TheWoWDBSiege of Orgrimmar
Garrosh Hellscream Guide
Garrosh Hellscream in Siege of Orgrimmar, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Garrosh calls in Kor'kron soldiers, while Siege Engineers try to activate Iron Stars that crush players and orcs in their path.
- When Garrosh reaches 10% health, he draws upon the Heart to heal himself.
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: Stage One: The True Horde, Intermission: Realm of Y'Shaarj, Stage Two: Power of Y'Shaarj, Stage Three: MY WORLD.
- Tanks: During the initial phase, Garrosh will use Hellscream's Warsong to significantly increase the damage output of his Kor'kron minions.
- Healers: During the initial phase, Exploding Iron Stars deal heavy raidwide damage that decreases with distance from the impact point.
- Damage dealers: During the initial phase, interrupt Far Seers' casts and kill at least one Siege Engineer per wave.
Overview
Adventure Guide says
Garrosh calls in Kor'kron soldiers, while Siege Engineers try to activate Iron Stars that crush players and orcs in their path. When Garrosh reaches 10% health, he draws upon the Heart to heal himself. Garrosh periodically pulls all players into the Realm of Y'Shaarj, where they must interrupt his efforts to draw power from the Heart. When reaching 10% health a second time, Garrosh fully drains the heart, empowering all his abilities until his defeat.
- During the initial phase, interrupt Far Seers' casts and kill at least one Siege Engineer per wave.
- In the realm of Y'Shaarj, defeat all Sha manifestations to prevent Garrosh from gaining energy.
- Damage afflicted players to break the Touch of Y'Shaarj, and interrupt them to prevent the affliction from spreading.
- Once Garrosh reaches 25 energy, Empowered Whirling Corruption spawns Minions of Y'Shaarj that gain great power if killed near each other.
- During the initial phase, Exploding Iron Stars deal heavy raidwide damage that decreases with distance from the impact point.
- Once Garrosh's shield in the Realm of Y'Shaarj is broken, his Annihilate will deal heavy raidwide damage.
- Whirling Corruption deals heavy raidwide damage that decreases the farther a target is from Garrosh.
- During the initial phase, Garrosh will use Hellscream's Warsong to significantly increase the damage output of his Kor'kron minions.
- After leaving the Realm of Y'Shaarj, Garrosh's attacks will inflict Gripping Despair, which increases in damage with each application.
- Once Empowered, Whirling Corruption spawns Minions of Y'Shaarj that gain great power if killed near each other.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- Stage One: The True Horde Garrosh, wielding his new weapon with his True Horde and siege machines at his disposal, brings his might to bear upon any intruders. The True Horde join the battle more frequently as the fight progresses. This phase will continue until Garrosh reaches 10% health remaining.
- Intermission: Realm of Y'Shaarj Periodically the call of Y'Shaarj will transport Garrosh and the players into the Realm of Y'Shaarj for 61 sec.
- Stage Two: Power of Y'Shaarj After absorbing the Power of Y'Shaarj, Garrosh will heal to full health as Y'Shaarj's blood grants Garrosh new powers.
- Stage Three: MY WORLD Upon reaching 10% health a second time, Garrosh will absorb the remaining power of Y'Shaarj, gaining full energy, healing and empowering all of his abilities.
Tank mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- During the initial phase, Garrosh will use Hellscream's Warsong to significantly increase the damage output of his Kor'kron minions.
- After leaving the Realm of Y'Shaarj, Garrosh's attacks will inflict Gripping Despair, which increases in damage with each application.
- Once Empowered, Whirling Corruption spawns Minions of Y'Shaarj that gain great power if killed near each other.
Healer mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- During the initial phase, Exploding Iron Stars deal heavy raidwide damage that decreases with distance from the impact point.
- Once Garrosh's shield in the Realm of Y'Shaarj is broken, his Annihilate will deal heavy raidwide damage.
- Whirling Corruption deals heavy raidwide damage that decreases the farther a target is from Garrosh.
DPS mechanics
Adventure Guide says
- During the initial phase, interrupt Far Seers' casts and kill at least one Siege Engineer per wave.
- In the realm of Y'Shaarj, defeat all Sha manifestations to prevent Garrosh from gaining energy.
- Damage afflicted players to break the Touch of Y'Shaarj, and interrupt them to prevent the affliction from spreading.
- Once Garrosh reaches 25 energy, Empowered Whirling Corruption spawns Minions of Y'Shaarj that gain great power if killed near each other.
Interrupts and dispels
Adventure Guide says
Dispels named in the journal
- Y'Shaarj's Protection: Immune to damage. Defeating the Sha minions will dispel the protection. While under the protection of Y'Shaarj, Garrosh will absorb energy from the Heart.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Desecrate | ||
| Hellscream's Warsong | ||
| Hamstring | ||
| Blood Frenzied | Blood Frenzied causes the Kor'kron Warbringers to attack nearby enemies. | |
| Ancestral Fury | This effect stacks. | |
 Ancestral Chain Heal | Heals a friendly target for a percentage of their max health, chaining to nearby friendly targets. | |
| Chain Lightning | ||
| Iron Star Impact | Inflicts massive damage to any players or Kor'kron that are caught in its path, knocking them back. | |
| Exploding Iron Star | The damage inflicted decreases the farther away an enemy is from the explosion. | |
| Y'Shaarj's Protection | Immune to damage. Defeating the Sha minions will dispel the protection. While under the protection of Y'Shaarj, Garrosh will absorb energy from the Heart. | dispel |
| Annihilate | ||
| Consumed Courage | Causes Courage to spawn nearby when the Embodied Fear is defeated. | |
| Crushing Fear | While in the Terrace of the Endless Spring, random enemies are targeted with Crushing Fear. | |
| Consumed Faith | Causes Faith to spawn nearby when the Embodied Doubt is defeated. This effect stacks. | |
| Embodied Doubt | Stacks. | |
| Consumed Hope | Causes Hope to spawn nearby when the Embodied Despair is defeated. | |
| Ultimate Despair | Death of an Embodied Despair causes the other to cast Ultimate Despair. Stacks. | |
| Whirling Corruption | The damage inflicted decreases the farther away the enemy is from Garrosh. When Garrosh reaches 25 Energy, Whirling Corruption becomes Empowered. | |
| Empowered Whirling Corruption | ||
| Touch of Y'Shaarj | Garrosh will afflict players with Touch of Y'Shaarj. Touched players will try to spread the Touch of Y'Shaarj. Touch of Y'Shaarj is removed when the player is reduced to 20% of max health. When Garrosh reaches 50 Energy, Touch of Y'Shaarj becomes Empowered. | |
| Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj | At 50 Energy, Garrosh will afflict players with Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj, transforming them into a Sha that is immune to loss of control effects and has increased health. Touched players will try to spread the Touch of Y'Shaarj. Touch of Y'Shaarj is removed when the player is reduced to 20% of max health. | |
| Empowered Desecrate | At 75 Energy, Garrosh creates an Empowered Desecrated Weapon that gains Power of Y'Shaarj, causing it to become indestructible and regain health over time. | |
| Gripping Despair | This effect stacks. When Garrosh reaches 100 Energy, Gripping Despair becomes Empowered. | |
| Empowered Gripping Despair | When Empowered Gripping Despair expires or is removed it causes Explosive Despair. | |
| Explosive Despair | Inflicts Shadow damage equal to the value of Gripping Despair. |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Belt of the Broken Pact
Black Blood of Y'Shaarj
Chestguard of Relentless Tyranny
Chestplate of Fallen Passion
Cord of Black Dreams
Cowl of Smoking Dreams
Curse of Hubris
Ebon Ritual Hood
Essence of the Cursed ConquerorEssence of the Cursed ConquerorEssence of the Cursed Conqueror
Essence of the Cursed ProtectorEssence of the Cursed ProtectorEssence of the Cursed Protector
Essence of the Cursed VanquisherEssence of the Cursed VanquisherEssence of the Cursed Vanquisher
Greathelm of the Warchief
Hopeglow Spaulders
Horned Mace of the Old Ones
Kor'kron Elite Skullmask
Kor'kron Juggernaut
Kor'kron Spire of Supremacy
Legplates of Unthinking Strife
Mantle of Looming Darkness
Penetrating Gaze of Y'Shaarj
Revelations of Y'Shaarj
Seal of Karmic Return
Shoulderguards of Intended Power
Spaulders of the Fallen Warchief
Tusks of Mannoroth
Xal'atoh, Desecrated Image of Gorehowl
Horde Warlord's ThroneMounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Mounts
Achievements
Heroic: Siege of Orgrimmar · Mythic: General Nazgrim · Mythic: Immerseus · Mythic: Iron Juggernaut · Mythic: Kor'kron Dark Shaman · Mythic: Malkorok · Mythic: Norushen · Mythic: Paragons of the Klaxxi · Mythic: Sha of Pride · Mythic: Siegecrafter Blackfuse · Mythic: Thok the Bloodthirsty · Siege of Orgrimmar
Entrance and instance
Siege of Orgrimmar is a raid in the Adventure Guide. See the Siege of Orgrimmar database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
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Player strategy
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Questions
What does the Adventure Guide say about Garrosh Hellscream?
Garrosh calls in Kor'kron soldiers, while Siege Engineers try to activate Iron Stars that crush players and orcs in their path.
How many abilities does Garrosh Hellscream have?
The current datamine lists 1 named abilities on the Garrosh Hellscream encounter.
What does Garrosh Hellscream drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 33 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Siege of Orgrimmar database page.
Does Garrosh Hellscream change on Heroic or Mythic?
The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.
Does Garrosh Hellscream drop a mount?
The journal loot table includes Kor'kron Juggernaut. 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.