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Achievement

Intense Cold

Defeat Keristrasza in The Nexus on Heroic Difficulty without allowing Intense Cold to reach more than two stacks.

Lich King Dungeon

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Intense Cold is a 10 point achievement in Lich King Dungeon. Its criteria ask you to defeat 1 creature in The Nexus.

How to Earn

WhereThe Nexus (entrance in Borean Tundra at 27.5, 25.9)
CreaturesKeristrasza

How to Complete

1 criterion from the current game data.

Defeat these creatures (1)

Kill each creature listed.

  1. Keristrasza

Details

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.

Bosses, loot and map for The Nexus

Where to Earn It

Intense Cold 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.

Borean Tundra map with the The Nexus entrance markedEntrance 27.5, 25.9

Borean Tundra, from the game’s own world map art. The framed marker is the Adventure Guide entrance.

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Meta achievements that count this one among their criteria.

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rodmin+49via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Ok, here's how it works.

Keristrasza has an ability named Intense Cold that stacks on players every 2 seconds, dealing 100 damage per second.

So, to have this achievement, the players have to defeat her in heroic mode while avoind 3+ stacks of the debuff, and for that the players must always move to remove the debuff. In short, players must not stand idle for more than roughly 4-5 seconds on the same place.

I'd advise all players to use spells with a maximum cast time of 2 seconds or less ready for this boss, and spec to those abilities for the maximum DPS if needed. healers will have to probably put aside their large heals and go with flash heals of 1.5 seconds or instant spells.

The worst part on this is another of her abilities, Crystal Chains, which root the players for 10 seconds. And they'll get stacks of Intense Cold while rooted, which is BAD!

The best combination for this boss would be a tank and 3 meele DPS players always moving to left and right and a discipline priest proficient with PW:Shield and the instant heal from the Holy Tree. Paladins can also work well here, as probably they can stand still for the duration of their bubble, immune to the ability. Hunter suffer a lot on this one, as they have to keep moving. A strategic alternative would be after each steady shot, jump twice and while jumping twice, use an instant shot, like Serpent Sting or Arcane shot. Dut to this, Multi-shot should not be used in this fight.

Edit: players can remove the debuff also by jumping. This is a good tip for healers ^^ ( thanks for the info, ncoffey )

P.S.: remember that she casts a tail sweep to players behind like Onyxia, so try to dps on the sides.

2nd Edit: changed the "pet" part, according to Carebear. Thanks mate. Instead, i've added a suggestion for hunters if they are having troubles with their steady shots, since they're great part of their dps.

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93210+46via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

This is definitely an individual achievement; I was able to earn it when no one else in my group did. Also, as a reminder to druids out there, shifting breaks Crystal Chains. Not to say this is easier for a specific class or anything. (4.0.6 edit: unless you're feral, then you don't get the easy out anymore.)

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