User:GoldenYak/Forgemaster Balehammer

Forgemaster Balehammer
Gender	Male
Race	Dark Iron Dwarf (Humanoid)
Level	82 Elite
Class	Storm Shaman
Affiliation(s)	Twilight's Hammer
Location	Pit of Saron, Icecrown Citadel
Status	Killable

Forgemaster Balehammer is the third boss of the Pit of Saron in Icecrown Citadel. After learning the secret of creating Iron Dwarves in Storm Peaks, Balehammer retreated to the forges of the Scourge in Icecrown to give life to his creations. After failed efforts in Icecrown, Balehammer has finally perfected the process, and has forged a massive iron giant that he has named Dread Iron. He can be fought at Garfrost's former forge.

Abilites

Dread Iron has a resource called Storm Energy, which drains when he uses abilities. When it hits zero, Dread Iron will cease functioning, and Balehammer will summon an electrical storm to recharge him, while Balehammer himself moves in to attack the party. The goal of the battle is to reduce Dread Iron's energy as quickly as possible, allowing the party to kill Balehammer, ending the encounter.

Phase One - Dread Iron's Abilities. Dread Iron will use these as long as his Storm Energy is above zero.

•  Energized Regeneration  —  Drains Dread Iron's Storm Energy to replenish his health. Drains no Storm Energy when health is full. The discharge will strike nearby enemies with nature damage. Used every 5 seconds, heals Dread Iron and damages nearby enemies.

•  Frenzied Regeneration  —  When Dread iron's health is reduced below 50%, he will rapidly replenish all his health to 100%. Uses a large amount of Storm Energy. Heals Dread Iron rapidly and deals a large amount of nature damage to nearby enemies.

•  Fusion Strike  —  Deals massive nature damage and creates a Fusion Storm at the point of impact.
  •  Fusion Storm  —  A mobile area of eletrical energy. Anything inside the storm is rooted to the spot and repeatedly electrified.

Phase Two - Balehammer's Abilities. Balehammer will attack when Dread Iron's Storm Energy reaches zero.

•  Energy Storm  —  A massive electrical storm builds overhead, causing bolts of lightning to strike randomly. The storm slowly replenishes Dread Iron's Storm Energy.

•  Dread Hammer  —  Hurls a dwarven storm hammer at a random target, dealing damage to the target and stunning them for several seconds.

•  Dread Lightning  —  A chain-lightning attack. Strikes a random target with lightning which will leap to any nearby target. Deals nature damage.

Changes in Heroic Mode

• Storm Pylons spawn in Phase One. Lightning streams will randomly arc from the pylons to Dread Iron, slowly replenishing his Storm Energy. Players can interrupt the current with their own bodies, which will inflict nature damage as long as they remain in the stream.

•  Dread Storm Portal  —  Balehammer opens an elemental portal that summons Dreadstorm Revenants. When a Dreadstorm Revenant is slain, Dread Iron will regain a small amount of Storm Energy.

Dreadstorm Revenant Abilities

•  Thunder Mace  —  Strikes the enemy for 150% nature damage.

•  Shed Storm  —  When reduced to 66%, 33%, and 1% health, releases a blast of nature damage at all nearby enemies.

Strategy

Phase One consists of Dread Iron attacking the party while Balehammer rides on his shoulder. Dread Iron will be drained of Storm Energy as he uses his abilities. When his Storm Energy reaches zero, he becomes immobilized and Phase Two will begin.

Phase Two consists of Balehammer attacking the party while Dread Iron recharges his Storm Energy. When Dread Iron reaches 100 Storm Energy, Balehammer will retreat to his shoulder and Phase One will begin again.

The encounter will end when Balehammer is slain.

Related Achievements

•  [The Pit of Saron]
•  [Heroic: The Pit of Saron]

Balehammer's Quotes

Intro

• Behold, my greatest creation! The master showed me the way! I call it... Dread Iron!

Aggro

• There isn't a storm coming, it's already here!

When Dread Iron's Storm Energy reaches zero.

• My creation is hungry! Come, thunder and lightning! Feed him!

When Dread Iron's Storm Energy is replenished to 100.

• Ready again, to bring down the thunder!

Dread Iron kills a player

• Bwahaha! Isn't he magnificent!
• Master! We do this in your forbidden name!

Balehammer kills a player

• The Curse of Flesh has made you soft!

Death

• My iron brothers already have it... Dread Iron... Saronite... perfected!