Comprehensive Blackwing Lair Boss Strategy Guide!!

Yo! Soldiers of Classic! Here's a BOSS GUIDE for the upcoming raid! BWL! Enjoy.
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phase 2, phase 2.5, phase 3, phase 4, phase 5, phase 6, blackwing lair, naxx, aq40 gates, ZG, aq20, dire maul, classic wow, rank 14, preparation, darkmoon faire, engineering guide, trinkets, items, loot
phase 2, phase 2.5, phase 3, phase 4, phase 5, phase 6, blackwing lair, naxx, aq40 gates, ZG, aq20, dire maul, classic wow, rank 14, preparation, darkmoon faire, engineering guide, trinkets, items, loot
phase 2, phase 2.5, phase 3, phase 4, phase 5, phase 6, blackwing lair, naxx, aq40 gates, ZG, aq20, dire maul, classic wow, rank 14, preparation, darkmoon faire, engineering guide, trinkets, items, loot

[@JaySea]

Skip to the boss you want to see: 0:18 - Razorgore the Untamed 3:30 - Vaelastrasz the Corrupt 6:49 - Broodlord Lashlayer 8:45 - Firemaw 11:56 - Ebonroc 13:11 - Flamegor 14:20 - Chromaggus 21:41 - Nefarian

[@Solnaes87]

MVP

[@julesmartin6972]

@@retaura1333 Wow classic is 101% blizzlike beat that

[@mrfrostiejr]

Haha this is amazing, seeing some of our old footage getting repped was a killer surprise, Centrelink represent!!

[@Presence_o_Mind]

Awesome video man! We appreciate all the hard work that you do. Can't wait for Wednesday!

[@rompehero]

Punkrat.... THANK YOU for making this. It all makes sense for me now. Thank you!

[@nofear1029]

Awesome vid man, perfect timing too, gonna share with my guild for them to learn the fights.

[@99ZULU]

I recommend you have them watch Skarm Tank's guides instead, much more detailed and accurate. Sadly punkrat is giving some bad advice.

[@nofear1029]

@@99ZULU i have asked in the past. But the long videos i know alot of my guild wont watch. I have watched them. Agree they are amazing.

[@99ZULU]

@@nofear1029 well then you better make sure to cover all the inaccuracies and things missed in this guide or you are going to have a bad time.

[@pogchamp2897]

@@nofear1029 if your guild follow this video u gonna spend 2 weeks or more to kill broodlord and won't get past firemaw trust me

[@pogchamp2897]

As for chromaggus, forget about half of what he said, have a druid with melee group, use restorative pots, give hourglass to at least 2 healers and hunters, and u only need 2 tanks not 4, timelaps can be usefull on melees to avoid ninja aggro so u won't waste dps spots on useless offtanks who won't get to do anything if the guild goes slowly on that fight and follow the raid leader calls. And finaly for the enrage phase, if he is vulnerable to fire or shadow dmg u definitely have to slow down on dps since warlock and fire mage threat is cancer if a warlock pulls aggro on enrage phase that's 100% wipe, if a mage starts crit spree with frostbolt during frost vulnerability and tank gets hit with timelaps then it's a guaranteed wipe

[@JamesWilliams-yc3yd]

This was a ton of fun. I started in WOTLK and never got the true vanilla experience. My guild was the first horde clear on our server, we got Timelapse for chrom too...

[@matti2408]

Very nice, easy to follow guide. Thanks!

[@BlazzinBobby]

Fantastic video dude!

[@patrickpatenaude7719]

Very nice guide, much more comprehensive then the other ones covering Bwl out there. Thank you!!

[@99ZULU]

Skarm Tank's guides on BWL are what you want to watch. This video missed a lot of important bits as well as gave a lot of incorrect info. But what can you expect from a 28 min guide on all of BWL..

[@Saymos]

@@99ZULU Have a look at Crushed's Blackwing Lair Guide if you want a 30 min. It's soo much better than this and afaik didn't have funky/faulty info like this one. As a raid leader Skram's is great as well but your members will likely not spend like 2½ hours to watch but they can/should manage 30 mins.

[@alisardar4604]

Finally! Nice one buddy! Ty

[@user-dp4ey7ce7c]

this is truly a excellent guide thank you for this ^.^

[@DamirH]

I was a mage in vanilla, the way we did Nefarian is that all mages blinked to the gate where the adds spawn from. This way no raid members are in polymorph range and the mages just sheep themselves.

[@ik-ik7ke]

this long has been disproven

[@mancamiatipoola]

HAHA! i would love to see a video of that cute animal farm :)

[@TheMikester636]

really good guide. appreciate it friend

[@andymandel]

Im a wow player who hasn't played since cataclysm and this was like reliving my childhood fun to watch.

[@nick4120]

Great videos I like them all keep them up!

[@denzel420]

Great job man!

[@ThePhilliTy]

that was a really helpfull and interesting video. thank you for that

[@Roxxfloor]

Thx for the guide and your tips, as a raid leader it's really usefull !

[@99ZULU]

I would highly recommend watching Skarm Tank's guides instead. This video has a lot of missing/ incorrect info.

[@CrixGuides]

Warlock Class Call is two Infernals Brotha. Mage class call strategy- Dispell everyone if you can’t LoS(like you couldn’t in Vanilla)

[@walkinzorochi9461]

Love your vids, keep it up.

[@JoeHertler]

Been working to put together strats for our guild - and most of the pre-existing BWL content out there right now is, well... not that great. Thank you for putting together a clear and concise guide aimed at semi HC and casual-ish guilds our there. I’m looking forward to avoiding the traumatizing progression race I experienced a decade ago (this time around)! This guide is a massive asset to us all :D

[@99ZULU]

Have you watched Skarm Tank's BWL guides?

[@Dyingwood.]

Austin W dude shut up you comment on half the comments just saying he did a good job. stop shilling out some other dudes videos

[@99ZULU]

@@Dyingwood. You poor simple minded fool, what I'm doing is not to put down Punk Rat. I like the dude, sadly this video of his is lacking information and some of what he says is out right wrong. So for those commentators saying how they are going to use this as their BWL guide I want to guide them to someone else's videos that are a lot more in depth and accurate. Especially since this person right here even said "and most of the pre-existing BWL content out there right now is, well... not that great." He clearly is unaware of the content I am.

[@JoeHertler]

Austin W totally! And it’s a great comprehensive guide. Skarm just has a tendency to ramble. We’re not some super hard core guild, so his deep dive guides are realistically not going to be as effective for our more casual raiders to watch. That being said, I love skarm (especially as a tank).

[@Dyingwood.]

Austin W yes clearly your one example is “most of the pre-existing bwl content out there” XD

[@Hishichi]

nice onyxia guide thanks. never thaught ZG is so awesome

[@clouds2589]

....Thaught?

[@nathanielarnold1602]

Great video!

[@nylebrynxpoluza]

This is the best comprehensive aq40 guide on the internet.

[@vivianmendespaioli7740]

Great Guide BTW

[@damianhuisman1728]

nice guide, watched it 4 times :)!

[@tylerwitte714]

Really nice guide dude!! Now if everyone can be good and not weird, we will be okay! 👌

[@Kryxx07]

Love the subtle AdvertiseSP reference. :D

[@tylerwitte714]

Kryxx07 😎😉😎

[@Woodzies]

Nice molten core guide, thanks

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Quick note when you were talking about fishing for vulnerabilities that is only the trash leading up the Chromagg, DBM will always announce Chromagg's vulnerabilitie's, you only need to fish for the wyrmkin's vulnerabilities before pulling chromagg.

[@Occidentally]

Chrom breaths are NOT frontal cone, they are 360. All of them.

[@liamashton645]

Haha I remember the rogue one because I liked laughing at my rogue friend panicking and getting cleaved 🤣

[@sirriffsalot4158]

Ending sigh startled me, lol

[@unstopple2776]

thanks alor sir for all these info

[@giannidellicolli7621]

Looking at your logo (first time I ever watch any of your videos) Are you from Montreal dude? If so awesome and even if not thanks for the guide!

[@lmann7427]

That hunters UI + Graphics look pristine

[@nikolaiatanasov9593]

great vid

[@aldeen9190]

Punkart yeah!!!

[@Phosty]

Don't walk in Vael's room unless people are ready for goblins.

[@bobafittgaming9380]

Was funny watching you guys wipe for 90 minutes on Firemaw with that strategy! =P

[@comq01]

lol lets not talk about that

[@MarkShank]

I love the idea of the whole dungeon bullet pointed into 30 minutes, because I’ve been watching one hour guides on just razorgore or Vael. Unfortunately, I’ve been doing my homework on the first two fights and I saw a significant error or omission on each of those that makes me reluctant to use this as a source for the remaining encounters. Vael’s debuff on the main tank isn’t random or unlucky as stated in the video. It is every 45 seconds. It needs to be planned for and can be scripted on that timer. Razorgore is taunt immune so I think the glossing over of the conflagration mechanic being like Drakk isn’t helping viewers. You need to manage threat in this phase as well. A final point, it is stated verbally in the Nef section that the warlock class call summons a single infernal but the text on screen says it summons two.

[@Globalplayer1102]

Also Vael's cleave has a sort of chain lighnting mechanic, so positioning for the melee is very important.

[@Rafals1993]

You're wrong about Cleave - Cleave also does craptons of threat just like Heroic Strike - the only difference is, Blizzard didn't put the same thing in the description. It just generates a bit less since it does less single target damage (not much less though). DPS Warriors might want to just stick to Bloodthirst and Whirlwind spam and then Execute if threat is an issue on Vael.

[@XBUGMANX]

This is true.

[@Xlakt]

This is wrong. HS R8 does around 15 threat per rage whereas cleave does around 6. The point with spamming cleave is that if the tanks spam HS, they're constantly doing more threat per rage than the dps. This is a useful document on threat docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KmZzFXhUB01o-qjn-ytsczcuH2g3_w9EtHphMxm4YgY/edit#gid=0

[@savigy1301]

This needs more attention; while cleave still does slightly less, it's still dangerous

[@hangedtexnik]

@@Xlakt you are right, but not for Vael fight where you have infinite amount of rage and you do HS or cleave with the same frequency . So doing HS or cleave generate almost the same amount of threat.

[@Xlakt]

@@hangedtexnik HS generates roughly 288 threat per spell where Cleave generates little more than half of that, according to the calculations in the document I linked.

[@nklx_moto]

Love the new style of Mc ❤️

[@bukeahn7586]

On the very first boss, it definitely isn't optimal to have one of your tanks controlling the orb from the very start. Optimal would be the lowest DPS controlling the orb until the very last egg, and then dropping out of the orb for the main tank to pick up before destroying the final egg. There are 30 eggs, and controlling the orb takes that character out of the fight, and there are tons of mobs running around. You want your tanks tanking, imo.

[@livinghealthywithfredrikli2759]

we kinda killed all adds on spawn....... so yeah idk your guild must be super casual if you have mobs running around.

[@davidinman6020]

"super casual". Maybe they have lives.

[@TheXarfay]

Comprehensive Naxx Boss Strategy Guide right here :D

[@imperialm1332]

Thank you punkrat my guild was struggling at MC

[@ITSaPendragon]

time lapse only reduces threat on MT for the duration the the stun, after the stun stops you gain 100% health back and chrom comes back to you,

[@dingding12321]

3:15 captions: "exactly like General Jackass"

[@Zeebo1uk]

Nefarian is wearing the Warriors tier2 before it got it got its updated looks, we had black/red for weeks and was nearly impossible to kill them

[@rng81]

You know there was something called Antialiasing in Vanilla too. All those jaggies will be lost in time, like raider's tears in rain.

[@Jerlemi2]

rng81 blade runner....

[@rowdyredfred]

Coming back to this for in-depth info was a bad idea. As an concept, we don't have any warrior tanks. What do you do for the Nef class calls then?

[@Chris-gy9qc]

How to get a ton of comments on your video: have the wrong title. =P Very informative but to the point, thanks again buddy.

[@unclegaspatcho1818]

You rock Punky Punk. Thanks for the pro tips.

[@oGhullio]

What addon do you use to see all the alerts and casts he does?

[@RoboCNC]

What boss mod are you using here that has the timers in the middle bottom of the screen?

[@mopmop9552]

Just asking but the debuffs from Chromaggus get away if you bubble or not?

[@nirmas8026]

For the Hunter Call, u can put up an repair Bot. So the Hunters can nuke the whole time. When the weapon is broken just repair it an nuke again.

[@crushl2451]

The 3 Drakes do NOT require the cape on all the raid, only on tanks. Shadowflame will not hit the raid and if it does, its a wipe anyways. The only boss that requires the whole raid to equip Onyxia cloak is Nefarian. He will hit the whole room when he lands.

[@aljosailic9725]

You can also hide behind his throne and not get hit,so you basically dont even need the cloak if you are not the tank

[@al4385]

15 years late, but appreciate it.

[@Beetny]

>Aim to be a general strategy guide >Whole raid uses sappers at once. Yeah ok.

[@deltoidx]

yeah ignore that, punk just ripped that after watching 1 speedrun

[@jadage5541]

He did say that it was the easiest way, not the only way. It's still pretty easy to just AoE those initial mobs down. It's just easier with sappers.

[@deltoidx]

@👁️ its not, its just a waste of gold unless you are speed clearing

[@maskimiliananderberg3791]

Finally, a good Molten Core boss guide.... wait this is not Molten Core? :thinking:

[@full_metal2452]

Disagree with Razorgore strat. Just ignore one half of the room and use platform and split in two groups. Adds come to you.

[@deathcoil471]

Can the polymorph be dispelled or pvp trinket out?

[@pogchamp2897]

The reason why Vael was a guild killer is because of the rogues using 2 backstabs in a row without vanish or warriors spamming execute crits with recklesness without paying attention to KTM and wiping the raid in last sec

[@Cynsham]

Paladins can Bubble the bronze affliction, and Mages can Block out of it. Gives you a little more leeway in distributing the sands.

[@oGhullio]

but then u don't hv the ultimate raid spec setup if u take block...

[@Cynsham]

oGhullio i’d personally rather have block and ice barrier to ensure my own safety rather than put more pressure on healers keeping me alive, or spec arcane power to do marginally more dmg

[@Cynsham]

oGhullio also getting stunned randomly for 6 seconds will significantly lower your dps regardless of spec

[@oGhullio]

@@Cynsham That's all true

[@r0flhax0r]

@@oGhullio and there should always be at least one deep frost mage for winter's chill

[@pbro5899]

MOLTEN CORE PogChamp

[@Presence_o_Mind]

Can 2h warriors spam slam between bloodthirst and WW cooldowns?

[@nylebrynxpoluza]

This is bwl!

[@mikek3638]

I think it's more rage, see below if the first is mana, the 2nd is energy, then the 200 is rage, right? Effect #1 (6) Apply Aura #24: Periodic Energize Value: 500 Radius: 100 yards Interval: 1 seconds Effect #2 (6) Apply Aura #24: Periodic Energize (3) Value: 50 Radius: 100 yards Interval: 1 seconds Effect #3 (6) Apply Aura #24: Periodic Energize (1) Value: 200 Radius: 100 yards Interval: 1 seconds

[@jackherer123]

whats the ui used in this video looks clean

[@woogi8888]

what is that addon tells which magic chromaggus is vulnerable to?

[@Mrsheeper_]

Watching tipsout wipe on a boss is 10/10 tbh we raided it took 1hr ez as shit

[@bulgomi]

what add ons are you using in this video?

[@mcfarvo]

Title, my guy

[@vidjal]

..."THE TRANQS ARE INSTANT!!!"

[@S8N6]

Molten Wing Core

[@PrincessHarmonyMoonlight]

chromagus is a bad pupper

[@Roofhack]

11:30 If Americans or others are wondering why the guild is called "Centrelink" ~ basically Centrelink is welfare source of Australians, the joke is these guys are all on welfare playing WoW.

[@yofyo]

see: Damo and Darren.

[@bobo-bx8yj]

checked the comments as soon as i got to that and this was the first one i see. hahahaha fucking cenno

[@copiousbeer9227]

Always thought it was cenna link cuz of how Aussies say it

[@ryanwalbridge8045]

might have one shot the boss and died right after because I didn't know how to do the fight and now can't get back in......

[@pogchamp2897]

Broodlord should be tanked next to the wall not that pillar so melees can run in and out when it comes to the knockback to avoid unnecessary AOE dmg and cause stress to healers

[@codysconclusions895]

you missed the part about the class calls on nef that they arent guaranteed debuffs.... it only effects you if you get hit WHILE CASTING... so most of these are avoidable.

[@Jeffc0987]

CodysConclusions ehhh, it's been a while but I'm 99% sure that's wrong.

[@evanmcauley4788]

nice title

[@jewlzbutters7115]

Cleave also has a thread mod, it's just hidden.

[@GolfLikeWoods]

care to elaborate?

[@jewlzbutters7115]

@@GolfLikeWoods the threat mod from Heroic Strike comes from it's added damage, and cleave also has that added damage, but a bit less, so it does less threat, but not by much

[@GolfLikeWoods]

@@jewlzbutters7115 so why do some guides say to cleave even on single target if threat is an issue?

[@TalkThisOut]

pog

[@LegionInfanterie]

TITLE IS FIXED xD GL in BWL bois

[@Atraira]

"nef is basically a tank and spank" oh you got jokes huh

[@Tejaybe]

Me when I saw that "tip" -> /:C /Windows /Programs /WorldOfWarcraft /Deletecharacter /Uninstallgame /Cancelyoutube /RIP

[@eddgrs9193]

Basically all of WoW is tank and spank.

[@Tauroi]

pugs can do it, so can you :)

[@masondineen7]

Change the title ! But thank you for another guide for BWL

[@MikeHunt-wl4ye]

Dude, you’ve never heard the word buffet pronounced in real life? Thanks for the video.

[@_theHUMUNGUS]

You are thinking of buffet in the context of food. When it is a blast of wind pushing something, the T at the end is pronounced

[@Stingehx]

just to clear this up for everyone, cleave is like 20 less threat than heroic strike. 20 is nothing compared to the tanks threat (40.000-60.000 threat). So just use heroic strike

[@Stingehx]

if you wanna do max damage as a warrior, bind heroic strike to every other ability you have :)

[@samwaite4288]

I am Veganosaur

[@pogchamp2897]

Yeah and u just have to give 2 to 3 sec delay between HS uses so u stay under the off tanks who will spam that sht like crazy

[@Emajenus]

HS does a lot more threat compared to Cleave. It does 145 threat in addition to the threat from its damage.

[@testsubjectzz]

I just want to say the strat for bwl bosses is to stack warriors. 39 warriors with 1 healer and you will melt bosses

[@nakulpatel1146]

Whats the name of the add-on that tells you the damage on the right hand side?

[@tosehoed123]

Details or recount are two good ones

[@DJ_Treu]

Fiewmaw doesnt need the entire raid to use cloak; the tanks are the only ones who takes the shadowflame; if he turns and hits the group theyre dead anyways so keep your dps cloak on if youre not a tank

[@ritotron5752]

Nice title ya doonie

[@ITSaPendragon]

use the MT to destroy the last egg he will have 100% aggro regardless, no point wasting your MT on the all the eggs when a someone else can do it

[@buffalobill1995]

timelapse doest "permanently reduce all threat"...its a minor threath drop and you need 2 tanks

[@micharoesler]

So much inaccurate information in this video and it does not mention important things, sad really

[@NilsonChristopher]

@@micharoesler Bingo, its a threat drop like broodlord, maybe 20-30%. you have everyone step in and eat the timelapse beside an offtank hiding out of LoS behind him and 2-3 healers. So when it hits, he goes to offtank and he drags him back into position and main tank grabs him again. Works perfectly most of the time

[@robertdoupe4142]

ok everyone lvl engineering at least 205 for the first boss

[@tywilson3689]

for just 3 mobs which aren't even a big deal to burn down lol

[@Drunkledore]

@bean machine not everyone has time to make a second 60 dedicated to making G

[@Pixelkip]

bean machine idk I like herb alch. I had to drop eng

[@talymenombrenuit3659]

If Burning adrenaline is a buff can you not right click it? And if it's a debuff can you not ice block it?

[@99ZULU]

I have heard if you iceblock or pally bubble burning adrenaline you instantly explode and die. But I guess we can wait and test it when it comes out.

[@abysmaltyrant6]

how to change in game font like that?

[@DieshoNeverDies]

>Comprehensive back music trouble that x.x

[@catboy57392]

IBONROC lmao Also imagine your main tank being a clicker

[@redvsblueftw]

Cleave only does 45 less base threat than heroic strike.