Zanzil (tactics)

Zanzil is a boss of the level 85 version of Zul'Gurub.

Exiled from the Skullsplitter tribe for turning his fellow trolls into mindless slaves, Zanzil was recently offered a place among the Gurubashi by Jin'do the Godbreaker in exchange for bolstering Zul'Gurub's forces. It is well-known that his toxic elixirs can even rouse the dead from their graves.

Abilities


Zanzil will cost one of the following at a time in a random order:

There are three cauldrons scattered around the arena that give the following abilities to players when clicked:

Strategy
This encounter requires the group to use the cauldron mechanics from the rest of the dungeon.

When pulled the tank should position the boss at roughly an equal distance from each cauldron to reduce movement time when getting the appropriate debuffs. Zanzil himself casts Voodoo Bolt, which can be interrupted, and Zanzili Fire. The trail left behind by Zanzili Fire causes 50,000 arcane damage per second to anyone standing in it. The trail will move away from the Zanzil in the direction he was facing when the cast was started.

Zanzil will use one of 3 abilities, which require the use of the cauldrons to mitigate. He will use these abilities repeatedly until he is dead:

Zanzil's Graveyard Gas
Zanzil will cause the entire area to be covered in toxic gas, this will cause damage to all players. While in this phase Zanzil will continue to cast Zanzili Fire which will be harder to see through the gas, so stay alert of the bosses casts. Every group member will need to get the debuff from the green cauldron in order to survive the damage from this ability. DPS should stay on the boss providing there are no adds up.

Zanzil's Resurrection Elixir (Zanzili Beserker)
Zanzil will resurrect a Zanzili Beserker, one member of the raid with a ranged ability should use the frost cauldron and freeze the beserker. All DPS should focus on the beserker and get it down before Zanzil uses his next ability. If the troll is not down before the frost trap expires then it will persue a group member who should kite it, the beserker cannot be kited.

Zanzil's Resurrection Elixir (Zanzili Zombies)
Zanzil will resurrect a group of Zanzilli Zombies, the melee classes in the group should get the debuff from the red cauldron and focus on AoEing the zombies down, ranged classes should also AoE the zombies and if your group is ranged heavy or DPS is low then some ranged players may need to get the cauldron debuff and DPS in melee range in order to get the zombes down. Once the zombies are defeated the debuff can be dispelled to reduce extra damage being taken.

Quotes

 * Aggro
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 * Killing a Player
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 * Casting Zanzil's Graveyard Gas
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 * Casting Zanzil's Resurrection Elixir (Brute)
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 * Casting Zanzil's Resurrection Elixir (Zombies)
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 * Enrage
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 * Death
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