 Festergut | |||||||||
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| Race | Flesh beast (Undead) | ||||||||
| Level | ?? boss | ||||||||
| Location | Plagueworks, Icecrown Citadel | ||||||||
| Status | Killable | ||||||||
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Festergut is a boss in the Plagueworks wing of the Icecrown Citadel raid. Festergut along with his "brother" Rotface, wants to make their daddy (Professor Putricide) proud of killing the raid.
This boss is available since January 5, 2010.
25-man abilities
Festergut will berserk after 5-minutes of combat. You will need 135,000 raid DPS to kill him in time, or about 7,200 per DPS class assuming 5 healers and 2 tanks doing 3,000.
10-man abilities
Gas Spore — Unleashes a Gas Spore, inflicting 2 random targets with a gaseous spore. The Spore will explode after 12 seconds, inflicting 1,950 to 2,050 damage to all nearby friends. The damage from the Gas Spore builds the targets immune system, giving them a 25% resistance to the blight for 2 minutes. Stacks up to 3 times. Instant, 18-second cooldown.- Gaseous Blight — The Gaseous Plague inflicts 4,388 to 4,612 Shadow damage to all nearby players. Instant.
- Gaseous Blight — (After 1 inhale) The Gaseous Plague inflicts 2,925 to 3,075 Shadow damage to all nearby players. Instant.
- Gaseous Blight — (After 2 inhale ) The Gaseous Plague inflicts 1,463 to 1,537 Shadow damage to all nearby players. Instant.
- Inhale Blight — Inhales the Gaseous Blight in the room, increasing damage dealt by 30%. 3.5-second cast, 15-second cooldown.
- Pungent Blight — Violently releases the Gaseous Blight, dealing 48,750 to 51,250 Shadow damage to all enemy players, releasing the deadly Blight back into the room. 3-second cast, 15-second cooldown.
- Vile Gas — Inflicts a Vile plague in targeted area, inflicting 4,875 to 5,125 damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. The plague causes the infected targets to vomit uncontrollably, inflicting 3,900 to 4,100 damage to nearby allies. Does not affect melee if there are at least 3 ranged players (on 10-man; probably 8 on 25-man). Instant.
- Gastric Bloat — Inflicts 9,750 to 10,250 Nature damage to the target. Damage done by affected increased by 10% per application. Causes Gastric Explosion, immediately killing the player, if it reaches 10 stacks. Lasts 100 seconds. (Instant)
- Gastric Explosion — Immediately kills the affected player, and does 29,250 to 30,750 shadow damage to all players in a 10 yard range.
Strategy
Raid Positioning
Configure the raid so that Festergut is tanked in the center of the room, with melee (and potentially healers) in the center, with ranged spread out around the remainder of the room such that only one person can be hit by Vile Gas at a time. By hugging the wall, players may enter the room to get in position before the pull.
Gas Spore and Innoculation
Roughly three minutes into the encounter, Festergut casts Pungent Blight, which causes about 50,000 damage to every player in the raid. The only way to protect against Pungent Blight is to become inoculated via the gas spores that Festergut casts, which reduce the damage you get from Pungent Blight by 25%. Festergut casts gas spores three times prior to his Pungent Blight; since each Inoculation stacks, player survivability depends on your ability to get all three stacks.
When Festergut casts Gas Spore, the raid must make two groups: one melee group, and one ranged group, in order to have the entire raid become Inoculated. Ranged players should have a predetermined location where they should run to be inoculated, while melee should all run in front of the boss (who does not cleave) or else the tank will not receive inoculation. [In 25-man, Festergut casts three Gas Spores, so the raid must form three groups: one melee, and two ranged.]
If Festergut casts Gas Spore on two melee or two ranged players, one must run to the other group to ensure that everyone receives the inoculation. Note that it is not possible to receive two stacks of inoculation on the same cast (being hit by both spores will only grant one stack). If a player must run inside, be certain that the raid does not fall below the minimum limit of players at range, lest Festergut cast Vile Gas on the melee and probably wipe the raid.
Therefore, raid positioning on this encounter is fundamentally a matter of spreading out (for Vile Gas) and then collapsing together (for Gas Spore/Inoculation) at the appropriate times (similar to the Akil'zon encounter, albeit not identical).
Tanking
Setup and Damage Input
This encounter requires two tanks. The initial tank should stand Festergut in the center of the room (where he begins). Festergut hits very quickly, and for around 14,000 to 15,000 on plate. However, his damage output increases by 30% (additive, so +90% at 3 stacks) each time he casts Inhale Blight, meaning that once he has inhaled three times, he will be mauling the tank for around 24,000 to 26,000 per attack.
Gastric Bloat and Gastric Explosion
Once every roughly 12 seconds, he will cast Gastric Bloat on the tank. This debuff increases the tank's damage, but if it gets to 10 stacks, the tank will be immediately killed and do massive damage to everyone nearby, which is almost certainly a wipe. Therefore, the second tank should taunt Festergut when this debuff reaches 9 stacks. The first time this happens will be right around when Festergut is going to cast Inhale Blight the third time, so the switch will take place during a high-tank damage period. Healers should be prepared for the switch to occur in order to keep the new tank alive. This mechanic is fundamentally similar to the Phase Punch ability in the Algalon the Observer encounter.
Note that because the Gastric Bloat debuff stacks to 10 and lasts 100 seconds, if the switch is made before 9 stacks, the first tank's debuff will not have fallen off when it is time for that tank to taunt the boss again. This can be remedied in 25-man mode by using three tanks, and the switch can be made earlier if desired. Paladins can also clear the debuff with 
[Divine Shield]. Before switching to three tanks, however, make sure your raid can produce enough DPS throughput to kill Festergut before he enrages, as this is primarily a gear-check DPS race.
Finally, note that once the switch is done, the prior tank will still be doing 90% increased damage (and therefore increased threat as well). Therefore, the first tank must be extremely careful not to pull Festergut off of the new tank, lest he get a tenth stack of Gastric Bloat, explode, and wipe the raid. 
[Hand of Salvation] can help with this, as can switching off your threat enhancing abilities, such as by dismissing Righteous Fury or switching to Blood Presence or Cat Form (but do remember to switch them back on before taunting). Standing back and not attacking Festergut is of course a possibility, but given the massive damage buff the OT has and the strict DPS requirements of the fight, if the OT can find a way to deal damage safely it will help a great deal.
Healing
Setup
This encounter is healing intensive. Healers should be constantly maintaining the health of the active tank, as well as repairing the encounter's constant area damage from Gaseous Blight, and healing players infected with Vile Gas. It is worth noting that, as Festergut inhales, tank takes more damage while damage to the raid decreases (albeit disproportionately). Healers will need to be flexible as their role may somewhat change depending on the ratio of tank damage as opposed to raid damage.
Vile Gas
If there are sufficient ranged DPS, healers should consider standing in the center with the melee to prevent them from being hit with Vile Gas, as Vile Gas makes the target unable to perform any action for the 6-second duration, which is particularly devastating with a two-healer setup on 10-man.
DPS
This encounter is also a DPS race, with DPS expected to churn out record-high numbers to beat the short enrage timer.
Movement for melee DPS is minimal; they must shift to the front of the boss in order to spread Gas Spores, and otherwise are free to stand and do damage. Ranged DPS must normally stand apart from one another (to prevent chaining Vile Gas) while collapsing to spread Gas Spores.
Tips and Tricks
- Paladin tanks can clear the Gastric Bloat debuff with [Divine Shield].
- Vile Gas can be broken prematurely with a PvP trinket, Every Man for Himself,
[Ice Block], or [Divine Shield]. - Immunity effects such as [Ice Block] or [Divine Shield] will prevent a player from being killed by Festergut's exhale, even without any stacks of inoculation.
- When the tanks switch, the tank that has stacks of Gastric Bloat should immediately receive [Hand of Salvation] to lower his threat.
Loot
Normal mode
Heroic mode
| 10 man | Type | Description | Slot | 25 man | Type | Description | Slot |
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| Gutbuster (heroic) | One hand | Melee | Mace | Black Bruise (heroic) | Main hand | Melee | Fist weapon |
| Abracadaver (heroic) | Two hand | Caster +hit | Staff | Distant Land (heroic) | Two hand | Melee | Staff |
| Festering Fingerguards (heroic) | Plate | Melee | Hands | Fleshrending Gauntlets (heroic) | Plate | Melee | Hands |
| Festergut's Gaseous Gloves (heroic) | Plate | Healer | Hands | Faceplate of the Forgotten (heroic) | Plate | Healer | Head |
| Taldron's Long Neglected Boots (heroic) | Melee | Feet | Belt of Broken Bones (heroic) | Plate | Tank | Waist | |
| Plague-Soaked Leather Leggings (heroic) | Leather | Melee | Legs | Carapace of Forgotten Kings (heroic) | Melee | Chest | |
| Wrists of Septic Shock (heroic) | Leather | Caster | Wrist | Nerub'ar Stalker's Cord (heroic) | Melee | Waist | |
| Kilt of Untreated Wounds (heroic) | Cloth | Caster | Legs | Unclean Surgical Gloves (heroic) | Healer | Hands | |
| Bloodstained Surgeon's Shoulderguards (heroic) | Cloth | Caster | Shoulders | Horrific Flesh Epaulets (heroic) | Caster | Shoulder | |
| Cloak of Many Skins (heroic) | Cloak | Tank | Back | Gangrenous Leggings (heroic) | Leather | Melee | Legs |
| Signet of Putrefaction (heroic) | Ring | Healer | Ring | Leather of Stitched Scourge Parts (heroic) | Leather | Caster | Legs |
| Precious's Putrid Collar (heroic) | Necklace | Melee | Neck | Plaguebringer's Stained Pants (heroic) | Cloth | Caster +hit | Legs |
| [Emblem of Frost] x2 | Currency | Plague Scientist's Boots (heroic) | Cloth | Caster | Feet | ||
| [Primordial Saronite] | Ingredient | Lingering Illness (heroic) | Cloth | Caster | Waist | ||
| Might of Blight (heroic) | Ring | Melee | Ring | ||||
| Holiday's Grace (heroic) | Necklace | Healer | Neck | ||||
| [Emblem of Frost] x2 | Currency | ||||||
| [Primordial Saronite] | Ingredient | ||||||
| [Shadowfrost Shard] | Quest Item |
Quotes
- Stinky dies
- NOOOO! You kill Stinky! You pay!
- Aggro
- Fun time!
- Gas Spore
- Festergut farts.
- Pungent Blight
- Gyah! Uhhh, I not feel so good...
- Festergut vomits.
- Killing a player
- Daddy, I did it!
- Dead! Dead! DEAD!
- Berzerk
- Fun time over!
- Death
Related achievements
- [Flu Shot Shortage (10 player)]
- [Flu Shot Shortage (25 player)]
- [The Plagueworks (10 player)]
- [The Plagueworks (25 player)]
- [Heroic: The Plagueworks (10 player)]
- [Heroic: The Plagueworks (25 player)]
Videos
10-player Normal encounter
25-player Normal encounter
References
External links
Bosskillers Full strategy guide with diagrams Todowow Guía del Fansite oficial Español