The Teldrassil escort outruns you in beta, which is a known bug.
- Escaping Ban'ethil is a Teldrassil quest.
- Sentinel Lynessa Duskblossom runs a bit too fast and spams Strike.
- Kaivax tagged the bug as fixed in the next beta build.
Unconfirmed whether that build has shipped.
Source Kaivax, Blizzard known-issues list, 17 Sep 2026.