Break the Meta Season 4 Arrives October 4th!

Dragonflight might be just around the corner, but here at Raider.IO we’re not quite done with Shadowlands…in fact, we’re happy to announce our biggest and best Break the Meta Event yet! It’s time to bring out the off-specs and the alts for BTM S4 and push those keystones. We’ve got some awesome prizes lined up, including another opportunity to earn the Shrouded Banner of the Opportune in-game toy!

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About the Event

Break the Meta is a Push-Week Event that we developed to showcase and highlight the Season’s off-meta specs and classes. It’s time for Feral Druids, Unholy DKs, and Arcane Mages to get a little love. During the Competition Period, completing keystones on LIVE servers with a group made up entirely of the BTM Eligible Specs will earn you a spot on the BTM Leaderboards. If you register for the Event via the BTM Registration Form, you’ll also be eligible to win some amazing prizes, including the Shrouded Banner of the Opportune!

The Competition Period lasts for the entire in-game weekly reset:

Americas & Oceania: October 4 - October 11, 2022
Europe: October 5 - October 12, 2022
Korea & Taiwan: October 6 - October 13, 2022

We will have a Break the Meta Leaderboard that you can use to keep track of your progress throughout the event. It will only show Timed Runs that are made up entirely of the eligible specs listed below. You can also filter the Leaderboard by all of the usual selections, such as Regions, Brackets, Factions, etc. Keep an eye out on our Twitter and Discord for the link!

Prizes

We’re happy to announce that for this event, players from all supported regions will be eligible to win prizes, including a rare in-game reward!

Shrouded Banner of the Opportune

We are partnering with Blizzard to provide players another opportunity to earn the Shrouded Banner of the Opportune! This in-game toy was only previously available to contenders in The Great Push Season 4 Proving Grounds.

Register for the event and complete 2 or more eligible timed keystones at level 15 or higher during BTM S4, and the Shrouded Banner of the Opportune will be automatically added to your collection in-game within 30 days of the conclusion of the event.

NEW: Additional Prizes

We are happy to announce two additional prize options for BTM participants!

Dragonflight Beta Keys
All participants who register for BTM and complete at least one eligible dungeon during the Competition Period will earn an entry into a draw for one of 50 Dragonflight Beta Keys, generously provided by Blizzard. If you are still trying to get early access to the highly anticipated upcoming expansion, you can get another chance if you Break the Meta!

World of Warcraft Game Time
Break the Meta is, after all, a competition, so we will be awarding prizes to the winners! The player who achieves the highest Mythic+ Character Score for each of the eligible specializations will win 60 days of WoW Game Time. There will be one winner per spec for each of the 3 eligible regions, for a total of 63 winners.

Each Blizzard Account is only eligible for one of each of the different prize offerings.

How To Enter

BTM participation will be on an individual basis, and completed via the BTM Registration Form. This means that you can play with any number of people throughout the event in various groups, and it will not affect your prize eligibility or progress. Registration is open NOW and will close at 11:59pm PDT on October 15th, 2022.

Eligible Specs

The eligible BTM specs are made up of the bottom 50% of specs when sorted by class frequency and looking at keystones at +25 and higher. Each class has at least one spec available to compete, and we hope this methodology provides a good representation of the classes and specs that are considered “off-meta” or lesser-used by the community at large.

In order for a keystone to be considered eligible for this competition, it must be completed in time and made up of ONLY the following eligible specs:

Watch BTM on Twitch!

To make this the biggest and best Break the Meta Event to date, we’re introducing a streamed broadcast element! Throughout the competition, we are going to have a handful of streamers act as our BTM Broadcasters. They will be simultaneously streaming the streams of BTM competitors and providing commentary over your dungeon runs, all on the front page of Raider.IO!

Make sure you Register early for a chance to have your stream chosen by our amazing casters, and get some new eyes on your stream!

BTM Broadcaster	Links
Psybear
Konaz
Megasett
Cherry
Equinox
Wartaric
Chevelle
SamTalkz

Rules

• Break the Meta is open to players in all regions other than China.
• In order for a run to be eligible, every player in the group must have completed the dungeon in one of the eligible specializations.
• Each Blizzard Account is only eligible for one of each of the different prizes.
• We reserve the right to disqualify any run for any reason.
• To be eligible for prizes you must register via the Break the Meta Registration Form before registration closes at 11:59pm PDT on October 15th, 2022.
• Prizes other than the Shrouded Banner of the Opportune will be distributed via the Discord Account or Email provided during Registration. If we do not hear back from you within 48 hours of attempting to award you a prize, then your prizes will be forfeited.

Winners will be announced by October 20th, 2022.



Time to dust off those off-meta characters and show the world that unconventional group comps can still smash keys! Get out there and Break the Meta!

Questions? Join us on our Discord server in the #break-the-meta-s4 channel.

Looking for a Group to play with? The Mythic Plus Friends Discord has created a special channel specifically for this competition! Go check it out here!

Good luck to all competitors!