World First Classic Blackwing Lair Clear by Progress and Calamity

Classic Posted 2020/02/12 at 5:06 PM by Archimtiros

Edit: Blizzard has weighed in citing both <Progress> and <Calamity> defeating Nefarian at 23:42:21 UTC. With the two kills so incredibly close together, it's hard to call either the clear winner, so congratulations to both.Blackwing Lair Progress

For more information on Nefarian or any other Blackwing Lair boss, check our Classic Blackwing Lair Raid Guide!

Raid Composition for Blackwing Lair and NefarianGroup Composition for NefarianDPS Performance throughout the raidComparison to Molten Core ClearBugs on ReleaseOfficial Blackwing Lair Kill Timestamps

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Blackwing Lair opened at 23:00 UTC today, and we had the pleasure of seeing guilds from all around the world charge into Nefarian’s domain and make quick work of the 8 bosses therein. Throughout the race, we captured the names of the players involved and the timestamps of boss kills from all realms in all regions.

Razorgore the Untamed
At only six (and seven) minutes past the hour, the first guilds to complete the Razorgore encounter were:

Guild	Realm	Region	Timestamp
CN United	Huhuran	China	23:06 UTC
Praxis	Zandalar Tribe	Europe	23:07 UTC
For teh Horde	Heartstriker	Europe	23:07 UTC

Vaelastrasz the Corrupt
Basking in the glory of great power, the first three groups to end Vaelastrasz’s torment were:

Guild	Realm	Region	Timestamp
Praxis	Zandalar Tribe	Europe	23:08:54 UTC
Ashes of Time	Earthshaker	China	23:09:08 UTC
Shao Guang	Ouro	China	23:09:10 UTC

Broodlord Lashlayer

After a brief suppression, Broodlord Lashlayer went down first to:

Guild	Realm	Region	Timestamp
CN United	Huhuran	China	23:17:49 UTC
RISE	Incendius	North America	23:19:21 UTC
Calamity	Mograine	Europe	23:19:38 UTC

Firemaw
Firemaw’s Shadow Flame barely slowed down the same three leading guilds:

Guild	Realm	Region	Timestamp
CN United	Huhuran	China	23:22:15 UTC
RISE	Incendius	North America	23:24:24 UTC
Calamity	Mograine	Europe	23:24:36 UTC

Ebonroc

At this point, another guild from Europe charged into contention, and Ebonroc was first downed by:

Guild	Realm	Region	Timestamp
Calamity	Mograine	Europe	23:31:52 UTC
Progress	Firemaw	Europe	23:32:12 UTC
CN United	Huhuran	China	23:32:15 UTC

Flamegor

The same three guilds in the same order ended Flamegor at 33 minutes past the hour:

Guild	Realm	Region	Timestamp
Calamity	Mograine	Europe	23:32:58 UTC
Progress	Firemaw	Europe	23:33:17 UTC
CN United	Huhuran	China	23:33:50 UTC

Chromaggus

A dragon for all dragonflights, Chromaggus succumbed to:

Guild	Realm	Region	Timestamp
Calamity	Mograine	Europe	23:37:12 UTC
APES	Gehennas	Europe	23:37:12 UTC
Progress	Firemaw	Europe	23:37:22 UTC

Nefarian

With less than 43 minutes elapsed, the first three guilds in the world to complete Blackwing Lair in WoW Classic were:

Guild	Realm	Region	Timestamp
Progress	Firemaw	Europe	23:42:21 UTC
Calamity	Mograine	Europe	23:42:21 UTC
APES	Gehennas	Europe	23:42:29 UTC

Congratulations to every guild that planned and executed this feat so well!

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Comment by evilmark443Why are they making a big deal about Classic World First? True world first for this content was fifteen years ago ...Comment by ShipmanMNWhy are they making a big deal about Classic World First? True world first for this content was fifteen years ago ...Comment by Ryuji2Imagine playing anything but a Warrior, Rogue or Mage if you wanna DPS in Classic.Comment by mikeyrandell40 mins LMAO! How challenging.Comment by perculiaWhy are they making a big deal about Classic World First? True world first for this content was fifteen years ago ...Comment by LedxAPES started 7 minutes later due to UBRS portal not working, but got fastest clear in 33 minutes, probably worth mentioning too.Comment by Josephcurwenit's a "zerg" because these people are experts in this game, playing on private servers for many years; these European guilds are literal speedrunners.
meanwhile regular guilds are wiping on the first boss, as you can see on twitch right now, because you don't even play the game and don't know what you talking about.
congratulations to Calamity on the world first CLASSIC, defeating the favorite one, APES.Comment by Ledxit's a "zerg" because these people are experts in this game, playing on private servers for many years; these European guilds are literal speedrunners.
meanwhile regular guilds are wiping on the first boss, as you can see on twitch right now, because you don't even play the game and don't know what you talking about.
congratulations to Calamity on the world first CLASSIC, defeating the favorite one, APES.Comment by JosephcurwenAPES got screwed by bugsComment by dchriest25Why are they making a big deal about Classic World First? True world first for this content was fifteen years ago ...Comment by KalecgosiGZ Calamity! Really good job!

That said, all other competing guilds at significantly longer Nefarian roleplay due to him despawning.
APES were MUCH faster, but hindered by the BWL portal in UBRS not working.
Progress were clearing at a similar pace, being only approx. 4 seconds behind on the Nefarian kill, but that's with Nefarian's roleplay being 20 seconds longer..

But ~~congratulations!~~ Great job nonetheless.

EDIT:
Nevermind, Blizzard corrected it. Congratulations Progress.
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/wow-blackwing-lair-cleared-in-42-minutes/441832Comment by Itacolomiit's a "zerg" because these people are experts in this game, playing on private servers for many years; these European guilds are literal speedrunners.
meanwhile regular guilds are wiping on the first boss, as you can see on twitch right now, because you don't even play the game and don't know what you talking about.
congratulations to Calamity on the world first CLASSIC, defeating the favorite one, APES.Comment by Samma1625"Too close to call a clear winner" THAT IS NOT HOW TIME WORKS LMAOComment by Archimtiros"Too close to call a clear winner" THAT IS NOT HOW TIME WORKS LMAOComment by grayshirtThe group comp is hilarious. Also the damage sources for each player. WoW's gameplay has certainly evolved.Comment by MustangHUN89Very hard Classic WoW xDDDComment by 695399Why are they making a big deal about Classic World First? True world first for this content was fifteen years ago ...Comment by PeredhilWhy are they making a big deal about Classic World First? True world first for this content was fifteen years ago ...Comment by magicottermewPeople practice the content for over a decade, know just about everything there is to know, min/max to absurd degrees, have Darkmoon Faire and Love is in the Air buffs stacked with the normal raid world buffs, then clear the entire raid in under an hour.

Random folks on wowhead: Haha, Classic is hard, right guys?

I'm sorry, how long was your BWL clear, exactly? Oh, you're hard stuck on Vael. Right, right.Comment by PurrfectedAccording to Maitoz stream, Nefarian went down at 00:41?
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/551024272
1:15:xx into the stream.

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