Gehennas Guide: Strategy, Abilities, Loot
Gehennas Summary by Role
Tanks
- Ideally you will want three tanks for this fight.
- Hold the boss and adds facing away from the raid.
Healers
- Druids should be using
Remove Curse as much as possible to deal with
Gehennas' Curse.
- Make sure you are in range of the tank, but do not be in melee range.
DPS
- Kill the Flamewakers first, then Gehennas.
- Ranged DPS need to be spread while out of melee, so they are not grouped up when
Rain of Fire happens.
- Melee DPS should always be behind the boss and adds.
- Mages should use
Remove Curse as much as possible to deal with
Gehennas' Curse.
General Tips for Gehennas
- Have at least a few Druids and Mages to remove curses.
- If you are worried about decurses, you can use
Restorative Potions.
- If you want to avoid being stunned as a melee, use a
Free Action Potion on pull.
Important Abilities

Fist of Ragnaros is an AoE stun cast by the Flamewaker adds. This will affect melee, and they will just need to wait it out unless they use
Free Action Potions beforehand to avoid being stunned.
Gehennas' Curse is a curse effect cast by Gehennas that reduces the target's healing taken by 75%. This will need to be removed by a Druid or a Mage.
Rain of Fire is an AoE damage ability that causes fire to rain down on a specific area. If you are inside the Rain of Fire when it is cast, just quickly move out of it to stop taking damage.
Strategy for Gehennas
Gehennas is another relatively simple fight that involves killing two adds and then Gehennas himself. Two Flamewakers sit with Gehennas and will need to be targeted and killed by the raid when the fight begins.
You will want three tanks for this fight, one to hold Gehennas and another to hold each add. Face the boss and adds away from the raid, and have the DPS burn the adds one at a time before switching to Gehennas.
The biggest threat in this fight is generally people not moving out of the
Rain of Fire. As long as everyone knows it is coming and are paying attention,
you should not have any problems.
It is worth noting that if your guild or group is full of players with Blackwing Lair and Zul'Gurub gear, you can almost certainly just stack everything and cleave it down on pull.
Loot from Gehennas
Below is a list of the loot available from this boss, but you can see a full loot list from the raid on our Molten Core Loot page.
Tier 1 Loot
Item | Required Level | Slot | Class |
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60 | Hands | Shaman |
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60 | Feet | Hunter |
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60 | Hands | Priest |
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60 | Hands | Paladin |
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60 | Hands | Rogue |
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60 | Feet | Warrior |
Non-Tier Loot
Item | Required Level | Slot |
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58 | Wand |
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56 | Legs |
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60 | Finger |
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58 | Legs |
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60 | Finger |
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60 | Chest |
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59 | Legs |
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60 | Weapon |
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60 | Wrist |
Changelog
- 18 Nov. 2024: Page updated for Classic Anniversary.
- 14 Jul. 2024: Guide updated for SoD P4.
- 13 Nov. 2021: Updated with Season of Mastery changes.
- 25 May 2020: Added strategy for over-geared groups.
- 07 Nov. 2019: Page added.

This guide has been written by Abide, TBC veteran for nearly a decade. Abide is a Warrior tank and multi-class expert currently playing on Faerlina as Horde. You can find him in the the Icy Veins Discord. You can also see him live on Twitch.
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