This guide is intended to provide a comprehensive description of theencounter with Salyis's Warband in Pandaria. It is targeted at anyonewho desires to understand the fight mechanics.

This guide is updated for World of Warcraft MoP 5.4.

Salyis's Warband is a non-instanced raid encounter, also known as aworld boss. The chief antagonist is Galleon, a giant Mushan, who youwill fight for the majority of the encounter. Occasionally, several adds willjump off of Galleon's back, also joining the fight.

Galleon can be found in the Valley of the Four Winds.

The encounter is not complex, nor should it be too difficult toovercome.

1. General Information↑top

2. Loot↑top

This encounter will reward you with item level 496 gear as wellas a mount, Son of Galleon's Saddle, and a sack of gold, Marauder's Gleaming Sack of Gold.

2.1. Armor

Item Name	Armor	Slot	Main Stats
Sky-Sear Cowl	Cloth	Head	Intellect/Hit
Robes of the Lightning Rider	Cloth	Chest	Intellect/Hit
Belt of Detonation	Cloth	Waist	Intellect/Hit
Open Steppe Sandals	Cloth	Feet	Intellect/Hit
Free Spirit Hood	Cloth	Head	Intellect/Spirit
Robes of Blue Skies	Cloth	Chest	Intellect/Spirit
Cannonfire Cord	Cloth	Waist	Intellect/Spirit
Slippers of Fiery Retribution	Cloth	Feet	Intellect/Spirit
Cap of Wandering Pride	Leather	Head	Intellect
Fireproofed Chestguard	Leather	Chest	Intellect
Carrot-Holder Belt	Leather	Waist	Intellect
Stompdodger Boots	Leather	Feet	Intellect
Facemask of Unrepentant Banditry	Leather	Head	Agility
Flameshot Wrap	Leather	Chest	Agility
Cannoneer's Gunpowder Carrier	Leather	Waist	Agility
Flamefoot Tabi	Leather	Feet	Agility
Helm of Restoring Wind	Mail	Head	Intellect
Armor of the Single Cloud	Mail	Chest	Intellect
Sparkmaker Girdle	Mail	Waist	Intellect
Burnmender Boots	Mail	Feet	Intellect
Crest of the Grand Warband	Mail	Head	Agility
Chain of Unsiezed Skies	Mail	Chest	Agility
Girdle of the Raging Rider	Mail	Waist	Agility
Treads of Gentle Nudges	Mail	Feet	Agility
Crown of Ranging Invasion	Plate	Head	Intellect
Chestguard of the Unbowed Back	Plate	Chest	Intellect
Girdle of the Galloping Giant	Plate	Waist	Intellect
Firerider Treads	Plate	Feet	Intellect
Greathelm of the Monstrous Mushan	Plate	Head	Strength
Carapace of Crushed Conviction	Plate	Chest	Strength
Cord of Crazed Strength	Plate	Waist	Strength/Mastery
Stompers of Vigorous Stomping	Plate	Feet	Strength
Giantfoot Headguard	Plate	Head	Strength/Dodge
Ravaging Warrior's Chestplate	Plate	Chest	Strength/Dodge
Greatbelt of Livid Fury	Plate	Waist	Strength/Dodge
Silverspur Warboots	Plate	Feet	Strength/Dodge

2.2. Amulets and Rings

Item Name	Type	Main Stats
Necklace of Imbued Fury	Amulet	Intellect/Hit
Ring of Wretched Flames	Ring	Intellect/Hit
Stomphowl Pendant	Amulet	Intellect/Spirit
Steaming Seal of Flame	Ring	Intellect/Spirit
Hellrider's Choker	Amulet	Agility
Hereditary Saurok Loop	Ring	Agility
Mushan Rider's Collar	Amulet	Strength/Mastery
Signet of the Bandit Lord	Ring	Strength
Saddlebinder Links	Amulet	Strength/Dodge
Circle of Scaled Fury	Ring	Strength/Dodge

3. Spawn Location and Respawn Time↑top

Galleon will always spawn just south of the Silken Fields, in the Valley ofthe Four Winds. Currently, he has a long, 4-5 day respawn timer.

4. Overview of the Fight↑top

The encounter against Salyiss' Warband is actually against a giant Mushancalled Galleon. The animal will use several abilities against your raid.Additionally, adds will jump off Galleon's back and engage your raid, atregular intervals throughout the fight.

The encounter is a single phase fight of little complexity.

5. Abilities↑top

Galleon uses the following abilities against your raid:

• Fire Shot are arrows being fired by unattackable adds on Galleon'sback, throughout the course of the fight. They deal a moderate amount ofFire damage to random raid members.
• Stomp is a stomp ability that deals 150,000 Physical damage toall raid members and knocks them down for 3 seconds. Galleon uses this abilityevery 60 seconds, and uses it for the first time about 50 seconds after thestart of the fight.
• Cannon Barrage causes 8 cannon blasts to hit the area in front ofGalleon, dealing 600,000 Fire damage to all players within 10 yards of thelocation, and knocking them back. Players must simply make sure not to be infront of Galleon at any time; the tank can avoid the blasts by being close tothe front of the boss. Galleon uses this ability every 60 seconds, and uses itfor the first time about 25 seconds after the start of the fight.
• Every 60 seconds, 6 adds, called Salyin Warmongers, will jump off ofGalleon's back and engage the raid. They are attackable, tankable and havefunctional threat tables. The adds spawn for the first time about 60 secondsafter the start of the fight.
  • Their only ability is Impaling Pull, which deals 30,000 Physicaldamage to a random raid member, and pulls them to the add.

Galleon will always use these abilities in the order we listed above, withthe exception of Fire Shot, which is spammed constantly throughout thefight.

6. Strategy↑top

The strategy for defeating Galleon is predictably simple. It can be brokendown in the following steps:

• The main tank must move close to Galleon's head when Cannon Barrageis about to go off (indicated by an emote). In actuality, it is best if thetank is always very close to Galleon's hitbox.
• The healers will have to heal raid members through the damage from Fire Shot and Stomp.
• The off-tank will have to pick up the adds when they spawn (this is alsoindicated by an emote), and the DPS should focus on killing them.

The chief difficulty of the encounter comes from the 3 second stun causedby Stomp. This can cause raid members to die if they were low on health tobegin with. Therefore, healers must be prepared and must use cooldowns tostabilize raid members before Stomp. Abilities such as Divine Shield canbe used by healers to continue healing after Stomp.

Stomp is also the ideal moment for defensive cooldowns, both from the tanksor from other raid members.

6.1. Dealing with Adds

The Salyin Warmongers deal relatively low damage to the tank that istanking them. Indeed, a tank can survive tanking 12 adds for a long period oftime, with the proper healing support.

It is easiest to kill the adds just as they spawn. This makes the fightless stressful for both the healers and the off-tank(s).

Players should be prepared for the fact that they may be pulled to the adds, due to their Impaling Pull ability. This can be especially problematicwhen the main tank is pulled to the adds (which can happen). This causesGalleon to turn and face the raid, which can be deadly if he begins casting Cannon Barrage. The tank must be quick to resume his position, andeveryone else must be ready to avoid the Cannon Barrage.

7. When to Use Heroism/Bloodlust/Time Warp↑top

It is best to use Heroism/ Bloodlust/ Time Warp when Stomp has recently occurred, so that you are not interrupted bythe 3 second stun. Other than this, there are no constraints.

8. Raid Composition↑top

Given the fact that this is a world boss, you can utilize a raid group of upto 40 members in order to defeat it. Moreover, the boss can be damaged evenby players outside of the raid group (although they will not be eligible forloot).

This poses the problem of how many raid members are actually needed todefeat Galleon. We would make the following comments:

• Tanks: You will need 1 tank for Galleon and at least one tank forthe adds. You can utilise two off-tanks if you desire.
• Healers: Raid and tank damage is relatively low, so you do not needan excessive amount of healers. 4-6 healers should be more than enough for araid of 40 people.
• DPS: The encounter does not require a high amount of DPS (althoughwe are currently unaware of any existing enrage timer), and it can be defeatedwith as few as 10 DPS players. Adding additional DPS players will significantlylower the duration of the fight, and it will make it much easier to deal withadds. The only caveat is that more players will take damage from Stomp, requiring healing.

9. Corpse Running/Avoiding Wipes↑top

Because the fight does not take place in an instanced environment, it ispossible for dead raid members to release spirit and run back to the place wherethey died, and resurrect. This is a good way for your raid to replenish itsnumbers. Keep in mind the following things:

• After 2 resurrections in quick succession, you will have wait 2 minutesbefore you can resurrect again.
• When you resurrect, you come back with 50% of your maximum health. It isbest that healers are prepared ahead of time to heal you.
• It is best to group up (in ghost form) and resurrect at the same time,rather than each one individually. This gives you a better chance torecover.

It is also important that raid members pay attention not to resurrect justas a Stomp is about to be cast.

If a large portion of your raid dies, remaining raid members should attemptto delay a wipe for as long as possible, to give the dead raid members achance to run back.

10. Learning the Fight↑top

The fight is one of abounding simplicity, and as such there is no greatlearning process to go through. As long as your tanks are able to avoid Cannon Barrage and your healers are able to contend with the 3 second stunfrom Stomp, defeating the boss is merely a matter of having therequired amounts of DPS and HPS.

11. Concluding Remarks↑top

This concludes the guide for Salyis' Warband. As you can notice, the bosshas simple and straightforward mechanics, and it serves as a smoothintroduction to raiding in Mists of Pandaria. If you have any suggestions oralternative strategies, we would love to hear them on our forums, or throughe-mail.