The race for the World First Kill in World of Warcraft is over, quicker than expected. Once again, the victory goes to Team Liquid, with a clear margin.
Not even two weeks went by in the race for the World First Kill in the Liberation of Lorenhall, the new raid from Patch 11.1. The winner is clear: the American professional guild Team Liquid rightly claims the World First Kill and leaves the competition in the dust. The gap this time is significant – and the victory cannot be justified even with the slight time advantage.
How did the kill unfold? As is customary for Liquid, the guild was of course top-notch. The average item level in the group was 662.3, and all had already achieved their 4-piece set bonus – this is likely much more than most other players have gathered so far. The final pull, just over 100, took 9:54 before Gallywix was forced to his knees and the reign of the mythical Chromekönig came to an end once again.
Notably, Team Liquid engaged in quite a bit of “class stacking,” meaning they often brought multiple characters of the same specialization. They had a total of 3 Windwalker Monks and a whopping 4 Fire Mages to squeeze out the maximum performance.
What was special this time? Interestingly, the final boss of the raid (Chromekönig Gallywix) was not as tough as the penultimate boss. The two-headed ogre Mug’Zee held out significantly longer with 144 necessary pulls, and the now-infamous guild terror Stix Kojenschrotter lasted longer with 114 attempts.
How close was the race? To be honest: not very close. Because while Team Liquid had already defeated Gallywix, the second-place guild Echo was only at 66.56% – meaning over 2/3 of the fight still needs to be tackled. The third-place guild, Method, is even further behind and is still battling against Mug’Zee (via raider.io).
In the last races, Team Liquid has proven its dominance and has once again emerged as the winner this time. This makes Team Liquid the currently best PvE guild in the world – even though there are some cheaters who had already defeated Gallywix with exploits within a few hours.
