Darkmaster Gandling
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 Darkmaster Gandling
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| Race | Human (Undead) |
| Level | 43 - 92 Elite |
| Character class | Necromancer |
| Health | 60,060 (Normal) 14,755,000 (Heroic) |
| Mana | 4,296 (Normal) 30,936 (Heroic) |
| Reaction | Alliance Horde |
| Location | Headmaster's Study, Scholomance |
| Status | Killable |
- For the pre-Mists of Pandaria encounter, see Darkmaster Gandling (original).
Darkmaster Gandling is the final boss in Scholomance.
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Battle for Andorhal
Gandling appears briefly in the Battle for Andorhal, where he is defeated by the combined might of Koltira Deathweaver and Thassarian before he flees.
Dungeon Journal
Course: Advanced Studies
The recent defeat in Andorhal has put Darkmaster Gandling in the foulest of moods. More than ever, all students of Scholomance are advised to impress him at every turn. Pupils who dissatisfy the headmaster will be removed from class to perform lab work... or become lab work.
Spells and Abilities
The Darkmaster attacks players with Incinerate and Immolate and periodically assigns one a Harsh Lesson, sending the player to a side room to fight Expired Test Students. When a tank or healer is sent, Gandling channels Rise!
- Incinerate — Gandling deals 323 to 376 Fire damage to his target.
- Immolate — Gandling burns an enemy for 150 Fire damage, then inflicts 94 to 105 additional Fire damage every 3 sec. for 21 sec.
- Rise!
— Gandling summons a legion of Failed Students to fight for him. The students swarm the area, fighting anything they can. While channelling this spell, the Darkmaster takes 50% less damage.
- Failed Student — The Darkmaster raises the bodies of failed students to attack players.
- Harsh Lesson
— Darkmaster Gandling teleports a random player to one of his study rooms for a harsh lesson!
Study Rooms
- Expired Test Subject — The Darkmaster keeps these former test subjects in the nearby rooms. They attack anyone who enters their rooms.
- Fresh Test Subject
— The Darkmaster keeps these subjects alive in the nearby rooms for testing. Each is afflicted by Explosive Pain.
- Explosive Pain
— Inflicts excruciating pain and explodes when dispelled, inflicting 400 Shadow damage to Expired Test Subjects within 8 yards.
- Explosive Pain
Strategy
Gandling does not need to be tanked normally, as he will only use Incinerate and Immolate from his spot in the middle of the room. He will occasionally teleport a random player in to one of the side rooms. Said player must fight his or her way out back to the study on their own.
There are several possible ways to deal with the Expired Test Subjects when trapped:
- Damage dealers and tanks can just kill their way out.
- Healers should dispel the friendly Fresh Test Subjects of their Explosive Pain to kill the Expired Test Subjects. If the healer is a Mistweaver monk, they can instead AoE everyone down with
[Spinning Crane Kick]. 
[Alter Time], 
[Transcendence: Transfer], and 
[Demonic Gateway] can teleport a stuck player back to the main room, with the necessary preparations.
If a tank or a healer gets teleported, a large number of weakly-hitting skeletons will swarm the room. Focus on them instead of Gandling, as he takes much less damage while Rise is being channeled.
Loot
| Item | Type | |
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 [Headmaster's Will] |
Intellect/hit Staff | |
 [Gloves of Explosive Pain] |
 [Gloves of Explosive Pain] |
Intellect/spirit Mail hands |
 [Incineration Belt] |
 [Incineration Belt] |
Intellect/hit Cloth waist |
 [Lessons of the Darkmaster] |
[Lessons of the Darkmaster] |
Strength/expertise Trinket |
 [Price of Progress] |
[Price of Progress] |
Intellect/mana Trinket |
 [Searing Words] |
[Searing Words] |
Agility/crit Trinket |
 [Shoulderguards of Painful Lessons] |
 [Shoulderguards of Painful Lessons] |
Intellect/spirit Plate shoulder |
 [Tombstone Gauntlets] |
 [Tombstone Gauntlets] |
Agility/hit Leather hands |
 [Vigorsteel Spaulders] |
[Vigorsteel Spaulders] |
Strength/hit Plate shoulder |
Achievements
Quotes
- Intro
- Talking Skull says: Finally.
- Darkmaster Gandling yells: If you haven't come to study, I'll use you to teach a lesson.
- Talking Skull yells: PREPARE TO DIE, VILLAIN!
- Aggro
- School is in session!
- Killing a player
- Dunce.
- Death
- Darkmaster Gandling yells: Class...dismissed.
- Spirit of Lord Alexei Barov says: It's over. The curse is lifted. Thank you, <name>. Thank you!
In the RPG
Darkmaster Gandling is a mummified wretch. He teaches students how to raise the dead in the Lich King’s name. Formerly a Dalaran wizard, he betrayed his masters for dark power and now revels in undeath. His graduates go on to Stratholme, the Scourge's capital in the Eastern Plaguelands.[1]
Patch changes
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned from the original fight.
References
- ^ Lands of Conflict, pg. 111
