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Hellfire Citadel

Kormrok Guide

Kormrok in Hellfire Citadel, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.

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30-second TL;DR

Adventure Guide says

  • Kormrok periodically jumps to the nearest fel pool of energy, empowering one of his abilities for a short duration depending on which pool he entered.
  • Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Mutating Hatred.
  • Tanks: Move Kormrok near the pool to which you want him to Leap.
  • Healers: Pound inflicts heavy damage to the entire raid, compounded if players do not spread out.
  • Damage dealers: Kill Crushing Hands as quickly as possible.

Overview

Adventure Guide says

Kormrok periodically jumps to the nearest fel pool of energy, empowering one of his abilities for a short duration depending on which pool he entered.

  • Move Kormrok near the pool to which you want him to Leap.
  • Spread out during Pound.
  • Pound inflicts heavy damage to the entire raid, compounded if players do not spread out.
  • Move away from any tanks affected by Fiery Burst.
  • Trigger Fiery Runes before they explode.
  • Kill Crushing Hands as quickly as possible.
  • Run away from any tanks affected by Fiery Burst.
  • Trigger Fiery Runes before they explode.
  • Spread out during Pound.

Encounter phases

Adventure Guide says

  1. Mutating Hatred Kormrok will use different abilities against his current tank target based on the last pool he leapt into. Getting hit with any of these abilities afflicts the victim with Fel Touch.

Tank mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Move Kormrok near the pool to which you want him to Leap.
  • Spread out during Pound.

Healer mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Pound inflicts heavy damage to the entire raid, compounded if players do not spread out.
  • Move away from any tanks affected by Fiery Burst.
  • Trigger Fiery Runes before they explode.

DPS mechanics

Adventure Guide says

  • Kill Crushing Hands as quickly as possible.
  • Run away from any tanks affected by Fiery Burst.
  • Trigger Fiery Runes before they explode.
  • Spread out during Pound.

Normal, Heroic, and Mythic

Adventure Guide says

Only sentences the Adventure Guide itself marks as a difficulty change. We do not invent extra Heroic or Mythic strategy.

  • On Mythic Difficulty, residue is sent out from the pool that Kormrok jumped into.

Boss abilities

AbilityAdventure GuideNotes
LeapOn Mythic Difficulty, residue is sent out from the pool that Kormrok jumped into.
Shadow Energy
Explosive Energy
Foul Energy
Splash
Pound
Fel OutpouringWhen empowered, this abiliity causes all three pools to send out globules.
Explosive RunesWhen empowered, triggering the rune causes it to try and reform nearby. Explosive Runes will not reform on top of an existing Explosive Rune, nor will they reform if they are the last Explosive Rune active.
Grasping HandsWhen empowered, Dragging Hands that pull players toward the closest pool are summoned instead.
Swat
Explosive Burst
Foul Crush
Fel Touch
Enrage
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Loot

Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.

Chestplate of Potential EnergyLFRCowl of the Arcanic ConclaveNHMCraggy Gloves of GraspingNHMCrown of the Living MountainNHMDeathrattle MaskNHMDemonbreaker HelmLFRDemongaze HelmNHMFaceguard of Iron WrathNHMFelblade HoodNHMFelfume HoodLFRFel-Inscribed ShoulderplatesNHMFerroleather HoodNHMFragmented Runestone EtchingLFRGlowing FirestoneNHMGlowing String of PebblesLFRGoop-Proof GlovesLFRHelm of the Ceaseless VigilNHMHood of the Savage HuntNHMImbued Stone SigilNHMIndustrial Lifting BeltLFRIronpelt HelmLFRMask of the Hurricane's EyeNHMOathclaw HelmNHMPious CowlNHMPit-Extracted Stone SignetNHMPolymorphic Cloak of AbsorptionNHMRancorbite HoodLFRRugged Stoneshaped PauldronsNHMRumbling PebbleNHMRuneaxe of the BreakerNHMRune-Infused SpearNHMRunic Magnaron ToothNHMShadowgorged Iron ChokerNHMSigil-Stitched DrapeLFRSludge-Resistant WadersLFRSludge-Soaked WaistbandNHMSplashcover CloakLFRStone RunebandLFRTunic of Reformative RunesNHM

Mounts, toys, achievements, transmog

Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.

Mounts

Felsteel Annihilator

Item sets and transmog

Attire of Piety · Deathrattle Regalia · Raiment of the Arcanic Conclave

Achievements

Mythic: Fel Lord Zakuun · Mythic: Gorefiend · Mythic: Hellfire Assault · Mythic: Hellfire High Council · Mythic: Iron Reaver · Mythic: Kilrogg Deadeye · Mythic: Kormrok · Mythic: Mannoroth · Mythic: Shadow-Lord Iskar · Mythic: Socrethar the Eternal · Mythic: Tyrant Velhari

Entrance and instance

Hellfire Citadel is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Hellfire Citadel database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.

Gorefiend
Fel Lord Zakuun
Tyrant Velhari
Mannoroth
Kilrogg Deadeye
Iron Reaver
Hellfire Assault
Socrethar the Eternal
Hellfire High Council
Shadow-Lord Iskar
Archimonde
Xhul'horac

Player strategy

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Questions

What does the Adventure Guide say about Kormrok?

Kormrok periodically jumps to the nearest fel pool of energy, empowering one of his abilities for a short duration depending on which pool he entered.

How many abilities does Kormrok have?

The current datamine lists 14 named abilities on the Kormrok encounter.

What does Kormrok drop?

The Adventure Guide lists 39 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Hellfire Citadel database page.

Does Kormrok change on Heroic or Mythic?

Yes. The Adventure Guide adds difficulty sentences on the abilities that change; those sentences are collected in the difficulty section. We do not invent additional Heroic or Mythic strategy.

Does Kormrok drop a mount?

The journal loot table includes Felsteel Annihilator. Each links to its TheWoWDB mount page.

Where does this guide's text come from?

Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.

Source and build

This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.