Watchkeeper Gargolmar

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Watchkeeper Gargolmar
Gender	Male
Race	Fel orc (Humanoid)
Level	62 - 72 Elite
Health	33,381 (Normal) 103,320 (Heroic)
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Affiliation	Illidan's forces, Illidari, Fel Horde, Shattered Hand clan (presumed)
Position	Hellfire Citadel Ramparts Watch Leader
Location	Hellfire Ramparts
Status	Killable
See
Hellfire Ramparts
Watchkeeper Gargolmar Omor the Unscarred Vazruden & Nazan (lore) (lore) (lore) Other Hellfire Citadel instances Blood Furnace (5) The Shattered Halls (5) Magtheridon's Lair (25)

Watchkeeper Gargolmar is the first boss of the Hellfire Ramparts instance in Hellfire Citadel. He is charged by Kargath Bladefist with the defense of the ramparts.

Abilities

• Mortal Wound: Inflicts 150% weapon damage to an enemy and leaves it wounded, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 5% for 20 sec. 10% on Heroic; stacks up to 10 times

• Overpower: Instantly overpowers an enemy, causing weapon damage plus 30. Can only be used after the target dodges. Overpower cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.  

• Retaliation: Instantly counterattack any enemy that strikes you in melee for 15 sec. Melee attacks made from behind cannot be counterattacked. Begins using at 30%

• Surge: Charges an enemy, inflicting damage to the target and any of its nearby allies, as well as knocking them all back.

Strategy

Gargolmar patrols back and forth with two healer guards, Hellfire Watchers, so clear the groups near the end of his patrol path closest to you; if you can handle them, you shouldn't have any problems beating him.

Any combination of CCing the adds and kill order will work; the only things to consider are the heals from the Watchers, managing his charge, and the debuff that occurs in Heroic mode. It should be noted that priests can MC the Watchers (Heal, Renew and Shadow Word: Pain), perhaps using them to absorb Gargolmar's charges. Unfortunately, the healing spells have a cooldown of about 20 secs, so it won't be of much help healing the tank.

Heroic

Increased damage from Surge, but still not very high. Mortal Wounds now reduces healing by 10% a stack (up from 5% on Normal).

Loot

Normal and Heroic

Gargolmar's Hand Quest Item Unique

Normal Drops

Bracers of Finesse Item Level 85 Disenchants into: [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Leather Wrist 99 Armor +18 Agility +16 Stamina Durability 35 / 35 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases attack power by 28. Sell Price: 1 61 79 Light-Touched Breastplate Item Level 85 Disenchants into: [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Chest 873 Armor +25 Intellect +26 Strength +25 Stamina Red Socket Yellow Socket Blue Socket Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Damage Durability 135 / 135 Requires level 60 Equip: Restores 5 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 4 49 59 Pauldrons of Arcane Rage Item Level 85 Disenchants into: [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 88 Armor +12 Spirit +18 Intellect +18 Stamina Durability 50 / 50 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases spell power by 27. Sell Price: 1 94 89 Shadowrend Longblade Item Level 85 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Sword One Hand"One 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 2.60 96 - 179 Damage (52.9 damage per second) +12 Stamina Durability 90 / 90 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases attack power by 22. Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 12. Sell Price: 6 39 79 Scale Leggings of the Skirmisher Item Level 85 Disenchants into: [Small Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Nexus Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Mail Legs 429 Armor +22 Agility +24 Stamina +15 Intellect Red Socket Blue Socket Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +2 mana per 5 sec. Durability 90 / 90 Requires level 60 Equip: Increases attack power by 32. Sell Price: 3 86 81

Heroic Drops

Bracers of Just Rewards Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 509 Armor +23 Strength +16 Stamina +15 Intellect Requires level 70 Equip: Restores 4 mana per 5 sec. Sell Price: 2 99 89 Cloak of the Everliving Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Back 78 Armor Requires level 70 Equip: Restores 9 mana per 5 sec. Equip: Increases spell power by 28. Sell Price: 2 56 56 Blood Knight Defender Item Level 115 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Shield Off-Hand"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. 2949 Armor +26 Stamina +20 Arcane Resistance Requires level 70 Equip: Increases your dodge rating by 18. Sell Price: 5 49 36 Boots of the Darkwalker Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Cloth Feet 105 Armor +36 Stamina +25 Intellect Requires level 70 Equip: Increases spell power by 31. Sell Price: 2 53 31 Wild Stalker Boots Item Level 115 Disenchants into: [Large Prismatic Shard]: 1 (99.5%) [Void Crystal]: 1 (0.5%) Binds when picked up Mail Feet 448 Armor +24 Stamina +17 Intellect Durability 60 / 60 Requires level 70 Equip: Improves hit rating by 17. Equip: Increases attack power by 64. Sell Price: 3 89 46 200200 Badge of Justice Item Level 70 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Requires level 70

Jewels (Heroic Only)

Steady Chrysoprase Item Level 70 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped +6 Stamina and +5 Resilience Rating "Matches a Yellow or Blue Socket." Sell Price: 3 Effulgent Chrysoprase Item Level 70 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up +5 Defense Rating and 2 mana per 5 sec. "Matches a Yellow or Blue Socket." Sell Price: 3 Iridescent Fire Opal Item Level 70 Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up +6 Spell Power and +4 Spell Critical Rating "Matches a Red or Yellow Socket." Sell Price: 3

Quests

•  [62D] Weaken the Ramparts (Alliance)
•  [62D] Weaken the Ramparts (Horde)

Quotes

Intro

• Do you smell that? Fresh meat has somehow breached our citadel. Be wary of any intruders.

Aggro

• This may hurt a little...
• What have we here?
• I'm going to enjoy this...

Surge

• Back off, pup!

40% Health

• Heal me, quickly!

Killing a player

• Say farewell!
• Much too easy...

Death

• Laughing, passing into dying sounds.

Trivia

• Gargolmar's quote "Back off, pup!" could be a reference to the Shaman unit in Warcraft III, where one of the 'Pissed' quotes is the exact same line.
• Gargolmar has blades for hands, very similar to Warchief Kargath Bladefist.
• Gargolmar's name may be a reference to the Smurfs villain Gargamel.

Patch changes

• Patch 2.2.0 (25-Sep-2007): Added.
  

External links

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