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We just did this achievement with 6 hunters, you'll really want to bring as many as possible.
I've created a weak aura which tracks the ashes you've collected and writes the player who collected them in the chat.
You can get the weak aura here:
http://pastebin.com/9isYH54D
Achievements › Dungeons & Raids › Draenor Raid
Achievement Points10
Achievement
Ashes, Ashes...
Defeat Blackhand in Blackrock Foundry after catching 20 Falling Ashes on Normal difficulty or higher.
Ashes, Ashes... is a 10 point achievement in Draenor Raid. Its criteria ask you to defeat 1 creature in Blackrock Foundry.
How to Earn
WhereBlackrock Foundry (entrance in Gorgrond at 51.6, 27.1)
CreaturesKill Blackhand
How to Complete
1 criterion from the current game data.
Details
- Category
- Dungeons & Raids › Draenor Raid
- Points
- 10
- Faction
- Both factions
- Requirements
- 1 criteria line
- Instance
- Blackrock Foundry
- Instance type
- Raid
- Expansion
- Warlords of Draenor
About Blackrock Foundry
This foundry was the ancestral home of the Blackrock orcs, wherein master smiths smelted and worked the impossibly hard ore that is the clan's namesake. Now, massive giants captured and broken by the Thunderlord heat the great forges, flamebenders of the Burning Blade imbue the ore with an inner fire, and engineers shape the slag according to otherworldly schematics. Warlord Blackhand's foundry is the center of the Iron Horde's military might, churning out the weaponry that will be used to raze Azeroth.
From the in-game Adventure Guide.
Where to Earn It
Ashes, Ashes... is earned inside Blackrock Foundry, a raid. The entrance is marked below.
The entrance to Blackrock Foundry is in The Pit, Gorgrond at 51.6, 27.1.
Entrance 51.6, 27.1Gorgrond, 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 Draenor Raider 25 points
More like this
Other achievements in Draenor Raid.
A Fungus Among UsGain 15 stacks of Burning Infusion and then defeat Brackenspore in Highmaul on Normal difficulty or higher.10A Race Against SlimeDefeat Kilrogg Deadeye in Hellfire Citadel with Ariok surviving the encounter on Normal difficulty or higher.10Arcane SanctumDefeat the bosses barring the way from the beach into the interior of the Arcane Sanctum in Highmaul.10Bad Manner(oth)Kill a Doom Lord using Empowered Felseeker, then defeat Mannoroth in Hellfire Citadel on Normal difficulty or higher.10Bastion of ShadowsDefeat the following bosses in the upper reaches of Hellfire Citadel:10Be Quick or Be DeadDefeat the Iron Maidens within 10 seconds of each other in Blackrock Foundry on Normal difficulty or higher.10Black ForgeDefeat the bosses in the Black Forge in Blackrock Foundry.10Blackhand's CrucibleDefeat Blackhand in Blackrock Foundry.10Brothers in ArmsDefeat the Twin Ogron in Highmaul without their Disposition ever exceeding 30% on Normal difficulty or higher.10Destructor's RiseDefeat the following bosses in the upper reaches of Hellfire Citadel:10
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I'm amazed no ones posted this yet. I've been in half a dozen groups for this as it's my last glory achievement besides legion raider, but they either fail from being too weak, getting horrible RNG or lacking the patience and just getting burned out. Gave it a shot last night and suffered through a dozen attempts... until someone had an epiphany.
Demon Hunters. Demon Hunters are absolutely OP at this achievement. If you have a strong tank, you can probably easily duo this achievement if you have a demon hunter. A few of us had DH alts, and after one dumb fail getting the hang of it, our second attempt changed this from one of the hardest to one of the easiest glory achievements in the game. With 4 DHs, we probably finished this in about 30 seconds. You can either jump normally and use Vengeful Retreat to get back, but honestly double jumping and gliding back is the way to go. Use the NE and SW corners and play it smart to avoid going too far off, but generally it's very hard to fail this if you know how to jump. Even if someone has a level 100 DH fresh out of the starting zone, they will still contribute more to getting this achievement more than any other class at 110 can, and so it's very worth having your friends/raid switch to them if they have one.
Bloody Demon Hunters.
The ashes that needs to be collected can be found at the very edge of the platform in Phase 3. It is the "sparky" things falling from the ceiling. The way to collect them is for the ashes to pass through you, however that can be very difficult when they are not ON the platform.
So far we have managed to get 19 followed by a wipe. We sent hunters and warlocks aswell as a healer out for them to jump off and disengage/teleport back on. That way we can get a few atleast.
Still attempting to figure out a proper tactic.EDIT: It would seem that this tactic of sending a few squads out to pick up ashes is very doable. However, in this case "the more the merrier" is very applicable. Being 30 people helps a lot. We sent out our hunters and a healer while we got Blackhand himself to ~2% and then we sent a wave of people to suicide for the remaining ashes and the remnants of the raid stood ready to finish off Blackhand, when the achievement criteria was fulfilled.
Best of luck!
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