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Did this as a DK Frost Tank
1. Start tanking the boss at the very bottom of the ramps, so that your DPS don't accidently jump off the edge when kiting.
2. When the boss makes a rift, kite him and move back at least 20 yards
3. Every 25%, he will become invulnerable and turn into a rift himself (The "rift phase"). This lasts around 20-30 seconds, and all rifts previously made have infinite range. Have the entire party stand 15+ yards directly behind the tank. If done properly, all lightning attacks by the rifts will only hit the tank.
4. During the "rift phase", all DPS should burn down all the adds that pass by the tank.
5. When "rift phase" ends, kite the boss another 20 yards, and proceed to attack him. Keep kiting when he makes a rift, rinse and repeat steps 3 and 4 when he goes back into rift phase again.
6. He does "rift phase" at 75, 50, and 25% health.
7. Dampen magic from a mage makes this fight extremely simple. All lightning ticks from the rifts do only 200-300 damage instead of 500-600. Anti-magic shield and icebound fortitude also helped to mitigate the incoming damage to me in the "rift phase"
8. Good luck.
Achievements › Dungeons & Raids › Lich King Dungeon
Achievement
Chaos Theory
Defeat Anomalus in The Nexus on Heroic Difficulty without destroying any Chaotic Rifts.
Chaos Theory is a 10 point achievement in Lich King Dungeon. Its criteria ask you to defeat 1 creature in The Nexus.
How to Earn
How to Complete
1 criterion from the current game data.
Defeat these creatures (1)
Kill each creature listed.
- Anomalus
Details
- Category
- Dungeons & Raids › Lich King Dungeon
- Points
- 10
- Faction
- Both factions
- Requirements
- 1 criteria line
- Instance
- The Nexus
- Instance type
- Dungeon
- Expansion
- Wrath of the Lich King
About The Nexus
In order to reestablish his dominance over magic, the blue Dragon Aspect, Malygos, has launched a ruthless campaign to sever the link between mortals and the arcane energies coursing through Azeroth. To this end, his blue dragonflight is redirecting the ley lines of the world to the Nexus, Malygos' towering lair.
From the in-game Adventure Guide.
Where to Earn It
Chaos Theory is earned inside The Nexus, a dungeon. The entrance is marked below.
The entrance to The Nexus is in Borean Tundra at 27.5, 25.9.
Entrance 27.5, 25.9Borean Tundra, 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 Hero 25 points
More like this
Other achievements in Lich King Dungeon.
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Actually, chaos theory is mathematical modeling that deals with systems which are extremely sensitive to initial conditions so that it appears to be random when there is actually nothing random involved. The weather would be an example of such a system. The most famous example is the butterfly effect. The idea that a butterfly flapping it's wings in Brazil can start a series of events that results in a tornado in Texas.
Not sure why no one has posted this yet...
This completely trivializes the fight. I healed it as a paladin without breaking a sweat. The AoE from the portals is completely absorbed and does almost no damage. This combined with fighting him progressively further from his starting point and you're golden.
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