Sapphiron (tactics)

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This article is about the in-game raid boss. For character biography and Warcraft III appearances, see Sapphiron.

Sapphiron is a gigantic undead dragon who guards the entrance to Kel'Thuzad's inner sanctum in Naxxramas.

Contents 1 Attacks and abilities 2 Strategies 3 Sapphiron at level 70 4 Loot 5 External links

Attacks and abilities

• Sapphiron is immune to frost spells.
• Berserker enrage after 15 mins, making his Frost Aura do 600% damage.

• Sapphiron will first take to the air 45 secs after engaging, then fire 5 Icebolts and 1 Frost Breath and land. After that, he will stay on the ground for 67 secs before flying up again and repeating the process.

• Cleave - Your basic Frontal cleave, keep him faced away from the group.

• Icebolt - Deals 2625-3375 frost damage, 10 yard splash radius, 25 second duration, stuns chosen target for 3 sec. Only occurs when Sapphiron is in the air. Appears to induce an iceblock-like effect with the functionality of the Mage's Ice Block spell; ie. you cannot take any action but are immune to attacks for the duration. Ice Bolt last for 22 secs.

• Frost Breath - Slow-moving, wide-range "ice bomb" AoE attack. Sapphiron will "take a deep breath" after 5 Icebolts in the air. It can be resisted. Only happens when Sapphiron is in the air - he breathes a cloud of frost which floats slowly to the ground and explodes when it touches the ground, doing 75000-125000 damage in a 70 yard radius. Sapphiron will land after Frost Breath. It takes about 5-6 seconds to land. Its target is the middle of the room, not a specific person. Anyone who has been frozen by Icebolt will be immune to this. This attack cancels the Ice Block. Raid members can stand behind the Iceblocked individuals and will be considered out of LoS of the Frost Breath.
  • Graphic wise the ball of frost explodes before hitting the ground, roughly around a second or two prior to hitting the ground.

• Frost Aura - Frost-damage DoT-type attack. 100 yard radius, damages afflicted targets for 600 frost damage every two seconds. Keeps applying. (Can be partially resisted)

• Life Drain - 12 second duration, 100 yard range, curse-type. Drains 1750 to 2250 health and heals Sapphiron for 3500 to 4500 every 3 sec. Used every 24 secs as well.

• Blizzard - Much denser and larger than normal Blizzard. Deals 3063 to 3937 damage every 2 sec. Slows movement speed by 65%, 15 sec duration. Drifts in directions very much like green outdoor dragon sleep cloud. (Binary spell - the damage can be resisted completely or not at all)

Note that once Sapphiron goes below 10% health, he will not fly back up into the air. This is almost certainly to prevent any error with a corpse in the air that may be unlootable. However, he will life drain below 10% health, and if you have him at 10% health, it is likely you'll kill him anyway.

Strategies

• Stay out of the blizzard
• Decurse quickly
• Get behind the ice blocks at the right moment
• Bring a lot of healers

Sapphiron at level 70

• The Frostaura counts as Boss ability so you can't resist it at level 70!
• The fight is possible with no frost resistance in the raid; but the damage will have to be outhealed.
• Shadowpriests are very good at passively keeping their group alive. Use Shamans to heal the melee, and use Judgement of Light if you have a Retribution Paladin

Loot

Sapphiron Loot

Claw of the Frost Wyrm Binds when picked up Unique Fist Weapon Off-Hand Speed 1.5 75 - 140 Damage (71.67 damage per second) +8 Stamina Durability 75 / 75 Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 14. Equip: Increases your hit rating by 10. Equip: Increases attack power by 22.	Cloak of the Necropolis Binds when picked up Back 77 Armor +11 Intellect +12 Stamina Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 26. Equip: Increases your spell critical strike rating by 14. Equip: Increases your spell hit rating by 8.	Eye of the Dead Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases healing done by up to 70 and damage done by up to 24 for all magical spells and effects. Use: Increases healing done by the next 5 spells by up to 450 for 30 sec.	Glyph of Deflection Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases your block rating by 12. Equip: Increases the block value of your shield by 23. Use: Increases the block value of your shield by 235 for 20 sec.
Sapphiron's Left Eye Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand +12 Stamina +8 Intellect Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 26. Equip: Increases your spell critical strike rating by 14. Equip: Increases your spell hit rating by 8.	Sapphiron's Right Eye Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand +10 Intellect +9 Stamina Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases healing done by up to 62 and damage done by up to 21 for all magical spells and effects. Equip: Restores 4 mana per 5 sec.	Shroud of Dominion Binds when picked up Back 77 Armor +11 Stamina Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 14. Equip: Increases attack power by 50.	Slayer's Crest Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases attack power by 64. Use: Increases attack power by 260 for 20 sec.
The Face of Death Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 3994 Armor 87 Block +21 Stamina Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases your block rating by 12. Equip: Increases the block value of your shield by 21.	Fists of the Unrelenting Binds when picked up Plate Hands 718 Armor +26 Strength +26 Stamina Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 60 Equip: Disarm duration reduced by 50. Equip: Increases your critical strike rating by 14. Equip: Increases your hit rating by 10.	The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron Binds when picked up Unique Trinket Requires Level 60 Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 40. Use: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 130 for 20 sec.

Shoulder Enchants

Fortitude of the Scourge Binds when picked up Requires Level 60 Use: Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased Stamina by 16 and also grants 100 armor. 1 Charges

Might of the Scourge Binds when picked up Requires Level 60 Use: Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased attack power by 26 and also increases your critical strike rating by 14.

Power of the Scourge Binds when picked up Requires Level 60 Use: Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased damage and healing done by magical spells and effects up to 15 and also increases your spell critical strike rating by 14. 1 Charges

Resilience of the Scourge Binds when picked up Requires Level 60 Use: Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased healing done by magical spells and effects up to 31, damage by up to 11, and also increases your mana regen by 5 mana per 5 sec. 1 Charges

Note: Sapphiron Drape is dropped by Onyxia and not by Sapphiron. Also Sapphiron's Wing Bone is sold by G'eras, not dropped by Sapphiron. [Sapphiron's Scale Boots] are not dropped by Sapphiron either.

External links

• Bosskillers
• Beta-Exploit Killshot from 8/19/06
• Sapphiron & Kel'Thuzad's Chamber video
• Video kill of Sapphiron by Forlorn Legacy, US (Druid Perspective).
• Video kill of Sapphiron by Forlorn Legacy, US (Paladin Perspective).
• Sapphiron kill movie from Beyond Redemption guild.
• Sapphiron kill movie from War Front, US (Warlock Perspective).