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Comment by 26575

This is one of the bosses in the Black Temple, which is currently being tested on the PTR's.

Comment by 5057

Looks kinda cool for a boss you don't have to do Black Temple to see him. Though you won't get his loot until you do.
There's a quest chain in SMV specially dealing with him and his release.

https://www.wowhead.com/cata/quest=10624 A Haunted History (Horde)
https://www.wowhead.com/cata/quest=10642 A Ghost in the machine (Alliance)

Comment by 56212

Sure hope thats a caster wep that he drops >P

Comment by 60917

Drop:
Robe of the Shadow Council
Chest (Cloth)
236 Armor
+37 Stamina
+36 Intellect
+26 Spirit
Equip: Spell critical strike rating by 28
Equip: Dmg and healing by 73

Comment by 76084

officially the coolest weapon ever seen on any boss in my opinion

wat u think?

Comment by 59139

that sword looks so freaking cool!!, he must drop it at some point in the game

Comment by 87642

is drop of Soul Cleaver good or he drops it rarely?

Comment by 87642

yes,that sword is cool ;D

Comment by 50019

His weapon is not a sword, its a staff, download Model Viewer and look at the item/weapon tab for "Stave_blacktemple". It should be the 3rd or so of about 5 or so. It is a awesome model, great detail and craftmanship went into, too bad its not a in-game item. It would the staff to end all staffs lol.

Comment by 25227

A little reminder that is actually missing from most strategies, the pet bar will look like this:

1 Spirit Strike (melee attack, use on Teron if you are done with Constructs)
2 empty
3 Spirit Lance (slowing attack)
4 Spirit Chains (AoE shackle)
5 Spirit Volley (AoE attack)
6 empty
7 Spirit Shield

With this you can bind easy to access keys to those from game options as having quick access to 3, 4 and 5 is very important. Killing Constructs is fun!

Comment by Remedy

Today we confirmed that hearthing while affected with Shadow of Death will spawn your constructs as soon as you leave the instance.

Comment by quzzap

http://www.ferox-horde.de/feroxtgs2/

This is a simulator in which you can practice the part when you get the shadow of death debuff in the Teron Gorefiend fight, after 55 seconds you die and become a ghost which you can control. 4 constructs spawn and try to get to your raid & will slow+damage the raid you must stop that from happening.

Best is to aoe first (Spirit Volley) (has 15 sec CD) then aoe shackle (Spirit Chains) right after it, then tab target all 4 constructs and Spirit Lance each of them. The slowing from Spirit Lance stays on for 9secs and can be stacked up to 3 times (which causes 90% movement reduction and they'll barely move) so make sure you're Spirit Lancing each construct fast. When everything goes fine they should be dead after 2 shackles (and are on half way to the raid).

When you're done killing your pack (the simulator stops here) you should help out others with the debuff and nuke their constructs.

GL ! =]

edit: fixed link

Comment by 109382

is it just me or do other people wish he dropped that sword hes holding
that looks ausome!

Comment by Ambusher

A little lore just for fun:

Teron gorefiend was once one of Gul'dan's warlocks, before Doomhammer destroyed most of Gul'dan's Shadow Council, which consisted of warlocks (and probably also some other of Gul'dan's servants). Before becoming leader of the Horde, Doomhammer also destroyed the former Horde leader, Blackhand, who was under the control of Gul'dan. Doomhammer was also about to finish Gul'dan, who had been "sleeping" during this whole slaughter, but he spared Gul'dan, who convinced Doomhammer that he would need his powers if he were to conquer Azeroth. Gul'dan promised to help the Horde by making some kind of army to add to the Horde, and he did. Teron Gorefiend, who was a former warlock and slain by Doomhammer, was raised again by Gul'dan and his ogre companion Cho'gall and had his soul put into a human corpse (who had been slain during the Horde's siege of Stormwind) with new and enhanced powers. Teron Gorefiend is a so-called Death Knight.

How he ended up in Black Temple, however, I don't know.

Comment by 82795

Noob question, but is there anything to decipher which constructs are yours versus your neighbors? or is it just that the timer is spaced that there can't really be more than one set of constructs in the same part of the field. (Unless of course they aren't tagged and bolting for the raid. O_O)

Comment by 65908

Are these abilities linked to a global cooldown?

Yes.

Comment by Ambusher

Here's a little game for everyone to practice against the constructs ;)

http://www.variuse.de/feroxtgs2/

Comment by 129077

Lame it would be cool to have his sword

Comment by 91515

can the ghost use spirit lance while the construct you selected behind you ?

Comment by 134700

is it just me or is any one else highly disapointed that he doesn't drop that badass 2h sword hes holding? i mean soul cleavers the %^&* but that looks coler
-Meeck

Comment by 23311

One thing to note about the Ghost phase. If you're using a bar mod add-on such as Bongos, you will not have your "main" bar get replaced by the Ghost bar. Instead, you will have to use your pet bar.

I countered this by employing 3 macros set up on a different, unused bar that I make visible only during the Teron encounter. The macros read as:

/cast Spirit Chains
/cast Spirit Lance
/cast Spirit Volley

You may also choose to macro Spirit Shield and Strike, however as they are not the most priority spells I feel just as safe click-casting them once my Constructs are dead. Macroing the critical spells and hot-keying them goes a long way towards cutting down your Constructs once you get hit with SoD.

One other suggestion-- start spamming Spirit Chains seconds before you die. You want to make sure that it gets cast IMMEDIATELY when you die and your Constructs spawn. Speed is everything here, the faster the Constructs get the inital lock-down the faster you can start tabbing through them to Lance them. Some people recommend doing a Volley THEN a chains, and this is fine if you're practiced enough with the Ghosts, but if not, opening with Chains is far safer. You will have ample time to drop your ghosts before they get to the raid even if you do not open with Volley.

After that it's just a matter of practice. The game linked in this thread is good, but it is nowhere near as good as practical experience.

This fight is considered the best test of a raid's DPS, as the fight allows your DPS to do nothing but attack the boss unless they get hit with Shadow of Death. Because of the nature of Gorefiend's abilities, the higher your raid's DPS the better. Recommend opening with MDs onto the tank and Bloodlusts all around when able to make sure that both initial threat is high and that damage on Teron is high from the opening, so long as no one is generating more threat than your tank, of course.

Comment by 139868

to me it seems that on the screenshot of him he is human..but in the 3D he is orc..wtf?

Comment by 150500

This is a relativley simple battle as long as the entire raid knows whats they are doing. When he casts shadow of death, you are still able to do some damage before you die. When the time is almost up, run to one of the corners. When you spawn back as a ghost, immediatley use the ice blast skill to freeze all of them. Then, just use the skill set on numbe 2 switching between mobs to kill them. It is seriously reccommended that you practice using

http://www.ferox-horde.de/feroxtgs2/

Be aware that you will still probably screw up your first time no matter how many times you play the game. As long as the first person to get the debuff gets his/hers down quickly. Everyone can start helping everyone else get down their mobs. Try to use soulstones or ressurections as much as possible to get people up when they die. A bad combonation of who he debuffs can easily cause a failiure. Have fun!

Comment by 152034

Lore-wise Teron Gorefiend's story can be found here http://www.wowwiki.com/Teron_gorefiend

Here's the brief cap
He was a orc warlock of the shadow council, died by the hands of Doomhammer's followers, but Gul'dans assistants reanimated him into the first Death Knight. As a powerful Death Knight, he was asigned by Ner'Zhul to capture the Eye of Dalaran from the mage-city of Dalaran, his attempt failed and he fled to Shadowmoon Valley, where he committed suicide after slaying his Death Knight followers.

He looks more human-like than orcish because Gul'Dan used a human knight's body to be reanimated into Teron Gorefiend

Comment by 79144

A rogue in my raid found out that he could avoid Shadow of Death by vanishing as it was cast if he was the target. Could anyone else confirm this? It may also be possible to cancel his cast with feign death or bubble.

Comment by 7675

A small trick to increase damage on this fight:
Tank him facing the way you came in with all the melee behind him and all the range/healers in front on the stair side. This will cause him to turn and face the melee less often while casting on random raid members, reducing the number of parries, and increasing melee dps.

Also: Snake traps are *very* useful, as the snakes can be chosen as targets for his random shadow bolts instead of a raid member.

Comment by Rasztra

First off, a little shadow resist helps so if you have any of the Ashtongue craftable SR items, throw one or two of them on.

Here's what you do when you get Shadow of Death:

1. When the debuff is at ~20 seconds, move to the spot (back corner of the room).
2. Face the corner and put your back to the boss.
3. As soon as you see them pop up, do the AoE called Spirit Volley (hotkey 5). You should still be facing the corner with your back to the boss.
4. Immediately after the AoE, do the Frost Nova AoE called Spirit Chains (hotkey 4).
5. Back up a little bit so that you are between the constructs and Teron Gorefiend. Your back should STILL be facing Gorefiend.
6. Now, you first need to Spirit Lance them at least once each in a cycle. This can be done by tab targeting (which should target the closest one first, if you are positioned correctly) or by clicking. I have done both and they both work. I find the best is to click them each one-by-one and press "3".
7. After they are all hit once and slowed, just start Spirit Lancing whichever one is closest to you. If another construct passes it and gets closer, switch to that one.
8. If you are Pro, when the AoE cooldown is up, use it again followed immediately by a Frost Nova (the AoE takes the slowing effects off).
9. If you do this correctly, your constructs will be dead before they even reach halfway to the raid. /flex and brag in raid chat, then use your remaining time to go help the next person with their constructs.

I know that seems like a lot to take in, but it really isn't. Here is a summary:

When you die from the debuff, move to the spot and put your back to Gorefiend. Stay between the constructs and the raid the whole time. Do Spirit Volley (AoE) -> Spirit Chains (Frost Nova) -> Spirit Lance in that order (5, 4, 3, switch target, 3, switch target, 3...).

Comment by 162450

/script SetCVar("targetNearestDistance", 20)
/targetenemy
/cast Spirit Lance
/script SetCVar("targetNearestDistance", 41)

Is a great macro for this fight, set with a binding close to the tab button, spamming this and tab while standing in front of the constructs works wonders. With this macro you can spam it and kill your constructs and if done well, you can still have enough time to help others.

Comment by 166807

Just so you know it. When doing him yesterday, we wiped and I got DI from a pally.
While waiting for the rest to die, he cast Shadow of Death on me although I was bubbled.
Fortunately I also had SS on me.

Comment by 98241

Is his health listed correctly? From what I've seen he has 5.8 million health not the 5 he has in the Quick Facts box.

Comment by Vlad

#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=4 Spirit Volley,Spirit Chains,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance,Spirit Lance

You can use that macro for all the spells you need to use to kill the constructs.

AoE volley (damage)
Frost Nova (freeze)
Ice Lance 2 times on Construct #1
Ice Lance 2 times on Construct #2
Ice Lance 2 times on Construct #3
Ice Lance 2 times on Construct #4
Ice Lance 1 time on Construct #1
Ice Lance 1 time on Construct #2
Ice Lance 1 time on Construct #3
Ice Lance 1 time on Construct #4
Ice Lance what ever Construct you feel should be slowed some more
Ice Lance what ever Construct you feel should be slowed some more

Macro will repeat with AoE then Frost Nova, e.g.

Comment by Kuipo

Here's the easiest way to do the constructs...

Basically the buttons you want to push (as stated by others above) are as follows:
5 4 3 3 3 3 3 (keep doing 3 until 5 is off cooldown, then repeat with 5 4 3 3...)

Comment by IGotSoul

Very fun fight for most dps classes. BURN HIM DOWN!

Comment by Mokal

in 3.0.2 patch this guy only got 3,5 million hp

Comment by Arkham

I kinda miss his Warcraft 2 voice actor.

"STOP THAT INCESSANT CLICKING!"

Comment by 235720

one of my Favorite bosses in BC

Comment by 235720

Burning Cursade*

Comment by 258919

This boss has been nerfed like hell. With a decent 73+ raid of about 18 or so, you can burn down this boss before the ghost mobs reach your group more than once.

Turn on shadow protection to be safe and pay attention to your debuffs, but to be honest, this guy is no longer very hard in comparison to other bosses in the Temple, and with enough DPS he'll hit it in a minute or so.

Comment by 1337Thanatos

lore-wise blizz screwed up with this guy. For one thing, the first death knights were orcs in human bodies, meaning if he was just another old death knight he should have a human skin, but Teron is special, as in the quest chain you do about him he posseses a draenei body, so he should have a draenei skin, but instead, he still has an orc skin

EDIT : also, he's a death knight, so he should still be serving Arthas (seeing as how he wasn't in the scarlet enclave with the rest of us, he should still be enslaved) and Arthas was almost killed by Illidan, which in my book, makes them mortal enemies! so how is he serving Illidan? a mistake IMO on blizz's part

Comment by rauxon

Just tried this with a group of bored 80s. most of us are in heroic 5 man (blue/purple/emblem) gear. 7 people (tankadin, healadin, shadow priest, shaman, warrior, and rogue) got to him with only trash wipes - primarily down to the fact that we'd never been there before and we weren't careful enough about patrols.

However - at Teron, it all went to pieces. We just couldn't do enough damage to get him down before we lost too many members of the group to be "viable". Got him down to about 1.2 million on first attempt, and 900k on second - and stopped since it's getting a bit late. ;)

I think that with 8 (just 1 more DPS) it wouldn't have been that much of a problem. The issue of taking out the constructs is probably still the only real challenge, other than that it wasn't too bad.

Hope this helps anyone trying to decide what to do on a bored evening ;)

Comment by nyctric

First defeated by Nihilum of Magtheridon on the 26th of May, 2007.

Comment by strongarm91

The Burning Legion should have the Shadow Council reclaim Teron's body, resurrect him, and have him along with a group of warlocks, necrolytes, and Nathrezim (dreadlords) assault Lich King Bolvar Fordragon. Teron Gorefiend should then become the new Lich King. Teron would look awesome in the Helm of Domination with maybe some fel-green eyes.

The Burning Legion would then have the Lich King under their grasp.This should be done in the last expansion where we have to attempt to kill Sargeras.

Comment by Strein4321

I wanna know... who is his voice actor? He sounds awfully familiar. =P

Comment by 743637

Just did this with a:

85 Prot Paladin (me ilevel 340)
85 Combat Rogue (avg ilevel: 355)

Not listed here but he has a 10 minute enrage timer. I had to put out a constant 4.8k dps in order to beat the enrage timer, rogue put out 12k before dying to the debuff.

Hope this helps anyone who likes to do old content in small groups!

Comment by Choicecut

Solo'd as a protection paladin in a mix of Ret and Prot gear. With just one person it's a stand tank and spank encounter, Death Blossom is the only mechanic still present. Meeting the 10 minute enrage is the most difficult aspect of the fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HPjG7-b0Jo

Comment by myrddinde

Soloed as Enhancement Shaman.

Soloing this fight is pretty easy these days as most abilities do not apply. All that remains is a tank and spank fight with lots of incoming damage. Teron did nearly 2500 dps to me, but if you use your cooldowns properly it is no problem at all, especialyl not after Supremus. Most of the Shadow Damage can be avoided by using Resistance Elixir and Drums of forgotten Kings.
Even the enrage timer of 10 mintues is not a problem at all, the boss died in less than 3 minutes.

Edit: added video here.

Comment by 615407

One of the coolest looking bosses in Warcraft after my opinion.

Comment by Aerobear

"I was the first, you know. For me, the wheel of death has spun many times..."
Teron, you damn Hipster!

Comment by 855827

He really needs to drop a Polearm that looks like his weapon... God, it looks incredible.

Comment by 434891

Solo'd as 366 Protdin.
Took a little over 9 minutes, and I was sweating near the end of it. But I got through. =)

Comment by WorgN6

Just did it as prot in 360 ret gear.

7.8k DPS (7m40s~)
470k Taken
455k Healed

20s WOG, Holy Radiance were enough to keep me safe the whole time, but I like to play it careful and save HP/LOH/AD/GOAK.

Used Seal of Truth, Blessing of Might, STR Flask from alchemey's "Flask of Enhancement" and Grounded Plasma Shield from engineering twice. (36k~ total absorbed from it.)

He doesn't do much damage, you'll resist the shadowbolt nonsense and the other nasty mechanics don't apply to the "tank."

I wouldn't be surprised if he's perfectly easy as ret with Last Word and Selfless Healer, but I'm used to using prot like this so...

Comment by sorsa

Fury warrior in troll/justice gear, extremely nasty to solo, first attempt I did with dual mending 2 handers (vastly more Mending procs per minute over 1handers, tested out on dummies, with dual 2h mending you get almost 50% more mending hps), that ended with a ~10% wipe, 40s before second enraged regen was ready.

Second attempt in prot gear and some dps pieces to reach 8% hit and 26 expertise, then stayed in def stance and kept debuffs up and stance danced to use colossus smash for extra dps, long story short barely killed him within 9minutes and 50s, 10s short from enrage. Also had 90 strength food buff, and flask of titanic strength, as well as blessing of might from pally alt parked outside for the fight.

Comment by Pengalor

My friend and I (hunter and rogue) duo BT every week and this fight was one of the more challenging to get a strategy for. We tried burning him down, not enough dps and one person handling the ghosts didn't work. Tried having me solo it, didn't work (apparently my pet counts as another person so he still casts the debuff). However, what we did figure out is he won't cast the debuff if he is fighting my friend and I stay in Feign Death. So now our strategy is I stay in FD and he soloes it as long as he can manage. When he can't handle the damage anymore I get my pet out and get it some threat and then we both burn CDs. It works surprisingly well and we clear it in one shot every week : ).

Comment by Maleficious

Was the lore ever very clear on how he got those wings?

Comment by IdTheDemon

Solo'd this a geared Demo Warlock. Took me a few tries. I had 2 nasty 2% wipes which broke my silly heart into pieces. You have to do 3.5 million damage in about 2 mins because you have a minute after he casts Shadow of Death on you to kill him.

I pre potted, had the standard Warlock macro (Meta + Chalice + Demon soul), opened up with the fel guard then soul burned summoned the Fel Hunter. My Doomguard was doing work critting for 80k with his op Doombolts. Basically your typical Metamorphosis dps rotation in a raid.

Funny thing was when I finally killed him, I had 1 second left on the debuff and it still went off.

= (

Comment by Nobbel

A guide I made on how you can 3-man Black Temple.

Part 0.5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk1gL_648pY&hd=1
A tour around BT, showing the road

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JcITK_zbgE&hd=1
Naj'entus, Supremus and Shade of Akama

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueHzTag9GBA&hd=1
Teron Gorefiend, Gurtogg Bloodboil & Reliquary of Souls

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyetuXk_0VA&hd=1
Shahraz, Illidari Countil & Illidan

Good luck, I hope the guide helps in whatever you want to get out of BT :)

Nobbel the Noble, League of Champions
Terokkar EU

Comment by MiltiadesBooga

How to wipe from lols (the Gorefiend edition):

See your orc Blood DK tank /yelling "HAS-BEEN" after Teron does his intro.

Comment by MABGamer6407

Man He needs to drop that Staff, Pole-arm What ever it is. Im kinda shockd as often Certain Boss's (Usely a big type of 1 like end boss's or 1s with history) drop There weapon For Gameplay prepossess. Like Strormrage Can Drop his Weapons so what Not Him? Any how even as 85 this guy is a tricky fight We had some truble with hm on my Mage As 1 member has to Control the fight as a Ghost an He does Quite a Bit Of fearing, Took some time but we Did get him down. I think there was me an 2-3 others.

Comment by TdarKoNe

We duo this as an item level 371 Blood Death Knight, 390 Elemental Shaman.

With 2 level 85's this fight is pretty simple as long as you have the DPS for it. He will cast "Shadow of Death" on any play EXCEPT whoever is tanking him, which kills them after 55 seconds and turn them into a ghost. When this happens it will spawn several "shadow constructs" that can only be killed by a ghost player. Other than that his damage isn't too bad and you're only real concern will be beating his enrage timer.

Full video of the fight : http://youtu.be/OnVcCJ9xfkQ

Comment by bokija

Is his weapon availible in-game?

Comment by jfmcghee

Quite possibly the easiest boss to solo for a feral druid. You literally sit in front of him and hit him for about 2 minutes. My health never dropped below 99%. Not tank spec'd, just dps in bear form.

Comment by Thottbot

Teron Gorefiend is at Coord. 58,71. Not that hard to find but i couldnt find it for awhile, so here it is.

Comment by Thottbot

thanks

Comment by Thottbot

Teron gorefiend is a boss in blacktemple

Comment by Thottbot

Yes, he's located to the south in Shadowmoon Valley, but that incarnation of him is for a quest, and is not hostile.
You fight him in black temple.

Comment by Thottbot

someone please that has killed him in the black temple get a screen shot of him and put it in i wish to compare to him in the other pics of him outside

Comment by Thottbot

58, 71. Teron Gorefiend is at the Alter of Shadows. Talk to the guy standing there. After the fight, he runs off saying "Teron Gorefiend has returned." Which is probably when I guess he goes to the Black Temple.

Comment by Thottbot

With the release of Black Temple, Teron Gorefiend has gotten a new image from the Orc in Warlock tier 5 as well as the ancient Draenei jailer. Teron Gorefiend is a boss in Black Temple.

Comment by Thottbot

man if that weapon hes holding existed it would be awesome as hell

Comment by Thottbot

Duh, he was my favorite char in WC2, now he looks even more awesome :O too bad he doesn't have that badass voice he used to have

Comment by Thottbot

Who is this guy anyway i know hes in Black Temple....anyone got any info on him?

Comment by Thottbot

idk try wowwiki or something.....there might be crap load of info on him

I heard this guy drops a really good dps weapon Soul Cleaver https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=32348/soul-cleaver

Comment by Thottbot

To the upcoming Rise of the lich king Teron Gorefiend is in fact a Death Knight no only that one of the first as you fight him and take a look at him you get a probable idea of some qualities of what a death knight is, will be.

Comment by Thottbot

easy and fun boss 4th in BT

Comment by Thottbot

No need to die at all. Enter the Netherwing Fields around 58,54 and head towards Netherwing Pass at 62,63. Lots of air elementals to farm motes from on the way in and out.

Comment by Thottbot

for thoose interested in the lore of this guy, here is some info.
Orgrim Doomhammer's first act as warchief of the Horde was to crush the orc warlocks of the Shadow Council. He grudgingly spared the council's former master, Gul'dan, in exchange for the warlock's servitude; in turn Gul'dan promised to create a host of powerful new warriors to serve the Horde. After experimenting at length with the souls of the recently slain council members, Gul'dan successfully instilled the spirit of the necrolyte Teron Gorefiend into the corpse of a fallen knight of Stormwind. Thus, the first terrifying death knight was born. Gul'dan transformed other council members as well, creating unholy warriors who sowed chaos and fear throughout the land of Azeroth during the Second War.

Following Gul'dan's desertion and death, part of the Horde, including the death knights, retreated through the Dark Portal to Draenor. Most of the surviving death knights disappeared after Draenor's destruction, with the exception of Teron Gorefiend, whose restless and embittered form resides now in the Black Temple of Outland.

and pleace note that im not making this up, its copied directly from the death knight lore site on wrath of the lick king site

Comment by Thottbot

so this guy is basically a warlock with some of the new abilities from the next expansion?

Comment by Thottbot

is this guy resistant to fire? checking my stats, my flame shock missed about 11% of the time and earth shock missed a little under 7. I was under the impression that earth shock is the more likely spell to be resisted, which leads me to believe that gorefiend must have fire resistance?

Comment by Thottbot

disregard previous post, I was looking at the wrong stats

Comment by Thottbot

first DK ever!
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Comment by Allakhazam

Can someone write what he says during the encounter? Does he say like So we meet again etc?

Comment by Allakhazam

Well I hope the Players say like this, so now we can have our revenge. Muhahahaha, die Teron Gorefiend! :D

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