Professor Putricide Strategy and Tactics
Professor Putricide Strategy and Tactics
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WoW Guide - Professor Putricide Strategy and Tactics
Professor Putricide Tactics and Strategy: Overview of Phase 1
Professor Putricide is the final boss in the Plagueworks section of Icecrown Citadel, this guide will give you an overview on his abilities and the tactics and strategy you can use to defeat him. The mechanics of this encounter are based around 3 phases, in the first two your Off Tank will be taking control of an Abomination by using the table behind Professor Putricide. While this Abomination is active the entire raid will be taking constant damage so make sure you have a decent raid healer in your line up. The transition between phases is marked by Professor Putricide stunning the entire raid team with a debuff called “Tear Gas” and him guzzling potions from his table.
IMPORTANT: You only have 10 attempts to complete this encounter
Professor Putricide will throw out Ooze Piles close to random players that will deal damage should any player stand on them, that’s where the Abomination comes in, it’s the Off Tanks job to make the Abomination eat the Ooze Piles which also gives his Abomination 4 energy points.
During phase 1 and phase 2 Professor Putricide will be summoning two types of adds alternately. They always appear in the same location as they are summoned using his lab equipment, the two types of adds are Volatile Oozes which appear on the north side of the room and Gas Clouds which appear on the south.
Volatile Oozes will root a player and start to run at them, they absolutely MUST be nuked before they reach that player otherwise they explode for 70k damage shared between all players within a 10 yard range, this explosion causes a knock back effect.
Gas Clouds will again target 1 player and run at them, but this time they will receive a debuff that applies 10 stacks of Gaseous Bloat. It will tick for a small amount of damage every 2 seconds and one stack of the Gaseous Bloat will drop off the stack. These Gas Clouds should not, in any circumstances, be allowed to reach their target, otherwise they will trigger raid wide AoE damage. The amount of AoE damage will depend on the number of stacks of Gaseous Bloat left on the player when the Gas Cloud hits its target, if there are a large number of stacks then you can expect some serious pain.
The Off Tanks Abomination has another ability which will help you to deal with the adds. Regurgitated Ooze will slow the target by 50% and deal damage. This is the key to controlling the adds, make sure your Off Tank is ready for the add and has eaten enough Ooze Piles that he can cast Regurgitated Ooze as soon as they spawn.
The boss will also start to throw Gas Bombs, he throws two at a time and at random intervals. Just be sure not to stand on them, they are pretty simple to avoid but do a fair amount of damage if set off.
IMPORTANT: You only have 10 attempts to complete this encounter
Professor Putricide will throw out Ooze Piles close to random players that will deal damage should any player stand on them, that’s where the Abomination comes in, it’s the Off Tanks job to make the Abomination eat the Ooze Piles which also gives his Abomination 4 energy points.
During phase 1 and phase 2 Professor Putricide will be summoning two types of adds alternately. They always appear in the same location as they are summoned using his lab equipment, the two types of adds are Volatile Oozes which appear on the north side of the room and Gas Clouds which appear on the south.
Volatile Oozes will root a player and start to run at them, they absolutely MUST be nuked before they reach that player otherwise they explode for 70k damage shared between all players within a 10 yard range, this explosion causes a knock back effect.
Gas Clouds will again target 1 player and run at them, but this time they will receive a debuff that applies 10 stacks of Gaseous Bloat. It will tick for a small amount of damage every 2 seconds and one stack of the Gaseous Bloat will drop off the stack. These Gas Clouds should not, in any circumstances, be allowed to reach their target, otherwise they will trigger raid wide AoE damage. The amount of AoE damage will depend on the number of stacks of Gaseous Bloat left on the player when the Gas Cloud hits its target, if there are a large number of stacks then you can expect some serious pain.
The Off Tanks Abomination has another ability which will help you to deal with the adds. Regurgitated Ooze will slow the target by 50% and deal damage. This is the key to controlling the adds, make sure your Off Tank is ready for the add and has eaten enough Ooze Piles that he can cast Regurgitated Ooze as soon as they spawn.
The boss will also start to throw Gas Bombs, he throws two at a time and at random intervals. Just be sure not to stand on them, they are pretty simple to avoid but do a fair amount of damage if set off.
Professor Putricide Tactics & Strategy: Overview of Phase 2
In phase 2 Professor Putricide will do all of the abilities as phase 1 but also gains Malleable Goo where he basically throws slime through the air towards where an area where a player was standing. It’s important to move out of the way otherwise you can expect about 15k of damage and get your attack and casting speeds reduced by 200% for 15 seconds.
Professor Putricide Tactics and Strategy: Overview of Phase 3
During this phase you get all abilities from Phase 1 AND Phase 2. Basically this is now a race against time to get him killed before he kills you. Putricide will again stun the whole raid and guzzle his potions to enter phase 3 with a buff on him called Mutated Strength increasing his attack speed and power by 50%. Every melee attack made against the boss from your tank will give your tank a debuff called Mutated Plague. This will start doing raid wide damage and stacks, the more stacks the higher the damage. It’s at this point that your Off Tank needs to drop their Abomination and tank swap Putricide and the DPS race begins. If your not fast enough you’ll get killed by the now mounting Ooze Piles that are no longer being eaten by the Abomination. The good news is that NO MORE ADDS will be spawning in phase 3.
Professor Putricide Tactics and Strategy: Putricide Abilities
Mutated Abomination
- Eat Ooze - Eats nearby Mutated Slime decreasing the size of the pool, giving you 4 Ooze energy!
- Regurgitated Ooze - The Regurgitated Ooze has a surprising effect on the target, slowing its movement speed by 50% and dealing 6338 to 6662 damage every 2 sec for 20 sec.
- Mutated Slash - Inflicts 100% weapon damage instantly and reduces the target's resistance to physical damage by 4% for 20 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.
Professor Putricide
- Slime Puddle - Throws a vial of Mutated Slime, creating a puddle of slime at the targets location.
- Slime Puddle - The Mutated Slime grows continuously, inflicting 4388 to 4612 damage every 1 sec until it is consumed by a Mutated creature!
- Slime Puddle - Inflicts 4388 to 4612 damage to targets in the Slime Puddle.
- Unstable Experiment - Professor Putricide begins to peform a wicked experiment on you all!
- Choking Gas Bomb - Professor Putricide throws Gas Bombs around him, the Gas Bomb deals 5363 to 5637 damage every 1 sec and explodes for 15600 to 16400 damage after 20 sec.
- Choking Gas - The Choking Gas inflicts 5363 to 5637 damage and causes you to choke, reducing your chance to hit by 75% for 15 sec.
- Create Concoction - Professor Putricide is rifling through the lab table, searching for a powerful potion!
- Guzzle Potions - Professor Putricide starts to drink every potion on the table!
Gas Cloud
- Gaseous Bloat - Inflicts 1219 to 1281 damage every 2 sec and if the Gas Cloud hits you it will expunge all of the remaining Gaseous Bloat and harm all nearby allies.
- Gaseous Bloat - The Gas Cloud is fixated on the player with Gaseous Bloat. If he catches him it will cause him to cast Expunge Gas, inflicting damage to nearby players based on how bloated the player is.
- Expunged Gas - The Gas Cloud's attack has expunged all of the gas from the target! Expunged Gas inflicts damage to all enemies based on the number of Gaseous Blight stacks that were remaining on the target when they were attacked.
Growing Ooze Puddle
- Slime Puddle - The Mutated Slime grows continuously, inflicting 4388 to 4612 damage every 1 sec until it is consumed by a Mutated creature!
- Mutated Slime - Inflicts damage to targets in the Mutated Slime.
Volatile Ooze
- Volatile Ooze Adhesive - The Volatile Ooze Adhesive bonds the target to the Volatile Ooze, inflicting 4388 to 4612 damage every 1 sec and rooting the target. The Volatile Ooze will move towards the target, exploding for 68250 to 71750 damage, split among all nearby targets.
- Ooze Eruption - Inflicts 68250 to 71750 damage shared with nearby targets, knocking them back in all directions!
Professor Putricide Tactics and Strategy: Raid Assignments
Main Tank: Professor Putricide
Off Tank: Phase 1 + 2: Abomination, Phase 3: Professor Putricide
Ranged DPS: Phase 1 + 2: Gas Clouds and Volatile Oozes, Professor Putricide, Phase 3: Professor Putricide
Melee DPS: Phase 1, 2 + 3: Professor Putricide (unless your melee heavy then you might need to put some on adds)
Healers: 1 on Raid healing, must have good output. 1 on Tank healing who can top up raid in phases 1 + 2 also. Good healers needed.
Off Tank: Phase 1 + 2: Abomination, Phase 3: Professor Putricide
Ranged DPS: Phase 1 + 2: Gas Clouds and Volatile Oozes, Professor Putricide, Phase 3: Professor Putricide
Melee DPS: Phase 1, 2 + 3: Professor Putricide (unless your melee heavy then you might need to put some on adds)
Healers: 1 on Raid healing, must have good output. 1 on Tank healing who can top up raid in phases 1 + 2 also. Good healers needed.
Professor Putricide Tactics and Strategy: EXECUTION OF PUTRICIDE
1.Have your Main Tank initiate the pull, your entire raid team should be on the south side of the room as the first add will ALWAYS spawn from the north and will ALWAYS be a Volotile Ooze. Have your Off Tank grab an Abomination and start eating the Ooze Piles the boss is throwing out. Once the Volatile Ooze spawns the Off Tank should use the abomination to cast Regurgitated Ooze on it and the Ranged DPS should immediately nuke the add down
2.Have your team swap sides of the room ready for the next add to spawn (Gas Cloud) and repeat the Regurgitated Ooze and Nuke steps. If your not getting the add down fast enough to do the switch before the next one spawns your going to have to heal through as much as possible but whatever happens you MUST swap ends of the room.
3.Make sure your team are very mobile, dodging the Ooze Piles while the Off Tank uses the Abomination to eat them, the Off Tank MUST keep enough energy for the Abomination to use Regurgitated Ooze on the adds but any spare energy can be used on the boss if they have time.
4.Have your ranged team stack on top of each other just in case one of the Volatile Oozes gets to its target and explodes this will ensure the damage is spread enough for people to survive if they are at high health.
5.You will need to bring the bosses health down to 80% to start Phase 2.
6.Continue moving from end to end in the room depending on the add spawning next however at this point there is even more restricted movement due to Malleable Goo.
7.At 30% health the boss will move into Phase 3, at this point the Off Tank must have cleared as many of the Ooze Piles as possible and then use up all the energy from the Abomination on the boss before dropping the Abomination and getting ready to tank swap on Professor Putricide.
8.We recommend you tank swap at 4 stacks of Mutated Plague, any more and you risk the raid being overwhelmed by the damage. You will need slick and well timed tank swapping for this phase and its at this point that ALL remaining cooldowns should be burnt and Bloodlust used.
9.Loot and Enjoy. This boss will most likely take some practice, lots of positioning and heavy raid movement to take into consideration when building your team
2.Have your team swap sides of the room ready for the next add to spawn (Gas Cloud) and repeat the Regurgitated Ooze and Nuke steps. If your not getting the add down fast enough to do the switch before the next one spawns your going to have to heal through as much as possible but whatever happens you MUST swap ends of the room.
3.Make sure your team are very mobile, dodging the Ooze Piles while the Off Tank uses the Abomination to eat them, the Off Tank MUST keep enough energy for the Abomination to use Regurgitated Ooze on the adds but any spare energy can be used on the boss if they have time.
4.Have your ranged team stack on top of each other just in case one of the Volatile Oozes gets to its target and explodes this will ensure the damage is spread enough for people to survive if they are at high health.
5.You will need to bring the bosses health down to 80% to start Phase 2.
6.Continue moving from end to end in the room depending on the add spawning next however at this point there is even more restricted movement due to Malleable Goo.
7.At 30% health the boss will move into Phase 3, at this point the Off Tank must have cleared as many of the Ooze Piles as possible and then use up all the energy from the Abomination on the boss before dropping the Abomination and getting ready to tank swap on Professor Putricide.
8.We recommend you tank swap at 4 stacks of Mutated Plague, any more and you risk the raid being overwhelmed by the damage. You will need slick and well timed tank swapping for this phase and its at this point that ALL remaining cooldowns should be burnt and Bloodlust used.
9.Loot and Enjoy. This boss will most likely take some practice, lots of positioning and heavy raid movement to take into consideration when building your team
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Last Updated on Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:10 Written by Cybac Friday, 08 January 2010 15:40
Comments
Sound advice, something that a lot more guilds than people realise have done. If you look at the kills and achievements there are certainly a few guilds having problems with Putricide and leaving him till last.
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