The GREATEST Race to World First in WoW History!

The Amirdrassil Race to World First will go down in history as the greatest race of all time (so far). With Echo and Liquid within 0.07% of each other when Echo took the kill, it was a journey full of excitement and drama.
Today we follow this journey from beginning to end, its one heck of a tale...
00:00 - Intro
01:02 - The Race Begins
03:35 - Preparations
07:34 - Entering Mythic
13:39 - Reset and the Fall of Tindral
16:30 - Onto Fyrakk
19:20 - Fyrakk is Nerfed
22:02 - The Final Day
25:56 - Conclusion
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Clip Credits:
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• Echo vs. Mythic Gnarlr...
• Echo vs. Mythic Igira ...
• Echo vs. Mythic Volcor...
• Echo vs. Mythic Laroda...
• Echo vs. Mythic Counci...
• Echo vs. Mythic Nymue ...
• Echo vs. Mythic Smolde...
• Echo vs. Mythic Tindra...
• WORLD FIRST! Echo vs. ...
• Liquid vs Mythic Gnarl...
• Liquid vs Mythic Igira...
• Liquid vs Mythic Volco...
• Liquid vs Mythic Larod...
• Liquid vs Mythic Counc...
• Liquid vs Mythic Nymue...
• Liquid vs WORLD FIRST ...
• Liquid vs WORLD FIRST ...
• Liquid vs Mythic Fyrak...
• Instant Dollars - Myth...
• Instant Dollars - Myth...
• Instant Dollars - Myth...
• Instant Dollars - Myth...
• Instant Dollars - Myth...
• Instant Dollars - Myth...
• Atom Music Audio - Ete...
• RWF Starforge Flashbac...
• Liquid vs WORLD FIRST ...
• Echo vs. Mythic Halond...
• Echo x Mythic Sylvanas...
• Limit vs Sylvanas Wind...
• Echo vs. Mythic Jailer...
• [ASMR] Morning Neighbo...
• Summer Solstice - 24h ...

[@Preachgaming]

Apologies for the re-upload. KZbin's content ID system and DMCA as a whole continues to be the bane of my existence, deciding not to do its content match while it was private and waiting until the video was already out for 30 minutes to trigger demonetisation :). Anyway Mike thought that this race to world first was so epic, so close, the players on Echo and Liquid were playing their absolute best, he felt he just had to document the amazing journey.

[@inuasa147]

unbelievable video was so fascinated Thank you Preach

[@DeeFourCee]

So what part was cut from this and the old version?

[@1ordTakeo]

No appologies needed, I seriously didn't got to see the first upload, so it's greatly appreciated.

[@tesladrew2608]

​@@DeeFourCeewondering

[@Preachgaming]

@@DeeFourCee It was just a piece of music used in Echo's T Swift video which they had licensed evidently. Just had to switch the audio out for the stream version of the kill. - Chris

[@nickengstrom]

Mike is an excellent storyteller

[@DeathSusanoo]

@@marton_horvath touch some grass loser 😂

[@purepeter4737]

Kek

[@plummet3860]

Yeh its a shame he runs back to blizzard for money every single time though

[@Ryan_hey]

@@plummet3860 translates to "it's a shame he loves wow" which isn't a problem for many of us subscribed

[@TheCropwner]

I quit during the Shadowlands and moved on to diffrent things, but nothing will ever fill me with that much joy, pride and awe as raids and the eruption of screams when ever a boss is killed will always give me goosebumps, even if I'm just watching

[@MrChuckCosta]

As Star Augur Etraeus says within the Nighthold Raid: "The stars align! Fear their portents" I was watching Echo stream on the kill pull, and oh my lord, what a moment ❤️

[@Darkclowd]

Incredible journey. Great work from both teams, and congratulations to Echo for the victory this time 👏

[@hannibaltraven6295]

this was an awesome race, so lucky to b watchin u guys live when it went down! thanks preach and both liquid n echo! really great stuff

[@TFTshortsgaming]

The best recap of the raid I have seen so far. gave me a lump in my throat just watching this. The music and story telling on point as always our lord preach.

[@chiv3136]

Incredible epic video. Masterfully done by Preach and Team. Thanks for reliving it 😊

[@goma8167]

It was an amazing race indeed. Loved it and loved the casters on both teams.

[@drachale84]

I watched it live and can only say - you did a REALLY good job bringing the story to life again!

[@TheoHeals]

As someone who watched most of the race from Liquid's stream- this was an awesome way to catch some of the Echo perspective. Such a great race!

[@Slicknick72636]

Great summary video probably one of the coolest videos I’ve seen on the channel in recent years

[@preheet]

Undoubtedly the most awesome raid we've had! Great recap and great vid Mike & team ❤

[@mebrandonb]

I root for Liquid just because I'm here in NA and catch their streams the most, but I loved watching both the different streams! The caster teams for both races were so good how could you not enjoy yourself. I really appreciated how much less "NA vs EU" weird toxic stuff was going on in both channels. They were both quick to snuff it out and it made for a much more enjoyable race. Great content all around.

[@SkumbagSquirtle]

Wish they could stream the race together, would love to see Preach and Jak commentate together.

[@Shiftry87]

I love Scripes reaction to the kill banging on that table to then slam hes headset down completely destroying it. Later he posted a pic on how he hade taped the thing back together again before he could get a new pair.

[@bradveach4832]

Thanks for the recap that was cool

[@Cheeze251]

Man watching the reactions to the kill from casters, players and production never fails to put a smile on my face.

[@dschaylow]

Thank you for this masterpiece of recap to this epic race.!

[@dramage11]

Just finished watching this video. Epic Raid tier this time around

[@conceptgg5385]

such a great video had my attention the entire video

[@11nephilim]

Loved this tier, I was tuned in for the Thandral and Fyrakk kills and it was incredibly hype both times!

[@ChrisRossUK]

Great video. I watched nearly the entire race from 7th boss onwards and was cheering for Echo the whole way - really glad they got over the line first! Also, Clickz walking across the screen is very pleasing at 16:22. :D

[@Aegishand]

Some of your best content, Mike

[@TALIONsprinzip]

This is an amazing new series!!

[@bori1008]

I love your commentary that day. Thanks.

[@DarkwingDucks]

This man can tell a story, I mean from start to finish I was excited, I’m not a die hard world of Warcraft player, I’ve played casually since 2006. I haven’t played at all this expansion. But listening to Preach tell this story of world first I was excited and wanted to go back and watch the race myself. The voice the knowledge the research amazing keep it up

[@nickclouser793]

Really well done video

[@enigmabis.]

25:46 love the "inner" celebration by jeath

[@Shadowfex]

1) Preach just makes absolutely outstanding videos. Editing, narrating, everything. Thank you for these. 2) Seeing everyone in Echo just explode with excitment on winning. It just makes me so happy. I love seeing that. Congrats again and on to the next one.

[@haydeen123]

Loved it. More of this.

[@christopherneil8265]

I’m a Liquid fan, but there’s no denying how amazing this race was. Had drama in the best way, Blizzard manager to not fuck everyone over, and it came down to a 0.07% diff nailbiter. Couldn’t ask for more

[@peterthomassen4516]

Nice recap! And thanks for casting an awesome raid - that caster team is awesome! Especially you and Alex

[@avp042]

I used to love watching stuff like this. Now it just reminds me of my guild and what I thought was my friend group fall apart. Thanks for letting me live in the nostalgia for a bit there Mike.

[@godbilla1991]

thats a fresh haircut preach. looking great! i always love your videos.

[@zapper_m]

Only thing missing from this is a transcript of your rumbling on the kill! Great work recapping the story.

[@kat8506]

Thank you for your insight ❤ I totally agree 🎉 this was THE BEST RACE EVER 🎉

[@kariminyt]

even tho o toke a big break from wow after the release of this expantion. i am glade i came back before this raid. watching this in twitch was a treat. and even more this 30 min preach video like the old days. what a great come back to wow for the last 4 months.

[@Foretelling]

Great video Preach. Gingi's reaction to the Tindral kill says it all 🤣

[@mindaugaspipyne8151]

Thank you Mike!

[@Presea.Diamond]

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[@Kevmoeman]

Great video Mr preach

[@GoldenOrderGaming]

What a killer video - can’t believe I’m just watching this.

[@whitestrake9311]

great video buddy

[@thomascoles7783]

this is an EXCELLENT video.

[@TheKutthroatKid]

It's really good to see a good raid come out of the end of the expansion.

[@benkent862]

So jeathe stares at clears even when hes not playing, interesting. lol.

[@Grandy_UiD]

God tier narration on this video. What a ride.

[@grimetone]

This was a legendary race to witness. Whoever made the high-risk decision to say: lets push on for 23 hours has got some balls.

[@devillad666]

Jeath and his legendary reactions 😐

[@R0ukan]

Havent watched your vids in a while but i got to say first thing i noticed was you look very healthy and good my man ! Also Awesome video, excellent Storytelling, even though i dont play wow anymore i enjoyed watching and listening :)

[@DomerNoodle]

fab as always

[@YumYum820]

I remember I threw a stream on Twitch that day, within 5 mins of turning it on the WF kill came...very funny way to see my axe drop

[@bekir51500]

Not even playing WoW and it was amazing to follow !

[@Valvax4500]

Preach you're looking better and better in terms of physique every new video, keep up the good work man I'm rooting for ya!

[@profsnowey5017]

I don't know the name of the song that was playing during the kill but my god it it was the perfect song for that moment. Goosebumps everytime i watch it

[@derda6920]

I still can't tell how many times i've died in this race. It was outstanding, amazing, beyond everything ever seen in 20 years of WoW. It will be hard to match something like this again.

[@matanzagermany8694]

Insane level of gameplay

[@mahatmaandi2347]

The best RWF so far! What a joy it was to watch on both sides.

[@theaveragecasual9971]

When Preach said THIS IS IT, that was a line out of a movie the way he said it lol

[@Infernoblade1010]

I could listen to Preach narrate an entire book!

[@cameronharvey4746]

Make sure you re-like and re-watch because of youtubes DMCA system fucking our boy over.

[@seansch_]

Wonderful Video my man, awesome Story in this Race! One point here tho, didn't Liquid win in Castla Nathria on the day of the reset for NA or am i misremembering?

[@cuddleslol]

So good

[@viktordimitrov2522]

nice video boss

[@sovex9331]

Jeathe's reaction :)) Classic.

[@adamthomas4494]

top vid sir

[@thomaslayton4908]

I don’t even play wow and I was fixated! Brilliant stuff!

[@naemieaad5456]

Been watching for years preachy, This rtwf was the first I tuned into, mostly thanks to you, hope to meet you some day

[@mithicash1444]

Watching these guilds wipe hundreds of times and keep going while my pug breaks down after 1 wipe. Shoutout to this pug

[@inexes7687]

Great race!

[@kimaclaret]

I watched the whole race, and this was an appropriately dramatic recap. I haven't played WoW in many years, but I still catch every race, and this one was the most exciting I've seen in a long time. I went to bed nervous every night at the end, and I was so happy to see the finish live. Still, I probably wouldn't be half as interested if it wasn't for the entire Echo team. You guys really know how to put on a show.

[@waldek4154]

What a movie! What a race!

[@StonedHuman]

whats the song playing when they defeat fyrakk?

[@OG_Loudermilk]

Is the Saul he’s talking about the same Shaman Saul that pvps and was just in awc? If so dudes a beast

[@tylerwoodrow9606]

I watched both at the same time, Had it up on each monitor. Was voting for Liquid but proud of all of you!

[@o0oo0ooo0oooo0ooooo0]

I lost interest in this game a long time ago, but I will forever come back for these races just to hear the screams after a world first.

[@regulariousweedimaximus9495]

What Is the guild rune thing he talks about @4:40

[@Hanging_Brain]

450k ppl watching live. Crazy they got the entire wow population to tune in.

[@tthegotten3631]

This truly was the Best Of Raid All Race Time

[@lilcurtis11]

Great story

[@johnholton6485]

One of your best vids Preach. I loved this race. I am NA but like both teams a lot and majority of players. (some players on each team come off as complete assholes). This was one of if not the best races ive ever seen. I wish there was some way some how we could get this mainstreamed worldwide, and put on espn like ive seen other games do. Compared to other games i can say with confidence that WoW top end players are the best video gamers in the entire world and its not even close. Not any other game can compare to skill and coordination effort and stamina needed to succeed.

[@zannusx]

I was lucky to be able to watch the kill live, and while I wanted Liquid to win, it was truly a wonderful showing from both teams as well as Blizzard in the tuning and design of the encounter. If this expansion was meant to be the transition from the mess we've been in with the prior expansions into this new era, then this race was the perfect way to close out this expansion.

[@eXcaligore]

What a race it was, I watched most of Echo and you and the other casters are also a big reason to why I choose echo to watch. Thanks preach and casters! I had both streams open when echo killed it, what a moment

[@randycreason3399]

This is one of you better videos. You even got my wife to pay attention and ask about world first raiding.

[@lordjaraxxus3864]

I think this is going to happen more often as Blizzard continues to hotfix during race to world first. The biggest killers were when bosses were changed massively on reset day, causing easy finishes. Now they can be changed quickly and before either team has progressed too far to one-shot it post-nerf.

[@punker2534]

Epic.

[@Ontaro]

Most extreme reaction from Jeath I've seen. He leaned up when they cleared the boss :O

[@graffe406408]

Incredible viedo of an epic journey. this it what make this game even after all the years Masterfull to see Big thanks to Preach and the team for a video that gave me goosebumps. And indeed what a Race!

[@beine123]

i haven't raided mythic since pandaria, garrosh was a really fun fight, but now looking at fyrakk and the amount of mechanics that i saw you had to evade and how much crap there was, made me GLAD i am not raiding mythic haha, it's so much cluster of abilities and these abilities have the chance of just wiping you completely, like the seeds, heroic have seeds but it's WAY easier to manage them than in mythic as far as i saw, it does NOT look fun to play mythic, whenever ONE MECHANIC is enough to just one shot you or that you are not able to recover that mistake is just frustrating. (personal opinion of course)

[@jack23930]

echo win at amirdrassil is my inspiration... that no matter what you dream is with hard work anything is posible

[@WardenmediaGames]

Amirdrassil is one of the best gaming experiences I've had in the last few years. T-Swift + Dragonriding is so incredible. I cannot wait to see what the team cooks up for The War Within.

[@Chung247]

Holy shit, his hair looks great!

[@hankg4464]

Liquid vs Echo is bigger than the Ryder's Cup!

[@tylersibley1]

I was thankful to have 3 screens so I was able to watch both streams toward the end. It was so intense and so fun to watch. Great recap, Preach. I hope more RWFs end up like this. As someone who has been playing since classic and raiding at various difficulties since BC, I love how watching the race has become an event.

[@boxicool]

what happened to Method?

[@Dungeon47]

9:17 Obvious Star Trek reference. Mike is a turbonerd to the bone.

[@Iceburg2355]

The nerd screams always get my heart going

[@elwynn1230]

I thought you said you wont cover wow after the nyalotha method josh fiasco.

[@yessurz]

Was the entire raid sitting in that room ?

[@baltom4559]

wow. so many headsets broke in all the kill celebrations xD