Three guilds are currently fighting for the “World First” kill of N’Zoth in WoW. However, there are many reasons why they are still struggling.
In World of Warcraft, the race for the “World First” kill of N’zoth is currently raging in mythic mode. The final boss of Ny’alotha poses several problems and difficulties for the professional guilds. The final boss is exceptionally tough and has several mechanics that can cost many characters their lives. Additionally, there are limited resources to keep the characters alive.
What makes the fight so difficult? N’Zoth has many effects on mythic difficulty that deal high damage – and that to the entire raid. Healers have virtually no respite, and all players receive persistent high damage. In the “real” phase (i.e., the direct fight against N’Zoth), the following abilities are active:
- Traces of Eternity: Every 2 seconds, all players take 40,000 damage.
- Eternal Torments: Once per minute, N’Zoth casts this spell. It deals 240,000 damage to all characters over 3 seconds, adding to Traces of Eternity.
- Summon Soul Pain: A spell that immediately deals 250,000 damage to players and applies a debuff that deals an additional 300,000 damage over 8 seconds.
These are just a few of the critical abilities. For healers, this fight is an absolute grueling task, and just one second can decide the fate of important characters.
Additionally, the mental health of the characters continuously declines. While each player (20) can use “Azeroth’s Rays” once to refresh their mental health a bit, there is a catch. Azeroth’s Rays is also needed in the Heart Chamber, the secret mythic phase. Here, you must use the rays to disable devices that would otherwise annihilate the raid. These objects deal more than 400,000 damage to all players, and there are several of them. More than one should never be activated.
That’s why there are hardly any respite phases: The colleagues at wowhead made a small list showing how few respite phases there are during the boss fight – for example, in phase 2. On average, there is an ability or mechanic every 5-7 seconds that requires movement or reaction from the characters. The longest break consists of 13 seconds – which is too little time for many classes to deal significant damage.
Which guilds are involved in the race? The top 3 leading guilds are the “usual suspects” that typically compete at the top in World First races. The current ranking is:
1. Complexity Limit (US)
2. Method (EU)
3. Pieces (EU)
However, they are closely followed by 3 guilds currently at 10/12 bosses and could catch up soon. Among them is also a guild from the German realm Blackhand.
4. Aversion (EU-DE)
5. FatSharkYes (EU)
6. Exorsus (EU-RU)
Which guild is currently leading? Currently, it must be said that Complexity Limit is in the lead. In the past hours, Method and Pieces have struggled to even successfully reach the phase with the Heart Chamber. Limit, on the other hand, is now quite reliably reaching this phase. Both guilds are still quite far from a First Kill, especially after this bug was fixed.
The raid will become easier over time: However, it should also be mentioned that the mythic difficulty will become easier in the coming weeks and months, even if Blizzard does not implement any nerfs. The legendary cloak allows characters to be protected longer against the loss of mental health and participate in the fight longer. The cloak can be upgraded a bit each week. This is basically a passive “nerf over time” that will surely help other mythic guilds.
Are you following the race? Who do you wish to win?
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