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Who
Needs Bloodlust?
Throim while under the effect of Aura of Celerity
A fairly easy achievement to obtain, the Dark Rune Warbringer will be
spawned in the arena before Throim joins the fight. You will need to
bring at least 1 priest to your raid (a shadow priest preferably), and
allow that priest to remain in the arena with that team, while the
other team goes down the hallway towards Thorim as normal. Once the
Dark Rune Warbringer is spawned the priest can either mind control the
mob right away, or it can be off tanked or crowd controlled until
Throim is ready to die. As long as the mob is mind controlled while
Thorim the buff will be active and your raid will gain this achievement.
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I’ll
Take You All On
Throim, the Ancient Rune Giant, and the Runic Colossus
No alternate strategy is needed for this easy achievement. All this
requires of your raid is to complete the encounter as normal by killing
all the mini bosses in the hallway and finally Throim. This achievement
does not require you to actually do any damage to these mobs, so you
will get the achievement even if you are in the arena.
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Don’t
Stand in the Lightning
Throim without any raid member being struck by Lightning Charge
One of the most basic rules of WoW raiding: don’t stand in
stuff!
Once your raid has completed the gauntlet and Throim is engaged he will
cast Lightning Charge every 15 or so seconds. It is a cone based attack
originating at the Pylons and ending at one of Thorim. Before the
Lightning Charge is cast a small trail of small lightning balls that do
no damage will go from the orb to Throim. Everyone in your raid should
pay attention to these initial lightning trails as they will
show
you exactly where Lightning Charge will be cast. In order to avoid the
Lightning Charge the entire raid (including tanks) should shift to the
opposite side of Throim. Once the Lightning Charge is cast the raid can
spread out again, until the next trail of lightning balls appears. Not
only will you gain this achievement, but you will notice that the raid
will take significantly less damage by avoiding the charge.
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Siffed
Throim into the arena while Sif is present
Be forewarned this will activate hard mode for the Thorim
encounter, to complete it requires your raid to engage Thorim within
roughly 3 minutes of beginning the encounter. To gain this achievement
your raid does not have to actually kill Thorim, they just need to
reach Throim before Sif despawns. This will require chain pulling, spot
on healing, and above average DPS. Pull as many packs as you can at a
time, DPS them down then repeat with almost no break in between until
you reach the boss (classes with strong AOE damage would be a good idea
here). DPS the boss down quickly and repeat up the hallway to the next
boss. Kill the final boss and book it down the hallway to force Throim
into the arena.
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Lose
You Illusion
Throim while
Sif is present.
As stated in the Siffed achievement this is the hard mode for the
Thorim encounter. It is important to note that Sif can not be tanked or
killed. Sif will periodically attack the raid with Frostbolt Volley,
Frost Nova, and Blizzard. She will also remove the Touch of Domination
debuff from Throim, increasing his damage by 67% and his health by 43%.
This will obviously require the raid to do extra DPS, and increase the
healing on the tank. As per any fight in the World of Warcraft,
don’t stand in the Blizzard, the Frostbolt Volley is an
annoyance
that can not be avoided and should just be healed through, and the
Frost Nova should be mass dispelled by a priest as soon as possible.
Players should avoid Lightning Charge at all costs; this damage
combined with any of Sifs attacks could mean a wipe. Other than the
extra frost attacks that will be going on throughout the fight, Thorim
should be tanked and killed as usual. Congratulate yourself on a new
achievement and some pretty purples.
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