Ebonroc Ebonroc is the fifth boss in Blackwing Lair , after Firemaw and before Flamegor . He is the 2nd drake and drops the Tier 2 epic set gloves for all classes . He is one of three powerful black drakes who guard the way to their master , Nefarian . Attacks and abilities . Like the other 2 drakes , Ebonroc casts wing buffet and Shadow Flame . His unique drake ability is Shadow of Ebonroc . Shadow of Ebonroc is a debuff cast on the main tank . While active , Ebonroc gains 25000 health every time he strikes that target . It cannot be dispel led , and you must wait the full duration ( 8 seconds ) for the debuff to fade . It can be resisted with high shadow resist , and it is recommended to have at least 200 SR on both the main tank and off tank in order to ease the problems that Shadow of Ebonroc can cause . Strategy . The strategy is quite straightforward . Position Ebonroc so that your tanks are in a corner , to avoid erratic knockback . A good example of placement is at the angle between the staircase he patrols on and the wall . Have your tanks be very focused on Shadow of Ebonroc , use the CT _ RaidAssist mod to see who gets it . Big Wigs also is incredibly useful for detecting this . As soon a tank is affected by Shadow of Ebonroc , other tanks must immediately taunt Ebonroc off him . Keep Mortal Strike up on him all the time and the heals will be hard to notice . Like Firemaw , he does a wing buffet every now and then . Use an offtank to taunt him away from the MT so that he does not get the buffet ( 50 % threat reduction ) . Note that Shadow of Ebonroc is a low level spell , and a little amount of shadow resist on your tanks ( around 100 ) will reduce your chance of getting hit by it to 25 % . A workable way to position is to assign 3 tanks for Ebonroc . Try and locate the side tanks at 3 and 9 o ' clock where the MT is 12 . The DPS should stay at 6 o ' clock . One is to be the MT , one is to be the buffet eater , and one is just there for shadows of Ebonroc . Basically , if the MT gets the debuff , both tanks should try and taunt Ebonroc off ( he resists a decent bit of the time , two taunts helps to ensure that he ' s not healing . ) Come 15 seconds from the next wing buffet , the eater should stop taunting , to keep his taunt primed for just before the buffet . Be warned , the buffets can occur off as long as five seconds after the 30 second timer has expired , so the eater may have to tank for a bit . As nasty as the debuff is , it is critical that each tank have both challenging shout and mocking blow prepared in case their first taunt is resisted . He does a Shadow Flame , but no other AoE attacks , everyone can remain in his LoS safely . The only danger is a caster pulling aggro right when he does Shadow Flame , which shouldn ' t happen if your tanks are taunting correctly . Have priests assigned to shield the main tank after each shadow flame , it is not necessary , but provides you with extra safety . DPS him quite fast as the tanks tend to get tired , its a very straining fight for them . Healers are not quite as stressed , since his only serious damage comes from Shadow Flame . If you pull aggro , vanish , feign death , or run to the corner . If your guild has a shadow spec ' d priest , you may consider allowing him or her to DPS for this fight . Good luck and enjoy your purples !