Two bosses enter... but only one will get to leave in WoW Insider's own fantasy deathmatch series. We've picked 32 of the most dangerous and most interesting bosses in the
World of Warcraft and we're now pitting them against each other, one by one, until we come up with an ultimate winner. (For our current standings, check
here.) And the best part of the entire affair? After we cover what each of these bosses can do, we leave it to you to pick a winner!
This week we're setting Ahn'Qiraj's Princess Huhuran against the Pit Lord Magtheridon. Want to tell us who would win and who would lose? Keep reading for the details!
From a player's perspective,
Princess Huhuran is an annoying resistance-based fight. But just having a high enough nature resistance won't win this one for you -- beyond her nature damage, she can also deal immense amounts of melee damage, especially when in Frenzy or Berserk. Her abilities are as follows:
- Frenzy: greatly increases melee damage.
- Poison Bolt: high nature damage to the closest 15 targets, only happens when in Frenzy or Berserk.
- Noxious Poison: high nature damage DoT which silences the target. Cast on a target at random.
- Wyvern Sting: AoE sleep that deals nature damage if cleansed.
- Acid Spit: low damage nature DoT on Huhuran's primary target -- but it stacks.
- Berserk: at 30% health, Huhuran will Berserk, greatly increasing her attack speed and causing her to send out Poison Bolts.
Once Huhuran hits 30%, it's a fight against time for a raid, which usually has to burn every trinket and cooldown to bring Huhuran down before the increased damage causes a wipe. But whether the damage will phase Magtheridon I can't say...
For
Magtheridon's part, we're considering Magtheridon alone and in a neutral battleground -- without the additional mobs you'd see in his lair or the terrain issues you would have there. He deals heavy melee damage and fire damage, but if we take adds out of the question, it''s a pretty straightforward encounter:
- Quake: a one-a-second knockback that lasts 7 seconds.
- Blast Nova: a high fire damage DoT.
- Cleave: a frontal AoE melee attack.
So does Huhuran's nature damage take Magtheridon out before Magtheridon's fire damage burns Huhuran to a crisp? It's time for you to tell us. But before you do, please remember -- we're considering these bosses to be of approximately equal strength (so Magtheridon, who's higher level, doesn't just win by default) and fighting on neutral territory, without adds.
Who would win in a fight?| Princess Huhuran | 1028 (56.8%) |
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| Magtheridon | 729 (40.3%) |
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| It would be a draw | 52 (2.9%) |
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Filed under: Two Bosses Enter
Oct 17th 2007 at 11:00PM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Matt Oct 18th 2007 12:17AM
phase (plural phases)
1. That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.
2. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases.
3. (astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of its enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.
4. Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.
to faze (third-person singular simple present fazes, present participle fazing, simple past fazed, past participle fazed)
1. To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative)
Jumping out of an airplane does not faze him, yet he is afraid to ride a roller coaster.
Erika Oct 18th 2007 12:22AM
I will have a 16 oz Huhuran steak please.
Charlie Oct 18th 2007 12:54AM
Dots would stack to much.
Huhuran wins
klink-o Oct 18th 2007 1:05AM
Assuming Mag isn't immune to any of Huhu's abilities, she would mop the floor with him. Between silence and sleep his blast wave would be a non-issue.
Oratory Oct 18th 2007 2:09AM
Magtheridon would destroy Huhuran. The vast amount damage he can deal would squat the bug pretty quick.
Keep in mind the biggest challenge to defeating Huhuran was the massive spread-out damage everyone in the raid took. Her damage vs 1 person isn't all that much.
Jason Oct 18th 2007 4:08AM
Most of Mag's damage is magic based. Constant silence + large amounts of DoTs + Sleep from time to time = Dead Pit Lord.
Ambril Oct 18th 2007 4:18AM
Magtheridon doesn't stand a chance.
Issac Oct 18th 2007 6:41AM
If they were of equal level then yeah, i agree Huhuran would win.
Darkbeing Oct 18th 2007 4:40AM
@7 well take in mind if there is no one else to hit she will hit more the same target.
I belive hunduran would win a melee figth, she just can't click all the 5 Cubes
Darkbeing Oct 18th 2007 4:41AM
@5 i mean ^^
Lanth Oct 18th 2007 5:11AM
Huhuran will win. Their major "take this" abilities are the major factors in this match. The problem is, Magtheridons Blast Nova only lasts for 10 seconds, while Huhuran's lasts until it's tranquilised.
hpavc Oct 18th 2007 9:16AM
The Twin Emps beat the Four Horsemen? No way
Xiryc Oct 18th 2007 9:38AM
No way Huhuran wins. Mag is immune to silence, remember?
Kyr Oct 18th 2007 11:06AM
I like to look at these fights from a player's perspective - if I was ever in them, that is. Having killed both (though Huhu has been a while), I'd say Huhuran is just... too much for Mags. You won't understand if you haven't actually done this fight; think of it as Vael on speed and with nature damage instead of fire.
Regardless, the havoc Mags wreaks when he breaks loose seems rather dull and soft compared with the WTFPWN OH SHI- feeling you get when Huhuran hits 30%. Therefore, she wins.
JB Oct 18th 2007 1:03PM
I have to agree with 1, if you watch your use of the English language it really helps to make your point. Spelling and grammar ftw.
Sophey Oct 18th 2007 3:24PM
Magtheridon is the Lord of Outland, his power can not be denied? All who dispute his rule, will regret their folly.
amirite?
Basic Oct 18th 2007 5:16PM
I also think Magtheridon would win, but just barely. His cleave and melee attacks are extremely strong.
Huhuran shouldn't be affected by Mag's quake, and Mag shouldn't be affected by any silencing abilities.
Still Huhuran's poison would do a lot of damage to Mag and I was tempted to vote this a draw.
Chesch Oct 19th 2007 1:32AM
You are forgetting the ceiling collapse during the Mag fight. I forget what point this happens (I am thinking around 30 or 20%) but it is a high damage ceiling collapse that can easily kill tanks.
Deusmortis Oct 19th 2007 2:23AM
@19:
"For Magtheridon's part, we're considering Magtheridon alone and in a neutral battleground -- without the additional mobs you'd see in his lair or the terrain issues you would have there."
No lair, no ceiling, no terrain effects, no collapse. Mags might be able to get an early lead, but the DoT's will eventually turn the tide. Oh, and once Huhu hits 30%... GG.
Nequo Oct 19th 2007 4:32AM
Since the only change is that both are lvl 73 all other stats are the same:
Princess Huhuran:
Health: 990,000
Magtheridon:
Health: 4,800,000
Huhuran cannot hit 5 times harder than Magtheridon. Even if Huhuran is lvl 73. That is because a player Tank is able to tank both bosses.
If you rise the health of Huhuran because lvl 73 you have to consider that Mag is a 25 man raid Boss and Huhuran was a 40 man raid Boss. I don't want to do the math therefore.
Do we have some numbers from a Tank with full armor mitigation that can tell us how many DPS he received from both bosses?