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The NPC you have to kill is a reference to Elliott Venczel who in-game is referred to as Venruki or shortened Ven. (Elliot obviously in reference to his first name, and Van Rook in reference to Venruki). Venruki is THE most accomplished mage in WoW history; he has won tournaments like Blizzcon and MLG and also having received rank 1 titles from numerous PvP seasons in each and every expansion.
As for the achievement, it's not only a reference to Venruki, it's also a reference to one of my favorite clips of all time and memories from WoW as a whole, namely this video, which is a clip from an old WoW arena tournament (MLG Orlando, 2009) in which he got damaged and eventually killed so fast he couldn't even react to it, and so he died without using his Ice Block.
"Down Goes Venruki" is a very common phrase yet to this day. And you know he'll hear about it every time he dies without Ice Blocking. Hell, he hears it every time he dies even when doing close to zero mistakes including using his Ice Blocks.
Of course it's not entirely his fault as the damage back then was a lot higher relative to the health and not only could the reaction time be a factor but if you triggered the global cooldown in the wrong moment you would be dead, as likely is the case here.
Venruki also streams occasionally on twitch.tv and you can check that out if you want to watch high rated arena action and/or one of the best personalities on twitch. He has a decent viewerbase, but I definitely think he deserves more. He's a cool dude all around, and if you haven't heard about him or his stream before it's about time.
Achievements › Player vs. Player › Ashran
Achievement Points10
Achievement
Down Goes Van Rook
Kill Elliott Van Rook before he remembers how to use Ice Block.
AshranAlliance only
Details
- Category
- Player vs. Player › Ashran
- Points
- 10
- Faction
- Alliance
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Other achievements in Ashran.
Ashran VictoryKill the opposing faction Commander while controlling all points on the Road of Glory.10Bounty HunterLoot all the following off Alliance player corpses:10Bounty HunterLoot all the following off Horde player corpses:10Divide and ConquerKill 5000 enemy players anywhere outside the Road of Glory within Ashran.10Grand Theft, 1st DegreeLoot 100 Artifact Fragments from enemy players.10Grand Theft, 2nd DegreeLoot 500 Artifact Fragments from enemy players.10Grand Theft, 3rd DegreeLoot 1000 Artifact Fragments from enemy players.10High-value TargetsDefeat all of the creatures within Ashran listed below.10Just for MeActivate a Class Specific Book Epic Item found within Ashran.10Operation CounterattackDefeat Fangraal within 8 minutes of it being summoned by the Alliance.10
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Sooo hordes got this achievement in their log, awkward.
I think this is the second reference to Venruki. First reference to him, was the item Venruki's Venerable Sash that dropped from Ordos.
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