Vexie the Geargrinders Raid Guide
- The Prefessional
- Apr 4
- 4 min read
Updated: May 14
Welcome to the Ultimate Vexie and the GearGrinders Raid Guide! This guide includes information for LFR and Normal difficulties. Simply click on your chosen difficulty to access all the details you need. We've also included color codes to highlight important points for Healers, Tanks, and DPS.
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Vexie and the Geargrinders Raid Guide
Encounter Overview
Vexie & the Geargrinder is a single-phase fight with an intermission. The primary goal is to prevent the boss from reaching 100 energy by crashing bikes into it to remove its Protective Plating.
Phase 1
Normal
Setup
The boss should be centered and stationary as much as possible.
Key Mechanics
Protective Plating
The boss starts with 4 stacks.
One stack is removed per bike crash.
Call Bikers
Red lines appear across the arena, showing the travel path of the bikers. Players need to avoid these lines, as bikers race across until they crash into the wall.
Bikers are stunned once they hit the wall and need to be destroyed. Once destroyed players can interact with the bike.
Players jump onto the bike with a new action bar. Press the 1 key and aim the line at the boss, the bike flies off hitting the boss and removing a stack of Plating. This also deals a burst of raid damage and sends out a bunch of circles.
Tank Buster
Knocks the tank backwards applying a bleed and a 200% damage increase debuff that lasts 25 seconds.
Other Abilities
Spew Oil
Targets players with a purple ring, applies a 12 second DOT.
Incendiary Fire
Targets players with an arrow, launches a bunch of projectiles that track players with red rings for 6 seconds. Run this away from other players.
Exhaust Fumes
Applies a 6 second DOT to the raid that gets stronger with each use.
Role Specific Duties
Tanks
Keep the boss centered and stationary as much as possible.
Taunt swap after each Tank Buster.
Healers
Expect ramping raid damage with Exhaust Fumes.
Spew Oil targets need healing over 12 seconds.
Expect bursts of raid damage as bikes crash into the boss.
DPS
Kill bikers quickly and use them to destroy the Protective Plating.
Stay away from people if you have circles.
LFR
Setup
The boss should be centered and stationary as much as possible.
Key Mechanics
Protective Plating
The boss starts with 4 stacks.
One stack is removed per bike crash.
Call Bikers
Red lines appear across the arena, showing the travel path of the bikers. Players need to avoid these lines, as bikers race across until they crash into the wall.
Bikers are stunned once they hit the wall and need to be destroyed. Once destroyed players can interact with the bike.
Players jump onto the bike with a new action bar. Press the 1 key and aim the line at the boss, the bike flies off hitting the boss and removing a stack of Plating. This also deals a burst of raid damage and sends out a bunch of circles.
Tank Buster
Knocks the tank backwards applying a bleed and a 200% damage increase debuff that lasts 25 seconds.
Other Abilities
Spew Oil
Targets players with a purple ring, applies a 12 second DOT.
Incendiary Fire
Targets players with an arrow, launches a bunch of projectiles that track players with red rings for 6 seconds. Run this away from other players.
Exhaust Fumes
Applies a 6 second DOT to the raid that gets stronger with each use.
Role Specific Duties
Tanks
Keep the boss centered and stationary as much as possible.
Taunt swap after each Tank Buster.
Healers
Expect ramping raid damage with Exhaust Fumes.
Spew Oil targets need healing over 12 seconds.
Expect bursts of raid damage as bikes crash into the boss.
DPS
Kill bikers quickly and use them to destroy the Protective Plating.
Stay away from people if you have circles.
Intermission - After Plating is Removed
Normal
Setup
The boss becomes immobile and takes 100% increased damage over 45 seconds, or until the Protective Plating is restored.
Overview
Pit Mechanic adds will continuously spawn until the intermission ends. These adds attempt to repair the boss faster and need to be interrupted and cleaved down. Bloodlust here!
Key Mechanics
Mechanical Breakdown
The boss becomes immobile, takes 100% extra damage for 45 seconds and summons Pit Mechanic adds.
Pit Mechanics
They channel Repair which needs to be interrupted.
Other Abilities
Backfire
Deals raid damage every 2 seconds until the intermission ends.
Role Specific Duties
Tanks
Stun and interrupt as many adds as possible.
Healers
Raid damage happens every 2 seconds until it ends.
DPS
Interrupt, stun, and kill adds quickly.
Save your big damage CD's for this double damage moment.
LFR
Setup
The boss becomes immobile and takes 100% increased damage over 45 seconds, or until the Protective Plating is restored.
Overview
Pit Mechanic adds will continuously spawn until the intermission ends. These adds attempt to repair the boss faster and need to be interrupted and cleaved down. Bloodlust here!
Key Mechanics
Mechanical Breakdown
The boss becomes immobile, takes 100% extra damage for 45 seconds and summons Pit Mechanic adds.
Pit Mechanics
They channel Repair which needs to be interrupted.
Other Abilities
Backfire
Deals raid damage every 2 seconds until the intermission ends.
Role Specific Duties
Tanks
Stun and interrupt as many adds as possible.
Healers
Raid damage happens every 2 seconds until it ends.
DPS
Interrupt, stun, and kill adds quickly.
Save your big damage CD's for this double damage moment.
Final Tips
The boss should not move!
Bikes and crashing them into the boss are the main objective!
Vexie jumps out after the tank is defeated, so quickly burn her down!
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