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Iron Maidens Strategy Guide

 

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Blackrock Foundry

Blackrock Foundry

Blackrock Foundry

Blackrock Foundry

Blackrock Foundry

Blackrock Foundry

Blackrock Foundry

Blackrock Foundry

Blackrock Foundry

 

The Iron Maidens, Admiral Gar'an, Marak the Blooded, andEnforcer Sorka, are the final boss of The Iron Assembly wing of the Blackrock Foundry raid, and can be found in the Dread Grotto. Players can access the Iron Maidens after defeatingBeastlord Darmac andOperator Thogar, by dropping down a non-functioning elevator shaft on the east side of the entrance to the Foundry Terminus.

This Blackrock Foundry raid strategy guide provides an overview of killing Iron Maidens 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.

Looking to log a fight and improve your performance? Go to Warcraft Logs for logs, advanced fight analysis, replays, and more!

Table of Contents

• Loot and Rewards
• Notable Trash Mobs
• Iron Maidens Tips & Strategy
• Tank Responsibilities
• Damage-Dealer Responsibilities
• Healer Responsibilities
• Dreadnaught Team Responsibilities
• When to Use Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp
• Looking For Raid Difficulty
• Mythic Difficulty

Loot and Rewards

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

 

LFR (650) Cloth:  Deckhand's Cord,  Incendiary Leggings Leather:  Gauntlets of Flickering Blades,  Grapeshot Hood Mail:  Bombardeer's Targeting Helm,  Rogg's Earthen Legguards Plate:  Impaler's Greatboots,  Vortex Plate Helm Neck:  Sorka's Ear Collection Cape: none Ring: none Trinket:  Blackheart Enforcer's Medallion Weapons:  Battle Medic's Wand Armor Token: Tier Gloves

Normal, Heroic, Mythic (665, 680, 695) Cloth:  Deckhand's Rope Belt,  Turret Mechanic's Legwraps Leather:  Sorka's Nightshade Cowl,  Treads of the Dark Hunt Mail:  Bloodwhirl Bracers Plate:  Bloodsoaked Heart Protector,  Uktar's Belt of Chiming Rings Neck: none Cape:  Cloak of Sanguine Terror,  Drape of the Dark Hunt Ring:  Uk'urogg's Corrupted Seal Trinket:  Vial of Convulsive Shadows Weapons:  Sorka's Chainfist,  Gar'an's Brutal Spearlauncher,  Koloch Na, the Blood Feast Armor Token: Tier Gloves

 

 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. Iron Maiden's special achievement is  Be Quick or Be Dead.

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

There is very little trash between Operator Thogar and the Iron Maidens.

Earthbinders' Inferno Totem

Four Aquatic Technicians lurk in the water at the bottom of the elevator shaft. They do only Melee damage, but players should let the tanks jump into the water first so they can build threat on the Technicians.

Once players reach the docks, they will find several types of adds:

• Iron Dockworkers will  Throw Crates at their current threat target, dealing moderate Physical damage
• Iron Earthbinders will summon an  Inferno Totem, which casts a slow, uninterruptible  Inferno, then disappears
• Earthbinders also target other enemies and cast  Earthen Barrier, which should be interrupted
• Iron Maulers melee the tank for very high damage
• Iron Taskmasters use  Reaping Whirl, leaving a dangerous stacking bleed on all players within 8 yards

Damage will be very heavy if the raid stacks on Taskmasters and is widely affected by  Reaping Whirl. One tank should hold the Taskmasters away from the group to avoid this, while melee DPS focus on Earthbinders. The  Inferno damage is unavoidable, but will be manageable if Reaping Whirl is minimized.

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Iron Maidens Tips & Strategy

Bombardment Pattern: Alpha

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Bombardment Pattern: Omega

The Iron Maidens encounter is a council-style fight with three bosses (Admiral Gar'an, Marak the Blooded, and Enforcer Sorka).

• For most of the fight, players will be fighting all three bosses
• At 1:00, 4:20, and 7:40, one of the bosses will board the nearby Dreadnaught ship
• The boss with the lowest health at the time will go to the ship, but no boss can go twice
• There is little value in controlling which boss is sent at which time, although Marak > Garan > Sorka is a popular order
• A small group of players can travel to the Dreadnaught to prevent the boss from  Warming Up and killing the raid
• For more details on what these players must do, see the Dreadnaught Team Responsibilities section below

During these phases, the Dreadnaught bombards the encounter area with a Bombardment Pattern that the remaining players must dodge.

• Initially, approximately 8 small targeting reticules appear to show the destination of the  Bombardment Pattern: Alpha
• The  Bombardment Pattern: Alpha bombs soon land, dealing  Bomb Impact damage to nearby players
• Players should move out of these red circles to avoid  Bomb Impact damage
• Shortly after the  Bombardment Pattern: Alpha bombs land, the Dreadnaught fires Bombardment Pattern: Omega, a large wave of approximately 30 bombs
• The locations where the  Bombardment Pattern: Alpha bombs landed are the only areas safe from the  Bombardment Pattern: Omega's  Bomb Impact damage
• As the  Bombardment Pattern: Omega wave of bombs lands, the  Bombardment Pattern: Alpha bombs become armed, turning red and shaking
• Players must move onto the freshly-landed  Bombardment Pattern: Omega bombs to avoid taking  Detonation Sequence damage from the armed  Bombardment Pattern: Alphabombs when they explode
• The  Bombardment Pattern: Omega wave arms itself shortly after, and players must now move to the locations of the just-exploded  Bombardment Pattern: Alpha to remain safe from  Detonation Sequence damage
• This cycle repeats until the Dreadnaught team has completed their task
• The remaining bosses continue to use their abilities throughout the Bombardment phase as well

At the start of the fight, tanks should pick up Marak and Sorka; Gar'an can be taunted and moved, but does not have a threat table and is not traditionally tanked. The bosses do not share a health pool, but players should attempt to kill them evenly; once one of the bosses reaches 25% health, all three bosses gain the  Iron Will buff, setting them to 100 Iron Fury and granting their abilities additional damage every 20 seconds. This serves as a soft enrage mechanic.

The fight begins with each boss having two basic abilities, but the Maidens will gain more abilities as their Iron Fury increases.

• At 30 Iron Fury and again at 100 Iron Fury, each boss gains a new ability.
• The Maidens gain 1 Iron Fury every 6-7 seconds
• The Maidens reach 30 Iron Fury and gain a new ability at approximately 3:10
• When at least one boss reaches 25% health, or at