Titles; they are cool, they are wonderful, and in a not-inconsiderable number of cases, they are very hard to get. Almost without exception, every single title in the game is also linked to an achievement. Today we're going to examine how you can get (or, in some cases, how it was possible to get) about half of the 19 titles currently available from dungeons and raids. Next week, we'll cover the last half, going in alphabetical order.

If you're a skimmer, the two toughest achievements are actually at the tail end this week, and if you're currently in Icecrown Citadel, there's two currently-unobtainable titles that may interest you here (in addition to another set next week).



Argent Defender (requires A Tribute to Dedicated Insanity under special conditions)

Getting Argent Defender requires you to do Trial of the Grand Crusader on 10-man without padding the difficulty with 25-man gear. But that's kind of misleading, due to the interaction of the 10-man and 25-man loot system in Tier 9. With Trophies of the Crusade available to both ToGC-10 and ToC-25, someone who's been running ToGC-10 exclusively can wind up with a gear set that's almost indistinguishable from (and in some cases, better than) a ToC-25 geared player.

So what on earth can you wear? Daelo, the Lead Encounter Designer, explains here.

Difficulty: If you've already been farming Trial of the Grand Crusader-10, the difficulty of Argent Defender lies mostly in ensuring that each member of the raid is appropriately geared. Otherwise, you just need to proceed through the instance a little more carefully, without the margin for error afforded by better gear. If you're learning ToGC-10 from the ground up, it's a lot harder.



Bane of the Fallen King (requires defeating the Lich King on 10-man heroic) or The Light of Dawn (requires defeating The Lich King on 25-man heroic)

These rather poetic titles are yours for the taking after you manage to defeat Arthas in ICC-10 or ICC-25 heroic. How tough is this going to be? Nobody knows. We only have a little data-mined information on what's going to occur during the Lich King encounter, and Blizzard's been silent otherwise.

Difficulty: Your guess is as good as mine, but it's safe to assume that the last boss of the expansion on heroic mode is not going to be a cakewalk.




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