Sapphiron (Classic)

Sapphiron
Gender	Male
Race	Frost Wyrm (Dragon)
Level	Elite boss
Reaction	Alliance Horde
Affiliation(s)	Scourge
Location	Frostwyrm Lair, Naxxramas (original)
Status	Undead
Naxxramas (original)
	Spider Wing
Anub'Rekhan; Grand Widow Faerlina; Maexxna	(lore); (lore); (lore)
	Abomination Wing
Patchwerk; Grobbulus; Gluth; Thaddius	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	Plague Wing
Noth the Plaguebringer; Heigan the Unclean; Loatheb	(lore); (lore); (lore)
	Deathknight Wing
Instructor Razuvious; Gothik the Harvester; The Four Horsemen	(lore); (lore); (lore)
	The Four Horsemen
Lady Blaumeux; Thane Korth'azz; Highlord Mograine; Sir Zeliek	(lore); (lore); (lore); (lore)
	Frostwyrm Lair
Sapphiron; Kel'Thuzad	(lore); (lore)
	Other NPCs
Tarsis Kir-Moldir; Master Craftsman Omarion; Mr. Bigglesworth	(lore); (lore); (lore)
	Loot

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

Sapphiron is a gigantic undead dragon who guards the entrance to Kel'Thuzad's inner sanctum in Naxxramas (original).

Previously a member of the Blue Flight, Sapphiron is the final defense to Kel’Thuzad’s room. He holds a rich backstory within the Warcraft series and provides an epic battle that was previous unseen to WoW. Those who make it past all of the other thirteen bosses will face something far past what they expect.

Attacks and abilities

Sapphiron is immune to frost spells.
Berserker enrage after 15 mins, making his Frost Aura do 600% damage.

Sapphiron will first take to the air 45 secs after engaging, then fire 5 Icebolts and 1 Frost Breath and land. After that, he will stay on the ground for 67 secs before flying up again and repeating the process.

Cleave - Your basic Frontal cleave, keep him faced away from the group.

Icebolt - Deals 2625-3375 frost damage, 10 yard splash radius, 25 second duration, stuns chosen target for 3 sec. Only occurs when Sapphiron is in the air. Appears to induce an iceblock-like effect with the functionality of the Mage's Ice Block spell; ie. you cannot take any action but are immune to attacks for the duration. Ice Bolt last for 22 secs.

Frost Breath - Slow-moving, wide-range "ice bomb" AoE attack. Sapphiron will "take a deep breath" after 5 Icebolts in the air. It can be resisted. Only happens when Sapphiron is in the air - he breathes a cloud of frost which floats slowly to the ground and explodes when it touches the ground, doing 75000-125000 damage in a 70 yard radius. Sapphiron will land after Frost Breath. It takes about 5–6 seconds to land. Its target is the middle of the room, not a specific person. Anyone who has been frozen by Icebolt will be immune to this. This attack cancels the Ice Block. Raid members can stand behind the Iceblocked individuals and will be considered out of LoS of the Frost Breath.
- Graphic wise the ball of frost explodes before hitting the ground, roughly around a second or two prior to hitting the ground.

Frost Aura - Frost-damage DoT-type attack. 100 yard radius, damages afflicted targets for 600 frost damage every two seconds. Keeps applying. (Can be partially resisted)

Life Drain - 12 second duration, 100 yard range, curse-type. Drains 1750 to 2250 health and heals Sapphiron for 3500 to 4500 every 3 sec. Used every 24 secs as well.

Blizzard - Much denser and larger than normal Blizzard. Deals 3063 to 3937 damage every 2 sec. Slows movement speed by 65%, 15 sec duration. Drifts in directions very much like green outdoor dragon sleep cloud. (Binary spell - the damage can be resisted completely or not at all)

Note that once Sapphiron goes below 10% health, he will not fly back up into the air. This is almost certainly to prevent any error with a corpse in the air that may be unlootable. However, he will life drain below 10% health, and if you have him at 10% health, it is likely you'll kill him anyway.

Set-up

Frost Resistance. Setup the raid for a balanced fight, but with Frost Resistance. Lots of Frost Resistance. Oh, and Cold Protection Potions and of course consumables. Frost Resistance. If you can see the theme here, Frost Resistance is very important in this encounter.

Strategies

Stay out of the blizzard
Decurse quickly
Get behind the ice blocks at the right moment
Bring a lot of healers

The Burning Crusade

Whether purposely or not (possibly to make legendaries more difficult to obtain) the function of the iceblocks has changed slightly in The Burning Crusade expansion, merely standing behind them is no longer enough to avoid the frost breath attack. To check your character is standing in the correct position you should check if you can cast a spell or use a ranged ability against Sapphiron, if you are able to use an ability against him YOU ARE NOT SAFE, you keep moving until you recieve an "target is out of line of sight" message, then stand still, you are safe.

Loot

Sapphiron Loot
Claw of the Frost Wyrm Item Level 88Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Fist Weapon Off Hand Speed 1.50 75 – 140 Damage (71.7 damage per second) +8 Stamina +22 Attack Power +10 Hit +14 Critical Strike Durability 75 / 75 Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 9 48 13 Cloak of the Necropolis Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Back 156 Armor +22 Intellect +21 Stamina +8 Hit +14 Critical Strike Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 2 83 85 Eye of the Dead Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +32 Intellect Use: Increases spell power of the next 5 spells by 240 for 30 sec. Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 9 11 60 Glyph of Deflection Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +12 Parry Use: Increases your dodge rating by 235 for 40 sec. Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 9 11 60 Sapphiron's Left Eye Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand +22 Intellect +18 Stamina +8 Hit +14 Critical Strike Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 7 26 51 Sapphiron's Right Eye Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Held In Off-hand +28 Intellect +18 Stamina +10 Spirit Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 7 26 51 Shroud of Dominion Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Back 156 Armor +11 Stamina +50 Attack Power +14 Critical Strike Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 2 71 17 Slayer's Crest Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +64 Attack Power Use: Increases attack power by 260 for 20 sec. Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 9 11 60 The Face of Death This item is not yet in Wowpedia. Contribute it using the Item Boilerplate. Look up in: ω þ Fists of the Unrelenting Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Plate Hands 585 Armor +26 Strength +26 Stamina +10 Hit +14 Critical Strike Equip: Disarm duration reduced by 60%. Durability 55 / 55 Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 3 35 44 The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron Item Level 90Disenchants into: Not disenchantable Binds when picked up Unique-Equipped Trinket +34 Intellect Use: Increases spell power by 130 for 20 sec. Requires Level 60 Sell Price: 9 11 60

Shoulder Enchants
Fortitude of the Scourge Binds when picked up Use: Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased Stamina by 16 and also grants 100 armor. Requires Level 60 Might of the Scourge Binds when picked up Use: Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased Attack Power by 26 and also increases your chance to land a critical strike by 1%. Requires Level 60 Power of the Scourge Binds when picked up Use: Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased damage and healing done by magical spells and effects up to 15 and also increases your chance to land a critical strike with spells by 1%. Requires Level 60 Resilience of the Scourge Binds when picked up Use: Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased healing done by magical spells and effects up to 31 and also increases your mana regen by 5 mana per 5 sec. Requires Level 60

Note: [Sapphiron Drape] is dropped by Onyxia and not by Sapphiron. Also [Sapphiron's Wing Bone] is sold by G'eras, not dropped by Sapphiron. [Sapphiron's Scale Boots] are not dropped by Sapphiron either.