Glory of the Hero: Intense Cold

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


This achievement should pose no problem to most. I did not manage my pet at all which leads me to believe the pets stacks are irrelevant to get this achievement. The only time you will be in danger of getting more than two stacks is when Keristrasza casts Crystallize, which she will announce with an emote: "Stay, enjoy your final moments." I used a Prismatic Elixir (90 resistance, 1 hour) to be safe and did end up resisting one of the two casts.

To get this achievement, you will need two of the following: Master's Call, a PvP trinket, Readiness, Deterrence, or luck with resists. I ended up using Master's Call and got a resist but had Master's Call up again with Readiness. Simply DPS her with your pet tanking, moving around to keep the debuff low, and using one of the above abilities to break out of Crystallize when she casts it. If your DPS is exceedingly low, she may cast it a third time. The ability appears to have a 50 yard range so if you are in dire need, you can move out of her room to avoid any subsequent Crystallize's.

Note: There is a very cheap frost resistance mail set (Icy Scale) from Wrath that can be picked up which should certainly guarantee resists.