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Achievement Points10
Achievement
Ascendant Descending
Defeat Ascendant Lord Obsidius without any party member reaching 4 stacks of Crepuscular Veil in Blackrock Caverns on Heroic Difficulty.
Ascendant Descending is a 10 point achievement in Cataclysm Dungeon. Its criteria ask you to defeat 1 creature in Blackrock Caverns.
How to Earn
WhereBlackrock Caverns (entrance in Burning Steppes at 27.5, 27.8)
CreaturesAscendant Lord Obsidius
How to Complete
1 criterion from the current game data.
Defeat these creatures (1)
Kill each creature listed.
- Ascendant Lord Obsidius
Details
- Category
- Dungeons & Raids › Cataclysm Dungeon
- Points
- 10
- Faction
- Both factions
- Requirements
- 1 criteria line
- Instance
- Blackrock Caverns
- Instance type
- Dungeon
- Expansion
- Cataclysm
About Blackrock Caverns
Rumors suggest that Deathwing himself carved out the subterranean labyrinth that allows the Twilight's Hammer to secretly transport elementals from the majestic Mount Hyjal to Blackrock Mountain. A vital hub of this shadow network is Blackrock Caverns, site of the cult's blistering forge and some of its most heinous experiments, including the transformation of cultists into twilight dragonkin.
From the in-game Adventure Guide.
Where to Earn It
Ascendant Descending is earned inside Blackrock Caverns, a dungeon. The entrance is marked below.
The entrance to Blackrock Caverns is in Blackrock Stronghold, Burning Steppes at 27.5, 27.8.
Entrance 27.5, 27.8Burning Steppes, from the game’s own world map art. The framed marker is the Adventure Guide entrance.
Part of
Meta achievements that count this one among their criteria.
- Glory of the Cataclysm Hero 25 points
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Other achievements in Cataclysm Dungeon.
Acrocalypse NowDefeat 20 Frenzied Crocolisks within 10 seconds during the Lockmaw encounter in the Lost City of the Tol'vir on Heroic Difficulty.10Arrested DevelopmentAllow all three of Corla's zealots to evolve, then defeat Corla after slaying the evolved zealots in Blackrock Caverns on Heroic Difficulty.10Bear-ly Made ItSave all four prisoners before they are sacrificed in Zul'Aman on Heroic Difficulty.10Blackrock CavernsDefeat Ascendant Lord Obsidius in Blackrock Caverns.10Bullet TimeDefeat 12 Bloodthirsty Ghouls with Pistol Barrage and then defeat Lord Godfrey in Shadowfang Keep on Heroic Difficulty.10Crushing Bones and Cracking SkullsDefeat Rom'ogg Bonecrusher after using his Skullcracker ability to kill 10 Angered Earth elementals in Blackrock Caverns on Heroic Difficulty.10Don't Need to Break Eggs to Make an OmeletDefeat Erudax without letting a Faceless Corruptor begin to cast Twilight Corruption on any of Alexstrasza's Eggs in Grim Batol on Heroic Difficulty.10EclipseKill 10 Twilight Sparks and then defeat Archbishop Benedictus in Hour of Twilight on Heroic Difficulty.10Extra Credit Bonus StageCollect 5 Golden Orbs in a single visit to the Vortex Pinnacle on Heroic Difficulty.10Faster Than the Speed of LightComplete the Vault of Lights within 5 minutes of entering in the Halls of Origination on Heroic Difficulty.10
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Those who wonder why there is dwarf icon on this achievement its simply because early on beta Ascendant Lord Obsidius and its adds had iron dwarf skin so the achievement icon kinda stayed as dwarf.
The 3 adds will channel a beam (not interruptable and while moving) that stacks the relevant debuff on anyone in melee range, even if that person is not their current target. They don't attack highest threat, instead attacking the most recent threat. Adds can be snared, but not rooted or crowd controlled.
One person needs to be assigned to kiting and cannot be near the adds. The kite path must not take the adds through the group.
Our group stacked on the boss. We had a moonkin kiting, spamming moonfire for super cheap (also keeping dots on the boss when possible). We kited in a _large_ circle around the boss, 30ish yards to either side. A warrior with piercing howl would run out every so often and snare them. The rest is just making sure the boss is taunted after he swaps and the adds get grouped up again. Body & Soul from a holy priest (potentially Leap of Faith from any priest) can help your team catch up.
The boss has a thunderclap that snares movement; this must be dispelled if it lands on your kiter, but it can be outranged. Don't bother dispelling it from others. Do dispell Twilight Corruption as this is cheaper than healing the dot.
Tracking this achieve will let you know if it fails. The text will turn red upon failure.
Finally, the boss hits like air. A dps could swap gear and stances and easily tank him. Done correctly, this fight requires almost no healing.
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