A Complete Circuit Achievement Guide: Mastering Lei Shen’s Conductors

Lei Shen, the Thunder King, presents a unique challenge for achievement hunters seeking “A Complete Circuit.” This guide provides a comprehensive strategy to successfully disable each of the four conduits, earning you this prestigious achievement. We’ll cover everything from identifying the conduits to surviving Lei Shen’s formidable abilities, ensuring a smooth and efficient completion.

Understanding the Achievement and Conduits

The “A Complete Circuit” achievement requires you to defeat Lei Shen four times, each time ensuring a different conduit is disabled first. This means manipulating the fight to force Lei Shen to overcharge a specific conduit before you ultimately defeat him. The conduits are located in the four corners of Lei Shen’s platform.

The conduits are located in the corners of Lei Shen’s platform.

Identifying the Conduits

Before starting, it’s crucial to identify each conduit. There are two methods to accomplish this:

1. Mouse Hover: Simply hover your mouse over each conduit to see its name.
2. Ground Markings: Look for unique markings on the ground in front of each conduit that correspond to its effect. (See images in original posts, if available).

The four conduits are:

• North Conduit: Static Shock
• East Conduit: Diffusion Chain
• South Conduit: Overcharge
• West Conduit: Bouncing Bolt

Strategy for Completion

The core strategy involves controlling which conduit Lei Shen charges the most before his transition phase. Here’s a step-by-step guide:

1. Choose Your Conduit: Decide which conduit you need to disable for the current attempt.
2. Positioning: Wait for Lei Shen to teleport to the conduit you’ve selected.
3. Engage and Control: Initiate the fight by attacking Lei Shen while he is standing near the chosen conduit.
4. Slow and Steady DPS: Deliberately pace your damage output to allow Lei Shen ample time to charge the conduit. This is a critical step. You can reduce your damage by unequipping gear or using abilities that minimize damage output.
5. Charge Monitoring: Observe the conduit. You should see visual cues, such as lightning, indicating it’s charging.
6. Transition Phase: Eventually, Lei Shen will teleport to the center of the platform, becoming untargetable. This triggers the transition phase where he attempts to charge all conduits.
7. Add Management: During the transition, focus on eliminating the adds that spawn.
8. Confirmation: After a short period, Lei Shen will become targetable again. Crucially, a message will appear on your screen indicating that a specific conduit has been overloaded and disabled. Confirm that this is the conduit you intended to disable. Also, track the achievement in your tracker to confirm the conduit name has changed from red to white.
9. Defeat Lei Shen: Once you’ve confirmed the correct conduit has been disabled, defeat Lei Shen to secure credit for that stage of the achievement.

Ensure the conduit is fully charged before proceeding to the transition phase.

Tips and Tricks

• Damage Mitigation: If you find yourself accidentally dealing too much damage, consider using items like Whole-Body Shrinka’ to minimize your damage output.
• Tanking Position: Experiment with your positioning near the conduit. Some players have found that standing slightly further away from the conduit allows it to charge more effectively. Watch for the special gauge to appear on your screen, indicating charging.
• Soloing Considerations: As a high-level character, soloing Lei Shen on Heroic difficulty is feasible. Classes with strong self-healing and damage mitigation, like Guardian Druids or Retribution Paladins, are particularly well-suited.
• Displacement Pad Bug: If you die and need to return to the platform, the Displacement Pad may bug out. Using the command /reload can often resolve this issue. If not, try relogging.
• Survival During Intermission Phase: Classes like Guardian Druids can utilize talents like Guttural Roars combined with auto-run to maintain their position on the platform during the pushback mechanism of the intermission phase.
• Minimum Engagement Time: Allow at least 60 seconds of engagement with Lei Shen near the conduit before attempting to finish the encounter. Killing him too quickly may not grant credit.
• Achievement Tracking: Track the achievement to visually confirm that the desired conduit has been successfully disabled.
• Healer/Off-Healer: If possible, bring a healer or someone with off-heals to assist with survival, especially if you’re intentionally reducing your damage output.

Common Issues and Solutions

• Achievement Text Red: Even if the achievement text appears red in your tracker, continue with the strategy. It may remain red until the very end, but you can still receive credit.
• Lei Shen Not Charging Conduit: Ensure you are within the correct proximity of the conduit and that you are not killing him too quickly.
• Being Knocked Off the Platform: Position yourself away from the edge of the platform and utilize abilities that prevent knockbacks.

Conclusion

“A Complete Circuit” achievement requires patience, control, and a solid understanding of Lei Shen’s mechanics. By following this guide and implementing the tips and tricks outlined, you’ll be well on your way to successfully disabling all four conduits and adding this challenging achievement to your collection. Remember to adapt your strategy based on your class and gear level for the most efficient completion.