This strategy is written for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (TBC 2.4.3), the Karazhan raid for 10 players. Mechanics and numbers match the fight on the Moonwell server.
The second boss of Karazhan, 10-player raid, needs two tanks and crowd control. Moroes fights together with four guests out of six, and all of them engage at once. Main danger: Garrote stacks up on the raid and eats the healers' mana, so the fight must not drag on.
Moroes: whole fight
Taunt does not work on him. Gouge at 21 sec, then every 30–35 sec: 950–1,050 damage and a 6-sec stun on the tank. While the tank is stunned, Moroes hits the second player on threat. Blind at 30 sec, then every 30–35 sec: the nearest player within 10 yd, other than the top threat target and whoever Moroes is hitting right now, wanders for 10 sec. Damage breaks it, and it can be removed as a poison. Keep a melee DPS right next to the boss, or the second tank gets blinded. Below 30% Enrage: +20% physical damage.
Vanish and Garrote
From 35 sec, every 35 sec Vanish: Moroes is invisible for 12 sec and does not attack. Hit the guests. The target is chosen at random among players without a bleed, and at 9.5 sec Garrote lands on it: 1,075 damage every 3 sec for 5 min. It is removed by Divine Shield, Blessing of Protection, Ice Block, Stoneform. Heal everyone else: Moroes's death removes the bleed from all living players, a wipe does not.
Guests: crowd control
The lineup is random and stays the same after a wipe. All guests are undead: Shackle Undead, Freezing Trap and Turn Evil work, Polymorph does not. All guest spells can be interrupted. Usually two guests are kept in CC for the whole fight, and two are killed before Moroes.
Caster guests
Baroness Dorothea Millstipe, 67,000 HP, kill her first: Mana Burn from 1–3 sec, then every 8–12 sec, 3-sec cast, burns 950–1,050 mana from a random player. She also casts Mind Flay on her target and Shadow Word: Pain on a random player. Lady Catriona Von'Indi, 67,000: Greater Heal for 11,250–13,750 on an ally below 25%, Power Word: Shield, Dispel Magic removes CC from guests and buffs from players. Lady Keira Berrybuck, 67,000: Holy Light for 4,625–5,375 on an ally below 50%, Cleanse removes CC from guests, Divine Shield every 30–35 sec for 15 sec. Mass Dispel removes the shield.
Melee guests
Lord Robin Daris, 84,000: Mortal Strike halves the target's healing for 5 sec, Whirlwind hits everyone within 8 yd for 2 sec. Keep him in CC. Lord Crispin Ference, 84,000: Disarm for 10 sec, Shield Bash interrupts a nearby caster, at 20% Shield Wall: −75% damage taken for 15 sec. He is the least dangerous; the second tank holds him. Baron Rafe Dreuger, 67,000: Hammer of Justice stuns the target for 6 sec, Judgement of Command hits for 1,425–1,575. His melee hits are weak.
Tanks
The second tank builds threat on Moroes from the start of the fight: by 21 sec he must be second on threat.
Healers
Save Garrote removals for healers and the players holding CC.
DPS
Do not wake crowd-controlled guests with AoE damage.
Common mistakes
- The second tank did not build threat: the main tank's stun sends Moroes to a DPS or a healer.
- Keira or Catriona is free and removes CC from the other guests.
- The fight drags on: there are many Garrotes on the raid, and the healers run out of mana.
Abilities, loot and map: boss card