Death From Above

Quest Giver: Sergeant Hammerhill at Valiance Keep [56.3, 69.5]

Objective: Use the Reinforced Net to bring down and slay 6 Scourged Flamespitters outside Valiance Keep.

Quick Facts

• Location: Sands of Nasam, west/southwest of Valiance Keep [54, 70]
• Chain Position: Quest 3 of 4 in the Valiance Keep defense chain
• Provided Item: Reinforced Net (20-second cooldown)

Walkthrough

• Exit Valiance Keep and head west toward the beach.
• Scourged Flamespitters fly above the battlefield, attacking Alliance structures with fire.
• Target a Flamespitter and use the Reinforced Net. The mob falls to the ground.
• Kill the grounded Flamespitter and repeat 5 more times.

Efficiency Tips

• Netting does not tag the mob. You must damage the Flamespitter after it lands to get credit. In crowded conditions, other players may steal your netted kills.
• The net has a 20-second cooldown. Between cooldowns, you can attack any Flamespitters already grounded by other players (assuming you tag them).
• Targeting macro: /target Scourged followed by /cast Reinforced Net speeds up the process. Click twice (once to target, once to cast).
• First-person camera trick: Zoom your camera all the way in for easier targeting of flying mobs.
• Nearby Alliance riflemen will help damage grounded Flamespitters if you kite mobs toward them.

Class Tips

• Subtlety Rogues: Shadowstep can reach lower-flying Flamespitters for a mid-air Ambush, but cast the net immediately after landing or the mob will continue attacking from above.
• Ranged classes: Can directly attack lower-flying mobs without waiting for net cooldowns.
• Skinning Opportunity Flamespitters are skinnable and can yield Nerubian Chitin, a valuable leatherworking material. If other players aren’t skinning their kills, you can collect extra materials here.

Lore Context

• The Flamespitters represent the Scourge’s aerial assault capability, bypassing the ground defenses that held against the Crypt Crawlers.
• Hammerhill’s completion dialogue echoes Winston Churchill’s famous 1940 “We shall fight on the beaches” speech, adapted for the war against the Scourge: “We’ll beat them if they come by land and we’ll beat them if they come by air. If these motherless undead come by sea we’re going to give them the beating of their lives.”

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