WoW Cataclysm Guide - Heroic Stonecore Part 1

[@raggedgray2068]

This video represents a time when arguably WoW was at at it's peak. Well one of it's peaks at any rate. RIP TB , John Bain. We miss you enormously .

[@d9nx239]

Completely agree. Good times. I remember when he left wow back in the day i was pretty sad, RIP Totalbiscuit.

[@d9nx239]

I would have loved to know TB's opinion on M+.

[@azurewrath999]

I love your video's man. Normally I would never watch footage of a new expansion just so I could experience every dungeon for the first time when I enter. But the curiousity got the best of me and I'm glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work!

[@cynicalbrit]

@njdss4 So they need to tighten up the mechanic, that's all.

[@cynicalbrit]

@EtarajGaming Well yes, because he popped icebound fortitude and some other cooldown... vampyric blood maybe? That's like saying the shockwave is survivable if you Divine Shield man :P

[@cynicalbrit]

@wowbiesere You heard wrong then, because my guildies tell me aside from the first boss, it's fairly dull.

[@cynicalbrit]

@MrBenben4 By 4am, you mean 2am, which is what I actually said, right?

[@NineEyedRaven]

I laughed uncontrollably when you used levitate to avoid the quakes. Love the video, Biscuit!

[@cynicalbrit]

@crazybrity Why should you get epics from 5-man dungeons? Because Wrath said so? How about we go back to vanilla where epics were actually epic?

[@NegaDruid]

@Discipol Technically no. But Orgrimmar, Stormwind, Ironforge, and the like will lure you back to them with quests at each of them. Dalaran will no longer be central as everyone will need to go to Orgrimmar or Stormwind to get to the new zones unless they just fly there. The Temple of Stone or whatever in the middle is going to be a gathering place/questhub though as well for high end.

[@cynicalbrit]

@mrsuraci Yes.

[@cynicalbrit]

@kentx333 Or, I could just click it, which works just fine.

[@Dome31337]

2021 anyone? I really miss the Cata Heroic Dungeons.

[@jkholzsager]

@JimmyDoesStuff That's a new part of the WoW UI. It mirrors the add-on Power Auras. Basically, anytime you have a talent proc, such as, in this case, Hot Streak, you will get an "aura" around you to let you know that you can use your proc, or that the proc is active.

[@MrRakky]

Normal dungeons = For casual people. Your so called wow-theme-park difficulty. Heroic Dungeons = For people who want and like a challenge, and ain't afraid of dieing for that. So far. Loving it!

[@cynicalbrit]

@Fredemig Turn on molten armour and you can piss away your mana in under 45 seconds, I'm thinking not.

[@emilhellberg1095]

I miss you mate, your videos were always the best.

[@cataduck12345]

we all do :(

[@cynicalbrit]

@Jaakress When I have the time.

[@Procrastination99]

I've never been one to be into PvE, but these videos force me to respect those of you who are. I wouldn't have never thought to do levitate. You sir, are brilliant.

[@sharpshot2356]

@DaniOverture I think thats the reason why they put in the guild achievment system for completing it in a guild group.

[@sasukeuchihaadultversion7387]

I loved this whole Cataclysm Dungeons..

[@NegaDruid]

God. I can't wait to see what Heroic Shadowfang is going to be like. Out of all the old instances, that one is one of my favorites. The run through it is going to be absolutely crazy. I wonder what they're going to put in Fenrus' room. That one had some potential. Plus the final boss in there in that multi-tier room is going to be interesting. They need to give some interesting mechanics there. Sadly I wish they weren't so messed up right now as TB has said before.

[@Geckomayhem]

@Geckomayhem The ones the drop from the ceiling are stalactites, though. Can't remember now, but I thought some of them were on the ground already. If not, then I was wrong - they are all stalactites that fall.

[@thekingsaidsomething]

They could make the shadows for the falling rocks a lighter shade, like grey. Also the drake could drop them like around himself from one side so the group has to move to the other side to attack. That way the dps burn would shorten because of having to move around a lot.

[@Sempi35]

Awesome video! This instance is looking like it may be the best of the bunch so far.

[@WildlifeRecon]

Millhouse manastorm is that gnome that comes out in the last boss in arcatraz. Amazing to see him back like this.

[@ChimaeraTom]

@Chrisbombed321 CC is Crowd Control and an Add is basically an additional monster that comes in during a fight. :D

[@blafablafa]

@HimalajaYeti We're not in 333 gear, rather somewhere around 320ilevel. Also why the talents are blinking is because of a unspent talent in his offspecc.

[@95DreadLord]

jumping mechanic came familiar to me from tera where in the argon corpus/core dungeon you are swarmed by leeches and you have to jump to shake them off

[@blafablafa]

@ANDTORR Warlock replying. Almost every class have some aoe effects now and there is actually other ways to deal with the shards. For example a paladin could pop bubble and run into them to soak the damage. A prot warrior could have used a shockwave to stun them. Also, seeing how good aoe balance druids, elemental shamans and death knights do I don't believe that should be a problem.

[@GinarTheNinjar]

@Epyksen You can get one like that in Wrath, drops in Gundrak hc off of Moorabi

[@Laurcus]

OMG that quake mechanic is so cool! That is totally a throwback to old final fantasy games, where float spells would make you immune to earth damage. Bravo Blizzard, bravo!

[@sjfreitas90]

I loved the completely random trash design of Molten Core! It seemed that the developers were just like placing mobs as if they were randomly decorating a room! More on-topic, awesome instance, awesome commentary! I really love your work TB!

[@Bcutter]

Wasn't jumping required somewhere in the Nexus as well?

[@keredol]

@NizzeNys see, in the beta, blood is the new tank spec, they can heal decently, but not like they used to

[@begley09]

That's depressing that 3 people agreed with your comment, I wish blizzard grew a backbone and said "Don't like the challenge, don't play." As to your comment, "raiding separates the boys from the men", you seemed to forget the amount of times they nerfed raid content because it was "too hard".

[@pathaider]

@XxSVRxX All gear of the same slot and ilvl as the same amount of Stam. So an ilvl 333 healer cloth chest will have the same amount of Stam as a piece of 333 tank plate chest.

[@xJarcon]

@Iamthesouljacow Yes, they are converting it all to Justice Points. If you play in the PTR, you'd know Triumph and Frost emblems are being converted to these points. Its an interesting new system.

[@jks2389]

TB, next time you run this instance, if you do, put up a stopwatch and leave it running through the fights to get an idea of the timing of the abilities. If you have someone on the ball enough to keep track of timing, you might be able to avoid those shard sprays.

[@Hellbane224]

@supergyl Actually, it's a movement thing. Moving dispells the debuff, jumping is movement. They tell you to jump, because it's better than trying to kite her, or having melee run side to side. This is a completely different mechanic, because you are jumping to avoid the attack all together. Just levitating wouldn't fix the debuff in Nexus, you'd still have to move. ;)

[@Heihmax]

What's the buff you have where it's a green circle looks like the picture for a netherwing egg

[@MadMuscovy]

Nice Jurassic Park reference with the Troll hunter's pet. Very entertaining, looking forward to Cataclysm very much.

[@GuyN0ir]

@TheOats That's there since it's the beta, and it would open a lot by itself.

[@shindoutube]

can someone explain please what he means by the seagull would make the cc too easy? is there some kind of hunter cc with a seagull?

[@Mycenaea]

@umeue As TotalB says in some of his videos, warlocks can glyph so feared targets wont run around.

[@shindoutube]

hey can someone please explain to me what he meant by the seagull cc for a hunter would make it too easy? is there some hunter/seagull cc im missing?

[@greek0z]

Hey totalbisquit, Really appareciate all the vids you do ;) Just got 1 small suggestion... :p On mmochamp: --- Frost Curtain of Frost is now named Ring of Frost and has been revamped - Summons a Ring of Frost, taking 3 sec to coalesce. Enemies entering the fully-formed ring will become frozen for 10 sec. Lasts 12 sec. 10 yd radius. 7% of base mana, 30 yd range, Channeled, 3 min cooldown --- Would it be possible for you to do a short on this new/changed ability? It seems like a cool spell to use

[@ReqLeBeax]

Glad to see hard heroics are back (provided blizz doesn't nerf them for the QQing masses of baddies). I love the vids and the commentary.

[@Xellandria]

Oh man, back when I didn't know any better I always thought you could avoid certain AoE effects by jumping over them or otherwise removing yourself from the ground at the end of a cast (entangling roots or the like), and was so disappointed when I found out that wasn't the case. I'm glad to see they've acted on such a mechanic, though I don't envy people who normally play with high latencies one bit!

[@sonofwright]

Noticed NO artifacting during movement in 720p mode in this one, which I remember being more noticable in many of your previous videos. Don't know if you changed your quality upwards or if KZbin is processing them better... thanks for all the quality otherwise and I look forward to more artifact free 720p!

[@deleriom]

I am curious what the add on is that tells marks set in the chat box? I mark religiously as well as other tanks in my guild, i think this could be handy

[@Charcharblaze]

@SirNumu no, why would it be removed?

[@bstperryman]

Just curious, anyone know how DK tanking is in beta? I have one myself, but I have no info regarding how they're doing in beta.

[@Vanalovan]

i noticed money was being deposited in the guild bank as you looted it how does that work exactly?

[@MMadous]

At 12:40, you explain that the ogre can basically 1-shot your group if you're in front of him. That means that (probably) it will be aimed toward the tank at the start, correct? I'm also guessing he won't turn to hit you while he's casting, so if the tank simple positions himself away from the rest of the group and then strafes while he's casting, you'll be fine... Right? I want to make sure I get this right before I run it myself.

[@Exerus]

Your right that jump to avoid the quake mechanic is the best fight mechanic ever!!!

[@cynicalbrit]

@shindoutube It's a ridiculous in-joke that I may have started and now I'm kinda regretting :P

[@RedfieldStudios]

@TheExiledElite The ironic thing is that you most likely use the default ui that Tb did in the Beta.

[@legatotheone]

what ability is that to the right of your mana gem? the purple shield icon.

[@cynicalbrit]

@Mattw27 Let's freak out because beta is beta and isn't completely itemised yet!

[@NekoSOM]

@walidism Most certainly. Not that most fights aren't unforgiving of melee DPS, but this will certainly offer a unique challenge to groups that have very little AoE or are melee-heavy. It certainly wouldn't be unique in that instance, and I'm sure alternate strategies will emerge as a result.

[@hir0shima]

@familymosk don't get me wrong, I like some difficulty in wow but not in dungeons, dungeons are made so you can do them every day, so you can farm gear for raids, mats or rep. A little difficulty is welcome but this is just insane for a PUG

[@stingernick]

Wouldn't a better strat for the jumpy ogre things be to stack up so his jumps don't move him far, and then run through him when he goes to shockwave? Maybe I don't understand the mechanic.

[@TheAmorri]

@TheSamuraiElf I suppose they could still head for the smaller races necks, which is even worse for the taller ones. ;)

[@thom_kurtz]

Hey TotalBiscuit after the instance runs and stuff it would be pretty cool if you did questing videos in places like mount hyjal kinda like how you did the goblin and worgen starting zones.

[@Zubrex]

The levitate part is amazing. This heroic is perfect!

[@Mycenaea]

Is the music in the background the music in the instance? What is the green "lazer" from the hunter?

[@luke8294]

What does the seagull do? Does it buff them up, or somthing?

[@PatrickObama]

feared enemies doesnt move anymore? or is it a bug/talent?

[@PantsDePeon]

whats the buff thats with the green background and the black egg shaped thing?

[@Notkeola]

can u ask the hunter what that green shot he kept using was

[@Waterseeker_]

@umeue Its a Glyph, Like TB said in the Vortex Pinnacle hc video

[@SidheKnight]

@DaniOverture I started playing at the end of TBC, but really got into "serious" PvE in Wrath. I, for one, know it will be damn hard for me to adapt to this difficulty, and I hope Blizz don't overdo it. But the bright side is, now my acomplishment will be WORTH SOMETHING!

[@maximumride987]

Hey tb, can you put some of your wrath in like a container and ship it to me? so when i see someone calling nerf on the forms i can unleash it?

[@Stevezftw]

@RubbehDuckeh It is the built in new Blizzard UI.

[@xLilPuddinTater]

2:12 what are those 2 flame things on the screen?

[@omzit]

whats the normal hp in 85?

[@AndreEndo]

@cmilla646 There was a mechanic like that in WoW already, on tiger boss in Zul'Gurub you had to jump on his knockback.

[@Tuliems]

I don't think the length of time the healer is dead while the tank survives is much of a problem on the second boss as that was mostly in an air phase where all damage could be avoided. When the boss landed, the tank wouldn't have lasted long without cooldowns and this is exactly the kind of situation a tank is supposed to blow CDs in. I suppose the drake could keep shooting the tank from the air, but with all the spikes blocking LoS, that could make for some very frustrating deaths due to luck.

[@SuperGunner09]

@DaniOverture And might I say, GOOD! I gotta say that Wrath heroics, with the exception of Halls of Reflection, are quite simple. Deaths, not to mention wipes, are almost unheard of since ToC released.

[@lillbrorsan]

I am really interested in what kind of gear you have obtained for these heroic runs aswell as your choice when it comes to reforging.

[@TheSamuraiElf]

@TheAmorri What about Gnomes, Goblins, or Dwarves?

[@Blazieth]

Did I see another "Fist of the Deity" model-using weapon? One that is STILL not available for Offhand?

[@Sonnyrazer]

@TheExiledElite ITS THE DEFAULT UI BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RELIABLE ADDON SUPPORT IN BETA AT TIHS POINT, SEE CAPS MAKES ME SOUND SMART TOO

[@frederrasse]

@jeremy7780 Doesn't it only do that at last boss drop?

[@Pigslayer80]

Hm, if levitate is intended to work as to negate the Quake, then would disengage/blink work? Just a bit curious, and i'd appreciate someone testing this and telling if it works. Love your videos TB!

[@Llythe]

Thats really cool that levitate made that fight easier, I would like to see more uses for other such class skills.

[@skormz10]

@MrRakky no ... normal is to get u aquainted and better geared so when u want to do heroics u have experience and skill, then u do heroics to get gear for raids and emblems

[@mythbuster43]

Milhouse Manastorm? I remember him, he was an NPC you had to keep alive in Heroic Arcatraz back in TBC! And now he's turned on us! As has been said by many of my fellow WoW players, "Never trust a gnome!" And your right about this heroic, it looks epic.

[@Woogieuk]

@zac2806 What?!?!?!? 85 is the max so how can you get level 90 instances?

[@Haggis025]

Is that fist weapon a Tonfa? If so that would be awesome.

[@ragindagan3078]

I agree. As someone who got to exalted with the Hydraxian Waterlords in classic that any fondness anyone feels for Molten Core is purely nostalgia.

[@cynicalbrit]

@TheMindOfJosh Cobra shot.

[@CloudVaris]

Here's a thought for the stalagmite boss... Make your cover break after it takes a couple shots. Force you to move on to the next one.

[@NegaDruid]

Mana Regen is a wonderful premium in Cata. Scorch on the move is probably awesome for certain fights, but otherwise the mana regen from Mage Armor would be so much better.

[@cthomas992]

the levitate thing i say keep it cause its engaging spells that u wouldnt normally use in a combat situation and putting them to GOOD use.

[@martymo89]

I love that CC is back

[@zail112]

How much health is average for a tank at level 85?

[@IceSanctuary]

Does anyone know where the European beta servers are located? Halibut just really has never been clear on that =/

[@FranzJosefIV]

@TheAmorri In Monster Hunter, a completly different game, a Monster will make an attack where you have to sit to avoid getting hit.