The player Rextroy has once again managed to push the boundaries of World of Warcraft. In PvP, he kills 20 players simultaneously – with a single attack.
We have talked about Rextroy many times before. The original Paladin player continually finds numerous ways to circumvent the game’s mechanics and thus achieve incredible feats. He was even blamed for introducing a new negative Corruption effect that kills players with over 200 Corruption in just a few seconds.
What happened? After his last success, Rextroy looked for new ways to quickly achieve victory in PvP through exaggerated effects. He has now succeeded with a new Warlock, which he had to re-equip. He is capable of hurling Chaos Bolts that deal between 800,000 and 2,600,000 damage. This takes down many characters instantly. Only tanks survive a lower hit with some luck.
But the best part: It is also an area attack that can eliminate up to 20 players simultaneously, as he demonstrates in this video:
How does it work? Rextroy cleverly combines various PvP talents with some Corruption effects, achieving insane results. The core of this is the Corruption “Void Ritual,” which he applies to almost all of his items.
The “Void Ritual” is occasionally triggered when casting abilities and increases speed, critical strike rating as well as versatility and mastery equally. The last 3 values all increase the damage of the Chaos Bolt, allowing it to soar to exorbitant heights. If the equipment is fully equipped with Void Rituals, the attributes increase by 10,000 each.
Together with other enhancement effects, such as the Grimoire of Supremacy, a trinket, and Azerite Essences, the damage of the Chaos Bolt increases even further. Thanks to the “Curse of Destruction,” the bolt subsequently hits all enemies within a radius of 10 meters for 100% of the damage.
Why does Rextroy survive? Rextroy survives despite having the debuff “Inevitable Consequences” on him. This inflicts 25% of the character’s health as damage per second and also scales with versatility, further increasing the damage. Rextroy “circumvents” this mechanic by only being in combat for a few moments, for example, to kill a critter. This way, he is only in combat for a second but can still trigger the Void Ritual.
He then waits for the right moment, places the Curse of Destruction, and fires a single Chaos Bolt before he usually succumbs himself.
The result certainly speaks for itself. Many surprised Horde players and some honor points are the reward.
Whether Blizzard reacts to these possibilities and adds another “Rextroy Hotfix” remains to be seen. However, since this spectacle is relatively difficult to reproduce, it could also be that they simply let it go.
