WoW Moviewatch: Nihilum vs. Illidan
by Dan O'Halloran 
Jun 14th 2007 at 7:35PM
You've seen the screenshots. You've debated the impact. Now, you can watch the movie. All 711mbs and 21 minutes of it. It's the world first kill of the bad boy of Patch 2.1, Illidan Stormrage of the Black Temple by European raiders extraordinaire Nihilum.
I'm grateful that Nihilum took the time and resources to record this event and make it available to those of us who will never see this content, but 21 minutes? How about a highlight reel? In fact, how about a highlight reel of all the bosses in 2.1 they smacked down cut down to, oh say, 2-3 minutes? Anyone got one of those coming down the pike?
Filed under: Machinima, Guilds, Raiding, Bosses, WoW Moviewatch
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dprice Jun 14th 2007 7:49PM
2-3 minutes? What are you, a casual video watcher too?
Freehugz Jun 14th 2007 8:00PM
..honestly, would it kill blizzard to get some new looking elementals
dekulink Jun 14th 2007 8:51PM
Nice. I watched the whole thing.
Can anyone clarify why, at one point, the Warlock gets aggro and nobody does anything about it? Seems silly to me.
Ah well, nice video, very well put together!
Anon Jun 14th 2007 9:28PM
#3 if a warlock got aggro on something I can bet it was on purpose.
Apollon Jun 14th 2007 9:40PM
@3
Yeah, it looked like the Lock got aggro on purpose because he spammed Searing Pain when Illidan turned all black. My guess is that all his attack in that form are Shadow (those big black fireballs) and locks (especially of the undead variety) can mitigate shadow damage really well.
Lock tank FTW, apparently.
badge Jun 14th 2007 9:48PM
Correction to #4, if a GOOD Warlock in a raiding guild gets aggro it's on purpose.
GT0783 Jun 14th 2007 10:44PM
Amazing, crazy to know that Illidan is really the 'Boba Fet' of the WoW universe and that there's far far worse that will have to be taken down.
Dozan Jun 14th 2007 11:45PM
Congrats to Nihilum on the world first.
Does anyone know what songs are used in this video? I'd really like to find out.
Synth Jun 15th 2007 1:41AM
If a warlock is gaining threat and spamming searing pain to keep aggro, it's because they're tanking during that phase.
Twin Emps could be done this way. SSC has an encounter of the same level (Leotheras), and the EXACT same situation is the reason why...
There's explosions around the warlock. If a warrior was to tank Illidan during that phase, all the melee around him would die immediately. This allows the explosion to be offset to a more convenient location, specifically around the warlock.
deathplague Jun 15th 2007 2:16AM
illidan shouldn`t have to die...damn blizz for reaking the whole lore of warcraft
Pook Jun 15th 2007 5:58AM
Does anyone know what the unitframes are that Muqq is using ?
Thanks :)
NihilumAggro'er Jun 15th 2007 7:12AM
which exploit did they use?
ILYAS Jun 15th 2007 8:37AM
Cool.
michael.singletary Jun 15th 2007 9:38AM
Best part of the entire movie... a minute or so before Illidan dies, the raid leader sends a message. It reads:
"DON'T AFK"
Hahahaha.
Nails Jun 15th 2007 9:45AM
regardless of what you think of Nihilum, that was pretty freaking cool
glad i got to see it
dw5000ad3 Jun 16th 2007 1:46PM
those in game cinematics are part of the event each time you do it?