WoW Basics With Preach - Movement

[@karlopostrimovski]

This series hits different given Preach swapped his profession to the floor inspector.

[@skkim0217]

"It is pretty opaque."

[@cosmicwonderer6269]

He knows a thing or two because he's done a thing or two.

[@wreno17]

Preach: Today we're going to look at movement while performing. My Wife: Take notes.

[@Wooblidoo]

Extra movement tip - You can do backflips on flying mounts with W + Insert on the keyboard

[@6105boe]

Extra extra movement tip - You can fly upside down and stay upside down (and make your character model go into terrain) if you stop pitching up when you're upside down and don't use the right mouse at all. With a disc flying mount like Red Flying Cloud you can completely make your character disappear this way.

[@Kris-Rose]

VIDEO SUGGESTION: Hi Preach. I love these learning videos. I've been watching and going back over my basics. Keep up the great work!! My suggestion is a video to train casters and healers to RUN TO THE TANK when they pick up aggro. Learning this especially as a healer certainly made my life easier. I am sure you have seen as I have, that when some casters/healers pick up a mob they panic and run around like a chicken or just stand there and get hit. I didn't know what to do in this situation until someone told me; Dude.. just take it to the tank. After a bit of conscious training it became second nature to run into melee and aggro drop whenever I picked something up. As a priest I would fade. Works like a charm :)

[@Shadoww2309]

Thanks for the video again! I know melee dps is usually different because you mostly have instant cast abilities. However, the closest tip that I think should be brought up is: you can move during your ability's animation. I have no idea if this is completely obvious for newer players, but it looks like the kind of thing that may not be intuitive. As soon as you press the button, you can move. It's especially good to know for long animations, like Rampage on Fury Warriors. Even if your character is swinging their arms around, you don't need to wait for the animation to be done to move.

[@Tristana.Keauna]

of the Basics - this has been your best video so far. More in-depth than the others, and you showed us examples. More of this!

[@mrborgeusborg1541]

Even if melee is alot easier to move and do damage, I think a video about that could also be useful. "why run to the left, away from the boss to avoid a frontal that just change direction, walk through the boss and turn around" Also run out last possible second and step/charge/horse/fel rush back in. Was also missing: What abilities can you cast to make you able to move fast? Shamans have a 2min CD that makes you able to cast on the move?? I dunno if that is useful, but was something I thought about. Keep up the good work! It's great. Even as a "decently good player" it's always good to read up on basics. For me it was maybe 10% new stuff I learned from this video. And that is still 10%!

[@noxyoshi]

I look forward to utility spells and abilities. And personal defensives People ignore them so much

[@devinmccahey4754]

preach would make such a good teacher

[@mennovanberkel8071]

He already IS 😲

[@beswick1306]

Could you do a video on positioning? Good positioning is, as a healer, one of the biggest clues that someone knows what they're doing when i see them play. Standing in a position to maximise their damage and minimise their damage taken. For example, if you know a boss or a pack will have to move in a certain direction you can move ahead of it to get more time hard casting. Things like standing in healing rain or standing close to help healers out on high group damage fights, and spreading out before a quaking happens, not during the cast, or you can move on your terms during your iinstant casts so that you don't lose dps.

[@Haytur]

I love this series I think this is helpful to a lot of new players. I think I’m the future a in-depth look at improving rotation and dos via correctly using Warcraft logs and Sim I have been playing from wrath and still don’t have the best understanding of those tools as I want.

[@KaX321]

the good ol muscle memory, i remember back in wotlk days, watching a swifty vid using training dummys to train exactly that.

[@HavocHounds1988]

On my Destruction Warlock I will sometimes use conflag while moving or I'll even drop a rain of fire while moving just to put some damage on the boss.

[@skarakirios]

Preach on his shammy: "If i have no other spell to press i will just refresh flame shock" Frost Shock: "Am I a joke to you?" Just kidding, keep up the good work with those basic videos

[@DaWoWzer]

basics addons is desperately needed, the amount of people who consider them unnecessary or cheating is astounding

[@amouramarie]

Yeah, if you don't like them, that's a valid reason. Okay, it's your gametime. But it's not unfair and it's not cheating - Blizzard has stated they actively design the game assuming people will have certain addons, like DBM. Playing _without addons_ is now not playing the game the way it's designed to be played.

[@LukeStrife]

Pretty good guide for casting while moving, but to me the topic of movement is a much larger umbrella. I half expected general tips on when to move in fights and where, when to use movement abilities etc. Would like to see another video about movement that explores the subject further than only addressing caster movement. Enjoying this series though, happy to see it keep going :)

[@hristopavlov298]

This applies to melee aswell. And you have those videos on his channel already

[@andrevachon1616]

@@hristopavlov298 it doesn't apply to melee at all? you can do all your atacks while strafing back and forth as melee

[@Snagprophet]

Something I like to do with balance druid is to disengage and do a star surge or one of my dots as I fly through the air while also moving further. Dash should really be the panic button in comparison if you think you're going to die. Although with the cast while moving while Starfall is up talent probably negates this a bit

[@astrealove1]

As a Tank/Melee player, I can almost always move on they fly, however when I play caster DPS, I find that to be way harder, this is very useful.

[@noscoooper]

Old shadow priest was very good for training movement because of the instant cast every 3 global, balance druid is also nice to train your movement as dps

[@deathbower]

Preach: Cast spells while moving Ranged: *taking notes* Melee: well...yeah

[@Swordart2022]

Loving this series xD

[@VanceTwitch]

I never realized that 1pm my time was video release time, woot!

[@Legionthecomrade]

Using your keyboard is a very good first step!

[@xcal6532]

when is the in-depth floor inspection guide?

[@Veolynn13]

tbh i don't actually play WoW anymore. I only watch these because Preach uploads them and they seem like they'd be applicable to SWTOR as well.

[@amiablereaper]

I don't go here but this is a widely applicable skill taught well

[@TminuS34]

Ahhhh, Org training dummies. Feels right to be listening to Preach while he's there.

[@davidbarky1046]

When I first started WoW, I was told to learn my ABC; Always Be Casting

[@ruike-anders]

nice hair regrowth! looking good!

[@pfshack2101]

I'm a fairly seasoned raider and moving during a GCDs is brilliant. Normally I just spam instacast spells while moving, but I can definitely work on stutter stepping.

[@BuftyFufties]

Thank you for this guide, didn't know about stutter stepping

[@cas6382]

Great video, greater hair

[@vintagetimmy1893]

Preach, you're looking good bro!

[@Jormungrandrserpent]

You should also mention that strafe running is better than backpedaling. I learn this from Swifty when he used to be WoW heavy, backpedaling is actually really bad for movement its better to strafe not only because its faster but you can avoid getting dazed by strafing. My S key now functions as keybind for abilities and my backpedaling is completely unbound.

[@Sonum131]

"Stutter stepping for leisurely amount of time, ghost wolf for going from A to B fast" - Spiritwalkers Grace: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@Scarage21]

This so much. Goes on a shaman to talk about movement but doesn't mention spiritwalkers once *triggered*

[@zenspeed404]

@@Scarage21 Well, it's meant to be a guide for *everybody*, right? So you learn stutter stepping, you learn how to move, you apply that to all classes because those are the basics and fundamentals. *Then* you learn about Spiritwalker's Grace - which is only available to shaman. The thing is, though, it's a cooldown, so you can't always use it, so if you really want to maximize the benefits and only use it when you really need to, guess what you have to learn first? Gotta teach the newbs how to breathe before they can swim.

[@pmkaboo2446]

good stuff overall, just wouldve loved to hear a bit about positioning, like how its always important to move over to the tank, or behind him, when you get aggro, especially in dungeons.

[@SYL3NZR]

i mean at some point u have to have a cutoff for basics, do we cover turning the PC on and how to start wow? where does common sense kick in

[@pmkaboo2446]

@@SYL3NZR i mentioned that because preach made a point of how its important to minimize movement, which can easily make people think that its solely the tanks job to run all over the place and try to pick up everything. also from my experience this is one of the most common mistakes in normals, which is also the place where youd find most inexperienced people.

[@MoonTiger88]

Even more basic thing when it comes to movement: Rebind A and D to strafing instead of turning. Once you get used to this, your performance will be so much better and can get 2 more buttons close to WASD to use for your spells, Q and E.

[@kurumi9755]

Or just hold down right mousebutton, thats what i do. I tried rebinding A and D but it ain't for me since i was using right mousebutton so much it felt weird.

[@edbrooke75]

This is the area that I need the most work on. This expansion is the first time I have been playing a healer and I find that I’m too afraid to move and have someone die. This has lead to me getting by the most rocks in m sludgefist in the raid

[@Ramayagr]

so if understand as arcane mage cast move cast etc but what happend with buff like rune of power that need to be inside some space

[@tylerhall8430]

What about the pandemic window for dot classes?

[@clawxxchris]

I recently got my brother to make a toon and play for the first time since wotlk. I think you should make a basics : keybinding video! Watching him click was painful

[@danielgoldring2571]

A keybind video would be good, there is an old one in the get good for Christmas series, and on that note an updated UI basics video would be good, I think keybinds and a good UI are something you almost need before you do anything endgame

[@reverie9358]

bellular actually has a really good keybinding video

[@pwnedsocks]

problem is keybinds are purely personal, I am left handed and play left handed. you cant take someone's keybinds and expect to have the same results. what he could do is go through a list of the "better" keys to start binding. 1234 then shift modifiers then qrt for example.

[@danielgoldring2571]

@@pwnedsocks oh yeah if you have ever heard Mike talk about his actual keybinds it's generally a good laugh as everyone trolls him about it, a basic video though on why it's better and some idea on good keys to try using, it's more thinking in line with the idea of the basics I think rather than a guide on it though

[@ralo3343]

It's a sensitive topic because i.e i don't use the conventional 1 2 3 4 binds, i used to play mobas a lot and i've binded everything to dota1/2 style and i could never imagine myself using those standard binds for main dps spells. It's not just me, i've seen Lip from Limit using (eerily enough) exactly the same keybinds as i do which made me happy cause friends would bully me whenever they'd see them. It all depends on personal preference/type of games you've played before WoW.

[@fare-5174]

With how predominant casters are going to be in the 9.1 raid, this is a good guide. The name is a bit too generic, though, as melee would probably click the thumbnail too :)

[@hristopavlov298]

Melee stutterstep just as much

[@fare-5174]

@@hristopavlov298 stutterstep implies there are casts you can and cannot do on the move, and the latter is absent in melee rotations. But sure, I guess they also jump on the spot a lot, and wiggle around, and do other crazy stuff that I could never understand WHY as ranged main. Too many fingers, too few buttons to press?

[@lousgameswin]

How about a melee basics video? I feel like their movement is probably a lot different than ranged

[@andrevachon1616]

Lmfao i dont want to sound mean but if you need help moving on a melee toon you have alot bigger issues. Melee can move freely all the time except for dh with eyebeam

[@HavocHounds1988]

I think at least the PvP dancing should have it's own video for melee.

[@dionysues7449]

@@andrevachon1616 oof, imagine discussing a nuanced topic like movement and being disingenuous about movement for melee because they can attack while moving only in melee range... raid bosses constantly make everyone move, and melee are ripped out of melee range constantly in high end content. They are responsible for keeping high uptime as well by properly using movement abilities to weave in and out of range while also utilizing semi range abilities in classes like Pally (judgement and blade of wrath) or enhancement shaman. Maybe, instead of trash talking, you can work on fixing your ignorance and learn something new instead of trying to bring others down

[@andrevachon1616]

@@dionysues7449 staying in mele range or moving with the boss for kite mechanics is a joke compared to what ranged have to do too ABC there is no mechanical situation like ranged stutter stepping. My point still stands sorry not sorry

[@andrevachon1616]

@@HavocHounds1988 this is the one valid point but preach doesnt do pvp content so i dont see him making that unfortunately

[@uoutub3]

Preach doing a tutorial on "Moving while performing" is like my nan making a video teaching people how to cage fight

[@elbardo_lux]

is this a caster's joke I'm too BM hunter to understand?

[@adamn2993]

As i am just flinging myself all over the place with rogues grappling hook because the CD is decreased by restless blades so its rarely on CD

[@zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba0]

But whats the most optimal movement while your face down tho?

[@gamingwithgeekwares4416]

Please if anyone sees this me and my best friend played from vanilla till second patch of BFA before our guild exploded is the game worth coming back for please be brutally honest.

[@thegamerfromhell10]

Preach: "Let me show you how to do movement see it's easy" *demonstrates on one of the most mobile casters*

[@AutodidaktKrakiler]

this message shows that you did not understand what he was trying to teach you. And also, Eleshaman is not a particular good mobility class. Am willing to help you figure out how to do this on your class if you send me a DM though.

[@thegamerfromhell10]

@@AutodidaktKrakiler I main elemental shaman. it's significantly easier to move without losing dps when you have lava surge, earth shock, icefury, stormkeeper and spiritwalker's grace than say a destruction warlock which only has conflagrate to use while moving.

[@ingolf82]

You can also play BM hunter, then you can dps while moving without needing all these stutter stepping nonsense :)

[@MrSilvershane]

Favourite Rumble Preach?

[@Sindorein-ZJ]

"Don't include that"

[@Forty2de]

I'd like to request WoW Basics with Preach: How to conduct yourself in the community. Such as resisting the temptation to stigmatize autism, and respecting people's anonymity.

[@TheSomeRocks]

Those problems have less to do with WoW and more to do with having respect for other people. So a WoW Basics series that focuses solely on gameplay really isn't the best platform for that conversation.

[@Forty2de]

@@TheSomeRocks That's kinda the point, the situation is so dire that we need to go way back to basics. No one said the Basics series had to be so rigid as to not discuss anything that isn't about actual game mechanics. Which platform would you recommend? I find it hard to see how anything would have a better chance at making a dent than having our man Preach talk with them about it. It's not like they're gonna give a shit if Hazel makes a video about it. Am I right?

[@TheSomeRocks]

​@@Forty2de a few things here before i get to the main problem. first off, the WoW Basics series and teaching people to have respect no matter how "basic" that is are very different topics. thats not what this series is about. and that leads into my 2nd point. Mike has never done that with his youtube channel or stream. nor is it any other content creators job or responsibility to do it. it's not their place to teach people how to behave. And lastly and really the main problem here is you talking about how people need to have more respect for others. then you disrespect Hazel. and no, you're not right you hypocrite. just because it's Hazel doesn't mean her saying it would have any less of an affect on the community. and yes there is a problem but it's not "dire". don't be so dramatic. i wont be responding further to this. i won't give a hypocrite any more of my time.

[@Forty2de]

@@TheSomeRocks Are you trolling? I am not disrespecting Hazel, watch your interpretation. I am saying that people who like to disrespect others and stigmatize things like autism are probably not the same audience who likes pet battles and the kind of content that Hazel focuses on. They're much more likely to be elitists, they're more likely to be in Mike's audience than Hazel's, they're not as wholesome as Hazel. And yes, it is pretty dire, have you played Classic? What is your issue with letting Mike take a crack at this? I don't think he's so rigid that he can't let himself have a talk with the boys if he feels like it. You say it's not his responsibility, but it's not his responsibility to make noobs better at WoW either. It's something he can do if he wants to.

[@barsonik3855]

im legit too distracted by your hair to listen properly, holy fuck haha

[@MensGroomingAdvice]

I've played since vanilla and always been a 'clicker' (i.e. I move with the keys and select spells with the mouse). Yes, I know this is terrible!! but after 14 years of muscle memory, I can't get the hang of moving with the mouse and using keybinds. I'll see myself out......

[@lukasgaming82]

Mooovement

[@skeliskull]

Preach this is great. Thank you. Now can you give me tips on how to solo my wife? I always blow up before finishing the encounter.

[@GoobleGaming]

Thor: "All words are made up!". Mike: "Stutter-Step"

[@charred6683]

SO much hair it's actually messing up with the green screen. I am flabbhairgasted.

[@Ontaro]

Guild name for next Drama: The pooffers

[@Zenith118]

What happens if you're melee and your target is also moving? You just cry

[@stevekarvo6299]

You want me to move while performing? Mate i can hardly even do it lying still. - Oh wait you mean in game? yeah thats ok fine.

[@wideboi5179]

This is why I play assassination rogue. just right the click the boss and go afk.

[@Popitization]

Showing a Boomie from Limit who can literally cast while moving because of Starfall is not the best example to showcase as a clip xD

[@TheChunkeyNinja]

I mean, there will absolutely be moonkins watching this who don't pick Stellar Drift because of something they have seen on Icy Veins etc. or aren't using Starfall to cast on the move.

[@MGShadow1989]

And what is Balance casting when it doesn't have the required Lunar Power for Starfall..? they're casting Wrath, Starfire and refreshing DoTs, they're stutter stepping; what Preach mentions still applies. Also worth noting that Starfall with that talent only lasts 10 seconds, so while allowing full freedom of movement it's at the cost of almost 2 Starsurges every 10 seconds, which is a notable loss of damage especially in the context of movement since Starsurge is instant cast.

[@commandercody8511]

Of course it is a good example!

[@emilgebl8644]

Maybe a "basics with preach" questing? ;)

[@Sharkofspace]

Why would you need help questing?

[@emilgebl8644]

@@Sharkofspace I don't, thinking for my girlfriend.. maybe a quick video or so she could look at alone would help!

[@Sharkofspace]

@@emilgebl8644 Help with what? Just press an ability that does damage and the mobs die. There's literally nothing to learn.

[@derpooh]

Could you go perhaps even more basic. I meand how do you move and cast spells in an efficient way. Some people are using the mouse to move and and use the keyboard to cast. Others use WASD - some are using arrow keys. What's the most efficient way to move and cast. I know very very basic but perhaps worth mentioning.

[@zenspeed404]

Personal preference because everyone has their own playing styles based on their past experiences with PC gaming (and keyboards), finger length, hand size, handedness, and even injury. There's a reason there are like ten different 12-button MMO mouses on the market today, and even then, not everyone uses one. All you can do is find the play style that works best for you and refine the hell out of it. If someone suggests something different, give it a go and see if it works.

[@hankmartin9455]

@@zenspeed404 One of my guildies performs extremely well just using an xbox controller

[@MJay_]

Does this apply to BM hunters too?

[@alexeyshmelev9115]

*laughs in BM*

[@alchemist1643]

The ABCs of casters Always Be Casting

[@Miauteusz]

"don't include that"

[@Terrados1337]

movement as melee: 1) Don't stand in bad shit 2) Stand in soak shit 3) Throw insults at tank for moving or not moving the boss

[@hristopavlov298]

no

[@Terrados1337]

@@hristopavlov298 what do you mean "no"? tanks like being on the receiving end, thats why they are tanks. Therefore you cant slap them, they'd just moan. To reach their soul (cant really reach a tanks brain, thick skull) you need to really really really hurt them. Tell them their dog doesn't love them or something. You need to kill the tanks masochist boner to make them move the boss correctly.

[@Tijuanabill]

"Don't include that." lol....

[@bennyandersson7770]

Stutterstepping. Hmm Play a hunter in TBC and you will learn this faster then you can imagine. I'm serious. Make a lvl 1 Hunter on TBC. Do following: Kill mobs with Auto shot only = Instantly learn stutterstepping.

[@AutodidaktKrakiler]

Mike, the Poofer

[@OldTimer1970]

A dummies guide to scraping the barrel, c'mon Blizz give the man some content, please. (Edit: as some people got the wrong end of the stick) The lack of WoW content, apart from pushing players to other games. is really tough on content creators, it's a great video, but not what I'm used to from Preach.

[@VladiMatt]

You'd be shocked at how many people don't know stuff like this.

[@OldTimer1970]

@@VladiMatt I wouldn't

[@OldTimer1970]

@Joe Schmoe sorry Joe but you got my post all wrong, nothing to do with shaming people, but Preach doing a video like this is like having a top chef teach you how to make toast. Without new players, there'd be no more WoW, this was more about shaming Blizzard if you want to spin my comment as a negative.

[@ZeroToWealthRedistribution]

I’m convinced these are probing videos.. gauging the timeline of a dwindling path lmao jk

[@comical4609]

Why is every fucking comment section these days filled with nothing but memes and "ironic" shit?

[@norfy]

Your hair isn't playing nice with your green screen lol

[@JustSomeGuyInAChairIDunno]

I'm sorry but I am not watching this video as I already know how to move. It's by pressing W.

[@KogaSagara]

you wont lose dps while moving, laughs in mm hunter

[@CheatOnWifesen]

I mean... BM hunter is even better with that

[@KogaSagara]

@@CheatOnWifesen that's the joke

[@hristopavlov298]

Poor MM has 1 stationary spell. Mais quelle terreur.

[@KogaSagara]

@@hristopavlov298 and that 1 spell is all the spec, 3 second move is losing 2 cast up to 5% dps, pretty annoying that only pell is everyhing

[@oriagruber]

I'm 10/10M, why do I watch this? I don't know.

[@thisisudax]

Carried

[@jonathansoko1085]

Can u teach us how to uninstall? Ded game

[@killerewok55]

First

[@shakes6415]

dead game ,who cares

[@lilysnow2062]

Preach, we know you love the game, but you gotta take it out back and shoot it, it's suffering.

[@TheSomeRocks]

wtf is wrong with you?

[@lilysnow2062]

@@TheSomeRocks A lot, but this will help people once the devs start releasing content again. In that, preach does give out some informative content, I just wish he'd branch out into other mmos.

[@hristopavlov298]

He's playing so many games, you have no idea