Do you remember our speedrun record news from the WoW Classic era? As impressive as the clear times of the various guilds were back then, their setup was usually boring: Pack as many well-equipped warriors as you can, plus a rogue for Improved Armor Weakening, a warlock for the main curse, a hunter to pullen and a couple of fire mages for Ignite.

If we look at the recent speedrun records from WoW. (buy now ): Burning Crusade Classic, then a completely different picture awaits us there. When the EU guild “none of the above” (Horde) cleared the Serpentshrine after just 48 minutes and 04 seconds on October 31, a whopping six warriors were part of the 25-player raid. In contrast to the Classic phase, this is quite remarkable, as Warriors (and Rogues) are said to start the TBC era rather moderately, the Tier 5 raids are considered rather melee-unfriendly, and the best time of the Frontline Soldiers begins so slowly in the Tier 6 area and then reaches its zenith in the Sunwell Plateau. Despite this starting point, four of the six Warriors in the run were able to achieve an average DpS of 2,110 or higher.

That it is possible to go even faster in SSC was proven tonight by the players of the US guild Overclock (Alliance), who sent Lady Vashj to the boards almost a minute faster (47 minutes and 16 seconds). Their setup, meanwhile, was very caster-heavy, with eight Warlocks, two Mages, two Elemental Shamans, and a Shadow Priest. In both cases, by the way, a Bear and a Protective Paladin took on the role of tanks.

Overclock also currently holds the speedrun record in Fortress of Storms: on November 02, they were able to lay Kael’thas after 48 minutes and 07 seconds. Here they even have an insane 100 seconds lead over 2nd place – the setup looked very similar to SSC.