Race to World First: Sanctum of Domination

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Honestly and Copium take NA 7th and 8th respectively on Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, taking them to 8/10M as they move on to Kel'Thuzad.

Taking a look at the CN guilds, Skyline, JTH, Aster and Alpha are currently continuing progress on Sylvanas Windrunner. Fighting to claim region first for Sanctum of Domination.

Soniqs Imperative downs Kel'Thuzad, earning NA 4th and 9/10.

Soniqs Imperative slay Fatescribe, taking NA 5th and bringing them 8/10.

Skyline have worked their way back through the raid on their re-clear and are onto Sylvanas themselves. Seeing who fills out the Top 10 for Sanctum of Domination is going to be interesting indeed!

Aversion are back in the raid and working on Sylvanas Windrunner - shooting for World 6th today perhaps?

Aversion are back in the raid and working on Sylvanas Windrunner - shooting for World 6th today perhaps?

Checking in on CN guilds now that the region has had it's reset, all top-5 guilds have started to re-clear.

• Alpha have just taken down Guardian of the First Ones
• Skyline is working on Guardian of the First Ones.
• Aster is back up to Painsmith Raznal.
• JTH have just killed The Nine.
• Chao Jie have opted to re-clear later than the others, they are at the beginning with Eye of the Jailer.

Keep in mind that Alpha never got in any practice on Sylvanas Windrunner, as they logged off immediately after a successful kill on KT very late last night.

Club Camel have defeated Kel'Thuzad, World 12th and US/OC 3rd!

Opps, I let that NA 4th Fatescribe kill by FlashPoint KTB slip my radar. This brings them to 8/10.

Club Camel take NA 3rd for killing Fatescribe. they are now 8/10.

Method calls in a night, they need sleep and an IRL emergency for a raider means its time to get some rest. This removes a bit of pressure off BDGG who still have several hours left of the raid day.

BDGG 45.5% for Sylvanas.

BDGG cranking up the heat, sees Sylvanas to 48.4% before wiping.

BDGG gets Sylvanas to 52.6% before wiping, which is a new best attempt.

Reload Esports rounds out the EU top 10 for Painsmith Raznal.

Pieces just wiped at 45.16%. This is so close.

Alpha claims Asia 3rd, downing Kel'Thuzad. They now move to Sylvanas. The heat in this kitchen is reaching critical levels.

Pieces hits 47.5% on Sylvanas, and holy tacos I need my heart rate to slow a bit. I am getting entirely too old for this.

BDGG sees Method's best pull and ups the Sylvanas pot with a new best of 57.85%. These guilds are making this World 3 battle almost better than WF. I said almost, don't get mad. :)

Method hits the best pull yet, reaching 55.8% for Sylvanas health.

BDGG sees a new best pull of 63.29% on Sylvanas. With consistent pulls like that last one, they are really pushing.

BDGG record a new best on Sylvanas Windrunner of 66.96% on their 160th pull.

ChaoJie with an excruciatingly close wipe on Guardian of the First Ones at just 0.3%! Heartbreaking.

Aversion get Kel'Thuzad down on their re-kill and will now join Pieces, Method and BDGG on Sylvanas, as they join the hunt for World 3rd. They do however seem to be heading into Heroic first.

Meanwhile both Pieces and Method are back from their dinner breaks and actively pulling the Banshee Queen.

BDGG are back online and pulling Sylvanas, another contender for World 3rd! Their current best sits at 71.45% after 156 pulls.

Aversion have successfully navigated through Fatscribe Roh-Kalo on their re-clear, and will be hoping to get KT down and join Pieces and Method on the Banshee Queen as soon as possible!

As we approach midnight in Shanghai, China, Skyline have gone offline to catch up some sleep prior to their reset day tomorrow. Thus far they are the only Asian guild to have progressed Sylvanas Windrunner, with a best pull of 85%, making it to the start of P2.

However Aster have just killed Kel'Thuzad, taking World 10th and Asia 2nd in the process!

Elsewhere Jitianhong and Alpha are tackling the lich themselves, currently stuck at the second Remnant of Kel'Thuzad. They have rounded out the week by polishing off their HC splits and M+ dungeons.

ChaoJie finally secured their kill on Painsmith earlier in the day, and they continue their progress on Guardian of the First Ones. They too have just completed their splits to see if they could make a final push on the boss before their reset.

KT goes down and Method advance to the Banshee Queen as well!

Pieces secure a new best on Sylvanas Windrunner of 61.69%. Current pull count sits at 121.

The Race for World 3rd is well and truly on in Europe, with Pieces, Method and Aversion all working through their Mythic reclears. Pieces are back on Sylvanas Windrunner already, with a current best attempt of 65% after 118 pulls. Method are slightly further back, having just reached Kel'Thuzad. Aversion are two bosses behind them, working on their Guardian of the First Ones second kill.

Mate defeats Guardian of the First Ones, Asia 5th!

Checking in on the Asian guilds this morning (18:20pm in Shanghai, China), they have had great progress since last night. We are delighted to see that Chao Jie have managed to kill Painsmith Raznal and is now at Guardian of the First Ones.

Alpha and JTH are also doing great, having recently taken down Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, both are now at Kel'Thuzad after some Mythic+ and possibly a small break.

Aster is still focused on Kel'Thuzad, working hard to catch up with Skyline after they achieved the Asia 1st kill on Kel'Thuzad earlier today.

Skyline have made it all the way to Sylvanas Windrunner this reset and are pushing hard to catch-up to the other guilds progress!

With today being EU reset, we can already see guild's back in Mythic Sanctum of Domination. Re-clearing today so far is Pieces and Method.

Pieces have cleared back up to Painsmith Raznal and Method are fighting against Eye of the Jailer.

FlashPoint KTB head to Fatescribe Roh-Kalo having killed Guardian of the First Ones, taking NA 5th.

MNM gets Guardian of the First Ones down gaining EU 7th and 7/10.

Memento secures EU 9th for Painsmith.

Kel'Thuzad falls to FatSharkYes, taking World 8th and EU 6th. They now move onto to join the other guilds on the great Sylvanas platform square dance.

Zero Empathy slay Painsmith Raznal claiming EU 8th kill bringing them to 6/10,

MNM down Painsmith Raznal bringing them 6/10 and taking EU 7th.

As the day draws to a close in Asia, there has been plenty of good progression made by the region's leading guilds. Skyline and Aster both took down Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, claiming Asia 1st and 2nd respectively, and will be expecting to make quick work of Kel'Thuzad tomorrow.

Jitianhong and Alpha are both still working through the Fatescribe encounter, JTH the closest to a kill with a best attempt of 5% thus far.

ChaoJie have come very close to killing Painsmith Raznal, with a best of 1.91%, and will soon be progressing to Guardian, where they will join Mate, the Korean guild that took down Painsmith earlier today.

Having woken up to the news that Echo had won the race, Limit are still in good spirits and are back into the raid themselves starting their Mythic re-clear.

Method and Pieces both continue to make progress on Sylvanas Windrunner on this crucial last day before tomorrow's EU reset. Method's best currently sits at 76.23% after 164 pulls, whereas Pieces's best sits at 80.41% after 97 pulls.

Before they signed off last night, BDGG's best was 82.47% after 126 pulls. They are back live and doing a Normal reclear for Domination Shards. Given most people expect Complexity Limit to claim World 2nd on Sylvanas, the race for World 3rd is heating up ...

Alpha-KeaHoarl secure the kill on Guardian of the First Ones, World 14th and Asia 3rd!

Mate have defeated Painsmith Raznal, claiming World 17th and Asia 6th in the process!

Method have a new best on Sylvanas Windrunner, reaching 80.28% and, crucially, Phase 3 for the first time after 150 pulls.

Meanwhile over in Asia the progress continues. ChaoJie continues to work through Painsmith Raznal, with a recent heartbreaking wipe at 1.91% the kill is surely imminent.

Alpha have moved on to Guardian of the First Ones and are still in their preliminary pulls, working out what their initial strategy will be.

Jitianhong, Skyline and Aster are working hard on the Fatescribe Roh-Kalo encounter. Skyline have a best attempt of 34.2%, followed closely by JTH on 43%. Aster are further back around the 70% mark, and have opted to farm more BoEs and M+ to bring up their average item level.

A huge congratulations to Echo on their World First Sylvanas kill. What made that final pull especially impressive is that throughout the encounter they had zero deaths, showing just how good their execution was. The boss took them 176 total pulls and their final kill composition included:

• Tanks: Brewmaster Monk & Protection Paladin
• MDPS: 3x Arms Warriors, Havoc DH, Unholy DK & Enhancement Shaman
• RDPS: 4x Boomkin, MM Hunter, Arcane Mage & 2x Demo Locks
• Healer: 2x Holy Paladins & 2x Disc Priest

One key difference in their approach to maximising their overall DPS when compared to Limit's strategy was the usage of Night Fae Boomkins, bringing their infamous Convoke the Spirits ability. Limit had been opting to use Venthyr Boomkins, theoretically the better choice but in reality for progressing this boss, Ardenweald's finest have clearly come out on top.

Echo have a new best health percentage when exiting Phase 2 of 76.6%.

Looking at the EU guilds on Sylvanas Windrunner, they are all back into Mythic and ready to start their raiding day.

Most excitingly, having seen such close attempts from Complexity Limit, it will be interesting to see what tactical changes Echo have made. With the US reset tomorrow, Echo will be very motivated to secure the kill today!

Complexity Limit have had some really close attempts, and are putting in a late shift in order to try and kill it ahead of Echo.

Speaking of which, Echo are online and doing another split raid before going back into Mythic. Today is looking like the day we see Sylvanas Windrunner fall!

Limit is still at it on Sylvanas though they have to be tired. With as close as Echo was, the pressure is definitely on to get her done tonight.

Limit wiped at 45.5% of Sylvanas health. Warcraft logs shows .8% wipe and they are going in to pull 186. This is so crazy to watch, it is right there and then boom.

45.8% wipe for Limit. Something is happening.

Sylvanas Vitals Check

• Echo having hit 46.4% health, need to get her health to 45% in order to "kill" her.
• Limit hit 49.8% health. They have a lot of raiding time to close that gap before Echo starts back first thing tomorrow.
• Method hit 81.8% health with 119 pulls. They are currently relearning a bit on the heels of adjustments they made in phase 1 to account for recent changes made by Blizzard.
• BDGG hit 82.47% for her health with 101 pulls.
• Pieces hit 83.86% for health with 62 pulls.

Fatescribe is going to need therapy after today, Impact claim World 8th, EU 6th, joining the Kel'Thuzad shuffle crew.

Echo makes excellent progress heading into phase 3 on Sylvanas. Heading in to 150 pulls, showing around 49% with warcraftlogs showing 8.3% for the overall encounter.

Painsmith Raznal failed to stop Soniqs Imperative in their plot to kill him. Imperative take NA 5th for the kill, putting them 6/10.

Jitianhong secure a World 13th, Asia 3rd kill on Painsmith Raznal!

Aster look the most likely to claim an Asian 1st kill on Guardian of the First Ones, with a current best of 4.02%. Skyline are also progressing through the encounter, although look further away from a kill at this point with a current best of 41.4%, albeit with fewer pulls.

Meanwhile we have three Asian guilds edging closer to a kill on Painsmith Raznal, looking to join Aster and Skyline on Guardian. Jitianhong are in the lead with a current best pull of 2%, closely followed by ChaoJie on 16% and Alpha slightly further back on 21%.

Another new best for Aster as they edge closer and closer to a kill on Guardian of the First Ones, this time with an 8.47% wipe.

Here is an EU round-up for you all! Echo continue to work through the Sylvanas Windrunner encounter, having made some compositional changes to their roster to improve their P3 damage, bringing in extra melee in the form of a third Warrior and a Rogue. Their best is still that dramatic 49.57% attempt yesterday. Current pull counter sits at 125.

Pieces are also pulling the Banshee Queen, currently sitting at a best of 83.92% after 26 total pulls. Method have been out of the raid this morning working on their Keystone Master achievements in M+. They are back in the raid now, with their best attempt still standing at 83.73% after 75 pulls.

Aversion are due to be live soon and will be looking to secure their kill on Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, having reached 70% after 7 pulls yesterday. Impact have already been pulling that boss today and have reached the 40% mark after 22 pulls.

Aster have recorded a new best on Guardian of the First Ones with a 15.5% wipe. Looking very likely they'll be the next guild to secure a kill and move to 7/10.

There seems to be evidence emerging from the Echo camp that there has been a hotfix to Sylvanas Windrunner, with an enrage being added to Colossus in P2 causing the add to deal 900% increase damage. Their current discussions would imply that the encounter is now not possible to overcome this reset.

Skyline have killed Painsmith Raznal! World 12th, Asia 2nd after 171 pulls, with a very dramatic ending involving some solo Mage heroics!

Echo are back in the raid and pulling Sylvanas. Will we see a World First today?

Both Jitianhong and Skyline are close to catching up with Aster. Jitianhong wiping at 4% and Skyline wiping at 6.2%.

Aster is now really close to getting Painsmith Raznal down, with another incredibly close best of 0.6%.

Aster have another nail biting attempt on Painsmith Raznal, wiping at 0.8%!

Skyline also have a new best attempt of 15.9%.

All our CN top-5 guilds are up and doing well as China moves into the afternoon hours. This is their third day on Painsmith Raznal and all guilds are making good progress, getting themselves consistently into phase 3 of the fight.

• Aster are having great pulls, only to wipe at 2.26%
• Skyline now stand at a best of 17.9%
• Chao Jie are still struggling a little more than the other guilds, but their best stands at 27%
• Alpha’s new best stands around 20%
• JTH continues their progress with no changes in new best which stands at 20%

Aster has just reached a new best of 2.26% on Painsmith Raznal, will they be the first Asian guild to defeat the boss?

Looking at the leading two guilds on the fight to claim World First Sylvanas Windrunner, Complexity Limit has finished their raiding day and Echo will soon be starting for theirs.

It's been said that Echo's focus now will be adjusting their approach to funnel more single-target DPS during Phase 2, including composition changes. The Echo Mail wearers will be happy as they will being doing Mail splits this morning.

Later today, when Echo return to Mythic Sylvanas Windrunner, you won't want to miss it!

Limit gets a best pull on Sylvanas of 11.2% with 126 pulls far. BDGG best attempt is the same as previously reported, 67.9%.

Looking at it further, Sylvanas Windrunner being defeated at 45% was also seemingly alluded to in official Patch Notes dated July 13th with the following text: "The total damage players must deliver to Sylvanas Windrunner has been reduced by approximately 5% in Normal and Heroic difficulties".

After the shock of getting Sylvanas Windrunner sub 50%, Echo are calling it a night and may be doing more splits or M+ tomorrow for gear. They will now be strategizing how to squeeze out even more DPS and considering what classes they are bringing for more damage.

The belief was that Mythic Sylvanas Windrunner actually dies at 45% (instead of at 50% health on Heroic/Normal), as data-mined on July 8th and is now assumed to be confirmed by Echo getting Sylvanas to 49%.

What's also very interesting here is that by watching Echo's progress, Complexity Limit have been able to confirm this information, and can now see what it will take to defeat the last boss. They have jumped out of Mythic and into more split runs. Perhaps with enough time in their raiding day to claim that World First whilst EU sleeps?

With all eyes on Echo as they get closer and closer to ending Sylvanas reaching 103 pulls and 2.3%, Limit is 23.5% with 107 pulls. Method hit 67.5% with 55 pulls and BDGG rising to the challenge has a best attempt of 67.9% with 23 pulls.

Aster are continually reaching the sub-10% mark on Painsmith Raznal, however it is getting late local time. They'll need a very clean pull to get the boss down and take Asia 1st before heading to bed.

Echo and Limit are neck-and-neck on Sylvanas. Echo just wiped at 60.1%, with Limit wiping at almost exactly the same time on 61.8%. New bests for both guilds.

Limit are back in action now and starting their pulls on Sylvanas Windrunner. Their best effort yesterday was 67.54%. Pull 96 and counting ... the race is on.

Aversion go agonisingly close to a World 8th kill on Painsmith Raznal, wiping on 0.12% and then 2% on the very next pull.

A heartbreaking wipe on Painsmith Raznal for Impact, wiping at 0.79% with just 200k HP remaining on their 150th pull.

Further progress is being made on Painsmith Raznal over in Asia, with updated best pulls coming in from a variety of guilds:

Aster: 8% Jitianhong: 20% Alpha, Skyline & ChaoJie: 39%

Aster made three changes to their raid composition, taking a while to get back to their previous progress point. However a kill now looks imminent. Alpha and Skyline are currently off-stream while they work through their HC splits.

Echo record a new best on Sylvanas Windrunner of 65.2% on their 82nd pull!

Elsewhere in EU Method continue to make good progress through P1, with a current best of 83.9% after 21 pulls. Pieces are seemingly done with their HC splits and are back working through the Fatescribe encounter, with a best attempt of 15% after 30 pulls. Aversion are going close to a kill on Painsmith, sitting at a recent best of 3.86% after 131 pulls.

As we say that, Aster go ahead and smash their previous best with a fantastic pull on Painsmith Raznal wiping at just the 8% mark. Asia 1st incoming?

It is well into the afternoon in China (18:15 Shanghai) and our 5 top Chinese guilds have been making great progress on Painsmith Raznal. All of them are now comfortably reaching the last phase only to realise that it now gets .... painful. Current best attempts sit at:

Aster: 29.5% Jitianhong: 39% Alpha-KeaHoarl: 39% Skyline: 39% ChaoJie: 39%

Most have now completed all of their HC splits or are in the process of doing so.

Echo have recorded a new best on Sylvanas Windrunner, wiping at 72.69% but, rather crucially, reaching Phase 3 for the first time.

Echo are back online and working on Sylvanas ... with no less than FIVE Boomkins stacked in the raid.

Elsewhere Method are clearing trash and prepping to begin their pulls on Kel'Thuzad. They will be expecting a fast kill this morning based on their excellent progress last night.

We are inching closer to end of NA raid day, but we are not there yet.

Limit gains further progress on Sylvanas, passing the previous best attempt from about 2 hours ago, 73.03% nearing 87 pulls.

BDGG is at 11.62% with 48 pulls on Kel’Thuzad. Sounding tired, but determined.

Vesper kills Soulrender, gaining 9th kill spot for NA.

BDGG is really pushing Kel'Thuzad to the brink, reaching 20.87% for a best attempt 31 pulls and counting. As a side note, this is actually a really fun fight to watch.

Limit is entering the 70 pull range with Sylvanas with no new best attempt percent wise at 77.82%. (55% overall encounter progress). Not uncommon, end boss fights are largely about pacing and consist pulls at each progression barrier.

BDGG is currently at dinner until 6pm PST. When they return, they are in a really good position to see Kel'Thuzad dead before the night is over, with a best attempt of 33.5% and 25 pulls.

Method finishes their last pull of a very late EU day 5 with a best attempt of 2.2% and 39 wipes on Kel'Thuzad. Hoping to come back in the morning after much need sleep, ready down him.

BDGG steadfast in their resolve, hit a best attempt of 45% on KT with about 20 pulls so far.

Method reach 2.2% with 37 pulls on Kel'Thuzad while BDGG is working KT hard with a best attempt of 56%, 17 pulls in with plenty of NA hours left day 5 of this race.

Soulrender Dormazain falls to Flashpoint KTB, taking NA 8th for the kill.

Method sees a best attempt on Kel'Thuzad of 25.6% at a around 17 pulls. They likely have about another hour give or take to tick this boss down before sleep.

Pieces, the only guild currently on Fatescribe, is sitting at about 45% with around 11 pulls.

Painsmith progress is getting close for Aversion (13.6%) and Fatsharkyes (14.2%).

Sneaky sneaky Zero Empathy, sliding in a Soulrender Dormazain kill, bringing them to 5/10.

Complexity Limit are back from their break, and with their first pull of Sylvanas Windrunner being 85.4% (boss health), they have already almost matched Echo's progress, but have yet to see the first transition phase.

Complexity Limit and Echo are taking a break, let the race to kill the final boss and claim the World First title begin!

Taking a look at the top 5 Asian guilds, and they are going strong trying to give Painsmith Raznal a taste of his own medicine.

As the newest guild to progress the boss, Chao Jie have had a very steep learning curve, and are now consistently moving into the first intermission, wiping at the 72% mark.

• Skyline - Piansmith Raznal - 50.1%
• JTH - Painsmith Raznal - 50%
• Aster - Painsmith Raznal - 40%
• Alpha - Painsmith Raznal - 69%
• ChaoJie - Painsmith Raznal - 72%

There is nothing that indicates these guilds are ready to stop for the night, just yet.

Echo's progress is fast so far, with a new best of 70% (85% boss health) on pull number 3.

Looking at their Kel'Thuzad kill, it only took 22 pulls to defeat the boss. Lets hope that Sylvanas Windrunner isn't such a short boss and puts up a fight for a challenging end boss!

Echo waste no time, achieving a best of 88.5% on their first pull of Sylvanas Windrunner.

Their second pull is already looking better than their first!

Echo jump ahead of Complexity Limit with a new best attempt of 4% (Remnant dead, just Kel'Thuzad left alive), compared to Complexity Limit's best of 27%.

It looks like we will be seeing Kel'Thuzad being defeated today. It's now interesting to if see Echo secure world first Kel'Thuzad before Complexity Limit, who will soon be going back into the raid.

Progress is going strong today, although with a distinct lack of boss kills from the top 10 for a while, hopefully that will change soon.

Until then, here is a quick overview of some of the best attempts from guilds so far:

• Echo - Kel'Thuzad - 44.55%
• Method - Fatescribe Roh-Kalo - 39.38%
• Pieces - Guardian of the First Ones - 1.00%
• Aversion - Painsmith Raznal - 38.5%
• Impact - Painsmith Raznal - 38.36%
• Skyline - Piansmith Raznal - 50.1%
• JTH - Painsmith Raznal - 50%
• Aster - Painsmith Raznal - 40%
• Alpha - Painsmith Raznal - 72%

Echo are getting very close to securing the World 2nd kill of Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, with multiple low % attempts today, their last wipe was at 4%.

Over in China, Alpha is steadily beating down those numbers on Soulrender Dormazain, now with a new best of 8%. Aster have had a couple of unlucky pulls. JTH have really cleaned up their runs through the spiked maze during the first intermission and now holds a new best of 55%. Similarly, Skyline have also really improved getting through the first intermission.

Skyline and JTH are truly back-2-back on Painsmith Raznal!

Echo's first pull of the day on Fatescribe Roh-Kalo sees them hitting a new best of 26.7%!

With yesterday being a day of splits for them, they look ready to take down this boss today.

Pieces have a nail biting attempt on Painsmith Raznal, wiping at 1.65%!

With such a low attempt, it really could be killed on any pull, so check their stream out to catch it live.

Taking a look at Painsmith Raznal and what Skyline, Aster and JTH are going through right now, we can see:

• Skyline, they get through the first intermission with a few dead, similar to the learning curve of most of the guilds that have killed the boss so far.
• JTH have similar issues with running trough the spiked maze and comes through with a few more dead than Skyline.
• Finally, we have Aster, who have just started their learning curve. They finished their splits a couple of hours ago and are currently taking a quick break.

Well into the afternoon in China (15:40pm Shanghai), Aster, Skyline, JTH and Alpha are still pulling. As you know Aster, Skyline and JTH managed to kill Soulrender Dormazain and have now started the steep learning curve on Painsmith Raznal.

Alpha is still on Soulrender, but it is looking more than likely they should be able to take him down today.

Chao Jie is currently not streaming, so we are unsure of their progression today, but when we said our farewells last night they were still on Soulrender Dormazain. We hope they will be booting up the stream shortly!

While BDGG meeting for secret strategy things prepping for Fatescribe, looks like Limit is making really solid progress on Kel'thuzad. Best attempt is about 44%, making it to remnant 2 pretty consistently. Praise to the nifty tracker they added to their stream, making it easier to see progress on pulls for this boss.

While there is a quick quiet moment, checking in around NA, Limit's focus after they are done with break will of-course be back to beating on Kel'thuzad. I really want to have a solid % attempt to give here, but with KT and Remnant of KT, its a bit tricky to give a quick picture. There are 3 separate Remnants of KT that need to be killed. With that said, I am going to do my best to give KT % and how many remnants have been killed. Math is hard, no judgement.

Overall they are at about 59.2%, with 2 Remnants killed and a pull count of 25. This may take them a bit to get into their groove, but still probably better than Painsmith.

Club Camel brings home NA 5th for Soulrender, making them 5/10.

Jitianhong (佶天鸿) take Asia 3rd for Soulrender Dormazain, taking them to 5/10 Mythic.

BDGG and Pieces race against the ticking clock to claim World 4th Painsmith Raznal. BDGG has a best attempt of 5.4% and Pieces has a best attempt of 7.1%.

Limit hits 10.7% on Fatescribe 40 pulls in, making fantastic progression.

Walkthrough kills Soulrender claiming EU 8th, World 13th.

Method nearly there on Painsmith almost passing 4%. So close, that wipe hurt the feels.

Imperative reaches 11.1% on Soulrender Dormazain, a kill is in their crosshairs.

Limit is ticking down Fatescribe Roh-Kalo with consistent progression, reaching 21.54% with 29 pulls. Echo is currently doing Heroic splits, to this raid chronicler's knowledge, they have not done any public progression yet on Fatescribe.

Soniqs Imperative steady at 20.5% with 45 pulls and counting on Soulrender Dormazain.

Painsmith Ranzal is still proving to be a major challenge for the 5/10 guilds. Method pushed through to 9.9% while BDGG is dancing on the 5.5% mark. Pieces sitting well at 7.1%. Instant Dollars is at 54.3%. Aversion is at 46% and Fatsharkyes are just getting started.

Halcyon grabs EU 7th Soulrender Dormazain kill after 19 pulls.

Skyline go agonisingly close to an Asia 1st kill on Soulrender Dormazain with a 1% wipe! They lost 16/20 people around the 4% mark and the others could not hold on through the enrage. So close!

Over in Asia we have Jitianhong, Skyline, ChaoJie and Aster all pulling Soulrender Dormazain hunting that Asia 1st kill, whilst Alpha are working through their Heroic splits.

Complexity Limit seem to be making light work of the early Fatescribe Roh-Kalo phases, recording a best of 48.42% after only 8 pulls.

Echo have been running HC Splits all day and will likely be itching to get back in to the raid soon to tackle the encounter themselves.

Complexity Limit are up and running and have kicked off their Fatescribe Roh-Kalo progress, with a current best of 73.37%.

Pieces have a new best on Painsmith Raznal at 7.09%, 111 pulls and counting. Method's best currently sits at 15.02% with 99 pulls. Aversion are further back on 47%.

Impact become the latest EU guild to move to the 5/10 mark, taking down Soulrender Dormazain after 38 pulls. That's World 11th, EU 6th. They'll now join the myriad of other teams working on the Painsmith!

The battle for Asia 1st Soulrender Dormazain is also heating up, with Jitianhong, Skyline, 多喝热水你也能像我们一样强 and Aster all progressing through the encounter.

The race for World 3rd Painsmith Raznal is well and truly underway between Method and Pieces. Method's best attempt currently sits at 15% with the current pull count at 82. Pieces are just behind that with a best attempt of 18.2% with a slightly higher pull count of 96 thus far.

多喝热水你也能像我们一样强 have downed Remnant of Ner'zhul, claiming World 18th, Asia 3rd after 59 pulls. They will now join Jitianhong and Skyline on Soulrender progress.

Painsmith Raznal is being worked on by multiple guilds, here is a look at a few of them:

• Method: 36.3% with 52 pulls
• Pieces: 37.9% with 79 pulls
• BDGG: 38.1% with 80 pulls

With the EU primed to wake up and start EU progress day #3, guilds are logging in and starting up.

With Echo still holding onto their splits, it will be interesting to see when they choose to do them. Complexity Limit appear to have stopped for today, so its quite possible Echo will take that opportunity to start their day off in Heroic splits before more attempts on Fatescribe Roh-Kalo.

Strawberry Puppy Kisses gives Ner’zhul the death kiss, getting US 11th.

Flashpoint KTB joins the Ner'zhul kill club scoring US 6th and is now 4/10.

Of-course as I finish my large update post, Club Camel downs Remnant of Ner'zhul, taking US 5th which puts them 4/10.

0.87% wipe on Guardian of the First Ones for Echo. That hurt my feelings to watch. However, you know what that means right? Death is close.

Echo has Guardian on the ropes with a best pull of 18.2%. This is going down today.

Wasting no time, Echo has activated take no prisoner mode, reaching 35.37% with only 9 pulls on Guardian of the First Ones.

Halcyon defeats Remnant of Ner'zhul nabbing kill #7 for the EU and World 11th. They now move on to Soulrender.

Aversion go agonisingly close on Soulrender Dormazain with a 0.37% wipe!

The NA guilds are now starting to come online as well. Complexity Limit look to be heading straight into HC splits, whilst BDGG are grouping up to continue their progress on Painsmith Raznal.

Method record a new best attempt of 11.78% on Soulrender Dormazain, putting them ever so slightly ahead of Aversion's best. The race for World 6th. EU 3rd is on!

Meanwhile over in Asia we are edging ever so close to an Asia 1st kill on Remnant of Ner'zhul. Current best attempts sit at: Aster (3.51%), JTH (3.76%), Skyline (18.1%), ChaoJie (18.69%) and Alpha (35%).

Good progress being made across the board by the EU guilds. Current bests sit at:

Remnant of Ner'zhul - Impact (11%) Soulrender Dormazain - Aversion (11.9%), Method (20.24%) Painsmith Raznal - Echo (9.83%), Pieces (44.81%)

The battle for Asia 1st Remnant of Ner'zhul is heating up! Skyline (18%), JTH (3.8%) and Aster (3.5%) are all within kill-range now, and a clean pull from any one of them could lead to the kill being secured.

Alpha and ChaoJie are a little behind, currently wiping in the 30-35% range.

Echo record a new best on Painsmith Raznal, going close with an 11% pull with multiple DPS members down. If they can reach that point with everyone still alive, then a kill will be secured. Is the World First kill imminent?

To our knowledge, here are the current best attempts on some of the more challenging bosses from a few guilds across EU and Asia:

Remnant of Ner'zhul - JTH 4%, Alpha 33%, Skyline 35%, Aster 30%, Impact 33% Soulrender Dormazain - Aversion 34%, Method 21% Painsmith Raznal - Echo 29%, Pieces 68%

Skyline, Alpha, Aster, Jitianhong and Chao Jie are all pushing forward with Remnant of Ner'zhul.

Jitianhong wiped at a new best of 3%!

Aversion get closer to a kill on Remnant of Ner'zhul, wiping at 10.6%.

Pieces are still out of the raid, taking a break, doing some PvP and daily quests in Korthia. When back, they will be heading into splits!

Jitianhong and Skyline

Method continue with their heroic split run, attempting to match other guilds that have killed Soulrender Dormazain with 1 item level average average.

Echo are taking a break from Painsmith Raznal to run normal mode, with specific focus on going after missing Shards of Domination. Thanks to Shards being a power factor, they keep Normal difficulty relevant for RWF preparation!

Jitianhong come painfully close to a kill on Remnant of Ner'zhul, wiping at 4.7%.

Chao Jie appear to have stopped for a break. Skyline, Alpha, Aster and Jitianhong continue to pull Remnant of Ner'zhul.

Echo are still pushing forward with the challenge of downing Painsmith Raznal, achieving a new best of 28.7%!

It looks like the majority of the guilds in Asia are opting to go for Remnant of Ner'zhul first, instead of Soulrender Dormazain.

Chao Jie, Jitianhong and Aster are all pulling Remnant, making steady progress.

Skyline are outside of the raid doing M+ and Alpha are doing Sylvanas Windrunner splits.

Taking a look at the Asia regions, there quite a few guilds making quick progress.

With a flurry of bosses dropping since their region unlocked, we see Jitianhong, Alpha, Aster, Skyline, Chao Jie and Mate all defeating the first 3 bosses.

Meanwhile, there is the usual activity in the EU.

Echo are pulling Painsmith Raznal, looking to better their previous best of 38.4% from yesterday.

Method are opting to do some Heroic split runs before heading back into Mythic Soulrender Dormazain (previous best of 20.2% yesterday).

Skyline are now 3/10, taking out The Nine for Asia 1st.

Skyline takes Asia 1st for Eye of the Jailer, putting them at 2/10 Mythic. While Naraku's Son joins Astar and Skyline, defeating Tarragrue.

Limit sees a best attempt of 33.7% on Painsmith Raznal as we inch closer to end-of-day for NA. The pull count is 109 and climbing. I think it is safe to say they are not done until Painsmith is done.

Skyline downs Tarragrue taking 2nd for Asia.

Another round of raid hotfixes have been posted by Blizzard. Looks like Painsmith Raznal and Sylvanas got some adjustment. You can read more details here: World of Warcraft Hotfixes - July 14, 2021

Asia is online and already at it! China guild, Aster grabs the first Tarragrue kill for the region.

Soulrender still lives for many guilds, unfortunately. Method comes close with a recent best attempt of 20.24% 18 pulls in. Interestingly, Instant Dollars (29.1%) and Midwinter (29.8%) are catching up at a steady pace.

Method refusing to relent on Soulrender Dormazain with a new best attempt of 29.64%. Echo is fighting hard to claim World First Painsmith Raznal hitting 38.4% for the latest best attempt so far.

Method is gaining solid traction on Soulrender Dormazain reaching 36.4%, 9 pulls so far. Instant Dollars hit 29.1% and Midwinter is at 36.5%.

Soniqs Imperative is so close to a Remnant of Ner'zhul kill, we can smell the Spite! 104 pulls and a 0.7% wipe are both amazing and painful. BDGG is holding tight 15.2% with 51 pulls. Pieces are also hanging in there with 33.9%, 14 pulls in. Blood Legion, Flashpoint KTB, and Camel Club are also on Ner'zhul.

Limit and Echo are inching closer to putting an end to the aptly named Painsmith Raznal. Echo reached 51.6% with 29 pulls and Limit reaching 50 pulls hitting 38.7%.

Let's check-in around the nerd world and see how the RWF guilds are progressing halfway into day 2.

Painsmith Raznal, the spike, ball, and fiery death enthusiast is living up to his name for Echo and Limit. Echo with a best attempt of 68% and Limit continues steady progress with a new best attempt of 49.42%.

Aversion, Sloth, BDGG are working on Heroic splits, while Soniqs Imperative knocks out Normal runs.

Midwinter chips away at Soulrender Dormazain, consistently hitting 50%.

Echo go close on Soulrender Dormazain, with a 1% wipe on their 22nd pull!

For those just tuning in, here's a recap for you! It’s been a busy day in the EU region and we have seen a plethora of guilds trying their best in the Mythic raids since it opened this morning at 10:00 CEST. The first boss, The Tarragrue, seems to be a fairly easy boss for most guilds, while Eye of the Jailer presents a little more of a challenge. The third boss, The Nine, has actually taken most guilds less pulls than they required on the Eye, with 10 EU guilds currently having passed this point without much difficulty.

At 3/10M guilds are presented with the choice of tackling either Remnant of Ner’zhul or Soulrender Dormazain. Both bosses are proving to be a ramp up in difficulty, despite the hotfixes that came in overnight on Soulrender.

Thus far only Echo of the EU guilds have managed to kill Remnant, claiming the World 2nd and EU 1st. They are currently in the lead on Soulrender too with a current best of 6.8% after 17 pulls.

Pieces and Method are battling out on each of these bosses with Pieces on Soulrender Dormazain with a best of 17.1% after 24 pulls. Method meanwhile chose to progress Remnant first and have a current best of 13% after 29 pulls.

Aversion is doing HC splits after a break and some splits. In the Mythic Raid they are head to head with Method on Remnant with only 5 pulls and a best of 34%.

Bloom, Unwealthy Homeless Men and Sloth have all halted raiding at 3/10M for now and have head into HC splits and M+.

Whilst all of this is going on, race leaders Complexity Limit have just booted up their stream!

Pieces continue their progress on Soulrender Dormazain, with a current best of 26% after 23 total pulls. Echo are down at the 7% range after 17 pulls.

Method meanwhile record a new best on Remnant of Ner'zhul on their 25th pull at 35%.

Echo go close on Soulrender Dormazain with a 6.8% wipe.

Elsewhere Unwealthy Homeless Men become the 10th EU guild to defeat The Nine.

Method continue their progress on Remnant of Ner'zhul, with a current best of 36% after 21 pulls.

Bloom have conquered The Nine after 10 pulls, securing EU 9th in the process.

FatSharkYes have defeated The Nine after 4 pulls, putting their kill at EU 8th.

We have two more confirmed kills on The Nine, with Exposed and Impact claiming EU 6th and 7th respectively!

FatSharkYes and Impact come in with the EU 9th and 10th kills on Eye of the Jailer.

Unwealthy Homeless Men secure EU 7th Eye of the Jailer!

Closely followed by Bloom who secured the EU 8th kill, defeating the encounter on their 24th pull!

Echo go close on Soulrender Dormazain with a 7% wipe on only their 5th pull, hitting the enrage timer.

Method also record a new best on their 5th pull on Remnant of Ner'zhul, hitting 45.6%.

Progress continues for the EU guilds that have reached Soulrender Dormazain, with Echo and Pieces on 47% and 42% respectively. It is worth noting that Pieces have been on the boss for longer however, given that they opted to work on Soulrender first rather than Remnant of Ner'zhul.

Method have opted to head to Remnant before Soulrender, the order that Echo and most NA guilds opted for.

Aversion's break looks to be over as they head back into the raid to continue progress on Remnant as well.

Method secure the EU 5th kill on The Nine, downing the boss on their first pull!

Elsewhere Sloth have claimed the EU 4th kill on The Nine after 3 pulls.

Remnant of Ner'zhul goes down for Echo, World 2nd and EU 1st after 13 pulls!

Echo have just had another good pull on Remnant of Ner'zhul, wiping at less than 10% health!

Pieces have opted to progress Soulrender Dormazain instead of Remnant of Ner'zhul.

Pieces with an impressive oneshot on The Nine to secure EU 3rd!

Method secure the EU 5th kill on Eye of the Jailer!

Sloth have claimed the EU 4th kill on Eye of the Jailer!

Meanwhile Echo have recorded a new best on Remnant of Ner'zhul with an 11% wipe.

Both Echo and Aversion are back underway with pulls on Remnant of Ner'zhul. Echo's current best is 38% whilst Aversion's is 34%!

Pieces are currently on a break, whilst Method and Bloom continue with their progress on Eye of the Jailer.

Aversion have conquered The Nine with an impressive EU 2nd, requiring only a single pull! Will be interesting to see now whether they choose to move on to Remnant of Ner'zhul as so many NA guilds opted to do, or whether or not the hotfixes to Soulrender Dormazain will make that encounter the EU next boss of choice.

Method have defeated The Tarragrue, EU 9th and are officially in the race!

Pieces have defeated Eye of the Jailer, EU 3rd!

Currently we have Echo at the Remnant of Ner'zhul, having had 1 wipe so far.

Aversion are heading for The Nine.

Pieces, Bloom, Exposed and Sloth are at Eye of the Jailer and Method have just entered the raid and are currently clearing trash.

Aversion have defeated Eye of the Jailer, EU 2nd!

Aversion have defeated The Tarragrue, EU 4th!

Very shortly after, Bloom has also defeated The Tarragrue, EU 5th!

Exposed have defeated The Tarragrue, EU 2nd. Close behind them is Pieces, killing The Tarragrue, EU 3rd.

Aversion and Pieces have also entered the raid, clearing the trash to collect anima powers before facing The Tarragrue!

The EU servers are live and guilds are ready to go!

Today, we see guilds opting to do Torghast, daily quests, Mythic+, PvP and a quick World Boss.

Echo are preparing to start Mythic Sanctum of Domination.

Rejoicing in their victory and a solid day of progression, Limit is calling it night for the stream. Likely doing a couple offline pulls to what they're up against for RWF day 2.

Soniqs Imperative is really giving everything they got to see Remnant of Ner'zhul die, making it to 4% with 88 hard-fought pulls. BDGG is also still doing the Ner'zhul square dance, reaching 15.2% with 46 pulls.

As day 1 for NA starts to wind down, a quick check of the current boss kill numbers proves telling for the number of guilds engaged in Mythic progression this tier. Seems while the veteran raiders focused on Heroic splits, many guilds took advantage by logging kills.

Current Mythic kill count thanks to the hard-working raid logging enthusiasts at Warcraft Logs.

• Tarragrue has been killed by 287 guilds.
• Eye of the Jailer has been killed by 34 guilds.
• The Nine has been killed by 20 guilds.

While Remnant of Ner'zhul falling only once to Complexity Limit so far. I do appreciate we are only 4 boss kills on day 1 for North America as of this update. Really makes for a fun race with a smaller gap, giving many guilds the opportunity to step into the light.

Limit is back, post Soulrender Dormazain Echoing Screams nerf to see this boss go down by their hands before night's end.

BDGG (25.7%) and Imperative (5.5%) are still making great progress on Ner'zhul.

Soniqs Imperative remain steadfast in their resolve to see Remnant of Ner'zhul dead. At 71 pulls and counting, they have a new best attempt of 5.7%.

Soniqs Imperative zeroing in on a Remnant of Ner'Zhu execute with a current best attempt of 12.6% with 58 pulls and counting. BDGG closing the gap with a best of 28.9%.

With Soulrender Dormazain shutting out NA thanks to the apparent damage wall, BDGG, and Soniqs Imperative keep their focus on Ner'zhul.

Unity and xD charge forward to battle The Nine as Flashpoint KTB, Midwinter, and Blood Legion focus Heroics for gear.

Unity sneaks in taking World 10th for Eye of the Jailer.

Seems we have the first progress blocker as Soulrender Dormazain continues to deny further meaningful progression. With Limit's best attempt of 20.47% of 22 pulls, the boss enrage at 20%, and what has to be frustrating, Limit has to heroic split, looking to acquire some gear to help with increase damage output.

BDGG inches to 41.5% on Ner'zhul.

MOAR HEALS! Limit changes up their approach on Soulrender Dormazain in hopes of changing their best attempt of 31% to dead. Using 6 healers to save the chain damage day and double Blood DK's for the heavy lifting.

Similarly, BDGG has 5 healers and is also using double Blood DK's.

Instant Dollars brings the heat, killing both Eye of the Jailer and The Nine. This puts them in the World 6th spot.

FlashPoint KTB takes World 5th for The Nine after 6 pulls.

Complexity Limit head into a lunch break with a best attempt of 12.6% for Remnant of Ner'zhul. Soniqs Imperative working hard to close that gap with best attempt of 38.5% so far.

BDGG making good progress on Soulrender Dormazain, with a recent new best of 52%.

Flashpoint KTB also going close on The Nine with a close 5% attempt.

Flashpoint KTB secure the World 5th, US/OC 5th kill on Eye of the Jailer after 11 pulls.

Meanwhile Complexity Limit and Soniqs Imperative continue their progress on Remnant of Ner'zhul, whilst BDGG have opted to progress Soulrender Dormazain instead, although they are yet to start pulling.

A heart-breaking sub-1% wipe on The Nine by Blood Legion, the boss surviving with just 190k HP!

Soniqs Imperative, BDGG and Complexity Limit are all fighting to claim the World First defeat of Remnant of Ner'zhul.

Complexity Limit has defeated The Nine, World 3rd and US/OC 3rd.

BDGG have defeated The Nine, World 2nd and US/OC 2nd.

Interestingly BDGG appear to have opted to go to Soulrender Dormazain instead of Remnant of Ner'zhul, unlike Soniqs Imperative.

Soniqs Imperative with a new best on Remnant of Ner'zhul, wiping at just under 51%.

More Tarragrue kills are rolling in now. Veil have claimed World and US/OC 7th, with Flashpoint KTB close behind with World and US/OC 8th!

Another Eye of the Jailer kill has been secured, this time by Blood Legion! That's World 4th, US/OC 4th.

Complexity Limit and BDGG have defeated Eye of the Jailer within seconds of each other! Limit will claim World 2nd, US/OC 2nd and BDGG take 3rd.

Blood Legion come agonisingly close to securing World 2nd on Eye of the Jailer with a sub-5% wipe.

BDGG have also made their entry to the race, hot on the heels of Complexity Limit & co. as they secure the World 6th, US/OC 6th kill on the Tarragrue.

Meanwhile Complexity Limit and Blood Legion continue to progress through Eye of the Jailer, with Soniqs Imperative still out in front working on The Nine.

The Early Shift have secured World 3rd, US/OC 3rd on The Tarragrue, narrowly beating Brain Delay who claim the World 4th kill on the opening boss of the raid.

Complexity Limit are officially now in the race also, securing the World 5th, US/OC 5th kill on The Tarragrue.

Blood Legion have defeated The Tarragrue, World 2nd and US/OC 2nd.

Complexity Limit and BDGG are also now in the raid, clearing the trash before The Tarragrue.

Meanwhile Soniqs Imperative continue to make good progress on The Eye of the Jailer, with a new best at 34% heading into the second intermission.

NA servers are up and the Race to World First: Sanctum of Domination is officially underway!

Limit and BDGG have gone straight to their vaults and are proceeding to level up their Renown to 48 prior to stepping into the raid. Meanwhile Soniqs Imperative are in the raid and clearing the trash to The Tarragrue.