
Grong, the Jungle Lord (H), Healer Guide
Updated 3 years, 3 months ago for patch 8.1.5 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers a healer-focused strategy for Grong, the Jungle Lord (H) in Battle of Dazar'alor. 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 with the envounter as well as Dungeon Journal information. I'll continue to update it as-needed.
General Mechanics and Abilities
Normal and Heroic
This is a single stage fight available to Horde players.
- Grong slowly gains Rage throughout the fight.
- At 70% and 40% health, the Rage generation rate increases.
- The tanks will be dealing with
Bestial Combo.
- The following are used in a random order per combo.
Bestial Smash deals moderate damage and applies
Crushed, increasing damage taken from subsequent
Bestial Smashes.
Rending Bite applies a stack, dealing increasing damage over time depending on the number of stacks.
- On Heroic, the following always ends the combo.
Bestial Throw grabs the tank and deals heavy damage over time.
- Upon completion, if affected by
Bestial Impact, move as far away from the group as possible to mitigate the damage dealt.
- Upon completion, if affected by
- The following are used in a random order per combo.
Tantrum deals steadily increasing damage to the group over 1 to 4 seconds.
- Duration depends on the total amount of Rage when
Tantrum begins. Below are rough approximations.
- 100% - 4-seconds
- 75% - 3-seconds
- 50% - 2-seconds
- 25% - 1-second
- Automatically triggers when at 100% Rage.
- Applies one stack of
Shattered per second, dealing additional light damage over time.
Tantrum can be managed using
Apetagonizer Cores from Apetagonizer 3000s, detailed below.
- Duration depends on the total amount of Rage when
- Stay at least 10-yards away from players in melee to avoid extra damage from
Reverberating Slam.
- Avoid the resulting
Reverberating Echo patches.
- Avoid the resulting
- Flying Ape Wranglers are present throughout the fight and not attackable.
- When targeted by
Megatomic Seeker Missile, move away from the group to prevent other players being hit and to drop the resulting
Megatomic Fire.
- When targeted by
- Apetagonizer 3000 periodically join the fight.
- These are stationary and don't need to be tanked.
- Interrupt
Apetagonize to prevent Grong from gaining additional Rage.
- Move Grong and players away before they die to avoid
Lightning Detonation giving Grong additional Rage and damaging players.
- Drops
Apetagonizer Core when killed.
- Picking these up deals light damage over time and allows the player to use the
Discharge Apetagonizer Core Extra Action Button to deal damage to Grong and force him to use
Tantrum if above 25% Rage.
- Picking these up deals light damage over time and allows the player to use the
- On Heroic, be within 5-yards of at least one other player before
Ferocious Roar to avoid being Feared.
Mythic Differences
- There appear to be no mechanical or ability differences on Mythic difficulty.
Healing Notes
Quick Notes, All Difficulties
The notes below mostly pertain to progression difficulty, meaning if you out-gear the difficulty you're on or use extra healers they may not apply.
- Use Major Cooldowns on
- Use Minor Cooldowns on
- Pre-heal Before (mainly for heal over time classes)
Potion of Replenishment use
- after
Bestial Impact and/or
Reverberating Slam
- after
- Other things to watch for
- Tanks will be taking significant damage through out the fight due to
Bestial Combo.
- Players holding
Apetagonizer Core or targeted by
Megatomic Seeker Missile will need additional healing.
- Tanks will be taking significant damage through out the fight due to
Debuffs to Track
Major
Bestial Throw causes the tank to need moderate healing over time.
- (Optional)
Crushed causes the tank to take fatal damage if hit by another
Bestial Smash.
- Tracking this may allow you to save the tank with an external cooldown if necessary.
Minor
Rending Bite causes the tank to need light healing over time.
Megatomic Seeker Missile causes the affected player to need moderate healing.
Apetagonizer Core causes the player holding the core to need additional healing.
DBM Settings
Below are the DBM settings I'll be using for Grong, the Jungle Lord (H). You can set them up however you'd like, but these ones should work well as a starting point. Some settings may be Mythic only.
Healer DBM Settings for Grong, the Jungle Lord (H) in Battle of Dazar'alor
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