Garr and Gehennas & Shazzrah Heroic Raid Guide

Gehennas & Shazzrah map (normal version)

Minis in Heroic Gehennas’s and Shazzrah’s Army

• Core Hounds - Guard Dog
• Dark Iron Miner - Dwarven Ambition
• Flamewaker - Engulf
• Living Bomb - Blast Radius
• Pyromancer - Blaze of Glory
• Warsong Grunts - Blood Pact
• Warsong Raider - Saboteur

The Boss and Other Minis

Gehennas (red boss)

• 10,000 health
• Unstoppable
• Shadow Bolt: 280 Elemental damage, 1.8 seconds attack speed, 13 range, targets ground minis only (but hits both)
• Rain of Fire: 28 Elemental damage every 0.25 seconds for 8 seconds (896 damage overall), 8.0 seconds cooldown, 8.5 range, 6 radius, targets flying minis only (but hits both), highest priority ability
• Spawn Flamewaker Elite: When Gehennas reaches the left or right end of his patrol path, he spawns a Flamewaker Elite there

Shazzrah (blue boss)

• 12,000 health
• Unstoppable
• Arcane Missiles: 75 Elemental damage per second for 5 seconds (425 damage overall), 13 range, targets flying minis only (but hits both)
• Arcane Explosion: 260 Elemental damage, 1.8 seconds attack speed, 10 range, 11 radius, targets ground minis only (but hits both), highest priority ability
• Counterspell: Prevents any spells from being cast while alive
• Blink: Teleports to the top of the map at 65% and remains there for the rest of the encounter
• Tower Missiles (from 50% health to 25% health): 350 Elemental damage every 1 second for 8 seconds, 30 seconds cooldown, 200 range, targets Towers or Ragnaros only
• Base Missiles (from 25% health): 70 Elemental damage every 1 second for 8 seconds (560 damage overall), 200 range, targets Barracks or Ragnaros only

Flamewaker Elite

• 1500 health
• Lava Wave: 10-second channel to summon a Lava Wave that destroys minis and buildings on its path and deals damage to your Barracks

Map Mechanics

Do not bring any spells because Shazzrah will counter them all as long as it is alive.

When Gehennas reaches the left or right end of his patrol path, he spawns a Flamewaker Elite there. The Flamewaker Elite begins a 10-second cast to summon a Lava Wave. If the Flamewaker Elite is not killed before this cast ends, a Lava Wave will spawn that destroys minis and buildings on its path and deals 15% damage to your Barracks.

Gehennas uses its area-of-effect ability only when it targets a flying mini. Shazzrah uses its area-of-effect ability only when it targets a ground mini. The area-of-effect abilities have a higher priority, but are not used if the current target is still alive.

Gehennas becomes Enraged at 65% health:

• Destroys all enemy minis on a radius of 8
• +0.05 gold per second
• +75% movement speed
• +25% damage

Shazzrah blinks at 65% health:

• +0.05 gold per second
• Teleports to the top of the map and remains there for the rest of the encounter
• Summons two Behemoths (Swole Trolls with Meatier Elbow) after 2 seconds, and then every 40 seconds

From 50% health to 25% health, Shazzrah has the Tower Missiles ability. From 25% health, Shazzrah has the Base Missiles ability and a permanent Bloodlust.

General Strategy

Kill Flamewaker Elites before they finish their channel and release a Lava Wave when you can. Note that the Heroic Flamewaker Elites have a lot more health and can practically only be killed when your army attacks them. You do not want to let Gehennas summon many of them. The more you keep Gehennas in place, the fewer Flamewaker Elites it can summon. Unbound tanks can be used to distract Gehennas for a time. Deciding when you are able to kill a Flamewaker Elite and when you need to let the Lava Wave happen is the most important decision you make in this fight.

You have two main ways to beat the encounter.

1. Sneak past Shazzrah to get at Gehennas. Take Gehennas out and then start attacking Shazzrah.
2. Deal enough damage to make Shazzrah blink to the top, and then focus fully on Gehennas. Take Gehennas out and then attack Shazzrah.

At the start of the fight, you are either the left player or the right player.

• If you are the left player, you want to take down the left Tower. Depending on your deck and levels, you can delay Gehennas with Unbounds and build enough of an army to take out the Flamewaker Elite it will summon on the left side. If you cannot do that, stop committing resources on the left until the Lava Wave passes and then retake the Tower.
• If you are the right player, you want to take down the right Tower. From there, you have two options: if you can make strong enough of a push at Shazzrah, you can do it. If you cannot, wait until Shazzrah moves away, and build strong enough of an attack to take out the Flamewaker Elite that Gehennas spawns on the right, and then make a strong attack on Gehennas.

From there, both players will attempt to sneak in armies to attack Gehennas. Try to keep the Flamewaker Elites to a minimum. If you have more power, you can make Shazzrah blink away. If you have less power, you want to focus on Gehennas from the start.

Shazzrah will use a single-target attack when targeting a flying mini and an Arcane Explosion area attack when targeting a ground mini. Meat Wagon can shoot from outside the Arcane Explosion range, which makes it a great damage dealer in this encounter. At 65% health, Shazzrah will Blink to the top of the map.

Gehennas is the opposite, it will use a single-target attack against ground minis and an area attack when targeting a flying mini. Tanking it and dealing damage with long-range minis still works. Note that Gehennas casts a low-range wipe at 65% health, and be ready to reinforce your attack. You want to kill Gehennas first on Heroic because Shazzrah has dangerous Base Missiles that hit your Barracks when it gets low on health. Once Shazzrah hits 25%, it's a race, and you want to be able to fully focus on Shazzrah at that point.