Blackrock Foundry

Damage Dealers

• During the initial phase, stay far from Massive Demolition's impact point, and take shelter behind Debris Piles if you are Marked for Death.
• Once falling to the second level, defeat Siegemakers and Iron Soldiers.
• On the third level, avoid being knocked off by Impaling Throw.

Healers

• During the initial phase, stay far from Massive Demolition's impact point, and take shelter behind Debris Piles if you are Marked for Death.
• Once falling to the second level, Iron Soldiers will fire at players, inflicting raid damage.
• On the third level players hit with Impaling Throw and Slag Bombs require significant healing.

Tanks

• During the initial phase, Blackhand will knock his primary target into the Molten Slag.
• On the second level, Iron Soldiers spawn on the balcony above and must be killed.
• On the third level, Massive Shattering Smash causes large Slag Craters that must be avoided.

Molten Slag

Demolition

Marked for Death

Throw Slag Bombs

Shattering Smash

Siegemaker

Siegemakers are called in periodically by Blackhand and Fixate on the nearest target and go into an Overdrive after casting Mortar.

Iron Soldier

Iron Soldiers reinforce the balcony at an increasing rate.

Marked for Death

Throw Slag Bombs

Shattering Smash

Overheated

Slag Eruption

Marked for Death

Blackhand marks a target for death. After 5 sec Blackhand will cast Impaling Throw at the target. While on the Iron Crucible Blackhand is empowered and Impaling Throw impacts all targets in a line.

Attach Slag Bombs

Massive Shattering Smash

Damage Dealers

• Free players from Pin Down if they are struck.
• Kill Pack Beasts when Beastlord Darmac uses Call the Pack.

Healers

• Players struck by Pin Down require significant healing.
• While Dreadwing is active, dispel Conflagration as quickly as possible.
• Dispel Inferno Breath and Superheated Shrapnel if they stack up.

Tanks

• Beastlord Darmac leaps atop the nearest chained beast at 85% health remaining, and then every 20% thereafter.
• Quickly gain threat on the rampaging Pack Beasts when Beastlord Darmac uses Call the Pack.

Beastlord Darmac

Cruelfang

Dreadwing

Ironcrusher

Faultline

Cunning of the Wolf

Spirit of the Rylak

Fury of the Elekk

Heart of the Clefthoof

Damage Dealers

• Ranged damage-dealers should beware Lava Slash, which chains to nearby allies.
• When Ka'graz reaches 25 Molten Energy, help split the damage of Molten Torrent.
• If afflicted with Blazing Radiance, move away from other players.
• Destroy Cinder Wolves before Ka'graz reaches 100 Molten Energy.

Healers

• Spread out to avoid Lava Slash, which chains to nearby allies.
• When Ka'graz reaches 25 Molten Energy, help split the damage of Molten Torrent.
• If afflicted with Blazing Radiance, move away from other players.
• At 100 Molten Energy, Firestorm will inflict heavy raidwide damage.

Tanks

• When Ka'graz reaches 25 Molten Energy, help split the damage of Molten Torrent.
• When the Cinder Wolves spawn, one will become Overheated and must be tanked.
• The Overheated Cinder Wolf's Charring Breath increases the damage of the next Charring Breath.
• The Overheated Cinder Wolf cools off after 20 sec and a new Cinder Wolf becomes Overheated.

Molten Torrent

Summon Cinder Wolves

Blazing Radiance

Firestorm

Lava Slash

Summon Enchanted Armaments

Devastating Slam

Drop the Hammer

Damage Dealers

• Move away when Siege Bombs are fired at you.
• Interrupt Grom'kar Firemenders' Cauterizing Bolt.

Healers

• Grom'kar Man-at-Arms' Iron Bellow inflicts raid-wide damage.
• Tanks with high stacks of Enkindle take significant damage.

Tanks

• Be ready to grab the attention of any reinforcement troops.
• Take turns tanking Thogar to avoid excessive Enkindle stacks.

Enkindle

Prototype Pulse Grenade

Berated

Iron Crack-Shot

Iron Raider

Grom'kar Firemender

Grom'kar Man-at-Arms

Iron Gunnery Sergeant

Obliterator Cannon

Deforester

Damage Dealers

• Furnace Engineers attach bombs to random targets. Detonate these bombs near a Heat Regulator to damage them.
• Defeat Slag Elementals near Primal Elementalists to temporarily disrupt their protective shield.
• Interrupt Firecallers' Cauterize Wounds.

Healers

• Players in the vicinity of Foreman Feldspar suffer Fire damage as long as they are close to him.
• Foreman Feldspar targets random players with his Pyroclasm ability.
• Every time the Heart of the Mountain reaches 100 Energy, he will cast Blast.
• Slag Elementals pick targets at random to fixate on and attack.

Tanks

• Position enemies so that they are not protected by Security Guards' Defense ability.
• Slag Elementals fixate on random players, and cannot be taunted.
• When facing the Heart of the Mountain, take turns tanking in order to manage your stacks of Tempered and Heat.

The Blast Furnace

Furnace Engineer

Bellows Operator

Security Guard

Foreman Feldspar

The Blast Furnace

Primal Elementalist

Firecaller

Slag Elemental

Slag Elementals will go Dormant and remove the Damage Shield of any nearby Primal Elementalist when they are reduced to 1 hitpoint. While Dormant, the Fury's Blasts will restore Energy. When the Slag Elemental reaches 100 Energy they will revive.

Security Guard

Heart of the Mountain

Damage Dealers

• Franzok's Disrupting Roar interrupts spellcasting, and is performed more quickly as he gains Rage.
• Hans'gar and Franzok are Bound by Blood and share a single effective health pool.

Healers

• When either Hans'gar or Franzok land they cause Aftershocks that deal raid-wide damage.
• Franzok's Disrupting Roar interrupts casting, and is performed more quickly as he gains Rage.
• When either Hans'gar or Franzok leaves the fight space, they will pick up both tanks and Crippling Suplex them together for high Physical damage.

Tanks

• When either Hans'gar or Franzok leaves the fight space, they will pick up both tanks and Crippling Suplex them together for high Physical damage.
• When Hans'gar and Franzok land from jumping they will inflict Shattered Vertebrae, which increases damage taken with each application in an area around them.

Searing Plates

Scorching Burns

Pulverized

Smart Stampers

Body Slam

Bound by Blood

Crippling Suplex

Disrupting Roar

Pumped Up

When Hans'gar or Franzok take damage, they gain increasing amounts of Rage. As their Rage increases, Pumped Up increases in power and they inflict more melee damage, increase the hammers thrown by Skullcracker, reduce the cast time of Disrupting Roar, and increase the number of jumps performed during Body Slam.

Skullcracker

Body Slam

Bound by Blood

Crippling Suplex

Pumped Up

When Hans'gar or Franzok take damage, they gain increasing amounts of Rage. As their Rage increases, Pumped Up increases in power and they inflict more melee damage, increase the hammers thrown by Skullcracker, reduce the cast time of Disrupting Roar, and increase the number of jumps performed by Jump Slam.

Damage Dealers

• If afflicted by Petrifying Slam, stay away from allies to avoid collateral damage when Shatter occurs.
• Players must stand in close proximity to one another in order to share the damage from Inferno Slice.

Healers

• If afflicted by Petrifying Slam, stay away from allies to avoid collateral damage when Shatter occurs.
• Players must stand in close proximity to one another in order to share the damage from Inferno Slice.

Tanks

• Taunt Gruul into a cluster of players in order to share the damage from Inferno Slice.
• During Destructive Rampage, Gruul will continually use Overhead Smash, ignoring his threat on all targets.
• In every difficulty except Raid Finder, quickly taunt Gruul away from players after Inferno Slice to stop Overwhelming Blows from hitting unintended targets.

Shatter

Tanks

• Allow yourself to be gripped by a hand created by Rune of Grasping Earth in order to avoid critical damage from Thundering Blows.
• Kromog's Slam ability deals less damage the farther away players are from his fists when they slam onto the ground.
• Kromog's normal attacks cause Fists of Stone, inflicting heavy damage which may be shared by up to 2 targets.
• If Kromog is not being tanked, he will continually cast Stone Breath.

Healers

• Allow yourself to be gripped by a hand created by Rune of Grasping Earth in order to avoid critical damage from Thundering Blows.
• Players gripped by Rune of Grasping Earth eventually become crushed to death, due to increasing damage over time.

Damage Dealers

• Allow yourself to be gripped by a hand created by Rune of Grasping Earth in order to avoid critical damage from Thundering Blows.
• Free yourself from Rune of Grasping Earth once Thundering Blows is complete, then help free other players who are still grasped.

Damage Dealers

• Interrupt Blackrock Barrage to prevent raidwide damage and slow Oregorger's consumption of Blackrock Ore.
• Breaking open Ore Crates during Feeding Frenzy will leave Blackrock Ore on the ground for Oregorger to consume.

Healers

• Shielding and using damage mitigating abilities on the closest target of Acid Torrent can decrease the damage dealt to rest of the targets.

Tanks

• Position yourself to be closest in the Acid Torrent cone and use damage mitigating abilities to decrease the damage dealt to others.
• Quickly regain threat after Oregorger leaves his Feeding Frenzy.

Acid Torrent

Retched Blackrock

Explosive Shard

Blackrock Barrage

Acid Maw

Rolling Fury

Earthshaking Collision

In Mythic difficulty, these collisions also leave Unstable Slag residue at the location of the collision. Unstable Slag explodes if another collision occurs at the same location.

Hunger Drive

Unstable Slag Explosion

Damage Dealers

• Blade Dash can be deadly - avoid standing close to other players if you are battling Sorka.
• Intercept Garan's Penetrating Shot to save the targeted player.

Healers

• Players who fail to avoid the Detonation Sequence from bombs fired by the Dreadnaught's main cannon will take heavy damage.
• While Sanguine Strikes, is active, the raid while take heavy Shadow damage.
• Ensure players targeted by Dark Hunt are not low on health when it expires.

Tanks

• Move between Marak and the target of her Blood Ritual to intercept the effect of Crystalized Blood.
• Minimize damage taken by Marak's melee strikes while Sanguine Strikes is active.
• Pursue Sorka or Marak when they board the Dreadnaught to bombard the docks.

Iron Will

Admiral Gar'an

Enforcer Sorka

Marak the Blooded

Bombardment Pattern

One of the Maidens fires a barrage of bombs with the main cannon of the ship towards the dock. After the initial barrage, the main cannon fires a much larger burst of bombs towards the dock.

Blackrock Deckhand

Shattered Hand Deckhand

Bleeding Hollow Deckhand