Azgalor ( tactics ) Azgalor is the fourth boss in the Battle for Mount Hyjal raid instance , preceded by the most difficult set of trash waves . The fight is a battle for survival . Even though a raid member dies every 45 seconds , the emphasis is on avoiding the AoE fire damage , not on nuking the boss as quickly as possible . Preparation . The MH Boss Tips apply as usual . There should be one tank for the boss and at least one more for the Lesser Doomguards ( two is better , in case one of them gets Doom ) . The Doomguard tanks need two healers , the Azgalor tank three . The other healers should keep up the raid . Casters should wear some shadow resistance gear and the Shadow Protection buff as well , to resist the silence . Fire resistance potions can increase survivability ; the melee group can wear some fire resistance gear if available . All Warlocks should have a Soulstone available , but not pre - cast . The boss can be tanked next to Thrall or at the Taruen camp which is the best method if you have a hunter in your raid . It would also help to try to get as much help as possible from the NPCs during the waves , ( try to keep the pats alive ) . Thrall won ' t die from the rain of fire . The other NPCs probably won ' t make it through the fight , but they still do decent DPS while alive . Rain of Fire . The first priority for everyone is to avoid Rain of Fire — move out of it fast . Beyond that , the periodic silence makes it challenging to keep the tank up . The tank should have as many HoT s as possible at all times , and ( like everybody else ) be generally at top health , so that there ' s a good chance to survive 5 seconds without a heal . It ' s also possible to stop all melee attacks during silence , so that the Boss doesn ' t get the increased swing speed from parries . It is possible for many ranged dps classes to not be targeted by rain of fire by simply staying out of its 30 yd range . I believe the only ranged dps class that can ' t do this without severely lowering their dps is shadow priests , as their mind flay ability has a short range . If a dps class that can ' t out - range the rain of fire is dpsing near other longer range dps , the rain of fire can hit the longer range dps simply because of its 15 yard radius . This being the case , keeping the ranged dps that can ' t out - range the rain of fire separate from the longer range dpsers will minimize damage taken by the raid . Lesser Doomguards . When receiving the Doom debuff , players should run to the predetermined Lesser Doomguard tanking spot . At that place , the melee DDs and the NPCs should kill them . The easiest setup without a hunter misdirect is to tank them at the Tauren camp , while tanking Azgalor next to Thrall . If there is a hunter in your group the best method is to tank Azgalor at the Tauren camp , and let Thrall and his camp fight the Lesser Doomguards . Thrall and his camp alone are perfectly capable of dealing with the Doomguard and keeping no more than 1 - 2 Doomguards up at a time . At the end of the fight , the tanks should have a total of about 3 - 4 Lesser Doomguards on them which the raid must kill after Azgalor is dead . Warlocks should have their soulstones at the ready , but unassigned . When a vital player ( e . g . a healer ) is Doomed , they should assign the soulstone . Set up a rotation so that the warlocks are clear on who should hand out the first , second , etc . Soulstones and battle rezzes should be used early and often in order to maximize DPS on the boss and bring him down quickly . Note : There is a known bug ( as of 2 . 4 ) that Doomguard tanks may be unable to get loot because they are not on the aggro table of the boss . It is highly recommended for Doomguard tanks and healer to go in range and do a couple ranged attacks on the boss before going to the Doomguard tanking spot . Healing or bandaging someone who is on the bosses aggro table also should work . A small domed clay oven is present at the Tauren warrior camp that is terrain bugged — if players with Doom die on top of it , the resulting Lesser Doomguard will spawn in the middle of the raid , causing a wipe . Positioning . If your raid has high ranged DPS , it is possible to completely avoid the Rain of Fire through careful positioning . The raid should be split into camps according to roles ( ranged , melee , healers ) . The melee should stand at the designated Lesser Doomguard tanking position and help take down these ads . The ranged dps should stand in a semicircle in front of Azgalor at absolute max range ( 30 yds ) . As his Rain of Fire is cast on a person rather than a spot on the ground , having the raid outrange his ability causes him to cast it rarely if at all . Healers should stand off to one side where they are in range of the main body of the raid , but able to run to the Doomguard tanking position if Doom is cast . At the Lesser Doomguard tank spot , there should be a healer and 2 tanks . If you are having trouble , add one more healer or tank as you see fit . There is no need for a Lesser Doomguard group if you tank Azgalor at the tauren camp as explained above . A few dpses can be moved to Lesser Doomguard duty if it makes you feel better . Quotes . Enter : Killing a player : Doom : Death : Patch Changes . Patch 2 . 4 — Rain of Fire radius reduced .