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Franzok
Hans'gar and Franzok - Blackrock Foundry
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Hans'gar and Franzok encounter in Blackrock Foundry.
Hans'gar and Franzok are twin brothers raised and trained as masterful brawlers of their clan. Both carved paths of glory as warriors, but destiny had other plans. The brothers, each unwilling to slay the other in the rite of mak'gora, were banished from their clan and left for dead. They survived as outcasts in the savage wilds of Draenor, and when the Iron Horde called, these powerful warriors found a new home in the massive war machine.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Blackrock Foundry, Franzok comes 3rd of 10, after Gruul and before Beastlord Darmac.
Instance Entrance: Gorgrond
Blackrock Foundry entranceThe Blackrock Foundry entrance is in The Pit, Gorgrond, at 51.6, 27.1 on the Gorgrond map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
The battle against Hans'gar and Franzok takes place amidst an operational Blackrock assembly line. At fixed health thresholds, one of the twin orcs jumps out of the fight space to activate the factory machinery, enabling the conveyor belts that bear plates of molten Blackrock ore, or massive presses that stamp down from overhead.
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.
Environmental Threats
The battle takes place admist an active Blackrock processing line, which poses many dangers to the unaware player.
Franzok
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
Hans'gar
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.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Franzok, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Shattered Vertebrae
Physical · Instant · Lasts 8 sec
A brutal body slam crashes upon you, increasing the Physical damage taken by 30%.
Aftershock
Physical · Instant · Lasts 4 sec
A brutal shockwave erupts through the room blasting you, inflicting Physical damage every 2 sec.
Crippling Suplex
Physical · 3 sec cast
Picks up an enemy and smashes them against his highest threat target, dealing Physical damage equal to the maximum health of the picked up enemy.
Disrupting Roar
Physical · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Skullcracker
Physical · 1.5 sec cast
Throws a hammer towards a nearby enemy, inflicting Physical damage.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Blackrock Foundry.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Hans'gar and Franzok encounter lists 21 items in the dungeon journal, item level 44. Equip slots covered: Chest, Wrist, Neck, Feet, Shoulder, One-Hand, Head, Hands, Waist, Finger, Back and Trinket. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Blood-Binder Chestguard Chest (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 39g 39s for it.
- Brawler Brother's Bracers Wrist (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 20g 52s for it.
- Chestguard of Unending Roars Chest (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 42g 58s for it.
- Choker of Infinite Durability Neck, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 15g 88s for it.
- Drop Kickers Feet (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 28g 72s for it.
- Elbow Drop Spaulders Shoulder (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 28g 29s for it.
- Eye-Catching Gilded Robe Chest (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 45g 32s for it.
- Franzok's Headsmasher One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 129g 75s for it.
- Fresh-Face Hood Head (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 27g 74s for it.
- Gauntlets of Dramatic Blows Hands (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 19g 65s for it.
- Giant Pumpers Shoulder (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 31g 98s for it.
- Girdle of Unconquered Glory Waist (Leather), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 19g 73s for it.
- Hans'gar's Forgehammer One-Hand (One-Handed Mace), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 59g 75s for it.
- Hardened Greathelm Head (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 30g 52s for it.
- Heel Protectors Feet (Plate), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 28g 51s for it.
- Neckbreaker Shoulderguards Shoulder (Mail), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 31g 53s for it.
- Razoredge Blade Ring Finger, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength, Stamina, Versatility and Mastery. A vendor pays 27g 46s for it.
- Scorchburn Cloak Back (Cloth), item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 30g 2s for it.
- Six-Eyed Band Finger, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 28g 79s for it.
- Tablet of Turnbuckle Teamwork Trinket, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Mastery. A vendor pays 11g 22s for it. Use: Turnbuckle Terror.
- Vertebrae Protector Neck, item level 44, requires level 40. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 18g 12s for it.
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
4 achievements list a victory over Franzok among their criteria.