In World of Warcraft, the latest Archvillain, Archimonde, has met his end. After 472 attempts, it finally happened.
The victory in this edition of the so-called “World First Race” is once again claimed by the guild “Method”. Method has become the first guild in the world to defeat Archimonde in the “Mythic” difficulty. This is the only difficulty with a fixed raid size of 20 – on “normal” and “heroic” the Hellfire Citadel scales flexibly with the number of raiders.
It is said that the guild needed 472 attempts to defeat Archimonde. As can be seen on the kill screen, the days of innocent raiding in WoW are long gone, as sponsors are prominently featured, much like ski jumpers hold up their skis after landing so everyone can read the logos. But one thing hasn’t changed: it’s still incredibly exhausting.
Exhausted, a player from Method reported: These were the most attempts a boss has endured in his raid career:
Most wipes I’ve ever had on a boss in my time in Method! pic.twitter.com/GgWKMegg3o
— Ashvael (@Ashvael) July 16, 2015
Since July 1st, you can visit the Hellfire Citadel on Mythic difficulty. Archimonde withstood two IDs. Now we are at the beginning of the third and Archimonde is history. What happened in the ending cinematic, you can read here (Spoiler, Spoiler).
In the past, Method has had a neck-and-neck race for the last World Firsts with the guild Paragon. They were also closely following this time. Paragon is currently at 12/13 on Mythic difficulty, so they only need the final boss.
Paragon achieved the World First in Highmaul against Imperator Mar’gok, then Method defeated Blackhand in the Blackrock Foundry first. That was all in Raid Tier I. The Hellfire Citadel is the first and only raid in Tier II. A third raid tier is highly unlikely in Warlords of Draenor.
