Stats:

• Location: Military Quarter (1/3)
• Health: 3,349,000
• Damage: Physical
• Enrage: None

Helpful Links

• TankSpot Video
• WowWiki
• Wowhead - (Out-of-date) The Mind Exhaustion debuff no longer occurs.

Abilities

• Disrupting Shout

This is a physical AoE that hits for 4275 to 4725 Physical damage on the entire raid. Cannot be avoided, cast every ~15 seconds.

• Jagged Knife

An ability used on a random raid member every ~10 seconds. Does 5,000 physical damage and applies a bleed effect which causes a further 10,000 physical damage over 5 seconds. Can be avoided by standing out of his line of sight.

• Unbalancing Strike

Inflicts 350% weapon damage and leaves the target unbalanced, reducing their defense skill by 100 for 6 seconds. This will hit plate for approximately 105,000. Only Deathknight Understudies should ever be hit by this.

Adds

• Death Knight Understudies (2)

These mobs are used to tank Instructor Razuvious. They can Taunt, Bone Shield to reduce incoming damage, and Blood Strike to attack.

Basic Strategy

The Death Knight Understudies take turns tanking Instructor Razuvious. The fight begins with two tanks mind controlling the adds by clicking the orbs. Tank 1 immediately casts Bone Shield then Taunts the boss. After 16 seconds, Tank 1 calls out for a tank swap. Tank 2 casts Bone Shield then Taunts the boss. The two tanks trade keep trading until Instructor Razuvious is dead. Tanks should use their understudy's Blood Strike to maintain aggro and help DPS.

The mind control orb only lasts for 1 minute. After 2 turns tanking, run your add away from your position, dismiss him (right-click your add's portrait), then immediately use the orb again. You should set your add as your /focus target to help re-target him.

The understudies will need to be healed throughout the fight. The only raid damage should be AoE damage from Disrupting Shout, and random target damage from Jagged Knife.

DPS can attack as soon as the boss begins attacking an understudy. You will not pull aggro. When the boss dies, the adds take 1000% extra damage from the raid.

Keys to the Fight

1. Tank Swapping

Achievements

• The Military Quarter - Defeat the bosses of the Military Quarter.
• The Dedicated Few - Defeat the bosses of Naxxramas on Normal Difficulty with less than 9 people in the zone.