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Head Machinist Sparkflux
Machinist's Garden - Operation: Mechagon
Head Machinist Sparkflux is a boss of the Machinist's Garden encounter in Operation: Mechagon.
Found In
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Operation: Mechagon, Head Machinist Sparkflux comes 7th of 8, after K.U.-J.0. and before King Mechagon.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
Model
Background
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
Over the course of the encounter the Head Machinist activates the garden's defenses to stop the intruders.
Tanks
- Avoid touching Self-Trimming Hedge blades.
- At 100 energy, the Head Machinist activates the "Hidden" Flame Cannon.
Healers
- Dispel allies who fail to avoid Discom-BOMB-ulator.
- Avoid touching Self-Trimming Hedge blades.
- At 100 energy, the Head Machinist activates the "Hidden" Flame Cannon.
Damage Dealers
- Avoid touching Self-Trimming Hedge blades.
- At 100 energy, the Head Machinist activates the "Hidden" Flame Cannon.
Head Machinist Sparkflux
Discom-BOMB-ulator
Spell detailsGarden Gadgets
"Hidden" Flame Cannon
Spell details
Self-Trimming Hedge
Spell detailsInconspicuous Plant
Blossom Blast
Spell details
Oil Fountain
Spell detailsAbility Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Head Machinist Sparkflux, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Discom-BOMB-ulator
Nature · Instant · Lasts 9 sec
Lobs a pulse grenade at a target's location, inflicting Nature damage to anyone and disorienting them for 9 sec.
"Hidden" Flame Cannon
Fire · Instant · Lasts 10 sec
Activates a nearby Flame Cannon, causing it to spew flame in multiple directions, inflicting Fire damage to all players caught in the flames every 2 sec for 10 sec. Flammable objects may be caught on fire.
Self-Trimming Hedge
Physical · Instant
Launches a blade that bounces around the garden, inflicting Physical damage.
Blossom Blast
Nature · Instant
Unleashes bolts of lightning at a target, inflicting Nature damage every 0.5 sec for 6 sec.
Oil Fountain
Physical · Instant
Upon death the Inconspicuous Plant begins to spew flammable fluid into the air.
Roaring Flame
Fire · Instant
Periodically spews forth flaming globs of oil that impact nearby, inflicting Fire damage to anyone within 4 yards of the impact.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Operation: Mechagon.
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 Machinist's Garden encounter in Operation: Mechagon.
Beautiful and dangerous, Head Machinist Sparkflux's metallic gardens are designed for both recreation and retribution. With a flick of a switch, the idyllic scenery transforms into a death trap from which no interloper can escape.
What Each Drop Is
The Machinist's Garden encounter lists 12 items in the dungeon journal, item level 78. Equip slots covered: Waist, Trinket, Feet, Two-Hand, Finger, Legs and One-Hand. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Automatic Waist Tightener Waist (Plate), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Critical Strike. Tooltip: “Always fits just right.” A vendor pays 37 gold13 silver for it.
- Ingenious Mana Battery Trinket, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect. A vendor pays 36 silver28 copper for it. Use: Imbue Power.
- Machinist's Treasured Treads Feet (Leather), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 55 gold6 silver for it.
- Neural Synapse Enhancer Two-Hand (Staff), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Mastery. Tooltip: “Safety not guaranteed.” A vendor pays 132 gold41 silver for it. Use: Enhance Synapses.
- Omnipurpose Logic Board Gem, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 12 gold49 silver for it.
- Overclocking Bit Band Finger, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 50 gold18 silver for it.
- Protecting Bit Band Finger, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 50 gold54 silver for it.
- Rebooting Bit Band Finger, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 47 gold32 silver for it.
- Self-Repairing Cuisses Legs (Mail), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery, Versatility and Indestructible. A vendor pays 73 gold28 silver for it.
- Shorting Bit Band Finger, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Haste and Mastery. A vendor pays 50 gold36 silver for it.
- Tearing Sawtooth Blade One-Hand (One-Handed Sword), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 111 gold10 silver for it.
- Subroutine: Overclock Gem, item level 74, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 12 gold49 silver 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.
