I'm tanking as a new player on Hardcore Classic WoW

[@J1mmy]

Check out the Best PCs in the Universe including the Limited Edition OSRS Collab at: starforgepc.com/J1mmy 🤠 (I'M MAKING IT TO 60 WITHOUT DYING, I AM GREAT AT THIS GAME).

[@arabiancandybar]

Nah, I'm good bro.

[@Wildmarshmellow]

if you play classic as warrior you will be made to tank. just how it goes.

[@trevordonato4564]

Keep doing these videos how you've been doing them they are awesome!

[@Katharsisa]

Keep it up. Your editing is phenomenonal

[@wyatt5542]

i love this series. it doesn't matter if you know what you are doing because what you are doing is awesome!

[@Barny64]

CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW MY WAILING CAVERNS PERSPECTIVE IN 2026

[@SetariM]

Barny, where bideo barny

[@JJJBunney001]

2026 is very optimistic of you Maddy, I was expecting 2028 at the earliest

[@leibsis]

Barny, wheres video baaarny?

[@Leekyism]

2026? Eager beaver.

[@theblackshawarma3605]

New video when?

[@IgotLuckee]

i know very little about Runescape and nothing about WoW but this man has me in his grasp and I can't escape

[@kilerx48]

I dont know you, but your comment grabed me.

[@kingdavey90]

I wish someone would grab me... 😮‍💨😒😏

[@wiseoldowl1628]

i dont know either of yall, but can you grab me

[@richmarrero1313]

I dont know yall either but my window may be unlocked if yall wanna come grab me.

[@shenandoahwildcat]

Shhhhhhhh Shhhhhhhh

[@DaddyDeagz]

"must be a gift shop nearbyyyy" has me in tears

[@BasicForest]

the delivery of "30% faster than the average troll" followed by him crouching is pure gold

[@garneet]

it has me dying it sounds like something jake would say

[@kuivia]

was scrolling to comments for that lmfao, the absolute timing of people with the staff just running by at that moment was too funny 🤣🤣

[@TunaTales]

Yea its funny, but if you had to listen to that shit for more than 5 minutes your head would spin.

[@ethankankula5630]

😂😂😂

[@dvsaleios]

Let me get this straight. Jimmy has gone to WoW. Madseason has gone to OSRS. Did we cross timelines again?

[@jamesn3122]

They'll both team up to play StarWars Galaxies 2 someday

[@iCantEditBro]

The dream

[@Napoleann]

This is the new season of Marvel's "What If"

[@PaupersSerenade]

Dr. Bones is honestly the best. Hearing him at low volume in the background is hilarious

[@nj5374]

Love him so much, has me absolutely cracking up haha

[@shenananagins9721]

jimmy out here proving you can still make content out of wow. Its crazy to me how much better osrs content creators are compared to content creators for other games. EDIT: This blew up so I would like to clarify. I am not just comparing wow and osrs, or trying to hype Jimmy (even though I love his content). But if you compare Mammal, Boaty, Framed, Soup, Settled, or even lesser viewed osrs streamers like Virtoso and Tanzoo to another games content creators there's a clear gap in video editing and entertainment value. Other games I play like POE, EFT, AoC, the content created by their communities streamers doesn't seem to come close. RedGalbot may be right in that its because OSRS is a boring game so the streamers need to put in the work elsewhere, but it shows when those streamers move to other games.

[@RedGalbot]

OSRS isn't exactly an interesting game to watch, but it creates interesting stories. So to make content for OSRS you have to learn how to make mundane actions compelling, which is exactly what you want for this style of content.

[@markt2609]

@@RedGalbotprecisely put, necessity is the mother of innovation. If they don’t give you much to work with and you build a cathedral YOU’RE the art!

[@jamesf4423]

Jimmys content is more personality focused, he could play literally anything and people would watch because people tune in for him at this point and less so for the specific game.

[@TheBigZUnit]

What is osrs?

[@EvilGoatBoy]

WoW players don't want the extra fluff and bullshit extended intro etc, we just want you to get to the clips of the gameplay or talk numbers. We'll sit and watch a 3 hour video from the perspective of a healer with bad techno looping the entire time if they're killing bosses or PvPing. OSRS is a paper airplane to WoW's model rocket.

[@oofbigtime4175]

I imagine quite a few folks who otherwise would be alone 12/24-12/25 have a little bit better of a holiday with this latest vid, thanks J1m

[@Kingtigran04]

Jimmy is discovering that as soon as you make a warrior in WoW you WILL be forced to tank regardless of waht all previous plans were

[@butterphli3z]

lmao his slow realization of it was really funny

[@georgeholland5052]

I've been in LFG watching 3 warriors spam for dps roles because they are too scared to do the job they were build for. put that shield on and go pay my repair costs.

[@ahiowehfiowjit]

It’s a waste otherwise. Who tf is going to respectfully take a dps warrior over literally anything else that actually provides value. Hunter / mage gap in DPS let alone the CC they provide. If you want to be melee dps better to go enhancement shamen. At least with that you get wind fury + wind fury totem. Or rogue.

[@hamahamamies]

Imagine dps war rolling for tanks loot xd

[@MultiMelodia]

​@@ahiowehfiowjit enhancement shammy? Why's the shaman doing meme specs? That shaman better be healing. Joking aside, warriors are the best DPS in the game. Claiming it's a waste is missing the mark completely.

[@-sk8-437]

that first skit with the staff was so cartoonishly fun.

[@cagethelonewolf]

There's actually a place you cwn buy fakes

[@BlapwardKrunkle]

When he starts walking “30% faster” it killed me 🤣

[@koaglide]

good edit

[@lowforward]

See the weird thing about Classic WoW tanking (when leveling as a Warrior) is it's generally better to tank with Arms because of the fact that it's really fucking hard to maintain aggro on pulls if you don't do damage. So generally it's just a lot better for you to just put on Defensive stance and spam Sunder Armor/Cleave/Revenge over and over again. And even if you are gonna be using Sword and Shield to be safe on some bosses (like the big giant thing in WC), it's still better to just spec into Arms for more damage, rage and threat. Peeps generally only start to spec a bit into Protection when they reach lvl 60 or are close to it. Up to you if you want to put a couple of points in it.

[@mikebike8371]

spam battle shout

[@andromidius]

Not to mention Arms gets okay defensive talents early on. Sure, Parry isn't the best - but its something that helps you get deeper into the tree.

[@Kirchhoffs]

I've only seen hardcore death compilations. This is giving a whole new insight. I don't think I'd ever wanna try this but watching and learning with you is real fun.

[@Sam-es2gf]

Hey jimmy. As someone who has played a lot of warrior in classic wow both old and new(er), the answer to "am i a tank?" while levelling is yes. Unless you happen to make a rare type warrior/druid friend, nobody else will want to do it. Also being horde, no other warrior in group means firstly you get all the mail, then you get all the plate. :) There's no point in respeccing protection though. The benefits are minimal compared to having tactical mastery (in arms) for tanking and the extra damage that comes from your other arms/fury talents for rage/threat. The hardest part about tanking while levelling is generating rage and holding threat. Having tactical mastery lets you charge and be able to swap stances in combat without losing all your rage. You're aiming to be efficient with rage as mobs don't hit hard enough to give all the rage you want until much later. With infinite rage, sunder + heroic strike build the most threat. When you're rage starved (most of levelling) aim to prioritise revenge and (if you have improved) overpower in between sunders and NOT use heroic strike unless you are rage capped (heroic strike changes your "white" hit to a "yellow" hit, so you don't get rage from attacking). Demoralising shout is surprisingly good at reducing damage taken while levelling and situationally you may need thunder clap and mocking blow (as emergency taunt) which are both battle stance only. Last but not least, on bosses you want to aim to hit (and maintain) 5 stacks of sunder armour as it's the best debuff to increase damage in the game. When I first played WoW there weren't really any guides or outside sites, so I had to learn as I went. However, it wasn't hardcore. Said it in the last one as well but gl jimmy. Also, if you value your life, stay out of Uldaman. It's a trap.

[@CLoZe14]

Idk what you said but I'm sure jimbo can benefit since he is invested.

[@andromidius]

Or do Uldaman but with the express plan with the group that you skip the last boss until you're a few levels higher. Otherwise the dungeon is fine to do - but whoever decided Archaedas should be a full three levels higher then anything else in the dungeon and also be untargetable before pull (thus you don't know he's level 47) was sadistic.

[@GOAChinguun]

Dantes and Jimmy on wow together was not on my 2024 bingo card but I’m here for it

[@slashr101]

Glad I'm not the only one, this is beyond a fever dream

[@bugsbugsbugsbugsbugsbugsbugs]

same

[@masnkorvface13]

i didn't believe it until i heard dantes voice to be honest

[@Katharsisa]

Awesome !

[@ManOfParody]

"A spot just opened up in wailing caverns" just absolutely floored me

[@Sunbro413]

"am I a tank?" Yes. This is the fate of any class that has a tank spec. Because you, as warrior, also happen to be the best tank classic-era (for horde at least, pally will cry) this curse is actually tripled so that even if you're questing with randoms they will expect you to hold aggro like it's a raid.

[@Sunbro413]

Also as far as going prot talents, it might help until around 40ish, but there is a tank build you can respec into around that lvl (depending on gear) that only puts like 5 points in prot or something. Basically when you get full build you'll have enough built-in damage resistance that it's better to talent towards damage so you can actually hold aggro.

[@Foamy01]

Warrior in HC = Tank. Simple as.

[@Sunbro413]

@@Foamy01 TL:DR Warrior = Tank

[@Foamy01]

@@Sunbro413 Not really, in nonHC servers there are loads of warriors, so you dont have to ever really tank (you should cause its good skill to have and easy) but HC has drastically less warriors

[@froncedeponce2769]

From the moment a warrior picks up their first weapon, they are a tank.

[@RandomlyRantful]

Dr. Bones yelling a bunch of random shit during stressful situations is what this is all about

[@Yamtaggler]

I'm so invested in the story of Dr. Bones, he's like the main character of these videos

[@kingdavey90]

Level 17 deadmines is crazy

[@koryk5740]

My dude, I think you may underestimate some folks appetite for longer form vids. You make Awesome content. Can’t wait for the next episode!

[@LuMnOsITi]

17:28 this is really good editing, I've been wanting to see WoW videos with edits like this. Also you are a good tank, fast and accurate uses of taunt, you will learn the rest no problem, if you want to ONLY level in dungeons then spec tank, otherwise make some sort of hybrid build if you can. You're doing very well for a beginner.

[@naurmael]

I've never played RuneScape but your personality and humor made all your RuneScape content enjoyable to someone like me. Now my patience has paid off because this is the content for me baby let's go

[@DaveGreco]

as a long time wow player and brand new osrs player.. im so in love with this series.

[@Corvanicus]

J1mmy, your WoW content is a breath of fresh air. I've watched your By Release content as it has come out, and I love that you've kept the same vibes in your WoW experience. Your editing of dungeon experiences is some amazing nostalgia from when I played back in Vanilla and BC. Showing some leveling experiences while questing would be great to see, but I'm loving just seeing you experience the dungeons as a newbie back when I was. It helps to have guildies like OnlyFangs to partake in it. A mixture of WoW veterans and newbies makes this so much more fun to watch. If you don't feel confident in a dungeon run, stick with your gut. It will keep you alive longer than most on this server. Keep up the great content. Merry Christmas brother.

[@SpicySharp]

26:08 the format is amazing. I love it. It’s so fun to watch new players play the game with such excitement and just having fun with it like I did 20 years ago

[@ericwood3709]

Actually, there are friendly NPCs for Horde in Westfall. The ghost at the lighthouse hands the same quests out to Horde as he does to Alliance, and there is a hidden Defias vendor upstairs in the Moonbrook inn who is friendly to both factions.

[@mr.brightsouls7861]

THIS is what hc is all about! Thank you for sharing this awesome journey! I only got into hc when it was released and before then I played Lich King. I hope you continue to have fun and experience the game at YOUR own pace! Great instincts and great gameplay! you're a natural!

[@hazardpay8560]

The roleplay in these videos is great you are doing fantastic with this series, don't second guess yourself

[@julkohon]

Sput is a perfect combination of annoying and loveable, they are a great companion in this series!

[@Kottery]

The absolute perfect timing of the rando running by with his own Staff of Orgrimmar seconds after Dr. Bones showed off his very special and unique new staff

[@BunnehGaming]

These episodes have been immensely entertaining LOL Keep listening to your instincts J1mmy

[@3EyeWand3r3r]

I hope you and Barney keep doing content together. Two of my favorite content creators.

[@alexmorgan1667]

A tip for tanking and aggro mechanics in general: pulling a mob with taunt doesnt give you a high threat value. If you have active aggro, taunt wont give you much more threat to maintain aggro. A taunt ability will give you the current highest threat + 10% more. So if a healer grabs some aggro because they cast a spell, you could probably peel that off with a sunder attack pretty reliably, but if a hunter sends a huge Aimed shot crit and pulls off you, youll have to taunt to catch up to that aggro. Spamming sunder armor is what you want to do when you initate a fight to build up a good threat value on that target. Be careful in Shadowfang keep! if you're below level 23, you -will- facepull stuff from the upper balcony in the tower, and also, the last boss's magic hits like a truck and has mind control

[@JustPlainAwfulStreams]

I found you through your first WoW video. This series has truly been a joy. The birth of a baby tank is genuinely a sight to behold. Thank you for taking the chance on this.

[@Kain541204]

I really appreciate having something to listen to for wow content other than wow platinums lore videos or pints old wow adventure videos. The video is nicely made intercut with gameplay and post analysis which i really like in terms of gameplay content. Keep it up j1mmy. You got a new subscription from me!

[@cosmicwonderer6269]

Oh and for Flutten at the end, pressing the attack button or wand attack (defaulted 1 on character create) or right clicking a mob after your target is dead, or if you have no target will target anything right in front of you and attack it. Guessing that's what happened, unfortunate but useful for melee classes as pressing a melee ability in front of pack will auto target

[@PureDefenders]

Right off the bat, the intro edit is so good. Part of why I love watching you is because of the effort and clear enjoyment you have of just making good content

[@mogullll]

this entire series has been my favourite wow series since barny and uberdanger's, please keep it up

[@InsertYourself1]

That VanCleef fight took longer than i am used to. Good job Jimmy that was heart pounding🔥

[@_chris_teal]

So excited about this kinda content Jim. Absolutely LOVE this shit and I don't even play WoW but I'm sure the WoW community is happy they have someone doing content like this 😂

[@joecherry114]

such a good video. keep it up jimmy and be safe. warriors are very scary until late game. youll probably have to tank all the way to 60 but once you get there you can switch over to fury or arms and wreck the dps meters. good luck, i look forward to the content

[@Alvadar65]

You say you dont know how to make a WoW video, but you damn sure know how to make a J1mmy video, and thats exactly why I am here, no matter the game

[@mav9258]

As someone who grew up playing both RuneScape and WoW, I have to say you're creating some of the most entertaining WoW content I've seen in a long time. Amazing work Jimmy! Looking forward to the next video, keep it up!

[@erickchristensen746]

LMFAO! What an ending to the video haha. From now on the two of them are going to sweat whenever they see any kind of horse-like enemy again...the PTSD will be real

[@gearhead417]

Yeah these videos have been such a treat as someone who does not care about playing Hardcore WoW but you and your friends make it so entertaining.

[@paletyam]

To improve the information in the partyframes you have an option in interface > raidframes > and then theres an uption to show resource bars like mana and rage. So we can see the mana situetion for healers etc. Also in Wailing cavers "follow the mushrooms".

[@PisstachioDisguisey]

HOLY SHIT WHAT AN ENDING LMAO!

[@H4ZM4TT]

This series is great! I played vanilla wow back in the day and I’m loving this trip down memory lane. The group dynamic is really awesome too

[@thorinpeterson6282]

These videos feel very true to the vague feelings that everyone experiences when they first get into classic WoW. Really fun to watch. Do not ever stop.

[@MDCGaming87]

This is absolute cinema. Give this man ALL the subs.

[@rb1051]

ITS HERE saving for later

[@DeanCutsforth]

Sincerely brilliant content. Your little in-game vignettes feel so 'Old school KZbin' also. Thank you!

[@jareddoesstuff358]

It's weird that the streamer meta is to jump off the Tirisfal zeppelin just to save like 60 seconds of extra swimming but risk falling onto rocks. I've been doing that jump for 20 years from Durotar and have never had a single death on the way to Deadmines.

[@benmorgan7331]

Hearing you say you’re gonna be here making videos all the way to 60 is the best gift of Christmas, thank you Jimmy Such an excellent video, great RP and intelligent gameplay, love it!

[@kingdavey90]

Wagwalnut with the Role-playing 😂

[@blueguitarthings4722]

Dude, you’re making me want to play hardcore wow. I played wow for years and never played hc but just installed osrs for the first time this week because of your videos. You make everything so damn fun

[@xylune9684]

Sput is my favorite character in this series, may he never die

[@20alpha90]

This was possibly the best WoW video I've ever watched right up there with Barney's classic series.

[@jakedel1711]

OMG a Christmas Miracle!!! a J1mmy Video babe come quick!

[@Lostyron]

Great video man ! The editing is so nice. As a "veteran" furytank player it's so fun to watch where this journey is going. Can't wait to see the next step and more tonk action I hope !

[@Footghoster]

I love to tell you j1immy. If youre the only brown in the group. You are the tank. Fuck the prot tree, make sure to get tactical mastery 5/5 in arms, and Sweeping Strikes at 30. (respec if you ever misclicked IMO). Make sure you have decent armor+stamina on your gear and you will not die if your healer is awake. Charge-Tclap-dstance-demo is the rotation to live. make sure you have a shield + one hander in your bag at all times, preferably macroed to swap(and back to 2h). dont use the shield whenever you feel safe, your threat will suffer alot, but also swap as soon as you ever feel like you have decent threat or feel unsafe. dont hesitate with your shield swap macro and shield wall. Most importantly of all: remember you get TONS of rage when you tank. its awesome. gl man. lm rooting for you

[@Footghoster]

and remember to keep your ONE HANDED WEAPON SKILL up to date to whatever dungeon you are tanking and dont forget ammo for ranged pulling. (shoot bow and hide to get mobs back instead of charge in)

[@Jenniferentrance]

dr bones once again carrying this video what's the @??

[@floodsurfer]

ttv/sput

[@patdawan1304]

crazy how youre so connected to wow community now & all the content creators love it jimmy, im a big osrs guy for 20 years started wow when classic relaunched few years ago an ive been loving these videos brother keep them coming

[@strady0]

Crazy to see how much J1mmy evolved from his runescape skits to all he has done recently, been loving it. I do miss the silly skits cant lie.

[@alltimelow1192]

this is hands down the best WoW content out right now, this is top tier, please please please more of this

[@jamieBAWSOOT]

Genuinely loving these videos. Inspired me to try fresh classic hardcore myself. Super fun to hear everyone Rping and just having fun while also being terrified haha

[@CQilin420]

great series keep it up. the best wow play thru ever so far

[@Dre4m5]

I'm loving the videos. I was super excited to watch your journey through deadmines and can't wait for the rest of this series!

[@Instilli]

Incredible content, that Swiftmane pull was wild. Appreciate it's tiring but it shows in how well these are coming out!

[@pheonixwrath951]

25:20 the "s-stop celebrating... STOP CELEBRATING" was so raw and emotional it felt like the tragedy during the moment of release in a movie this is.. ABSOLUTE CINEMA

[@Vanislander]

I’ve played Wow on and off since 2006 and never felt comfortable tanking because of knowing the way people lose it when you do one thing wrong. I wish I could find a group of guildies like you to have the patience to allow me to learn. Love your videos it’s so refreshing and funny.

[@supersaiyan285]

I love the format of these videos they’ve been so fun to watch

[@johnkillingsworth5135]

This was WoW entertainment GOLD, ty for having Barny64 along.

[@braemate]

Just got to the interlude, take your time with the videos, barny literally took years to release his 2019 classic content and it still is one of the best wow series on YT, yours can and will be the same! Loving the journey so far

[@ccarvalho99]

Infinitely more interesting and engaging than 90% of WoW classic content, keep at it!

[@cameronthan]

I found you via the watchers of the first WOW video. Love the work, its hilarious. Keep at it J1mmy

[@Drakksy]

Dr. Bones is the main character. Jimmy's great supporting cast, though.

[@nuqirs]

Loving this series so much man. Big osrs guy, who is also playing classic wow right now.

[@jonezy911L]

Been really fun to watch mate, hope to keep watching your wow videos

[@hookemup9216]

What you said at the end is great. Idc how long it takes for you to progress through wow. The videos are enjoyable and fun thats all that matters. If u had questions on tanking you could ask in the guide or dc or soda/sardaco/ahmpy some others that are good. But basically you usually go Arms/fury talent wise, 2h bigger dmg and more rage especially when you get sweeping strikes. But you just spam cleave and thunder clap and demo shout and sunders. Most ppl dont go sword and board prot spec but if you like that for w/e reason do that. You will do less dps which also = less aggro held but as long as its not a problem for grp your in and every1 is aware then its fine.

[@cadanedwards8719]

your twist on wow videos is loved and needed

[@xden]

All arms and a little bit of fury is ideal for tanking at low levels. But I don't recommend tanking as a new player if you aren't comfortable or don't know/trust your healer. But otherwise you look like a tank to me. Get a weapon/shield swap macro to swap to a shield when you're taking a lot of damage and then back to your two hand for threat and you're golden. Also these videos are dope. Keep em comin. Refreshing to see a wow content creator put a lot of work into making it cinematic and detailing the RP experience.

[@ahiowehfiowjit]

Good luck! Dope vid, love the journey

[@thomasryan7987]

I watch a tremendous amount of RS and have never played, I watch very little wow content and have almost 400 days collectively played over the past 20 years of my life. This is the First time I've ever seen a prog series in wow. Legit mean this that Jim, you may legit change the content creation sphere in wow with this series forever.

[@jeremycrockett604]

This was great man! I have never been so entertained by wow content.

[@martynasgudukas3305]

Very enjoyable videos ! Got me into wow classic. Dont stop great content.

[@veksar]

That was fantastically fun. Great editing.

[@BillPickle]

"I invented this strat" as you're out there doing it, absolutely perfect.

[@rubesjames9733]

J1mmy dude these videos are amazing, I know it must be so hard to complete these while also streaming/levelling but honestly they’re so worth it! Great job man!

[@Centrifuze]

12:06 Dawg, as someone who's been tanking since like 2009, let me tell you... It's the easiest job EVER. You don't have to worry about your DPS or anything like that. Literally all you have to do is make sure that everything is attacking you and not your friends. EMBRACE THE TANK!

[@yoslo6832]

Incredible journey I will be tuning back in

[@PhotonMonkey]

Hey J1mmy nice video, when tanking your sunder armor, apell can stack up to 5 times on the boss, so press it more often it generates a lot of threat!

[@William-9443]

11:37 - No. You just arbitrarily picked the wrong/hardest class at the start, and it's not too late to change your mind, and start over with something easy and fun, so your friends will no longer cornhole you into the hardest and most stressful role of all.

[@dabush6380]

Great video. Love the group, looks like you guys are having fun, and that really makes the game in my opinion. Revenge, and Sunder Armor while in defensive stance creates the most threat.

[@marlothepizzalord881]

J1mmy, as an old world of warcraft player, i know the class in the game was called warrior, but the actual name of the class is Tank. as a warrior you will always be expected to pick up tanking if needed. hope that helps :D and yes you did tank that one good job

[@maapaa2010]

Thanks Jimmy for coming classic and showing the snubs how to make videos! Your material is top notch!

[@mikemorrow2157]

Embrace the Tank. Just remember to unbind everything but the S key. Tanks only press W. Its a rule.

[@val2848]

so glad we got a new vid for the holidays ty jemmy nyessssss

[@Quagelll]

Embrace the not wanting to be the tank but always being the tank.

[@snowflan4567]

fun to see new players play the game and i love the barny mentor arc :D