Terrace of Endless Spring Heroic Progress Coverage

UPDATE - Dec 18 15:50 by Starym
It seems it didn't take long for the Elite version to go down, but it was more of divine intervention on Blizzard's part again with a nerf coming before the kill: The damage dealt by Touch of Sha no longer increases for each Protector that is defeated in the Heroic mode version of this encounter.

In any case, the 25 man version has been downed by Chinese guild Wings of Dawn and considering the new loot system over there, they've now got accesss to the highest ilev items ever - 524 with two open upgrade slot for a grand total of 532 when upgraded (it becomes 524 when looted, that's why it says 516 in the SS). Apparently it was still a close fight as not many of them were alive, and considering the best try pre-nerf was 6% this seems like yet another utterly unnecessary nerf to an actually hard encounter, GJ Blizz.

UPDATE - Dec 10 17:30 by Starym
We have yet more additions to the 10 man finish line, with spots 9 through 14 as follows: Freak Me Out, 游戏大亨俱乐部, Just Enjoy your Playing, solid line, 炼 狱 and E V O.

UPDATE - Dec 06 16:09 by Starym
The Top 20 25 man list:

And the 10 man Top 10 (still being fought over);

UPDATE - Dec 06 05:26 by Starym
And we have a Top 20! Accidentally secured themselves as one of the top guilds by grabbing the  final spot on our list, so congratulations!
This is usually the point at which we finish up our coverage of the 25 man race but there's still those pesky Elite modes to be had and of course the 10 man race is yet to claim even a Top 10!

UPDATE - Dec 05 20:26 by Starym
Stars have finally overcome the crippling blow Blizard dealt them with the 10% HP and damage increase because of the new loot system on Asian servers and grabbed the World 19th on 25 man. This might be the last time we see Stars on here and in contention as the recent changes to bosses and loot on the Asia servers will most likely disqualify them from competing on the world stage.

In 10 man we have somewhat weird happenings, as the German guild Why Me switched to 10 man it seems after their GM quit. As you recall they were the top German guild back in Mogu'shan Vaults. In any case they grabbed the No. 8 spot as well as the EU 6th.

UPDATE - Dec 05 15:42 by Starym
It seems the final days of this lockout pushed a few guilds to finish Terrace before the reset and we have 4 new entries in the Sha killers list.

Two of them come from 25 man, with Immersion solidifying their top 20 status in at No.17 and we also got a complete newcomer in CATASTROPHE, also from the EU, debuting at No. 18, so congratulations and welcome to them!

In 10 man the Russian guild Нафиг с пляжу я тут ляжу grabbed the No.4 EU spot as well as the World No.6 spot and another Chinese guild also finished up the raid, namely 时光 (Time) in 7th place.

Considering the lack of competition in the US 10 man race we'll add the Chinese guilds along with them in the individual boss standings for Sha of Fear for now and in future tiers.

UPDATE - Dec 03 20:26 by Starym
And on we go towards the top 20, but we have a special entry here, with the No.4 US kill if Sha, cementing Midwinter as one of the very top US guilds, with their World 16th spot.

UPDATE - Dec 02 18:21 by Karsten
Two more Sha kills by Chinese guilds: One in 25m by 七 煌 (World 14th)and one in 10m (World 5th) by 龍騰天下!

UPDATE - Dec 02 17:07 by Karsten
German 2nd in 25m goes to the guys from genuine, World 15th.

UPDATE - Dec 01 23:06 by Starym
Moonz claim the No.4 spot in 10 man, as well as EU 3rd! Congratulations!

UPDATE - Nov 30 23:58 by Starym
Envy also joins the all clear stage with their World 13th EU 7th Sha kill.

UPDATE - Nov 30 21:24 by Starym
And the Chinese keep on truckin'. We have a Number three in 10 man by Stars China as well as a new entry in 25 man, with 尘 埃 (Dust) claiming the World 12th Sha kill!

UPDATE - Nov 30 19:12 by Starym
Here's the (slightly delayed) Top 10 25 man table:

UPDATE - Nov 30 17:50 by Starym
DREAM Paragon have released their World First 10 man Sha of Fear kill:

UPDATE - Nov 30 12:12 by Karsten
Exodus kills 25m Sha for the World 11th and US 3rd.

UPDATE - Nov 31 04:11 by Starym
We have a 10 man Number two (also known as No.1 minus Paragon)! Huge congratulations go to КрашТест (CrushTest) on their placement and downing of Sha of Fear! It seemed we could have a repeat of Heart of Fear with the Chinese guilds grabbing that No.2 but the Russians fought hard and got it.

UPDATE - Nov 30 23:21 by Starym
A top 10 is born! ScrubBusters grabbed the final spot as well as the EU 6th, so congrats to them!

UPDATE - Nov 30 20:45 by Starym
We're getting very close to a top 10 in 25 man, with the No.9 being decided. German guild Pulse have downed Sha and taken the EU 5th as well as German first!

UPDATE - Nov 30 16:50 by Starym
And we have the World third Sha kill video by vodka:

UPDATE - Nov 30 12:13 by Karsten
The first kill in China and the World 8th in 25m goes to Wings of Dawn.

UPDATE - Nov 30 03:06 by Starym
And we have another across the finish line! Apex have claimed the World 7th, EU 4th spot in Terrace with their Sha kill.

Meanwhile in 10 man many more guilds have gathered at the final boss, 12 in total. The newcomers are, in order: 雲淡風輕, E V O and Just Enjoy your Playing. The No.2 slot is still up for grabs and the real competition is for that spot, since Paragon are clearly in a league of their own in 10 man.

UPDATE - Nov 29 19:14 by Starym
And we have an Asia first! This time around it's KIN Raiders claiming the throne away from Stars at the end of Tier 14 and also nabbing the World 6th in the process. Congratulations to them!

UPDATE - Nov 29 10:36 by Karsten
Blood Legion World 2nd Video:

UPDATE - Nov 29 01:51 by Starym
And the kills keep on coming, with Wraith rounding out the Top 5 and also claiming the EU 3rd spot on Sha of Fear 25 man. Congrats to them!

UPDATE - Nov 28 23:36 by Starym
More Sha downage! Exorsus claim the 25 man World 4th EU second kill on the final boss of Tier 14 around 5 hours after Method's video was released. Now we don't know if they even watched it or not, but it seems somewhat likely. In any case the boss is hard enough even when you know the full strategy so congratulations are still in order!

UPDATE - Nov 28 18:45 by Starym
Method released their Sha of Fear World First Video!

UPDATE - Nov 28 16:08 by Karsten
BurningMyth takes World 19th on 10m Protectors.

UPDATE - Nov 28 15:30 by Karsten
More news from Asia: Korean guild Just Enjoy your Playing downed Tsulong on 10m for the World 10th.

UPDATE - Nov 28 14:11 by Karsten
Just two more to go: Protectors of the Endless 10m Top 20 is almost complete: 湮滅神跡 takes place 18.

UPDATE - Nov 28 08:45 by Karsten
WoW Progress glitching like always: vodka got the World 3rd 25m Sha about two hours after Blood Legion, well done! Funny enough, a certain ranking site claims they cleared 10m at the exact same second and just displayed the 25m kill.

UPDATE - Nov 28 07:53 by Karsten
Here we have some nerdscreams and can watch how the boss dies!

UPDATE - Nov 28 06:05 by Starym
We have a Number 2! As expected it was Blood Legion claiming the spot next to Method on the podium and getting the second kill on Sha of Fear, just a little under two days after them. And so we have our rivalry locked in, after three raids it's going to be Method and Blood Legion fighting it out for World Firsts for the foreseeable future.
Killshot:

UPDATE - Nov 28 04:58 by Starym
It seems devil may cry decided to skip Tsulong in 10 man and go right to Lei Shi, getting the World 9th there, but are now unable to go for Sha until the reset tomorrow.

UPDATE - Nov 27 22:58 by Starym
10 man is still going strong with two Lei Shi kills within the hour, Eleven and solid line make the 7th and 8th guilds on Sha of Fear, competing for that No.2 spot, which is really No.1 since Paragon are in a league of their own. So which of these seven guilds will prove to be the top dog? With Sha proving to be a serious challenge even for the likes of Paragon whoever gets it (unless there are some nerfs coming) will certainly prove themselves as a serious contender for best 10 man guild.

UPDATE - Nov 27 11:47 by Karsten
Nothing happening today so far. Sha is definitely no push-over!

UPDATE - Nov 27 02:56 by Starym
More additions to the 3/4 roster during the day, with Midwinter and Accidentally downing Lei Shi and are now in the running for a top spot with a Sha kill.
We also got a 6th player for the 10 man No.2 spot with Freak Me Out's Lei Shi kill.

UPDATE - Nov 26 19:40 by Starym
So there's been a lot of talk about nerfs hotfixes and whatnot on Sha of Fear, so I thought we should address that and give a timeline for what exactly happened.

First of all was the exploit hotfix, which prevented the kiting of adds and the very low % tries some guilds were doing. (On Friday in the evening)
The second hotfix was the big one, re-tuning Phase 2, lowering the number and damage of adds, but there was still a there with the Light mechanic that would cause the adds to suddenly follow other players other than the one with the Light, thus killing them in most cases (which obviously wasn't intended, but also didn't happen extremely often, but might have impacted some guilds more than others). (Around 1 AM Saturday)
The final hotfix addressed the add bug and fixed it. (Early Sunday, around 5 hours before Paragon kill)

UPDATE - Nov 26 17:51 by Karsten
10 man honors are still up for grabs: Liquicity just started with taking World 11th Protectors.

UPDATE - Nov 26 12:01 by Karsten
While Method and Paragon celebrate their victories, the battle continues for all the other guilds out there. Like the 10m guild 歪歪頻道三五三七三, who has just slain the dragon for World 6th Tsulong.

UPDATE - Nov 26 09:03 by Karsten
Nerdscreams and killshot!

UPDATE - Nov 26 08:25 by Karsten
Method claims the throne! With two out of three instances going to them, they have earned it. Huge congratulations to them!

UPDATE - Nov 26 06:43 by Karsten
Finishing the Tier as impressive as they started it! Just a few minutes ago, Paragon defeated one of the most insane bosses we had in a long time - proving once again that they are indeed the very best!

UPDATE - Nov 26 06:43 by Karsten
Midwinter also killed Lei Shi for the US 4th and World 16th.

UPDATE - Nov 25 01:58 by Nessaj
Signum are also at the final boss in 10 man making it 5 that downed Lei Shi.

UPDATE - Nov 24 22:04 by Nessaj
Moonz from Destromath joins the 3/4 crowd and we're up to 4 guilds on Sha 10 man. It'll be interesting to see if any of the guilds that came late can catch up in terms of understanding the fight; or will the possible gear dependency equalize the playing field leaving probably more than 20 guilds ready to take him on next reset, we'll see soon.

UPDATE - Nov 24 20:45 by Nessaj
Immersion from Frostmane goes 3/4 - as World 15h and EU 10th - making it a total of 15 guilds at Sha of Fear now.

UPDATE - Nov 24 16:39 by Karsten
It appears that severe technical issues prevented many guilds - one of them is Envy - from raiding altogether today. Some servers are very unstable and crash every few minutes. Blizzard is looking into it and spent the whole day trying to fix it, to no avail so far. Some more pleasant news: The guild 歪歪頻道三五三七三 from the Taiwanese servers managed to kill the Protectors in 10m for a World 9th!

UPDATE - Nov 24 01:41 by Starym
ScrubBusters and genuine join the Sha gang, making it 14 on the final boss. We also have one guilds on Lei Shi and 2/4, while another two are on Tsulong and at 1/4. So currently there's 17 guilds in 25 man that have downed the first boss, compared to the 8 in 10 man.

UPDATE - Nov 23 23:30 by Starym
And here we have Blood Legion's World Firsts vs Protectors of the Endless, Tsulong and Lei Shi.
Also there's been a ninja hotfix on Sha fixing some...creative ways of handling the boss which got some guilds fairly close to the kill, but luckily Blizzard caught it in time, so Sha gets to live a while longer! 

Exodus also joined the 3/4 club as the 12th guild and got the US third on Lei Shi
There have also been several Tsulong kills in both 10 and 25, with ScribBusters and Immersion representing the 25 side and Moonz and Signum the 10.

UPDATE - Nov 23 22:03 by Starym
Why me have passed the second and third bosses and are the 11th guild on Sha 25!

And it seems like Exorsus are having a pretty good time on Sha, but damn it looks hectic:

UPDATE - Nov 23 20:06 by Starym
More 10 man action with another Lei Shi kill making it three guilds on Sha. Нафиг с пляжу я тут ляжу jumped into the top 3 and is staying there for a while.

UPDATE - Nov 23 17:46 by Starym
10 man is on the move again, with the second guild to down lei Shi appearing. КрашТест nabbed that World second and will get to see Sha!

UPDATE - Nov 23 17:01 by Starym
Wraith have released their Lei Shi kill video! It's the first one out there (afaik) so let's see the third boss in action!

UPDATE - Nov 23 15:10 by Karsten
The Top 10 for Lei Shi (25m) is complete - Kin Raiders defeat it and move on to the Sha! Also, solid line defeated Protectors in 10m.

UPDATE - Nov 23 12:25 by Karsten
Russia getting another kill: 10m World 3rd Tsulong goes to Нафиг с пляжу я тут ляжу!

UPDATE - Nov 23 10:29 by Karsten
Some minor movements going on: Exodus just killed Tsulong.

UPDATE - Nov 23 06:59 by Karsten
A word on some of the crowd favorites for those that cannot understand German: For the Horde is dead in the water. They kicked 10 members and two core players left them, then most of the remaining active players went to Why Me. Why so serious, founded by Sheya with a few FtH players of old, announced their disbanding last night. Some of the core players are joining Pulse.

UPDATE - Nov 23 03:33 by Starym
Pulse have gone up to 3/4 and we now have nine guilds at Sha! Immersion also passed the first boss hurdle.
On the 10 man side both Moonz and Freak Me Out have downed Protectors, World 6th and 7th, respectively.

UPDATE - Nov 22 22:27 by Starym
Puse and KIN Raiders have gone up to 2/4 in 25 man and genuine has entered the race at 1/4.

UPDATE - Nov 22 21:17 by Starym
And then there were 8! Wraith have also come to Sha of Fear's doorstep, downing Lei Shi World 8th EU 5th!
Myth join in the fun in 10 man, downing Protectors World 5th.

UPDATE - Nov 22 20:01 by Starym
It's hype time! Based on some info gathered from several top guilds it would seem that Sha of Fear is a seriously "legit" endboss, of some quite epic proportions (I've even heard the legendary Ragnaros 2.0 invoked). Seven guilds and counting on it, we'll probably have all of the top guilds there early enough to have a completely level chance of getting the kill, regardless of US, EU or Asia.

And here's something to get us into the spirit, from Blood Legion's facebook page:

UPDATE - Nov 22 17:46 by Starym
7 guilds are at the final tier boss in 25 man at the moment, with Apex being the latest to join them with their Eu 4th Lei Shi kill. So everyone has an equal shot at the crown and there are going to be even more guilds coming to the party soon. Can we get an upset in this final raid of the tier, or are Blood Legion and Method still the most likely to down it?

UPDATE - Nov 22 17:30 by Starym
KIN Raiders join in the fun and take down the first boss. Let's see how long it takes them to get to the final boss with the other guys!

UPDATE - Nov 22 17:11 by Starym
And Wraith got to 2/4, making it 8 guilds that downed Tsulong in total. One more to go for the French team until the final boss.

We also have a World second in 10 man, with КрашТест downing Tsulong! Congratulations!

UPDATE - Nov 22 16:34 by Starym
And Stars continue on their very fast way, coming to the final boss along with the 5 other guilds there at the moment, with their 25 man World 6th, Asia First Lei Shi kill!

UPDATE - Nov 22 15:34 by Karsten
Movement in 10m: Russian guild Нафиг с пляжу я тут ляжу takes World 4th Protectors!

UPDATE - Nov 22 12:14 by Karsten
Apex goes for the 25m World 7th/EU 4th Tsulong!

UPDATE - Nov 22 11:15 by Karsten
Stars is on a roll: ~2.5 hours for 25m World 6th Tsulong!

UPDATE - Nov 22 08:47 by Karsten
Guess who just checked in for World 13th on Protectors: Welcome aboard, Stars!

UPDATE - Nov 22 06:13 by Karsten
More US action: 25m US 4th Protectors goes to Midwinter! These guys have established themselves as a real solid #4 in the states in this tier.

UPDATE - Nov 22 03:08 von Starym
Aaaand 5! Envy joined the top crowd with their World 5th EU 3rd Lei Shi kill, and now they're at the big dog/tentacle monster, the final boss of this tier.

UPDATE - Nov 22 02:08 von Starym
With 4 guilds on 25 man Sha of Fear now the race has stabilized a little, but we also have a new entry at No.11 with ScrubBusters having taken down Protectors.
And here's the World First Protectors of the Endless 25 man video by Blood Legion:

UPDATE - Nov 21 23:10 by Starym
And not to be outdone Method are in close pursuit of Exorsus and have downed Lei Shi World 4th, EU 2nd. Both winners from the previous two raids are now at the final boss, let the smackdown commence!
Pulse also made it into the 1/4 club.

UPDATE - Nov 21 22:42 by Starym
Lei Shi down for the EU! We have another guild at the final boss of the tier, namely Exorsus who took the World 3rd Eu 1st on the 3rd boss!
10 man is also trucking along with КрашТест getting the World 3rd on Protectors.

UPDATE - Nov 21 21:54 by Starym
Envy have also pulled through the 2nd boss obstacle and join the 3 EU guilds at 2/4.

UPDATE - Nov 21 19:50 by Starym
And Method have also joined in the "make Starym's point look as stupid as possible" trend and downed Tsulong, World 4th EU 2nd!
We also have some non-Paragon action in the 10 man race, with the newcomer EU guild Signum taking the World second kill on protectors, so huge congrats to them!

UPDATE - Nov 21 19:37 by Starym
And the curse of me strikes yet again. Literally 5 minutes after my whole "no EU 2nd kill" thing we get one. Its Exorsus breaking that barrier this time and claiming the World 3rd EU first! Gz to them!

UPDATE - Nov 21 19:31 by Starym
Apex are also in the 1/4 gang, and still no Tsulong kill in Europe. Seems a little weird as it took Blood Legion four hours to down him and five hours for vodka, could there have been some changes in the meantime?

UPDATE - Nov 21 18:40 by Starym
Paragon refuse to stop, ever and downed the third boss, Lei Shi World First!
More 25 man 1/4! Why Me joins the club and claims the World 8th, EU 5th!

UPDATE - Nov 21 17:05 by Starym
Paragon continue on their merry way, downing Tsulong in 10 man and going 2/4. World First, obviously.
Wraith join the 1/4 train, with their 25 man World 7th, EU 4th Protectors kill.

UPDATE - Nov 21 15:48 by Starym
And Exorsus join the fun in 25 man with their Protectors World 6th, EU 3rd kill!

UPDATE - Nov 21 14:00 by Karsten
Method also right on track, getting the 25m EU 2nd on Protectors.

UPDATE - Nov 21 13:18 by Karsten
Look who's back! Envy opens with the first boss for Europe - EU 1st and World 4th Protectors. Paragon takes World First in 10 man mode.

Envy EU 1st Killshot (sort of... Tsulong is already there!):

UPDATE - Nov 21 09:52 by Karsten
Vodka moves on to the Sha as well - 25m World 2nd Lei Shi kill!.

UPDATE - Nov 21 09:12 by Karsten
And we have a third guild in the mix. Exodus just downed 25m Protectors for the World 3rd.

UPDATE - Nov 21 07:26 by Karsten
Tsulong down: vodka takes 25m World 2nd! Took them a bit, but now they are hot on Blood Legions heels. The next boss shouldn't take that much time.

UPDATE - Nov 21 06:30 by Karsten
No rest for the wikkit: Lei Shi has been defeated, another World First for Blood Legion. Let's hope the big boss will be more resilient!

UPDATE - Nov 21 05:10 by Starym
I really should stop writing things about bosses, it seems whenever I mention a boss might be hard or bugged or whatever, 10 minutes later there's a kill.
Blood Legion take the second boss down World First as well, and are depressingly 50% done with the final raid in Tier 14 after 9 hours of raiding.
Killshot:

UPDATE - Nov 21 05:00 by Starym
So, it seems the second boss is a bit of a problem, not so much because of difficulty but because, well, lack of testing. There are apparently quite a few bugs (despawning in the middle of a try for no reason, for example) so it may become a matter of who gets the fewest that decides the advantage.

UPDATE - Nov 21 02:25 by Starym
And vodka follows suit and is on to the second boss, having dispatched of Protectors non-elite World 2nd!

UPDATE - Nov 21 00:50 by Starym
Well, so much for the Zor'lok theory, but they still survived an ok amount of time. Protectors of the Endless have been downed by Blood Legion, World First! It wasn't an elite kill and apparently the boss isn't exactly hard, it's just that they were trying the Elite version for a while.
Killshot:

UPDATE - Nov 20 22:52 by Starym
Well, well. It's been almost 4 hours since the instance servers went up and the first boss is still alive! Could it be? Is this the prophecy coming to fruition? Can Protector's of the Endless truly be a Spawn of Zor'lok? Or, you know, maybe they're just trying out the Elite modes to see how they work out. Either way it's a good sign for the rest of the instance, now let's see how long this can hold out!

UPDATE - Nov 20 19:10 by Starym
With all realm servers up in the US, the instance servers have just also come up and it's off to the Terrace they go!

UPDATE - Nov 20 18:03 by Starym
And we have US servers going up as we speak, not all are up, but Blood Legion and Exodus' server are up at the moment, while vodka's isn't, but all of them should be up shortly.

The end of the line, the final stop in Tier 14, the ultimate decision on who's the top guild is upon us. In 25 man the EU and US have been trading wins in the last two raids, with Method and Blood Legion taking the crown in Mogu'shan and Heart of Fear, but now it's down to the line. Who will take the throne and be logged as the best in this first Tier of Mists? Is it possible we get an outside third challenger to upset the two top dogs? Will the race last long enough for the Asian guilds to get a fair shot at the title?

And that's the big question here, perhaps even overshadowing the race itself: will this raid be truly hard, the finale of a tier surely must rise above the rest? We've had two single-reset races, with 3 actually hard bosses between the twelve of them (and one of them was clearly a "mistake"), so can Terrace make up for it and offer some real challenge? With 12 bosses available for the other players, surely we can have 4 hard ones for a while in the Heroic race?

The first boss also provides us with an interesting tactical decision. Will some guilds try to kill it in Elite mode? It will cost you in the rankings for sure, but will the better gear make up for it in the long run - on Sha or possibly as early as on Lei Shi?

Let's take a look at Heart of Fear and Mogu'shan Vaults 25 man rankings to see who's likely to be in the competition, in 10 man it's pretty much a forgone conclusion Paragon will take the crown again. For an in-depth overview of the two races so far, check out our coverage of Mogu'shan Vaults and Heart of Fear.

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