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The original was posted on /r/wow by /u/MautDota3 on 2026-08-19 15:35:55+00:00.

My Guild and I went through and cleared Normal VA last night before we go into Heroic on Friday. While we didn't achieve CE last season, we are a bunch of decent players that know the game well and have CE from other guilds.

Coiled Altar and Ula'tek are, unsurprisingly, pretty difficult. But Coiled Altar requires a level of coordination that is more punishing than I would have thought a 2nd to last boss on Normal would require. Ula'tek has a lot of mechanics but doesn't seem too punishing except for a couple of mechanics. We didn't have a guide for Ula'tek and I was proud of our guild for figuring it out (with a little help from Liquid's stream). But even the other bosses were really hard. Ssszorak, Vashnik, The Twin Fangs and even the Lost Explorers might wipe good groups while they learn the fight and AotC Raiders might struggle.

We aren't Top 200 or the best players or anything but even though we had a lot of fun, it took us 5 hours to clear the Raid. I was thinking, maybe it's just us? But then I saw Dratnos and Tettles talking about how it's maybe the hardest normal ever. Just keep that in mind.