This fallen Nerubian lord guards the entrance to the Spider Wing of Naxxramas.
Anub'rekhan has relatively straightforward mechanics and is the first boss in Naxxramas that many guilds attempt, as the rest of the wing is fairly simple as well. The main tank has the most difficult role in this encounter, which includes kiting Anub'rekhan around the edge of the room without falling into the slime.
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HP: 2,230,000
Melee: Anub'rekhan hits a tank for moderate damage.
Corpse Explosion: Periodically causes the corpse of a player or Crypt Guard to explode, spawning 10 Corpse Scarabs.
Impale: Anub'rekhan shoots spikes through the ground in a single direction, causing all players within a 35 yard line to fly up into the air and take moderate damage.
Locust Swarm: Anub'rekhan will raise his wings (to the main tank, he will appear to be bowing), and a plague of locusts will issue forth, applying a stacking DoT to anyone within 30 yards of him. As the Locust Swarm begins, a Crypt Guard will spawn at the north end of the room. During the Locust Swarm, Anub'rekhan's movement speed is reduced to 40% of normal run speed. Anub'rekhan will use this ability every 1-2 minutes.
Slime: The slime in the gutters on either side of Anub'rekhan's room is dangerous, and will reduce the HP of anyone who falls into it by 50%.
Enrage: 10 minutes after the encounter begins, Anub'rekhan's speed and damage will increase by orders of magnitude, quickly wiping the raid if he is not killed.
Melee: Hits a tank for moderate damage.Poison: Applies a stacking, undispellable poison debuff to the Crypt Guard's threat target. The damage dealt by this debuff will increase dramatically over time.
HP: 12,600Melee: Hits for light damage.
2 Tanks3 Healers5 DPS
The following macro describes example raid assignments:
/rw - ANUB'REKHAN INC -/raid MT: [1 Tank] - Heals: [1 Healer]/raid Crypt Guard Tank: [1 Tank] - Heals: [1 Healer]/raid Raid Healing: [1 Healer]
Raid Position yourselves in the center of the room, off to the west a bit.
Main Tank Run at Anub'rekhan and position him in the back of the room, under the archway to the north.
Main Tank Build threat on Anub'rekhan while watching for the Locust Swarm animation. When he bows his head and raises his wings, immediately run to the other end of the room, following the path in the accompanying diagram.
You must run along the outer ledge of the slime gutter, being careful not to fall in or get stuck on the wall. If you're having trouble executing this consistently, you can run along the inside edge of the slime gutter instead, but it will bring Anub'rekhan a little closer to the rest of the raid, increasing the risk that they will take damage from Locust Swarm.
The next time Anub'rekhan bows his head and casts Locust Swarm, simply run back up to where you started. Repeat this process every time Anub'rekhan casts Locust Swarm.
Offtank Watch Anub'rekhan for the Locust Swarm animation. When he bows his head and raises his wings, a few seconds later, a Crypt Guard will spawn at the north end of the room. You must establish aggro on the Crypt Guard and bring it to the west end of the room, with your back facing the slime.
When no Crypt Guards are alive, remain near any corpses in order to tank Crypt Scarabs that may spawn from a Corpse Explosion.
Ranged DPS At any time when Crypt Scarabs spawn, use AOE rooting abilities like Frost Nova, and kill them using whatever AOE abilities you have.
If no Crypt Scarabs are alive, and the Main Tank has established aggro, DPS Anub'rekhan. When Anub'rekhan performs Locust Swarm, a Crypt Guard will spawn and be picked up by the Offtank. You should kill this Crypt Guard as quickly as possible, but make sure that it only dies on the far west side of the room (to control where Scarabs will spawn).
Melee DPS Once the Main Tank has established aggro, DPS Anub'rekhan. Watch carefully for the Locust Swarm animation (he will raise his wings), and when you see it, immediately run to the west side of the room. Assist the Ranged DPS and Offtank with any Crypt Scarabs and Crypt Spawns. When Locust Swarm ends, return to DPS'ing Anub'rekhan.
Healers Heal your assigned targets, and assist where needed when your target is not taking damage. When Anub'rekhan performs the Locust Swarm animation, all healers should place HoT spells on the Main Tank; the Raid Healer can also place HoTs on the Melee DPS.
Continue DPS'ing Anub'rekhan until he's dead, and then collect your loot!
One slight adjustment needs making to this, on 10 man version he has a 10 minute enrage timer, which increases his haste by 50% and damage by 500% as near as I could tell last night. Didnt read that btw, experienced it :-)
Hehe, thanks for the info. I added a note about it to the abilities list and will look into whether the #'s are different in 10/25 man!