Razorscale Encounter Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot

Razorscale is technically an optional boss and can be skipped if desired. Typically, most groups will defeat Razorscale either second or third, as it is one of the easier fights in the raid. This fight does not have a hard mode that can be activated.

• Be sure to save all major cooldowns for the burst phase when Razorscale is grounded.
• Quickly prioritize all DPS on the Dark Rune Sentinels and kill them before they can cast their deadly Whirlwind. If they do begin to cast it, melee DPS must avoid it by moving away.
• Spread as much as possible to reduce the chances of Devouring Flame from landing on multiple players at once.

• Be mindful of tanks health if the Dark Rune Sentinels cast their Whirlwind.
• Your tanks can take high burst damage during the ground phase when reaching high stacks of Fuse Armor and Flame Buffet.
• Spread as much as possible to reduce the chances of Devouring Flame from landing on multiple players at once.

• Always be aware of where Devouring Flame will land so you can quickly move out of the fire patches. Ensure to position both the adds and the boss properly so the melee also avoids the flames.
• Prioritize interrupting Dark Rune Watchers if they are in your range.
• Always keep Razorscale faced away from the raid to avoid the Flame Breath. If you are not tanking, avoid the breath by damaging from behind the boss.
• When pushing Razorscale below 50% health, she will cast Flame Breath almost right away. You must be quick with a taunt before this happens, as she will most likely be aggroed onto a DPS player from the burst window before.
• Be aware of the other tank's stacks of Fuse Armor and be ready to move to the front of the boss and taunt after 2 stacks.

• Fireball
• Devouring Flame

• Wing Buffet
• Flame Breath
• Devouring Flame
• Fuse Armor
• Flame Buffet
• Berserk

• Dark Rune Guardian
• Stormstrike
• Dark Rune Sentinel
• Battle Shout
• Heroic Strike
• Whirlwind
• Dark Rune Watcher
• Chain Lightning
• Lightning Bolt

The Razorscale fight is very linear in how it can be approached. The encounter starts with the Expedition Dwarves attempting to repair the four nearby Harpoon Guns. While the Expedition Dwarves attempt these repairs, constant waves of Dark Rune Guardians, Dark Rune Sentinels and Dark Rune Watchers will try to stop them while Razorscale herself bombards the area with Fireballs and Devouring Flame. You must fight these waves off for 2-minutes until all 4 Harpoon Guns are ready for use. When all 4 are ready to use, interact with them to bring Razorscale down to the ground.

When all 4 Harpoons are activated, Razorscale will be pinned to the ground for 40 seconds, allowing your DPS to burn her down. This is where you will want to use all of your major DPS cooldowns to burn as much health off the boss as possible. Ideally, you will reach 50% health the first time you pin Razorscale to the ground, as this will begin the final phase of the fight. If you lack the damage to push Razorscale below 50% on the first ground phase, you will have to do another 2-minute air phase again and fight off the Dark Rune adds until you can chain Razorscale to the ground again. If you can not get her below 50% health on one ground phase, you may prefer to save your major cooldowns for phase 2 to make the last part of the fight much safer and quicker.

Once Razorscale is below 50% health, she will break free from the chains and begin her ground assault. Have your tanks keep her faced from the raid at all times, and constantly move the boss when needed to avoid the patches of fire from Devouring Flame. Tanks will be debuffed with Fuse Armor every 10 seconds; ideally, you want to have a tank swap after every 2 stacks to prevent them from taking too much damage.

Lastly, Razorscale will constantly cast Flame Buffet on the entire raid in this phase, limiting the amount of time you can spend in this phase before the stacking debuff becomes a major problem, especially for the tanks dealing with Flame Breath.

Item	Type/Slot
Dragonsteel Faceplate	Plate Head
Breastplate of the Afterlife	Plate Chest
Bracers of the Smothering Inferno	Mail Wrist
Binding of the Dragon Matriarch	Cloth Waist
Stormtempered Girdle	Plate Waist
Ironscale Leggings	Mail Legs
Treads of the Invader	Leather Feet
Band of Draconic Guile	Finger
Eye of the Broodmother	Trinket
Razorscale Talon	One Hand Sword

Item	Type/Slot
Collar of the Wyrmhunter	Cloth Head
Razorscale Shoulderguards	Plate Shoulder
Drape of the Drakerider	Back
Shackles of the Odalisque	Cloth Wrist
Bracers of the Broodmother	Leather Wrist
Belt of the Fallen Wyrm	Mail Waist
Dragonslayer's Brace	Plate Waist
Proto-hide Leggings	Leather Legs
Saronite Mesh Legguards	Mail Legs
Living Flame	Trinket
Guiding Star	Main Hand Mace
Remorse	One Hand Sword
Veranus' Bane	Gun
Sigil of Deflection	Sigil
Libram of Discord	Libram
Fragment of Val'anyr	Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings

Razorscale is just one of the 14 encounters present in the Ulduar raid of Wrath of the Lich King Classic. If you would like to learn more about the other fights and their respective loot, please see our Ulduar Raid Hub page below.