World First Mythic Igira the Cruel Kill by Instant Dollars in Amirdrassil Raid

After 449 pulls, Method has defeated Mythic Fyrakk the Blazing, securing a World Third ranking in Amirdrassil! Congratulations! Coming in third place on Smolderon, Tindral, and Fyrakk, Method made a strong showing in Amirdrassil, continuing their legacy of excellence in world first race raiding. Mythic Amirdrassil Race to World First Coverage

Alongside Echo's World First kill of Fyrakk, Meeres has officially completed the questline to craft the World First Fyr'alath the Dreamrender Legendary 2-handed Axe! Congratulations to him! In the final steps of the questline, Meeres needed to defeat the Echo of Fyrakk and the following cutscene plays upon defeat:

Proper spreading and stacking for Mythic Igira's 6 Blistering Spears is key to defeating this early Amirdrassil Raid Encounter.

Team Liquid has claimed the World Second victory over Mythic Fyrakk the Blazing after a grueling 463 pulls, finishing Amirdrassil and concluding their Season 3 Dragonflight race event! Although the tier started out seemingly easy, with the first six bosses taking less than 10 pulls to defeat each, and Smolderon requiring just under 60, Team Liquid experienced a sudden and massive jump up in difficulty upon encountering Tindral Sageswift, which between bugs and tuning would cost them a staggering 435 pulls, cementing it in the top 10 world first pull count bosses of all time. Fyrakk initially seemed like it might be quicker, but the constant bombardment of raid mechanics and instant raid wipes turned it into a long and arduous affair, resulting in a far tighter race than we've seen in recent history. Although Team Liquid got there first, they went back and forth with Echo, setting a series of new best pulls from 9.58% for Echo to 6.51% for Liquid, followed by a 1.79% lead for Echo just barely edged out with a 1.72% wipe by Liquid as their pull counts grew into the four hundreds. Although Echo would secure victory and Liquid suffered a heartbreaking 0.66% wipe, Team Liquid's perseverance in spite of losing first place kept them going long enough to finally take the Incarnate down with a pull count that eclipsed even Tindral's progression. Mythic Amirdrassil Race to World First Coverage

The Race for World First is officially over! Throughout the race, Dratnos & Tettles have provided Daily Recaps of the events of each day — today's video focuses on the end of the race, with Echo emerging as the victors!Looking for livestreams, guilds to watch, and analytics to dive into? Check out the Wowhead RWF Coverage Article for the latest lists of streamers, raid coverage, and boss guides. The Race to World First is finally over, which means it's time for the final RWF Recap Video with Dratnos & Tettles. Yesterday's video was missed due to Echo staying up until past 4am local time in their desperate attempt to kill the boss. Little did they know that neither they nor Liquid both would be unable to kill the boss before going to bed. This decision was prompted, in part, by a nerf which came in at about 9pm local time, which made them think an already killable boss was now in danger of dying in their sleep. That didn't come to pass, as Phase 3's final dance was exponentially more difficult than the start of the phase, leading to several sub 10% wipes by both Liquid and Echo culminating in several exciting hours of progress while both guilds were at 1.7% best pulls. Echo ended up securing the kill first with only milliseconds to spare before the raid would have died to a seed! Dratnos and Tettles agree that this was the best Race to World First so far, and can't wait for the competition to continue in The War Within! We hope you've enjoyed this coverage!

The Amirdrassil Race to World First is finally over! Echo has defeated Mythic Fyrakk the Blazing, finishing the Amirdrassil Race to World First as the Season 3 World Champions of Dragonflight! Congratulations! In a grand finale to Amirdrassil, the exhausting progression against Fyrakk the Blazing took Echo 344 pulls, second only to Tindral Sageswift's staggering 399, both a massive step up in difficulty from the first seven bosses of what almost looked like an easy tier. While the final boss was buffed well before its first pull, progression also saw two nerfs to the encounter, significantly nerfing Colossus health in Phase 2 and reducing Fyrakk's total health by 4% as it began to look like the boss might just be unkillable. Fyrakk also proved to be an epic back and forth over five days of progression, and one of the closest races we've seen in recent history. Picking up an early lead at 9.58% boss health remaining, Echo raided until exhaustion finally overtook them in the early morning hours of the 12th day of the race, waking to find Team Liquid once again in the lead with a 6.51% wipe, yet the Incarnate remained undefeated, and Echo regained the lead for a few hours after a 1.79% wipe before Liquid again pulled ahead with a scant 1.72% remaining. As their pull counts grew into the three hundreds, it looked like anyone's game as both guilds were just one good pull away from victory, before Echo finally found the last bit of skillful execution needed to bring Fyrakk down once and for all. Mythic Amirdrassil Race to World First Coverage

We're close to reaching critical mass in the Race to World First! Throughout the race, Dratnos & Tettles will be providing Daily Recaps of the events of each day — today's video focuses on Fyrakk nerfs, the concept of guilds «Going Dark» during the race, and more.Looking for livestreams, guilds to watch, and analytics to dive into? Check out the Wowhead RWF Coverage Article for the latest lists of streamers, raid coverage, and boss guies. Today's RWF Recap starts with a quick look at the nerf Fyrakk received earlier today — 12% health taken off of the Phase 2 colossi, which were a massive pain point that were almost impossible to consistently beat, requiring 4 million DPS (between the two targets) to kill before they exploded. Now they «only» require 3.5 million DPS, which is still a massive check but is something that RWF guilds will be able to make a bit more consistent. Fyrakk's 3rd phase has been reached, technically first by Echo for a few seconds, and then more substantially by Liquid who saw the first overlaps of the phase and helped us learn a bit more about how the phase works. Echo, after reaching Phase 3, did «go dark» and turn off their streams and hide their progression details, as Liquid had done the day before. Dratnos and Tettles explain how this strategy makes sense for guilds that are in the lead, seeing a new phase, and about to go to bed, as they don't want to provide free information for their competition at a time when they're about to go to sleep and won't be able to make use of it themselves. Dratnos and Tettles agree this is a bit sad for the viewing experience but it's understandable and is a product of Liquid and Echo being so close to each other, which is in itself a great thing for the race!

Things are heating up in the Race to World First! Throughout the race, Dratnos & Tettles will be providing Daily Recaps of the events of each day — today's video focuses on Fyrakk's tuning, how Private Auras are being used in the fight, and more.Looking for livestreams, guilds to watch, and analytics to dive into? Check out the Wowhead RWF Coverage Article for the latest lists of streamers, raid coverage, and boss guies. Fyrakk is under attack! In today's RWF Recap, Dratnos and Tettles go over the fight's Mythic differences! If you want to read some more about these changes, check out these first looks at Fyrakk's first phase and intermission: Liquid on Fyrakk: First Look at Phase 1 Liquid on Fyrakk: First Look at First Intermission The fight's tuning looks quite formidable, with both Echo and Liquid struggling to even consistently get out of Phase 1, though Liquid has made it substantially deeper into Phase 2 as of the time of the video's recording, while also having several more raid hours in their day while Echo have already gone to bed. It's likely Echo will wake up to Liquid being quite far ahead, but with the difficulty of Tindral, it's possible this race will continue for several more days and potentially even threaten to enter the third reset (a topic which will be covered tomorrow if the possibility increases!) Private Auras on Fyrakk are another topic of discussion in today's video, as they once again appear in the intermission, causing the guilds to program Macros to communicate with WeakAuras which then accomplish the same thing that they'd do if the mechanics weren't Private Auras. Dratnos and Tettles' position on this remains unchanged from Smolderon — they applaud the effort to get rid of mechanics being handled entirely by WeakAuras, but are skeptical that Private Auras are the solution, especially with the current Macro solutions that most players don't seem to enjoy using.

The Amirdrassil Race to World First is in its second week — and we're seeing Fyrakk progression! Throughout the race, Dratnos & Tettles will be providing Daily Recaps of the events of each day — today's video focuses on Echo defeating Tindral Sageswift and reaching Fyrakk, predictions on the RWF winners, and more.Looking for livestreams, guilds to watch, and analytics to dive into? Check out the Wowhead RWF Coverage Article for the latest lists of streamers, raid coverage, and boss guies. Echo have finally killed Tindral Sageswift, ending their day after Dratnos and Tettles would normally record their recap video and forcing it to be cut a little shorter than usual! This means we'll be featuring full discussion of Fyrakk's Mythic changes on tomorrow's video, with today's focusing instead on the dynamics of the race. Liquid were able to smash through their reclear and engage Tindral, encountering a nasty set of overlaps at the end of the fight but powering through after several deep pulls that they were able to string together. Echo, on the other hand, needed a bit more time at the end of their day to put all the pieces together. After Liquid's Tindral, they still had some gas in the tank for some off-stream Fyrakk, while Echo had no need or desire to do the same since by the time Tindral was down, Liquid was already streaming Fyrakk. Dratnos has updated his prediction back to 70/30 in favor of Liquid this tier, though he notes that with Liquid's stream, Echo may be able to catch back up tomorrow and, with good play, potentially even overtake by the end of the raid day or the start of the next one. How much opportunity they'll have to convert that into a win will depend on how many pulls Fyrakk's final phases take, plus whether or not there's a Mythic-only phase (if there isn't, Dragonflight will be the first expansion to not have one in the modern era).

Echo has achieved world second Tindral Sageswift after 399 pulls, bringing them to Fyrakk and closing in on Liquid as we near the end of the Amirdrassil race to world first! Congratulations! As mentioned previously, Tindral has been an epic slog of an encounter, with both guilds taking around 400 pulls to defeat and cementing it within the top 10 of highest pull count bosses. Fyrakk doesn't seem much easier though, as although it appears to be devoid of major progression blocking bugs so far, it features an intense onslaught of rapid fire mechanics with very little breathing room or room for error. Time will tell who pulls out ahead, as this race heats up! Mythic Amirdrassil Race to World First Coverage

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At long last, Team Liquid has defeated Mythic Tindral Sageswift, paving their way towards Fryakk and the end of the Amirdrassil Race to World First! Congratulations! Tindral has been an epic slog, requiring 435 pulls to defeat, surpassing Blackhand (325), Jaina Proudmoore (346), Halondrus (357), and Queen Azshara (359), though not quite reaching Fallen Avatar's 453. Not bad for a penultimate boss! We'll soon find out what kind of a challenge Fyrakk the Blazing will put up, and whether Tindral's difficulty were a fluke or just a stepping stone to the real challenge! Mythic Amirdrassil Race to World First Coverage