
Hellfire Ramparts, Healer Guide
Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago for patch 2.5.2 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers healer-focused strategies for the Hellfire Ramparts dungeon in The Burning Crusade. While it's tailored for healers, other roles may also find the information useful. If you have any suggestions or feedback, you can leave a comment below or tweet @PrestonDvorak.
This guide has been updated and maintained based on my own experiences as well as Dungeon Journal and combat log information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
Bosses
Below are guides for the bosses in Hellfire Ramparts, including their abilities, healer notes, and addon settings.
Watchkeeper Gargolmar
- The tank will be dealing with
Mortal Wound, reducing healing received.
- The tank may take extra damage from
Overpower.
- Stay at least 10-yards away from other players to avoid chaining the damage and knock back from
Surge.
- Accompanied by two Hellfire Watchers.
- Hellfire Watcher
- Interrupt
Heal to prevent the healing.
- Purge
Renew to remove the healing over time effect.
- Dispel
Shadow Word: Pain (magic) to remove the damage over time effect.
- Interrupt
- Hellfire Watcher
Healing Notes
- Players may be knocked out of range or line of sight by
Surge.
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Mortal Wound
- Minor:
Shadow Word: Pain (magic)
- Buffs to Purge:
Renew
Addons
- There are currently no notable addons for Watchkeeper Gargolmar.
Omor the Unscarred
- Interrupt
Shadow Bolt to prevent the damage dealt.
- Dispel
Treacherous Aura (curse) to prevent the moderate damage over time dealt to all players.
- On Heroic, this is replaced by
Bane of Treachery and can no longer be dispelled, forcing you to heal the moderate damage dealt over time to all players.
- On Heroic, this is replaced by
- Targets random players with
Orbital Strike, knocking them back and dealing light damage over time.
- Periodically summons Fiendish Hounds.
- Fiendish Hound
- Interrupt or dispel
Drain Life (magic) to prevent the healing over time.
- Interrupt or dispel
- Fiendish Hound
Healing Notes
- Use cooldowns as-needed while
Bane of Treachery is active.
Debuffs to Track
Treacherous Aura (curse),
Bane of Treachery
- Minor:
Orbital Strike,
Drain Life (magic)
Addons
Vazruden the Herald
Stage One - Your time is running out!
This stage begins the encounter and ends when Vazruden reached 40% health.
- Vazruden
- The tank will be dealing with the stun from
Shield Slam.
- The tank may take extra damage from
Revenge.
- Targets random players with
Vazruden's Mark, causing them to take moderate damage over time.
- The tank will be dealing with the stun from
- Nazan
- Flying in their air during this stage.
- Avoid the impact location of [Fireball] and the resulting fire patch. This deals light damage to all players even when outside the impact location.
Stage Two - Nazan
This stage begins when Vazruden reaches 40% health and ends when he's killed.
- Nazan joins Vazruden on the ground.
- Vazruden
- Uses the same abilities as stage one.
- Nazan
- Uses the same ability as stage one.
- Don't stand in front to avoid
Cone of Fire
Healing Notes
- Be prepared for the tank to take heavy bursts of damage throughout the encounter.
Debuffs to Track
- Major:
Shield Slam,
Vazruden's Mark
Addons
Trash Mobs
Below are notes for the trash mobs in Hellfire Ramparts. Hellfire Ramparts is a relatively linear dungeon. The trash below is ordered as if you're completing the bosses in the order they're listed above.
Entrance thru Watchkeeper Gargolmar
- Bonechewer Hungerer
- The tank will be dealing with
Disarm, possibly leading to threat generation issues.
- Reduces melee attack power of nearby players with
Demoralizing Shout.
- At 25% health, will attempt to run away in fear. Be prepared with stuns and snares.
- The tank will be dealing with
- Bonechewer Ravener
- The tank will be dealing with the stun from
Kidney Shot, possibly leading to threat generation issues or temporary dropped threat.
- The tank will be dealing with the stun from
- Shattered Hand Warhound
- Applies
Carnivorous Bite to the tank, dealing light damage over time.
- Adds additional damage to nearby enemy melee attacks with
Furious Howl.
- Adds additional damage to nearby enemy melee attacks with
- Applies
- Bonechewer Destroyer
- The tank will be dealing with the knock back from
Knock Away.
- Applies
Mortal Strike to the tank, reducing healing received.
- The tank will be dealing with the knock back from
- Bleeding Hollow Darkcaster
- Interrupt
Scorch when possible to prevent the damage dealt.
- Avoid the location of
Rain of Fire.
- Interrupt
- Bleeding Hollow Archer
- Deals light damage to random swaths of players with
Multi-Shot.
- Deals light damage to random swaths of players with
- Bonechewer Ripper
- Soothe
Enrage to remove the increased attack speed and physical damage dealt effect.
- Soothe
- Bleeding Hollow Scryer
- Interrupt or dispel
Fear (magic) to prevent the Fear effect.
- Applies
Fel Infusion to random enemies, increasing damage dealt.
- Interrupt or dispel
- Bonechewer Beastmaster
- The tank will be dealing with the knock back from
Uppercut.
- Increases the melee attack power of nearby enemies with
Battle Shout.
- The tank will be dealing with the knock back from
Watchkeeper Gargolmar thru Omor the Unscarred
- This area contains the same mix of enemies as noted above.
Omor the Unscarred thru Vazruden the Herald
- Depending on how your group cleared trash, there may not be any trash on the way to Vazruden. If there is, it will be the same mix of enemies as above.
- Hellfire Sentry
- The tank will be dealing with the stun from
Kidney Shot, possibly leading to threat generation issues or temporary dropped threat.
- The tank will be dealing with the stun from
Trash Debuffs to Track
- Major:
- Magic Dispel:
Fear (dispel, magic)
- Damaging:
Mortal Strike
- Incapacitating:
Kidney Shot
- Magic Dispel:
- Minor:
- Damaging:
Carnivorous Bite
- Damaging:
- Enrages to Soothe:
Enrage
Trash Addons
- There are currently no notable addons for Hellfire Ramparts trash mobs.
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