Razorlash

Razorlash is a giant thorned lasher, a walking carnivorous plant, that wanders the Foulspore Cavern wing of Maraudon in Desolace. Like Noxxion, it was bred by the satyr Lord Vyletongue as a gift for Princess Theradras, and it is one of the easier boss kills in the dungeon: a physical fighter with no tricks beyond a nasty bleed.

Background

When the satyr Vyletongue came to Maraudon, he bought the trust of the cave's ruler, Theradras, by making creatures for her. Razorlash was made to keep Noxxion company, and the princess came to treasure it. The Dungeon Journal added in Cataclysm describes it roaming the caverns with Noxxion and tearing apart any plant life the corruption hasn't reached yet.

Razorlash patrols the orange-crystal side of the outer caves, behind the pools where centaur ghosts and poisonous slimes gather. Because it walks a long path, groups often meet it in the middle of a trash pull rather than at a place of their choosing.

Abilities

• Puncture: a bleed on the tank that deals Physical damage every 2 seconds for 10 seconds.
• Thrash: two extra swings at once, which makes its melee damage come in bursts.
• Cleave: hits the tank and up to two others standing beside them.

Strategy

Razorlash has no magic and no adds, so the fight is a straight race between your damage and its hits.

• Watch its patrol and pull it when it is clear of other packs. A rogue or a druid in cat form can scout its position from stealth.
• Keep everyone but the tank out of its front arc so Cleave hits only one player.
• Heal through Puncture rather than trying to cure it; a bleed isn't a poison or a disease.

Some groups kill it on the way to Noxxion; others skip it unless someone needs its loot, since it isn't needed for any quest beyond the crystal carvings.

Loot

Razorlash has a small table of nature-themed armor. Two pieces are blue (rare) and two are green (uncommon), each dropping about a quarter of the time in our data.

The Vinerot Sandals are cloth with Intellect, Spirit and Nature resistance; the Phytoskin Spaulders are leather with Stamina and Agility.

Quests

Razorlash isn't the target of any quest in Classic. The Theradric Crystal Carvings it drops count toward Twisted Evils, for Willow, a Twilight's Hammer agent camped in Desolace.

Later history

Cataclysm (patch 4.0.3a) lowered its level to 37 along with the rest of the dungeon, and Maraudon was split into wings for the Dungeon Finder.

Sources

• Razorlash - Warcraft Wiki