Lord Marrowgar and you

Lord Marrowgar has a couple of nice rogue pieces. On 10-man normal mode, if you’re running combat spec, you might like his axe – Bone Warden’s Splitter. All the agility-based dps will be rolling on the Shawl of Nerubian Silk.

If you’re killing him in 25-man raid, watch for Band of the Bone Colossus – a nice ring. Frostbitten Fur Boots is a nice piece of loot as well.

The Fight:
This is a 2 phase fight. Phase 1 is a tank and spank, phase 2 is a run around and stay out of the fire deal.

During phase 1 he will do a few things to you and your fellow raid members. This is the 10m
1: Saber Lash – Inflicts 200% weapon damage split evenly between the target and its 2 nearest allies.
2: Coldflame – Inflicts 6,000 Frost damage every 1 second for 3 seconds to anyone caught by the moving line of frost.
3: Bone Spike Graveyard – Hurls a spike at a random player, impaling all players between the boss and the target on Bone Spikes, inflicting 9,000 direct Physical damage, and additional 10% health as damage every 1 second until the spike is destroyed.
4: Bone Storm – Inflicts 6,000 Physical damage every 2 seconds to players caught in the Bone Storm. The entire storm lasts ~20 seconds.

Being the first boss of a new raid, Marrowgar is not an overly complicated fight. This fight requires 2 (25-player: 3) tanks, so that the Saber Lash cleave damage can be properly distributed among the tanks (like Nalorakk or Koralon the Flame Watcher). He will also target a random player with his Coldflame ability – preferring people at range. Only if everybody is inside his hitbox will the tanks be targeted. This projectile spreads a line of fire in its path which will inflict a decent amount of damage per second to anyone caught in it – simply taking a few steps aside is enough to avoid it.

Marrowgar’s Bone Spike Graveyard ability is another thing to watch out for – Marrowgar will choose one player (25-player: 3) to impale on a bone spike. Players between Marrowgar and the chosen targets will also be impaled. The player(s) will suffer physical damage, become incapacitated, and continue losing 10% health for every second they remain impaled. The DPS should kill the spikes as soon as possible.

The last thing to watch out for is the Bone Storm. DBM’s timer on it is pretty accurate, but watch his cast bar as well. This spell is similar to Stormcaller Brundir’s Lightning Tendrils, only dealing physical damage. Marrowgar will start a whirlwind, and practically charge random players (he moves very quickly), stay at their location for a few seconds (while in whirlwind), then switch targets. The Bone Storm doesn’t do a whole lot of damage, especially if you wear mail or plate – get out of it, but don’t panic, it’s not that deadly. It is also worth noting that everybody in the room will take damage based on proximity – players next to Marrowgar will take the full damage of the spell, while players in the far corners of the room will barely be hit. The part where things get ugly is when the boss goes back to his normal phase – he will reset aggro, which means he will go right after your healers. Have a designated tank taunt as quickly as possible (DBM’s timer is, again, accurate). You should probably even have your tanks go hug the boss during the last 3-4 seconds of the Bone Storm, just to make sure they are in range, and that they first Saber Slash is properly soaked.

Rogue Tips: A- even though he has a large hit box(if your healers are good) stand as close to him as possible to avoid Coldflame you can still be targeted by it but it will not hit you if you are close enough to the boss B- he will Bone Storm 3 times as soon as he move for the third time wait 2-4 second stop dps and tricks one of the tanks, let them pick the boss back up then blow all your CDs to give them max agrro(cause remember its a agrro reset after the third time he moves while doing bonestorm. C- If a healer gets Bone Spike Graveyard and they are in reasonable range to you HELP GET THEM OUT! this will save your raid from possible wipes or anything else that might go wrong.