Glory of the Hero Achievement Guide (WoW)  

So you've decided you want to be a Hero. You want to go farther than others, you want to have something to be proud about. And maybe, if you're quick enough, you want a nice little red proto-drake. Let's face it, one of the cool part of a mmorpg is showing others that you've done more or can do more than they can. And the Glory of the Hero Achievement is one of the most accessible bragging right Achievement out there.

Things to Know

Before you set on your way to becoming a hero, there's a few things you should know.

• Know the Fights: It's no secret to most people now, Instance in WotLK are fairly easy (If you don't find them easy, you might want to reconsider setting out for this achievement). So easy in fact, that it's quite possible to simply plow through most boss, unaware of what they actually do to you. Most of the Boss fight when going for Achievements however, become much harder and longer, and knowing exactly what the boss is doing often become a key part of succeeding.
• Know the People: It's usually better to find a group of like minded people who are also going for this Achievements. Those people should be guild members or anybody else you trust and know has a good player. Your average pug won't be able to do achievement, nor will they be willing to wipe several time in order to get some of the tricker one 'right'. This also allow you some kind of control in setting up the perfect group if needed.
• Know your Limits: Which could also be seen as 'know you gear'. When I said earlier that if you didn't find Heroic easy, you might want to reconsider - I wasn't saying it to be elitist. A lot of those Achievement are very demanding on character performance as well as execution. If you're not pulling the proper dps, if you're not healing enough, if your tank isn't tough enough and if you easily get overwhelmed by having to handle more than two things at once... you either need to learn your class better, get more gear or all around get better before you can complete those. While using potions, flasks and food isn't necessary, using them may help bridge the gap that lower gear is creating.
• Know the Strategies: And this is why you're reading this - some of the achievements are pretty obvious. Others requires some creative thinking to get there. Sure, you can go out on your own and figure it all out for yourself. More power to you. Or you can read this :).

Disclaimer

Before we get started, I'd like to point out that I'm not claiming this is the only way to do things. But this is the way I've done things and well, I know for sure that everything written in here actually works. My 'core' group was a Death Knight (Tank), a Priest (Healer) as well as a Rogue, Warrior and Mage. We also had a Shaman, Warlock and Paladin we rotated in. Since everybody wants all the achievements, I've actually done some of them several times.

Achievements: How to get them done

For ease of reading, the Achievements will be broken down by the Instance they belong to.

Utgarde Keep

You won't spend much time in Utgarde Keep, there's only one achievement here and it's on the first boss, on top of being a fairly easy one.

On The Rocks - Defeat Prince Keleseth in Utgarde Keep on Heroic Difficulty without shattering any Frost Tombs.

Utgarde Pinnacle

Utgarde Pinnacle has 4 achievements, however none of them require a specific group composition and the 4 achievements can be done in 1 run.

The Incredible Hulk - Force Svala Sorrowgrave to kill a Scourge Hulk on Heroic Difficulty in Utgarde Pinnacle.

My Girl Loves to Skadi All the Time - Defeat Skadi the Ruthless in Utgarde Pinnacle on Heroic Difficulty after having killed Grauf from 100% to dead in a single pass. Simply grab 6 harpoons, and use them all in one pass, this should be enough to kill Grauf (His Drake).

Lodi Dodi We Love to Skadi - Defeat Skadi the Ruthless in Utgarde Pinnacle on Heroic Difficulty within 3 minutes of starting the gauntlet event.

King's Bane - Defeat King Ymiron in Utgarde Pinnacle on Heroic Difficulty without anyone in the party triggering Bane. Fairly easy to do if you have a dispeller in the party.

The Nexus

The Oculus

Azjol-Nerub

Old Kingdom

Gundrak

Drak'Tharon

Halls of Stone

Halls of Lightning

Violet Hold

Culling of Stratholme

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