WoW Hackclaw’s War-Band Dragonflight Boss

Hackclaw’s War-Band – Rira Hackclaw and her compatriots, Gashtooth and Tricktotem, have risen up as a deadly war-band among the Brackenhide. Their tactics are the reason tuskarr never travel alone, and their strength is the reason Wratheye has them guarding the gate to the Hollow.

Hackclaw’s War-Band Boss Guide in Brackenhide Hollow

Important Hackclaw’s War-Band Trash Tips and Tricks

  • Claw Fighter is one of the “tank-buster” mobs in this dungeon, with its dangerous Bloody Bite cast, not only inflicting initial damage but also applying a stacking Bleed effect. Occasionally they fixate on random players with Vicious Clawmangle, “kite” the cast away or use combat-reset abilities to cancel the cast (Rogue’s Vanish for example).
  • Cruel Bonecrusher is a similar trash mob, it will cast Bloody Bite and Crushing Smash on your tank, slowing movement speed by 30% for 12 sec.
  • Vicious Hyena will reduces your tank’s healing intake with Infected Bite. This, in combination with the rest of the
    “tank-buster” mobs, will make it difficult to heal, watch out!
  • Bonebolt Hunter will be one of the higher priority-targets, not only because of its unavoidable damage on random targets, Shoot, but also because of its Bone Bolt, dealing high initial damage to a random player and leaving a tough Bleed affect afterwards.Avoid triggering its Toxic Trap at all costs.
  • Trickclaw Mystic is one of the static mobs in this dungeon. Interrupt its Earth Bolt so he can come closer to you. The mob itself is not dangerous, but it will significantly increase in difficulty if it unlocks its unique ability Witherbolt while there is a Rotchanting Totem around him. Focus the totem quickly to prevent it from empowering the Trickclaw Mystic.
  • Speaking about Rotchanting Totem, Decay Speaker is the only one who spawns it. Tthis is the highest priority-target in the dungeon as not only can he empower nearby Trickclaw Mystic with his totem, but will also have a single-target high damage spell, Decay Surge, and a Withering Burst Disease effect. The Withering Disease effect will stack and it will make this dungeon a hell of a journey if you don’t remove it quickly.
  • Speaking about high-alert mobs, I wouldn’t advise pulling Bracken Warscourge with a large quantity of mobs because of its Pack Tactics aura, “empowering” every other nearby mob. Interrupt Hideous Cackle at all costs or the mass-fear effect will send you in shrieking fear for 7 sec, which is likely to result in a wipe. In addition, watch out for his Ragestorm ability and don’t ever stand in it!

Hackclaw’s War-Band Tips and Strategy


Hackclaw’s War-Band

You will be fighting the 3 chief gnolls, Rira Hackclaw, Gashtooth and Tricktotem simultaneously. Each of them has unique abilities under their belt. Here is a more detailed breakdown of the boss fight:

All Roles

  • Avoid being hit by Rira Hackclaw’s Bladestorm, he will be slowed by 70% during the channel, which will make the dodging much easier.
  • Interrupt Tricktotem’s Greater Healing Rapids at all costs, to prevent the boss from healing.
  • Any spare interrupts should go to Tricktotem’s Earth Bolt casts.
  • Beware of Bloodfrenzy. If one of the gnolls drops below 15% health, this will automatically trigger it. You want to cleave them
    equally to prevent increasing the difficulty of the fight.
  • Quickly nuke the Hextrick Totem when it spawns, to prevent your teammates from being Hextricked.

Tank

  • Be careful how you position Rira Hackclaw, since her auto-attacks Cleave all players in front of her within 8 yards.
  • Periodically, Rira Hackclaw will charge a random member of your party with Savage Charge. It is your responsibility to stay in front of
    the charge and soak the incoming damage, or else they will die. They may specifically instruct you not to do it, because they have an immunity, otherwise you must pay attention to it and soak it!

Healer

  • Gashtooth will occasionally cast Gash Frenzy shadow stepping behind every player and applying a Bleed effect for 45 sec, which you can remove upon healing them above 90% health!
  • On Mythic difficulty, Gashtooth will additionally cast Marked for Butchery on one player, use your external-defensive cooldowns on him or spot-heal it!
  • Dispel the Gashtooth’s Decayed Senses as quick as you can to prevent your team member from being crowd-controlled for 15 sec.
  • On Mythic difficulty, during the entire boss fight, there will be Prey on the Weak aura, empowering each boss with a Predatory Instincts stackable buff based on the missing health from your teammates. It is your duty to keep everyone above 90% health at all times to prevent the boss from “Enraging”.

Drops & Rewards

Type Item Stats
Two-Hand Ancestral Stoneshaper INT Haste/
Mast
Two-Hand Poached Kalu’ak Spear AGI Crit/
Haste
Cloth Feet Ravenous Pursuer’s Footwraps INT Haste/
Vers
Finger Bloodied Wedding Ring STA Vers/
Mast
Trinket Frenzying Signoll Flare AGI-STR

Achievements

Achievement Description
Growlbossify Defeat Hackclaw’s War-Band after freeing Chief Softpaw, equipping her with a spear and shield, and making sure she survives in Brackenhide Hollow on Mythic difficulty.

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