The Most Creative Strategy In MDI History | Echo's Rise

MDI 2024 kicked off this weekend and after being upset in the Upper Bracket, Echo unveiled some incredible hidden tech to storm through the tournament to the MDI Global Finals. Watch @Dratnos break down their Riftmage strategy in Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise.
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[@glkification]

This was amazing to watch live (and I'm grateful for Dratnos's frame by frame recap!)

[@Gordonfreems]

This is the most glorious strat I’ve ever seen on an MDI

[@psylimusic]

*in any game

[@RazanaArcclaw]

The fact that blizz actually uploaded this to the official channel, is actually insane.

[@StefanKostka137]

Are you dum?

[@ProjectMaelstrom]

why wouldn't ? it was one of the most innovative and brilliantly executed strategies of all times. If not the MOST of all.

[@lost1head]

The person who came up with this mechanic and saw it ignored for most of the season must be crying out of hapiness

[@OnionRingsM]

There's no consistency between what is good tech and tech thats ban-worthy for blizzard, it's so funny

[@bighouse581]

​@OnionRingsM my thoughts exactly

[@superfartxd31]

we definitely should try this in pug

[@fetzie23]

I’m sure I’ve seen pugs try skips that were less likely to work 😂

[@dani666crumbzz8]

Don't worry we tried xD Failed miserably because of shadowmeld disorder xD

[@squidbeard5616]

on heroic?

[@TheChrillexx]

This was so cool to witness. And this is what we love the MDI for!

[@nileshchainpuria6383]

Saw this live and was bamboozled with the tech and the 5000IQ used. Cant wait for the weekend to see some great teams in group B compete!

[@johnlinks]

Unintended bugs are not tech, it's cheating and they should be banned, but blizzard doesn't care

[@johnlinks]

500iq? Unintended bugs are cheating. Should be banned. And stop deleting my comments

[@tomahawklegend]

@@johnlinks Unintended bugs are and always have been allowed. They're usually fixed after the tournament, but you're allowed to do what you want to during.

[@zebzeren]

Snapping isnt an unintended bug, the portals are made to link together... What is this cheating you're talking about?@@johnlinks

[@tommy4862]

@@johnlinks literally zero bugs used in this strategy. And if you don't understand that, watch it again, Dratnos explained it.

[@MickeyMolad]

This explanation was exactly what was needed! Super cool.

[@amirnadjafi2203]

embrace yourself , every 1,7k rio pug group gonna try this now and instantly leave the group after realizing they are not HIM

[@dennisdubose2444]

LOL no lies being told

[@BIuffwatcher]

Dratnos with the deets!

[@michaelc1541]

That is nothing short of brilliant. Incredible use of mechanics/tech.

[@Arkvoodle1000]

Really sick strat

[@lumiuqqo]

That was idd very creative, and super well executed aswell! Gg's That's some cool way to use mob abilities to its fullest! 11/10 hope we see something similar from other teams aswell in upcoming events!

[@orusandornots1915]

Absolutely nuts. These people are amazing.

[@GramadinGG]

Yeah this blew my mind live. Super cool.

[@dova9436]

Respect to my boi dratnos but imo most creative strategy in mdi history was zoo pull in HOV last section

[@Sean11194]

cutie pattotie we appreciate your energy on stream etc some people don't bother to smile and seem inauthentic and too serious but your smile and lightheart makes things like mdi enjoyable to watch

[@Yntruder46]

This was insane to watch live.

[@CrystalzDCUO]

Insane strat. Now i'm glad Blizz tried something new with those little wormholes.

[@dgsunny23]

This is just incredible ❤

[@Incog-nito]

So does this mean Shadowmeld will finally get nerfed like Arcane Torrent did? Or can Arcane Torrent go back to how it was so it's actually useful outside of M+ again?

[@karolworkowski3261]

Echo is something else... another great vid by Dratnos

[@mirkobranchi4006]

That was brillant!!!

[@threeinitiates8260]

now this is big brain

[@jacobmobile]

Awesome content blizzard, loved the explanation by Dratnos. Was pretty awesome to watch, giga-brain stuff

[@Junglewarfare]

that was crazy good

[@Alijamaru]

That was crazy

[@pandatainmentOfficial]

Great content!

[@pantersplayer]

More than amazing moves.

[@Dontknowme81]

dude, thats so sick

[@alphablitz1024]

Insane. What players.

[@arcadialive4265]

10,000 IQ play. I’m impressed. Well done 🎉

[@bliblablubstar]

would be helpful to show what they were able to skip with it and how much time it roughly saved.

[@user-fv7jd4xj5n]

you can just rewatch the broadcast.

[@CalvinHavener]

They skipped the flying RP, the spawning RP and Morchie RP. It saved about 45 seconds against Last Hope's straight run.

[@tommy4862]

@@CalvinHavener all that plus saved 1 pull entirely by snapping 3 mini bosses to Morchie which normally would have to be killed alone.

[@wowsew]

dratnos!!

[@tomselby24]

kinda cool it like split the group up interesting vid!

[@nixgut]

bro thats sick

[@bdunk650]

👏👏

[@Kenji-117]

Cant wait for pugs demanding this strat for their weekly no leavers +13

[@CONVICT24024]

keep the dratnos content coming!

[@Zalera814]

Ok you have to admit that was so cool

[@Spanakopitaa]

holy molly that was brilliant

[@corlock22]

wow!

[@svn8849]

siiiiiiiiiick

[@jordonperry3508]

If this doesn't showcase that Shadowmeld has been the number 1 most OP Racial ever since the game started, idk what does lol

[@jaeholee5251]

폼 미쳐따이😂

[@shongueesha7875]

Jesus Christ. This is wild !

[@Juniper_]

Thrilling underDAWGS victories indeed.

[@stewartgraham4702]

My brain can't handle this

[@Loctrine]

This is the most creative strategy ive seen in M+.

[@CozyCathodes]

YES

[@thevtecollector4715]

So why did blizzard remove all snaping points on other dungs like ataldazar ? It’s actually insane seeing teams not using this and be 1 entire boss behind+travel time kekw Gj blizz

[@robertgowdey]

Dratnos rules

[@todoralexiev8216]

Hey, ahm... any chance that the WoW guys talk to the Diablo 4 guys and tell them we need more horses in the shop? Other than that good job wow guys ♡

[@Dozu]

insane

[@Ilcka]

just forkign amazing.....

[@abyssonedofk]

When VDH couldn't be more broken than they currently are in M+, and now there's a new tech that's exclusive to Druid/VDH. nice.

[@TheRabbit68]

inb4 it's hotfixed out because fun was detected

[@Nyeusi]

No one on live keys are going to do this lol

[@sanget3830]

Homies face in the thumbnail makes me want to every everything

[@reecegarysmith7613]

BFa dungeon strats definitley better this is impressive though with worm holes

[@drthompson65]

Wow, cool!

[@TUmody]

We want world of Warcraft in PlayStation

[@adamadamski1040]

We all agree that it was insanely creative, but how efficient was it?

[@williammacdonald5890]

Ok thats insane lol

[@mitchtheronin1469]

Will Dr.Jay finally win something?

[@eriknystrom9293]

OK, that is an actual clever use of game mechanics.

[@droolerboi]

woah... XD

[@luth7050]

5Head

[@billstanton8055]

Temporal is pronounced like temper-ull [ˈtemp(ə)rəl]

[@OverlordTheWarrior]

2000 IQ

[@joshuawoodard6998]

Blizz telling us to pay for race changes.

[@Danzuuu]

how does someone even come up with this ... this is like infinit iq

[@panajotov]

Plagueborers, CoS weakaura, HoV mass entangle pull to the final boss room, Brackenhide last boss tech... No one is more creative than Echo.

[@acrcusgaming4447]

Wrath servers please

[@Shipley002]

fun detected time to nerf while bots run rampant.

[@roshi-zd9wf]

Imagine you have only 1,76 Mio. Abonnenten Life of 18 years

[@kb4873]

Most creative for sure but only added 19 seconds over the other team. Not the biggest time gap strat.

[@user-23d09kwea0]

Nerf fire mage and vdh after MDI

[@EriSenshur]

Just buff the other tanks, easy enough

[@noki6205]

night elf racial is the most inbalanced thing in the game right now, that should be nerfed more than any class

[@CH-tg9cs]

@@noki6205 because of one skip strat? and some nieche stuff? - V DH is leterally the only MDI Tank with insane Mob Control

[@dentistirl987]

Cheesier than cheese

[@Kimera_Alternate_Realities]

Fun detected!

[@dildobaggins692]

That’s so innovative and cool.

[@Bungoblaster]

We get it your glazing for echo, no need to call the other teams dogs though. Bit rude

[@mariomarques775]

I'm surprised they weren't banned. Clever use of game mechanics has led to bans before.

[@ProjectMaelstrom]

rofl banned for what ? this was nothing that have been done before and they used their class / race abilities.

[@midderftw]

They cant be banned, because before you use in tournament any of similar tech, you need to ask admins if its ok. So Blizzard gave them green light to use this strat.

[@J2911L]

AbuSe Of GaMe MecHanICs

[@rolandhammer3008]

Nerf dh...

[@Nightstalker314]

This is the most elaborate way of saying: Too much walking inside this dungeon. For m+ there should be more direct portals and almost no RP. It's fine for the standard version but not once M+ gets involved.

[@Diolusion]

Seems like there shouldve been less count in the portal room, and added count to the bridge connecting the platforms after the 2 side bosses, rather than 1 min 30 of running and rp between the 2 bosses

[@thomascoles7783]

There are two types of people; People who know Echo are going to win global finals... and liars.

[@rakkhivevagina]

yay dratnos!

[@Nimbus3000]

This video would have been better had it been narrated by anyone else.

[@mohdimansaifullizan6193]

Choose your side Alliance or Horde

[@laszlokerekes3641]

Noone from echo are this smart, according to sources echo has multiple teams running each dungeon to find any tech to save time and then they pass the info to them

[@Gordonfreems]

What sources lol.. stop tripping

[@vincentdelcroix9531]

if you are so jealous of Echo and sooo smart, go run dungeons yourself and give secret tech to other teams BigBoy

[@EriSenshur]

Sounds like youre just salty that you cant pull this off

[@gollese]

Smart enough to annihilate the competition for what, years? And decade for RWF with few 2nd places. You cant comprehend how good these guys are.

[@TheOxna]

Of course that’s the case. That’s the case for every innovative thing in WoW. People sell their tech for gains to the best guilds

[@MeMe-bm4kh]

This will be patched out after MDI 😂

[@TheCrawling21]

In the Mornings there is 70-90% bots in Battlegrounds. Ban BOTS. CATA realms wont survive long, if nothing is going to happen with BOTS NOW.

[@grimetone]

The clickbait title

[@The_Dork_Side]

God do they play wow 24/7?. If so thats disgusting.

[@Grimmbimm]

Fire Hazzikostas

[@freezii625]

"HOPED to keep secret until global final" ... makes fully detailed video on how to execute haha

[@johnnyll91]

Well, they already showed it now? They had to since they risked not going to the global finals

[@wootboop666]

Wat? Because they executed it live. So obviously, it's no secret anymore.

[@hayimemaishtee]

was do or die

[@codysconclusions895]

its not "snapping" its exploiting mob pathing.... so dumb

[@kailinaleekuk]

WhY DoNT knEW PlaYEr's StAy?!?!?!

[@michaelkovalsky4907]

Technically exploiting, but man that is some high level play

[@tommy4862]

Technically using the NPC ability the exact way it was designed to work. What part of that is exploiting?

[@ZolidSnake]

@@tommy4862 .There are 2/3 guys saying "bugs/cheats/exploit" but non of them explains which part it is. Aparently they didn't know that the only rules is "you can't get out of the dungeon by any means",besides that. This is just pure undertanding how WoW works and incredible preparation, knowledge and execution.

[@kaiserstritz136]

Boring

[@johnlinks]

Echo shouldn't have been able to come back from the losers bracket to the Grand finals. If you lose, you're out

[@wapniak666]

Then what's the point of lower bracket lol?

[@johnlinks]

​@@wapniak666no, lower bracket should be champion of the lower bracket and that's it. No chance to make it back to the grand finals

[@nicklasjensen9043]

@@johnlinksYou have the wildest takes John 😂 It all boils down to you wanting Echo to lose, doesn’t it?

[@mawiuz]

you have no idea how double elimination tournaments work, do you?