A North AmericanWorld of Warcraftraiding guild has claimed the world’s first clear of Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible, on Mythic difficulty just six days after the release of the new raid. The guild’s victory came after over 100 failed attempts to defeat the raid’s final boss, Scalecommander Sarkareth. Following the conclusion,World of Warcraftplayers around the world congratulated the winning team on social media for a fun and entertaining race.Released one week afterWorld of WarcraftPatch 10.1,Embers of Neltharion,Aberrus is a nine-boss raidwith four levels of difficulty, with Heroic and Mythic difficulties serving as the top challenges. Though the race to claim the world first was a six-day affair, most of the contending teams spent the first couple of days in Heroic difficulty gathering gear and items needed to take on the raid on Mythic difficulty. Over the weekend, three guilds were tied for first place as each of them cleared eight of the raid’s nine bosses. However, the tie was broken by a North American guild just one day before the weekly server reset.RELATED:World of Warcraft: Official Hardcore Realms Coming to Classic WoW SoonIn a close race, Team Liquid claimed the world’s first clear of Scalecommander Sarkareth ahead of European guilds Echo and Method, with thousands ofWorld of Warcraftplayers witnessing live coverage of the race on Twitch. The time of the clear was at 10:50 AM Pacific, according to Team Liquid’s Twitch stream. According to one of Liquid’s members, an arcane mage named Maximum, the guild spent the first two raid days figuring outthe new gearing upgrade systemsthat arrived inEmbers of Neltharion, so they were not able to claim the world’s first kills of four of the raid’s bosses. However, starting with Rashok the Elder, Liquid went on a five-boss streak for the rest of the race.
Maximum’s stream also peaked at over 60K viewers during their successful kill of Scalecommander Sarkareth. As Sarkareth fell, the guild exploded into screams of joy and relief, and Twitch viewers covered Maximum’s chat with congratulatory messages and emotes. As Aberrus was the first raid to officially incorporatecross-faction guilds inWorld of Warcraft, the Hall of Fame achievement associated with clearing Aberrus will only be awarded to the first 100 guilds to do so. Suffice it to say, only 99 more guilds will be able to claim that feat.
Though the race to claim the first clear of Aberrus on Mythic difficulty is now over,World of Warcraftwill have more to come on the horizon. Withthe upcoming Patch 10.1.5now available on the public test realm (PTR), players will have more challenges to take on soon.
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