Hogger ( tactics silly ) Hogger is a level ? ? Boss Riverpaw gnoll chieftain in Southern Elwynn Forest . A quest exists offering a reward for his killing from the Westbrook Garrison in Elwynn Forest , near the border with Westfall , as the people who offer the rewards ignore Hogger ' s real power . He is , in fact , the direct chief of the Defias Brotherhood , surpassing even Edwin VanCleef . Hogger has a reputation as a particularly dangerous encounter , primarily because he is one of , if not the only , boss that has wiped a whole 25 - man raid in less then 10 seconds . Strategy . " Note : The strategies and tactics described below are for a raid of low level characters . Most could also work with high level characters , as , like all other ? ? level mobs , his level is always 3 more than the level of the player he is attacking . " Strategy . Hogger should be pulled only by the tanking group ( s ) . Once combat is started , healers and DPS will have to be at full mana . The reason for the group of tanks is to switch them off whenever Head Butt hits . If you want , they can continue fighting but the healers will be burning much more mana on him / her . If any adds aggro during the fight , the DPS needs to focus fire and burn them down before going back to Hogger . Phase 1 . Hogger will spam Head Butt with no mercy . The raid will likely need to use slowing effects on him , and this phase will burn mana quite quickly . Fortunately , you only need to burn down 10 % of his health before phase 2 . Phase 2 . At 90 % , Hogger will start Phase 2 . He will still use Head Butt , but it seems to be on a 10 second cooldown ( not timer ) . He will use Rushing charge whenever he switches targets , so tanks will not survive very long . The first tank will need to sit down after Head Butt , while tank 2 gets pummeled without Head Butt , and tank 3 gets Head Butt , Tank 4 gets pummeled without it , and by the time he gets to tank 5 , tank 1 will probably be up again . Hogger often uses Disintegrate Armor at around 15 % health . This Phase lasts until 10 % . Phase 3 . Hogger will turn into the Lich King , wearing the Helmet of Domination and wielding Frostmourne . He will summon Gnoll zombies that hit for 50 - 60 damage and have 200 health each , use defile which players must immediately jump out of , and use Pierce Armor on random targets . He will stop using Head Butt and Rushing Charge , so it will be easier on the tank , but likely harder on the group . Phase 4 . Phase 4 , Hogger reverts back to his normal form and from there on out it is a pure DPS race , if you do not finish him in under 7 seconds he casts " Fury of Hogger " which kills all players online . If he is somehow interrupted , he will turn into Lord Darius Crowley and cleave every player on the server with his bare fists . If he is beaten , he will revert back to his normal form then he will scream " I shall take you all with me ! " and explode , killing all the players on the server . . . Enrage . Hogger enrages after 10 seconds of fighting , angry that not everyone is dead yet . He will lose all previous abilities , gain his enrage abilities , gain 1000 % armor , and deal twice as much damage . The embodiments aren ' t very dangerous , that is until too many spawn . Have an offtank pull the embodiments when they spawn and a small group to nuke them down . Their health is extremely low , and can be killed in seconds , but they will spawn at a very fast rate . Hogger will use Hogger ' s blast more and more frequently the more time you spend on enrage , until all players are in the air , at which point he will reset . If you get hit with it , you must navigate around trees , caves , mountains , houses , etc . and get back to your raid . Though you will likely die upon landing , dying from impact means that you are far away from the raid group as you traverse all of azeroth when hit with this . Loot . Ashbringer Corrupted Ashbringer