China Secures the World First Mythic +20 of Dragonflight Season 1

By VitaminP — Dec 16 2022 16:50 UTC

With uncertainty shrouding the future of WoW in China due to a 14-year licensing partnership ending in January 2023 between Blizzard and NetEase, we are thrilled to announce that the World First +20 key was secured by a talented CN Mythic+ team!

Congratulations to 光光Hikari, 蘭兰兰, 逆旅, 三生三世, and 冷灵犀! See the video below.

Although the World First +20 was announced yesterday by Wowhead for an Oceanic (OCE) team, our Chinese Community Liaison, Neo, has confirmed that the World First Mythic +20 was in fact achieved by China (CN) — 4 minutes ahead of their OCE competitors!

Similarly to the OCE team, the World First +20 by the CN team was also completed in Shadowmoon Burial Grounds. However, the CN group’s composition differed by running a Protection Paladin instead of a Protection Warrior, and an Arcane Mage instead of a Demonology Warlock.

To learn more about how they achieved the World First +20 and gain insights into their experience, read on for some thoughts from 光光Hikari and 蘭兰兰!

Simplified Chinese translation included. (内有简体中文翻译)

Streaming the WF +20 LIVE
Season 1 Mythic+ Preparations
Class/Spec Considerations
Favorite Dungeons
Plans After CN WoW Shutdown
BONUS: World First +20 Talents

“The most important thing is that I love Prot Paladin. This was my first WoW character and it has become a big part of my life. Considering that the CN realm is about to close, if I didn’t play as Prot Paladin to win the Realm First achievement, I think I would end my WoW journey with huge regret.” —光光Hikari

Q-1: When you were streaming the World First +20 key, what did it feel like to have an audience? Was the pressure on? How did your viewers react when they saw you time the key? (当你直播冲击20层限时的时候，你感觉紧张吗？当水友看到你成功20限时时，他们是什么反应?)

光光Hikari: I personally didn’t stream, but 蘭兰兰 did. At noon that day, I was infected with Covid-19. By the time we reached our afternoon break, I had a fever of 38.5 °C, so I was pretty nervous. I was glad that we kept having good keys, since the faster we did it, the sooner I could go to rest. But the moment we timed it, I was very excited because most people think Prot Paladin is weak in Dragonflight Season 1, but we still won!

1、我并没有开播，当天中午我就感染了covid-19，下午休息的时候已经烧到了38.5度，所以相比说紧张，我更多的是庆幸我们钥匙跳的好，能让我赶快去休息了。但是跳成就的那一刻，还是很激动，因为防骑在这个版本被所有人都不看好，但是我们还是赢了。

蘭兰兰: It was okay, and my viewers all congratulated me.

其实还好，水友们看到限时都表示祝贺

World First Mythic +20. Shadowmoon Burial Grounds - Preservation Evoker POV

Q-2: How much preparation did your team put into Mythic+ for Dragonflight Season 1? Did you all play in the Dragonflight Beta and set up strategies in advance? (你和你的队伍为了巨龙时代第一赛季大秘境都做了那些准备？你们都去B测提前练习了吗？)

光光Hikari: We prepared a lot. We had at least 5 hours of practice every weekend on Beta. On live, we all maxed our Reputation and Renown, bought all 389 item level gear, and got Primal Infusion. In addition, we also have alts that are maxed on different professions to ensure that we would not waste time on finding someone to craft stuff for us. This proved to be the right preparation, as we crafted five 418 item level weapons in less than 10 minutes, and then made the final run.

1、我们准备了很多，我们每周末的B测都至少有5个小时以上的练习。正式服的时候，我们的声望都刷到了非常高，买到了所有389装备和拿了原始注能。除此之外，我们还练了很多专业号来保证不会在找人做装备这件事上浪费时间。事实证明这也是正确的，我们10分钟不到就做完了5件418武器然后进行最后的冲击。

蘭兰兰: We prepared a lot after Dragonflight launched. My teammates leveled multiple alts for different professions, and they spent a lot of time making sure that we could craft the highest quality weapons and necklaces. We maxed all reputation/renown except for the Iskaara Tuskarr one. Because our team only recently formed and the Mythic+ testing period was brief during Beta, I think we only practiced a total of 2-3 days together. However, I played a lot of Mythic+ on Beta by myself since Evoker is a new class and I wanted to practice more.

我们10.0开服后准备还是很充分的，我的队友也是为了专业制造武器和项链稳定做出最高品质起了几个小号和花费很多精力，声望除了海象人其他几乎刷满。B测因为开放大秘境的时间不多，我们队伍也是临时才组起来，在一起练习的时间其实加起来三天不到吧，但是我个人打的比较多，因为新职业，想多练习。

“I’m very happy that I timed the World First +20 Shadowmoon Burial Grounds playing the newest class in the game. I really love Evoker’s capability of burst healing and its fast mobility.” —蘭兰兰

Q-3: How did it feel to accomplish a World First feat like this on your chosen classes/specs? How do each of your specs feel in Mythic+ this Season and what was the synergy like? (用你的职业/专精拿下世界第一成就的感觉如何？巨龙时代第一赛季大秘境里，你的职业/专精表现如何?)

光光Hikari: We did not expect to take the World First — just a Realm First is enough for me to be excited for a long time. In Dragonflight, Protection Paladin has a new ability called Sentinel, which provides incredible damage reduction. You basically can’t die during Sentinel. Additionally, the buff to Word of Glory has made it so that Prot Paladins don’t need much external healing in Mythic+.

Unlike the Zealot’s Paragon talents build recommended by Wowhead, I still choose Of Dusk and Dawn and Divine Purpose to make sure I'm invulnerable at all times. In fact, I had a very low death rate yesterday. I have played Preservation Evoker myself, and I feel it is very difficult to play and there is no way to rescue someone in a very dangerous moment because you need a lot of preparation to heal. Protection Paladin makes up for that.

Also, the 1-minute CD Hand of Sacrifice perfectly fits in many AOE situations, such as Hyrja’s AOE timeline in Halls of Valor. As a Prot Paladin, I can protect the most vulnerable class on the team, which is the Arcane Mage, or go heal the person who has lowest health, saving the healer from being distracted or wasting a GCD to heal someone alone.

The most important thing is that I love Prot Paladin. This was my first WoW character and it has become a big part of my life. Considering that the CN realm is about to close, if I didn’t play as Prot Paladin to win the Realm First achievement, I think I would end my WoW journey with huge regret.

我们没有想要拿过世界第一，仅仅是一个大服务器的服务器第一就够我激动好久了。防护圣骑士这个版本拥有了戒卫这个几乎无敌的减伤，你基本上完全不可能在戒卫期间死亡。并且荣耀圣令的BUFF使得防骑几乎没有需要治疗的地方。和Wowhead推荐的狂热圣贤流派不同，我依然选择黄昏与黎明和神圣意志来保证自己在任何时候都无懈可击。实际上也是这样的，昨天我的死亡率非常低。小龙人恩护这个专精我自己也玩了，感觉它的难度非常高，并且没有办法在突发状况的时刻去抢救某一个人，因为你需要大量的预铺，而防护圣骑士刚好弥补了这一点。并且1分钟CD的牺牲之手完美应对了很多AOE场合，例如赫雅的AOE时间轴。我可以保护队里最脆弱的法师，或者是去治疗血额外掉的最多的人，这样治疗就不需要过多分心浪费GCD去进行治疗某个单独的人。而且最重要的是，防骑是我的本命职业，这个角色是我魔兽世界的第一个角色，它已经变成了我人生的一部分，考虑到国服即将关闭，如果不是用防骑打下这个服务器第一，我觉得我的魔兽世界历程会留下巨大的遗憾。

蘭兰兰: I’m very happy that I timed the World First +20 Shadowmoon Burial Grounds playing the newest class in the game. I really love Evoker’s capability of burst healing and its fast mobility.

能用新职业限时这是很开心的，这个职业的爆发治疗和伤害还有位移是我比较喜欢玩的原因。

Q-4: What are your favorite and least favorite dungeons in Dragonflight so far and why? (巨龙时代第一赛季你最喜欢和最讨厌哪些地下城？简单地说说你选择这些地下城的理由。)

光光Hikari: My favorite dungeon is The Azure Vault. It’s not that I enjoy tanking this dungeon, but it’s that every boss of this dungeon requires you to think about the best standing position and how to manage your abilities. I really like to tank these kinds of dungeons. My least favorite is Court of Stars because my memory of Legion dungeons seems to have disappeared. Every time I tank this dungeon, I look like an idiot and need my teammates to show me where to go next.

我最喜欢的应该是碧蓝魔馆，倒不是说我喜欢打这个本，只是它的每个BOSS都非常需要你去动脑筋来思考最佳的站位以及技能安排。我喜欢打这种副本。我最讨厌的副本大概是群星庭院吧，因为我军团版本对于这个副本的记忆似乎是消失了一样，每次打这个副本我都看上去像个白痴，需要队友给我指路。

蘭兰兰: Am I allowed to say that I kind of like Algeth’ar Academy and Ruby Life Pools? LOL. Algeth’ar Academy is a very fun dungeon to run — the mob packs can be handled very easily and can bring out very high AoE numbers. On the other hand, Ruby Life Pools is a dungeon that mostly relies on the healer and teamwork. Ruby Life Pools requires a massive amount of overall healing output and very good cooldown management. I feel very accomplished as a healer after timing Ruby Life Pools in Mythic+.

我能说我比较喜欢艾杰斯亚学院和红玉新生法池吗，哈哈。学院是一个非常快乐的本，小怪处理上可以非常奔放打出很高的AOE伤害，相反红玉是非常依赖治疗和队伍配合一个本，需要非常高的治疗量和对技能的时间轴了解，能作为一个治疗限时这个本是很有成就的。

Q-5: With the recent announcement that WoW is shutting down in China, what is your plan after January? Do you and your team plan to play in another region? (魔兽世界中国服务器1月份关服后，你有什么打算呢？你和你的队伍会去其他服务器吗？)

光光Hikari: We are not considered a regular team. I will probably work for a while and wait for CN WoW to return.

我们不算是一个固定队。我自己的话应该会好好工作一段时间，等待国服回归。

蘭兰兰: I will probably go play on the Asia server. I think my teammates have their own business to attend to such as careers and school, which makes things very uncertain. However, we will all play until the day that CN WoW shuts down.

如果真的关服我个人应该会选择去玩亚服，我的小伙伴们他们可能有的忙事业和学业暂时不太确定，有可能AFK忙现实中的事情，但是我们都会在国服玩到关服那一天。

BONUS: World First Mythic +20 Talent Builds

Protection Paladin Build - 光光Hikari

(Click the image above to import these talents from Wowhead!)

Preservation Evoker Build - 蘭兰兰

(Click the image above to import these talents from Wowhead!)

About the Authors

VitaminP (VP) is the Content Manager of Raider.IO and has worked for the organization since the formation of the News Section in November 2018. Although VP is currently focused on pursuing her Masters of Business Administration, she specializes in tanking classes and has loved doing competitive Mythic+ on and off since early Legion.

Neo, Aka Soulawaken is a Chinese World of Warcraft streamer that streams on DouYu, and Neo is also the Raider.IO Chinese Community Liaison. Neo has been working with Raider.IO for more than 4 years to synchronize data from CN WoW servers with other servers around the world. Neo has long hoped that one day Netease will re-enable the player armory API so that players in China will have free and easy access to Raider.IO and other World of Warcraft third-party sites. He plays Warriors in World of Warcraft for 5 years and has mastered a unique technique known in Chinese as "整蛊". His favorite catch phrase is “真对啊哥”, which is "that's so true" in English.