Update, December 13:The final boss of World of Warcraft: Legion has fallen.Īfter a race that took over a week to complete, Mythic Argus, the final boss of World of Warcraft’s Legion expansion, and the only one left standing, has been defeated. Nothing official yet though, so delays could and probably will happen. Patch 7.3.5 is next up for WoW Legion, after which it’s expected we’ll see the Battle for Azeroth beta spin up on test servers, leading into launch later next year. Missing out on that viewership may, eventually, be too much to bare. However, it’s likely the first raid of the new expansion will see a massive increase in interest from an expanded player base, as we saw at the start of Legion. Members of Method have stated that while there is competition for World First – and the likes of second place Exorsus, NA’s Limit, and the Chinese guilds are certainly providing it – they won’t be streaming their process. How that all changes going into Battle for Azeroth remains to be seen. Traditionally, the first kill video is released by the first guild to down the boss, nabbing them the viewer figures, ad revenue, and props. This wasn’t the first time the entire fight was publicly available, as Chinese guild Alpha, who were the world fourth kill yesterday, streamed their progression and eventual victory. They then use the resurrection tree – itself meant to keep players alive through various bits of raid-wide damage by providing extra lives – while a Monk tank uses their unique abilities to survive Argus’ massive single-target damage for a few seconds. This was apparently to dodge a mechanic that otherwise puts a damage over time effect on the entire raid for more than healers could easily keep up with. You’ll notice at one point they all die, outside of the phase transition in the fight.
My two favourite moments are everyone telling somebody to shut up when they say this is going to be the kill – well at least they were right – and the total panic when the lack of a kill notification implies there’s going to be another stage of the fight at the end.
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