Warcraft 3 (Hard): Curse of the Blood Elves 04 - The Search for Illidan

[@darthpanzer]

Illidan being ferried around the map in that rinky dink cage will never stop being funny to me. You can see his face in it too, which makes it even funnier.

[@shadowarchon7964]

That poor priest at 5:30. "I'm going to stop and heal this Panda." *Sudden Night Elf army just eats him*

[@stalwartarjuna]

Kael: "This magical lock will take too long to open!" Vashj: *casually zaps cage apart* Anyhow, I've always thought that Kil'jaeden's plan was to get rid of the Lich King so that he and the dreadlords would take direct control of the undead and resume the invasion.

[@weskerwilde5712]

i don't know why, but sometimes I hear pandaren hero says "save your husband" instead of "name your poison"

[@jaipii1285]

Hahaha. Nice one. I laugh way more then i accepted.

[@weskerwilde5712]

oooh... gladly

[@RebelWvlf]

Here in interlude it says "former demon hunter", but Illidan in Legion is still demon hunter, leading Blood Elf and Night Elf players who chose his class and jailing Sargeras on Titan spaceship. Either it's a retcon, or devs forgot that Illidan is retired from his job. Also funny how Kil'jaeden's portrait literally has Disease Cloud on him, to give impression that he is on fel fire. He looks more demonic than Archimonde, who is basically just oversized Eredar with cool jewelry.

[@gestucvolonor5069]

I think illidan is illidan with a demon hunter army. He is not really a demon hunter anymore.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

Illidan is more "demon" than "hunter" at this point. Illidan is the misunderstood Anti-Hero and is considered Chaotic Good in Legion.

[@bangscutter]

Archimonde is a front line commander, tasked with conquest of worlds. Pit lords serve directly under Archimonde. Kil'jaeden is a back line commander, tasked with espionage and recruiting other races to join the Burning Legion. Dreadlords serve directly under Kil'jaeden. The real world equivalent would be like the military vs the spy agency. This is why there is petty rivalry between the two branches of the Burning Legion. As exemplified by the banter between Mannoroth and Tichondrious. From their appearances, you would think it's the other way round. Kil'jaeden looks more menacing than Archimonde. Maybe they purposely made it this way to subvert expectations.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

To me, my headcannon is Archimonde is the stronger Eredar Demon Lord when it comes to Brute Force while Kil'jaeden has the superior Magic and Manipulation skills.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

But overall, IMO Kil is superior to Archi.

[@xxlCortez]

7:26 opening the cage really took some special preparation that couldn't be done while battling the night elves.

[@SKClouD]

Very strange how Maiev and her army completely drop from the face of Outland after Illidan's cage reaches the blood elf base.

[@jarekyan5528]

The book illidan covers that

[@MrRys]

yeah... it would be great if they expanded this campaign in reforged... 6 regular mission, 2 of them are pretty much the same map, one of them can be completed in under 10 minutes and 1 bonus tower defense mission... and it's such an important campaign for warcraft lore

[@jeffreyhoon]

Lore wise, no so much yeah. Fun though for us TD buffs.

[@MrRys]

@@jeffreyhoon yeah I like TD as well but it doesn't add anything to the story (except for the fact that you see all the elves run away)

[@codygagecampbell4521]

Funny how you have the orange color heros and it's Halloween

[@sino47291]

Ironically, the so-called agents may potentially be competitors of Kiljaedon, as you can see in Malfurion's quest.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

Nah. Turnro's campaigns has its own story. Mag here is loyal to Kil'jaeden.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

Also Kil'jaeden is more OP in actual Warcraft. In Turnro's, he just started off as a Lieutenant of the Legion and through cunning, he eventually usurped the Demon Lord position.

[@Storm2war]

the Highborne served Illidan :-O new information every day. also the tables have literarly turned against Maiev

[@AvelineMelena]

Yeah he used to be an important dude in the moonguard back during the war of the ancients

[@jarrakul]

It's very strange to me that, in the flashback in this interlude, Illidan is his original night elf self, even though it's explicitly after he consumes the skull and becomes a demon. Anyone know any lore than I don't, here?

[@jeffreyhoon]

I assume he was only partway through having demonic features. Not really clear when he met the demon of how long has it been since he absorbed the skull. Just imagine suddenly growing large horns, wings and having your feet turn into hooves. Would've been painful if it was near instant transformation.

[@gabriatus9508]

its been criticized before. Blizzard just forgot the timeline and mistakingly put the wrong version of illidan in the cutscene

[@blitzace111]

Overmind wanted zerg to be free from Amon thus finds Kerrigan...And Lich king wants his undead to be free from Kiljeaden thus finds Arthas?

[@stalwartarjuna]

Nerzhul's plan was to escape from the Frozen Throne by possessing Arthas, but prior to WotLk it was Arthas that erased Nerzhul from his mind and became the Lich King alone.

[@dkwh1986]

Illidan: (is blindfolded) Illidan: The young elf looks familiar 7:46

[@PEECTPA]

jokes on you: he isn't blind and even more - Illidan can see much more than any other around him.

[@bleuepaclibar5355]

Hey jay I'm new to your channel and I like your vids keep up the good work

[@JayborinoPlays]

Thank you, glad to hear that

[@blitzace111]

Its bit ironic how they have hatred towards scourge/undead and wants them destroyed but they have no problem working for the demon lord who was responsible for creation of lich king in the first place who also unleashed the scourge in the first place...

[@kofola9145]

Lady Vashj "But the cursed night elves intervened." Kaelthas:

[@Qupod]

(Late Reply) She was referring to the night elf race, not the Blood Elves such as Kael.

[@kofola9145]

@@Qupod Kael thas was in league with them, he helped NE destroy the summoning ritual to destroy the lich king.

[@jennymironuk6169]

will you be playing Reforged version now that the Beta is out? and what are the chances for you playing it live?

[@Heroman3003]

Well, Jay said he'd be doing Reforged campaign once that comes out, but current beta doesn't have it yet.

[@jennymironuk6169]

@@Heroman3003 ohhh I get that , But it would be nice to see him play the beta version live and hear his opinion on it ...

[@gestucvolonor5069]

Beta is a big mess now and only pvp. Lots of bugs and it's generally unenjoyable when doing a larger skirmish, cause there is no way to distinguish units. Even when I was creeping a bigger pack of mobs , I didn't know which ones are my units and which ones are mobs, so I just relied on my portrait panel and tried to Holy light/ move out my units that way.

[@MrShadowThief]

Wow... that was... quick.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

I think Hard Mode just speeds up enemy production. Just crowd control and try to keep at least one hero alive and kill Maiev everytime she comes your way. IMO this is the easiest Frozen Throne level. Even in Hard, it's easy and I never lost control of the cage too.

[@axo4383]

In a way this is the missions the inspired Dota.

[@blitzace111]

It's too bad elves dont have militias...

[@superfrycook6360]

This was before the Rise of the Blood Elves or Shadows of Hatred...

[@deadlyghost7789]

Be careful about what you put on Illidan during the campaign because they carry over into the last undead mission. I beefed him up so much the first time I was doing the campaign, he was very difficult to kill

[@GrapeCheckerBoard]

What’s your source on this? I don’t think items carry over from campaign to campaign.

[@hub1986]

THAT WAS REALLY FAST JAY GG and GN

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

Normal Mode of this was too easy. My allies and I destroy Maiev's Whole Base. Hard still easy for me. Just use all skills to stay alive once you've killed Maiev once and took control of the cage. Once Maiev comes back, just kill her again. Doesn't matter if the Nightelves overrun your allies, without Maiev, they can't retake the Cage.

[@satriyoajiii445]

Great video

[@gogiman1688]

Good job

[@kenjieoyong9971]

I wonder how Illidan fits into the cage

[@nabutoaleta3660]

Jayborino at the next mission you can use sorceress to make illidan invisible while closing the gate

[@wolf9354]

But that's cheating... (even tho speedrunners use this strat to finish this mission faster.

[@hazzmati]

How is that cheating? If it was considered cheating then blizzard should have disabled the sorceress spell.

[@robertlupa8273]

@@hazzmati Or made Illidan immune to the spell.

[@blitzace111]

Are elven footmen aka elven swordsman superior than human footmen counter part? I mean they have captain's skin so I expect they are...

[@hazzmati]

Nope they have exact same stats in TFT.

[@florinherlea8376]

Where did you get the pandaren?

[@nInOwarrior0312]

Completing the mission "The Crossing" to activate this mission, go to Mission 3 and solve the puzzle hint: Something related to pig...or something

[@BigScewleo]

@@nInOwarrior0312 Wow, i would always skip the secret mission because it sucked. Can't believe it gives you another hero.

[@blitzace111]

Lol pandas name is Ke$ha...

[@lordi4430]

11 minutessss?

[@TheKobasen]

And from this they learn how to siphon magic from demon and other creature... Even the light itself...

[@stanislaoperrotta1289]

Is this reforged?

[@davekat]

You didn't "win" this map. You need to actually wipe out the night elf base completely. And yes, it's possible.

[@MidnaFeetEnjoyer]

so thi is where the inspiration for dota came. HAHA