Grrumpyx’s World Record Naxxramus Speedrun Strategy in WoW Classic
wowhead.comSpeedrunning has been around for as long as video games have, and it’s easy to see why — the challenge that comes from creating, practicing, and perfecting new strategies to beat the competition is second to none. In World of Warcraft, speedruns typically center around leveling up or completing an entire raid faster than anyone else. One of the most impressive speedrunning records in recent WoW history was held by a Chinese player by the name of Noobs and their raid group who completed Naxxramas in WoW Classic in just 47 minutes — a record thought to be unbeatable at the time. However speedrunner Grrumpyx and their team of raiders have done just that, and they now hold the world record for speedrunning WoW Classic Naxxramas in just 42 minutes and 50 seconds! Luckily for us, they've immortalized the entire record-breaking speedrun on YouTube.
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How did Grrumpyx’s raid accomplish this incredible speedrun? According to Grrumpyx, much of their success can be attributed to a new strategy that they created specifically for the Naxxramas speedrun.
I performed a move during the speedrun that I invented, which had never been done before and saved the raid one minute. Basically to perform my pull, you have first to not die which is kind of obvious, but you have so other things to take care of. I need to take care of not spacing the mobs too much. So what I do is have an elixir of «track undead» which allows me to see in my mini map where mobs are exactly, so I can figure out while I wait at the door exactly how I am going to do my pull. In other words, this pull never looks the same, and you need to analyze what you have in front of you every time. Which is why a lot of rogues saw me doing it, have tried to do it like me.
If you’re not a speedrunner, a minute may not sound like a lot of time, but a minute is decades in the world of speedrunning. Save enough minutes here and there, and you’re on track to becoming the next world
