Trial of the Crusader: Northrend Beast Boss Strategy Guide

General Information

Northrend Beast is the second boss to be tested on the World of Warcraft 3.2 Trial of the Crusader Public Test Realm (PTR). In this encounter you have to fight 3 powerful Northrend Beasts, one after the other. The names of the Beasts are Gormok, Acidmaw & Dreadscale, Icehowl.

A side notice: The abilities listed below are for 25 players normal version, as this is currently what my guild is testing. If i get information on the other modes, I’ll update this post.

Abilities

Gormok Abilities

• Staggering Stomp: Deals a staggering stomp that inflicts 9263 to 9737 Physical damage to all enemies within 15 yards and interrupts spellcasting for 8 seconds.
  50000 yd range, 0.5 sec cast
• Impale: Inflicts 150% of weapon damage to an enemy and causes it to bleed for 3500 to 4500 damage

Acidmaw Abilities

• Paralytic Bite: Inflicts 12950 to 15050 Nature damage on an enemy and injects them with a paralytic toxin.
  5 yd range, Instant
• Paralytic Spray: Sprays acid at an enemy and nearby targets, dealing 8325 to 9675 Nature damage and applying a debilitating paralytic toxin.
  100 yd range, 1.1 sec cast
• Acidic Spew: Deals 2775 to 3225 Nature damage per 0.25 sec. to enemies in front of the caster.
  100 yd range, Instant
• Slime Pool: Inflicts 5088 to 5912 Nature damage to enemy targets within the Poison Cloud.
  Instant

Dreadscale Abilities

• Burning Bite: Inflicts 11100 to 12900 Fire damage to an enemy and coats them with burning bile.
  5 yd range, Instant
• Burning Spray: Sprays fluid at an enemy and nearby targets, dealing 8325 to 9675 Fire damage and coating them with burning bile.
  100 yd range, 1.1 sec cast
• Fire Spit: Deals 9250 to 10750 Fire damage to an enemy.
  100 yd range, 1.1 sec cast
• Molten Spew: Deals 3700 to 4300 Fire damage per 0.25 sec. to enemies in front of the caster.
  100 yd range, Instant

Icehowl Abilities

• Ferocious Butt: Delivers a ferocious headbutt to an enemy, inflicting 69375 to 80625 Physical damage and stunning for 3 sec.
  8 yd range, Instant
• Arctic Breath: An icy breath that freezes targets in a cone in front of the caster, inflicting 20000 Frost damage over 5 sec.
  100 yd range, Channeled
• Massive Crash: Leaps into the air and crashes down with massive force, dealing 11000 Physical damage to all enemies, stunning them, and knocking them back.
  1 sec cast
• Whirl: Whirls around, dealing 9250 to 10750 Physical damage to all nearby enemies and knocking them back.
  15 yd range, Instant

  

• Frothing Rage: Increases Physical damage and attack speed by 50%.
  Instant

Achievements

25 Heroic

Coming soon…

25 Normal

• Upper Back Pain (25 player): Defeat Icehowl while at least 4 Snobolds remain alive in 25-player mode.

10 Heroic

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10 Normal

• Upper Back Pain (10 player): Defeat Icehowl while at least 2 Snobolds remain alive in 10-player mode.

The Encounter

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Tactic and Setup

Setup (25 players)

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Setup (10 players)

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Heroic Mode

25 players

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10 players

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