Noth the Plaguebringer

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Noth the Plaguebringer is the 1st boss of the plaguewing in Naxxramas. Noth was once a mighty alchemist of Dalaran, but turned his back on the light and quickly joined forces with Kel’Thuzad and the Lich King. During the 3rd war Noth began to regret his decision to join the scourge, having witnessed needless murders. In order to quell further disloyalty Kel’Thuzad froze Noth’s heart in his chest, effectively making him more undead than alive.

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Noth the Plaguebringer Abilities

    * 2,780,000 health
    * Curse of the Plaguebringer - Randomly curses 3 players with a DoT that ticks for 10 seconds, at the end of this 10 seconds the curse will inflict Wrath of the Plaguebringer on all raid members with 30 yards.
    * Wrath of the Plaguebringer - Deals 3700-4300 + a 1300-1700 DoT that ticks every 2 seconds for 10 seconds. This damage bomb will occur for every curse of the plaguebringer not decursed.
    * Blink - Teleports around 10 yards in any direction, complete aggro wipe.
    * Cripple - Cast immediately after he blinks, slows movement by 50%, attack speed by 100%, and reduces strength by 50%. Can be dispelled.
    * Summon Plague Warriors - Summons 2 adds every 30 seconds. 100,000 hp, cleave, should be picked up by off tank and pulled out of the raid.
    * Beserk - Beserker enrages after 3 complete skeleton phases (IE, teleport to balcony), increases damage by 1000%.

Noth the Plaguebringer Boss Strategy

Phase 1

Start the fight by having the entire raid run towards the middle of the room. Keep Noth in the center and have the raid spread out a bit as you start to DPS him down. Right away there are many aspects of this fight you’ll need be watching out for.

   1. Noth will periodically cast Curse of the plaguebringer on 3 random people, this needs to be removed immediatly before it turns into Wrath of the plaguebringer. All your decurses need to be watching for this.
   2. Every time Noth blink he’ll cast cripple, this should be immediately removed from your tanks and melee DPS, with everyone cleansed after a few seconds.
   3. Plague warrior adds will be spawning during phase 1. These should be picked up by your off tank and and immediately killed your raid’s DPS.

Phase 2

Phase 2 begins when Noth teleports up to his balcony. During this phase adds will spawn, these must be tanked and killed as quickly as possible, as there are several waves. The adds are all fairly straight forward, have one of your tanks pick them up and immediately burn them down. The only real hitch in the road comes in the form of the Plagued Guardians.

These will cast AoE for 4,000 damage so you’ll want to try to keep the out of the raid. You should note that these only appear in the 2nd and 3rd skeleton spawning waves. Due to Noth’s low HP it’s quite possible that you won’t see these guardians at all.

Phase 2 ends when Noth teleports back to the floor, at which point phase 1 / 2 will continue to repeat until you’ve killed or wiped to Noth.