Hellfire Ramparts Guide - Hellfire Citadell

The Hellfire Ramparts is the first wing of the Hellfire Citadel located in the center of Hellfire Peninsula. Hellfire Ramparts is a very fun instance and will probably be everyone's first once entered into the Outland. It takes place on the ramparts (walls) of Hellfire Citadel high above Hellfire Peninsula. At normal difficulty Hellfire Ramparts is an easy level 60-62 instance with a three fun bosses. It can be easily completed with even the poorest group with no experience. The only tricky counter is the first pull coming outside after going inside for the first time. Just be carefully and do not pull the patrol it will almost always pull either the left or right mobs which you will not see during your first attempt.

Group Composition

Nothing is necessary here, my first time through we had 2 warlocks, a priest, a hunter and a tank. I would recommend a mage to provide crowd control and even 2 won't hurt.

The three bosses in Hellfire Ramparts are tightly packed after clearing about a 15-20 groups of trash mobs. They are Watchkeeper Gargolmar, Vazruden (and his Nether Drake pet Nazan) and Omor the Unscarred. They are all level 62 elites.

Watchkeeper Gargolmar

Most importantly, make sure you clear the visible adds before pulling Gargolmar or they WILL aggro. Otherwise, he just has two priests which should be downed immediately. Focus then on Gargolmar as you would any other boss until he has 0 hp :p.

Vazruden

Vazruden is perched on his Nether Drake mount Nazan and will come down to fight. Once he is lower on hp, around 20% be mindful of Nazan for he will have built up a ton of healing aggro and want to destroy your priest as soon as he aggros. When he does, the tank must immediately taunt and tank the Nether Drake while Vazruden is finished. During the beta a hilarious bug was prevalent which prevented individuals from receiving loot off Vazruden :), be glad Blizzard had a beta test.

Omor the Unscarred

Omor the Unscarred is a Doomguard and an easy encounter. His only skills are to cast an aoe damage curse and throw his target into the air for about 3 seconds. This won't cause any problems unless you're a horrible group composition or something. Be mindful of the curse, although it doesn't do much damage.

Please keep in mind this information regarding Hellfire Citadel: Hellfire Ramparts is likely to change as it was written during the closed beta. Please keep me updated with comments & suggestions by contacting me at webmaster@almostgaming.com.