ULTIMATE Hardcore Classic Class Picking Guide | Classic WoW

[@WillEmmo]

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[@ryanscanlon2151]

I'm late to the party here but you mentioned leveling up defence. I picked up a neat trick back in the day when I played actual vanilla, if you taunt rats in the deep run tram without damaging them they will attack you and it's very fast and more importantly safe way to level defence. Might be worth mentioning in a future video

[@FloofyWolfy]

Don't use this leveling guide for hardcore. It constantly sends you into quests which you shouldn't do at all in hc, as they most likely get you killed because of frequent hyperspawns.

[@alexzanderhynes4462]

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[@TheRealCeeJai]

Congrats, WillE. You just convinced me to roll 9 Hardcore characters in just under 3 hours.

[@LesChroniquesdelaDouleur]

Haha same here

[@NickPlays95]

Yeah for real

[@keevo86]

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[@psy-bun]

".. and I will play them all at once, through multiple accounts and macros. Wish me luck!"

[@bigbadbambi9687]

Really? All I heard was play mage or play retail 😒

[@SmartMarkSterling]

Been playing this game for 20 years, I know everything about every class…but I will still watch a Willie video on the edge of my seat! Great stuff.

[@rasmusjensen4838]

Oh you know everything? Name every spell.

[@cultoffish8076]

Oh you know everything? Name every patch note

[@cumfield]

@@rasmusjensen4838 Smartass 🙂

[@HycranSaph]

Without looking what’s the difference between max level rogue and Druid sprint speed

[@Tom805]

​@@HycranSaph rogue only uses two legs to sprint. EZ.

[@MedievalMarty]

WillE saw creators making 1 hour videos on what class to pick and took that as a challenge. Actually sat and watched this whole thing like a movie, what a chad! Keep up the great work man

[@bjoern007]

i’ve played this game for 15 years or so, and i never knew about the beast lore - learning abilities from taming new beasts thing. wow

[@Joker22ryan]

Thanks!

[@benjaminbjorn7240]

I listened to this all night at work and I feel very excited to play wow for the first time in years. Thank you ❤

[@pyktukasplays4945]

Good luck on playing WoW again. Hopefully it will be fun.

[@coheedmonstar33]

Im kinda the opposite, hearing all the bs youre gunna have to put up with from vanilla. No quality of life like you see in retail lol. Been spoiled. Namely on the rogue, stealth level, powders, safe fall at 40, vanish bugs, the list goes on. But damn how do yall have time to even play this shit xD

[@PretentiousLatinName]

@@coheedmonstar33to each their own. Classic is an acquired taste for sure and I believe with hardcore it’ll be easier for me to play casually aka , take a break or roll a new class or faction when my character inevitably gets game over’d 🪦

[@gamingshowerthoughts9723]

The great thing about hardcore is you don't really have to choose. Chances are, your first character is gonna die. The 2nd one too, etc. Just don't retry the same class endlessly and before long you will have tried them all =D

[@Trinax11]

I made it to 60 with my first HC char ever (warlock) :)

[@trulsnilsen2658]

@@Trinax11 Its easy if ur a coward. Try go into crowded mob places like me, thats a challenge :) But I think I will play grandmother safe when the server goes online.

[@Trinax11]

​@@trulsnilsen2658 It's ez if youre competitive pvp player.. solod most elites, never really went safe mode

[@MoonTurky]

​@@trulsnilsen2658Playing wow is always easy, if you think wow is hard in any kind of way you have NEVER had a real challenge lmao

[@TheLeadhound]

Nope. My first character will get to 60 and beat every raid. Surely.

[@danielandrade5322]

Omg YESSS something great to listen to while leveling!!! Love your channel and HC WOW

[@IzzetNilson]

I think you really nailed paladin in this. We're slow but we're also (relatively) unkillable. What we lack in sheer damage output we make up in enabling our friends to do more stuff. I've been learning that that is my preferred play style, which is often why I play healers throughout the 15+ years of MMOs. I don't have a lot of my friends playing classic, but I def feel like a freakin hero when I Holy Light random people in tight spots from nowhere - especially in the lower leveled sections of the game. Also I took a break from playing normal classic i was leveling a priest using wands for the first time and i got really high level with it. I need to get back into it to get to max level for the first time.

[@theshinken]

Thank you so much for the video. Now I have a better idea which class to roll second after I inevitably die with my warrior to some harpies after the starting zone.

[@PSCi98]

With the Druid talents, I don’t think you can ignore feral swiftness for both survivability when outdoors and for leveling speed. 30% faster from 21-30 is big.

[@kyles.6013]

For hardcore the move speed is kinda trash. I do like the 4% dodge late game feral lvling though. I feel like people forget how much time from 21 to 30 is spent inside an instance.

[@cormon4154]

Stat Breakdown per class Shaman 22:24 Druid 40:19 Rogue 55:27 Priest 1:14:18 Warlock 1:33:30 Mage 1:54:35 Warrior 2:11:10 Paladin 2:28:54 Hunter-None Present

[@Dzyntara]

I quit WoW years ago and played Classic for 20 minutes. I still watched this entire video. Really thorough and lovely work here!

[@TheSaltyAdmiral]

Important tips for all hardcore Paladins: *Divine Shield + Swiftness potion damn near replaces bubbleheart.* Everyone should reserve that combo ready to drop when the shit hits the fan, if you have to have some form of "use" health/mana regen, use the engineering trinkets, they don't share the same cooldowns as potions.

[@Direbeetus]

For shaman, I like to swap to elemental around the mid to late 40's. The high 30's to low 40's has some great enhance weapons / mail gear and you get a new rank of windfury at 40 For priest, spirit is king for leveling as it compounds the more you have. Smite build > shadow when you have high spirit because of spiritual guidance (25% spirit = bonus spell power) combined with spirit tap (doubles spirit for 15 secs after landing a killing blow). You become a serious beast with a nearly unlimited mana pool by the early to mid 40's

[@Hyrule409]

Spirit for Priests is cringe. In normal leveling, Spirit Tap is more than necessary for your mana regen needs. Regenning mana with and without Spirit Tap is only a different of 2-3% per 3 seconds, which isn't worth speccing into. Uldaman is where I really noticed that I should be speccing spirit, around 45. Until then, Intellect first and Stamina second should be your main priorities since they have more immediate effects.

[@Christeff]

I'm shocked 32 people agreed with you, Intellect is the number one stat to go after that is Stamina.

[@nicksalvatore5717]

@@Christeff He's right though? Have people already forgotten the amazing stat spirit is for priests?

[@Neeko90]

I keep pet on defensive while solo leveling for disconnect protection.

[@noodlespoo]

Every paladin should end their hardcore journey with a divine intervention. It's the most satisfying class fantasy thing you can do in all of wow.

[@ryancooper5647]

Honestly if you know it's a wipe and you're going to die, saving one member of the party will make their whole month.

[@clintmcbride7830]

Ding 60. Go Divine Intervention for a lvl 5 in Elwynn. Chad move

[@Sheriff723]

@@clintmcbride7830 The Obi-wan move right there.

[@Thibrahimovic]

I'm 1min of the video and I see there 3hour of it, I already know this is exactly what I've been looking for over the past few days. I couldn't resist to drop instant like qnd sub. Now let's see the rest of the video haha, thqnks for the work on it anyway !

[@markbojerlarsen4507]

45:50 a tauren druid wearing an Alliance quest reward, now that is truely hardcore!

[@destinyreese1512]

@1:50:00 Probably a boost for destruction spec, I mean it says in the text, "increases the damage done by fire spells by 17." Destruction is fire based damage if i am not mistaken.

[@ollep0lle]

Thanks for the hunter macro! I did not know this and will definitely use it.

[@b.p.879]

My favorite character ever was my holy priest in Vanilla. I leveled as holy, and eventually met a shadow priest and a warrior, and we 3 could steamroll any non-raid content the game had. Having holy+shadow priests in a party was insane. No worrying about mana or health, like ever. Maybe every 5-6 pulls I'd have to sit and drink a little bit, but it was so much fun doing 5-mans like that.

[@NickMaurer]

Insanely well-done video with so much helpful information for a new player. Thank you!

[@daquiesce]

EPIC long and amazing hardcore wow hype drip. Thank you!!!

[@NeotecDK]

Nice to see a more deep dive (longer) video. great job :)!

[@shovvalella535]

I would really like a list for best duo combos- like a rundown of all duos for each of the classrs. Since I hopefully will play mostly with my brother and I'm too casual to think about things like gear overlap or ability combos

[@HvH420]

Pretty much any caster/melee or heal/ DPS combo is good.

[@Direbeetus]

paladin with smite priest, shaman with warrior, druid with rogue are especially fun together.

[@SavageGameHawk]

Duo mage and duo hunter are lit

[@timxiix3864]

I personally leveled a paladin to 60 and it was really fun. Paladin is rly strong but i have to say after 40 you just lack alot of dmg going ret. I healed every dungeon there is from 20-60 and i only had one death during mara where princess resetted and one tapped a mage. Other than that bubble is amazing for yourself and healing. But i think in hardcore you can play any class you want and have fun with it :)

[@farawayranger8489]

I love classic wow era videos the most ❤

[@Seabersify]

I've always have fantasy and class in mind, for a healer and dps combo, I love being a paladin, especially the classic version because I love the idea of the light blessing me to enhance my capabilities, seals to improve my efficiencies and healing to aid my allies of being self sustaining For pure dps, I've always liked a Rogue, being stealth, getting the jump on my enemies, assessing what I can do like a scout or assassin (duh), controlling the battlefield through blinding, sapping and stunning

[@hasoxfan6917]

This is great stuff. Thanks WillE!

[@TrevorBevz]

Great video! I’m sure this took tons of time and effort and I really appreciate it. You rock.

[@serocrux]

Just want to add if you do go holy spec you should also go with spiritual guidance, 25% extra damage from spirit might not sound like a lot but it adds up with spirit tap! Edit: For shadow leveling you usually go deeper disc until 40

[@andromidius]

Yeah, Holy oddly has very bursty damage compared to Shadow. If you can chain kills you'll keep on chaining until you run out of mobs.

[@Millbro82]

I Remember doing the Rhokdealar quest in wow classic way back when.. Soloing that one monster to get the longbow was hard but totally fun. Kited that thing for like 15 min..

[@fatalexception1269]

Awesome guide. I learnt i need to play every class at once.

[@TatsuyaWow]

Thank you ! your video help me i will chose paladin!

[@JohnKrakowski-s8p]

Great content, I appreciate what you do! 🔥

[@Warchrist]

Beautiful video! I leveled a warrior until 26,then i just bored and reroll paladin,yes is autoattack and judgement,but is very tanky and more fast of a 2h war,i hit 17 in first day with pala,more fast than war in all situation

[@2starkiller]

Great guide! One thing I would change for feral druid ability training: Train Rank 1 Hurricane. Engineering isn't very good for feral druids anyway so you might as well train Hurricane for split pulling and focus on other great professions like leatherworking for Wolfshead Helm or alch/herbing with ease in travel form. Just make sure you have mana to cast the hurricane, main target hit(usually low rank moonfire) and cat/bear form before you pull.

[@casuals-s6f]

one thing about the wand section is that you generally want a shadow based wand especially after you respec. so instead id recommend just using the gravestone scepter until 41 and buying a blackbone wand from the vendor in any main city.

[@simoncodrington]

Amazing work mate, love the long form videos. ❤❤❤

[@jaysinrd]

I really look forward to and love these videos WillE does.

[@chadjohnson8527]

dang you really know the specs! thank you for taking the time to explain

[@partizaans9597]

for shaman use rockbiter for leveling.. its whay better and more consistent

[@Vektordeformacio]

What about flametongue daggers with shield?

[@partizaans9597]

@@Vektordeformacio use rockbiter always!!! just not in dungeon cuz of aggro!!!! frostbrand is better then flame tongue, but rockbiter is best on average!!! windfury is almost as good with slow slow weapons..flame tongue is the worst one

[@cococock2418]

@@partizaans9597frost brand is better than flame tongue? Are you dumb? Flame tongue is better than literally everything at consistency. WF only competes on extremely slow weapons. Frost brand is the WORST, by far

[@PandiTheBear]

Note for hunters, intimidation is not the only way to interrupt a spell, you can concussive shot as well

[@Bazzabazeman]

MASSIVE video, love it.

[@DontHearNoEvil]

I know I’m quite late to comment but a boar is by far the best pet early game. Tanky, has charge at level 10, which roots target and gets snap threat plus boars can eat anything. Really underrated pet.

[@SoFasT99]

Can i feed boars their own meat? They always drop meat when i kill them. Or does it have to be food like hp regen food?

[@thepompf2049]

@@SoFasT99 When he says everything he means everything, boars will happily cannibalise on uncooked boar meat

[@Impsoup]

Thanks for this info. Love that you used ALT-Z tu hide UI, that way more concentration in what really matters.

[@psysavageyo6741]

100% Incredible video!!! 🤘🏻💯

[@Lunainin]

Very nice video! Altough i still cant figure what i want to play yet :( sadge

[@cosmifall]

Watching this again because why not, its an amazing video 💪🏻

[@Max-dv1kq]

surprises me how many people look up the priest section! i have leveled a shadow to 60 in 2019 classic wow and also got it to 70 when tbc launched - was so much fun even tho off-meta in raids, it had such an easy way solo lvling to 60 (with the usual dungeons included; done as shadow hybrid healer since you don't care swapping to a real heal specc after you hit 60 if u wanna raid in best case) i recommend mizoto's channel. as of now its a bit quite on his channel but the older videos from 2019 classic launch are still up there!

[@robyugimon2781]

Money shouldn't be a driving factor, but I'd upload each class as a "Why you should Main [insert class] in Hardcore Classic". This is such a good in depth video, might as well just benefit more from it.

[@nihilisticnomad8454]

Amazing video! I've been playing since Vanilla and didn't really have much interest in going back. I think your break down has changed my mind.

[@DudeWheresMyJo-Car]

Such great insights in this video. Thanks!

[@makswell1234]

~ love these kind of videos ~

[@PheonixEXE]

lost a priest at level 29 to logging in to stitches standing in the inn at darkshire, that was fun

[@NiicklasTV]

love the guides WillE keep it up

[@Docsavage-h2o]

1:01:00 On Blinding Powder, I never had to buy a single Fadeleaf, the secret is pickpocket, pickpocket and pickpocket, macro it in your opener and you will be golden, unless you spam it you will never run our of reagent, on my level 40 I have 3 full stacks.

[@giovannivargas6473]

Not even planing to play hardcore but this class guide is just so good I can't stop rewatching it

[@ScytherOnSpree]

Can't remember if this was said in the video about the mage, but you certainly DON'T want frostbite if you choose to aoe grind. I'm sure experienced aoe farmers know this already, just thought I put it out there.

[@gorrumKnight]

Just did the paladin weapon quest and you were discussing it. Joined a guild of all paladins and we got 3 people the weapon tonight.

[@heshh5297]

IF i die on hardcore server can i transfer that character to a normal classic era server or its gone and deleted ?

[@xaviercoronado154]

you can transfer

[@andromidius]

@@xaviercoronado154 And I think its a free transfer at that. Though don't quote me on that, I just seem to remember that being the case.

[@Doomted90]

12:06 for the record, this was true in vanilla... but classic uses the latest patches available for each expansion... which just so happens to be when they regulated attack speeds. Pretty sure Lupis still does shadow damage though...

[@joeyp978]

Wow. What a video! Thank you so much WillE

[@kenhammscousin4716]

I started in tbc, so essentially I leveled through vanilla Azeroth, but tbh early vanilla is vastly different even from tbc. There's a lot of stuff I see on videos like this that is totally foreign to me. They really adjusted a lot in short order after launch, a lot of quality of life stuff

[@TheAuroras]

Great video! I'd love to see a follow-up on recommended professions, addons, Weak Auras and race/class recommendations :)

[@bowserplaylist899]

you NEVER take shadow before 40 besides spirit tap. Disc is used for healing and shadow, so always level disc for mana regen and survivability.

[@AidanArentz]

Yeah some form of disc/holy is much more effective below 40. Even post 40 it's solid providing you keep your wand updated

[@zion5637]

Watching your vids a year later, good stuff. But here's one that I'm doing maybe you could think about. Hardcore Solo Self Found Mode. Hard and different can still group up but is like a baby again. Would be interested on your take, and if you ever tried leveling this way.

[@MrBoxingcrazysal]

I'll be going Frost Mage with Enchanting and Tailoring. I have always loved the theme of frost mages and being able to craft my own wands/DE gear while crafting my own gear sounds like so much fun. If I die on my Frost Mage, I plan on going with Warrior (undecided on which spec to level with), but it'll be a warrior for sure with Mining and Engineering.

[@kingmarx810]

Was going to go watch Oppenheimer this weekend but, now will be watching WillE talk about all the classes for WoW instead.

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

Hunter I always thought was easiest to learn the basics, but hardest to perfect.

[@tavali2097]

What is the addon for the talent screen having the character displayed on the side? It looks very clean

[@LadyKris3356]

I'm new, don't judge me but what Race is the Hunter at the beginning of this video and is it a good combo for a noob?

[@kimreed5160]

I believe you saw the night elf hunter. Night elf hunter was my first ever toon. I actually think it was kind of hard as a noob because you do have to control your pet and your toon but I would say I’m doing good so far…

[@zepho100]

I’ve been playing this game forever it seems but I’ve never played a priest, hunter or mage to max level. Nothing seems more fun than warrior in classic especially in pvp. Shaman is also super fun for pvp.

[@chris.maraxusvonkeld1760]

By any chance, will you stream WoW HC?

[@Youtubestolemyname99999]

Superb Quality content I dont even know then i subbed haha

[@itsnobbie1212]

I find it funny that you didn't mention the DC issue: Any pet class has the best chance to survive in that event ^^

[@cococock2418]

Not true at all, as non-braindead people do not use defensive setting.

[@Unknown_technique]

I use a pet attack auto attack and hunters mark macro while leveling does all 3 with one button

[@bryanjess4552]

I wonder how many of the lock deaths are to the orc voidwalker quest lol

[@Ryder385]

Every class: Ooooo that’s what I want to main!

[@sunnyfrisch]

Best pet for solo/questing is the boar. Sturdy, can be fed with conjured bread, it can learn charge, gore (unique to boars (until TBC), bite and dash, though I would not use the latter two. Just using charge and gore is the best way to get the most out of the boars focus. Coolest looking boar‘s are to be found in Razorfen Kraul. You can learn Gore up to Rank 8 from the plagued swines inside the Eastern Plaguelands. Rank 7 is available from the Ashmane boars inside the Blasted Lands, and Rank 4 from Bellygrub inside Redridge Mountains. Best for dps are the cats. In Vanilla Broken Tooth (fastest attack) and Lupos (before 1.9, when he was dealing shadow damage, ignoring armor) were the best overall damage dealers. In PvP Broken Tooth was a pain in the ass for casters, even w/o speccing into Beastmastery.

[@Arthur-jp6ik]

Okay i was thinking what pet to go with when i start playing with night elf hunter, but should i go with the cat or should i try get a boar or a owl

[@sunnyfrisch]

@@Arthur-jp6ik Get the boar when you start leveling. Boars are sturdy, do ok damage, and can be fed with conjured bread from the mages. They are great for leveling, farming and grinding. Get a cat or other for PvE/PvP, depending on the expansion.

[@breakshift7729]

Offtopic. 1:23:28 guys what does "for what it's worth" phrase mean exactly in this case? I googled and i think that is some sort of way to downplay what you say, because you not sure if this information is gonna be useful or not, is it true for this case? I have been learhing english by myself for one year and i cant fathom it yet. thx

[@joehelland1635]

Ive tanked every dungeon pre piggie dungeon in barrens (escaping my mind atm lol) as a warlock with my void walker. Its kinda funny definitely a challenge, but possible. The key is you face tank one mob, fear second mob, have void walker tank highest damage mob, and have group primary the fourth mob. Takes some coordination, but doable.

[@jogvan7052]

If I can add one piece of criticism/awareness, it's the colour ranking of spells to buy/avoid. It's difficult at best, impossible at worst, to discern between the green and yellow. Considering the fact that there are around 8% (~350 million) of the total population affected by colour blindness, it's an accessibility option that is shockingly seldom thought of in any media. Personally, I find it especially fun to read charts and graphs with colours that are just vague shades of the same 2-3 colours. ;) Anyways, good video. Really enjoyed the single long format instead of 9 seperate videos.

[@Hlodowig-y2p]

You should put links to the resources that you use in the video's description.

[@TheKyleth]

I actually found windfury with the fastest 1 handed dagger you can find is really fun combined with getting as much agility as you can. Obviously you don't hit as hard but you are constantly in flurry and windfury procs a lot, also you get a lot less wasted damage on mobs.

[@MyzoryMaiq]

As someone who hasn't really touched the game since the end of Wrath of the Lich King what version is the better to get into?

[@xxNetherStriderxx]

Literally every version of wow that is out right now is quite good.

[@mandir0938]

I’ve never played hardcore and I’ve been playing wow since tbc. Question on end game content - it’s still 1 life at lvl 60, right?

[@jacobring7274]

Yeah

[@decaygrim8943]

This video is amazing

[@Reippa]

I spinned my race and class. Makes it interesting

[@GokuLevelKi]

I will be rushing Ritual of Doom as a Warlock, and putting it down every single raid until the ritual is complete.

[@patrice6373]

My HC guild thought I was crazy for spending the first 15min of each level on my lock, letting mobs melee me while I melee weaponed them. I did this specifically so I wouldn't end up with so little defense that I could get 2 shot crit. And leveling a melee weapon is just good practice incase you do need to get a damage mob tag.. Dagger and melee are among the fastest swing times, and getting that tag instead of the war, or sham, just.... Feels good. I made it to 50 multiple times with this setup, and only really die from dumb things like running where I shouldn't or fear mob tagging the whole zone.

[@m8jin12]

This is smart

[@jdstrebs]

Love your content

[@Lotuswalker]

Really good overview and recap to all the classes. Since my mate and I are gonna be duo leveling, and he is gonna roll a rogue, I could narrow it down to a few classes I want to try. Still deciding between Mage or Warlock (I am not really interested in Priest, since I am not really interested in healing in classic).

[@Hardivh]

Mage is the always the Rogue's best friend

[@SlipknotRaffi]

i actually dont know now that i found something by accident, if broken tooth is rlly worth it, King Bangalash has a 1.4 attack speed but only while not attacking, due to game oversight (maybe bug) he has a passive that yes lowers ur dmg a bit, but gives 30% attack speed, wich therefore (command ingame tested) gives King Bangalash an in combat attack speed of 1.08, so the second highest, but King spawns like every 5 min on a fixed position, so its easier to get while (in my opinion) also looking way cooler as a white tiger compared to basic lion model ^^

[@Shokisan1]

Wow long video amazing thanks

[@Ryan83728]

ill watch and add to my sleep playlist

[@NickPlays95]

I already have every class at 60…. And here comes WillE with the best reason ever to attempt 9 hardcore characters.

[@emmanuelluque6770]

For this video I love so much the server Turtle xD