Dreamstate Sets New #1 Horde Speedrun Time in AQ40 - Sub 30-Minute Run

Classic Posted 2020/11/22 at 2:35 AM by Rokman

set the fastest speedrun of AQ40 for Horde at a scorching 29:59where they were the #1 Guild in the world for Molten Core.

Dreamstate brought an extremely balanced raid composition, 2 Warlocks, 2 Hunters, 4 Mages, and 5 Rogues. Typically, many guilds in the top tier of speedrunning were focusing much more on stacking as many Warriors as possible, so much so those raids were only bringing 1 Warlock and 0 Mages! So, hats off to Dreamstate for accomplishing this time with a super balanced raid composition.

Dreamstate chose to use Recklessness on Twin Emperors! This isn't something we've seen from speedrunning attempts prior, where most raids chose to use Recklessness on Sartura or save it for the C'thun fight, where Warriors pop Reck if they get pulled down into C'thun's stomach.

Only 22 Flask of Petrification were used for the entire raid, which is a fairly low number considering the exorbitant amount cast from some other speedruns. One extreme example is the Noobs guild from Chinese servers, which gulped down an eye popping 133 Flasks of Petrification!

One awesome strategy that Dreamstate employed, which you can see in the video above at the 4:14 mark, they sent a tank, some healers, and all the mages to go and clear all the trash between Bug Trio and Sartura while the Bug Trio fight was going on. What most guilds have been doing up to this point is having a Hunter pull this trash down to the room prior to the Bug Trio room and killing it there, allowing for the raid to mount up with Carrot on a Stick equipped.

Comment by dlbert2000uhh sweet i thinkComment by VileplumlolRemovedComment by DoorsfanI find it impressive that the differential boils down to a measly 3~ minutes, and it genuinly gives me
hope for the fact that Min-Max will definetly not have to be a thing come TBC.

I genuinly think it'll not be that big of a deal to follow the meta. Which, is a big relief.Comment by LolumbineSub 30 minute clears and my guild struggles with positioning on c’thuun. FmlComment by MyshobI genuinly think it'll not be that big of a deal to follow the meta. Which, is a big relief.Comment by kellarI find it impressive that the differential boils down to a measly 3~ minutes, and it genuinly gives me
hope for the fact that Min-Max will definetly not have to be a thing come TBC.

I genuinely think it'll not be that big of a deal to follow the meta. Which, is a big relief.Comment by Velrento each their own.

but competing for faster runs is like going back into elementary school as an adult or playing a match with 11 likeminded soccer players against 11 kids who don't know if they even like soccer.Comment by CitanoI find it impressive that the differential boils down to a measly 3~ minutes, and it genuinly gives me
hope for the fact that Min-Max will definetly not have to be a thing come TBC.

I genuinly think it'll not be that big of a deal to follow the meta. Which, is a big relief.Comment by iamkilljoyRemovedComment by GreySageto each their own.

but competing for faster runs is like going back into elementary school as an adult or playing a match with 11 likeminded soccer players against 11 kids who don't know if they even like soccer.Comment by zulefSeems like classic now has become nothing more than a speedrun game.Comment by DoorsfanI find it impressive that the differential boils down to a measly 3~ minutes, and it genuinly gives me
hope for the fact that Min-Max will definetly not have to be a thing come TBC.

I genuinly think it'll not be that big of a deal to follow the meta. Which, is a big relief.Comment by MalvadoMansos133 flask of petrification the chinese guild... and some people still don't see the difference between "high end" raiding in retail compared to classicComment by VerzoAll of you saying classic ez bc of this don't realize that 99.9% of guilds still like 1.5-2 plus hours to clear AQ, not to mention the large number of guilds who still can't kill visc to this day.

It's like saying "retail ez and bad" everytime rextroy does something. The animosity between classic and retail is ridiculous, almost as bad as osrs vs runescapeComment by WhololThis info is already outdated as calamity is back to the #1 spot.

For the record though, you can only say a guild is #1 if they've been #1 for more than one speed run.Comment by warrenoto each their own.

but competing for faster runs is like going back into elementary school as an adult or playing a match with 11 likeminded soccer players against 11 kids who don't know if they even like soccer.