binary resist (meaning you can fully resist it or it can do full damage) and stacks up to 10 times on players. Each applications of the Acid Breath deals 155 damage every 3 seconds and refreshes the duration of the debuff, so a tank with 10 applications will be taking 1550 damage every 3 seconds in addition to the 1500-2000 instant damage each time Acid Breath hits. For this reason Nature Resist for the main tank can make this fight a cinch and lack of Nature Resist can make it very difficult. Shamans should place their Nature Resistance totems or Hunters can use Aspect of the Wild.

No one other than the Main Tank should be hit by acid breath. If you are hit by it, you are too far in front of Ghaz'an and should move closer to the rear of him (just not into tail swipe range). Assuming proper position, the fight is a tank and spank with no surprises.

Heroic mode

Ghaz'an appears to hit from anywhere between 1700-2600 on moderately geared tanks, and can sometimes get a string of up to 3 attacks in a row. Besides this, the only other significant change appears to be a moderate increase to the Acid Breath damage.

If you have light healing, an alternate strategy is kiting. He moves very slowly, and will follow you all the way to the instance entrance. A combination of warlock + ranged dps works.

NOTE: this boss has about 70-110k(heroic mode). You can burn him down inside 20-30 seconds with a good group. Should you lose anyone in the water, the fish die along with the boss allowing safe rezzing.

Trivia

In the Burning Crusade beta and for a short time after release, Overseer Tidewrath was part of this encounter.

Loot

Normal drops

Cloak of Healing Rays Item Level 94Disenchants into:  [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Back 8 Armor +12 Intellect +17 Stamina +11 Versatility Requires Level 63 Sell Price: 3 40 20 Hatebringer Item Level 94Disenchants into:  [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Mace Two-Hand Speed 3.60 212 – 319 Damage (73.8 damage per second) +25 Strength +21 Stamina +22 Critical Strike   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Strength   Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 63 Sell Price: 9 4 74 Luminous Pearls of Insight Item Level 94Disenchants into:  [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Neck +21 Intellect +17 Stamina +11 Critical Strike Requires Level 63 Sell Price: 1 2 83 Studded Girdle of Virtue Item Level 94Disenchants into:  [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Waist 34 Armor +15 Strength or Intellect +23 Stamina +10 Critical Strike +7 Versatility   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Critical Strike   Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 63 Sell Price: 2 27 69 Talisman of Tenacity Item Level 94Disenchants into:  [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Neck +30 Stamina +20 PvP Resilience Requires Level 63 Sell Price: 3 24 66

Heroic drops

Dunewind Sash Item Level 115Disenchants into:  [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Leather Waist 290 Armor +25 Agility +36 Stamina   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +3 Agility   Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 2 30 18 Girdle of Gallantry Item Level 115Disenchants into:  [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Waist 635 Armor +27 Strength +22 Stamina +20 Critical Strike   Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +3 PvP Resilience   Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 10 20 Greatstaff of the Leviathan Item Level 115Disenchants into:  [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 2.40 179 – 269 Damage (93.3 damage per second) +36 Stamina +78 Attack Power Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 11 9 59 Headdress of the Tides Item Level 115Disenchants into:  [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Mail Head 30 Armor +23 Agility or Intellect +34 Stamina +15 Versatility Durability 85 / 85 Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 4 18 35 Hydra-Fang Necklace Item Level 115Disenchants into:  [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Neck +13 Intellect +19 Stamina +11 Critical Strike Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 2 24 64 Ring of the Shadow Deeps Item Level 115Disenchants into:  [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%)  [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +11 Agility or Strength +17 Stamina +13 Critical Strike +8 Haste Requires Level 70 Sell Price: 3 20 3 Badge of Justice Binds when picked up Requires Level 70

Jewels (Heroic only)

Lightning Chrysoprase Binds when picked up +5 Hit Rating and +4 Haste Rating "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3 Radiant Chrysoprase Binds when picked up +5 Critical Strike Rating and +5 Spell Penetration "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3 Splendid Fire Opal Binds when picked up +5 Parry and +4 PvP Resilience "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB