Watchkeeper Gargolmar

Watchkeeper Gargolmar
Gender	Male
Race	Fel orc (Humanoid)
Level	60 - 82 Elite
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s)	Shattered Hand clan, Illidari
Occupation	Hellfire Citadel Ramparts Watch Leader
Location	Hellfire Ramparts
Status	Killable
Hellfire Ramparts
Watchkeeper Gargolmar; Omor the Unscarred; Vazruden & Nazan	(lore); (lore); (lore)
	Other Hellfire Citadel instances
	Blood Furnace (5); The Shattered Halls (5); Magtheridon's Lair (25)

Watchkeeper Gargolmar is the first boss of the Hellfire Ramparts instance in Hellfire Citadel. He appears to be captain of the Ramparts defenses.

Adventure Guide

Reviled amongst the denizens of Outland, Gargolmar is known to eat the hearts of those he catches near the Hellfire Citadel whether they were trying to enter or not. Charged by Kargath Bladefist himself with the defense of the ramparts, Watchkeeper Gargolmar is unflinching in his duty.

Abilities

Overpower — Watcherkeeper Gargolmar instantly overpowers his target after they dodge, inflicting Physical damage.
Mortal Wound — Watcherkeeper Gargolmar inflicts Physical damage to his current target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received by 5% for 20 sec.
Mortal Wound — Watcherkeeper Gargolmar inflicts Physical damage to his current target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing received by 10% for 30 sec.
Surge — Watchkeeper Gargolmar charges a player, inflicting Physical damage to them and all players within 0 yards, knocking them all back.

Hellfire Watcher

Heal — Hellfire Watcher heals an ally.
Shadow Word: Pain — Hellfire Watcher utters a word of darkness, inflicting Shadow damage to a player every 3 seconds for 15 sec.
Renew — Hellfire Watcher renews an ally, healing them every 3 seconds for 15 sec.

Strategy

This is not a difficult fight. Gargolmar patrols back and forth with two healer guards, Hellfire Watchers, so clear the groups near the end of his patrol path closest to you; if you can handle them, you shouldn't have any problems beating him.

Any combination of CCing the adds and kill order will work; the only things to consider are the heals from the Watchers, managing his charge, and the debuff that occurs in Heroic mode. It should be noted that priests can MC the Watchers ( [Heal], [Renew] and [Shadow Word: Pain]), perhaps using them to absorb Gargolmar's charges. Unfortunately, the healing spells have a cooldown of about 20 secs, so it won't be of much help healing the tank.

Heroic

Increased damage from Surge, but still not very high. Mortal Wounds now reduces healing by 10% a stack (up from 5% on Normal).

Loot

Normal and Heroic
Gargolmar's Hand Quest Item Unique "Bears the mark of the Shattered Hand."

Normal Drops
Bracers of Finesse Item Level 30 Binds when picked up Leather Wrist 3 Armor +2 Agility or Intellect +3 Stamina Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 1 61 79 Light-Touched Breastplate Item Level 30 Binds when picked up Plate Chest 14 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +5 Stamina +2 Critical Strike Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +5 Spell Power Durability 135 / 135 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 4 49 59 Pauldrons of Arcane Rage Item Level 30 Binds when picked up Cloth Shoulder 3 Armor +2 Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Versatility Durability 85 / 85 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 3 14 9 Shadowrend Longblade Item Level 30 Binds when picked up Sword One-Hand Speed 2.60 3 – 6 Damage (1.7 damage per second) +2 Agility or Strength +2 Stamina +3 Critical Strike Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 6 39 79 Scale Leggings of the Skirmisher Item Level 30 Binds when picked up Mail Legs 8 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +5 Stamina +3 Critical Strike Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +4 Spirit Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 25 Sell Price: 3 86 81

Heroic Drops
Bracers of Just Rewards Item Level 32 Binds when picked up Plate Wrist 8 Armor +2 Strength or Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Haste Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 2 99 89 Cloak of the Everliving Item Level 32 Binds when picked up Back 3 Armor +2 Intellect +3 Stamina +3 Versatility Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 3 89 95 Blood Knight Defender Item Level 32 Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 45 Armor +2 Strength +5 Intellect +3 Stamina +20 Arcane Resistance +3 Dodge Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 5 49 36 Boots of the Darkwalker Item Level 32 Binds when picked up Cloth Feet 3 Armor +3 Intellect +4 Stamina Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 2 59 46 Wild Stalker Boots Item Level 32 Binds when picked up Mail Feet 6 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Critical Strike +3 Haste Durability 65 / 65 Requires Level 27 Sell Price: 4 51 50

Jewels (Heroic Only)
Regal Chrysoprase Binds when picked up +2 Dodge Rating and +2 Stamina "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3 Effulgent Chrysoprase Binds when picked up +5 Defense Rating and +2 Mana every 5 seconds "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3 Iridescent Fire Opal Binds when picked up +6 Spell Power and +4 Critical Strike Rating "Matches any socket." Sell Price: 3

Related Achievements

Objective of

[62D] Weaken the Ramparts
[62D] Weaken the Ramparts

Quotes

Intro: Do you smell that? Fresh meat has somehow breached our citadel. Be wary of any intruders.

Aggro

This may hurt a little...
What have we here?
I'm going to enjoy this...

Surge: Back off, pup!

40% Health: Heal me, quickly!

Killing a player

Say farewell!
Much too easy...

Trivia

Gargolmar's quote "Back off, pup!" could be a reference to the Shaman unit in Warcraft III, where one of the 'Pissed' quotes is the exact same line.
Gargolmar has blades for hands, very similar to Warchief Kargath Bladefist.
Gargolmar's name may be a reference to the Smurfs villain Gargamel.
Gargolmar is voiced by Alan Shearman.^[1]

Patch changes

Patch 2.0.3 (2007-01-09): Added.

References

^ World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade

External links

[1] World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade

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