The shamans of the WoW guild Method are in a hurry after each attempt in the raid. With an interesting trick, they want to grab the First Kill.
Anyone following Method’s streams in World of Warcraft, who are still trying to defeat the final boss Uu’nat in the Crucible of Storms, might have noticed something strange. After each failed attempt, the shamans of the raid disappear for a few seconds. The reason is the exploitation of a small exploit that allows for cooldown resets.
What exactly does Method do? After shamans have used their Reincarnation in battle, they normally have to wait 30 minutes before they can cast the spell again. But then the entire raid would have to wait for this cooldown. Instead, Method has stationed three players in the “End Time” instance by the last boss who teleport all shamans to them. There is a necessary hourglass for the final boss. Using the hourglass resets all character cooldowns.
Why is this important? Shamans can self-revive once every 30 minutes via Reincarnation. This resurrection does not count as a “Combat Rezz” and does not contribute to the overall limit of revivals per fight. The idea is now that the shamans catch a special debuff (Storm of Annihilation) that deals extremely high damage to the entire raid over a certain duration. The affected shamans are allowed to die, which also ends the damage to the raid.
Afterward, the shamans resurrect themselves and participate normally in the fight without wasting a raid resurrection.
Is this intentional by Blizzard? So far, the developers have not commented on the exploitation of this mechanic. Strictly speaking, this is a feature that was planned as such. After all, the hourglass is supposed to reset all cooldowns. However, using it to defeat a boss from a completely different expansion is probably not intended.
It is possible that Blizzard will adjust the hourglass in an upcoming patch. Whether the developers will consider this an exploit and later impose penalties remains to be seen.
Method is already at 2%: With this strategy, Method has already managed to bring Uu’nat down to 2% of his health. With more than 650 attempts, he is one of the hardest bosses the professionals have ever faced. It is to be expected that Uu’nat will finally be defeated within the next few hours.
Just recently, Uu’nat was slightly nerfed:
What do you think of this approach? Is it a creative idea to have more attempts in a shorter time? Or should one distance oneself from such an approach since it is a clear exploit?
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