WoW Dragonflight: How raid professionals plan their next world record

Also in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, the raid legends of Echo Esports aim to be the first guild in the world to defeat the mightiest boss. How much sweat, tears, and Excel spreadsheets are behind this mammoth task?

When World of Warcraft: Dragonflight releases on November 29, a new race begins – which, actually, it has already started! We are talking about the Race to World First (RWF), the hunt for the first kill of the hardest raid boss – of course on the maximum difficulty “mythic,” where every little mistake can mean the end. That’s why pro guilds are already preparing for the assault on the first raid dungeon of Dragonflight, the Vault of the Incarnations, which opens its doors on December 14.

But how does one prepare for these mammoth tasks? How much sweat, tears, and Excel spreadsheets need to flow until the right tactics are devised and all raid members master their classes in their sleep? And how does a guild actually pay back its million-dollar debts after it has quickly acquired the best possible gear?

Micha and Julius discuss this live in the podcast with the raid legends of Echo Esports, who defeated Sylvanas and the Jailer as the world’s first guild in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands – the latter in an 18-day raid marathon with countless setbacks, at the end of which the big boss finally succumbed to cheers.

From Echo, the guests are:

• Scripe, who, as Co-CEO of Echo and raid leader with nerves of mithril, has already amassed eight World First titles.
• Meeres, the showcase tank and five-time winner of the Mythic Dungeon International, who participates in devising the complex boss tactics at Echo.

Together we talk about the organization of the raids, the most important tips for boss fights – and all the things that happen behind the scenes when Echo is working on fresh tactics. Because the bosses and their deadly abilities are just one side of the coin.

At the same time, the raid professionals must think into the minds of Blizzard to plan ahead which classes and abilities may still be buffed or nerfed by the time of the raid – and whether completely new playstyles for warriors, paladins & co. might emerge during the “theorycrafting.”

In short: Professional raids are an extremely complex and demanding endeavor – but they are also incredibly exciting when the Race to World First kicks off again in WoW: Dragonflight.