Iron Reaver

Iron Reaver is a boss in the in Tanaan Jungle. After being defeated during the Hellfire Assault, Siegemaster Mar'tak pilots the Iron Reaver to show intruders the true power of Gul'dan's Horde. The fight revolves around how easily the raid can dodge the various attacks that come from the boss.

Adventure Guide
''The schematics for the Iron Reaver were found in the workshop of Blackfuse himself after the fall of Orgrimmar, drawing inspiration from the mighty constructs of the Legion and designed to be the nefarious goblin's masterwork. The project was completed after his death, and represents the pinnacle of the Iron Horde's military might.''

Designer notes
''We started out thinking of the traditional Outland Fel Reaver here, but the more mechanized side of the Legion is only present in an all-out invasion, and that didn’t really feel appropriate given the nature of their involvement here. So instead we went with an interpretation of the Fel Reaver that reflects the apex of the goblin-influenced siege vehicle that Garrosh brought to the Iron Horde: an evolved version of the Iron Juggernaut that once defended Orgrimmar, retrofitted to use fel power.''

Overview
Before reaching full power, the Iron Reaver fights enemies on the ground, leveraging her size and technological superiority against opponents. Upon reaching full power, the Iron Reaver takes to the skies. While flying, the Reaver takes 95% reduced damage and has access to an arsenal of new devastating abilities.

[[file:Dps_icon.png]] Damage Dealers

 * Spread out to reduce the chance that Unstable Orb damages multiple allies.
 * When the Iron Reaver marks you for Artillery, move away from other raid members before the Reaver finishes locking on.

[[file:Healer_icon.png]] Healers

 * Pounding inflicts high raid-wide damage.
 * Spread out to reduce the chance of taking Unstable Orb's splash damage.

[[file:Tank_icon.png]] Tanks

 * When the Iron Reaver marks you for Artillery, move away from other raid members before the Reaver finishes locking on.

Ground Operation
Before reaching full power, the Iron Reaver fights enemies on the ground, leveraging her size and technological superiority against opponents.

Air Operation
Upon reaching full power, the Iron Reaver takes to the skies. While flying, the Reaver takes 95% reduced damage and has access to an arsenal of new devastating abilities.

Strategy
This fight is heavy on movement, so speed buffs will be useful. The boss requires 2 tanks and has two phases: Ground, which the boss starts out with, and Air, which starts when the boss reaches 100 energy. Pop Bloodlust on pull, as there is no advantage in waiting and there will be more movement and distractions as the fight goes on.

Shortly after being engaged, the boss will begin firing Barrages at non-tank players, walking backwards 3 paces and then firing a spray of felfire the direction she is facing. The attack can be easily dodged by moving to the side. Artillery and Barrages will also leave large pools of felfire around the raid, simply do not stand in the fire. In addition, the boss will occasionally use Pounding, causing unavoidable AOE damage to the raid which is increased when players stand within 6 yards of each other. Spread out to avoid unnecessary damage. The force of Pounding also pushes pools of fire away from the boss, so be mindful and position yourself accordingly. Blitz is when the boss charges up for a few seconds, then rushes in the direction of a random player. The charge-up time should give enough chance to move out of the way. Those who are hit will be carried along with the Iron Reaver across the arena before the boss rushes in the opposite direction. For tanks, the Iron Reaver will target it's current tank with Artillery, causing the tank to increase in size and have a large red arrow above them similar to Hunter's Mark. Once the Artillery debuff expires, the targeted tank will be shot with a massive explosive blast. While most tanks will be able to survive this with more than half their health, other nearby raid members will take deadly damage. Set up a marker safely away from the raid (some raids prefer two markers, one for each tank) for your tanks to run toward when they are targeted with Artillery, tank-swapping whenever one is targeted. In regards to Blitz and Barrage, the boss will be moving around the arena and the tanks must be fast enough to pick up the boss while managing to keep Artillery away from the raid.

Once the boss reaches 100 energy, she will enter her Air Phase. At this point she reduces all damage taken by 95%, making it useless to attack. Instead the raid should be focusing on the Volatile Firebombs she drops as she strafes the raid. The bombs are on a timer and will cause major damage to the entire raid if the timer runs out, so kill them asap. Complicating matters is that she will also be targeting 3 non-tank players with a weaker, though still potent, Artillery. Targeted players should simply avoid standing near other raid members. The boss will also be firing streaks of ignited oil across the arena. Dodge them as you take out the bombs and stay out of the oil, as well as the felfire left over from phase 1. Once the Iron Reaver reaches zero energy, she will crash down with Falling Slam, creating a large visible circle where she is going to land. Once she lands, finish off any bombs remaining before switching back to the boss. Once her Air phase is done, her Pounding will becoming stronger with a stacking buff, but the raid should be able to kill the boss before it gets higher than 2 stacks.

Loot

 * Equipment Blueprint: Gyroscopic Internal Stabilizer

Related achievements

 * Hellbreach
 * Mythic: Iron Reaver
 * Turning the Tide

Quotes

 * Intro
 * yell
 * Mar'tak retreats to the fortress and brings out a massive machine.
 * yell


 * Aggro
 * yell


 * Barrage
 * yell


 * Artillery
 * yell


 * Pounding
 * yell


 * Blitz
 * yell


 * Full Charge
 * yell


 * Firebomb
 * yell


 * Immolation
 * yell


 * Falling Slam
 * yell


 * Berserk
 * yell


 * Killed a player
 * yell
 * yell


 * Reset
 * yell


 * Death
 * yell
 * yell


 * Unused quote
 * Fire!

Videos
Heroic Iron Reaver - Mage