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| image = Professor Putricide TCG.jpg
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| name = Professor Putricide
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| title =
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| gender = Male
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| race = Mad scientist
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| creature = Undead
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| level = ??
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| type = Boss
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| health = 9,761,500 (10-man Normal)<br />42,000,000 (25-man Normal)<br />13,670,000 (10-man Heroic)<br/>50,200,000 (25-man Heroic)
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| aggro = {{aggro|-1|-1}}
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| affiliation = [[Scourge]]
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| faction = Combat
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| status = Deceased<ref>[[Quest:Unholy Infusion]]</ref> (lore) / Killable
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| location = [[Putricide's Laboratory of Alchemical Horrors and Fun]], [[Icecrown Citadel (instance)|Icecrown Citadel]]
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| instance = Icecrown Citadel
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}}
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[[File:Professor Putricide.jpg|thumb|Professor Putricide as he appears in game.]]
   
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'''Professor Putricide''' is a boss in the [[Plagueworks]] wing of the [[Icecrown Citadel]] raid. It requires high DPS and a lot of movement.
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{{TCG}}
 
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The eighth normal World of Warcraft TCG set, named '''Blood of Gladiators'''. Set Release: March 24, 2009<ref name="blog">http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/community/blogs/designers_blog/archive/2009/02/19/1660328.aspx</ref>
 
   
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This boss is available since January 5, 2010 on US servers and January 6 on EU servers.
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== Set breakdown ==
 
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Blood of Gladiators set breakdown:<ref name="blog"/>
 
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* 208 Cards in set
 
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** 80 Common cards
 
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** 40 Uncommon cards
 
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** 60 Rare cards
 
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** 10 Epic cards
 
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** 18 Hero cards
 
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* 19 cards per pack
 
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* 24 packs per box
 
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* 12 boxes per case
 
   
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==Abilities==
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Other info:<ref name="blog"/>
 
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*{{abilities|Mutated Slime|Throws a vial of Mutated Slime, creating a puddle of slime at the targets location.|range=50,000|notes=Instant|id=|image=}}
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* 79 instances of the word Arena
 
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**{{abilities|Mutated Slime|Grows continuously, inflicting 4,388 to 4,612 damage every second until it is consumed by another Mutated creature.|notes=Instant|id=72456|image=ability_creature_poison_05}}
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* 9 dual-class cards
 
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*{{abilities|Unstable Experiment|Professor Putricide begins to peform a wicked experiment on you all.|notes=2.5 seconds cast|id=70351|image=spell_shadow_unstableaffliction_1}}
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* 3 pets
 
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*{{abilities|Choking Gas Bomb|Professor Putricide throws Gas Bombs around him, the Gas Bomb deals 5,363 to 5,637 damage every seconds and explodes for 15,600 to 16,400 damage after 20 seconds.|notes=Instant|id=71255|image=spell_shadow_mindbomb}}
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* 16 references to tokens
 
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**{{abilities|Choking Gas|Inflicts 4,388 to 4,612 damage and causes you to choke, reducing your chance to hit by 75% for 10 seconds.|range=50,000|notes=Instant|id=|image=}}
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* 28 instances of Ongoing
 
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*{{abilities|Create Concoction|Professor Putricide is rifling through the lab table, searching for a powerful potion.|range=50,000|notes=4 seconds cast|id=71621|image=inv_inscription_inkgreen03}}
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* 35 cards that are Instant
 
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*{{abilities|Guzzle Potions|Professor Putricide starts to drink every potion on the table.|range=50,000|notes=4 sec cast|id=71893|image=inv_inscription_inkgreen03}}
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* 2 Weapons with Ranged (1) and a card that makes a Ranged (1) weapon.
 
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*{{abilities|Malleable Goo|Professor Putricide bounces a Malleable ball of Green Goo at the target, inflicting 14625 to 15375 damage and slowing attack and cast speed by 200% for 15 sec.|range=50,000|notes=Instant|id=72295|image=inv_misc_herb_evergreenmoss}}
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* 2 exclamation points in card titles
 
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*{{abilities|Mutated Plague|Inflicts damage every 3 seconds.|range=50,000|notes=Instant|id=72672|image=ability_rogue_deviouspoisons}}
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* 18 familiar Horde and Alliance allies
 
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**During Phase 3, every 10 seconds Putricide puts one stack of this debuff on his target (= the tanks). Every 3 seconds, each Mutated Plague stack deals shadow damage to the whole raid according to the following list (10 player): 1-2 stacks ~500 dmg, 3 stacks ~1,200 dmg, 4 stacks ~2,900 dmg, 5 stacks ~7000 dmg. Each target affected by Mutated Plague deals this damage independently. Whenever a target with the debuff dies or loses his/her stack in any other way, Putricide will be healed for 300,000 per stack of debuff that target had (10 man).
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* 4 new keywords (1 shows up on a single card)
 
   
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=== Numbering ===
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===Gas Cloud===
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*{{abilities|Gaseous Bloat| 1,219 to 1281 dmg per '''stack''', every 2 seconds, that the Gas Cloud has on the target ('''25-player per stack: 1,463 to 1,537''', '''Heroic: 1950 to 2050'''). The Gas Cloud initially puts 10 passive stacks on the target and then strips away 1 stack per 2 seconds, meaning the target will take the most damage upon initial target of the Gas Cloud. If the Gas Cloud hits you it will expunge all of the remaining Gaseous Bloat stacks and harm all nearby allies. |notes=3-second cast|id=70672|image=spell_holiday_tow_spicecloud}} The total amount of damage done to you when the Gaseous Bloat reaches you can be shown in a sigma function, where k = the # of stacks left on you at the time it reaches you. For 25-man, change the 1250x to 1500x.
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The numbering is based on a priority of:
 
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[[Image:Putricide-gas-cloud-calculation.jpg|frame|Credit: Emli]]
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# Heroes
 
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**{{abilities|Gaseous Bloat|The Gas Cloud is fixated on the player with Gaseous Bloat. If he catches him it will cause him to cast Expunge Gas, inflicting damage to nearby players based on how bloated the player is.|notes=Instant|id=72858|image=spell_holiday_tow_spicecloud}}
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## Alliance
 
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*{{abilities|Expunged Gas|The Gas Cloud's attack has expunged all of the gas from the target! Expunged Gas inflicts damage to all enemies based on the number of Gaseous Bloat stacks that were remaining on the target when they were attacked.|range=50,000|notes=Instant|id=70701|image=spell_holiday_tow_spicecloud}}
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## Horde
 
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# Abilities
 
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## Class Abilities
 
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### Druid Abilities
 
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### Hunter Abilities and Pets
 
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### Mage Abilities
 
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### Paladin Abilities
 
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### Priest Abilities
 
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### Rogue Abilities
 
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### Shaman Abilities
 
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### Warlock Abilities and Pets
 
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### Warrior Abilities
 
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### Alliance Abilities
 
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### Horde Abilities
 
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### Neutral Abilities
 
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# Allies
 
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## Alliance Allies
 
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## Horde Allies
 
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## Neutral Allies
 
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# Equipment
 
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## Armor
 
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## Items
 
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## Weapons
 
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# Quests
 
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## Alliance Quests
 
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## Horde Quests
 
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## Neutral Quests
 
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# Locations
 
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Each section is then ordered alphabetically.
 
   
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===Growing Ooze Puddle===
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==Heroes==
 
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*{{abilities|Mutated Slime|The Mutated Slime grows continuously, inflicting 4,388 to 4,612 damage every second until it is consumed by another Mutated creature.|notes=Instant|id=|image=}}
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*{{abilities|Mutated Slime|Inflicts damage to targets in the Mutated Slime.|id=72456|image=ability_creature_poison_05}}
   
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=== Alliance ===
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===Volatile Ooze===
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*{{abilities|Volatile Ooze Adhesive|The Volatile Ooze Adhesive bonds the target to the Volatile Ooze, inflicting 2,438 to 2,562 damage every second and rooting the target. The Volatile Ooze moves towards the target, exploding for 39,000 to 41,000 damage, split among all nearby targets.|range=50,000|notes=3-second cast|id=70447|image=ability_warlock_chaosbolt}}
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{{TCG_Hero_Header}}
 
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*{{abilities|Ooze Eruption|Inflicts 165,750 to 174,250 damage shared among nearby targets, knocking them back in all directions.|range=50,000|notes=Instant|id=72505|image=spell_fire_felcano}}
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{{TCG_Hero|1|Blood of Gladiators|Bronson Greatwhisker|29|Holy|Paladin|Dwarf|Male}}
 
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{{TCG_Hero|2|Blood of Gladiators|Chloe Mithrilbolt|30|Protection|Warrior|Gnome|Female}}
 
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===Mutated Abomination===
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{{TCG_Hero|3|Blood of Gladiators|Feera Quickshot|28|Marksman|Hunter|Draenei|Female}}
 
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*{{abilities|Eat Ooze|Eats nearby Mutated Slime decreasing the size of the pool, giving you 4 Ooze energy!|range=40|notes=Instant|id=72527|image=spell_fire_felflamebreath}}
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{{TCG_Hero|4|Blood of Gladiators|Gwon Strongbark|27|Balance|Druid|Night Elf|Male}}
 
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*{{abilities|Regurgitated Ooze|The Regurgitated Ooze has a surprising effect on the target, slowing its movement speed by 50% and dealing 6,338 to 6,662 damage every 2 seconds for 20 seconds.|range=50|notes=Instant|id=70539|image=ability_creature_poison_02}}
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{{TCG_Hero|5|Blood of Gladiators|Gyro of the Ring|27|Subtlety|Rogue|Gnome|Male}}
 
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*{{abilities|Mutated Slash|Inflicts 100% weapon damage instantly and reduces the target's resistance to physical damage by 4% for 20 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.|range=Melee|notes=Instant|id=70542|image=spell_deathknight_thrash_ghoul}}
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{{TCG_Hero|6|Blood of Gladiators|Kalatine Carmichael|26|Discipline|Priest|Human|Female}}
 
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{{TCG_Hero|7|Blood of Gladiators|Kristoff Manchester|28|Affliction|Warlock|Human|Male}}
 
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===Heroic Mode===
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{{TCG_Hero|8|Blood of Gladiators|Nicholas Merrick|25|Fire|Mage|Human|Male}}
 
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*{{abilities|Unbound Plague|Inflicts damage every 1 sec, the damage is increased every second the Blight remains on you! If you get too near to a friendly target, you will transfer the Plague from you to them.|range=45|notes=Instant|id=72855|image=spell_shadow_corpseexplode}}
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{{TCG_Hero|9|Blood of Gladiators|Statia the Preserver|28|Restoration|Shaman|Draenei|Female}}
 
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*{{abilities|Plague Sickness|Increases damage taken from Unbound Plague by 250%.|range=50,000|notes=Instant, lasts 1 minute|id=73117|image=spell_shadow_callofbone}}
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*{{abilities|Ooze Variable|(25-player only) You have the Ooze Variable! You will be targeted with things that also have the Ooze trait and are unable to harm Gaseous creatures.|range=50,000|notes=Instant, lasts 1 minute|id=74118|image=inv_inscription_inkgreen03}}
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*{{abilities|Gas Variable|(25-player only) You have the Gas Variable! You will be targeted with things that also have the Gas trait and are unable to harm Ooze creatures.|range=50,000|notes=Instant, lasts 1 minute|id=74119|image=inv_inscription_inkorange01}}
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== Preparation ==
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Two tanks are required, one of them drives the Abomination during Phases 1 and 2. In 25 player, a third tank is recommended (Phase 3 only). The encounter becomes easier with more DPS so no more than 2/5 (10/25 player) healers is fine. Putricide enrages 10 minutes after the pull.
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=== Mutated Abomination ===
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One player needs to drive a Mutated Abomination. Mutated Abomination is a disease debuff which must not be cleansed, it is gained by clicking on the table at which Putricide starts. If the Abominations dies, a new one can be obtained by clicking the table again. During the whole encounter, slime pools spawn randomly. During phases 1 and 2, the Abomination eats these to gain ooze power. Ooze power in turn is used to snare the adds which spawn.
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In phase 3, the tank inside the Abomination must help tank Putricide, so slime pools start to accumulate and eventually kill the raid (soft enrage).
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==Tactics==
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===Phase 1: 100% to 80%===
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This phase is all about add control. Alternately, a green and an orange add spawn from the green or orange tank respectively on each side of the room. It's essential to kill each add before the next one spawns. Putricide should be nuked only while no add is up. Since Putricide uses no dangerous AoE abilities, it's safe for the whole raid to stand close to him.
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Initially, Putricide is tanked next to the Orange tank on the left side of the room. Not long after the pull, Putricide performs an "Unstable Experiment," which spawns a Volatile Ooze (green add) next to the green tank on the right side of the room. Ranged DPS should switch to it immediately and melee DPS should switch as soon as it is clear who it is targetting. The Volatile Ooze targets and roots a random player and moves towards its target; the Abomination pilot needs to snare it with Regurgitated Ooze. Upon reaching its target, the ooze explodes for 175,000 damage which is split between all players standing on top of the target. The explosion also knocks all affected players back a few yards. After the explosion, the Ooze acquires a new target and repeats the process. Positioning players in a group next to a wall can keep the explosions from knocking the characters too far apart.
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After the Ooze is dead, Putricide and the whole raid should move next to the Green tank. The next Unstable Experiment spawns a Gas Cloud (orange add) next to the orange tank. The Gas Cloud follows a random player and applies Gaseous Bloat, a dot which requires a lot of healing. Gaseous Bloat starts with numerous stacks that decrease over time. Should the Gas Cloud reach its target while stacks still remain, the whole raid takes a large amount of damage, usually leading to a wipe. The target must kite the cloud around the room while everyone else kills it. The abomination pilot should also snare it. When the Gas Cloud spawns, ranged DPS should immediately begin nuking it down, while melee DPS should wait until the Gas Cloud's target is.
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After this, the raid and Putricide move back to the Orange tank. The adds spawn alternately in a predictable manner.
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It's highly desirable to have no add up at the start of Phase 2. For this reason it's a good idea to stop DPS at about 82% and finish off the existing add before pushing him into Phase 2 (in well behaved raids this should be automatic because nobody should damage the professor while an add is up anyways).
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===Phase 2: 80% to 35%===
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Putricide casts Tear Gas, which stuns the raid for 10 seconds during the phase change. Rogues can [[Vanish]] and Mages can use [[Invisibility]] before Putricide finishes casting. This allows them some extra DPS time. The fight remains basically the same, but Putricide gain two additional abilities: Choking Gas Bomb and Malleable Goo.
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The Choking Gas Bombs are two flasks which he drops on the ground close to himself. They form an orange cloud on the floor and explode after 20 seconds, killing players within in a 10 yard radius. When he drops them, everybody must move away from the flasks.
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Malleable Goo looks like a bouncing green slime ball. Putricide randomly targets and tosses 1/2 (10/25 player) goo balls to ranged targets. On impact each causes 20,000 AoE damage and slows attack/cast speeds by 200%. All players must move away from the impact points of the green bouncing balls.
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Just like at the end of Phase 1, stopping DPS a few percentages before he goes into phase 3 to ensure that no adds are up is desirable.
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===Phase 3: 35% to 0%===
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Professor Putricide casts tear gas again and phases. As before [[Vanish]] and [[Invisibility]] allow extra DPS time. With good timing and a little luck, a Shaman can drop a [[Fire Elemental Totem]] that's not affected by the Tear Gas as well. This can also be used between Phase 1 and 2, but is more useful for Phase 3.
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During Phase 3, adds stop spawning, but adds that are up do remain. Use all [[DPS cooldowns]] at the start of this phase. Malleable Goo, Choking Gas Bomb, and Slime Pools continue. The Abomination buff is removed and the person inside returns to normal form. This means that the slime pools accumulate and start growing. Phase 3 is a DPS race, Putricide must be killed in short order (about 80/120 seconds in 10/25 player).
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Any remaining add must be killed immediately. Putricide stacks a debuff on his current tank every 10 seconds (Mutated Plague), which has a one-minute expiration timer. The debuff deals AoE damage to the whole raid. If it expires, is removed or somebody dies from it, Putricide gains a massive amount of health (300.000 health for each stack that the person had in 10 man). With two tanks, Tank #1 should tank it up to 2 stacks, then Tank #2 should tank it up to 2 stacks. After that, the tanks should taunt off each other per stack. With three tanks, each tank should initially get 2 stacks, and then to four stacks.
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Putricide also stacks a buff on himself called Mutated Strength, causing him to do more damage over time.
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'''In 25-player:''' In Phase 3, Mutated Plague triples in damage every stack, therefore three tanks are recommended.
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==Short Version==
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This is a condensed, easy to read version of the above. It describes the basics of the fight generally for normal modes in limited depth.
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Phase 1: Ooze pools should be eaten by the Abomination pilot to gain resources and remove hazards.
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Alternating, an add spawns from the green and orange tanks. The abomination pilot must snare adds using 'Regurgitate ooze'. DPS must priority kill the adds. Ranged must stack on the target of the green add, while the orange add must be kited by its target. Only when no adds are up should you DPS Putricide. Stop near 80% HP to kill oozes, then proceed into Phase 2 with no adds up.
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Phase 2: Continue Phase 1's add management.
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Choking Gas Bombs and Malleable Goo are dropped by/thrown at the raid. They should be dodged.
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Burn adds that remain before 35% and Phase 3.
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Phase 3: Abomination disappears. Avoid slime pools. Adds cease, but Choking Gas and Malleable Goo remain. Burn remaining adds. Activate Heroism and other cooldowns now to avoid a soft enrage and keep this delicate phase short. Tanks need to rotate Mutated Plague to keep it as low as possible, avoiding raid damage - Tank A receives 2, B receives 2, then taunt off every stack (A2/B2/A3/B3/A4/B4 etc). DPS stay on Putricide while avoiding raid hazards (slime/goo/bombs). If not killed quickly, Putricide soft-enrages around 4 stacks of Mutated Plague (approx. 1m20s/80s) and also soft enrages off Mutated Strength if left long enough.
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== Alternate Strategy (10 and 25) ==
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[[File:PutricideRoomPhase1.jpg|thumb|Phase 1]]
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To maximize DPS time, Putricide stays near the green ooze spawn point. Ranged stack opposing the oozes, at max range, while spreading out to minimize the malleable goo effect during Phase 2 & 3. With this positioning, melee can switch from the boss to the green add very quickly.
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=== Phase 1 ===
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[[File:PutricideRoomPhase2.jpg|thumb|Phase 2]]
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The transition to Phase 2 should occur before the second green slime spawns, in 10 player it's even possible to get Phase 2 before the first orange add spawns. Tank positioning here can make the difference. The first location should be nearby the table until the first puddle of ooze drops. Then the tank can move to the exact point where the ooze spawns at the tip of the arrow closer to the table on Green side. This allows the melee to be on the green ooze,once it is target-able. The ranged can stack on this phase on the opposite end of where the green ooze appears on the circle, allowing for range on Putricide and the Ooze when it comes out.
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When the green ooze spawns, ranged can simply stay put on top of each other and nuke it. Melee follows the Ooze towards its target, so when it explodes damage is distributed between everyone. Before the orange ooze spawns, the tank should then have another puddle appear at his feet sometime soon. At this point take him back to position 1 by the table. When the orange ooze spawns everyone should be a safe distance away from it, ranged at max range, melee near the green tank. Ranged immediately switch to it, melee nuke Putricide while waiting until it has picked a target, and then charge in. The targeted player can help by kiting the add towards the melee group first, and then around the room, staying near the green tank if possible.
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As above, stop DPS near 80% until no add is up.
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=== Phase 2 ===
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[[File:PutricideRoomPhase3.jpg|thumb|Phase 3]]
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If Phase 1 was ended with no oozes, there's a solid 20+ seconds to DPS the boss uninterrupted. Phase 2 is identical to Phase 1 except that it requires higher raid awareness. The boss has to be moved when he drops Choking Gas Bombs (orange vials on the ground), and ranged must avoid Malleable Goo at all costs. When using BigWigs or Deadly Boss Mods, it's a good idea to stick to its advice - don't move if the mod doesn't tell you to do so. The two positions that the tank has established should flow perfectly from here on out. Whenever he drops a choking gas bomb, move to the other position. When the green ooze comes out, he should be right on top of it. When the orange ooze comes out, he should be near the table.
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This phase should also be ended with no oozes present and little to no slime puddles left.
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=== Phase 3 ===
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Follow the lines as guided in the Picture. Otherwise, same as in the above Phase 3.
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== 2nd Alternate Strategy (10 and 25) ==
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Ranged spends the fight near the table, able to dps either add with little movement. They are close enough to reach the green add spawn point with no or little movement. Tank Putricide a bit away from the green add spawn point to avoid puddles and vials being dropped there. As the green add forms, the tank moves to the spawn point and then melee and the tank switch as soon as possible to the green add. Melee stands between the add and the ranged group, so if they are then thrown through the air, they are thrown to the ranged group. All dps stays on the green add until it is dead.
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For the Orange add, ranged picks it up as soon as possible as normal. Melee attacks when it is clear they are not the victim. The kite path is ideally around the Putricide tank and ending near them, so that melee doesn't have far to go to get back to the boss.
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The Hudmap addon can help one see the malleable goo, and its true landing spot. Ranged group for phase 2, but not too closely to help avoid puddles forming under a green add victim, and to help prevent a malleable goo landing upon the victim and all of the people trying help share damage. Ranged can step in at the last second to help share the damage. However, the 'share damage' radius is quite small, and if one does not fly through the air as expected, they need to keep moving away from the add, as they may be the next victim.
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Most Putricide tanks can help dps the green add, as well as chase it to a ranged victim. Putricide doesn't seem to to hit too hard from behind. Protection warriors can charge the green add while being thrown through the air. This fight penalizes people standing off by themselves.
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==Heroic Difficulty==
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Professor Putricide gains Unbound Plague, which lasts 60 seconds. Unbound Plague deals increasing damage every second, killing players within approximately 15 seconds of being infected. It jumps to anyone within 3 yards, leaving a debuff called Plague Sickness every time, which increases damage taken from Unbound Plague by 300%, stacking infinitely.
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To deal with Unbound Plague the victim should step away from other players for a few ticks, then run in to pass the disease to another player. This recipient should stand clear for a few ticks, then pass it to another player who does not have Plague Sickness. The Plague Sickness debuff means that if you pass the Unbound Plague back and forth between a few people who all develop Plague Sickness, you can easily overwhelm the healers. It is important to pass the Unbound plague to a new player, or one who has at least lost the Plague Sickness.
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Rather than casting Tear Gas on the raid on Heroic Difficulty to change phases, Professor Putricide instead debuffs half the raid with the Ooze Variable and half the raid with the Gas Variable in 25-player mode. He then spawns both a Volatile Ooze AND a Gas Cloud at the same time. Players may only attack targets matching their variable. The abomination almost never has enough juice to slow both the ooze and the cloud, so at least one will be moving at full speed. It is also possible that he will summon the two adds while the raid is fighting an existing add, bringing the total to three.
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Overall Professor Putricide's Heroic Mode emphasizes an unforgiving raid environment as both Malleable Goo and Choking Gas cloud MUST be avoided to avoid the dps loss and to avoid putting strain on the healers. This is even moreso in Phase 3 when getting hit by either could spell a wipe, with dps being lost and healers being overtaxed.
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In 10-player mode, there are no Variable debuffs, but he still spawns both a Volatile Ooze and a Gas Cloud at the same time instead of casting Tear Gas.
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==Loot==
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===Normal mode===
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{| class="darktable zebra"
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! 10 man !! Type !! Description !! Slot !! 25 man !! Type !! Description !! Slot
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|-
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| [[Flesh-Carving Scalpel]] || One hand || Melee || Dagger || [[Last Word]] || One hand || Tank || Mace
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|-
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| [[The Facelifter]] || One hand || Tank || Sword || [[Rigormortis]] || Main hand || Caster +hit || Sword
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|-
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| [[Scalpel-Sharpening Shoulderguards]] || Plate || Melee || Shoulders || [[Astrylian's Sutured Cinch]] || Leather || Physical || Waist
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|-
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| [[Chestplate of Septic Stitches]] || Plate || Healer || Chest || [[Professor's Bloodied Smock]] || Leather || Caster || Waist
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|-
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| [[Shoulderpads of the Morbid Ritual]] || Mail || Physical || Shoulders || [[Tiny Abomination in a Jar]] || Trinket || Melee || Trinket
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|-
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| [[Rippling Flesh Kilt]] || Mail || Caster || Legs || [[Primordial Saronite]] || || Ingredient ||
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|-
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| [[Discarded Bag of Entrails]] || Leather || Physical || Head || [[Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification]] || Token || Paladin, Priest, Warlock ||
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|-
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| [[Shoulders of Ruinous Senility]] || Cloth || Caster +hit || Shoulders || [[Protector's Mark of Sanctification]] || Token || Warrior, Hunter, Shaman ||
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|-
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| [[Cauterized Cord]] || Cloth || Caster || Waist || [[Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification]] || Token || Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid ||
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|-
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| [[Infected Choker]] || Necklace || Melee || Neck || [[Shadowfrost Shard]] || || Quest Item ||
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| [[Pendant of Split Veins]] || Necklace || Caster +hit || Neck
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| [[Unidentifiable Organ]] || Trinket || Tank || Trinket
 
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=== Horde ===
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===Heroic mode===
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{| class="darktable zebra"
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{{TCG_Hero_Header}}
 
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! 10 man !! Type !! Description !! Slot !! 25 man !! Type !! Description !! Slot
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{{TCG_Hero|10|Blood of Gladiators|"Bonewall" Simms|30|Protection|Warrior|Undead|Male}}
 
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{{TCG_Hero|11|Blood of Gladiators|Andarius the Damned|28|Affliction|Warlock|Undead|Male}}
 
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| [[Flesh-Carving Scalpel (heroic)]] || One hand || Melee || Dagger || [[Last Word (heroic)]] || One hand || Tank || Mace
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{{TCG_Hero|12|Blood of Gladiators|Brahu Starsear|28|Balance|Druid|Tauren|Male}}
 
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{{TCG_Hero|13|Blood of Gladiators|Cerripha Sunstreak|25|Fire|Mage|Blood Elf|Female}}
 
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| [[The Facelifter (heroic)]] || One hand || Tank || Sword || [[Rigormortis (heroic)]] || Main hand || Caster +hit || Sword
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{{TCG_Hero|14|Blood of Gladiators|Savitir Skullsmasher|27|Subtlety|Rogue|Orc|Male}}
 
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{{TCG_Hero|15|Blood of Gladiators|Sharpeye Yan'ja|28|Marksman|Hunter|Troll|Female}}
 
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| [[Scalpel-Sharpening Shoulderguards (heroic)]] || Plate || Melee || Shoulders || [[Astrylian's Sutured Cinch (heroic)]] || Leather || Physical || Waist
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{{TCG_Hero|16|Blood of Gladiators|Thoros the Savior|29|Holy|Paladin|Blood Elf|Male}}
 
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{{TCG_Hero|17|Blood of Gladiators|Tribemother Torra|29|Restoration|Shaman|Tauren|Female}}
 
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| [[Chestplate of Septic Stitches (heroic)]] || Plate || Healer || Chest || [[Professor's Bloodied Smock (heroic)]] || Leather || Caster || Waist
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{{TCG_Hero|18|Blood of Gladiators|Witch Doctor Koo'zar|26|Discipline|Priest|Troll|Male}}
 
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| [[Shoulderpads of the Morbid Ritual (heroic)]] || Mail || Physical || Shoulders || [[Tiny Abomination in a Jar (heroic)]] || Trinket || Melee || Trinket
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| [[Rippling Flesh Kilt (heroic)]] || Mail || Caster || Legs || [[Primordial Saronite]] || || Ingredient ||
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| [[Discarded Bag of Entrails (heroic)]] || Leather || Physical || Head || [[Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification (heroic)]] || Token || Paladin, Priest, Warlock ||
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| [[Shoulders of Ruinous Senility (heroic)]] || Cloth || Caster +hit || Shoulders || [[Protector's Mark of Sanctification (heroic)]] || Token || Warrior, Hunter, Shaman ||
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| [[Cauterized Cord (heroic)]] || Cloth || Caster || Waist || [[Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification (heroic)]] || Token || Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid ||
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| [[Infected Choker (heroic)]] || Necklace || Melee || Neck || Neck || [[Shadowfrost Shard]] || || Quest Item ||
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| [[Pendant of Split Veins (heroic)]] || Necklace || Caster +hit
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| [[Unidentifiable Organ (heroic)]] || Trinket || Tank || Trinket
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| [[Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification]] || Token || Paladin, Priest, Warlock ||
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| [[Protector's Mark of Sanctification]] || Token || Warrior, Hunter, Shaman ||
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| [[Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification]] || Token || Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid ||
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| [[Primordial Saronite]] || || Ingredient ||
 
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==Quotes==
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Aggro:
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*{{text|yell|Good news, everyone! I think I perfected a plague that will destroy all life on Azeroth!}}
   
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Airlock:
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== Abilities ==
 
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*{{text|yell|You can't come in here all dirty like that! You need that nasty flesh scrubbed off first!}}
   
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Phase Change on Heroic Difficulty:
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*{{text|yell|Two oozes, one room! So many delightful possibilities...}}
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*{{text|yell|Hmm. I don't feel a thing. Whaa...? Where'd those come from?}}
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|{{text||042}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/42|Divine Justice]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Paladin}}
 
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*{{text|yell|Tastes like... Cherry! Oh! Excuse me!}}
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|{{text||048}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/48|Disperse Magic]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Priest}}
 
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Killing a player:
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*{{text|yell|Hmm... Interesting...}}
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|{{text||050}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/50|Horrify]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Priest}}
 
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*{{text|yell|That was unexpected!}}
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|{{text||056}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/56|Intuition]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Rogue}}
 
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Berserk:
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*{{text|yell|Great news, everyone!}}
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|{{text||057}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/57|Slash and Dash]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Rogue}}
 
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Death:
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|{{text||063}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/63|Fork Lightning]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Shaman}}
 
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*{{text|yell|Bad news, everyone! I don't think I'm going to make it.}}
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|{{text|#00CC00|073}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/73|The Promise of Darkness]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Warlock}}
 
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===Sound files===
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See ''[[PlaySoundFile macros - Icecrown Citadel#.C2.A0Professor Putricide|Sound Files of Icecrown Citadel: Professor Putricide]]''
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|{{text||082}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/82|Blessing of the Heavens]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Druid}}{{ClassIcon|Paladin}}
 
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==Related Achievements==
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|{{text||089}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/89|Recal from the Brink]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Paladin}}{{ClassIcon|Shaman}}
 
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|{{text||090}} || [[TCG Blood of Gladiators/90|Victimize]] || Ability || Neutral||{{ClassIcon|Rogue}}{{ClassIcon|Warlock}}
 
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|{{achievementlong|Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion... (10 player)|Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion...}}
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|{{achievementlong|Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion... (25 player)|Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion...}}
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|Defeat Professor Putricide without using Regurgitated Ooze on the Abomination
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|{{achievementlong|The Plagueworks (10 player)|The Plagueworks}} ({{achievement|Heroic: The Plagueworks (10 player)|Heroic}})
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|{{achievementlong|The Plagueworks (25 player)|The Plagueworks}} ({{achievement|Heroic: The Plagueworks (25 player)|Heroic}})
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|Defeat the bosses of The Plagueworks
 
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==Videos==
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===10-player Normal Encounter===
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<!--Lost Society (Shattered Halls-EU), text-in-video guide.--><youtube>Rk2XZ2wBP0s</youtube>
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<!--Tremor's Guide.--><youtube>K4nDG-41op8</youtube>
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===10-player Heroic Encounter===
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<!--Lost Society (Shattered Halls-EU), text-in-video guide.--><youtube>ono3Tk-mQvU</youtube>
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<!--TankSpot narrated guide, healer PoV.--><youtube>MyXBFH0jm1s</youtube>
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===25-player Normal Encounter===
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<!--Lost Society (Shattered Halls-EU), text-in-video guide.--><youtube>vnVM-YRIxXo</youtube>
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<!--learn2playwow, narrated guide.--><youtube>qF7eBh7N4ew</youtube>
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===25-player Heroic Encounter===
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<!--Forlorn Legacy (Ysera-US).--><youtube>tTY443f4UTM</youtube>
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<!--Lost Society (Shattered Halls-EU).--><youtube>Ol5m8ms69K0</youtube>
   
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===Additional Videos===
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{{youtubelink|uSU3xz8tna8|desc=Tofu Council (Blackrock-US) 10-player, in-video text tips, music soundtrack}}
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">095</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/95|"Craklehands" Spigotgulp]]
 
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{{youtubelink|P7Gp16zJKfk|desc=for the wolf (Commentary, in-video text tips, music soundtrack) Mutilate Rogue PoV, 10-player}}
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">100</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/100|Gladiator Katianna]]
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">105</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/105|Gladiator Magnus]]
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">106</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/106|Gladiator Meganna]]
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">109</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/109|Huntress Xenia]]
 
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</td><td>Ally</td><td>Alliance</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">110</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/110|Kristina Soulcinder]]
 
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</td><td>Ally</td><td>Alliance</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">095</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/95|"Quickhands" Spigotgulp]]
 
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</td><td>Ally</td><td>Alliance</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">120</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/120|Aknot Whetstone]]</td><td>Ally</td><td>Horde</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">127</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/127|Gladiator Emek]]</td><td>Ally</td><td>Horde</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">128</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/128|Gladiator Kaniya]]</td><td>Ally</td><td>Horde</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">129</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/129|Gladiator Kileana]]</td><td>Ally</td><td>Horde</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">132</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/132|Gladiator Zi'mo]]</td><td>Ally</td><td>Horde</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">134</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/134|Hex Doctor No'jin]]</td><td>Ally</td><td>Horde</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">143</font></td><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/143|Thomas "Slash" Robinson]]</td><td>Ally</td><td>Horde</td></tr>
 
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== Equipment ==
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====25-Player====
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{{youtubelink|dTlarHD93QM|desc=Forlorn Legacy (Ysera-US) 25-player, metal music soundtrack.}}
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{{youtubelink|2gYe62roPcg|desc=Midwinter (Windrunner-US) 25-player, music soundtrack.}}
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{{youtubelink|qF7eBh7N4ew|desc=Active Gaming (Silvermoon-EU) narrated guide.}}
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{{youtubelink|O2H1dgnCrEk|desc=Kill Loot Repeat (Sylvanas-EU), tank PoV, no in-game audio, techno soundtrack.}}
   
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== Quests ==
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==Trivia==
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*The Professor's voice and many parts of his quotes (such as "Good news, everyone!") are based on [[wikipedia:Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]], the mad scientist and owner of Planet Express in ''[[wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]]''. Both are mad scientists, and they both provide laughter for players and viewers alike.
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*The tentacles which spawn on the back of Putricide's shoulders at the start of the second phase are re-skins of [[Yogg-Saron (tactics)|Yogg-Saron]]'s Corruptor Tentacles. At first he doesn't feel anything, but when he spots them, he gets confused for a moment.
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{{Speculation}}
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">190</font><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/190|Arena Grandmaster]]
 
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*It is rumored that he might be Doctor Terrible; his last name is unknown, and he possesses the same model, as well as his last words, that he promised he would rise again and have vengeance. Professor Putricide also had potions that turns the player into an abomination.
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<td>Quest<td>Neutral</tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">193</font><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/193|A Question of Gluttony]]
 
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<td>Quest<td>Neutral</tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">194</font><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/194|The Ring of Blood: The Blue Brothers]]
 
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<td>Quest<td>Neutral</tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">195</font><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/195|The Ring of Blood: Brokentoe]]
 
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<td>Quest<td>Neutral</tr>
 
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">199</font><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/199|The Ring of Blood: The Warmaul Champion]]
 
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<td>Quest<td>Neutral</tr>
 
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</table>
 
   
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==Patches and Hotfixes==
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== Locations ==
 
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*{{Patched|date=2010-01-12|link=http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/22418857064-professor-putricide-hotfixes.html#0|bluenote=An issue where the Mutated Transformation and Mutated Plague ability were doing significantly less damage in 25 player mode than intended. Mutated Transformation was actually doing less damage in 25 player mode than in 10 player mode!}}
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<table>
 
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*{{Patched|date=2010-01-12|link=http://www.worldofraids.com/wow-blue-tracker/us-forums/22418857064-professor-putricide-hotfixes.html#0|bluenote=In both 10 and 25 player modes, Tear Gas should no longer cancel player abilities such as Devotion aura. Instead of being totally immune, players now take 99% less damage. This also means Heals over Time spells will continue to work while Tear Gased, Dispersion will grant mana, etc.}}
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*{{Patched|date=2010-01-11|link=http://blue.mmo-champion.com/23/22418851790-recent-ingame-fixes--january-2010--14.html|bluenote=
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">203</font><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/203|The Circle of Blood]]
 
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** Professor Putricide's Tear Gas will no longer remove player auras.
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<td>Quest<td>Neutral</tr>
 
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** The Growing Ooze Puddles in the Professor Putricide encounter will no longer continue to grow while players are stunned.}}
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<tr><td><font color="#FFFFFF">204</font><td>[[TCG Blood of Gladiators/204|Ring of Trials]]
 
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*{{Patch 3.3.0|note=Added.}}
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== Loot cards ==
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==References==
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| title = Icecrown Citadel: The Frozen Throne
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| body = The Plagueworks contains the most twisted experiments ever produced by the Scourge. In this wing players will face two new forms of abomination in Festergut and Rotface, who currently protect their devious creator, Professor Putricide.
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[[Category:Scourge]]
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MobProfessor Putricide
Image of Professor Putricide
Gender Male
Race Mad scientist (Undead)
Level ?? Boss
Reaction Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s) Scourge
Location Putricide's Laboratory of Alchemical Horrors and Fun, Icecrown Citadel
Status Deceased[1] (lore) / Killable
Professor Putricide

Professor Putricide as he appears in game.

Professor Putricide is a boss in the Plagueworks wing of the Icecrown Citadel raid. It requires high DPS and a lot of movement.

This boss is available since January 5, 2010 on US servers and January 6 on EU servers.

Abilities

  • Mutated Slime 50,000 yd range — Throws a vial of Mutated Slime, creating a puddle of slime at the targets location. Instant
    • Ability creature poison 05 Mutated Slime — Grows continuously, inflicting 4,388 to 4,612 damage every second until it is consumed by another Mutated creature. Instant
  • Spell shadow unstableaffliction 1 Unstable Experiment — Professor Putricide begins to peform a wicked experiment on you all. 2.5 seconds cast
  • Spell shadow mindbomb Choking Gas Bomb — Professor Putricide throws Gas Bombs around him, the Gas Bomb deals 5,363 to 5,637 damage every seconds and explodes for 15,600 to 16,400 damage after 20 seconds. Instant
    • Choking Gas 50,000 yd range — Inflicts 4,388 to 4,612 damage and causes you to choke, reducing your chance to hit by 75% for 10 seconds. Instant
  • Inv inscription inkgreen03 Create Concoction 50,000 yd range — Professor Putricide is rifling through the lab table, searching for a powerful potion. 4 seconds cast
  • Inv inscription inkgreen03 Guzzle Potions 50,000 yd range — Professor Putricide starts to drink every potion on the table. 4 sec cast
  • Inv misc herb evergreenmoss Malleable Goo 50,000 yd range — Professor Putricide bounces a Malleable ball of Green Goo at the target, inflicting 14625 to 15375 damage and slowing attack and cast speed by 200% for 15 sec. Instant
  • Ability rogue deviouspoisons Mutated Plague 50,000 yd range — Inflicts damage every 3 seconds. Instant
    • During Phase 3, every 10 seconds Putricide puts one stack of this debuff on his target (= the tanks). Every 3 seconds, each Mutated Plague stack deals shadow damage to the whole raid according to the following list (10 player): 1-2 stacks ~500 dmg, 3 stacks ~1,200 dmg, 4 stacks ~2,900 dmg, 5 stacks ~7000 dmg. Each target affected by Mutated Plague deals this damage independently. Whenever a target with the debuff dies or loses his/her stack in any other way, Putricide will be healed for 300,000 per stack of debuff that target had (10 man).

Gas Cloud

  • Spell holiday tow spicecloud Gaseous Bloat —  1,219 to 1281 dmg per stack, every 2 seconds, that the Gas Cloud has on the target (25-player per stack: 1,463 to 1,537, Heroic: 1950 to 2050). The Gas Cloud initially puts 10 passive stacks on the target and then strips away 1 stack per 2 seconds, meaning the target will take the most damage upon initial target of the Gas Cloud. If the Gas Cloud hits you it will expunge all of the remaining Gaseous Bloat stacks and harm all nearby allies. 3-second cast The total amount of damage done to you when the Gaseous Bloat reaches you can be shown in a sigma function, where k = the # of stacks left on you at the time it reaches you. For 25-man, change the 1250x to 1500x.
Putricide-gas-cloud-calculation

Credit: Emli

    • Spell holiday tow spicecloud Gaseous Bloat — The Gas Cloud is fixated on the player with Gaseous Bloat. If he catches him it will cause him to cast Expunge Gas, inflicting damage to nearby players based on how bloated the player is. Instant
  • Spell holiday tow spicecloud Expunged Gas 50,000 yd range — The Gas Cloud's attack has expunged all of the gas from the target! Expunged Gas inflicts damage to all enemies based on the number of Gaseous Bloat stacks that were remaining on the target when they were attacked. Instant

Growing Ooze Puddle

  • Mutated Slime — The Mutated Slime grows continuously, inflicting 4,388 to 4,612 damage every second until it is consumed by another Mutated creature. Instant
  • Ability creature poison 05 Mutated Slime — Inflicts damage to targets in the Mutated Slime.

Volatile Ooze

  • Ability warlock chaosbolt Volatile Ooze Adhesive 50,000 yd range — The Volatile Ooze Adhesive bonds the target to the Volatile Ooze, inflicting 2,438 to 2,562 damage every second and rooting the target. The Volatile Ooze moves towards the target, exploding for 39,000 to 41,000 damage, split among all nearby targets. 3-second cast
  • Spell fire felcano Ooze Eruption 50,000 yd range — Inflicts 165,750 to 174,250 damage shared among nearby targets, knocking them back in all directions. Instant

Mutated Abomination

  • Spell fire felflamebreath Eat Ooze 40 yd range — Eats nearby Mutated Slime decreasing the size of the pool, giving you 4 Ooze energy! Instant
  • Ability creature poison 02 Regurgitated Ooze 50 yd range — The Regurgitated Ooze has a surprising effect on the target, slowing its movement speed by 50% and dealing 6,338 to 6,662 damage every 2 seconds for 20 seconds. Instant
  • Spell deathknight thrash ghoul Mutated Slash Melee range — Inflicts 100% weapon damage instantly and reduces the target's resistance to physical damage by 4% for 20 sec. Stacks up to 5 times. Instant

Heroic Mode

  • Spell shadow corpseexplode Unbound Plague 45 yd range — Inflicts damage every 1 sec, the damage is increased every second the Blight remains on you! If you get too near to a friendly target, you will transfer the Plague from you to them. Instant
  • Spell shadow callofbone Plague Sickness 50,000 yd range — Increases damage taken from Unbound Plague by 250%. Instant, lasts 1 minute
  • Inv inscription inkgreen03 Ooze Variable 50,000 yd range — (25-player only) You have the Ooze Variable! You will be targeted with things that also have the Ooze trait and are unable to harm Gaseous creatures. Instant, lasts 1 minute
  • Inv inscription inkorange01 Gas Variable 50,000 yd range — (25-player only) You have the Gas Variable! You will be targeted with things that also have the Gas trait and are unable to harm Ooze creatures. Instant, lasts 1 minute

Preparation

Two tanks are required, one of them drives the Abomination during Phases 1 and 2. In 25 player, a third tank is recommended (Phase 3 only). The encounter becomes easier with more DPS so no more than 2/5 (10/25 player) healers is fine. Putricide enrages 10 minutes after the pull.

Mutated Abomination

One player needs to drive a Mutated Abomination. Mutated Abomination is a disease debuff which must not be cleansed, it is gained by clicking on the table at which Putricide starts. If the Abominations dies, a new one can be obtained by clicking the table again. During the whole encounter, slime pools spawn randomly. During phases 1 and 2, the Abomination eats these to gain ooze power. Ooze power in turn is used to snare the adds which spawn.

In phase 3, the tank inside the Abomination must help tank Putricide, so slime pools start to accumulate and eventually kill the raid (soft enrage).

Tactics

Phase 1: 100% to 80%

This phase is all about add control. Alternately, a green and an orange add spawn from the green or orange tank respectively on each side of the room. It's essential to kill each add before the next one spawns. Putricide should be nuked only while no add is up. Since Putricide uses no dangerous AoE abilities, it's safe for the whole raid to stand close to him.

Initially, Putricide is tanked next to the Orange tank on the left side of the room. Not long after the pull, Putricide performs an "Unstable Experiment," which spawns a Volatile Ooze (green add) next to the green tank on the right side of the room. Ranged DPS should switch to it immediately and melee DPS should switch as soon as it is clear who it is targetting. The Volatile Ooze targets and roots a random player and moves towards its target; the Abomination pilot needs to snare it with Regurgitated Ooze. Upon reaching its target, the ooze explodes for 175,000 damage which is split between all players standing on top of the target. The explosion also knocks all affected players back a few yards. After the explosion, the Ooze acquires a new target and repeats the process. Positioning players in a group next to a wall can keep the explosions from knocking the characters too far apart.

After the Ooze is dead, Putricide and the whole raid should move next to the Green tank. The next Unstable Experiment spawns a Gas Cloud (orange add) next to the orange tank. The Gas Cloud follows a random player and applies Gaseous Bloat, a dot which requires a lot of healing. Gaseous Bloat starts with numerous stacks that decrease over time. Should the Gas Cloud reach its target while stacks still remain, the whole raid takes a large amount of damage, usually leading to a wipe. The target must kite the cloud around the room while everyone else kills it. The abomination pilot should also snare it. When the Gas Cloud spawns, ranged DPS should immediately begin nuking it down, while melee DPS should wait until the Gas Cloud's target is.

After this, the raid and Putricide move back to the Orange tank. The adds spawn alternately in a predictable manner.

It's highly desirable to have no add up at the start of Phase 2. For this reason it's a good idea to stop DPS at about 82% and finish off the existing add before pushing him into Phase 2 (in well behaved raids this should be automatic because nobody should damage the professor while an add is up anyways).

Phase 2: 80% to 35%

Putricide casts Tear Gas, which stuns the raid for 10 seconds during the phase change. Rogues can Ability vanish [Vanish] and Mages can use Ability mage invisibility [Invisibility] before Putricide finishes casting. This allows them some extra DPS time. The fight remains basically the same, but Putricide gain two additional abilities: Choking Gas Bomb and Malleable Goo.

The Choking Gas Bombs are two flasks which he drops on the ground close to himself. They form an orange cloud on the floor and explode after 20 seconds, killing players within in a 10 yard radius. When he drops them, everybody must move away from the flasks.

Malleable Goo looks like a bouncing green slime ball. Putricide randomly targets and tosses 1/2 (10/25 player) goo balls to ranged targets. On impact each causes 20,000 AoE damage and slows attack/cast speeds by 200%. All players must move away from the impact points of the green bouncing balls.

Just like at the end of Phase 1, stopping DPS a few percentages before he goes into phase 3 to ensure that no adds are up is desirable.

Phase 3: 35% to 0%

Professor Putricide casts tear gas again and phases. As before Ability vanish [Vanish] and Ability mage invisibility [Invisibility] allow extra DPS time. With good timing and a little luck, a Shaman can drop a Spell fire elemental totem [Fire Elemental Totem] that's not affected by the Tear Gas as well. This can also be used between Phase 1 and 2, but is more useful for Phase 3.

During Phase 3, adds stop spawning, but adds that are up do remain. Use all DPS cooldowns at the start of this phase. Malleable Goo, Choking Gas Bomb, and Slime Pools continue. The Abomination buff is removed and the person inside returns to normal form. This means that the slime pools accumulate and start growing. Phase 3 is a DPS race, Putricide must be killed in short order (about 80/120 seconds in 10/25 player).

Any remaining add must be killed immediately. Putricide stacks a debuff on his current tank every 10 seconds (Mutated Plague), which has a one-minute expiration timer. The debuff deals AoE damage to the whole raid. If it expires, is removed or somebody dies from it, Putricide gains a massive amount of health (300.000 health for each stack that the person had in 10 man). With two tanks, Tank #1 should tank it up to 2 stacks, then Tank #2 should tank it up to 2 stacks. After that, the tanks should taunt off each other per stack. With three tanks, each tank should initially get 2 stacks, and then to four stacks.

Putricide also stacks a buff on himself called Mutated Strength, causing him to do more damage over time.

In 25-player: In Phase 3, Mutated Plague triples in damage every stack, therefore three tanks are recommended.

Short Version

This is a condensed, easy to read version of the above. It describes the basics of the fight generally for normal modes in limited depth.

Phase 1: Ooze pools should be eaten by the Abomination pilot to gain resources and remove hazards. Alternating, an add spawns from the green and orange tanks. The abomination pilot must snare adds using 'Regurgitate ooze'. DPS must priority kill the adds. Ranged must stack on the target of the green add, while the orange add must be kited by its target. Only when no adds are up should you DPS Putricide. Stop near 80% HP to kill oozes, then proceed into Phase 2 with no adds up.

Phase 2: Continue Phase 1's add management. Choking Gas Bombs and Malleable Goo are dropped by/thrown at the raid. They should be dodged. Burn adds that remain before 35% and Phase 3.

Phase 3: Abomination disappears. Avoid slime pools. Adds cease, but Choking Gas and Malleable Goo remain. Burn remaining adds. Activate Heroism and other cooldowns now to avoid a soft enrage and keep this delicate phase short. Tanks need to rotate Mutated Plague to keep it as low as possible, avoiding raid damage - Tank A receives 2, B receives 2, then taunt off every stack (A2/B2/A3/B3/A4/B4 etc). DPS stay on Putricide while avoiding raid hazards (slime/goo/bombs). If not killed quickly, Putricide soft-enrages around 4 stacks of Mutated Plague (approx. 1m20s/80s) and also soft enrages off Mutated Strength if left long enough.

Alternate Strategy (10 and 25)

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Phase 1

To maximize DPS time, Putricide stays near the green ooze spawn point. Ranged stack opposing the oozes, at max range, while spreading out to minimize the malleable goo effect during Phase 2 & 3. With this positioning, melee can switch from the boss to the green add very quickly.

Phase 1

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Phase 2

The transition to Phase 2 should occur before the second green slime spawns, in 10 player it's even possible to get Phase 2 before the first orange add spawns. Tank positioning here can make the difference. The first location should be nearby the table until the first puddle of ooze drops. Then the tank can move to the exact point where the ooze spawns at the tip of the arrow closer to the table on Green side. This allows the melee to be on the green ooze,once it is target-able. The ranged can stack on this phase on the opposite end of where the green ooze appears on the circle, allowing for range on Putricide and the Ooze when it comes out.

When the green ooze spawns, ranged can simply stay put on top of each other and nuke it. Melee follows the Ooze towards its target, so when it explodes damage is distributed between everyone. Before the orange ooze spawns, the tank should then have another puddle appear at his feet sometime soon. At this point take him back to position 1 by the table. When the orange ooze spawns everyone should be a safe distance away from it, ranged at max range, melee near the green tank. Ranged immediately switch to it, melee nuke Putricide while waiting until it has picked a target, and then charge in. The targeted player can help by kiting the add towards the melee group first, and then around the room, staying near the green tank if possible.

As above, stop DPS near 80% until no add is up.

Phase 2

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Phase 3

If Phase 1 was ended with no oozes, there's a solid 20+ seconds to DPS the boss uninterrupted. Phase 2 is identical to Phase 1 except that it requires higher raid awareness. The boss has to be moved when he drops Choking Gas Bombs (orange vials on the ground), and ranged must avoid Malleable Goo at all costs. When using BigWigs or Deadly Boss Mods, it's a good idea to stick to its advice - don't move if the mod doesn't tell you to do so. The two positions that the tank has established should flow perfectly from here on out. Whenever he drops a choking gas bomb, move to the other position. When the green ooze comes out, he should be right on top of it. When the orange ooze comes out, he should be near the table.

This phase should also be ended with no oozes present and little to no slime puddles left.

Phase 3

Follow the lines as guided in the Picture. Otherwise, same as in the above Phase 3.

2nd Alternate Strategy (10 and 25)

Ranged spends the fight near the table, able to dps either add with little movement. They are close enough to reach the green add spawn point with no or little movement. Tank Putricide a bit away from the green add spawn point to avoid puddles and vials being dropped there. As the green add forms, the tank moves to the spawn point and then melee and the tank switch as soon as possible to the green add. Melee stands between the add and the ranged group, so if they are then thrown through the air, they are thrown to the ranged group. All dps stays on the green add until it is dead.

For the Orange add, ranged picks it up as soon as possible as normal. Melee attacks when it is clear they are not the victim. The kite path is ideally around the Putricide tank and ending near them, so that melee doesn't have far to go to get back to the boss.

The Hudmap addon can help one see the malleable goo, and its true landing spot. Ranged group for phase 2, but not too closely to help avoid puddles forming under a green add victim, and to help prevent a malleable goo landing upon the victim and all of the people trying help share damage. Ranged can step in at the last second to help share the damage. However, the 'share damage' radius is quite small, and if one does not fly through the air as expected, they need to keep moving away from the add, as they may be the next victim.

Most Putricide tanks can help dps the green add, as well as chase it to a ranged victim. Putricide doesn't seem to to hit too hard from behind. Protection warriors can charge the green add while being thrown through the air. This fight penalizes people standing off by themselves.

Heroic Difficulty

Professor Putricide gains Unbound Plague, which lasts 60 seconds. Unbound Plague deals increasing damage every second, killing players within approximately 15 seconds of being infected. It jumps to anyone within 3 yards, leaving a debuff called Plague Sickness every time, which increases damage taken from Unbound Plague by 300%, stacking infinitely.

To deal with Unbound Plague the victim should step away from other players for a few ticks, then run in to pass the disease to another player. This recipient should stand clear for a few ticks, then pass it to another player who does not have Plague Sickness. The Plague Sickness debuff means that if you pass the Unbound Plague back and forth between a few people who all develop Plague Sickness, you can easily overwhelm the healers. It is important to pass the Unbound plague to a new player, or one who has at least lost the Plague Sickness.

Rather than casting Tear Gas on the raid on Heroic Difficulty to change phases, Professor Putricide instead debuffs half the raid with the Ooze Variable and half the raid with the Gas Variable in 25-player mode. He then spawns both a Volatile Ooze AND a Gas Cloud at the same time. Players may only attack targets matching their variable. The abomination almost never has enough juice to slow both the ooze and the cloud, so at least one will be moving at full speed. It is also possible that he will summon the two adds while the raid is fighting an existing add, bringing the total to three.

Overall Professor Putricide's Heroic Mode emphasizes an unforgiving raid environment as both Malleable Goo and Choking Gas cloud MUST be avoided to avoid the dps loss and to avoid putting strain on the healers. This is even moreso in Phase 3 when getting hit by either could spell a wipe, with dps being lost and healers being overtaxed.

In 10-player mode, there are no Variable debuffs, but he still spawns both a Volatile Ooze and a Gas Cloud at the same time instead of casting Tear Gas.

Loot

Normal mode

10 man Type Description Slot 25 man Type Description Slot
Inv weapon shortblade 102 [Flesh-Carving Scalpel] One hand Melee Dagger Inv mace 114 [Last Word] One hand Tank Mace
Inv sword 154 [The Facelifter] One hand Tank Sword Inv sword 152 [Rigormortis] Main hand Caster +hit Sword
Inv shoulder 129 [Scalpel-Sharpening Shoulderguards] Plate Melee Shoulders Inv belt 61 [Astrylian's Sutured Cinch] Leather Physical Waist
Inv chest plate22 [Chestplate of Septic Stitches] Plate Healer Chest Inv belt 59 [Professor's Bloodied Smock] Leather Caster Waist
Inv shoulder 113 [Shoulderpads of the Morbid Ritual] Mail Physical Shoulders Inv alchemy enchantedvial [Tiny Abomination in a Jar] Trinket Melee Trinket
Inv kilt mail 01 [Rippling Flesh Kilt] Mail Caster Legs Spell fire felflamebreath [Primordial Saronite] Ingredient
Inv helmet 149 [Discarded Bag of Entrails] Leather Physical Head Ability paladin shieldofthetemplar [Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification] Token Paladin, Priest, Warlock
Inv shoulder 116purple [Shoulders of Ruinous Senility] Cloth Caster +hit Shoulders Ability paladin shieldofthetemplar [Protector's Mark of Sanctification] Token Warrior, Hunter, Shaman
Inv belt 66green [Cauterized Cord] Cloth Caster Waist Ability paladin shieldofthetemplar [Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification] Token Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid
Item icecrownnecklaceb [Infected Choker] Necklace Melee Neck Inv enchant shardshadowfrostlarge [Shadowfrost Shard] Quest Item
Inv jewelry talisman 16 [Pendant of Split Veins] Necklace Caster +hit Neck
Inv ore feliron 01 [Unidentifiable Organ] Trinket Tank Trinket

Heroic mode

10 man Type Description Slot 25 man Type Description Slot
Flesh-Carving Scalpel (heroic) One hand Melee Dagger Last Word (heroic) One hand Tank Mace
The Facelifter (heroic) One hand Tank Sword Rigormortis (heroic) Main hand Caster +hit Sword
Scalpel-Sharpening Shoulderguards (heroic) Plate Melee Shoulders Astrylian's Sutured Cinch (heroic) Leather Physical Waist
Chestplate of Septic Stitches (heroic) Plate Healer Chest Professor's Bloodied Smock (heroic) Leather Caster Waist
Shoulderpads of the Morbid Ritual (heroic) Mail Physical Shoulders Tiny Abomination in a Jar (heroic) Trinket Melee Trinket
Rippling Flesh Kilt (heroic) Mail Caster Legs Spell fire felflamebreath [Primordial Saronite] Ingredient
Discarded Bag of Entrails (heroic) Leather Physical Head Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification (heroic) Token Paladin, Priest, Warlock
Shoulders of Ruinous Senility (heroic) Cloth Caster +hit Shoulders Protector's Mark of Sanctification (heroic) Token Warrior, Hunter, Shaman
Cauterized Cord (heroic) Cloth Caster Waist Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification (heroic) Token Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid
Infected Choker (heroic) Necklace Melee Neck Neck Inv enchant shardshadowfrostlarge [Shadowfrost Shard] Quest Item
Pendant of Split Veins (heroic) Necklace Caster +hit
Unidentifiable Organ (heroic) Trinket Tank Trinket
Ability paladin shieldofthetemplar [Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification] Token Paladin, Priest, Warlock
Ability paladin shieldofthetemplar [Protector's Mark of Sanctification] Token Warrior, Hunter, Shaman
Ability paladin shieldofthetemplar [Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification] Token Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid
Spell fire felflamebreath [Primordial Saronite] Ingredient

Quotes

Aggro:

  • Good news, everyone! I think I perfected a plague that will destroy all life on Azeroth!

Airlock:

  • You can't come in here all dirty like that! You need that nasty flesh scrubbed off first!

Phase Change on Heroic Difficulty:

  • Two oozes, one room! So many delightful possibilities...

Transform:

  • Hmm. I don't feel a thing. Whaa...? Where'd those come from?
  • Tastes like... Cherry! Oh! Excuse me!

Killing a player:

  • Hmm... Interesting...
  • That was unexpected!

Berserk:

  • Great news, everyone!

Death:

  • Bad news, everyone! I don't think I'm going to make it.

Sound files

See Sound Files of Icecrown Citadel: Professor Putricide

Related Achievements

10-player mode 25-player mode Objective
Achievement boss profputricide [Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion... (10 player)] Achievement boss profputricide [Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion... (25 player)] Defeat Professor Putricide without using Regurgitated Ooze on the Abomination
Achievement dungeon plaguewing [The Plagueworks (10 player)] (Money achievement Heroic) Achievement dungeon plaguewing [The Plagueworks (25 player)] (Money achievement Heroic) Defeat the bosses of The Plagueworks

Videos

10-player Normal Encounter

10-player Heroic Encounter

25-player Normal Encounter

25-player Heroic Encounter

Additional Videos

10-Player

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25-Player

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Trivia

  • The Professor's voice and many parts of his quotes (such as "Good news, everyone!") are based on Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, the mad scientist and owner of Planet Express in Futurama. Both are mad scientists, and they both provide laughter for players and viewers alike.
  • The tentacles which spawn on the back of Putricide's shoulders at the start of the second phase are re-skins of Yogg-Saron's Corruptor Tentacles. At first he doesn't feel anything, but when he spots them, he gets confused for a moment.
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  • It is rumored that he might be Doctor Terrible; his last name is unknown, and he possesses the same model, as well as his last words, that he promised he would rise again and have vengeance. Professor Putricide also had potions that turns the player into an abomination.

Patches and Hotfixes

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  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Added.

References

Icecrown Citadel: The Frozen Throne |  Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment

The Plagueworks contains the most twisted experiments ever produced by the Scourge. In this wing players will face two new forms of abomination in Festergut and Rotface, who currently protect their devious creator, Professor Putricide.

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