Halfus Wyrmbreaker Encounter Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot (2024)

Last updated on May 26, 2024 at 00:00by Abide

Halfus Wyrmbreaker is the first boss in The Bastion of Twilight. He has beenappointed by the Twilight Hammer to drain all captured dragons, collecting theirmystical essence. Turn the tides in your favor by releasing these dragons andturning their powers against Halfus Wyrmbreaker instead.

• Be ready to always interrupt Shadow Nova; missing a kick willlikely be a wipe.
• Don't exclusively focus on DPSing the Orphaned Emerald Whelps, letthem die to natural cleave damage over time as they are fairly weak.

• Damage on tanks is very high at the start of the fight while dealing withthe drakes and Halfus Wyrmbreaker at the same time.
• Coordinate a cooldown rotation so the raid always has something up for all Fireball Barrage and Furious Roars.

• Be aware of both tanks duration of Malevolent Strikes debuffsand be ready to tank swap as needed.
• Your damage taken will be highest at the start of the fight when the drakesare still alive; use personal defensive cooldowns as needed to get through thechaotic start of the encounter.

Halfus Wyrmbreaker will be accompanied by his Proto-Behemothdrake, as well as three out of five of the other drakes: Nether Scion,Orphaned Emerald Whelps, Slate Dragon, Storm Rider,or Time Warden. On heroic difficulty, you will always face all fivedrakes rather than only three. These drakes will start off chained to the ground,being forced to serve Halfus Wyrmbreaker; while they are chained to thefloor, each drake will give Halfus Wyrmbreaker a different ability orbuff.

Nether Scion grants Halfus Wyrmbreaker with Frenzied Assault and when released will debuff Halfus Wyrmbreakerwith Nether Blindness, reducing his attack speed, damage done, andchance to hit by 25%. Storm Rider givesHalfus Wyrmbreaker Shadow Nova. When released,Storm Rider will debuff Halfus Wyrmbreaker with Cyclone Winds, giving you time to interrupt the Shadow Nova. Slate Dragon givesHalfus Wyrmbreaker Malevolent Strikes, requiring you totank swap after a few stacks; when released it will debuffHalfus Wyrmbreaker with Stone Grip, occasionally stunninghim for 12 seconds and increasing his damage taken by 100%.

If present Time Warden will give Proto-Behemoth Fireball Barrage, and when released it will debuffthe Fireball Barrage with Time Dilation, making themeasier to dodge. The Orphaned Emerald Whelps giveProto-Behemoth Scorching Breath and when released theydebuff Proto-Behemoth with 8 stacks of Atrophic Poison. Anyadds that are released will become hostile and must be dealt with by the raid.

As you might have guessed, releasing the adds to make the fight easier is themain mechanic of this encounter. You will need to release a few of the drakes toweaken Halfus Wyrmbreaker, and every time you kill one of them he willreceive a stack of Dragon's Vengeance, increasing his damage taken by100% per stack. On the pull you will want to release as many drakes as youcan, starting with at least two. It's recommended to always release theOrphaned Emerald Whelps as they deal very little damage and can bekilled quickly through passive AoE. The following list is the recommendedrelease order:

1. Storm Rider
2. Nether Scion
3. Time Warden
4. Orphaned Emerald Whelps
5. Slate Dragon

You will typically always want to release at least Storm Riderand Nether Scion as the debuffs they place on Halfus Wyrmbreakerafter being released will greatly improve your odds on this fight. It's idealto release all drakes except for Slate Dragon and kill them beforedealing with Halfus Wyrmbreaker himself. If your raid is geared enoughyou can release all four at the start of the fight and use all major DPScooldowns to kill them quickly before dealing with Halfus Wyrmbreakeras he will be taking 400% increased damage and quickly die afterwards.

In addition to the drakes, Halfus Wyrmbreaker will also be assistedby his Proto-Behemoth flying high above. The Proto-Behemothwill bombard random locations with Fireball Barrage, dealingvery high Fire damage to any enemies in the selection location. When you releasethe Time Warden he will debuff the Proto-Behemoth with Time Dilation, reducing the projectile speed of the Fireball Barrage, making them much easier to avoid. Lastly,Proto-Behemoth will periodically cast Scorching Breath,dealing massive damage to the entire raid over 8 seconds; if you released theOrphaned Emerald Whelps this damage will be cut in half. Be ready witha raid-wide defensive cooldown during the Scorching Breath as itsdamage is still very high and can easily kill raid members if they get hit byother mechanics at the same time.

Tanks will need to deal with the Malevolent Strikes stacks bytank swapping frequently. Early on while you are still dealing with the drakes,you will also want to use immunity spells like Divine Shield or Hand of Protection to remove the stacks and buy your raid more time tofinish the drakes off. Be sure to interrupt the Shadow Nova allthe time; this is made much easier after releasing the Storm Riderand is the main reason you will always want to release it first.

Once Halfus Wyrmbreaker reaches 50% health, he will periodicallycast Furious Roar, dealing around 60,000 Physical damage to theentire raid and stunning them for 6 seconds. At the end of Furious Roarhe will cast a Shadow Nova as well, easily killing any low healthraid members. Be sure to use a raid-wide defensive cooldown before the Furious Roar, especially make sure the current tank has a strongdefensive cooldown up. You will need to instantly interrupt the Shadow Nova at the end of Furious Roar, but as youare stunned this can be difficult. The easiest way is to have a Mage Blink out of the stun and interrupt it, or have someone use animmunity, such as a Paladin using Divine Shield.

4.

Halfus Wyrmbreaker Loot

NormalHeroic

Below you will find all of the loot available for this boss encounter. Usethe different buttons to view the different loot between both Normal and Heroicdifficulties.

4.1.

Normal Difficulty Loot

Item	Type/Slot
Robes of the Burning Acolyte	Cloth Chest
Bracers of the Bronze Flight	Cloth Wrist
Storm Rider's Boots	Leather Feet
Helm of the Nether Scion	Mail Head
Proto-Handler's Gauntlets	Mail Hands
Pauldrons of the Great Ettin	Plate Shoulder
Bracers of Impossible Strength	Plate Wrist
Legguards of the Emerald Brood	Plate Legs
Wyrmbreaker's Amulet	Neck
Essence of the Cyclone	Trinket
Malevolence	Staff
Book of Binding Will	Off-Hand

Below you will find all of the loot available for this boss encounter. Usethe different buttons to view the different loot between both Normal and Heroicdifficulties.

4.2.

Heroic Difficulty Loot

Item	Type/Slot
Robes of the Burning Acolyte	Cloth Chest
Bracers of the Bronze Flight	Cloth Wrist
Storm Rider's Boots	Leather Feet
Helm of the Nether Scion	Mail Head
Proto-Handler's Gauntlets	Mail Hands
Pauldrons of the Great Ettin	Plate Shoulder
Bracers of Impossible Strength	Plate Wrist
Legguards of the Emerald Brood	Plate Legs
Wyrmbreaker's Amulet	Neck
Essence of the Cyclone	Trinket
Malevolence	Staff
Book of Binding Will	Off-Hand
Chest of the Forlorn Conqueror	Paladin, Priest, Warlock
Chest of the Forlorn Protector	Hunter, Shaman, Warrior
Chest of the Forlorn Vanquisher	Death Knight, Druid, Mage, Rogue

Achievement	Description
The Only Escape	Defeat Halfus Wyrmbreaker after defeating two drakes within 10 secondsof each other. The Emerald Whelp pack counts as one drake for this purpose.
Heroic: Halfus Wyrmbreaker	Defeat Halfus Wyrmbreaker in the Bastion of Twilight on HeroicDifficulty.

Halfus Wyrmbreaker is just one of the five encounters present in the TheBastion of Twilight raid of Cataclysm. If you would like to learn more aboutthe others, please see our other pages for the raid below.