Halfus Wyrmbreaker

Halfus Wyrmbreaker is the first boss encounter in Bastion of Twilight.

Abilities[]

Halfus Wyrmbreaker[]

[Furious Roar]^ω ϖ— Basic Ability. [1.50sec Cast] Halfus roars periodically, inflicting 9500 to 10500 Physical damage and knocking his enemies to the ground. (Ability is only active once Halfus is under 50% health. When used, Halfus will cast it three times in rapid succession.) [19000 to 21000 Physical Damage on Heroic]

[Berserk]^ω ϖ— Basic Ability. Increases the caster's attack and movement speeds by 150% and all damage it deals by 500%. Also grants immunity to Taunt effects. (Hard Enrage to the fight after 6 minutes)

[Dragon's Vengeance]^ω ϖ— Drake Debuff: All. Halfus takes 100% increased damage from all sources. Stacks up to 3 times.(Halfus will receive one stack per dead drake (or when all Whelps are dead).) [Stacks up to 5 times on Heroic]

[Frenzied Assault]^ω ϖ— Drake Ability: Nether Scion. Increases the caster's attack speed by 100%. (Passive buff on Halfus.) [120% on Heroic]

[Malevolent Strikes]^ω ϖ— Drake Ability: Slate Dragon. Halfus' attacks wound the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing on it by 6%. Stacks up to 15 times for a max reduction of 90% to healing. (Passive buff on Halfus.) [8% per stack up to 12 stacks or 96% max on Heroic]

[Shadow Nova]^ω ϖ— Drake Ability: Storm Rider. [0.25sec Cast] Dark magic is unleashed, causing 28500 to 31500 Shadow damage and knocking back all enemies within 50000 yds. (Signified by the Shadow Wrapped buff on Halfus. Cast about every 8 seconds.) [47500 to 52500 Shadow damage on Heroic]

Proto-Behemoth[]

[Fireball]^ω ϖ— Basic Ability. [1.50sec Cast] Inflicts Fire damage to enemies in a small area.

[Fireball Barrage]^ω ϖ— Drake Ability: Time Warden. Deals 34000 to 46000 Fire damage to enemies in a small area. (Signified by the Dancing Flames buff on the Proto-Behemoth.) [51000 to 69000 Fire Damage on Heroic]

[Scorching Breath]^ω ϖ— Drake Ability: Orphaned Emerald Whelps. [8.00sec Channel] Breathes flame at enemies in front of the caster, inflicting 9000 Fire damage per second. (Signified by the Superheated Breath buff on the Proto-Behemoth.) [12000 Fire damage per second on Heroic]

Drake Mechanics[]

When you enter the room, you will see Halfus Wyrmbreaker, a Proto-Behemoth, 4 friendly drakes, and a cage with friendly whelps in it (which counts as the 5th drake). On normal mode of the encounter, 2 of the 5 drakes will be lying on the ground at a quarter life with the debuff Unresponsive on them while the remaining 3 will be standing and at full life. The 3 standing drakes are the ones that will determine which abilities Halfus and the Proto-Behemoth will have for that raid week (soft resets do not change which 3 you get) and will change only after the resets on Tuesdays.

After Halfus has been engaged, raid members may release the drakes in any order and/or simultaneously by "talking" to them (there is a 1.5 second cast associated with it). The drake or whelps will turn hostile and then be tanked. The drakes themselves have no special abilities or attacks (like cleaves, breaths, tail whips, etc.)

Each drake provides a passive buff to Halfus or the Proto-behemoth that will last for the entire fight regardless if that drake is active, hostile or killed. These are the abilities in brown below. On release, they will apply a unique debuff to Halfus or the Proto-Behemoth. These bonuses are shown in green. Whenever a drake (or all whelps) die(s) Halfus receives the Dragon's Vengeance debuff which increases the damage Halfus takes by 100% from all sources, which stacks for each drake/whelps killed.

Storm Rider

[Shadow Wrapped]^ω ϖ—[0.25sec Cast] Halfus is enveloped in darkness, allowing the use of Shadow Nova.
[Cyclone Winds]^ω ϖ— Slows the cast speed of Shadow Nova by 500% (to 1.50 seconds) and makes it easier (i.e. possible) to interrupt.

The Time Warden

[Dancing Flames]^ω ϖ— Time warps and fire burns around the Proto-Behemoth, empowering him and allowing him to cast Fireball Barrage.
[Time Dilation]^ω ϖ—Further warps the flow of time around the target, slowing the move speed of the Fireball Barrage to allow the raid to move out of the impact locations (signified by the mini-hellfire effects on the ground).

The Slate Dragon

[Malevolent Strikes]^ω ϖ—Halfus' regular melee attacks wound the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing on it. Stacks.
- Tip: Having both the Slate Dragon and the Nether Scion active together in an encounter will cause Malevolent Strikes to stack faster. Be prepared for it. Although the Slate Dragon causes Halfus to gain this buff, releasing Nether Scion is the best way to mitigate it.
[Stone Touch]^ω ϖ—Once every 35 seconds or so, Halfus will occasionally become stunned for 12 sec.

Nether Scion

[Frenzied Assault]^ω ϖ—Increases Halfus' melee attack speed.
- See the Slate Dragon's tip.
[Nether Blindness]^ω ϖ— Nether fog blinds Halfus, reducing his chance to hit, attack speed, and damage done by 25%.

Orphaned Emerald Whelp (as of March 1st, 2011: these drakes may have gotten a significant increase in attack power to prevent raids to completely ignoring them)

[Superheated Breath]^ω ϖ— Fire burns in the dragon's throat, empowering him to cast Scorching Breath.
[Atrophic Poison]^ω ϖ—Poisons the Proto-Behemoth, reducing the power of all its offensive abilities by 6000 damage.

Recommended Priority:

The Storm Rider should be released immediately. Knockback from Shadow Nova disrupts the entire raid, and most importantly, your healers.
The Time Warden should go next; Fireball Barrage is probably the largest source of raid damage Halfus has.
The Orphaned Emerald Whelps should likely be third most important, as they reduce both the damage of Superheated Breath (unavoidable), AND of Fireball Barrage (if Time is up).
On Normal mode, if Nether and Slate are not active at the same time, then they can actually be ignored entirely, depending on tanks. If they are both active, release Nether first, as the attack speed and hit chance debuffs will help deal with how quickly the healing debuff stacks.

Tl;dr - Storm > Time > Emerald > Nether >= Slate

- This priority list won't always be perfect; drake combination and raid setup may change what works best for individual raids. However, this is a good list to follow as a general rule.

Active Drakes by Week[]

Dates	U.S. Realms	Non-U.S. Realms
Feb 15 - Feb 21	Storm / Time / Whelps	Nether / Storm / Time
Feb 22 - Feb 28	Nether / Storm / Whelps	Nether / Storm / Slate
Mar 1 - Mar 7	Nether / Slate / Whelps	Slate / Time / Whelps
Mar 8 - Mar 14	Slate / Storm / Whelps	Nether / Time / Whelps
Mar 15 - Mar 21	Nether / Slate / Time	Storm / Time / Whelps
Mar 22 - Mar 28	Slate / Storm / Time	Nether / Storm / Whelps
Mar 29 - Apr 4	Nether / Storm / Time	Nether / Slate / Whelps
Apr 5 - Apr 11	Nether / Storm / Slate	Slate / Storm / Whelps
Apr 12 - Apr 18	Slate / Time / Whelps	Nether / Slate / Time
Apr 19 - Apr 25	Nether / Time / Whelps	Slate / Storm / Time
Apr 26 - May 2	Storm / Time / Whelps	Nether / Storm / Time
May 3 - May 9	Nether / Storm / Whelps	Nether / Storm / Slate
May 10 - May 16	Nether / Slate / Whelps	Slate / Time / Whelps
May 17 - May 23	Slate / Storm / Whelps	Nether / Time / Whelps
May 24 - May 30	Nether / Slate / Time	Storm / Time / Whelps

Strategy[]

The strategy for this fight revolves around setting drakes and the whelps free and killing them to activate several debuffs on Halfus, and then Burning down a significantly weakened Halfus. Your strategy will depend on which drakes are active. The whelps have the same function as the drakes, in that they will either be available to kill, or you will have 3 drakes up.

No matter which three of the five drake/whelps are active for the fight, it is always recommended to kill at least two drakes. In the final stages of the fight, Halfus will cast Furious Roar which stuns the entire raid and does damage. This stun, combined with some of the other abilities, can wipe the raid if the drakes have not been killed. Killing drakes takes time, but the act of releasing them also increases Halfus' damage taken by 100% per drake.

Whelps are best tanked near their cage. A tank must be ready to use AE abilities to aggro them, and then the raid can AE DPS them down.

Detailed combinations:

Slate Dragon, Whelps and Nether Scion is one of the harder combinations. Throughout the fight, the tanks will need to taunt Halfus from each other when the heal debuff gets too high. Tanks usually switch around 60%. It is generally best to release Nether Scion first because the attack speed and attack chance debuff will cause the Slate Dragon's malevolent strikes to stack slower. The raid can choose to let Slate Dragon and Nether Scion free at the same time. Releasing both drakes at the same time is preferable in that more debuffs are applied to Halfus, but a strategy must be designed so that Halfus can be traded between the tanks while the drakes are up. Not many tank switches should be necessary before the first drake dies, especially after the drake health nerf in patch 4.0.6.
Slate Dragon, Whelps, and Storm Rider : release the Whelps and Storm Rider immediately. Assign a dps interrupter full time to Halfus for shadow nova, because the tanks will be busy swapping. Kill Storm rider first and then the whelps. The tanks will need to tank swap around 7 or 8 stacks due to the healing debuff from slate dragon. Remember to use pally bubbles or other methods to remove stacks to buy some time on the healing debuff.
Slate Dragon, Nether Scion, and Time Warden : release Slate and Nether Scion immediately. One tank should be on both dragons, and the other on Halfus. All DPS should burn Slate Dragon. The Halfus tank should watch his healing debuff stacks. When he reaches about 7 stacks, the other tank will need to grab halfus, and the first tank will need to pull Slate and Nether Scion off him. Hopefully Slate is nearly dead when this occurs. The raid should then kill Nether Scion. When both dragons are dead, focus on Halfus, with the tanks still swapping around 7 stacks. If there is a pally in the raid, blessing of protection the non-active tank to remove his stacks early.
Slate Dragon, Nether Scion, and Storm Rider: Since Slate and Nether combine to give Halfus the rapidly-stacking healing debuff, this needs to be dealt with. On 10-man releasing Storm and Nether immediately is a wise choice, as the healers will be able to cast uninterrupted, and Halfus' stacks won't build so fast. If you choose not to release Nether you will have to deal with the debuff stacking on the two tanks to unhealable levels before it falls off (30 seconds). If your healers are comfortable using instant casts you could probably get away with only releasing Nether, then Storm, then either killing Halfus or also releasing Slate.

Heroic Mode Changes[]

Heroic Mode Halfus has all 5 drakes active instead of just 3 granting Halfus the the Proto-behemoth with all of their abilies. The abilities hit for more and Halfus has significantly more life with the same 6 minute enrage. However with all 5 drakes being active, it is possible to debuff Halfus to take an additional 500% more damage when all 5 drakes have been released instead of the normal 300% in normal mode when all 3 drakes have been released.

Quotes[]

... Aggro Cho'gall will have your heads! ALL OF THEM!

Player Death The burden of the damned falls upon you!

The wyrms will eat well tonight!

Drops[]

Normal Mode
Book of Binding Will Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand"Held In Off-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. +286 Stamina +190 Intellect Requires level 85 Equip: Increases hit rating by 127. Equip: Increases haste rating by 127. Sell Price: 5 34 34 Bracers of Impossible Strength Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 1499 Armor +190 Strength +286 Stamina Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases parry rating by 127. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 127. Sell Price: 12 66 17 Bracers of the Bronze Flight Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Wrist 547 Armor +286 Stamina +190 Intellect Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 127. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 127. Sell Price: 6 63 29 Essence of the Cyclone Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +321 Agility Requires level 85 Equip: Your melee and ranged attacks have a chance to grant 1926 critical strike rating for 10 sec. Sell Price: 8 5 7 Helm of the Nether Scion Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Head 1977 Armor +512 Stamina +281 Intellect +244 Spirit Meta Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +30 Intellect Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 140. Sell Price: 152641 Legguards of the Emerald Brood Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Legs 2998 Armor +512 Stamina +301 Intellect +228 Spirit Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Haste Rating Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 188. Sell Price: 23 30 42 Malevolence Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 2.40 1196 - 1796 Damage (623.3 damage per second) +341 Agility +512 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 228. Equip: Increases your mastery rating by 228. Sell Price: 41 29 70 Pauldrons of the Great Ettin Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Shoulder 2570 Armor +233 Strength +380 Stamina Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Strength Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 169. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 149. Sell Price: 17 11 37 Proto-Handler's Gauntlets Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Hands 1521 Armor +233 Agility +380 Stamina Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Mastery Rating Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 149. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 169. Sell Price: 9 83 60 Robes of the Burning Acolyte Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Chest 1251 Armor +512 Stamina +301 Intellect +198 Spirit Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Mastery Rating Durability 165 / 165 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases your mastery rating by 218. Sell Price: 13 61 89 Storm Rider's Boots Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Feet 1148 Armor +233 Agility +380 Stamina Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Mastery Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 149. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 169. Sell Price: 13 10 Wyrmbreaker's Amulet Item Level 359 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Neck +286 Stamina +190 Intellect +127 Spirit Requires level 85 Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 127. Sell Price: 5 34 34

Heroic Mode
Book of Binding Will Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand"Held In Off-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. +322 Stamina +215 Intellect Requires level 85 Equip: Increases hit rating by 143. Equip: Increases haste rating by 143. Sell Price: 5 34 34 Bracers of Impossible Strength Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 1557 Armor +215 Strength +322 Stamina Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases parry rating by 143. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 143. Sell Price: 12 65 16 Bracers of the Bronze Flight Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Wrist 589 Armor +322 Stamina +215 Intellect Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 143. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 143. Sell Price: 6 86 99 Essence of the Cyclone Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +363 Agility Requires level 85 Equip: Your melee and ranged attacks have a chance to grant 2178 critical strike rating for 10 sec. Sell Price: 8 5 7 Helm of the Nether Scion Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Head 2071 Armor +578 Stamina +325 Intellect +276 Spirit Meta Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +30 Intellect Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 165. Sell Price: 15 33 89 Legguards of the Emerald Brood Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Legs 3114 Armor +578 Stamina +345 Intellect +257 Spirit Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Haste Rating Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 217. Sell Price: 23 95 26 Malevolence Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 2.40 1350 - 2027 Damage (703.6 damage per second) +385 Agility +578 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 257. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 257. Sell Price: 43 10 13 Pauldrons of the Great Ettin Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Plate Shoulder 2669 Armor +266 Strength +429 Stamina Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Strength Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 191. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 171. Sell Price: 18 27 30 Proto-Handler's Gauntlets Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Mail Hands 1593 Armor +266 Agility +429 Stamina Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Mastery Rating Durability 55 / 55 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 171. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 191. Sell Price: 10 42 21 Robes of the Burning Acolyte Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Cloth Chest 1346 Armor +578 Stamina +345 Intellect +227 Spirit Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Mastery Rating Durability 165 / 165 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases your mastery rating by 247. Sell Price: 13 58 33 Storm Rider's Boots Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Leather Feet 1218 Armor +266 Agility +429 Stamina Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Mastery Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 171. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 191. Sell Price: 13 52 76 Wyrmbreaker's Amulet Heroic Item Level 372 Disenchants into: [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Neck +322 Stamina +215 Intellect +143 Spirit Requires level 85 Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 143. Sell Price: 5 34 34 Chest 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 Chest 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 Chest 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

Related achievements[]

10 [Heroic: Halfus Wyrmbreaker]
10 [The Bastion of Twilight]
[The Bastion of Twilight Guild Run]
10 [The Only Escape]

Videos[]

10-man Heroic[]

YouTube Vagrant Corps - 1080p

YouTube Mahalo

10-Man Normal[]

YouTube Odium (in HD) with The Only Escape achievement

YouTube Galactic Waxhammer

YouTube Singularity

YouTube LoD

YouTube Yogscast

YouTube TGN

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

25-Man Heroic[]

www.Learntoraid.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Strategy Guide

YouTube <Aeon> turalyon U.S

YouTube Sleepless Knights

YouTube love2playwow

YouTube <Honorbound> US Steamwheedle Cartel (Incl. Voice Chat)

YouTube <Defenders of Valor> Auchindoun E.U

25-Man Normal[]

www.Learntoraid.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Strategy Guide

YouTube Learntoraid

YouTube Midwinter

YouTube love2playwow

YouTube MrMilanna

Patch changes[]

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Inlinegfx/img_link_data.json' not found. Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011):
- Shadow Nova is now cast less frequently in 10-player modes to account for fewer available interrupts there.
- The captured drakes in this encounter now apply Dragon's Vengeance when they are killed instead of when they are freed. To account for this change, the health and damage of the drakes has been reduced, and the damage bonus gained from Dragon's Vengeance has been increased.

References[]

External links[]

Archive.org Halfus Wyrmbreaker

Guides

www.Learntoraid.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Strategy Guide

25man.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Tactics & Strategy Guide

Icy Veins Comprehensive Halfus Wyrmbreaker guide (includes tank, healer, DPS perspectives, and Heroic mode)

EminenceGaming.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker tactics guide

HordeReview.com Halfus Wyrmbreaker Strategy

Halfus.info Halfus Wyrmbreaker Adds Tool

WoWWiki

Halfus Wyrmbreaker

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Abilities[]