Destiny 2: Lightfall's World First Raid Completion Claimed by Shocking Underdog

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Only two and a half hours after going live, Destiny 2's latest raid, Root of Nightmares, was first conquered by a relatively unknown team of underdogs called Team Hard in the Paint.

Raids are Destiny's ultimate endgame challenge, which involve six players working together to figure out complicated mechanics and execute them to perfection, all while avoiding being killed by hordes of enemies and powerful bosses alike. For many years, Bungie has observed the launch of their raids by hosting official "World First Races," which document the first team to beat these dastardly gauntlets.

Bungie confirmed the world first victory, writing, "Guardians from around the world fought against an ancient threat in the Root of Nightmares raid this weekend during the World First raid race. A massive congratulations to Team Hard in the Paint for emerging victorious. As the first team to both beat the raid and the additional challenges, all six members will receive World First title belts and will forever be known as the World First Champions of Root of Nightmares."

And what a glorious belt it is. Image credit: Bungie

For the past couple of raid releases, the same team, Clan Elysium, has claimed victory, including last year's Vow of the Disciple. Several other top contenders and previous winning teams were also highly watched on Twitch Rivals as part of the contest. The winner though, as it turned out, included a group of small content creators and speedrunners whose streams had far fewer viewers until it became clear they were on pace to win it all.

One such speedrunner, RoenXD, has only 9K followers on Twitch even after his team's victory, a testament to his crew's underdog status.

IGN reached out to RoenXD shortly after his raid