Beastlord Darmac

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Beastlord Darmac Strategy Guide

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Blackrock Foundry

Beastlord Darmac is the first boss of the Iron Assembly wing of the Blackrock Foundry raid, and can be found in The Breaking Grounds. Players access Darmac via the second exit on the right side of the Workshop.

This Blackrock Foundry raid strategy guide provides an overview of killing Beastlord Darmac for raid leaders as well as specific tips for tanks, healers, and dps. It also includes information on harmful trash, and screenshots of harmful abilities.

This guide provides an in-depth look at Normal and Heroic difficulties, with summaries of changes in Mythic and Looking for Raid difficulties.

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Loot and Rewards

This loot overview helps you plan out your Seal of Tempered Fate Bonus Rolls. Check out ourBeastlord Darmac database page to filter loot by difficulty as well as by loot specialization.

LFR (650)

Cloth: Robes of Brutal Tantrums, Treads of the Flaming Maw
Leather: Black Iron Spurs, Legguards of the Unstoppable Charge
Mail: Beastmaster's Iron Bracers, Rylakk-Rider's Legguards
Plate: Heartsmasher Chestplate, Waistplate of Soothed Beasts
Neck: none
Cape: Dreaded Wing
Ring: Thunderlord Trainer's Insignia
Trinket: none
Weapons: none

Normal, Heroic, Mythic (665, 680, 695)

Cloth: Inferno Breath Sandals, Seeking Ember Girdle
Leather: Cannonball Loader's Grips, Unrendable Wolfhide Robes
Mail: Bracers of the Wolf's Cunning, Legguards of the Stampede
Plate: Ironcrusher's Collar
Neck: Choker of Bestial Force
Cape: Flame Infusion Drape
Ring: Epicenter Loop, Seal of the Savage Howl
Trinket: Darmac's Unstable Talisman, Ironspike Chew Toy
Weapons: Tal'rak, Bloody Skull of the Thunderlords, Heart of the Clefthoof

Elemental Rune for the legendary questline can be obtained while on  Might of the Elemental Lords.

Each Blackrock Foundry boss, as well as Highmaul bosses, has a unique achievement that counts towards  Glory of the Draenor Raider. This rewards  Gorestrider Gronnling. Beastlord Darmac's special achievement is  Fain Would Lie Down.

There are achievements for killing each Blackrock Foundry boss, as well as Highmaul bosses, on Mythic difficulty. Killing every boss rewards  Mythic Draenor Raider, which allows you to place a special monument in your Garrison.

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Notable Trash Mobs

Since Beastlord Darmac is the first encounter of a wing, players must pass through the trash in the Workshop to get to him. This trash is shared by the first bosses of each wing, and consists of the following enemy types:

Ogron Hauler deals heavy tank damage, and should be faced away from the raid for Slag Breath. Overhead Smash will damage melee, while Ground Stomp damages the ranged.
Workshop Guardians debuff tanks with Grievous Mortal Wounds, and cast Spinning Blade that players must move out of.
Iron Flame Binders deal heavy damage with Lavaburst, sometimes at random targets.
Iron Slag-Shapers channel Rain of Slag, dealing very heavy AoE damage to the entire raid. This can be interrupted.
Ironworkers use Hammer Throw against their threat target, and cast Explosive Ore on random targets.

Tanks should pull carefully in this room as the AoE damage is very heavy while either an Ogron Hauler or the Iron Slag-Shapers are alive. Try to avoid pulling other packs with the Hauler, and to pull small packs of the remaining enemies. Crowd-control abilities are very useful for this difficult trash.

Two Iron Wardens guard the hallway to the Breaking Grounds. These enemies will deal heavy melee damage with Whirling Steel, and will periodically stun tanks with Shield Slam. When the Wardens use Iron Bulwark, tanks should separate the Wardens from one another.

Electrical Storm

Once past the Wardens, players will encounterThunderlord Beast-Tender, who is accompanied by anOrnery Ironhoof and a Stubborn Ironhoof.

The Ironhooves have a Goring Swipe and must be faced away from raid.
Thunderlord will occasionally buff one of the two Ironhooves with Bestial Wrath. This cannot be removed by enrage-dispelling effects, so tanks may need to use CDs.
Thunderlord will Spirit Bond with the Ironhooves, drawing heavy healing, so kill the Ironhooves first.
Interrupt Thunderlord's Call Lightning.
Move out of the Thunderlord's Electrical Storm.

The final pack before Darmac includes Markog Aba'dir, whose main ability is Colossal Roar. This deals moderate damage to all players and increases Markog's damage dealt, stacking each time he casts. Colossal Roar occurs every 5 seconds, so players should save powerful damage reduction and healing cooldowns for the later Roars where damage will be high.

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