Magmaw Strategy and Tactics Guide
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Boss: Magmaw
Location: Blackwing Decent
Progression Requirement: Optional either Magmaw or Omnitron Defence System can be chosen as the first boss.
Difficulty Level: Hard, most raids will start with Omnitron Defence System, hint.
Encounter Focus: AoE Raid Damage, Heavy healing required. Co-ordinated environment Interaction (Chains).
Guide Status: UPDATED 04/02/2011
Magmaw Abilities
Mangle: Deals 110464 to 128377 damage every 5 seconds. Target will be mangled lifeless after 30 sec. Used on current tank.
Magma Spit: Inflicts 39375 to 50625 Fire damage to the enemy target when no player is in melee range. Triggers Molten Tantrum.
Molten Tantrum: With nobody nearby to attack, Magmaw goes into a frenzy. Increases Fire damage dealt by 100%. Stacks 10 times.
Lava Spew: Deals 31450 to 36550 Fire damage per second for three seconds to all players within 60 yards.
Parasitic Infection: Deals 12025 to 13975 damage every 2 seconds. Infectious lava parasites burrow inside of you and multiply in the cool linings of your entrails. Triggers Infectious Vomit after 10 seconds.
Ignition: Ignites the ground in multiple directions, causing 23125 to 26875 Fire damage per second.
Pillar of Flame: Hurls a burst of boiling magma at an enemy, blasting them for 24375 to 25625 damage and sundering the ground. After X seconds 115625 to 134375 Fire damage and knockback to enemies near the sundered ground.
Infectious Vomit: Deals 39000 to 41000 damage to all friends within 8 yards, and expels Lava Parasites.
At various points in the fight Magmaw will slump onto the platfrom and raiders can then jump onto its head. It can be kept on the platform with Constrictricting Chains and we can target the weak point for increased damage.
Constricting Chains:Encases the targets in chains, dealing 18500 to 21500 Physical damage every 1 sec. and stunning the target for 5 sec.
Point of Vulnerability: The tender backside of Magmaw's head is exposed! Damage dealt to this area is increased 100%. Health is shared between head and body.
Magmaw Raid Setup
As with any new raid if its your first time inside start with more healers and gradually work down to what you need.
Raid Setup (10 man):
2 Tanks
2-3 Healers
5-6 DPS
Raid Setup (25 man):
2 Tanks
7 Healers
16 DPS
Magmaw Tactics
The Magmaw encounter in Blackwing Decent is based around your raid receiving and dealing massive AoE damage, your timing and the ability to work together as a team. During the fight Magmaw will cycle through three main attacks.
Tank him facing away to one side so the raid have room to move and have them spread out the other side making sure they stay out of the frontal breath attacks.
First is the ADD stage, Magmaw will use "Pillar of Flame" underneath a player, that player needs to move out the way they will receive [Parasitic Infection] which after 10 seconds will make them throw up with [Infectious Vomit] dealing AoE damage and producing small flame based lava adds which will need to be picked up by the Offtank and nuked down by the dps as soon as possible. THEY MUST NOT GET TO HIT ANYONE. They MUST be kited, frozen, slowed or just plain AoE'd down ASAP.
The third is a raid wide AoE called [Ignition] that hurts like hell and can be avoided as it is ground based, one word of advice, bring good healers to this encounter.
Just after he has done his AoE attack he lowers his head to the ledge it's at this point that you will need three players in 25 man or two in 10 man to jump on his back and use the chains that are hanging from the ceiling which will then attach to Magmaw. This will force him to crash down onto the spike on the ledge causing him to have [Point of Vulnerability] which is an area that can be targetted for increased damage, think of it as a mixture of mechanics from Razorscale chains and XT deconstructors Heart. This is your MASSIVE NUKE PHASE, pop all cooldowns and do as much damage as you can.
TO USE THE CHAINS: Click on the boss, use ability 1 in your new action bar, target the spike with your cursor which has now changed to an AoE placer and click on spike. BOTH chains need to be activated withing 3-5 seconds of each other otherwise Magmaw will break the single chain holding him.
You MUST have at least one player in melee range at all time to avoid [Molten Tantrum] which will nail your raid in about 20-30 seconds.
I will update this guide as soon as anymore information comes to light, I'll also be updating all the new tactics for Blackwing Decent over the coming few days and adding in extra sections like specific tactics for tanks, dps and healers.
Keep it real and good luck out there!
Cybac
Magmaw Tanking Tactics
Main tank role: Tank Boss
Off tank role: Tank adds being sure to pick up ASAP, Jump on back to help with the [Constricting Chains]
Magmaw DPS Tactics
DPS: Adds --> Boss, stay back from boss.
Magmaw Healer Tactics
Healers: Heal as much as possible but watch your mana consumption a lot of raids have been failing between 30-50% due to healers going oom. WotlK has made healers a bit slap happy and very few have needed to worry about setting up their kit, glyphs or talents for mana regen. That could be about to change.
Magmaw YouTube Tactics Video
Last Updated on Friday, 04 February 2011 14:20 Written by Cybac Wednesday, 24 November 2010 23:06