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 Watch Him Die
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| Defeat Krik'thir the Gatewatcher in Azjol-Nerub on Heroic Difficulty while Watcher Gashra, Watcher Narjil and Watcher Silthik are still alive. | ||
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Strategy
There is more than one known successful strategies for this achievement. One of these methods involves zerging/nuking the boss, while another involves one person kiting as many mobs as possible up the corridor to the entrance while the remaining 4 people nuke the boss down within approximately 1 minute. This second method, as of patch 3.0.8, does not work as the mobs are leashed and the entire encounter will reset if mobs are pulled out of the room.
A well geared group is highly desirable for this fight, and group makeup can be swapped around as required, but strategy will be different to the one following.
A known successful group combination for the zerging method achievement is:
- Protection Warrior
- Holy Priest
- Elemental Shaman
- Arcane/Fire Mage
- Destruction Warlock
As the pull is initiated, all DPS is focused on Krik'thir, and his ads are effectively ignored. The holy priest can shackle a shadowcaster as the boss is pulled, then follow with a 
[Divine Hymn] to crowd control multiple mobs.
The tank uses 
[Challenging Shout] to tank everything else, and probably shortly follows with shield wall at their discretion.
[Heroism] or 
[Bloodlust] is blown, and all cooldowns are used to hold agro and maximize dps in the shortest time possible. If done correctly, this fight should be over in approximately 35 seconds. Poison cleansing totem should be up, and the Shaman can also cast Earth Elemental Totem to taunt adds and keep them off the tank for a vital few seconds.
When the ground shakes and small ads are summoned these can be AoE'd to keep them off the healer, but it may be risky as it will likely break Divine Hymn and wipe the group anyway.
Some aspects of this fight can be attributed purely to luck, such as fixates and web wraps/disorient. Do not be surprised if this takes a lot of time and money in an undergeared group.
Requirements and Consumables
- Flasks and Buff food on all party members will reduce the time in which this fight will last, and thus increase your chances of staying alive.
- Due to the nature of the nearby Watcher adds, a
[Free Action Potion] should be used to avoid disorient effects and possibly Web Wrap effects which can easily destroy a group in seconds. - Proper group makeup in order to maximize survivability and dps for the zerging method is also highly desirable.
