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Comment by 4945

Vazruden is located in the Hellfire Ramparts. He sits on his mount Nazan, and dismounts as soon as you start the encounter by killing the two Orcs in front of him.

Both Vazruden and Nazan drop blue items. If you kill Vazruden, but fail to defeat Nazan, the encounter resets. You can then loot the old corpse of Vazruden and kill both of them again for additional loot - this is probably a bug.

Comment by 4945

The "Exploit" with resetting the encounter to get additional loot is no longer possible. It has been fixed, and neither Vazruden nor Nazan drop anything now; their usual loot is found within a "Reinforced Fel Iron Chest", which spawns after both of them have been defeated.

Comment by Maim

His mount causes fire damage while you fight Vazruden and once you have Vaz dead you need to tank the mount facing away from group as it'll require a decent amount of fire resistance on tank.

Comment by 12472

Difficulty 2/5
kill his 2 guards then Vazruden lands. doesnt hit hard but he need to be killed quickly b/c his mount (Nazan) is on a timer and lands.

Nazan is the tough part. he is resistant to fire dmg, and expect about 60% or ur fire dmg to be resisted.

He has a Cone of fire that he emits so he needs to be faced away from the group and tanked.

He also shoots out fireballs which stay and burn the ground. Think bat boss in ZG. just move not difficult

Nazan has a tendency to go after the healer when he lands. be sure to be on time with ur taunt and dont let the healer get one shotted

Comment by 1654

This fight is considerably easier if you attack Nazan first and tank Vazruden while keeping him up. It makes the second phase when Nazan lands much shorter and easier to deal with.

Comment by 12512

Yesterday we downed him just like khallah wroted.
Druid start to tanking the boss, all other attacked his mount, doted him and range damaged him. When the boss died, his mount landed and the fight has lasted just a few seconds more.
A lot more easies than, first killing the boss, and then attack his mount.

Comment by 6780

Three phase fight.

Phase 1: Two trash mobs. Nothing special

Phase 2: Vazruden
Vazruden will come after you. Simple tank and spank. His mount (Nazan) will randomly shoot fireballs. These may leave fire behind. Do not stand in the fire! At about 40% have your off tank get ready for phase 3.

Phase 3: Nazan lands
Abilities: AE breath attack. Turn him away from the group so nobody but the tank gets AEd
Fireballs: he will still randomly fireball people which leaves behind the fire on the ground. The tank should just strafe a bit to the left or right to keep him pointing away from everyone.

Nazan will land in the middle of the platform and make a bee-line for your healer. Have your off tank pick him up fast and turn him away from the group to avoid his. DPS should finish off Vazruden and then kill Nazan

Comment by 18504

On heroic difficulty:
- bring fire rez gear, with pally aura and 150+ FR you will resist much of his fireballs. He does not hit hard, fire dmg is the main problem.
- fire rezistance pot, magic rezistance potion - pretty useful
- kill Vazruden fast, he is harder than the drake (drake does not do so much fire dmg, has only frontal fire cone, no fire bolts)
- warrior must dance a lot to avoid the fire plumes on the ground (or to have 300+ fr gear)
- others, when hit by fire bolt, must do a few steps to avoid fire on the ground, when Vazruden is down and drake is tanked, everybody must be behind drake (to avoid frontal cone)
- fear ward on all raid, then renewed on tank (if possible).

All in all, ramparts on heroic is quite easy compared to other instances.

Note: 2nd boss has 100% droprate of primal nether, 3rd boss does not drop badge of justice nor primal nether (only chest drops).

Comment by 27804

This probably also goes for 'Normal' but here it is for 'Heroic'.

With a group with a lot of ranged dps (casters/hunters) you can handle the boss like this:

- Kill the 2 mobs, leave one sheep while you mana regen and shit.
- When mobs are down the dragon lands and drops the orc, tank the orc (tank needs to keep moving from fires! same a other raid members btw)
- Focus DPS on dragon, he does the annoying firebombs (2-4k damage without resist) and the fear but this should be np. Stop dps @ 35%. (the dragon will land if it hits 25%)
- Focus DPS on Orc. When the orc hits 45% the dragon will land.. which means you have to nuke the orc from 45% => 0% asap.
- When the dragon lands tank needs to pick it up.. party cant be caught in firecone (atleast not without FR gear).
- When the orc is down dps the dragon again, which shouldnt be a problem.

Ofcourse you can play around with this:
- Nuke orc => Nuke dragon
- Nuke dragon => Nuke orc
- Orc to 50% => Dragon to 35% => nuke orc => Nuke dragon
- Orc to 50% => nuke dragon => nuke orc
- Dragon to 35% => Orc to 50% => nuke dragon => nuke orc
- Dragon to 35% => Nuke orc => nuke dragon
Enough options to play with, just see what your setup can handle the best.

Just keep in mind:
= Dragon lands when the dragon hits 25%
= Dragon lands when the orc hits 45%

Other info:
- If you resist a firebomb thingy from the dragon, it will also not spawn the flames on the ground, so even a little FR can help there!
- Yes the boss can despawn (we had it after 7 tries) but you can kill one of the 2 every try, and killing one of them gets you rep (i think 250 rep of both + 30 rep from mobs) so even a trail run wont be a total waste.

Comment by draculthemad

A point for those who have not done this encounter before:
When the dragon lands, he has no built up aggro.

That means its going to go right for the healer, be prepared to peel.

The healers de-taunt isnt going to save them if no one has any aggro on it all.

A cloth wearing priest will go down in 2-3 shots.

Comment by 49056

He drops a chest with loot but no Badge of justice >:(
http://www.wowhead.com/?object=185168 = Loot

Comment by 31660

Is this changed in 2.1.1?

Cause we just did heroic Ramparts.

And Vazruden mounted off and the dragon just flew around shooting fireballs.
We killed vazruden and then the dragon landed, we killed the dragon and the chest appered.
No loot on either vazruden nor dragon.

But in the chest. No Badge or Primal.

With regards Nervs

Comment by Hearthvader

Just dropped these two tonight in Heroic, kind of a rough fight, but oddly not much worse than Omor.

Group Comp:
1x Prot Pally (tank)
1x Holy Pally (healer)
2x Rogues
1x Mage

This fight is pretty much the same as it was in Normal mode. Kill the two guards at the end of the hall and Vazruden will dismount to attack. Tank him down to 45% or whatever it was like normal, move if you get hit by one of Nazan's fireball things. Then DPS goes crazy on the orc as the dragon begins to land, it's best to kill him while the dragon is landing to avoid having to tank both of them at the same time. The tank goes over to pick up the dragon and tanks it normally as well, the tank will need to face the dragon away from the group as usual so the group can avoid the breath attack. The fire breath is about 4k and he does it right after landing too, so heals during the transfer of Vazruden to Nazan have to be ramped up, The dragon's melee attacks aren't that bad, about 1700ish or so and pretty easy to heal though, but make sure that the tank has enough health to survive a breath attack at any time. Never really had any problems with the fear either, he did it twice, but stayed on the tank each time. Guess it's just more of a keep the tank topped off as much as possible idea there.

Some problems that we had run into on our first few attempts involved me (the healer) getting hit by a 4k flamebreath out of nowhere before Nazan had landed, like right at the start of the fight (after the guards, and right at the start of the fight with Vazruden) We tried the mage nuking the dragon during the fight with the orc and this resulted in me getting breathed upon. So deciding that Blizzard may have "fixed" the "bug" with Nazan being targetable before he lands we decided to do the fight normally and he did the 4k breath attack from the sky on me. We decided to fight the orc up on the bridge then, we had less room to move around after the fireballs, but there were no problems with random breath attacks up there and it gave us more time to make the transition to the dragon when it landed as well.

Really the fight wasn't all that much more difficult or different than it was @ 60. Just wish Blizz hadn't misplaced that Badge that they should drop....

Comment by 15650

Anyone know what the giant horn on the terrace is for? First time in heroic Ramparts today, and after we downed him, I clicked on the horn. Other than the sound of the horn, nothing happened. Any info? Ty ty.

Comment by 72738

When you first pull this guy he dismounts and starts attacking while his mount starts shooting at you from midair, in my group we killed the orc and started hitting his mount when he landed near us he took us out in no time although our group was good but we wern't ready for the orc at the first place which meant we'll do real bad with no mana and low hp, i was the only guy with more than 75% hp because of using Feint a lot ( Low threat).
The mount killed all my group and i was left so he repeatedly attacked me for about 400 damage and finished me off with a fire attack that didn't crit but damaged me 1540.
So we disband and i go back into the instance to loot him and i only find a dumb letter :S ...... how unlucky can a person be?

Comment by 79700

For some strange reason, this page says his wealth is 938 gold.

Comment by 72328

Did this boss on heroic without any FR gear/pots on my feral druid. I believe that they nerfed him but even then, I have decent gear and he still hurts a lot.

Our party consisted of a prot warrior (main tank), warlock, mage, holy priest, and feral druid (me). I served as dps when the pulls were easy and change gear and off tanked when necessary. I off-tanked Vazruden and our prot warrior kept an eye out for the dragon. I believe it's at 40% is when Nazan lands. I wasn't paying attention to Nazan. By the time Vazruden had died, our warlock went down from standing in the flames. I battle rez'd him, innervated the healer, and 2 seconds after, our warrior went down. I shifted into bear and tanked him.

His flame breath and the flames on the ground are what hurt the most. The rest of his attacks are pretty minor comparatively. I found that to avoid damage, when you see him about to blow his breath of fire (after observing, you'll notice that he'll do a motion with his head), start backing up so that you can see where the flames on the ground are popping up. Also if you can, get out of range of the breath. I managed to do so several times and then after he's done with his flaming breath, strafed around him to a clear area and feral charge in. This method worked well for me.

There isn't special placement for the party. So long as they're paying attention to where they're standing and staying out of the flames, it shouldn't be an issue. Warriors should have healthstones and or pots as Nazan has an AOE fear. Use pots when he does that to help your healer out. As a feral druid, I popped frenzy rejuv when he feared my party and I was just very aware of where I was standing. Even 3 seconds in the flames can hurt.

That's about it. It's very possible to do this without any resist or fire protection pots. Just takes a little situational awareness in the group to make sure you're not being burned by the flames.

Comment by 75972

This guy is currently buged in Heroic (don´t know if that goes for normal mode too) If you wipe and try to go back and kill him he will not respawn when you kill the two orcs at the end of the bridge. Instead a new orc will respawn, very annoying though you can always farm reputation :P
What you have to do is take down both orcs at the same time. If you do this he will land as he is supposed to.
We had this issue twice so I asume it will hapen to other people aswell.

Comment by 89388

*NERFBAT*

This fight has ben nerfed.

Rather then the dragon landing when the orc is down to ~30%. The dragon now lands when the orc is actually dead, giving you few seconds to position yourself better and prepare for the landing.

This change has been confirmed for heroic mode.

Comment by 107496

Just solo'ed this boss as a 69 feral druid. 12k HP, 20k Armor, 23% Dodge, 25% crit.

First, clear the three mobs at the beginning of the instance. At that point, you can stealth all the way to Vazruden. Once you get to him, kill the two guards that patrol on the bridge, and be sure to not aggro any extra adds.

Heal up, mana up, then pull the two sentries as far down the bridge as possible without aggroing the groups behind you. Once they die, Vazruden should dismount, but not aggro you. Nazan however, will.

Once Nazan aggros you, run beneath him in cat form and just spam mangle/rip until he lands. If you need to heal during this period, time it when you're at about 40% life, and as he's casting a fireball.

At 25%, Nazan will drop out of the air, and run straight for you. Either I got lucky, and he didn't pull Vazruden with him, or he won't chain Vazruden to you. At this point, just tank and spank in bear form, making sure to stay out of the fire.

Once he goes down, take a mana/health break, then proceed to slap Vazruden around the room.

Tada, you now have a shiny chest full of juicy blues that vendor for quite a pretty penny.

Comment by 102859

Unlike what is displayed of the Boss Abilities section, Nazan's landing isn't bassed on Vazruden's HP. Nazan will land 15 seconds after Vazruden's engaged, whatever his HP is, so nucking him down quickly is advisable so as not to have to face both at a time.

Comment by 133641

He is suppose to be the sky watch of the citadel but he turned into its emmisary.

Comment by 133778

The orc really isint a problem with this fight. Its mostly the dragon. Tanking for this requires you to stay near the healer. The way my groups tend to go with is ill run to the orc, use avenging shield to get his argo then just use my weaker spells on him and save mana. Then watch the high middle part of the screen and wait for his dragon to "decend from the sky" At this point the orc is at 30% Now tanks ignore the orc (Lets dps take him at this point he is a option) and run for the dragon. Keep his argo on you and make him face away from the group. His aoe fire spell burns though cloth real fast. Also one point is watch for the fire balls they some times stay after he dies. After whiping twice on him we finaly took down both the orc and dragon only for me (A paladin and the only ressurecter alive) got finished off by a fire ball. Lucky me i was SS'ed. After the fight i ressurected the group, looted the chest, got a new toy (Hellreaver) and made a good couple gold from loot i picked up off the mobs. Wonderfull instince if your new in outland and looking to get some gear or weapons.

Comment by Kathucka

Vazruden is worth 250 Thrallmar / Honor Hold reputation on heroic difficulty.

Repeatedly killing him then resetting the encounter is probably the fastest way to farm reputation. It shouldn't be hard to reset the encounter by jumping down and going out the door.

Comment by Sly99

Also, with the mobs at the beginning of the encounter, at least in heroic mode, for every extra attempt on killing the boss, another mob will spawn before you're able to kill them both.

Comment by 159390

Reinforced Fel Iron Chest is where you can pick up the loot.

Comment by Cross88

Also worthy of note, when Vazruden the orc drops down, he runs really really fast. The tank will only have a second or two to pick up aggro before the orc closes with a party member.

Comment by 469896

Just for fun, this was Solo'd on normal mode by lvl 80 shadow priest in craftable gear. Easy as pie.

Load him up with dots, shield, MB, and MF a few times and Vazruden will be dead before his dragon mount lands to enter the fight.

The dragon was just as simple to kill.

Vaz has around 19k health. The Dragon has around 33k. No problem.

Comment by 571002

if you wants to get away fro is aoe stand beneath him!its realy simpel

Comment by Hurono

Two things:

First, Nazan's fireballs are Spell Reflectable while he's flying. Try to watch for Nazan's casts on it while tanking Vazruden, this lowers the damage everyone takes because doing this stops flame spots from appearing.

On heroic mode, you can kill Vazruden, get your ~~badge~~ JPs, run out, and repeat. Kind of a cheap move to pull, but some people will do it. >_>

Comment was originally directed to Badges, not Justice Points. Fixed.

Comment by 628276

His weapon is the hellreaver. He drops this weapon.

Comment by 291531

Not sure about that, but he sounds like the mighty Lu Bu from the Dynasty Warriors series! :)

Comment by Random0223

He's not dropping gear as of 6.2.1 on heroic if you're 90+.... tested on different toons.

Comment by Grammie

he gave me 17 silver coins....that is all

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Vazruden

This NPC can be found in Hellfire Ramparts .

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