wow Uldir Race Day 5: Limit World First 7/8

[Starym 3,800]

 

Update: Method have also downed the penultimate boss of Uldir and are on 7/8, which means we can now watch progress on the final boss of Mythic Uldir live on their stream(s)!

And here's the stream cut of Method's Mythic Mythrax the Unraveler World 2nd kill:

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It seems the race is on indeed, as the big news from today/yesterday's raid day was Mythrax going down and Limit grabbing another World First for the US! Mythrax was the battlefield today as 10 guilds ended up progressing on Uldir's penultimate boss, before Limit decided to pull ahead and leave them all in the dust.

Technically the day had a crazy fast start, as Wildcard Gaming caught up to the top two, but we cheated a little and already covered that in yesterday's update, but it seems that was only the start. Zul had the worst day of his (un)life, as being Reborn isn't quite as fun as you'd think since it also meant he Redied a whole lot.

A little later in the afternoon, around 4Pm CET, the troll died 4 more times within 2 hours, to EU guilds, with Exorsus leading the newly formed 6/8 pack, followed by Memento, NollTvåTre and Pieces, making it 7 guilds progressing on Mythrax and that point. Asian guild Jitianhong came in to muddy the rankings a little as well, with an at first unclear timing on their 6/8 and Zul kill, which later turned out to have come in just after Exorsus, giving them the World 5th and, obviously, Asia first kill. After all the EU kills we got a Korean one, as AFK R came back and claimed the Asia 2nd, World 9th, followed by From Scratch with the EU 6th. From Scratch were also the last to torment poor old Zul, Re-deaded, at least for today, as we now have 10 guilds with him down, and 9 progressing on Mythrax.

The significance of Limit's World First is huge, as they now have a pretty big advantage over Method, who are currently at 28% on Mythrax with their best try. It's all down to G'huun, as it usually all falls on the endboss anyway, but this time around it's particularly crucial. Since this is the first raid of the new expansion, the difficulty curve is usually pretty low and, Fetid Devourer mess aside, Uldir has followed that pattern pretty well, with all bosses but the last taking around 2ish days to clear. With Emerald Nightmare having been such a disappointment back in Legion (it took Exorsus all of 18 hours from entering the raid to killing Xavius), Blizzard might have overtuned G'huun just to make sure, but if he follows the pattern of his non-Devourer fellow bosses, Limit's current lead might prove enough for the win. If that happens, we'll be getting the first US World First on an endboss since Mists of Pandaria, where Blood Legion got Grand Empress Shek'zeer down in Heart of Fear before Method.

So, what exactly is happening over in Uldir? Does Limit simply have better strategies and execution, or will Method bounce back in a few hours? Has streaming their progress distracted them a little, with the focus being on entertainment over progress? There were actually a few internet issues over at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere earlier, which took out Sco, Gingi and the others there for a little while. But most importantly, Limit have shown they're truly a force to be reckoned with, and are the current leaders sitting at a one boss advantage, with the added mystery of no one being able to see what exactly they're doing, which actually might prove crucial if G'huun ends up being a very strategy dependent boss. In any case, it's going to be an exciting next (hopefully) few days as we get to see what the endboss of Mythic Uldir is all about!

As always, if you want to up-to-date news on the race, head on over to Method's raid progress site.

[Kurosu 58]

As if nobody knows method will either be helped by blizz or they will cheat once more and nobody will bat an eye.Race suspence died on brf

[Stan 5,240]

Nice finally things get interesting without nerfs.

[Dejo93 1,023]

Wonder how G'huun will look like? Hope we don't have a new Kil'Jaeden on our hands 

[Rhondis 148]

3 hours ago, Dejo93 said:

Wonder how G'huun will look like? Hope we don't have a new Kil'Jaeden on our hands 

Armageddon mechanic was a nightmare to deal with in Normal/Heroic pugs,

[Rudy199 8]

What the hell, they raid with 3x arcane mages?

[Prophet001 598]

18 hours ago, Rudy199 said:

What the hell, they raid with 3x arcane mages?

They swap specs to throw misinformation from what I remember.

[Zaxyu 0]

On 9/16/2018 at 2:21 PM, Kurosu said:

As if nobody knows method will either be helped by blizz or they will cheat once more and nobody will bat an eye.Race suspence died on brf

Just remember Limit has 12 hours on Method cause their NA. And Method ain't cheating. give the guilds same time spand. Limit wouldn't have much world first. Fanboi.

 

[Kurosu 58]

2 hours ago, Zaxyu said:

Just remember Limit has 12 hours on Method cause their NA. And Method ain't cheating. give the guilds same time spand. Limit wouldn't have much world first. Fanboi.

 

They cheated in blackrock foundry and blizzard didnt bat an eye while instead any other guild in history that has even remotely got an unfair advantage had its progress reset. Its obvious blizzard supports them and facts prove it

[Zaxyu 0]

3 hours ago, Kurosu said:

They cheated in blackrock foundry and blizzard didnt bat an eye while instead any other guild in history that has even remotely got an unfair advantage had its progress reset. Its obvious blizzard supports them and facts prove it

If they support them, them would release raids at the same time on both regions. Like the BFA Launch. Limit has a 12 hour headstart from  Method That's not really fair either is it ? 

 

[Kurosu 58]

On 9/18/2018 at 7:30 PM, Zaxyu said:

If they support them, them would release raids at the same time on both regions. Like the BFA Launch. Limit has a 12 hour headstart from  Method That's not really fair either is it ? 

 

The headstart hardly matters when you are guaranteed to win anyways.And the reason for raid release being first on US is not to give headstarts but because US always reveives patches one day earlier since vanilla.Nothing to do with raids.