The ancient Sand Worm, Ouro, is a being of legendary power. He is rumored to have been created by the Old God C'Thun himself as a mockery of life. He resides in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj.

His skin is unnaturally thick, nearly impregnable. It's flexible and allows him to move with the speed and grace of a much smaller creature.

Contents 1 Strategy 1.1 Phase One 1.2 Phase Two 2 Loot 3 Trivia 4 Videos 5 Patches and hotfixes 6 External links

StrategyEdit

Phase OneEdit

Abilities

• Sweep: 1k-2.5k physical damage (with AoE knockback, often result in temporary switch aggro to ranged group and sandblast ranged group). Keep in mind, usually after a sweep, a tank will lose aggro and a new tank will be on Ouro's aggro list. It is crucial that the tank who was swept not go in melee range, as Ouro will return to that warrior, and chances are that warrior will not be full health.
• Sand Blast: 3.5k - 4.5k nature damage. Frontal breath affecting 180 degrees. You can fully resist it or not, damage is not reduced/blocked because it has an incapacitating effect that makes it a binary spell. Ouro sandblasts in the direction of the person in the raid with the highest threat and being hit by the sandblast clears all threat for that person. Sand Blast is every 20-25 seconds. It has 45 yards range and can be easily outranged.
• Submerge - Burrows under the ground. Ouro becomes untargettable and undamagable. Ouro has a chance to submerge every 1.5minutes. He will not submerge if he is busy casting a Sand Blast or Sweep, else he will submerge (ie. the chance of submerging is totally random). It will also submerge if no player is in melee range of it.
• Ground Rupture - 2k physical damage to anyone on top of Ouro when it reappears from a submerge.
• Dirt Mound's Quake: With 200 NR, expect 1000 nature damage, with around 500 resisted. This is done when Ouro is submerged.
• Scarabs: They hit for 300 on cloth, 40-150 on tanks. They will pick an initial target and will never change targets. They will despawn on their own after 45 seconds.

Ouro seems to give you about 10 seconds to get a MT in there when he pops up, otherwise he goes right back down. In order to determine where he will surface, it is advised that everyone in the raid stay near the center area (or predetermined area) near the end of the submerging phase. Once he appears, have multiple tanks on Ouro, to ensure he does not submerge again. Regardless of any deaths, Ouro will resurface with scarabs, they will despawn after 45 seconds so fears, frost nova, frost traps, and any forms of CC is adequate.

Usually he starts with a frontal cone of Sand Blast after popping up. It does not happen immediately so there is time for positioning shorting after resurfacing. Try to avoid that if you are not the MT. Don't stay over the Dirt Mound, as it hits multiple times (in fact, usually it hits until you die).

The raid should be positioned using 3 groups spread with 120º between them. Healers at the back away so they don't suffer Sand Blast. Sand Blast does up to 4.6k damage. It is a matter of having enough health and let the healers top your hp after each hit.

Usually you get out of combat for a second each time Ouro is about to go up. If you spam the button, you can drink.

Phase TwoEdit

At 20%, Ouro gains enrage, +150% attack speed, + 100% attack damage. From this point on, Ouro will not submerge again, but he summons Dirt Mound Quakes and Scarabs while remaining up. DPS is much more important than NR in this stage, you need kill it ASAP, and at 20% he has about 400,000 health.

If no one is in melee range during this phase, he will throw boulders [1] for ~6000 damages to a raid member, pretty much like in the Ragnaros encounter.

LootEdit

Tier 2.5 set Legs tokens

250250 Ouro's Intact Hide Binds when picked up Classes: Warrior, Rogue, Priest, Mage Item Level 1Disenchants into: Not disenchantable

250250 Skin of the Great Sandworm Binds when picked up Classes: Paladin, Hunter, Shaman, Warlock, Druid Item Level 1Disenchants into: Not disenchantable

Ouro non-set loot

Burrower Bracers Binds when picked up Cloth Wrist 61 Armor +13 Intellect +10 Stamina Durability 35 / 35 Requires Level 60 Item Level 81Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Equip: Increases spell power by 28. Sell Price: 1 78 74	Don Rigoberto's Lost Hat Binds when picked up Cloth Head 114 Armor +24 Intellect +18 Stamina Durability 60 / 60 Requires Level 60 Item Level 81Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Equip: Increases spell power by 34. Equip: Restores 11 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 2 46 14	Imperial Qiraji Armaments Binds when picked up Requires Level 60 Item Level 60Disenchants into: Not disenchantable "Ceremonial Armaments of the Qiraji Lords. Used by Qiraji infantry."	Imperial Qiraji Regalia Binds when picked up Requires Level 60 Item Level 60Disenchants into: Not disenchantable "Regalia of Qiraji Nobility. Used by Qiraji spell casters."
Jom Gabbar Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 60 Item Level 81Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Use: Increases attack power by 65 and an additional 65 every 2 sec. Lasts 20 sec. Sell Price: 18 7	Larvae of the Great Worm Binds when picked up Gun Ranged Speed 3.0 123 - 229 Damage (58.67 damage per second) Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 60 Item Level 81Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 14. Equip: Increases attack power by 18. Sell Price: 6 34 65	The Burrower's Shell Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 60 Item Level 81Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Use: Absorbs 900 damage. Lasts 20 sec. Sell Price: 18 07	Wormscale Blocker Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 3488 Armor 75 Block +13 Intellect +10 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 60 Item Level 81Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Equip: Increases spell power by 19. Equip: Restores 6 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 5 69 95

• He does drop a single Qiraji Lord's Insignia.

TriviaEdit

• Ouro's name is almost certainly a nod to Ouroboros, the ancient symbol of a dragon eating its own tail, representing cyclicality.

Videos Edit

Patches and hotfixesEdit

 Hotfix (2006-04-26): "Ouro's "uptime" will be increased before submerging. The scarab damage is being reduced. The cooldown between Sandblasts has been increased."
 Hotfix (2006-04-18): "Ouro has been hotfixed so his Quake effects deal significantly less damage."
Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Added 

External links Edit

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• DB MMO-Champion