The Sylvanas kill in World of Warcraft is within reach. But time is running out for the Europeans. Can they still secure the success?
The Sanctum of Domination seems to be one of the raids that can be cleared quickly. After all, less than a week in, 5 guilds are already facing the current final boss of World of Warcraft on mythic difficulty.
Current progress of the top guilds: The current status (July 19, 2021, 15:45) is as follows (via wowprogress.com):
- Rank 1: Echo (EU)
- Rank 2: Complexity Limit (US)
- Rank 3: BDGG (US)
- Rank 4: Method (EU)
- Rank 5: Pieces (EU)
These 5 guilds have already reached Sylvanas and are trying to bring the lady below 45% of her health points. Previously, it was thought that the fight would end at 50% of her remaining HP – but this miscalculation quickly turned into frustration.
What has been the most difficult so far? The biggest obstacle in the raid was the 6th boss, the Torturer Raznal. He received some particularly nasty effects on mythic difficulty and even made it necessary to use Warlock portals and immunities to survive the transition phase. Even today, the Torturer is a real tough nut. The current ranks 11 to 28 are still stuck on Raznal and are struggling to overcome him.
Will Sylvanas fall this week? It is possible that one of the guilds will succeed in bringing Sylvanas below the suspected threshold of 45% before the weekly reset. However, guilds like Echo are currently very close to the maximum achievable with the current gear. Much more performance cannot be squeezed out even with perfect play.
It is likely that Sylvanas will be defeated shortly after the weekly reset, which occurs in America on Tuesday evening, and in Europe on Wednesday morning. Then all raiders will receive a piece of shiny new gear and can deliver even more performance.
Europeans under time pressure: Especially the European guild Echo, which is currently leading, is under massive time pressure. Since the reset in Europe happens many hours later, the Americans once more have a clear time advantage with better gear. If Echo fails to defeat Sylvanas by tomorrow evening, it is very likely that the first kill will once again go to Complexity Limit, who already secured the title of World First Kill in Castle Nathria.
Are you following the race for the World First Kill of Sylvanas Windrunner? Or is this competition completely indifferent to you?
