King Dred

King Dred
Gender	Male
Race	Devilsaur (Beast)
Level	15-30 Elite
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Location	Raptor Pens, Drak'Tharon Keep
Status	Killable
Pet family	Devilsaur
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King Dred is an optional devilsaur boss in Drak'Tharon Keep, found in the Raptor Pens. Kurzel refers to him as a "raptor king" and says that he is immune to the Plague of Undeath.

Adventure Guide

King Dred is a legend amongst the Drakkari. Stories tell of a troll hunting party locating a mighty beast that thrived in a habitat saturated with Scourge plague. The trolls tamed the devilsaur, believing that he alone held an antidote for the savage disease devastating their people.

Abilities

King Dred in World of Warcraft.

•  Grievous Bite — King Dred viciously attacks a player, inflicting Physical damage and additional Physical damage every 2 sec. Grievous Bite persists until the target is fully healed.
•  Mangling Slash — King Dred slashes a player, inflicting Physical damage and increasing the damage they take from Bleed effects by 75% for 15 sec.
•  Fearsome Roar — King Dred unleashes a fearsome roar, reducing the damage done by all players by 125 for 8 sec.
•  Piercing Slash — King Dread pierces a player, inflicting Physical damage and reducing their armor by 75% for 10 sec.
•  Bellowing Roar — King Roar unleashes a massive roar, causing all players within 0 yards to flee in fear for 4 sec.
•  Raptor Call — King Dred calls a nearby raptor to assist him.

Drakkari Gutripper

•  Gut Rip — Drakkari Gutrippers tear at a player, reducing their stamina by 15% for 6 sec.

Drakkari Scytheclaw

•  Rend — Drakkari Scytheclaws rend a player, inflicting Physical damage every 3 sec. for 15 sec.

Tactics

This is an easy tank and spank fight. The healer needs to be careful of Grievous Bite. Lay on Hands is an excellent way to remove the debuff. The armor debuff combined with heavy bleed damage can be stressful on the healer. Another important factor is to either pull the adds before King Dred or to dps them once they are called by Raptor Call.

Bellowing Roar is a 35 yard range which enables healers to out range the fear altogether. Shamans can use Tremor Totem, Priests can use Fear Ward to help the tank from moving. Warrior tanks can use Berserker Rage to break the fear, and Feral druids that have specced that far can use [Berserk]. Having the healer stand at maximum range from the tank (with the tank facing the mob towards the healer) will ensure the healer never gets feared.

An alternative tactic is to have a heavy-armor dpser taunt King Dred when he emotes "King Dred raises his claws menacingly", indicating that he is about to cast his three strikes in quick succession. Often a plate-wearer (or druid in bear form) can survive these attacks so long as the boss is quickly taunted back off of them. This will spread out the damage and greatly reduce the effect of the armor reduction debuff from Piercing Slash.

Loot

Normal mode

Stable Master's Breeches Item Level 89 Binds when picked up Cloth Legs 10 Armor +14 Intellect +20 Stamina +18 Versatility Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 28 Sell Price: 1 59 99 Staff of the Great Reptile Item Level 89 Binds when picked up Staff Two-Hand Speed 3.60 15 – 21 Damage (5 damage per second) +60 Intellect +20 Stamina +23 Haste +28 Versatility Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 28 Sell Price: 2 76 21 Scabrous-Hide Helm Item Level 89 Binds when picked up Leather Head 15 Armor +14 Agility or Intellect +20 Stamina +12 Critical Strike Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 28 Sell Price: 1 19 33

Heroic mode

Handler's Arm Strap Item Level 89 Binds when picked up Leather Wrist 10 Armor +8 Agility or Intellect +11 Stamina +11 Versatility Durability 50 / 50 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 81 6 Savage Wound Wrap Item Level 89 Binds when picked up Cloth Wrist 6 Armor +8 Intellect +11 Stamina +11 Haste Durability 45 / 45 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 81 35 King Dred's Helm Item Level 89 Binds when picked up Mail Head 22 Armor +14 Agility or Intellect +20 Stamina +14 Critical Strike +14 Haste Durability 85 / 85 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 1 21 54 Incisor Fragment Item Level 89 Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +13 Agility or Strength Use: Increases your critical strike by 76 for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown) Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 1 37 68

Objective of

He drops  [King Dred's Tooth] for  [15-30D] What the Scourge Dred.

Related Achievements

•  [Drak'Tharon Keep]
•  [Heroic: Drak'Tharon Keep]
•  [Better Off Dred]: is achieved during Heroic mode by killing 6 raptors (Drakkari Gutrippers, Drakkari Scytheclaws) while King Dred is engaged. The raptors need not be engaged all at the same time, and recall the power mentioned above, where King Dred summons a nearby raptor to his side.

Notes and trivia

• Dred is skinnable, yielding around 7-8 pieces of  [Borean Leather].
• Like most devilsaurs, Dred is tamable by Beast Mastery hunters.
• "Swamp King Dred" appears as a legendary card for the Hunter class in the Journey to Un'Goro expansion for Hearthstone. His flavor text reads: "Swamp King Dred, more like Swamp King Dead, amiright?"

Patch changes

• Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB