Echo wins latest WoW Race to World First, becomes first guild to clear Mythic Sanctum of Domination raid without a single player dying
Dom Sacco, Senior Editor
Last Updated: 14/06/2023
European World of Warcraft guild, Echo, has become the first in the world to clear the Mythic Sanctum of Domination raid in World of Warcraft today.
They defeated Sylvanas Windrunner, the final boss of the new raid in WoW’s Shadowlands expansion, to win the latest Race to World First. Not only that, but they completed their final attempt without a single guildmate character dying during the encounter.
Complexity Limit has since finished second, Pieces third, Big Dumb Gaming fourth and Method fifth.
Many reports are saying that Echo took 176 pulls before killing Sylvanas, however Echo confirmed to Esports News UK the correct count was 169. Here was the winning moment:
It was a tricky challenge for Echo. Earlier in the week, they thought they had killed Sylvanas when they got her below 50% health, but it turns out that the 50% threshold was for Heroic difficulty – at Mythic difficulty players are required to get Sylvanas below 45%.
And at another time, developer Blizzard Entertainment made a hotfix which added an enraged mob, making the encounter harder. But their resilience shone through.
WORLD FIRST FOR ECHO, WE'RE 10/10!!#TeamEcho #RWF #EchoWF pic.twitter.com/icSbs4P7Ij
— Echo (@EchoGuild) July 20, 2021
Thank you for the insane competition. We both played our hearts out and it was a pleasure to watch your exceptional display of skill.
— Echo (@EchoGuild) July 20, 2021
Other guilds including Complexity Limit and Method congratulated Echo on the achievement.
Method said ahead of the race that they were striving to be near the top of the leaderboards this time around. Method finished seventh in the previous Castle Nathria Mythic raid, which was won by Complexity Limit, and Method have been undergoing a rebuild following their scandal last year.
They finished this Race to World First in fifth place.
Not quite the 3rd the team wanted but the guild’s improved massively since Castle Nathria and I’m proud of ‘em. Great bunch of guys and gals. https://t.co/XZJUem8e0h
— Joel (@JoelHDarby) July 22, 2021
World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas also congratulated Echo on their world first:
Congrats @EchoGuild on world-first Sylvanas! Alas I had to sleep before that flawless finish, but it was obvious from the DPS on those initial tries today that it was imminent. Amazing week watching you and @LimitGuild push each other to new heights-enjoy some well-deserved rest!
— Ion Hazzikostas (@WatcherDev) July 20, 2021
Echo was formed last year by several former Method players.
Dom Sacco, Senior Editor
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late '80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.
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