Knock on Wood (10 player)

Depending on which Elder you leave up you can decide which buff you want Freya to have.
Elder Brightleaf - Brightleaf's Essence
Elder Ironbranch - Ironbranch's Essence
Elder Stonebark - Stonebark's Essence

My group left Elder Brightleaf today. Tanking positions can be seen below. We used the following Setup

2 Tanks
3 Healers
5 DPS (1 DK DPS went frost for the 3 add group to help tank)

The fight was pretty much the same just a couple of things to watch out for.
First, make sure you don't tank -anything- inside of the light pillars that spawn as they will deal damage and also cause the mobs inside it to heal. (I believe that is the right spell)

Also - Positioning in here was pretty important - Make sure that you have the Ancient Water Spirit far enough away (hence the river tank spot) and facing Freya so that when it uses Tidal Wave it knocks your tank into the raid. Not away from the raid and the healers.

Sunbeam was hitting for 7.5k - 9k.

The explosion from the Detonating Lashers hits for about 7k. Just make sure you DPS is single target DPS'ing when they get low or you will have 3 explode at the same time and one shot lower HP members.

Nature's Fury was ticking for about 6k - 7k a tick.

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• - Freya tanked here. (until P2)
♠ - 3 Add Group tanked here.
* - Ancient Conservator tanked here.


In phase 2, you need to kite her around to avoid getting hit with too many bombs at once. Never stop moving. By the time you get to her your tank should have plenty of threat.

This was a much easier achievement than you think provided you understand the mechanics of Freya normally and just plan for extra damage.

We did this today leaving Elder Ironbrach up, and it was pretty easy. The increased melee damage from the adds seemed pretty minimal (Detonating lashers were meleeing on cloth for about 600, not sure about the Conservator or Snaplasher). Freya also gains the Iron Roots ability that Ironbranch has when you engage him. The Elder did not join the fight while we were fighting Freya, and he despawned when she died. She dropped one loot item and one glove token, plus the extra badge to make up for the Elder.

Our guild just completed this achievement. In addition to two pieces of loot, we received one conquest badge and two valor badges. Very odd.