Slad’Ran - Gundrak
Who:
Slad’Ran is the first boss of Gundrak and can be extremely difficult for first timers due to his Poison Nova and more importantly his adds. But once a group knows how to deal with the adds, he’s one of the easiest bosses in Gundrak.
Non Heroic
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Strategy:
The entire group (minus the tank) should wait at the top of the ramp where the entrance is. The tank should get as far away as possible from the boss and pull him using a ranged ability and immediately run back up the ramps to where the rest of the group is. This makes it take a very long time for the adds to come to him, and if your group has enough dps you may not even have to deal with any adds. The boss may shoot the tank with a few Venom Bolts on his way up, but they don’t hit very hard and can be mostly ignored. When Slad’ran reaches the top the tank should back into a crevace in the wall (as illustrated in the video) and tank him there. All melee dps should run out of the crevace when he begins to cast Poison Nova, the tank should be fine just eating it though.
Depending on your group’s DPS you may not even need to deal with any adds, but there is a chance that a few will make it up. If any do make it up they should be dispatched by AoE classes.
This strategy becomes even easier if there is a hunter in the group. With a hunter everyone but the hunter waits at the top of the ramps (including the tank) and the hunter Misdirection pulls the boss to the tank. The hunter can also leave a frost trap at the bottom of the ramp to slow any of the adds down.
Executing this strategy properly almost guarantees that the entire group will get the achievement Snakes. Why’d It Have To Be Snakes?.
Heroic
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Strategy:
This encounter is the same in heroic mode as it is in non heroic mode, however it becomes increasingly more important that melee classes get out of his Poison Nova.