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Slabhide
Slabhide - The Stonecore
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Adventure Guide Entry
The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Slabhide encounter in The Stonecore.
With his powers as the Aspect of Earth amplified by the Old Gods, Deathwing easily swayed Deepholm's stone wyrms into serving the Twilight's Hammer. One of the most ambitious of these creatures, Slabhide hopes to earn Deathwing's favor by exterminating any intruders brazen enough to enter the Stonecore.
Encounter Facts
In the game's encounter order for The Stonecore, Slabhide comes 2nd of 4, after Corborus and before Ozruk.
- Corborus
- Slabhide
- Ozruk
- High Priestess Azil
Instance Entrance: Deepholm
The Stonecore entranceThe Stonecore entrance is in Temple of Earth, Deepholm, at 47.8, 51.9 on the Deepholm map.
Abilities & Strategy
What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.
Abilities & Strategy
Lava Fissure
Slabhide creates a crack in the ground under a random player. The lava pool lasts 10 seconds. In Heroic Difficulty the crack erupts after 3 seconds and the lava pool lasts 30 seconds.
Sand Blast
Slabhide breathes out a blast of sand, inflicting Nature damage to all enemies within 15 yards in a forward facing 60 degree cone.
Stalactite
Periodically during the encounter, Slabhide will run to the center of the cavern and lift off into the air. While hovering above the ground, a large number of stalactites then rain down from the ceiling in random locations around the cavern. If a player is underneath a stalactite when it lands, they take Physical damage and are knocked back. The stalactites last 30 sec, and also block movement and line of sight for spells.
Crystal Storm
After Slabhide lifts off and finishes creating stalactites, he then lands. Before the stalactites disappear, he begins to channel Crystal Storm for 6 sec. Every 0.5 second Slabhide inflicts Nature damage to all enemies. Slabhide must have line of sight to an enemy to deal damage with Crystal Storm.
Ability Spells
Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Slabhide, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.
Sand Blast
Nature · Instant
Deals Nature damage to all enemies in front of the caster within 15 yards.
Stalactite
Physical · Instant · Lasts 30 sec
Crystal Storm
Physical · 2.5 sec cast · Lasts 6 sec
Deals Nature damage to all enemies every 0.5 sec. This spell requires line of sight.
Drops
Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in The Stonecore.
What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.
What Each Drop Is
The Slabhide encounter lists 15 items in the dungeon journal, item level 37. Equip slots covered: Shoulder, Hands, Legs, One-Hand, Finger, Back and Ranged. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.
- Reins of the Vitreous Stone Drake Miscellaneous, item level 30, requires level 10. Bind on Pickup. Tooltip: “Teaches you how to summon this mount. This is a flying mount.” Use: Learning. Effect: Vitreous Stone Drake.
- Crystalpowder Amice Shoulder (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 10g 14s for it.
- Crystalpowder Amice Shoulder (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 42g 11s for it.
- Deep Delving Gloves Hands (Leather), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 28g 7s for it.
- Deep Delving Gloves Hands (Leather), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 6g 81s for it.
- Earth-Strength Legguards Legs (Mail), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 13g 16s for it.
- Earth-Strength Legguards Legs (Mail), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 56g 46s for it.
- Hematite Plate Gloves Hands (Plate), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 29g 7s for it.
- Hematite Plate Gloves Hands (Plate), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Haste and Critical Strike. A vendor pays 9g 2s for it.
- Quicksilver Blade One-Hand (Dagger), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 82g 29s for it.
- Quicksilver Blade One-Hand (Dagger), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 19g 44s for it.
- Rose Quartz Band Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 38g 65s for it.
- Rose Quartz Band Finger, item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 5g 34s for it.
- Skin of Stone Back (Cloth), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength or Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Mastery. A vendor pays 10g 11s for it.
- Wand of Dark Worship Ranged (Wand), item level 37, requires level 32. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. A vendor pays 97g 9s 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.