Last week, the latest raid of World of Warcraft looked like to be a joke. Antorus, the Burning Throne's Mythic-difficulty version, opened on December 5, setting off global competition among the top guilds in the MMO and to be the first to beat it. In just two days, most of them had felled the raid's first ten bosses, leaving just Argus the Unmaker, the living embodiment of the dranei homeworld. It has been about five days now and no one has succeeded in killing him.
As I predicted, Argus would not be a walk in the park like other bosses in Antorus, The Burning Throne. Unlike the Normal and Heroic difficulties, Argus' Mythic version has secret phases that are not detailed in the in-game Dungeon Journal or spoiled on the test server. When famous guilds, such as the Method, stepped into his arena for the first time, they were doing so completely blind. At that time, Method was the first guild to fight Argus but eleven others have since caught up. Although the Method is still expected to kill him first thanks to their rigorous raiding schedule, it is anyone's game at this point.
The good news is that, with so many lower-level guilds finally at Argus, the veil has been lifted on how his encounter actually plays out. Generallly Speaking, competitive Mythic raiders will not give up their attempts for fear of having their strategies poached by rival guilds. That makes sense, but it also means that WoW's raid races happen entirely off camera - and that's not that fun for us casuals along for the ride.
Fortunately, two Chinese guilds have begun to share their attempts to bring down Argus, letting us know why no one has succeeded. The video below shows the transition into Argus' first secret phase, during which, he kills the entire raid but they are revived thanks to Eonar, a friendly titan, who raiders save in an earlier encounter. Once the raid is back up, Argus' abilities completely change his Normal and Heroic versions.
If you want to see some other attempts by Chinese Guilds, you have to cover JTHMrZhou. His guild can only managed to get Argus down to 56% of HP, so they still have a long way to go.
There are rumors saying that there is another secret phase to battle through, but only the top-tier guilds like Limit, Method, and Exorcus are likely to know about it - and their lips are sealed.
Yesterday, the Method's guild leader Sco took to Twitter to talk about the difficulty spike that comes with fighting Argus.That is hilarious.
The bad news is that no one will beat Argus until tomorrow, as the raid resets and guilds have to restart from the first boss. The good news is that by running old bosses a second time, the guilds will get even more loot which should help them overcome any hurdles stemming from being even slightly undergeared for the encounter. It has been a long time since the raid boss survived a weekly reset, but I hope Argus ends up torturing these guilds for a little longer, if only to make the inevitable victory more dramatic.
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