Lord Godfrey (tactics)

For his background, see Vincent Godfrey.

Lord Godfrey
Gender	Male
Race	Undead (Humanoid)
Level	21 Elite 87 Elite (heroic)
Health	13,920 4,149,700 (heroic)
Mana	5,100 93,100 (heroic)
Location	Shadowfang Keep
Status	Killable
See
Shadowfang Keep
Baron Ashbury Baron Silverlaine Commander Springvale Lord Walden Lord Godfrey (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) (lore) NPCs Packleader Ivar Bloodfang Deathstalker Commander Belmont High Warlord Cromush Instance guide

Lord Godfrey is an undead former Gilnean noble and the last encounter in the Shadowfang Keep.

Tactics summary

• Heroic: AE the ghouls when summoned. Cursed Bullets has a 1.0 second cast time but interrupting it will save the healer a huge amount of mana, though if you have a decurser then the debuff can be removed, preventing the DOT portion of the damage. Pistol Barrage has an infinite height and infinite range and ignores walls, so everyone is best off staying close to Godfrey; when he starts casting Pistol Barrage, he'll turn to face the way he's going to shoot. Strafe out of the way, or run straight through him before he starts shooting. If the tank needs to get rid of Mortal Wound, they should run up the stairs during Pistol Barrage, then jump down when Godfrey chases them, to give Mortal Wound time to wear off.

Abilities

Heroic

• Pistol Barrage - : Fires a constant barrage of bullets in a cone out from the caster. Any enemies within this area take 27000 Shadow damage every second they remain inside. Lasts 6 sec. (Similar to Mimiron's Laser Barrage)
  

• Summon Bloodthirsty Ghouls - Summons one Bloodthirsty Ghoul nearby every 0.5 seconds for 3 sec.
  

• Cursed Bullets - Shoots a random enemy target with cursed bullets, dealing 47500 to 52500 Shadow damage. In addition, the target will take increasing shadow damage over time for 15 sec. (Can be interrupted 1 sec cast)
  

• Mortal Wound - Inflicts 1500 damage per second to an enemy and leaves it wounded, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 10% for 8 sec. (This ability targets the tank and will stack multiple times.)
  

Objective of

Normal mode

Warlock quests:

•  [20D] A Boon for the Powerful for  [Tenebrous Orb]
•  [20D] Token of Power for  [Tenebrous Orb]

Hunter quests:

•  [20D] A Well-Earned Reward for  [Godfrey's Crystal Scope]
•  [20D] A Marksman's Weapon for  [Godfrey's Crystal Scope]

His death is the objective of the storyline quests:

•  [21] Fury of the Pack
•  [21] Sweet, Merciless Revenge

Regular Strategy

Just attack. Per today hardly worth even writing a tactic even if it has more or less the same abilities as in heroic. For good effect have your ranged attackers on the upper floor shooting quite weak abilities except for hunters who should attack with switching between serpent sting,arcane shot and focused shot as both serpent sting and arcane shot take a lot of focus and focused shot acts as a good focus replenisher and a good attack

Heroic Strategy

Note: As of 4.0.6, he directs his pistol barrage at a random player, and you can't hide from it by being "above" it on the top level.

• Method 1: Tank on the lower floor, make a circle around him. Players should move away from pistol barrage, probably by running through him, alternatively by running to the side. Quickly AOE adds.
• Method 2: Tank in the middle of the small staircase down from his starting pad, with ranged at the bottom of the stairs. When his summon ghouls cast is finishing, everyone (tank included) runs behind the wall to the right to LOS the pistol barrage. He is immobile during this, so he won't follow if you time it right. When his pistol barrage finishes, run back into position. Rinse repeat. This is an easy way to get the Bullet Time achieve. Be careful not to stand right up against the wall or use AOE through the wall, as he may pistol through it if you do.

First he will cast Summon Bloodthirsty Ghouls. These ghouls have low health and should be nuked down with any forms of AoE spells your group has. He will re-summon these ghouls periodically, and they should be dealt with in the same manner.

Cursed Bullets is best interrupted. However, it has a VERY fast cast time (one second) and can be hard for a lot of people to successfully interrupt. If it is not interrupted, the next best thing is for the person it hits to be de-cursed. If your group has no de-curser, then your healer will have to heal through the damage. The damage seems to increase over the 15 seconds the debuff is on the target, so be prepared to use your big heals on them. If you have no de-curser and cannot reliably interrupt, it may be best to have a DPS switch to a healing spec and 2-heal for this boss.

Pistol Barrage is a conal attack that he will channel in a random direction around him. You must move away from whichever direction he chooses, as the damage is very heavy and will drain the healer's mana fast, assuming you survive. Height doesn't affect whether Pistol Barrage will hit you. It has infinite vertical range. Keep that in mind if the tank is attempting to platform-jump to avoid...

Mortal Wound, an ability which he uses periodically on his current target. This is best avoided by either tanking him near the stairs and running up them, then jumping off (or, even better, jumping from the entrance platform to his spawn platform), or by getting some distance during Pistol Barrage. You have a wonderful area to use to shake the debuff - use it. Alternatively, have a DPS with a taunt ability position themselves in a good taunting area to allow the tank's debuff to fade.

Any group with most items 333 should be able to down this boss. If you have Heroism/Bloodlust/Time warp, then it is best to use this after the second wave of ghouls. Avoiding damage, as with any fight, is the key to winning. The boss doesn't hit that hard; however, his debuff and his abilities do allow him to do a lot of spike damage to the group.

Loot

Normal

Meteor Shard Item Level 21 Disenchants into: [Small Glimmering Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.80 17 - 34 Damage (14.1 damage per second) Durability 45 / 45 Requires level 16 Chance on hit: Blasts a target for 35 Fire damage. Sell Price: 19 60 Feline Mantle Item Level 21 Disenchants into: [Small Glimmering Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 49 Armor +4 Stamina +5 Intellect +3 Spirit Durability 70 / 70 Requires level 16 Sell Price: 5 75 Haunting Blade Item Level 21 Disenchants into: [Small Glimmering Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Sword Two-Hand Speed 3.80 55-84 Damage (18.4 damage per second) +8 Strength Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 16 Equip: Increases your hit rating by 6. Sell Price: 23 52 Odo's Ley Staff Item Level 21 Disenchants into: [Small Glimmering Shard]: 1 Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 2.90 42 - 64 Damage (18.4 damage per second) +4 Stamina +7 Intellect +6 Spirit Durability 75 / 75 Requires level 16 Sell Price: 25 61

Heroic

Staff of Isolation Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 2.90 475 - 713 Damage (204.8 damage per second) +454 Stamina +302 Intellect +202 Spirit Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases spell power by 1732. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 202. Sell Price: 29 78 67 Worgen Hunter's Helm Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Mail Head 1887 Armor +242 Agility +454 Stamina Meta Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +30 Agility Durability 80 / 80 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 142. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 202. Sell Price: 10 64 15 Lord Walden's Breastplate Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Chest 3298 Armor +262 Strength +454 Stamina Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Haste Rating Durability 135 / 135 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 162. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 202. Sell Price: 18 23 8 Helm of Untold Stories Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Head 2680 Armor +454 Stamina +242 Intellect +162 Spirit Meta Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +30 Mastery Rating Durability 80 / 80 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases mastery rating by 182. Sell Price: 12 53 47 Greaves of the Misguided Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Legs 2886 Armor +454 Stamina +262 Intellect +162 Spirit Red Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +20 Haste Rating Durability 100 / 100 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases haste rating by 202. Sell Price: 16 87 19 Mantle of the Eastern Lords Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 870 Armor +337 Stamina +205 Intellect Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Intellect Durability 80 / 80 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases hit rating by 130. Equip: Increases mastery rating by 150. Sell Price: 7 20 40 Mantle of Loss Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 870 Armor +337 Stamina +205 Intellect +130 Spirit Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +10 Intellect Durability 80 / 80 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases mastery rating by 150. Sell Price: 7 25 84 Meteor Shard Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.80 516 - 959 Damage (409.6 damage per second) +129 Agility +194 Stamina Durability 65 / 65 Requires level 85 Chance on hit: Calls down a meteor, burning all enemies within the area for 1080 to 1320 total Fire damage. Sell Price: 25 86 26 Relic of Arathor Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Unique Relic +95 Agility +143 Stamina Prismatic Socket Requires level 85 Equip: Increases critical strike rating by 63. Equip: Increases haste rating by 63. Sell Price: 7 12 12 Shackles of Undeath Heroic Item Level 346 Disenchants into: [Dream Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Abyss Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 1443 Armor +168 Strength +252 Stamina Durability 45 / 45 Requires level 85 Equip: Increases dodge rating by 112. Equip: Increases parry rating by 112. Sell Price: 9 13 51 2020 Chaos Orb Item Level 85 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up

Related achievements

•  [Shadowfang Keep]
• [Heroic: Shadowfang Keep]
• [Shadowfang Keep Guild Run]
• [Heroic: Shadowfang Keep Guild Run]

Quotes

Aggro

• Ivar's pack failed horribly, so now he sends mercenaries. No matter, your journey ends in agony.
• That bitch Sylvanas sent you too, did she? No matter, your journey ends in agony.

Death

• I thank you for the clean death. I would not of done the same...

Videos

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