A͏s͏mongold Ranks All WoW Zones From BEST To WORST | Tier List

100+ WOW ZONES RATED FROM BEST TO WORST! Asmongold completes the ultimate WoW tier list, rating all World of Warcraft zones from Classic WoW and Retail, including: Alterac Mountains, Antoran Wastes, Arathis Highlands, Ashenvale, Ashran, Azsuna, Azshara, Azuremyst isle, Badlands, Blade's Edge Mountains, Blasted Lands, Bloodmyst Isle, Boreal Tundra, Broken Shore, Burning Steppes, Crystalsong Forest, Darkshore, Deadwind Pass, Deepholm, Desolace, Dragon Blight, Dread Wastes, Drustvar, Dun Morogh, Durotar, Duskwood, Dustwallow Marsh, Elwynn Forest, Eastern Plaguelands, Eversong Woods, Felwood, Feralas, Frostfire Ridge, Ghost Lands, Gilneas, Gorgrond, Grizzly Hills, Hellfire Peninsula, High Mountain, Hillsbrad Foothills, The Hinterlands, Howling Fjord, Mount Hyjal, Icecrown, Isle of Thunder, Jade Forest, Kezan, Krasaring Wilds, Krokuun, Kun-Lai Summit, Loch Modan, Lost Isles, Mac'aree, Mechaghon, Moon Glade, Mulgore, Nagrand, Nazjatar, Nazmir, Nether Storm, Isle of Quel'Danas, Redridge Mountains, Searing Gorge, Shadowmoons Valley, Sholazar Basin, Silithus, Silverpine Forest, Spires of Arak, Storm Peaks, Storm Heim, Stormsong Valley, Stranglethorn Vale, Suramar, Swamp of Sorrows, Talador, Tanaan Jungle, Tanaris, Teldrassil, Terokkar Forest, The Barrens, Timeless isle, Tiragarde Sound, Tirisfal Glades, Tol Barad, Towlong Steppes, Twilight Highlands, Uldum, Un'goro Crater, Valley of The Four Winds, Val'Sharah, Vashj'ir, Vol'Dun, Westfall, Wetlands, Wintergrasp, Winterspring, Western Plaguelands, Zangarmarsh, Zul'drak, Zuldazar
0:00 Thousand Needles
1:04 Alterac Mountains
1:42 Antoran Wastes
2:32 Arathi Highlands
3:24 Ashenvale
3:59 Ashran
5:12 Azsuna
6:00 Azshara
7:08 Azuremyst Isle
7:38 Badlands
9:01 Blade's Edge Mountains
10:35 Blasted Lands
12:12 Bloodmyst Isle
12:38 Boreal Tundra
13:45 Broken Shore
14:38 Burning Steppes
17:05 Crystalsong Forest
18:40 Darkshore
19:59 Deadwind Pass
22:01 Deepholm
23:10 Desolace
24:09 Dragon Blight
26:34 Dread Wastes
27:35 Drustvar
29:05 Dun Morogh
30:09 Durotar
31:14 Duskwood
32:27 Dustwallow Marsh
33:31 Elwynn Forest
34:18 Eastern Plaguelands
35:13 Eversong Woods
36:24 Felwood
39:01 Feralas
39:44 Frostfire Ridge
40:39 Ghost Lands
41:03 Gilneas
42:12 Gorgrond
44:42 Grizzly Hills
45:37 Hellfire Peninsula
47:06 High Mountains
48:23 Hillsbrad Foothills
49:53 The Hinterlands
50:32 Howling Fjord
51:17 Mount Hyjal
52:08 Icecrown
53:20 Isle of Thunder
54:13 Jade Forest
54:41 Kezan
55:20 Krasaring Wilds
55:56 Krokuun
56:26 Kun-Lai Summit
57:03 Loch Modan
57:44 Lost Isles
58:43 Mac'Aree
59:16 Mechagon
1:00:12 Moon Glade
1:01:08 Mulgore
1:01:36 Nagrand (Outland)
1:02:22 Nagrand (Draenor)
1:03:03 Nazjatar
1:03:25 Nazmir
1:03:53 Nether Storm
1:04:52 Isle of Quel'Danas
1:05:57 Redrige Mountains
1:08:31 Searing Gorge
1:09:00 Shadowmoon Valley (Outland)
1:10:37 Shadowmoon Valley (Draenor)
1:12:25 Sholazar Basin
1:13:28 Silithus
1:15:10 Silverpine Forest
1:16:25 Spires of Arak
1:17:13 Stonetalon Mountains
1:17:45 Storm Peaks
1:19:29 Storm Heim
1:20:46 Stormsong Valley
1:22:18 Stranglethorn Vale
1:24:11 Suramar
1:26:04 Swamp of Sorrows
1:27:27 Talador
1:28:44 Tanaan Jungle
1:29:46 Tanaris
1:31:00 Teldrassil
1:32:25 Terokkar Forest
1:33:29 The Barrens
1:34:49 Timeless Isle
1:35:26 Tiragarde Sound
1:36:07 Tirisfal Glades
1:36:52 Tol Barad
1:37:25 Townlong Steppes
1:38:14 Twilight Highlands
1:39:06 Uldum
1:39:56 Un'Goro Crater
1:40:43 Vale of Eternal Blossoms
1:41:45 Valley of the four Winds
1:42:10 Val'Sharah
1:45:21 Westfall
1:46:48 Wetlands
1:47:39 Winter Grasp
1:49:04 Winter Spring
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[@UnstoppableDWade]

Chat: bad bad bad bad bad Asmon: I don't know visually it's decent Chat: decent decent decent decent

[@4567samsung]

ikr

[@SordMasta]

it also goes the other way around. Asmon: This is shit. Chat: Nooo it's good!! Asmon: OK i guess its not that bad. And you see he always checks the chat before judging, especially in xmogs.

[@Corrupted]

Because its different people writing and memeing depending on what he's saying, to be fair

[@4321Enjoy]

@Stoogs yup, his chat is just sooo dumb

[@xyjff4447]

If you see someone pluck their own asshair wouldnt u do the same?

[@Nek-oski]

I like the elvish zones like Teldrassil and Eversong Woods because they felt so magical and i spent so much time in them i feel kinda attached to them. The ambience, music, even some of the mobs. I absolutely love them

[@Torcalie]

Teldrassil is so good, the music is top tier

[@EE-wu7kz]

I feel that way for Dwarven or Gnomish zones.

[@loreaver3882]

The barrens and Teldrassil is the best

[@BlastHeart96]

Me too, and it has nothing to go with my first character back in Wrath was a Blood Elf Protection Paladin. xD

[@brandon3636]

Agree 100%

[@invisiblehunt7216]

Mad respect to the editor that added all the different marks for each zone.

[@KarmaPaym3ntPlan]

Wow, no joke!

[@pippen1001]

@@devonchafe2764 what else have they added?

[@babahema1267]

@@KarmaPaym3ntPlan P

[@IBISMK1]

Yeah fr

[@P-C-Principle]

Lol ru kidding

[@Zisch94]

Dragonblight also has the cave where Arthas found Frostmourne and abandoned Muradin to save his people back in Wc3, which is amazing too.

[@chipskylark5500]

Oooh did not realize that was in dblight, but it makes sense as it was around the nerubians

[@jamz8785]

But that doesn’t make sense, he found it in northrend

[@fartknocker77]

@@jamz8785 don't breed

[@dannyluo6635]

@@jamz8785 ...Dragonblight IS a part of Northrend.

[@jamz8785]

@@dannyluo6635 I searched it up, Ik the zone, just didnt know that was it’s name in english

[@Corrupted]

I agree with most of these, but icecrown is amazing for the same reason deadwind pass is pretty high. From a lore and game design perspective it was absolutely well done, you felt the despair and danger of the situation the world was in through gameplay and visual design

[@naer3513]

Icecrown is a lame zone. The developers just didn't use its potential and weren't faithful to its original design from the Frozen Throne Main Menu.

[@AlexK-sk4qb]

Icecrown? Don't you mean Mordor?

[@xplicitmike]

Icecrown was trash. A pain in the ass to navigate, even with flying mounts somehow. A few decent questlines but doing the questchains themselves felt like a chore and they were overtuned, ya the place was pretty depressing but that doesn't mean much. It was pretty scary and ICC was definitely an imposing figure in the middle of the zone, but tbh the only good thing about Icecrown was the tournament. Also, deadwind pass is bottom tier F/Awful trash.

[@Corrupted]

@@xplicitmike Id say the "vibe" of a zone is pretty important, its what you'll forever remember and some of the quests were amazing and extremely lore important The Matthias questline was the reason we could actually defeat arthas + the duel between arthas/illidan and the whole zone feels completely different imo

[@robinschuler9108]

Hahaha was machst du denn hier, freut mich

[@ryankirby3641]

Based off this comment section I’ve come to the conclusion that only 25% of his viewers actually play wow, which I’m ok with. That being said Grizzly Hills is the best

[@ryankirby3641]

Gaia Legend yeah no doubt he’s good at giving and explaining his opinion. There isn’t a doubt in my mind he cares for this game more than any other streamer out there.

[@Xcitng1988]

GH was great and I feel the old ashenvale was fantastic, the music by itself is amazing tier without adding the zone in. fk you asmon

[@lynchpintm8928]

It's been 12 or so years since I've played, but I do concur. I loved flying around that area.

[@hctim1]

@@Arathreas Timeless was a fucking blast, I remember logging on with my guild just to group up and PvP. Then WoD broke the guild up because it was such an embarrassing piece of trash

[@xgetxsickx]

Grizzy hills would be best if it wasn't for that cringe nykelharpa solo at volume 100 right when you get into the zone.

[@cazarilmachine]

Asmongold: "Darkshore is beautiful, mystical, haunting, mysterious." Also Asmongold: "Darkshore is literal trash"

[@MichaelClimson]

he said the "nice" things about darkshore as a joke. you have to understand when he says something seemingly stupid or retarded he's doing it on purpose as a joke. he has stated this many times in his vods that he just says those things for the memes lol.

[@JoeKing69]

He's talking about the cata version.

[@TheOdMan]

Team Vashj'Ir for life! I loved that zone, absolutely loved it, and still do. Yes, underwater combat isn't the most exciting, and it can be quite annoying at time, but man, the visuals, the atmosphere, it blew me away at the time. For sure my favourite zone in the game.

[@zubrhero5270]

I skipped that expansion and the next 2 because I genuinely didn't like the look and/or sound of them. I came back whilst leveling an alt in Legion... I take all my alts there now. Fantastic zone.

[@ChinnuWoW]

That's always been my absolute favorite zone! The music is amazing and extremely nostalgic for me, it's very beautiful, it's the only 3D zone in the game, the ocean is scary, there's gigantic tortoises, it's the most unique zone!

[@Halomonger]

yep, i never understood the hate, the zone is fucking fantastic

[@TheRadiag]

Not my favourite zone but damn its up there, great atmosphere, great story, very varied and different.

[@charlylmaoo5953]

Least favorite zone because I have always been afraid of deep water in this fucking game

[@Crobian]

Howling Fjord was probably my favourite zone ever

[@gabrielsenior8760]

Me too

[@sandrogzirishvili6800]

Borean for me. Loved the blue dragonflight place. Also dehta. Theres an achievement called dehtas little pita. Pita is pain in the ass. Felt good

[@lamofaco8537]

Me too!

[@gabrielsenior8760]

@@sandrogzirishvili6800 you coming memories come Woltk i Play this

[@exeterra4825]

Howling fjord was ok-ish. But Grizzly Hills on the other hand... holy mother of god I wanna go back to that zone, erase my memory and quest in it again

[@alexdorenkamp5148]

So while I understand why Dun Morogh was placed where it was, as someone whos first character back in the tail end of TBC / start of Wrath was a dwarf paladin there's a certain nostalgia factor for sure, but here's why the zone deserves to be considered 'great' (at least from my perspective). Coldridge valley, compared to the other starting zones, was fairly large, I think the only one bigger than it is Shadowglen, but despite the size, because Dun Morogh is snow capped mountains, leaving the starting area of coldridge by going through a path between two hills / cliffs felt completely natural. Shadowglenn and Northshire had the same exits but because they were both forest it felt clear that "you're no longer in the starting area, welcome to the rest of the game" where coldridge didn't have that feeling. I remember playing for hours before I even made it to Ironforge for the first time and walking up the mountain path to the impressive walkway leading into the city, to be greeted by a canal of lava and seeing the great forge for the first time it was fucking awesome. I think I spent a day and a half of playing just in dun morogh thinking "this is it, this is the game, snow capped mountains and frost trolls, cities built into mountains" and then I was told to venture outward to Loch Modan. Unlike going from Teldrassil to Darkshore, where the enviroment is basically the same, or Elwynn to Westfall where you can see the new zone on the horizon, Dun Morogh is a valley that's basically a bowl. I remember walking through the tunnel to Loch for the first time, expecting to see more snow and ridges on the other side, but was greeted by grass and a lake that wasn't frozen over. Were the quest the most exciting thing? Not by a long shot, but the entire experience of coming into this game, with no idea of what you would see or what to expect, being in a frozen valley for the first 10+ hours of playing, being introduced to the frost trolls, helping out the gnomes around their fallen city, having a the dwarf home city lacking true "gates" like stormwind & darnassus had, instead it's just built into a mountain. And then by the end of what felt like an adventure in and of itself where you're just helping your fellow dwarves & gnomes, you get lead through a tunnel and don't even experience grass until you're through to the other side. Does it hold up to be a great / amazing zone without the nostalgia drug? Nope. Even now going back and replaying that zone, it will never be the same as the first time. However, that first playthrough, the way it was just so unique compared to the other starting zones at the time, that's what makes Dun Morogh special.

[@TuneL0wDieSl0w]

At this point, this is a comfort video for me. I think I've almost watched this video in full, close to 100 times. This is also like the best tier list video he’s ever done with the souls bosses being the second best. I miss these times man

[@LivBee.]

Unpopular opinion but I loved Teldrassil and OG Darkshore- I loved Teldrassil’s aesthetic and then flying to Darkshore and seeing these huge threshers underneath the murky waves made the whole area feel mysterious and somewhat ominous. It was so cool back then.

[@Karimboulage]

the threshers part! as a kid i always wondered if i will ever be strong enough to fight them and why there are even there? yessss thats a memory unlocked right there

[@caretheis6779]

best 1-20 experience in the game, after maxing out 50 plus toons those are the only two zones in that bracket i can still play without getting bored.

[@buttlerubbies747]

Who hates teldrassil!!!??? I need a strong word with them.

[@youtubecensorship842]

@@buttlerubbies747 Both zones are garbo generic purple NE tree trash. I'm glad your tree burned.

[@RPGeek]

They were brilliant

[@MRxDBT]

i am addicted to this dude i dont even play wow and still watch a tier list of the zones that are there lol wtf is wrong with me

[@MrGameonthis]

Lmao don’t feel too bad, most of his audience is the same way haha.

[@skullthunder3181]

Same

[@BionikleFG]

Croslee he got me into WoW, I just subbed for my first month and I’m enjoying the game so much

[@Brandon-yd3rk]

@@BionikleFG i hope u subbed classic bc retail is dogshit right now. Even asmon says he wouldnt play it. Just the pvp dmg numbers being wrong is game breaking. Not to mention the extensive exploits.

[@BionikleFG]

Brandon I got retail, I don’t really mind that since I never saw what it was like before, I’m sure you’re probably right that it is worse but I never experienced the old stuff so I don’t mind it

[@al5306]

My favorite part about this video is that you can really see his passion for the game. His antics are funny and he's a good player, but it's nice to see him geek out over the game like this.

[@CoolGuyGames1]

I don’t know what it is about deadwind pass but I like it. It always felt quiet and peaceful despite the dead bodies around.

[@quantapz]

I remember being terrified of going anywhere near Deadwind Pass while leveling in Duskwood. It was like a zone I shall never enter, back then.

[@hardy9429]

I was really happy when i saw it in the wow movie for some reason

[@Korvxx]

Reminded me of LOTR "Dwimorberg - The Haunted Mountain" From the Return of The King, an eerie area where none passes.

[@staplesfoley]

@Elias Frykholm wasn't it Karazhan tower and later the raid location? Was a few spots already set aside for tbc in vanilla, but yeah definitely loving the mystery parts haha our guild starting doing fun social nights with quizzes and treasure hunts etc so finding out some lore and secrets

[@MrSuperrajab]

wtf. this actually creeped me out xd. i hate the feeling of alone. and deadwind pass gives me that feelin...

[@legacy_moments]

Don’t agree with a whole lot of this but he is absolutely correct in saying Grizzly Hills is the greatest WoW zone of all time.

[@valkyriesardo278]

My most amazing and memorable moment in the game was the first time I sailed into Howling Fjord. The music was that haunting whaler instrumental. You could hear the grinding crunch of the snow pack glaciers. I stood in the bow as the ship navigated between the high cliffs of that narrow channel. There were monsters flying up above, danger in the deeps, a forbidding keep, and up ahead...safe harbor, rustic but sturdy and the NPC clad in friendly, familiar armor.

[@thomaswiedner2524]

hard fucking agree , i can remember getting there the first time and it was truly great

[@1337Jogi]

Oh god Grizzly Hills makes me sooo nostalgic. The music alone brings tears to my eyes when I am in the right mood. Just remembering running through that beautiful environment and listening to the music....gosh. For me personally WOTLK was the best expansion/the best the game ever got. Great zones, amazing music, still complex skill trees etc but already far easier instance/PVP finding and alot better for solo players compared to Classic and Burning Crusade.

[@pogo8050]

Did you play it again in classic?

[@1337Jogi]

@@pogo8050 I started again just 3-4 weeks back and just finished leveling thorugh Burning Crusade I am very much looking forward to Grizzly Hills

[@Bearodon]

The music sounds exactly like Swedish folk music and it just adds to that nostalgic beautiful feeling.

[@christerknutsen8031]

Still remember my first char in classic a tauren hunter named taurenchief and i was amazed at how big mulgore was and it was just a testament to the unimaginable size of world of warcraft at the time, he never got past level 42 though :( Moved to other prjoect / servers before settling.

[@Blamjack]

Suramar is my favorite zone of all time. It was such a cool expirience, every time I got a WQ there I went with joy.

[@scottsommers2453]

So many cool zones. Loved Grizzly Hills, Arathi Highlands and pretty much all of Northrend lol. I think my absolute best zone was Nargrand. For some reason it just made me feel good.

[@oake5869]

Top reasons why Vashj’ir is an AMAZING ZONE: 1. Nazgrim says Thrall’s Balls 2. See above 3. Sea above 4. See above

[@DC502_]

Thank you Asmon for this outstanding and engaging analysis of the world (of Warcraft). My favourite zone is Winterspring. I was pleased with the "high great" rating that you gave it. I love the snow. The trees. The yetis. My mind tells me I should make Boralus my home but my hearth belongs to Winterspring.

[@tynao2029]

one thing I always loved about Winterspring is the massive elevation changes. Snowy mountains you can actually climb up hundreds of feet (in game) if you find the right ascent path, and the little hidden nooks and crannies all over the map

[@tataririka]

My fav zones per Addon: Classic: Westfall BC: Nagrand WotLK: Grizzly Hills Cata: Mount Hyjal MoP: Valley of the Four Winds WoD: Shadowmoon Valley Legion: Suramar BfA: Drustvar

[@GodOfWar05100]

SURAMAR🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@restinginn9906]

Ghostlands was the best starting zone area in the game for me and it still is. The quests and area were second to none. It was dark, mysterious, and the quests were so engaging compared to the ones at that time. I look back on that area so fondly and don't think many can compare to it. I was an undead main back then so it's not even blood elf bias, it was just an incredible zone. I loved teaming up with people to do the harder quests. I made multiple blood elf classes just to replay that zone back in the day.

[@vic123]

Sholozar should've been comfortable sitting in the amazing tier tbh. It's super atmospheric, the questing was smooth, the titan ruins made it mysterious, the music was completely unique. Best of great tier isn't good enough for it tbh imo fam

[@naer3513]

If you look at Sholazar Basin as an individual zone its fine but it doesn't fit the Northrend mood. It's like a tropical jungle in the midle of North Pole. A litle bit of diversity is good but it's such a huge contrast. That's why I don't like it. I rate it BAD otherwise GREAT.

[@kylemussman4342]

Asmongold: “yeah man I hate the pop culture references in Uldum” Also asmon: “ungoro crater is a great zone” *literally exclusively references*

[@lostmarimo]

the draenei starting zone has a special place in my heart because i remember pretend to be sick to stay home from school, with some snacks with me and i leveled a human paladin there. so much fun. back in tbc when i was like 11

[@vsezaye]

Dude.. i was 12 and my lil bro was 7. We both pretended to be sick for a week or so, and immersed into exploring that zone together, it was fucking magical. Thank you for bringing those memories up

[@Shel230]

​@@vsezayelol same I would pretend to miss the bus to stay home and play world of warcraft

[@TheLordboki]

Zul'drak is amazing. Sure, some of the quests were bad, but the entire zone has one of a kind atmosphere. You are watching an empire collapse before your eyes coupled with quite literal, graphic zombie apocalypse. It's glorious.

[@Youtuber111-p2x]

zuldrak was ass. hated that place

[@ichirosuzuki2252]

good aesthetic, AWFUL to quest in

[@onelansou]

I didn’t play that much on WoW , i played the demo in 2004 as a troll and didn’t play again until WoD as a Tauren warrior most of the time and stopped playing after it ended , and the best memory i have from that period is when i played in Ashran vs alliance and man i was leading maybe a 100 horde players through raid messages and giving them orders like a general and they followed me until we won i was yelling at them all the time to motivate them when the final push was happening like “FOR THE HORDE” and “FOR DEATH OR GLORY WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS “ “FORWARD “ “DONT STOP AT ANY COST” and the more i send messages like these they became more nd more ferocious and we kept pushing i was in the frontline as a tauren fury warrior named GURZYL and man after we won i had to go and all the horde players begged me to stay for one more and were in love with me because i was a great leader and they felt like they were in a real war vs the alliance because the roleplay i added to my strategies, it was the most heartwarming and thrilling experience in my life playing wow for that short time, i will never forget it I’m sad that i didn’t have a recorded video of it.

[@MrGlennJohnsen]

Nagrand (TBC) and Howling Fjords (WotLK) are by far the most iconic zones in my opinion. The scenery, music, quests, lore ...all of it amazing!

[@alext6933]

I love how giving him a single dose of nostalgia changes his entire view of The Zone he's talking about

[@fibreglasscannon7518]

Guys - idk what it is about Asmon, he is just addictive to watch. He literally makes the game so much fun for me. Keep going my man hope you never stop streaming

[@seraph...4473]

Big facts

[@DingoStylz]

I loved Nazmir. Blood trolls and blood worship. Naga storming the beach. Graphics with swamp, vines and shallow water. Multiple Loa storylines. Semi-hidden caves in the zone.

[@chaleowin7732]

I started this video stating Grizzly Hills is the best zone. The music, the quests, the visuals are all top notch.

[@WH40KHero]

**When Asmon puts that Grizzly Hills ambience on** Me: **sniff** "How dare you make me cry..."

[@aliciaingamingland1549]

Hi I just started to play WoW so I am pretty fresh n00b and now I know more about zones. It was very long but entertaining and video. Thank you!!

[@ricardocalderon9823]

deadwind pass, eastern and western plaguelands... maybe even trisfal glades.. These areas always gave me the biggest sense of mystery like there is more out there to explore. I also love the spooky ambience

[@jasonlastname129]

So glad to see Scholazar Basis get recognition. I think it is one of the most interesting questing zones of all time. It's got the titan pillars giving it the warm tropical rain forest climate despite being in northrend. It has the cult destroying one pillar allowing the icecrown weather and undead to break in. The weremurloc vs weredog civil war. And a Hemet Nesingwary chain. And it's an above average looking zone of all the wilderness zone's they've done. High concept, high execution. It doesn't get much better than that. The only thing it fell short on was music.

[@zoom8772]

I think the music is awesome too

[@TotallyNotDad]

So, I just started playing wow my first wow experience was the first night classic wow actually. I've been playing retail a lot. I love hearing Asmon talk about these zones that I don't know much about. The way he talks he makes me want to play more classic, maybe I will idk I've been leveling a lot of characters in retail but obviously the way the leveling is now some of these zones are just not the same. Listening to Asmon talk about how these zones we're back in the day really makes me sad that I was not into PC gaming when I was a kid, I wish I could look back at WoW how most WoW players do, really.

[@Arrusoh]

Ok my jaw is dropped. Borean Tundra is one of my favourite zones in the entire game. But everyone I know hates it. It been put on amazing made me really happy. I am glad I am not the only one who see's how amazing the zone is.

[@whattheyourgae9627]

Lmao your dumb

[@goldfishi5776]

There's nothing boring about borean.

[@_Guraffenguru]

STV just insane, everytime i start playing i can't wait to get there!!!

[@aaronst.pierre3080]

Other than the Barren STV is probably the most iconic zone in the entire game.

[@juanmata2837]

I played on a pvp server the entire time I played wow and all of its expansions, so I know STV as stranglethorn Vietnam and for that reason its a Great zone for me.

[@TheNewton]

The editor is a champ for adding chapters, since we're all here for the starting zones, cities, stv, tarren mill, and the barrens anyway.

[@tedamburgey]

I quit the game when MoP came out. The way he talked about grizzly hills brought me back to one of the best times I ever had in the game.

[@amo5743]

AIIUserNamesInvalid how dare they put playable midgets in my game

[@tedamburgey]

@AIIUserNamesInvalid I was only into pvp when I left. I quit raiding after wotlk and only did pvp in cata. After so long it was just a race to grind to max level and do the same thing all over again for every expansion.

[@amo5743]

AIIUserNamesInvalid its just the fact you named midgets as an example of some preposterous sort of race like a space cow or a anthrophomorphic panda, considering midgets exist and we call them respectfully dwarves

[@amo5743]

AIIUserNamesInvalid you said midgets which is in reference to gnomes being irl midgets but the correct term is dwarf as midget is offensive just like the n word etc and is insensitive

[@amo5743]

AIIUserNamesInvalid but u made it seem like a midget was some otherwordly nonsensical race when comparing it to space goats and talking cows, when really they actually exist in the real world lol

[@mandykarevicius9746]

Can you rate the main cities of each race? My favorites were Undercity and Ironforge. Something about ooze and lava and being under ground just hypnotized me.

[@pooriyapoat7398]

He's gonna rate Stormwind 1st and Silvermoon last, because he is extremely biased towards alliance , and it shows in this tierlist too, which is fine because he is an alliance player after all.

[@mandykarevicius9746]

@@pooriyapoat7398 To be fair, Stormwind has epic music and Silvermoon is kind of a red and gold eyesore. I stopped playing in Pandaria so I don't know if any cities were upgraded since then.

[@pooriyapoat7398]

@@mandykarevicius9746 To each their own kind sir

[@mandykarevicius9746]

@@pooriyapoat7398 I'm a girl. No worries! Everybody has opinions!

[@IMTHATN1NJA]

Mandy Karevicius trueeeee

[@Sowells]

I agree about Vashj'ir being an amazing zone! It was unique, vast and pretty. I've always loved it and I'm glad it got an 'Amazing' rank :)

[@nolaq99]

Point with certain areas of vashj'ir is our humane fear of depths and "prehistoric creatures going around every corner" and the fact that it was mostly all grey and you were very near the imsta death fall out of world. Made every movement a damn gamble... Had to do navigate through it in some glitched parts of it on my scuffed bfa private seever where your character and half the terrain disappeared and all. And the fact that i hated depths as a kid ( fucking semi realistic images of damn sea dinosaurs made me fear that too much) and vashj'ir enbodied that for me

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

I always had a soft spot for the jungle in Feralas ... it was one of those original classic zones that really showed off what the game could look like . On a sidenote, *there should have been a "Meh" category* between "Decent" and "Bad".

[@Grivehn]

Decent is the Meh category.

[@ichirosuzuki2252]

I also loved the music in Feralas, and the Dragonkin elites gave a sense of danger to it

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

@@ichirosuzuki2252 Yeah, it was one of the better original zones.

[@stokejd]

Would love to see you do a ranking like this for every Dungeon and also a ranking of the raids in World of Warcraft. Really like your content and that you explaine way you feel the way you do of the rankings of the zones.

[@Vaios7G]

Ashenvale is easily in the amazing tier, and you could put it there just on the basis of music and atmosphere, nevermind other cool stuff like the elite dragons and the raid boss in Bough Shadow, the quest Ranae's Cleansing which throws some light on the creation of the Worgen, the quest with the Satyr where Elune herself speaks to you, the fact that you can find Mannoroth's broken polearm at Demon Fall Canyon etc. And of course, Warsong Gulch and all the epic PvP raids that went back and forth in the area.

[@NeutralDice]

45:45 HELLFIRE PENINSULA the best zone in the game. The most complete. PVE = 3 dungeons, 1 raid, 1 outdoor boss Kazaak, daily quests, separate quests for Horde and Alliance and of course the dreadful wandering Fel Reaver PVP = its 3 fortifications promote outdoor PvP Plus, it sports a very EPIC outlandish atmosphere!

[@toenailpushups8039]

Great to see the love for Grizzly Hills. Phenomenal zone.

[@fightaman7]

Honestly the vanilla zones should've had a separate tier list for pre-Cata and post-Cata

[@J0NB11O6]

Love how he said it'll take like 30 minutes to do this..... nope....

[@Defexio]

When I first started playing wow, it was right before the release of WotLK. My first character was a Draenei hunter, so Azuremyst Isle and Bloodmyst Isle hold a special place in my heart :) That said, I think for my fave it's Duskwood, with Darkshore a close second.

[@CureSmileful]

I did get emotional when rescuing npcs in Zul Drak like this one dwarf dude who saw his brother dying and couldn't do anything about it bc he was dying as well, never felt more motivated to avenge some npc.

[@DarkSpells87]

I did not expect tbh another underrating of Zul Drak. I mean, Zul Drak is literal first zone where you could see the true horrors of the Scourge, their malevolent tactics, epic tribal soundtrack, desperate deranged trolls sacrificing their gods for modicum of chance to fight off Scourge, Scourge flying fortress brought down, Loa destroying itself to avoid being sacrificed and overall fallen troll empire.

[@SaulMeyersz]

grizzly hills and nagrand to me and my guildies back then was our favorite.. to me it so much memory and joy just thinking about it now. duskwood too is great ..

[@ivogoncalvessilva6742]

Old echo isles in Durotar was one of my favourite places iwl

[@likezmoar3186]

Imo, Eversong Woods has the best Soundtrack of all WoW.

[@blackie75]

i have played wow without sound for the last 7 years lol

[@Korvxx]

It is amazing soundtrack Indeed

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

@@blackie75 poor soul

[@zechsblack5891]

Drustvar is my favorite music-wise, if I'm in the mood for deep immersion

[@staplesfoley]

I couldn't believe he put ashenvale so low for an alliance player.. Darkshore is BiS early leveling zone too

[@SweetyHeaven]

Yes YES! I was afraid that Asmon won't put Vashj'ir in amazing category but he did! Great stuff!

[@apollo2748]

I'd put Eversong Woods in amazing. Architecture is cool, music is amazing and quests were fun

[@jacobtb1]

agreed

[@zachscheel3784]

Hard agree. Ever song, Grizzly Hills & Drustvar are top 3.

[@atelophob_ia]

im sO happy im not the only one who thinks that of vashjir. i think it was the best high level cataclysm zone. great scenery, sometimes silly but also serious and interesting storyline, not super grindy quests but not necessarily too simple of quests, it was expansive and i liked the mobility it gave you once you got the seahorse because like yeah, you can fly in any zone, but because vashjir is underwater and underwater has a lot of dips and towers and plants, theres just more things to traverse in that extra y axis. I would probably think the same of a zone that was just that but a cloud city zone, but that wouldnt even come CLOSE to matching the scenery of vashjir. The scenery really sells it. Bright exotic sea plants but soft green sea grasses and kelp filler, a big bright red expanse, and a deep and dreary colored but still poppingly colored part thats supposed to be an abyss. a giant sea creature that is literally apart of the zone? amazing. beautiful.

[@slick3996]

I wish i played the game so i would know anything about this

[@RR-dq1bi]

don't do it, if you value your life and family

[@zoloftdependant5246]

wait til shadowlands

[@Blazuchan]

Well, reading wiki helps or at least follow nobble, he's a great lore master in terms of wow

[@beerisgood25]

why would you ever watch this video if you dont play wow?

[@slick3996]

@@beerisgood25 because it was in my recommended

[@mikki7522]

VASH'JIR LFG!!!! I'm so happy to see someone else show love for this zone. It's one of my favorite zones in the game, and it's so controversial. Can't wait to play classic cata.

[@kdoody5712]

ashenvale is one of my favorite classic zones.

[@IronMaidenDoD]

Ill never forget fighting with the alliance there at their lil island town as a level 23 orc warlock

[@Warothwar]

This is a solid list, just i know Nazmir isnt the best zone but its not awful. Music wise GrizzlyHills is clearly the winner the ambienté feels like a Canada holiday but i personally would say Borean Tundra has it all sl much stuff to do. Wrath Zones in generell were just amazing and some vanilla zones like Red Ridge Mountain are so well designed. This Tierlist showed us one thing - WoW has a lot of beautiful zones. Ive decided with ShadowLands Prepatch ill do the loremaster or maybe even 2 weeks before.

[@decode3667]

Bit too much of an alliance bias. Also, the belf leveling zones were amazing in so many ways.

[@albens5852]

Both fair points.

[@SgtIronbeak]

Because he plays Alliance mainly. So of course he's Alliance biased. It's opinion.

[@TheNewLooter]

Originally I played horde, then I rolled alliance and never went back. The zones were the main reason, they're just straight up superior. A joy to look at and a joy to play.

[@Voknerech10Z]

Horde sucks ass my dude.

[@shaharluxenburg4640]

Ghostlands is phenomenal

[@nenad-seguljev]

21:04 SO TRUE 31:13 my top 1 zone - DUSKWOOD 32:55 i love DUSTWALLOW MARSH - because is confusing :) 1:17:16 clost to top after mike krond story

[@JS310]

Elwyn Forest, Westfall, Duskwood and Redridge all in amazing lol I can sense some human character nostalgia coming through here

[@edreyes9874]

Yeah, hes speaking out of experience and nostalgia. My first char was a nightelf and I adore Teldrassil, Darkshore and Ashenvale.

[@pix3lle375]

Great content. Really makes you appreciate the zones again!

[@kawaiimiku1]

11:20 I love how everyone in chat is completely ignoring asmon and just jamming to the skyrim OST

[@JV-ko6ov]

A lot of the zones in wotlk are crap. I always go from howling fjord->grizzly hills->scholazar->storm peaks. With heirlooms you can skip the bad ones. Borean tundra, zuldrak, dragonblight and icecrown just look terrible, i think thats my main issue.

[@kdoody5712]

you forgot to put tirisfal glades in the amazing category. . .

[@cimex7492]

dont say "you" asmon doesnt make these vids

[@Ohnonono123]

He did put it in amazing lol

[@IronMaidenDoD]

Silverpine forest fucking sucked though.

[@unholyallen9572]

@@IronMaidenDoD nope

[@BeepBoop335]

Dude that comment about burning steppes and it making it feel like a world of warcraft hit home. That was one of my most memorable experiences in vanilla. I didn't play seriously, just level capped and god bored, but man I remember that moment 15 years later...

[@patricklandkamer5547]

you should do a dungeon tier list of every dungeon in the game

[@rinzler42069]

Teldrassil BiS. Barrow dens make you l2p. Amazing music. Beautiful scenery. The quests are all intertwined, you have the quest chain in the starting zone for the moonwells which takes you to all areas of the map, increasing in difficulty appropriately. Darnassus music amd visuals also good. Only thing that sucks is you can't mine (Yeah it's a tree, we get it)

[@zbidimohamed8457]

Hi asmongold, i have 2 month watch your stream, i love your vidéos and i love world of war craft but i dont have pc , so i watch from my phone your stream wish some day i well buy pc and i well played again. Thank you .

[@lucasletieri8735]

Do it, Zbidi Mohamed!

[@sunsage3754]

Swamp of Sorrows has a special place in my heart. My first 40 mount in Vanilla way back in the day is because of there. I randomly went there through Deadwind just wandering and found blindweed. So much blindweed. This was shortly after bgs were implemented so do the math.

[@Jeremywaters94]

"Head to Head 1v1 vs Ragnaros" LOL dont mind Malfurion and his whole posse.

[@okidoll]

Aw yes, Exhaulted with Winterspring for that cat mount as well as "They grow up so fast" from Un'Goro for the raptor mount.

[@bookbm]

On my 11th tooth! I just make sure and hearth at the inn at Gadgetzan. Saves a long trip

[@grodondo577]

Love how at the very start of the video, there is one person saying "2 hour video Pog"

[@BossInvader1]

Azuremyst Isle has been my favorite music and ambience since I first went there when BC launched and I made my first Draenei.

[@xenophone2317]

I'm shocked by the dislike for Ashenvale, easily one of my favorite zones in Classic. Probably the most visually stunning, plus some beautiful music. A huge zone, it had one of my favorite lower level dungeons, and it had Warsong Gulch! Plus, it was basically the first zone you start getting into pitched fights on PvP. Love Ashenvale!

[@tynao2029]

it's just the pathing and terrain is quite difficult to navigate without a 40% mount at least. Although the lore and zone, music etc is beautiful for sure

[@lonewanderer2774]

As a regular Asmon viewer and having never played wow, this is a great video to fall asleep to

[@narwhal1724]

Feat of Strength: Timestamp all the Zones

[@1michu458]

I havent played WoW since a year, its nice to get some nostalgia from this vid

[@RandomVideosOfNoConsequence]

I remember playing this game ten years ago as a *said with Vork's voice* casual player (my God, the horror!) But the sheer level of detail Asmongold shares for every single zone is truly astounding.

[@ce8539]

I never felt more threatened in vanilla than questing and mining in UnGoro Crater. I love the vibe of that place, the swamps, dinosaurs, apes and crystal caves. The shoddy little hubs and super fun quests.

[@cjtheejuic3839]

Nazmir and zuldazar are by far the 2 best zones of the expac. Asmon clearly never quested horde side in BFA. Those zones are packed with cool areas and put the alliance ones to shame even drustvar to an extent.

[@schm1596]

Glad someone else likes Azshara :) I spent the night before Cata Classic dropped wandering around zones I loved that would be fundamentally changed forever, and Azshara was the biggest one.

[@Nitrix77]

Can't disagree with Grizzly Hills being the best.

[@judmac1]

I don't know why and I must be in the minority, but ZANDALAR is my favourite zone in wow, and the zone I always level characters up in. I love the music, I love the zandalari troll race and armour, the portside markets and lower city, the seclusion to the outside world, I love the aesthic combination of Aztec ruins/dinosaurs/exotic jungle. To me, it's like living inside an adventure film like 'Avatar'.

[@BDCMatt]

Grizzly Hills always been the best, always will be.

[@zerggy4946]

„Yeah i‘ll be done with this in 30min, i‘ll do it quick“ ends up rating Zones for 2h LULW

[@doomwolf7963]

My favourite zone ever is Wetlands, just standing in Menethil Harbor and looking over the snowy mountain peaks of Ironforge in the distance , just amazing, also there is a simplicity about classic zones that retail newer zones don’t have , there is something special about them idk

[@CreamyClaws]

Am I the only one who liked leveling in Blade's Edge Mountains? Sure it was no Netherstorm but I enjoyed the quest progression and visuals quite a bit.

[@blackie75]

yes, you're the only one

[@Tuber-sama]

1:42 I think Antoran Wastes was supposed to be awful. Danger could appear from everywhere, even from the fire in the floor. There is the capital of the Burning Legion, makes perfectly sense to be awful, annoying and dangerous. It's one of my favorite zones because of that.

[@pt9373]

He really did Dun Morogh dirty. Not an absolutely amazing zone, but I think it's definitely great. Has the right amount of spread out for me. I also like old zones more for the fact that you seem more like an explorer trying to survive and killing normal animals, and not like flying on a warship slaying dragons with 30 generals by your side calling you the savior of azeroth.

[@meistersam]

do people remeber that the final quest in ghostland in the south was basicly an outdoor 5 man dungeon back in bc i realy liked that, also the mini questline that started here where you would bring the locket to silvanas and she would start singing the song? for the time that was one of the best feelings that as a low lvl player you would start an event that all other players in the throne room could listen too.

[@sylermran]

first great was grizzly hills like ayy best zone in wrath solely on ascetic and music