User:Serillian/Twin Golems

Uldris
UTF, Uld
Location	Thor Daron
End boss	Tyr
Bosses
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Twin Golems
Title	<Iron Twins>
Race	Iron Golem (Mechanical)
Level	?? Boss
Location	Titanic Antechamber, Uldris

This article is fan fiction.
The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official Warcraft lore or history. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and are applied for roleplaying purposes only.

The Twin Golems, also known as the Iron Twins, are a 2-boss encounter that make up the first boss fight in Uldris. A Power-Balance meter mechanic becomes involved in this fight that encourages players to not focus on one of the golems for too long lest the other golem boss gains a significant damage boost.

Background

The Iron Twins, these golems protect the chamber at all costs. They defend any potential secrets from adventurers who wish to claim them for themselves. Their domination and prowess in battle proves to many unlucky enemies that these twins are a formidable force. They move and attack as one, making any attempt to combat them seem like suicide.

Abilities

The Twin Golems consists of two golem bosses: Rustcannon and Steelfist. They share health on all difficulties. A Power-Balance meter will be involved in this fight that determines which boss is increasing in strength. Both golems will go berserk after 10 minutes. This timer is reduced to 8 minutes on Heroic mode.

Power Balance — The Power-Balance meter appears during combat against the Iron Twins. The Power Slider starts at the middle of the meter. Dealing damage to Rustcannon causes the slider to move towards the right. Each percentage the slider moves increases Steelfist's damage by 2% and attack speed by 1% (up to 100% increased damage and 50% increased attack speed). Attacking Steelfist causes the slider to move in the opposite direction, increasing Rustcannon's damage and attack speed by 2% (up to 100% increased damage and attack speed). The slider only moves if damage is being dealt.

Rustcannon

Rustcannon uses an array of lightning and flame attacks to destroy his enemies.

The mighty Rustcannon

Ball Lightning — Rustcannon conjures a massive ball of electricity and sends it to the location of a random enemy. Inflicts 650,000 (LFR: 325,000 /: 1,300,000) Nature damage to any player within 10 yards of the impact zone and electrifies the area for 40 seconds. Deals an additional 80,000 {LFR: 40,000 /: 160,000) Nature damage per sec. to any player standing in the area. 1.5 sec cast; 15 second-cooldown.
- Electrify — If Ball Lightning strikes Steelfist, the intense lightning surges through the construct. Increases attack speed by 100% and causes all Physical attacks to inflict an additional 75,000 damage as Nature damage. Lasts 3 minutes.

Thunder Nova — Rustcannon surges with intense lightning, releasing the energy shortly after. Inflicts 1,050,000 (LFR: 525,000 /: 2,100,000) Nature damage to all players within 20 yards of Rustcannon. 5 sec cast; 45 second-cooldown.
- Unstable Spark — A highly volatile spark spawns each time Rustcannon casts Thunder Nova. The spark will rush towards a random player. If the Spark reaches its target, it will cast Spark Nova, inflicting 2,575,000 Nature damage to all players within 40 yards. Two sparks will spawn on 25 man difficulty.
- 787,800 (10-man)
- 2,363,400 (25-man)

Flame Burst — Rustcannon releases a burst of fire from his cannon-like hands. Inflicts 88,000 (LFR: 44,000 /: 176,000) Fire damage per sec. to all enemies 30 yards in front of him. Lasts 8 seconds. Channeled; 35 second-cooldown.

Magma Bolt — Rustcannon charges his cannon-hands with flames. Launches volleys of fire towards 2/6 (10/25) random players dealing 210,000 (LFR: 105,000 /: 420,000) Fire damage and burning them for 100% of the damage over 10 seconds. 2 sec cast; 30 second-cooldown.

Steelfist

Steelfist assaults his enemies with an arsenal of powerful physical attacks to overpower his foes.

Smashing Arc — Steelfist strikes all enemies in a short arc in front of him, causing 167,000 {LFR: 83,500 /: 334,000) Physical damage. 15 second-cooldown.
- Smashing Fury — Each time Smashing Arc is performed, Steelfist attacks 15% faster. In addition, the cooldown on Smashing Arc is reduced by 2 seconds following each Smashing Arc attack.

Runic Fury — The powerful runes that decorate Steelfist's body activate and infuses the construct. Physical damage dealt by Steelfist is increased by 250% for 2 minutes. Being hit by a powerful lightning attack causes this effect to drop. 25 second-cooldown. This effect reapplies itself 30 seconds after it has been forcefully removed.

Overpowering Strike — If Steelfist's target does not lose more than 75% of their health after being hit 5 times, Steelfist attempts to physically overwhelm his enemy. Inflicts 500,000 (LFR: 250,000 /: 1,000,000) Physical damage and crushes the target's armor, reducing it by 60% for 20 seconds. 35 second-cooldown. Overpowering Strike will be used after 3 hits fail to damage below 75% health.

Rune Punch — Steelfist strikes his target with a powerful punch, dealing 190,000 (LFR: 95,000 /: 380,000) Physical damage and applies a random Rune effect to the target for 10 seconds. 20 second-cooldown.
- Damage taken increased by 30%.
- Maximum health increased by 25%.
- Armor reduced by 50%.
- Threat generated reduced by 75%.
- Time between melee attacks increased by 150%.
- Ability and Spell cooldown reduced by 60%.

Steel Charge — If any player is more than 30 yards away from Steelfist, the golem will charge that player, dealing 240,000 Physical damage and knocks all nearby players including the target back a short distance. Following the charge, Steelfist will gain Runic Fury. This effect stacks. No cooldown. Only used if a player is far away enough to be targeted.

Strategy

All players need to be aware of the Power-Balance meter's condition and switch bosses accordingly. If too much damage is being dealt to one boss for too long, the other boss will gain a significant damage boost and as a result kill his tank in seconds. Fortunately these bosses share health so damage taken by the bosses remain the same regardless of which one is being attacked.

Start the pull with both tanks moving in at the same time. Keep Steelfist near the middle of the room at all times and have Rustcannon tanked about 15 yards away. Keep an eye out for Ball Lightning when it goes out and move away if you're targeted by it. It stays on the ground for quite a while so avoid running into it. If the Steelfist tank is targeted by this attack, he/she must move the boss quick away from the designated area or else Steelfist will gain Electrify, which doubles his attack speed and causes each melee attack to deal extra Nature damage. This can kill the tank if healing is too slow but if possible, use protective cooldowns to survive.

Shortly into the fight, Rustcannon will cast a deadly 5-second cast Thunder Nova which will basically one-shot anyone hit by it. The most obvious way of avoiding this is to run away when the cast time appears (or when the timer is almost up on any boss mods). Rustcannon will also use Flame Burst on anyone in front of him. Only the tank should be hit by this attack so make sure Rustcannon is faced away from the raid. Rustcannon's next damaging attack is the Magma Bolt. This attack hits several raid members for over 100k damage and applies a DoT that deals the same damage over 10 seconds. Players hit by this must be healed to avoid unneeded deaths. This ability is not that deadly if healers react to it fast when it goes out.

Steelfist will deal mostly if not all Physical damage if he does not get hit by Ball Lightning. His main attack that is on an ever-shortening cooldown is Smashing Arc which is a cleave attack that encourages facing Steelfist away as well. With each use of this attack, Steelfist attacks faster and reduces the cooldown on the cleave. This effectively increases tank damage as Steelfist begins attacking faster with the Smashing Arc attack being used more frequently. Eventually Steelfist will gain a dangerous enrage ability in the form of Runic Fury. This boosts his Physical damage by roughly 250% which grants almost all of his attacks the ability to one-shot their target. Fortunately, if Steelfist gets hit with a lightning attack (namely Ball Lightning and Thunder Nova), this effect is removed but gets reapplied 30 seconds later. When it does come back up, try to have Steelfist in one of the lightning fields left over by Ball Lightning to quickly get rid of the deadly enrage. Runic Fury can be delayed indefinitely by keeping Steelfist in the electricity fields left over by Ball Lightning.

Before removing Runic Fury, allow Steelfist to hit the tank atleast once. Doing so prevents the boss from triggering Overpowering Strike which will hit for a lot if the tank doesn't lose at least 25% of their max health within 5 hits. The Overpowering Strike damage itself is survivable with cooldowns, but the side effect reduces armor by a lot which will dangerously increase Steelfist's damage against the tank to point where the tank risks death. Steelfist's Smashing Arc, when it becomes spammable, can also help damage the tank below the required health. Be sure to heal the tank back up again when needed. If it does happen, backup cooldowns and spammed healing is needed. Rune Punch will go out and apply a random effect to the tank. Depending on the effect, more healing may be needed. Be sure to react correctly to the bosses' mechanics while responding to the Power-Balance and switching bosses when needed.