Cho'gall (tactics)

For character biography, see Cho'gall.

Cho'gall
Race	Ogre mage (Humanoid)
Level	?? Boss
Health	35,000,000 101,000,000
Location	Bastion of Twilight
See
Bastion of Twilight
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Cho'gall is the last boss encounter of Bastion of Twilight, an entry-level raid in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

Abilities

Many abilities in the encounter will cause the Corrupted Blood effect (no relation to the more famous disease of the same name).

•   [Corrupted Blood]^ω ϖ—Your blood is corrupted! Increases damage taken from Corruption of the Old God by 2%. Stacks to 100.
•   [Corruption: Accelerated]^ω ϖ—Your Corrupted Blood has gone to your heart and it is accelerating! You are becoming more corrupt by the second! Causes two stacks of Corrupted Blood per second for one minute. Gained at 25% corruption. Magic dispellable.
•   [Corruption: Sickness]^ω ϖ—At 50% your Corrupted Blood has made you sick, causing you to vomit and inflict 39000 to 41000 Shadow damage to friends in a 5 yard cone in front of you, also causing Corrupted Blood.
•   [Corruption: Malformation]^ω ϖ—At 75% Corrupted Blood you are afflicted with Corruption: Malformation. A Malformation has grown out of your back which will cast Shadow Bolts at nearby friendly players.
•   [Corruption: Absolute]^ω ϖ—At 100% Corruption your Corrupted Blood has corrupted you absolutely, transforming you into a Faceless one. You receive 100% less from healing but inflict 100% additional damage and spells are cast instantly.

Corruption causes and amounts:

• Dark Sickness - 5
• Accelerated Corruption - 2 per second
• Sprayed Corruption - 5 per 2 seconds.
• Spilled Blood of the Old God - +5 per second of standing in it.
• Congealed Blood of the Old God melee - 10 per hit.
• Corrupting Crash - 10
• Depravity - 10
• Debilitating Beam - 2 per second.
• Corruption of the Old God - 1 per tick.

Phase One - 100% to 25%

•   [Conversion]^ω ϖ—Cho'gall beckons to the weak of mind causing the target to channel the Worshipping spell on him. Worshipping Cho'gall causes him to gain Twisted Devotion every 3 sec. Worshipping can be interrupted.
•   [Twisted Devotion]^ω ϖ—The Worshipping has caused Cho'gall to become more zealous, increasing damage done by 10% for 20 sec.
•   [Flame's Orders]^ω ϖ—Cho'gall Orders the Flame to come to his aid. Adds 20,000 fire damage to each melee swing and spawns Fire patches.
•   [Shadow's Orders]^ω ϖ—Cho'gall Orders the Shadow to come to his aid. Adds a shadow damage AoE that hits everyone in the room to Cho'gall's melee attacks.
•   [Fury of Cho'gall]^ω ϖ—Cho'gall blasts the target, inflicting 30,000 Shadow and 30,000 Physical damage and increasing damage taken by Physical and Shadow by 20% each. Cast on primary aggro target. Lasts 45 seconds.

•   [Summon Corrupting Adherent]^ω ϖ—Cho'gall summons Corrupted Adherents with 1.7 million HP (10-man)/4.98 million HP (25-man) from the nearby portals to aid him. Corrupting Adherents have Corrupting Crash, Sprayed Corruption and Depravity. Corrupting Adherents leave a black pool on the ground when they die that causes Corruption when standing in it.
•   [Fester Blood]^ω ϖ—Festers the blood of any Corrupting Adherents, causing Blood of the Old God to form from congealed blood and boils the blood of living Corrupting Adherents. This will spawn five Congealed Blood of the Old God with 75,000/300,000 HP each from each dead Corrupting Adherent. Congealed Blood of the Old God are untankable and cause Corruption when they melee swing, they can be snared and rooted. Living Corrupting Adherents will gain a raid wiping shadow AoE if they are not killed before this is cast (approxiamtely 30 seconds).

Corrupting Adherents These are Faceless Ones with the following abilities:

•   [Depravity]^ω ϖ—Inflicts 21937 to 23062 Shadow damage to enemies within 50,000 yards and causes Corruption. Interruptable. 1.5 second cast

•   [Corrupting Crash]^ω ϖ—Fires a shadow missile at a target, dealing 43875 to 46125 Shadow damage to all enemies near the impact. Targets hit by the Corrupting Crash have corruption applied to them.
•   [Spilled Blood of the Old God]^ω ϖ—The slain Adherent to the old god spills its corrupted blood. Inflicts 14625 to 15375 Shadow damage to enemies within 0 yards and applies Corrupted Blood.

• If Corrupting Adherents are not killed in time they will gain
•   [Festering Blood]^ω ϖ—The Festered Blood is causing the Corrupting Adherent to bleed out and spray Corruption everywhere.
•   [Sprayed Corruption]^ω ϖ—Inflicts 34125 to 35875 Shadow damage to everyone and applies Corrupted Blood every 2 seconds.

Phase Two - 25% to 0%

•   [Fury of Cho'gall]^ω ϖ—Cho'gall blasts the target, inflicting 30,000 Shadow and 30,000 Physical damage and increasing damage taken by Physical and Shadow by 20% each. Cast on primary aggro target. Lasts 45 seconds.

•   [Corruption of the Old God]^ω ϖ—Cho'gall becomes completely corrupted by the Old Gods, inflicting 4875 to 5125 Shadow damage every 2 sec to everyone in the room.
•   [Darkened Creations]^ω ϖ—Cho'gall summons 4 (10) 10(25) Darkened Creations with 166,000 HP (both 10/25-man) to aid him! Darkened Creations are tentacles that have Debilitating Beam.

•   [Debilitating Beam]^ω ϖ—Reduces healing and damage done by 75%. Inflicts 4875 to 5125 Shadow damage every 1 sec. Causes Corrupted Blood every 1 sec. Lasts 10 seconds. Undispellable.

Strategy

'whole fight mechanics':

• 5 yard check recommended
• need magic dispellers for accelerated corruption
• need 2 tanks that switches aggro every 45 seconds

Phase 1: Cho'gall switches between flame's orders and shadow's orders. In Flames orders he strikes with an additional 20K fire damage and spawns lava spots on the ground that you must look out for and get out of them. In shadow's orders he strikes with an additional 20K shadow damage and does a raidwide shadow damage (minor damage). He also forces a player to worship him which can and must be interrupted as it adds an unnecessary negative aspect to the fight. His next main ability in phase 1 is that he summons 'corrupting adherents' through portals that have spawned. These do a lot of corrupting blood to your raid in different ways so they must be burned down quickly. However as they leek aoe corruption and spawn adds that are untankable; it is best to kill all adherents in the same area (prefferably a corner so it does not interfere with general raid movements. When he summons blood of the old gods from the corpses of the adherents, they need to be AoEd down before they start their own nasty ability (after 30 seconds since spawning). Continue with these things in mind and you will be up to phase 2.

Phase 2: This is a dps race whereas phase 1 was all about control. Save cooldowns for this phase which activates at 25% and below. He will deal damage to the whole raid and generate corruption on the whole raid. He will also spawn tentacles that need to be killed ASAP.

Quotes

A () denotes Gall speaking, while regular text is Cho speaking.

Aggro

• Enough! (To His will all flesh succumbs, from His kingdom chaos comes!) Yes... what he said.

Conversion

• Give me your strength!
• Behold the might of the Hammer!
• Everyone succumbs in the end!

Summon Corrupting Adherent

• Behold the destiny of your fragile world!
• (Come brothers! Feast on hope!)
• More, more! (More! They need more!)

Corruption of the Old God

• Brother... it cannot be... (Destiny has come!) My strength... (Too proud! He speaks in blood! Listen!) My mind... (It is for His glory we serve!) What... is happening...? (Gone is the dawn. Come shades of twilight! Come madness! Come Havoc! Come infinite night!)

Darkened Creations

• (The claws of fate grasp the unbelievers!!)
• What madness have we wrought... (Not yet enough!)
• I can't take much more... (Brother, it merely begins!!)
• (The master SEES!! The master SEES!!!)
• (The master's eye sees all that was and all to be, or not!)

Killing a player

• Cho'gall cackles maniacally.
• (NOW they see the darkness! Their eyes are open!!)
• Now the master has them!
• (Chaos! Madness! Like a hug for your brain!!)

Raid wipes

• It is finished. (The fate of all!)

Death

• Brother... we are shattered... (But the master... I still hear... so angry... Master...)

Loot

Normal Mode

Shalug'doom, the Axe of Unmaking Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Axe Two-Hand Speed 3.60 1795 - 2693 Damage (623.3 damage per second) +341 Strength +512 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 228. Equip: Increases expertise rating by 228. Sell Price: 42 72 67 Twilight's Hammer Item Level 359 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mace Main-Hand"Main-Hand" is not in the list (Back, Chest, Feet, Finger, Hands, Head, Held in off-hand, Legs, Main Hand, Neck, ...) of allowed values for the "Item slot" property. Speed 1.70 275 - 511 Damage (231.2 damage per second) +219 Stamina +146 Intellect Durability 105 / 105 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 97. Equip: Increases haste rating by 97. Equip: Increases spell power by 1954. Sell Price: 34 57 29 Fall of Mortality Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +321 Intellect Requires level 85 Equip: Your healing spells have a chance to grant 1926 Spirit for 15 sec. Sell Price: 8 5 7 Signet of the Fifth Circle Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +286 Stamina +190 Intellect Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 127. Equip: Increases your mastery rating by 127. Sell Price: 5 34 34 Coil of Ten-Thousand Screams Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Waist 1369 Armor +233 Agility +380 Stamina Red Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Haste Rating Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 149. Equip: Increases haste rating by 169. Sell Price: 10 32 75 Helm of Maddening Whispers Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Head 2784 Armor +281 Strength +512 Stamina Meta Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +30 Haste Rating Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 168. Equip: Increases haste rating by 228. Sell Price: 18 64 89 Membrane of C'Thun Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Head 1356 Armor +281 Agility +512 Stamina Meta Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +30 Haste Rating Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 228. Equip: Increases expertise rating by 168. Sell Price: 13 48 77 Hands of the Twilight Council Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Hands 782 Armor +380 Stamina +233 Intellect Red Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Critical Strike Rating Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 169. Equip: Increases haste rating by 149. Sell Price: 6 70 78 Uhn'agh Fash, the Darkest Betrayal Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.40 453 - 842 Damage (462.3 damage per second) +146 Agility +219 Stamina Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 97. Equip: Increases haste rating by 97. "Uulwi gag erh'ongg w'ssht." Sell Price: 33 3 42 Battleplate of the Apocalypse Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Chest 3426 Armor +239 Strength +512 Stamina Yellow Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Parry Rating Durability 165 / 165 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases parry rating by 281. Equip: Increases hit rating by 173. Sell Price: 24 82 37 Treads of Hideous Transformation Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Feet 1148 Armor +380 Stamina +233 Intellect +169 Spirit Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Intellect Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 149. Sell Price: 12 43 41 Shackles of the End of Days Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 1499 Armor +286 Stamina +190 Intellect +127 Spirit Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 127. Sell Price: 11 76 10 Kilt of the Forgotten Battle Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Legs 2129 Armor +512 Stamina +301 Intellect +228 Spirit Red Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Spirit Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases mastery rating by 188. Sell Price: 20 19 76 Mantle of the Forlorn Vanquisher Item Level 85 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Classes: Rogue, Death Knight, Mage, Druid Requires level 85 Sell Price: 5 Mantle of the Forlorn Conqueror Item Level 85 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Classes: Paladin, Priest, Warlock Requires level 85 Sell Price: 5 Mantle of the Forlorn Protector Item Level 85 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Classes: Warrior, Hunter, Shaman Requires level 85 Sell Price: 5

Heroic Mode

Shalug'doom, the Axe of Unmaking Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Axe Two-Hand Speed 3.60 2026 - 3040 Damage (703.6 damage per second) +385 Strength +578 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 257. Equip: Increases expertise rating by 257. Sell Price: 42 25 66 Twilight's Hammer Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mace Main-Hand"Main-Hand" is not in the list (Back, Chest, Feet, Finger, Hands, Head, Held in off-hand, Legs, Main Hand, Neck, ...) of allowed values for the "Item slot" property. Speed 1.70 310 - 577 Damage (260.9 damage per second) +248 Stamina +165 Intellect Durability 105 / 105 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 110. Equip: Increases haste rating by 110. Equip: Increases spell power by 2207. Sell Price: 35 93 15 Fall of Mortality Heroic Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +363 Intellect Requires level 85 Equip: Your healing spells have a chance to grant 1926 Spirit for 15 sec. Sell Price: 8 5 7 Signet of the Fifth Circle Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +322 Stamina +215 Intellect Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 143. Equip: Increases your mastery rating by 143. Sell Price: 5 34 34 Coil of Ten-Thousand Screams Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Waist 1433 Armor +266 Agility +429 Stamina Red Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Haste Rating Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 171. Equip: Increases haste rating by 191. Sell Price: 11 13 67 Helm of Maddening Whispers Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Head 2891 Armor +325 Strength +578 Stamina Meta Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +30 Haste Rating Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 197. Equip: Increases haste rating by 257. Sell Price: 19 31 62 Membrane of C'Thun Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Head 1439 Armor +325 Agility +578 Stamina Meta Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +30 Haste Rating Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 257. Equip: Increases expertise rating by 197. Sell Price: 13 77 43 Hands of the Twilight Council Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Hands 841 Armor +429 Stamina +266 Intellect Red Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Critical Strike Rating Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 191. Equip: Increases haste rating by 171. Sell Price: 7 7 96 Uhn'agh Fash, the Darkest Betrayal Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.40 511 - 950 Damage (521.8 damage per second) +165 Agility +248 Stamina Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 110. Equip: Increases haste rating by 110. "Uulwi gag erh'ongg w'ssht." Sell Price: 35 16 72 Battleplate of the Apocalypse Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Chest 3559 Armor +273 Strength +578 Stamina Yellow Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Parry Rating Durability 165 / 165 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases parry rating by 325. Equip: Increases hit rating by 195. Sell Price: 25 89 61 Treads of Hideous Transformation Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Feet 1218 Armor +429 Stamina +266 Intellect +191 Spirit Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Intellect Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 171. Sell Price: 13 72 49 Shackles of the End of Days Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 1557 Armor +322 Stamina +215 Intellect +143 Spirit Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 143. Sell Price: 12 83 81 Kilt of the Forgotten Battle Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Legs 2230 Armor +578 Stamina +345 Intellect +257 Spirit Red Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Spirit Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases mastery rating by 217. Sell Price: 21 16 Shoulders of the Forlorn Vanquisher Item Level 85 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Classes: Rogue, Death Knight, Mage, Druid Requires level 85 Sell Price: 5 Shoulders of the Forlorn Conqueror Item Level 85 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Classes: Paladin, Priest, Warlock Requires level 85 Sell Price: 5 Shoulders of the Forlorn Protector Item Level 85 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Classes: Warrior, Hunter, Shaman Requires level 85 Sell Price: 5

Videos

10-man Heroic

YouTube Vagrant Corps - 1080p

10-man Normal

YouTube Vagrant Corps - 1080p

YouTube Vagrant Corps, "The Abyss Will Gaze Back Into You" achievement - 1080p

YouTube love2playwow

YouTube LoD

YouTube alpha1337

YouTube Nitros14

YouTube zhood621

YouTube MrMilanna

YouTube Cause and Effect, on screen guide, low in game sound and voice chat

YouTube SBO--->Fusion

25-man Normal

Learntoraid.com Learntoraid Cho'gall Strategy Guide

YouTube Level70pally

YouTube Learntoraid

YouTube Midwinter

YouTube Nitros14

25-man Heroic

Learntoraid.com Learntoraid Cho'gall Strategy Guide

YouTube Nitros14

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.3 (15-Nov-2010):
  

External links

  Archive.org Cho'gall

  Archive.org Cho'gall

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB

Guides

Learntoraid.com Learntoraid Cho'gall Strategy Guide

25man.com Cho'Gall Tactics & Strategy Guide

EminenceGaming.com Cho'gall tactics guide