Show Me Your Moves! Achievement Now Soloable in Mogu'shan Vaults

Key Takeaways

Show Me Your Moves! (achievement 6455) has been soloable since an April 2024 hotfix for any class that can occupy one boss while it fights the other.
The achievement sits on the Will of the Emperor encounter in Mogu'shan Vaults, which fields two constructs, Jan-xi and Qin-xi.
Run the raid on 10-player Normal: the construct's Devastating Combo throws five attacks to dodge instead of the ten it uses on Heroic.
Dodging every hit of a single Devastating Combo leaves that construct Unbalanced and hands you the Opportunistic Strike extra-action button.
Death Knights, Hunters, and Warlocks park a pet on the second construct; Monks hold it with Ring of Peace and taunts.
Keep the held construct alive: if either Jan-xi or Qin-xi dies before your Opportunistic Strike lands, the attempt resets.
It was cut from the Glory of the Pandaria Raider meta in a January 2016 hotfix, so today only the standalone achievement remains.

Here is what the achievement asks for, why a full raid used to be mandatory, and the exact solo setup that clears it now.

What "Show Me Your Moves!" Asks For

Show Me Your Moves! is a 10-point raid achievement earned on the Will of the Emperor encounter, the final fight in Mogu'shan Vaults. Its criteria read: defeat Will of the Emperor on Normal or Heroic after every member of the raid executes an Opportunistic Strike on the same construct within a single Unbalanced phase.

That "same construct, same phase" wording is what made it painful. On a full 10-player pull, all ten raiders had to perfectly dodge a Devastating Combo and land the follow-up strike on the identical target during one short window. A single dropped dodge from one player wiped the attempt. The achievement was originally a required piece of the Glory of the Pandaria Raider meta, then removed from that meta in a January 2016 hotfix once Blizzard decided the coordination bar was too steep for a mount reward.

Why It Can Now Be Soloed

An April 2024 hotfix quietly changed the maths. Because the criteria checks that all raid members strike the same construct in one Unbalanced phase, a raid of one only needs a single successful Opportunistic Strike. The blocker was never the strike itself; it was getting ten people to nail it together. Bring one player and that problem disappears.

The catch is that Will of the Emperor spawns two constructs, Jan-xi and Qin-xi, and both keep attacking. You need a way to hold one still while you dance with the other, which is why the solo clear is gated to classes with a pet or a reliable hold.

Setting Up the Encounter

A few minutes of prep does most of the work:

Set the raid to 10-player Normal. Each Devastating Combo is a series of five attacks on Normal versus ten on Heroic, so Normal roughly halves the number of dodges you have to chain cleanly.
Send your pet onto one construct and set it to Passive, or use a Monk's Ring of Peace and taunts to keep that construct parked away from you.
Position yourself on the other construct. You are dancing with this one, not killing it.
If you are max level and heavily geared, strip some armor and weapons first. An overgeared character can burst a construct down by accident, and if either construct dies before your strike lands the achievement will not trigger.

With the pet holding one target and your damage detuned, the fight becomes a patience check rather than a coordination test.

Winning the Dance

Roughly every 20 seconds the construct you are facing fills its energy and unleashes a Devastating Combo, a scripted string of melee swings around itself. Your only job is to dodge every hit in that combo:

Watch for the combo to begin and step out of each swing in sequence. Miss none of them.
Clear the full combo and the construct becomes Unbalanced, granting you the Opportunistic Strike extra-action button.
Press Opportunistic Strike while the construct is Unbalanced. That single strike satisfies the achievement for a solo raid.
If you eat even one swing, no button appears and you simply wait for the next combo to try again.

There is no timer pressure and no enrage to race, so you can reset and retry the combo as many times as it takes. Land one clean Opportunistic Strike and "Show Me Your Moves!" pops.

Clearing Legacy Achievements Efficiently

Soloing old raids like Mogu'shan Vaults is one of the better ways to mop up transmog, mounts, and dormant achievements between current-patch resets. If you would rather have a stubborn achievement handled while you stay on live content, you can browse our WoW achievement carries and pick the ones worth outsourcing.

FAQ

Can you solo Show Me Your Moves in 2026?

Yes. Since the April 2024 hotfix, Show Me Your Moves! can be completed by a single player on the Will of the Emperor encounter in Mogu'shan Vaults. You need one construct held by a pet or a Monk while you dodge the other construct's Devastating Combo and land an Opportunistic Strike. The achievement remains soloable on current retail.

Which classes can solo it?

Any class that can occupy one construct works. Death Knights, Hunters, and Warlocks send a pet onto Jan-xi or Qin-xi and set it to Passive. Monks use Ring of Peace plus taunts to keep one construct away. Classes without a durable hold struggle, because both constructs otherwise chase you and break the dance.

What difficulty should I set for the achievement?

Use 10-player Normal. The Devastating Combo fires five attacks on Normal but ten on Heroic, so Normal gives you far fewer dodges to chain without a mistake. The criteria accept either Normal or Heroic, but Normal is strictly easier to execute solo.

How do you get the Opportunistic Strike button?

Dodge every hit of a construct's Devastating Combo. Clearing the whole combo without taking a swing makes that construct Unbalanced and grants the Opportunistic Strike extra-action button for a few seconds. Pressing it during the Unbalanced window is what the achievement checks for.

Why shouldn't I kill the second construct?

Will of the Emperor requires both Jan-xi and Qin-xi to be alive when your Opportunistic Strike lands. If an overgeared character bursts either construct down early, the encounter ends and the achievement will not register. Removing gear keeps your damage low enough to dance safely.

Is Show Me Your Moves still part of Glory of the Pandaria Raider?

No. It was removed from the Glory of the Pandaria Raider meta-achievement in a January 2016 hotfix to make that mount reward more attainable. Show Me Your Moves! now stands alone, so soloing it is purely for the achievement itself rather than the Glory meta.

Where is the Will of the Emperor encounter?

Will of the Emperor is the final boss of Mogu'shan Vaults, the first raid of the Mists of Pandaria expansion, located in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. You can walk in solo at max level and set the difficulty to 10-player Normal from the raid difficulty menu before pulling.

Last reviewed 2026-07-01 against Patch 12.0.7 Revelations — Maintained by WowCarry's WoW team.