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Teron Gorefiend

Teron Gorefiend Strategy — Black Temple

Phase 3 · Black Temple · 1-2 tanks, 5 healers, rest dps

A fight decided by an individual mechanic: Shadow of Death. Teron periodically kills a random player, who then becomes a Vengeful Spirit and must use their ghost abilities to destroy the four Constructs that spawn — if the ghosts fail, the Constructs enrage the raid. Everyone needs to know the ghost rotation.

Fight phases

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    Single phase

    Tank Teron and burn; each Shadow of Death turns a player into a ghost who must kill the Constructs with Spirit abilities before their timer ends and they die for real. Manage Incinerate and Crushing Shadows on the raid throughout.

By role

Tanks

Standard threat and positioning; face him away for Incinerate. The tank can be a Shadow of Death target too, so a second tank should be ready to cover a ghost window.

Healers

Crushing Shadows hits random players hard, and Incinerate is a frontal. The tricky part: your healers can become ghosts — coverage must survive one or two healers being out as spirits.

DPS

Learn the Vengeful Spirit rotation cold: use the ghost's abilities to kill your assigned Constructs. A player who fumbles the ghost phase both dies and lets Constructs live — the number one wipe cause here.

Common mistakes

  • ✕Players not knowing the Vengeful Spirit abilities and failing the Constructs.
  • ✕Standing in front for Incinerate.
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Strategy summarized from community knowledge (WoWWiki / Wowhead) and rewritten for this guide. Position diagrams are original.