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Hackclaw's War-Band - Brackenhide Hollow

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EncounterHackclaw's War-Band
Journal creatures8

Adventure Guide Entry

The in-game Adventure Guide text for the Hackclaw's War-Band encounter in Brackenhide Hollow.

Rira Hackclaw and her compatriots, Gashtooth and Tricktotem, have risen up as a deadly war-band among the Brackenhide. Their tactics are the reason tuskarr never travel alone, and their strength is the reason Wratheye has them guarding the gate to the Hollow.

Encounter Facts

Instance modesNormal, Heroic, Mythic, Mythic Keystone, Timewalking, Follower
Group size5 players
Instance typeDungeon
ExpansionDragonflight
Encounter ID2570
Adventure Guide pin36.0, 40.6 on the instance map
  1. Rira Hackclaw
  2. Treemouth
  3. Gutshot
  4. Decatriarch Wratheye

Instance Entrance: The Azure Span

The Azure Span mapBrackenhide Hollow entrance

The Brackenhide Hollow entrance is in Iskaara, The Azure Span, at 11.5, 48.9 on the The Azure Span map.

Abilities & Strategy

What the in-game dungeon journal describes for this encounter. Every ability links to its spell page.

Abilities & Strategy

Overview

All three gnolls of the war-band assault players together. When any member of the war-band reaches 15% remaining health, Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy. Upon reaching 100 energy, Rira Hackclaw will call for a combined attack with Gashtooth and Tricktotem. The war-band performs Hextrick Totem, Decayed Senses, and Savage Charge in a ferocious sequence.

Damage Dealers
  • Tricktotem will attempt to heal her allies with Greater Healing Rapids
  • Hextrick Totem will incapacitate a player for as long as it survives.
  • Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy when any member of the war-band drops below 15% remaining health.
Healers
  • Players who are Marked for Butchery will take intense damage.
  • Gash Frenzy continues to cause the target to bleed until they are healed above 90% health.
  • Decayed Senses causes the target to take massively increased Physical Damage.
Tanks
  • Rira will inflict intense physical damage to the first person in her path when she uses Savage Charge
  • Tricktotem will attempt to heal her allies with Greater Healing Rapids
  • Tricktotem will cast Bloodfrenzy when any member of the War-Band drops below 15% health.

Ability Spells

Every ability the Adventure Guide lists for Tricktotem, with its spell's school, cast time and duration and the description the game gives it.

Hextrick Totem

Physical · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 16 sec

Hextrick

Nature · 1.5 sec cast · Lasts 15 sec

The totem reduces a player to a helpless forest creature, incapacitating them for up to 15 sec while channeling.

Greater Healing Rapids

Frost · 3.5 sec cast · Lasts 15 sec

Tricktotem heals a friendly target, and additionally every 1.5 sec. for 15 sec.

Bloodfrenzy

Physical · Instant

When an ally's remaining health drops below 15%, Tricktotem increases the haste and damage done of all her fellow gnolls by 30% until the end of the encounter.

Earth Bolt

Nature · 2.5 sec cast

Tricktotem propels a mass of earth at her current target, inflicting Nature damage.

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3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Drops

Loot the dungeon journal lists for this encounter in Brackenhide Hollow.

What is shown is the loot the game's own dungeon journal lists for this encounter.

What Each Drop Is

The Hackclaw's War-Band encounter lists 5 items in the dungeon journal, item level 250. Equip slots covered: Two-Hand, Finger, Trinket and Feet. Every piece binds when picked up, so none of it reaches the Auction House.

  • Ancestral Stoneshaper Two-Hand (Two-Handed Mace), item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Mastery and Haste. A vendor pays 113g 45s for it.
  • Bloodied Wedding Ring Finger, item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Stamina, Mastery and Versatility. A vendor pays 39g 48s for it.
  • Frenzying Signoll Flare Trinket, item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility or Strength. A vendor pays 54g 5s for it.
  • Poached Kalu'ak Spear Two-Hand (Polearm), item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Agility, Stamina, Critical Strike and Haste. Tooltip: “Even water-worn and tattered, Kuk'uq's craftsmanship still holds.” A vendor pays 113g 88s for it.
  • Ravenous Pursuer's Footwraps Feet (Cloth), item level 250, requires level 58. Bind on Pickup. Stats: Intellect, Stamina, Versatility and Haste. A vendor pays 47g 38s 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.

Related

Achievements for Defeating It

1 achievement list a victory over Tricktotem among its criteria.