Boss
King Mechagon
King Mechagon - Operation: Mechagon
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the King Mechagon encounter in Operation: Mechagon.
As maniacal as he is brilliant, King Mechagon despises all organic life. With his mechoriginator primed and ready, nothing stands in the way of his scheme to purge the curse of flesh from Azeroth and mechanize the entire world.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for Operation: Mechagon, King Mechagon comes 8th of 8, after Head Machinist Sparkflux.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Overview
King Mechagon, a master inventor, unleashes two of his greatest contraptions. Initially, he begins his assault by piloting the Aerial Unit R-21/X. Once destroyed, King Mechagon unleashes his greatest weapon, the Omega Buster mech suit.
Tanks
- Avoid touching Plasma Orbs.
- Position yourself to avoid hitting other players with Giga-Zap.
Healers
- Avoid touching Plasma Orbs.
- Position yourself to avoid hitting other players with Giga-Zap.
Damage Dealers
- Avoid touching Plasma Orbs.
- Position yourself to avoid hitting other players with Giga-Zap.
Stage One: Aerial Unit R-21/X
Stage Two: Omega Buster
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for King Mechagon, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Pulse Blast
Nature · 1.5 sec cast
Unleashes a charged burst at his current target, inflicting Nature damage.
Mega-Zap
Nature · 3 sec cast · Lasts 12 sec
Unleashes a bolt of energy towards a player, inflicting Nature damage and an additional Nature damage every 2 sec for 12 sec to all players in a line from the caster.
Take Off!
Fire · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 8 sec
Cutting Beam
Nature · Instant
Unleashes a beam of lightning, inflicting Nature damage every 1.5 sec to anyone under King Mechagon. In addition, a pulse of lightning is unleashed every 0.5 sec for 6 sec, inflicting Nature damage to all players.
Magneto-Arm
Nature · Instant
Launches a powerful electromagnet that pulls all players towards it, inflicting Nature damage to all players every 1 sec for 9 sec. Players further from the device take less damage.
Protocol: Ninety-Nine
Nature · 1 sec cast
Inflicts Nature damage to all players. This attack is only used by King Mechagon whenever he is not actively engaged in melee combat.
3D Model
First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.
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.
What Each Drop Is
The King Mechagon encounter lists 23 items in the dungeon journal, item level 78. Equip slots covered: Wrist, Head, Chest, Shoulder, Hands, Waist, Feet and Legs. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Engine of Mecha-Perfection Consumable, item level 50, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Building upon an ancient titan device, the engine is a triumph of gnomish ingenuity that allows mechanized beings to achieve peak performance.” Use: Vision of Perfection.
- Anodized Deflectors Wrist (Plate), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 38g for it.
- Apogee Inventor's Goggles Head (Plate), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 57g 61s for it. Use: Zoom In.
- Circuit-Linked Chainmail Chest (Mail), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 76g 41s for it.
- Extravagant Epaulets Shoulder (Leather), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 57g 83s for it.
- Gauntlets of Absolute Authority Hands (Plate), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 37g 69s for it.
- Hyperthread Wristwraps Wrist (Cloth), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 40g 59s for it.
- Inventor's Ingenious Trifocals Head (Cloth), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 59g 78s for it. Use: Zoom In.
- Mad King's Sporran Waist (Leather), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Versatility. A vendor pays 38g 53s for it.
- Maniacal Monarch's Girdle Waist (Mail), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 38g 11s for it.
- Mechanized Plate Chasse Chest (Plate), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 75g 85s for it.
- Mekgineer's Mindbending Headgear Head (Leather), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 59g 57s for it. Use: Zoom In.
- Performant Logic Board Gem, item level 78. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 12g 49s for it.
- Psychogenic Prognosticator's Lenses Head (Mail), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 57g 83s for it. Use: Zoom In.
- Regal Mekanospurs Feet (Mail), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Versatility. A vendor pays 56g 52s for it.
- Royal Attendant's Trousers Legs (Cloth), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 77g 18s for it.
- Self-Sanitizing Handwraps Hands (Leather), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 38g 39s for it.
- Shoulderguards of Fraying Sanity Shoulder (Cloth), item level 78. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect and Stamina. A vendor pays 58g 47s for it.
- Electromagnetic Resistors Gem, item level 74, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 12g 49s for it.
- Progression Sprocket Consumable, item level 50, requires level 50. Bind on Pickup. Use: Perfection-Enhancing Gearbox.
- Blueprint: Perfectly Timed Differential Quest, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Teaches: Kill Credit: Find a Recipe.
- Golden Snorf Miscellaneous, item level 1. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this companion.” Use: Learning.
- Gnomish Tesla Tower Item level 1. Bind on Pickup. A vendor pays 1g for it. Use: Collect Gnomish Tesla Tower.
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
3 achievements list a victory over King Mechagon among their criteria.