Blackrock-foundry

This week I’m going to shift gears from general tutorials and instead do a quick look at tips and tricks for tanking half of the bosses in Blackrock Foundry. As they say, it’s better to strike while the iron is hot -- BRF has been out long enough that I’m sure interest in the place is beginning to cool off.

Tonight's hotfixes are a bit of a grab bag, but the big change tonight is a bug fix for the Blackhand encounter in Blackrock Foundry.

Welcome to this week’s Arcane Sanctum and happy Noblegarden! Have a seat, help yourself to some chocolate eggs while we take a look at some of the treats you can find in Blackrock Foundry along with how to cast your way to victory.

Welcome to Shifting Perspectives, Blizzard Watch’s regular column for druids of all vocations. This week, Chase Hasbrouck (@alarondruid) is on like a magnaron. Welcome back to another Blackrock Foundry edition of Shifting Perspectives! Today, we’re going to continue our series on the bosses of Blackrock Foundry, moving on to the second wing, The Black Forge. (If you missed the beginning of our series, click here to read my druid guide to the first wing, The Slagworks.) The fights in this wing are a good bit more challenging; you'll find managing your position to be key to avoiding the many traps that await you here.

A new set of hotfixes have been released for patch 6.1.2, including a few fixes for issues with the Legendary ring quest chain, as well as a fix for the night elf racial ability Shadowmeld.

Welcome to Lightsworn, Blizzard Watch’s regular paladin column.

The final wing of Blackrock Foundry LFR, Blackhand's Crucible, opens up today. It consists of a single boss: Blackhand. Our bosses in 5 seconds series focuses on the core points you need to know going into these fights.

Blackrock Foundry loot is being increased in ilevel, Bashiok reveals on the forums

Today, we’re going to start a series on the bosses of Blackrock Foundry, beginning with the first wing, The Slagworks.

I don’t know about you, but for me the transition from Highmaul to Blackrock Foundry has been a welcome one. Highmaul wasn’t a terrible instance, but it also wasn’t a particularly good one either. Not a single encounter stood out at me, bouncing up and down in a desperate plea for love and attention. Kargath, The Butcher, Brackenspore, and Twin Ogron were little more than stand-and-burn fights for melee classes with minor complications tacked on to make them feel not so “phoned in.” Ko’ragh was outright hostile to melee...