Gri'lek

Gri'lek is a former dire troll berserker who is now a ghost. He is one of several bosses which can spawn during the Cache of Madness event within Zul'Gurub.

Background
A bit of Gri'lek's story is told in Tale of Gri'lek the Wanderer, part 2 of Troll Legends. Also, a book about Gri'lek is the objective of Preserving Knowledge. The tale about Gri'lek is sacred to the Darkspear trolls.

Adventure Guide
Among the hateful spirits in the Cache of Madness are Gri'lek, a Dire troll stripped of his regenerative abilities by the loa; Renataki, an infamous and sadistic warrior; Hazza'rah, a seer tormented by dire future visions; and Wushoolay, a mighty combatant bristling with the powers of the storms.

Strategy
Half of the time, you can fight him as you would any other melee mob (although he is immune to taunt).

The other half of the time he uses his unique special ability: his size doubles, and his attacks increase dramatically in damage (5000+ on average). This also causes him to wipe all previously accumulated threat. However, while in this form his movement is dramatically slowed. He announces which player he has targeted, so everyone should be ready to run if they see their name spoken. He also has a tremor ability which causes stun effects in an area around him. At least one priest or paladin should be assigned to dispelling any root effects which strike Gri'lek's current target, to ensure that Gri'lek does not catch and one-shot him.

Loot
Each of the four bosses summoned drop two items: they drop one of their exclusive drops and one of their shared drops.

Quotes

 * Aggro
 * yell


 * Pursuit
 * yell
 * yell


 * Entangling Roots
 * yell
 * yell


 * Killing a Player
 * yell
 * yell


 * Death
 * yell

Trivia

 * Gri'lek is voiced by David Lodge.