Patchwerk

This article is about the 10 and 25-man versions of Patchwerk introduced with Wrath of the Lich King. For the original 40-man raid boss, introduced in Patch 1.11,, see Patchwerk (original).

Patchwerk
Race	Abomination (Undead)
Level	?? Boss
Location	Construct Quarter, Naxxramas and Acherus: The Ebon Hold, Eastern Plaguelands
Status	Killable
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Patchwerk is the first boss of the Construct Quarter in Naxxramas. He is typically seen as a gear check, and is a prime example of a tank and spank fight.

You must clear Patchwerk's entire room or else Patchwerk will aggro all other mobs onto you when you pull him (confirmed on 10-man).

Commander Eligor Dawnbringer: "Behold, Patchwerk. When word of his existence first reached the ears of the Brotherhood, none believed the tales of an abomination with such immense speed and strength. Fewer still believed it when he fell the first time..."

Abilities

Patchwerk's abilities are the same for both 10-player and 25-player raids, but his health and damage are scaled accordingly. These two scaled values will be shown together below, separated by a slash.

Melee

Strikes a single target for ~9,000/~18,000 physical damage.

Hateful Strike

A rapid and powerful melee strike on a single target for 20,000-27,000/~80,000 physical damage. Cast every second. Hateful Strike also adds threat to the three players who have the highest threat. The target of Hateful Strike is determined by three requirements:

1. Proximity: Targets must be within melee range of Patchwerk.
2. Threat: Targets must be less than first in threat, but at least second/third highest threat. This requirement does not apply if only one target is in melee range.
3. Current Health: The target must have the highest health of all available targets.

Each requirement is dependent on the ones before it, so a high-threat player isn't considered if she's out of range. Similarly, a high-health player isn't considered if he's low on threat.

Frenzy

When Patchwerk's health reaches 5%, he will gain 25% increased damage and 40% increased melee haste. This buff also applies to the damage caused by Hateful Strike.

Berserk

After 6 minutes of combat, Patchwerk will enrage. His damage is increased by 500%, his attack and movement speed is increased by 150%, and he becomes immune to taunt effects. While enraged, Patchwerk will also cast Slime Bolts which strike all raid members with ~9,000 Nature damage and ~6,000 every 3 seconds for 6 seconds.

Strategy

This is an extremely simple encounter that will test your gear and the sheer numbers your raid can put out. You will need one main tank and 1 or 2 Hateful strike tanks. If one is used healing on Hateful strikes must be very quick, or he will 1-shot the highest melee on aggro.

The main tank and the hateful tanks will run in first and will start taking massive damage immediately (Note: Melee dps need to stay out until all 3 tanks have aggro or they could be hit with Hateful Strikes). Patchwerk will hateful strike the 2nd and 3rd players on his aggro list in melee range, starting with whichever has highest health. The hateful tank with most HP will therefore be hit the most. He will still melee the main tank, who will be first on aggro. At this point it is simply a test of killing Patchwerk before his berserk timer and keeping the tanks alive. You will need 36,111 raid DPS to do this. Patchwerk also does a soft enrage (Frenzy) at 5% health, this should only last a few seconds before he goes down.

Tips

• Have a mage buff off-tanks with [Amplify Magic].
• Have a [Wrath of Air Totem] near the healers and a [Stoneskin Totem] near the tanks.
• Use Armor elixir, Agility elixir, and Indestructible potion.
• Warriors use [Last Stand] at the beginning of the fight.
• Always have Thunderclap/ [Demoralizing Shout] (if a warrior has them improved better).
• Off-tanks should use trinkets + shield blocks (have good avoidance gear).
• One hunter casts [Scorpid Sting].
• One druid casts [Insect Swarm] (Does not stack with Scorpid Sting).
• Have buffs like: Deathknight's [Horn of Winter], Paladin's [Devotion Aura], Shaman's [Heroism]/ [Bloodlust], etc.
• Priest's shields.
• Paladin's [Beacon of Light].
• Better with 5-6 healers, 2 on each off-tank.

On 25man, Block is almost a useless stat for tanks, as the hatefuls will still do 20k damage even if you do block. If you have any other trinkets / armor of similar standard that give you either dodge or parry, they are more useful here. It may be worth picking up the  [Valor Medal of the First War] trinket just for this encounter, because even spam healing, your healers are not going to be able to keep you up if you don't completely avoid every 4th hateful.

10-man strategy

This is an extremely simple encounter that will test your gear and the sheer numbers your raid can put out. You will need one main tank and 1 Hateful Strike tank.

The main tank and the hateful tank will run in first and will start taking massive damage immediately. Both tanks should be careful on the pull to establish threat immediately (otherwise, the main tank will take both melee strikes and possibly 1-2 Hateful Strikes), and melee DPS should wait a few seconds to engage in the fight.

Once the pull has begun, Patchwerk will still melee the main tank, who will be first on aggro, and hateful the person with the second highest threat (this must be the Hateful tank); this makes it important establish tank aggro correctly and promptly when the fight begins). At this point it is simply a test of killing Patchwerk before his berserk timer and keeping the tanks alive. You will need 12,000 raid DPS, or 1,500/person including tanks, to do this. Patchwerk also does a soft enrage (Frenzy) at 5% health, this should only last a few seconds before he goes down. Damage mitigation cooldowns (e.g., Shield Wall, Divine Protection, etc.) can be helpful to mitigate damage during the short soft enrage period. It is generally unnecessary to save dps cooldowns (e.g., Bloodlust) for the enrage period, though, as Patchwerk will normally be killed before the end of any tank cooldowns that are applied.

Edit: Assuming you have 2 tanks, it is advised to let your "best" tank (the one with most health and armor — dodge is useful) be the Hateful tank, and have your lesser geared tank take Patchwerk's normal hits.

Trivia

His name comes from the term "patchwork"; as an abomination, he is a disgusting amalgamation of flesh, bones, meat, metal, and threads. It may also refer to Kraftwerk, a German minimalist techno group, just as Ramstein refers to the similarly named German band.

The Avatar of War refers to the Everquest boss of the same name. The boss had a similar ability to Hateful Strike in that it would unleash massive damage to the tank which would have to be healed through. It was widely believed at the time that no player could possibly tank that.

Unlike a number of other bosses in the WotLK version of Naxx, Patchwerk's adds WILL engage if you try to pull him without clearing his room first.

Quotes

Aggro

• Patchwerk want to play.
• Kel'Thuzad make Patchwerk his avatar of war!

Killing A Player

• No more play?

Death

• What happened to... Patch...

Acherus: The Ebon Hold

Note: All Ebon Hold quotes are voiced too...

Intro

• Patchwerk miss Naxxramas. Maybe kill you all fast so Patchwerk go home?
• Death Knights come play?
• Come play with Patchwerk! Patchwerk lonely!

Aggro

• Why you want hurt Patch?

Enrage

• Lich King says Patchwerk "on loan" from Naxxramas. Loan make Patchwerk ANGRY!

Killing a Player

• No more play?

Death

• What... happen to-

Loot

10 man

Abomination Shoulderblades Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Shoulder 11 Armor +2 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +4 Dodge +2 Critical Strike   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +2 Dodge   Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 10 58 1 Blade of Dormant Memories Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Dagger One-Hand Speed 1.80 1 – 2 Damage (0.8 damage per second) +11 Intellect +3 Stamina +3 Critical Strike +2 Haste Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 20 47 93 Contagion Gloves Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Leather Hands 4 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Critical Strike +2 Versatility Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 5 31 1 Drape of Surgery Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Back 3 Armor +2 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Haste +2 Versatility Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 10 76 81 Gauntlets of Combined Strength Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Hands 9 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +3 Haste Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 6 79 73 Hatestrike Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Sword One-Hand Speed 2.60 4 – 7 Damage (2.1 damage per second) +1 Agility +4 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Haste Durability 110 / 110 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 20 40 67 Retcher's Shoulderpads Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mail Shoulder 7 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Haste +2 Versatility Durability 100 / 100 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 87 52 Sullen Cloth Boots Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Feet 3 Armor +3 Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Critical Strike +2 Versatility Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 9 77 76 Tainted Girdle of Mending Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Waist 9 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Critical Strike +3 Versatility Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 5 43 31 Emblem of Triumph Binds when picked up Requires Level 80

25 man

Arrowsong Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Bow Ranged Speed 3.00 7 – 10 Damage (2.8 damage per second) +4 Agility +6 Stamina +4 Critical Strike +3 Haste Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 16 13 32 Belt of the Tortured Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Leather Waist 4 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +3 Haste Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 24 29 Boots of Persuasion Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Feet 3 Armor +3 Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +3 Versatility   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +2 Critical Strike   Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 11 43 20 Boots of Septic Wounds Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when equipped Leather Feet 5 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +3 Versatility   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +2 Critical Strike   Durability 80 / 80 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 42 81 Chains of Adoration Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Neck +2 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Haste +2 Versatility Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Crude Discolored Battlegrips Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Hands 9 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +4 Haste Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 26 99 Fleshless Girdle Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Waist 9 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Dodge +3 Parry Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 51 76 Fool's Trial Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Neck +1 Agility +4 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Haste Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Girdle of the Gambit Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mail Waist 6 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Haste +3 Versatility Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 5 59 65 Gloves of Calculated Risk Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mail Hands 6 Armor +3 Agility or Intellect +4 Stamina +3 Critical Strike +2 Haste Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 6 21 84 Heritage This item is not yet in Wowpedia. Contribute it using the Item Boilerplate. Look up in: ω þ Hero's Surrender Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Shield Off Hand 47 Armor +2 Strength +6 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Dodge +2 Parry Durability 120 / 120 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 13 81 49 Libram of Tolerance Item Level 213Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Libram Relic Equip: Increases spell power of Holy Light by 141. Classes: Paladin Requires Level 80 Lost Jewel Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +2 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Versatility Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Ruthlessness talent Sand-Worn Band Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +2 Strength +3 Stamina +2 Dodge +2 Parry Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Sash of Solitude Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Cloth Waist 2 Armor +3 Intellect +4 Stamina +4 Versatility   Prismatic Socket Socket Bonus: +3 Spell Power   Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 6 99 96 Seized Beauty Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +2 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Versatility Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Split Greathammer Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Mace One-Hand Speed 2.60 4 – 6 Damage (1.9 damage per second) +2 Agility +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +1 Haste Durability 110 / 110 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 21 43 39 Strong-Handed Ring Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Finger +2 Agility +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Haste Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Surplus Limb Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand +6 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Haste Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Thunderstorm Amulet Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Neck +2 Intellect +3 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +2 Haste Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 56 23 Totem of Hex Item Level 213Disenchants into:  [Abyss Crystal]: 1-2 Binds when picked up Totem Relic Equip: Increases spell power of Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt by 165. Classes: Shaman Requires Level 80 "Counts as an Air, Earth, Fire, and Water totem." Waistguard of Divine Grace Item Level 35Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Waist 9 Armor +3 Strength or Intellect +4 Stamina +2 Critical Strike +3 Haste Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 30 Sell Price: 7 21 57 Emblem of Triumph Binds when picked up Requires Level 80

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

[1] 

Curse Patchwerk HS Warner

Warcraft Movies Patchwerk kill Hunter POV by Genesis, EU

Warfront Warlock POV on Patchwerk by War Front, Frostmane US

[2] Anikki's illustrated tactic incl. Video by Do, Talnivarr EU

• German Tactic by Riemu incl. Videos by Riemu, Gorgonnash EU

World of Strats 10/25 man versions

RaidStrats Patchwerk Strategy Guide for both Normal and Heroic difficulty

WoW Guide Online Patchwerk Video and Guide