“Apex” Guild

Apex was an English speaking, high-end PvE raiding guild on Al'Akir, Europe. We raided 25 player heroic before Warlords of Draenor and 20 player mythic in Warlords of Draenor. We formed in June 2007 during The Burning Crusade expansion, a few weeks after Black Temple was released to public. We stopped in April 2015 during Warlords of Draenor.

The Burning Crusade

We formed in June 2007 during The Burning Crusade expansion, a few weeks after Black Temple was released to public. We cleared Serpentshrine Cavern, Tempest Keep, Hyjal Summit and Black Temple by the end of that summer. Cleared Sunwell Plateau on 7th of June 2008, about three weeks after the final gate was opened. We were 22nd guild to defeat Kil'jaeden.

Wrath of the Lich King

All players rushed to level 80 as soon as Wrath of the Lich King was released. Naxxramas, Obsidian Sanctum and Eye of Eternity were cleared in the first week of the expansion. We defeated Ulduar heroic mode encounters in their prime time, before any significant nerfs and got Algalon, Celestial Defender on 5th of July 2009 - world 28th. We defeated all encounters in Trial of the Grand Crusader in two resets. We were the 9th guild in the world to defeat heroic Anub'arak. Icecrown Citadel with its limited attempts was a hit and miss for us. We defeated the majority of heroic mode encounters quite quickly and without Hellscream's buff. Then ran into some obstacles and lagged behind in the race. In the end we were 39th guild to defeat Arthas.

Cataclysm

All players rushed to level cap once again. We got almost all "server first level 85" feats. We defeated all Blackwing Descent, Bastion of Twilight and Throne of the Four Winds heroic 25 player encounters in two months and ended up as 16th guild worldwide. We cleared 6/7 in Firelands on the first heroic reset and beat heroic 25 player Ragnaros after ~600 attempts and nearly four weeks of progress, this put us to 15th place worldwide. Dragon Soul began with a slight "delay" for us, as it did for many other high-end guilds. Nevertheless, we were able to pick up the pace one week later and finished in 13th place in the world in heroic 25 Madness of Deathwing race.

Mists of Pandaria

Another rush to level cap. Followed by another rush to level cap with alts. We defeated all encounters in Mogu'shan Vaults and Heart of Fear in heroic 25 player mode on the first week after opening. We were the 6th guild in Eur/US race to defeat heroic Will of the Emperor, 8th to defeat Grand Empress Shek'zeer and 7th to defeat Sha of Fear. We defeated Lei Shen on 16 April and Ra-den on 29 April 2013, making us the 9th 25 player guild in Eur/US to clear Throne of Thunder. Summer 2013 was not good for us and our results in Siege of Orgrimmar were "modest". We defeated Garrosh Hellscream on 11 November 2013, finishing in 39th place among Eur/US 25 player guilds.

Warlords of Draenor

We started Warlords of Draenor with many old-timers coming back into the game, feeling confident that we would improve our standing after the modest results in Siege of Orgrimmar. However, we decided not to do mass alt zerg that most high-end guilds went for, which meant poorer results in Highmaul - world 73th. Poor results in Highmaul coupled with several personal problems and dramas also lead to poor results in Blackrock Foundry - world 86th, server 2nd. At this point we decided to stop.