 Strawman | |
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| Race | Harvest golem (Mechanical) |
| Level | 72 Boss |
| Reaction | Alliance Horde |
| Location | The Opera Hall, Karazhan |
| Status | Killable |
See also: Wizard of Oz for opera event details, including tactics and loot table.
Strawman is a harvest golem boss in the Opera House in Karazhan who is accompanied by Dorothee, Roar, Tinhead, Dorothee's pet Tito, and followed by The Crone.
Abilities
- Basic Melee — Hits for roughly 4000 on cloth.
- Burning Straw — Chance to be disoriented for 6 seconds whenever hit by a fire spell.
- Brain Bash — Stuns for 4 seconds.
Strategy
Warlocks, Mages, or Shamans can "tank" this boss by spamming Fire spells on him. They'll have to remain fairly mobile however, as his physical attacks will quickly kill a clothie tank.
- Note: Spells must be the highest rank, direct damage spells only. No AoE spells, or DoT spells.
[Molten Armor] damage will not work either.
- Mage note:
[Scorch] is probably the best way to burn him, it's quick and low cost and with good Bonus spell damage you'll hit him for 2% with it.
- Note for Frost Mages: If you are frost specced and tanking Strawman, Scorch tends to fail most of the time to stun him. When he activates, blast him with
[Fire Blast] then get some distance from him. Then use your highest ranking [Fireball]. The DoT of Fireball keeps him stunned. Be sure to have a mana gem or mana pot in case you run out of mana.
- Warlock note: [Immolate] is considered a DoT, so it does not trigger the Burning Straw debuff. You'll have to spam [Searing Pain] and/or [Incinerate]. [Searing Pain] is also good at triggering Burning Straw.
- Note: A wand that deals fire damage can trigger the Burning Straw debuff.
Quotes
- Aggro
- Now what should I do with you? I simply can't make up my mind.
- Killing a player
- I guess I'm not a failure after all.
- Death
- Don't let them make... a mattress outta' me.
Inspiration
Strawman is an homage to The Scarecrow of The Wizard of Oz.
Patches and Hotfixes
- Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Added.
