World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 11 | Page 64

ARTICLE 64 // World of Warcraft Community Magazine enjoy a boss encounter with built in trash! Of course I mean… WARMASTER BLACKHORN We’re at the end of my experience with the heroic fights of this tier; my guild went into hibernation just after we killed Ultraxion and we had a very slow start in Pandaria because of it. But here we are! The Blackhorn encounter begins with you killing dragons and their riders; you need to kill a certain amount of dragons and their riders for the second phase to begin. The dragons will from towards you from the back of the ship. Just as the fly overhead cast Starfall and apply whatever DoT is available on both of them, they’ll die quickly and leave you to clean up their riders. While you’re killing the riders, be sure to stack in the larger purple circles, it tends to clutter the ground and there’s no point risking the ship when it should be smooth sailing. After a certain number of drakes (displayed at the top of the screen, I believe) are killed, Blackhorn and his mount, Goriona, will swoop in for the kill. Goriona needs to be driven away first, so pop your CDs, DoT the both of them, and burn her down. If you decide to focus Blackhorn he’ll The GameOn Magazine