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Festerface
Festerface - Assault on Violet Hold
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Festerface encounter in Assault on Violet Hold.
Professor Putricide had many experiments seized when Icecrown Citadel fell. At best guess, Festerface appears to be a failed prototype that predated the construction of the professor's two most notorious creations: Rotface and Festergut.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Assault on Violet Hold, Festerface comes 4th of 8, after Millificent Manastorm and before Sael'orn.
Instance Entrance: Dalaran
Assault on Violet Hold entranceThe Assault on Violet Hold entrance is in Dalaran, at 67.9, 70.5 on the Dalaran map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Festerface spews torrents of nasty bile that form into Congealed Goo. When a Congealed Goo is killed it begins to reform and will fully heal after a few seconds. During this time, Festerface can consume the Congealed Goo if he is brought close to it.
Damage Dealers
- Avoid standing in front of Festerface while he casts Congealing Vomit.
- Quickly kill Congealed Goo to trigger Recongealing.
Healers
- Avoid standing in front of Festerface while he casts Congealing Vomit.
- Each Congealed Goo increases the damage the party takes from Fetid Stench.
Tanks
- Avoid standing in front of Festerface while he casts Congealing Vomit.
- Move Festerface to any Congealed Goo that is currently Recongealing so he can consume the Goo.
- After consuming a Congealed Goo Festerface will gain Yum!.
Festerface
Congealing Vomit
Congealed Goo
Yum!
In Heroic or Mythic difficulty, each Congealed Goo that is consumed removes 20 energy from Festerface.
Uh Oh...
Black Bile
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Festerface, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Congealing Vomit
Nature · 3 sec cast
Festerface unleashes a torrent of toxic bile that inflicts Nature damage to all players in a cone in front of him. In addition, pools of bile coagulate into Congealed Goo.
Fetid Stench
Nature · Instant
Congealed Goo erupt spewing waves of noxious fumes inflicting Nature damage every 2 sec to all players.
Recongealing
Physical · Instant · Lasts 12 sec
Upon reaching 0 health a Congealed Goo bursts into a pool of Icky Goo that inflicts Nature damage to all enemies standing within it. After 12 sec the Congealing Goo reforms and is restored to full health.
Yum!
Physical · 3 sec cast
Bringing Festerface near a Recongealing ooze causes him to devour it, removing it permanently.
Uh Oh...
Nature · 1 sec cast
Over time Festerface gains energy. Upon reaching 100 energy Festerface loses control of his tummy, spewing forth a Black Bile.
Necrotic Aura
Nature · Instant
While the Black Bile is alive all healing and absorbs are reduced by 100%.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Assault on Violet Hold.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Festerface encounter lists 11 items in the dungeon journal, item level 50. Equip slots covered: Finger, Waist, Head, Chest, Hands, Shoulder, Wrist and Trinket. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Band of Decaying Rubies Finger, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 26g 30s for it.
- Blightbile Waistband Waist (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 20g 24s for it.
- Cowl of Promising News Head (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 31g 43s for it.
- Festerface's Rotted Gut Gem, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 37g 33s for it.
- Fetid Gutcover Apron Chest (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 41g 80s for it.
- Gloves of Flesh-Shaping Hands (Mail), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 21g 10s for it.
- Pustulous Girdle Waist (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 20g 32s for it.
- Slimeflow Breastplate Chest (Plate), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 40g 57s for it.
- Spaulders of Unstable Experiments Shoulder (Leather), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 32g 12s for it.
- Split-Vein Bracers Wrist (Cloth), item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 20g 17s for it.
- Tiny Oozeling in a Jar Trinket, item level 50, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery. A vendor pays 6g 78s for it. Use: Fetid Regurgitation. Equip: Congealing Goo.
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.