Noth the Plaguebringer Noth the Plaguebringer is the first boss of the Plague Quarter in Naxxramas . Biography . Once a notable wizard and alchemist of Dalaran , Noth heard the Lich King ' s call as Arthas and Kel ' Thuzad did . He was quick to turn his back on the Light and joined the Scourge , where he believed that real power lay . During the Third War , Noth saw that many innocent lives were needed to feed the growing might of the Scourge and he came to a point where he started opposing himself . Kel ' Thuzad resolved the matter by freezing his heart in his chest with his frost magic . Noth the Plaguebringer , now more undead than human is an extremely powerful necromancer with a various array of deadly spells and curses . 25 - man Abilities . Noth the Plaguebringer has approximately 8 , 440 , 000 hit points . Phase Two . Every 110 seconds of combat Noth will teleport away to a balcony and become invulnerable while waves of skeletons attack the raid . Phase two lasts 70 seconds after which Noth will commence phase one again . 10 - man Abilities . Noth the Plaguebringer has ~ 2 . 5 million hit points . Phase Two . Every 110 seconds of combat Noth will teleport away to a balcony and become invulnerable while waves of skeletons attack the raid . Phase two lasts 70 seconds after which Noth will commence phase one again . 25 - man Strategy . A relatively simple fight to start the Plague Quarter . You will need 2 - 3 decursing classes and 2 - 3 tanks . The skeletons in the encounter will spawn from the bone piles in the room . Noth hits quite lightly on the tank but will blink fairly often and reset threat . This is not terribly dangerous though DPS should slow and cripple should be dispelled to allow the tank to reestablish threat . Noth will use Curse of the Plaguebringer every ~ 50 seconds which is the crux of the encounter . Failure to decurse this generally results in a wipe . The offtanks should pick up the Plagued Warrior spawns but DPS should focus on Noth while he is in Phase One in order to kill him before two skeleton phases . When Noth teleports , the Plagued Warriors can be AoE ' d along with the spawning Plagued Champions . The main tank should help pick up the Champions . Due to Shadow Shock , healers and ranged DPS should try to maintain the maximum range from the Plagued Champions to avoid unnecessary raid damage . When Noth returns , he will almost immediately cast Curse of the Plaguebringer , if this is decursed properly it should be a kill . 10 - man Strategy . As with the 25 - man encounter , prompt removal of the Curse of the Plaguebringer is critical . Cripple should also be dispelled as soon as possible , especially on the tank . It is possible to heal through one missed curse / wrath , but the total damage to the raid can be as much as 100 , 000 per application and this should be viewed as a last resort . If no decursing is available , those targeted with the curse need to run to three separate locations more than 30 yards from the raid , so that Wrath only hits them . Easiest for entry - level raids is to pursue a slow and steady strategy , where some dps is devoted to keeping the skeleton adds down to a reasonable number , and it is accepted that Noth will reach phase 2 . This is most reliable if the raid has good healing endurance but overall dps is less than 14000 . Assigning two dps ( as well as a tank ) to adds should be enough . A quicker strategy , for raids with good dps ( 14000 or greater ) and a suitable tank , is to tank all of the skeleton adds and just burn down Noth . In this case the goal is to kill Noth before he enters Phase 2 , avoiding the Plagued Warriors entirely . If dps comes up short it is not necessarily a wipe , but as many as eight adds will be up at the beginning of Phase 2 . Alternatively , this strategy can be done intentionally and the adds can be aoe ' d down as a group at the start of phase 2 . This tactic can be used for a group with two solid tanks and two heals focuses on each , as well as suitable aoe damage dealers . In either case , two tanks are needed — one to pick up the adds as they spawn on the bone piles , and one for Noth . The better geared tank should be assigned to add - tanking as the damage output of the skeletons will be greater than that of Noth once five or more of them are being held . Wrath of the Lich King . Noth is also a quest giver in the death knight s ' instanced starting area , the Scarlet Enclave , down in the Havenshire Farms where he is involved in the following quests : After players complete , starting phase 4 : the Battle for Light ' s Hope Chapel , he can be found at the Plague Cauldron in The Noxious Glade . Quotes . Aggro : Summon Killing a player Death In Havenshire Farms : When asked " " Noth , where is Heigan ? " " , he will respond with any of the following : Videos . Solo encounter . How to solo Noth the Plaguebringer as a lvl 85 Paladin