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Wizard of Oz is an encounter in the Opera House in Karazhan. It includes Dorothee, Roar, Strawman, Tinhead, Dorothee's summoned dog Tito, and The Crone. This event is generally regarded as the easiest of the three Opera events.
Abilities
Tinhead
Cleave: 5 yd range. Instant. Inflicts Physical damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 3 targets.
Contrary to popular (and incorrect) belief, frost spells have no effect on the rusting of Tinhead; only time allows the stacking of more "rusting" on Tinhead.
Roar
Roar is rather cowardly, and susceptible to [Fear]. However, often he will run into one of the two doors and go out of line of sight making him very difficult to keep constantly feared. Be prepared for many early breaks and resists, as he seems to do this quite often.
Frightened Scream: Instant. Lets out a scream, causing up to 3 nearby enemies to flee for 2 sec.
Dorothee
Water Bolt: (uninterruptible) Cast Time 1.5 seconds, Frost Damage 2025-2475
Summon Tito: Summons Tito. 35k HP. Ability: Annoying Yipping. Instant. Pacifies and silences an enemy, rendering it unable to attack or cast spells for 2 sec.
Untankable: Shoots her Water Bolt at a random raid member.
AoE Fear: Will randomly fear targets around her, separate from Roar's fear.
Strawman
Burning Straw: Extremely high chance for Strawman to be disoriented for 6 seconds when struck by fire damage abilities. Scorch & Searing Pain are excellent abilities to proc this debuff. Brain Bash: Stun.
The Crone
Cyclone: Knocks the player up into the air. Interrupts casting, although instacast spells can still be used while in the air. Avoidable by moving around the stage.
Chain Lightning: 45 yd range, 2 sec cast, Strikes an enemy with a lightning bolt that arcs to another nearby enemy. The spell affects up to 5 targets, inflicting greater Nature damage to each successive target. 2775-3225 damage.
Strategy
After the curtain is pulled; Dorothee and Roar are the first mobs to agro, and Dorothee will summon Tito. She doesn't have an agro table, which is fine because all she does is cast Water Bolts at people. She will resummon Tito if you kill him, but don't worry, the dog hits cloth for upto 250, if a tank taunts him semi-regularly, he wont be an issue at all. Kill her first, then kill her dog, Tito.
Roar is vulnerable to fears (and as of 2.1.0, vulerable to horror effects (Death Coil) as well), a tank should try their best to get agro on Roar. Chain fearing should begin as soon as the encounter begins.
Strawman is the 3rd mob to become active and he's vulnerable to fire based attacks, these will cause him to be disoriented for up to 6 seconds. If you have a fire specced mage in the raid, its very possible for the said mage to solo Strawman down with Scorch while the rest of the raid focuses on Roar. If you do not have a fire specced mage, you can choose to kill Strawman 2nd.
Tinhead is the 4th mob to activate after the curtain goes up, and he's vulnerable to most (all?) snare effects. Before he begins to rust, he moves very fast, and the kiter (whether you choose a mage, a hunter, or a tank) should get agro ASAP, and when he begins to rust, start to kite Tinhead around the outside of the stage. Contrary to popular belief, frost attacks do not cause the rust effect on Tinhead. Rust is caused over time to Tinhead, slowing Tinhead up to 50% of his speed (where he becomes easily kitable by anyone). He should be the last to be killed among the 4 that you start up against.
After all 4 have died, the Crone spawns. She isn't vulnerable to anything, and the MT should pick her up quickly. She spawns cyclones that look very much like the cyclones in Blade's Edge Arena, however, these cyclones knock you straight up into the air dealing a significant (but not fatal) amount of damage; HoT's can keep the cycloned victims alive. When you land, you will take fall damage as well, so it is in your best interest to avoid them as best you can. These cyclones do not stun you, so can continue to use instant cast spells. They move slowly around the room in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise fashion. The Crone does not have a lot of HP, if you get this phase in the fight, its extremely likely you will complete the Wizard of Oz event.
Known Bugs
This encounter, unfortunately, appears to have a number of bugs. Players who have encountered these bugs have not had much success, if any, getting the encounter to reset. Reportedly the ability to reset this encounter has been removed.
- Some bosses may not spawn, or may not be targetable
- Bosses may aggro through the curtain before the encounter starts
- The curtain may fall early while the raid is still in combat
- Bosses may evade-bug
- Upon a wipe, hunters who feign death or rogues who vanish may trigger a bug. It is advised that all players "really die" to avoid any bugs in case of a wipe.
- Tinhead on very rare occasions "forgets" to reapply rust and can cause the rust to reset.
Loot
Loot specific for Wizard of Oz event:
Blue Diamond Witchwand is an epic wand for casters that drops from the Wizard of Oz encounter in Karazhan. Trivia
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Legacy is an epic, two-handed axe, most suitably for hunters and 2H enhancement shamans and retribution paladins, due to its mana restoration. SourceThis item drops from the Wizard of Oz encounter in Karazhan. GalleryPatch changes
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Ruby Slippers are epic cloth boots for DPS casters. SourceThis item drops from the Wizard of Oz encounter in Karazhan. Notes
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Wicked Witch's Hat drops from the Crone from the Wizard of Oz encounter in Karazhan. Patch changes
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Loot shared with other Opera events:
Beastmaw Pauldrons are epic mail shoulder armor. SourceThis item drops from the Opera Event in Karazhan. Patch changes
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Earthsoul Leggings are epic leather leg armor that drop in the Opera Event in Karazhan. Patch changes
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Eternium Greathelm drops from Opera Event in Karazhan. GalleryPatch changes
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Libram of Souls Redeemed is an epic relic for paladins. SourceThis item drops from the Opera Event in Karazhan. Patch changes
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Ribbon of Sacrifice is an epic trinket for healers. SourceThis item has a chance to drop from any of the possible Opera Events in Karazhan. Notes
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Trial-Fire Trousers are epic cloth legs armor for DPS casters. SourceThis item drops from Opera Event in Karazhan. GalleryPatch changes
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