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Explosive Sheep
High Tinker Mekkatorque - Battle of Dazar'alor
Explosive Sheep is a boss of the High Tinker Mekkatorque encounter in Battle of Dazar'alor.
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Encounter Facts
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Instance Entrance: Zuldazar
Battle of Dazar'alor entranceThe Battle of Dazar'alor entrance is in Zuldazar, at 54.3, 30.0 on the Zuldazar map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Mekkatorque halts the Horde counter-attack using his latest weaponry and inventions. Spark Bots protected by a Gnomish Force Shield are called in that pursue players until they're disabled. Take advantage of World Enlarger to hijack Spark Bots and shut them down.
Tanks
- Coordinate with your co-tank to manage Electroshock Strikes.
- Be prepared to taunt Mekkatorque if your co-tank is affected by Gigavolt Charge or Shrunk.
- Hide from your allies when Gigavolt Charge is about to expire.
- Seek out and tamper with Spark Bots when Shrunk. Await instructions from your allies before inputting a shutdown code!
Healers
- Hide from your allies when Gigavolt Charge is about to expire.
- Allies affected by Gigavolt Blast will suffer substantial damage over time.
- Seek out and tamper with Spark Bots when Shrunk. Await instructions from your allies before inputting a shutdown code!
Damage Dealers
- Hide from your allies when Gigavolt Charge is about to expire.
- Utilize crowd control abilities to prevent Spark Bots from getting into Spark Pulse range.
- Seek out and tamper with Spark Bots when Shrunk. Await instructions from your allies before inputting a shutdown code!
Stage One: For Gnomeregan!
Electroshock Strikes
Spell details
Electroshock Amplification
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Buster Cannon
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Heavy Thrusters
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Blast Off
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Crash Down
Spell details
Gigavolt Charge
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, Gigavolt Charge leaves behind a radiation zone when it detonates.
Gigavolt Blast
Spell details
Wormhole Generator
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, teleporting has side effects.
Miscalculated Teleport
Spell details
Discombobulation
Spell details
Deploy Spark Bot
Spell detailsMekkatorque periodically calls in Spark Bot units to seek out his enemies.
Spark Bot
Players affected by Shrunk can tamper with Spark Bots and shut them down from within.
World Enlarger
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, World Enlarger causes a player to become enormous. In Raid Finder difficulty, Shrunk players can not be Trampled.
Shrunk
Spell detailsIn Raid Finder difficulty, Shrunk players can not be Trampled.
Enormous
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Trample
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Squish
Spell detailsStage Two: Evasive Maneuvers!
At 40% health remaining Mekkatorque lifts off and assaults players from the air. Mekkatorque goes into Hyperdrive upon landing.
Signal Exploding Sheep
Spell details
Critter Explosion
Spell detailsGigavolt Charge
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, Gigavolt Charge leaves behind a radiation zone when it detonates.
Gigavolt Blast
Spell details
Shrink
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, World Enlarger causes a player to grow.
Stage Three: Hyperdrive!
Hyperdrive
Spell detailsElectroshock Strikes
Spell detailsElectroshock Amplification
Spell detailsBuster Cannon
Spell detailsHeavy Thrusters
Spell detailsBlast Off
Spell detailsCrash Down
Spell detailsGigavolt Charge
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, Gigavolt Charge leaves behind a radiation zone when it detonates.
Gigavolt Blast
Spell detailsWormhole Generator
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, teleporting has side effects.
Miscalculated Teleport
Spell detailsDiscombobulation
Spell detailsDeploy Spark Bot
Spell detailsMekkatorque periodically calls in Spark Bot units to seek out his enemies. In Heroic difficulty, Hyperdrive causes Mekkatorque to deploy an additional Spark Bot. In Mythic difficulty, Hyperdrive causes Mekkatorque to deploy an additional Spark Bot.
Spark Bot
Players affected by Shrunken can tamper with Spark Bots and shut them down from within.
Shrink
Spell detailsIn Mythic difficulty, World Enlarger causes a player to become enormous. In Raid Finder difficulty, Shrunk players can not be Trampled.
Shrunk
Spell detailsIn Raid Finder difficulty, Shrunk players can not be Trampled.
Enormous
Spell detailsTrample
Spell detailsStage Two: Evasive Maneuvers!
At 40% health remaining Mekkatorque lifts off and calls in a pair of linked shield generators that apply P.L.O.T Armor to his suit until they are destroyed.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for this encounter, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Electroshock Strikes
Nature · Instant
Each of Mekkatorque's melee attacks inflict an additional Nature damage.
Electroshock Amplification
Physical · Instant · Lasts 1 min
This effect stacks. When Mekkatorque switches to a new target, is reset.
Buster Cannon
Nature · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Mekkatorque fires off his. Players struck by it suffer Nature damage instantly, an additional Nature damage every 1 sec, and their Haste is reduced by 100%.
Crash Down
Physical · Instant
Inflicts Physical damage to all players, and Physical damage to players within 12 yards.
Gigavolt Charge
Nature · Instant · Lasts 15 sec
Mekkatorque sticks a target with a volatile energy charge that inflicts Nature damage every 1 sec for 15 sec. When expires, it triggers a that strikes all targets within line of sight of the victim.
Gigavolt Blast
Nature · Instant
The charge detonates, inflicting Nature damage and an additional Nature damage every 2 sec for 30 sec to all targets within line of sight of the blast.
Gigavolt Radiation Zone
Physical · Instant · Lasts 2 min
leaves behind a radiation zone. Players that pass through it are afflicted with.
Wormhole Generator
Arcane · 3 sec cast
Mekkatorque teleports all players near the targeted player's location.
Miscalculated Teleport
Physical · Instant · Lasts 3.5 sec
A slight miscalcuation leaves you freefalling above the teleport location.
Discombobulation
Arcane · Instant · Lasts 12 sec
Your genetic makeup is scrambled after being teleported leaving you polymorphed.
Deploy Spark Bot
Physical · Instant
Spark Shield
Physical · Instant
The Spark Bot is surrounded in a Spark Shield that reduces damage taken by 99% and reflects Nature damage to all attackers.
Anti-Tampering Protocol
Physical · Instant
After 1 min, or if an incorrect shutdown code is entered, an is triggered on the player tampering with the Spark Bot. A Spark Bot's shutdown code is visible to all players except the tampering player. Inputting the correct shutdown code 3 times will safely disable the Spark Bot.
Anti-Tampering Shock
Nature · Instant · Lasts 12 sec
Stuns the victim and inflicts Nature damage every 3 sec for 12 sec.
Spark Pulse
Nature · 4 sec cast · Lasts 1.5 sec
Inflicts Nature damage and stuns all players for 1.5 sec. Launches a that strikes several random players for Nature damage.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Battle of Dazar'alor.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the High Tinker Mekkatorque encounter in Battle of Dazar'alor.
Unrivaled in their ingenuity, Gelbin Mekkatorque's inventions have been instrumental to the Alliance's attack on Dazar'alor. His state-of-the-art armor is outfitted with the latest--and deadliest--ordnance that gnomish engineering can offer.
What Each Drop Is
The High Tinker Mekkatorque encounter lists 12 items in the dungeon journal, item level 60. Equip slots covered: Shoulder, Back, Wrist, Hands, Chest, Trinket, One-Hand, Head and Ranged. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Dyno-Sprocket Spaulders Shoulder (Plate), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 56 gold59 silver for it.
- Giga-Charged Shoulderpads Shoulder (Cloth), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 53 gold29 silver for it.
- High Tinker's Cape Back (Cloth), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 57 gold82 silver for it. Equip: High Tinker's Expertise.
- Lever Stabilizing Wristwraps Wrist (Cloth), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 37 gold1 silver for it.
- Mech-Jockey Grips Hands (Leather), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 37 gold46 silver for it. Equip: Mech-Jockey.
- Mekkatorque's Bomber Jacket Chest (Leather), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 76 gold96 silver for it.
- Ramping Amplitude Gigavolt Engine Trinket, item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength. A vendor pays 63 gold36 silver for it. Use: R.A.G.E..
- Servo-Claw Smasher One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 104 gold4 silver for it.
- Target-Tracking Headgear Head (Mail), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 55 gold96 silver for it.
- Twin-Pipe Buster Cannon Ranged (Gun), item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility and Stamina. A vendor pays 135 gold49 silver for it. Equip: Buster Shot.
- Variable Intensity Gigavolt Oscillating Reactor Trinket, item level 60, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility. A vendor pays 61 gold50 silver for it. Use: Oscillating Overload. Equip: V.I.G.O.R. Engaged.
- G.M.O.D. Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 10. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this mount.” Use: Learning.
Read from the current game build's item data. Listed prices come from our latest US Auction House scan; a drop that binds when picked up never has one.
Achievements for Defeating It
8 achievements list a victory over Explosive Sheep among their criteria.
