 Professor Putricide | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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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.
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
Mutated Slime — Grows continuously, inflicting 4,388 to 4,612 damage every second until it is consumed by another Mutated creature. Instant
- Unstable Experiment — Professor Putricide begins to peform a wicked experiment on you all. 2.5 seconds cast
- 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
- Create Concoction 50,000 yd range — Professor Putricide is rifling through the lab table, searching for a powerful potion. 4 seconds cast
- Guzzle Potions 50,000 yd range — Professor Putricide starts to drink every potion on the table. 4 sec cast
- 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
- 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.
Gas Cloud
- Gaseous Bloat — Inflicts 1,219 to 1281 (25-player: 1,463 to 1,537, Heroic: 1950 to 2050) damage every 2 seconds and if the Gas Cloud hits you it will expunge all of the remaining Gaseous Bloat and harm all nearby allies. 3-second cast
- 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
- 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 Blight 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
- Mutated Slime — Inflicts damage to targets in the Mutated Slime.
Volatile Ooze
- 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
- 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
- Eat Ooze 40 yd range — Eats nearby Mutated Slime decreasing the size of the pool, giving you 4 Ooze energy! Instant
- 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
- Mutated Slash Melee range — Inflicts 100% weapon damage instantly! Instant
Strategy
The encounter becomes easier with more DPS, so it's possible to use fewer healers and more DPS. 2 healers for 10 player and 5 in 25 should be fine. Putricide enrages 10 minutes after the pull.
Mutated Abomination
One player (usually one of the tanks) needs to drive a Mutated Abomination during this fight. Mutated Abomination is a disease debuff which must not be cleansed, it is gained by clicking on the table at which Putricide stands initially. If the Abominations dies, a new one is 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 is used to snare the adds which spawn.
In phase 3, the the tank inside the Abomination must help tank Putricide, so slime pools start to accumulate and eventually kill the raid (soft enrage).
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 to it 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.
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.
After this, the raid and Putricide move back to the Orange tank. The add spawns alternately in a predictable manner.
Phase 2: 80% to 35%
Putricide casts Tear Gas, which stuns the raid for 10 seconds during the phase change. 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 the goo to a ranged player. These cause 20,000 AoE damage on impact, and slow attack/cast speeds by 200% on impact. The target must avoid this by moving away from the bouncing balls.
In 25-player: Putricide launches two Malleable Goos at a time.
Phase 3: 35% to 0%
Professor Putricide casts tear gas again and phases. Adds stop spawning, but adds that are up do remain. The Abomination buff is removed and the person inside returns to normal form. Phase 3 is a DPS race, Putricide must be killed in short order (about 80 seconds in 10 player, 120 seconds with 25).
Use all DPS cooldowns at the start of this phase. Malleable Goo, Choking Gas Bomb, and Slime Pools continue. Since there is no Abomination, the slime pools accumulate and continue growing.
Putricide stacks a debuff on his current tank every 10 seconds called Mutated Plague, which has a one-minute expiration timer. The debuff deals AoE damage to the whole raid, should it expire, be removed or a person die from it, Putricide gains a massive amount of health. When there are 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 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.
Alternate Strategy (10 and 25)
To maximize DPS time, Putricide can be tanked under the green tank, nearly on top of the green ooze spawn point. Ranged should stand towards Putricide's table, at max range to the orange ooze spawn point, while speading out to minimize damage from Malleable goo. With this positioning, melee can switch form the boss to the green add very quickly, and ranged can DPS either type of add without moving a lot.
Phase 1
DPS cooldowns with a short cooldown (less than 3 minutes) should be used right after the pull. The transition to Phase 2 should occur before the second green slime has spawned, in 10 player it's even possible to get phase 2 before the first orange add spawns.
When the green ooze spawns, ranged can simply stay put, they don't need to move to the ooze target. Melee follows the Ooze towards its target, so when it explodes damage is distributed between melee. 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 waits 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.
This phase should be ended with no oozes present, so it may be smart to stop DPS on Putricide if the switch won't happen prior to the next Unstable Experiment.
Phase 2
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.
This phase should also be ended with no oozes present and little to no slime puddles left.
Phase 3
The same as in the basic strategy.
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 will jump to anyone within 3 yards, leaving a debuff called Plague Sickness every time it jumps, which increases damage taken from Unbound Plague by 300%, stacking infinitely.
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.
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 |
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| [Flesh-Carving Scalpel] | One hand | Melee | Dagger | [Last Word] | One hand | Tank | Mace |
| [The Facelifter] | One hand | Tank | Sword | [Rigormortis] | Main hand | Caster +hit | Sword |
| [Scalpel-Sharpening Shoulderguards] | Plate | Melee | Shoulders | [Astrylian's Sutured Cinch] | Leather | Physical | Waist |
| [Chestplate of Septic Stitches] | Plate | Healer | Chest | [Professor's Bloodied Smock] | Leather | Caster | Waist |
| [Shoulderpads of the Morbid Ritual] | Physical | Shoulders | [Tiny Abomination in a Jar] | Trinket | Melee | Trinket | |
| [Rippling Flesh Kilt] | Caster | Legs | [Emblem of Frost] x2 | Currency | |||
| [Discarded Bag of Entrails] | Leather | Physical | Head | [Primordial Saronite] | Ingredient | ||
| [Shoulders of Ruinous Senility] | Cloth | Caster +hit | Shoulders | [Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification] | Token | Paladin, Priest, Warlock | |
| [Cauterized Cord] | Cloth | Caster | Waist | [Protector's Mark of Sanctification] | Token | Warrior, Hunter, Shaman | |
| [Infected Choker] | Necklace | Melee | Neck | [Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification] | Token | Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid | |
| [Pendant of Split Veins] | Necklace | Caster +hit | Neck | [Shadowfrost Shard] | Quest Item | ||
| [Unidentifiable Organ] | Trinket | Tank | Trinket | ||||
| [Emblem of Frost] x2 | Currency |
Heroic mode
| 10 man | Type | Description | Slot | 25 man | Type | Description | Slot |
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| 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) | Physical | Shoulders | Tiny Abomination in a Jar (heroic) | Trinket | Melee | Trinket | |
| Rippling Flesh Kilt (heroic) | Caster | Legs | [Emblem of Frost] x2 | Currency | |||
| Discarded Bag of Entrails (heroic) | Leather | Physical | Head | [Primordial Saronite] | Ingredient | ||
| Shoulders of Ruinous Senility (heroic) | Cloth | Caster +hit | Shoulders | Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification (heroic) | Token | Paladin, Priest, Warlock | |
| Cauterized Cord (heroic) | Cloth | Caster | Waist | Protector's Mark of Sanctification (heroic) | Token | Warrior, Hunter, Shaman | |
| Infected Choker (heroic) | Necklace | Melee | Neck | Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification (heroic) | Token | Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid | |
| Pendant of Split Veins (heroic) | Necklace | Caster +hit | Neck | [Shadowfrost Shard] | Quest Item | ||
| Unidentifiable Organ (heroic) | Trinket | Tank | Trinket | ||||
| [Emblem of Frost] x2 | Currency | ||||||
| [Conqueror's Mark of Sanctification] | Token | Paladin, Priest, Warlock | |||||
| [Protector's Mark of Sanctification] | Token | Warrior, Hunter, Shaman | |||||
| [Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification] | Token | Rogue, DK, Mage, Druid | |||||
| [Primordial Saronite] | Ingredient |
Quotes
Festergut killed:
- Oh, Festergut. You were always my favourite. Next to Rotface. The good news is you left behind so much gas, I can practically taste it!
Rotface killed:
- Terrible news, everyone, Rotface is dead! But great news everyone, he left behind plenty of ooze for me to use! Whaa...? I'm a poet, and I didn't know it? Astounding!
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 |
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 [Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion... (10 player)]
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[Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion... (25 player)]
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Defeat Professor Putricide without using Regurgitated Ooze on the Abomination |
 [The Plagueworks (10 player)] ( Heroic)
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[The Plagueworks (25 player)] ( Heroic)
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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
YouTube Tofu Council (Blackrock-US) 10-player, in-video text tips, music soundtrack YouTube Forthright (Sisters of Elune-US) 10-player, Resto Shaman PoV, in-game audio and Vent communication25-Player
YouTube Shattered Oath (Emerald Dream-US), 25-player, ranged DPS PoV. In-game audio, Vent communication. YouTube Forlorn Legacy (Ysera-US) 25-player, metal music soundtrack. YouTube Midwinter (Windrunner-US) 25-player, music soundtrack. YouTube Active Gaming (Silvermoon-EU) narrated guide. YouTube Kill Loot Repeat (Sylvanas-EU), tank PoV, no in-game audio, techno soundtrack.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.
- Putricide makes a very light reference to of Call of Duty: World At War's Der Riese's quotes from Edward Richtofen, which he says That he is a poet and he didn't know it.
Patches and Hotfixes
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- Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Added.
References
Icecrown Citadel: The Frozen Throne | 
Blizzard Entertainment
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[80] Unholy Infusion
External links
Todowow Guía del Fansite oficial Español Bosskillers Full strategy guide with diagrams WoWJuju Stats, abilities and strategy for Professor Putricide.