Zul'Farrak would be on the list for me, I think it's better than Sunken Temple for big classic dungeons. It feels like a grand adventure, and doing the prison break for the first time was one of my most memorable early WoW memories.
@4523bgb3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Zul'Farrak is my all time fav.
@raver3773 жыл бұрын
@@4523bgb old school scholomance wouldve made the list for me
@ffarkasm3 жыл бұрын
I don't like ZF. Too much trash for too few bosses.
@tinkvader16193 жыл бұрын
@@raver377 yes old school scholomance loved that place had to farm it to get enchant so ran it a lot and the lore was good to.
@josejuanandrade44393 жыл бұрын
ZF is boring. Is just a couple open hallways and a pyramid... ST is a laberynth of stairs and hallways, full of secrets, important lore ties to hakkar, the emeral dream, lots of memorable quests, great bosses! ZF has a escort boss... a freaking escort boss! And a boss you can't do if noone has made the mallet... and the boss isn't even realy cool... is a hydra... the only reazon it matters is because of a carrot trinket. Only reazon besides the trinket quest, that people run ZF, is to farm the doctor's stave which admitedly is a great weapon for casters, and some people trying to get jang'traze and Zul'traze, but lets face it, those weapons are there to bait noobs, because they don't drop.
@stephenknowlton40723 жыл бұрын
Players asking for harder dungeons than complaining that they're too hard is the most WoW thing I've ever heard.
@Aj9Livess3 жыл бұрын
to be fair a lot of the people who cried out for one werent the same people crying out for the other, it was just a matter of who was louder
@arforafro55233 жыл бұрын
I mean consider this, WotLK dungeons were fine at launch/ulduar but people had been farming them with ToC and ICC gear for more than a year by the time Cataclysm launched while TBC dungeons started out hard and evened out once people got higher tier gear. At that point dungeons were complete facerolls and when you've been facerolling the same dungeons over and over you might get the impression they are easy rather than you completely outgear the content. MoP was very similar and people could practically solo the launch dungeons with SoO gear and their maxed out legendary.
@OhNoTheFace3 жыл бұрын
As someone who moved onto ff14. The dungeons were not harder, just full of lazy, shitty gimmicks
@Swedishiwa3 жыл бұрын
, then*
@nicklasjensen90433 жыл бұрын
@@arforafro5523 I am not sure what your point is. Surely the people wanting harder dungeons wanted the TBC situation and the ones wanting easier dungeons wanted the Wotlk dungeons. You outgeared the wotlk dungeons (argueably even before you had heroic dungeon gear) much sooner than you did the TBC ones - it is not a perception issue, that was simply how it actually was numbers-wise.
@alexchong17573 жыл бұрын
"Ordinarily I wouldn’t ask you to assault a fortified moving train - ah, no, that’s not true. This is exactly the sort of thing I’m going to need from you. All the time. " -Archmage Khadgar
@wick1803 жыл бұрын
Vanilla Strathholme. The storyline. Characters, and lore alone are amazing. Not to mention the visuals of outside the city let alone inside.
@LoudAlive363 жыл бұрын
Getting the Deathcharger was like winning the lottery
@wick1803 жыл бұрын
@@LoudAlive36 i got the mount right before BFA.
@edwardness74973 жыл бұрын
poor timmy
@CaptmagiKono3 жыл бұрын
BRD was really a dungeon straight out of a D&D campaign, it was the best in WoW, in my opinion.
@ReikaLady3 жыл бұрын
First tine through yes. Repeated runs not so much.
@crysosisback71153 жыл бұрын
@@ReikaLady Depends, when you know how to skip most of it, it isn't as long
@ReikaLady3 жыл бұрын
@@crysosisback7115 I knew the skips, it was still too damn long. I was the one who ended up running people for their MC attunement and their Ony questline.
@tedstudt85503 жыл бұрын
@@ReikaLady lava jump attune runs aren't so bad. I can get through them in about half an hour
@ReikaLady3 жыл бұрын
@@tedstudt8550 I did it for hours with my first raiding guild in Vanilla. It's what led to me ragequiting because I was getting harrassed by people who showed up late for their runs and the officers did nothing about it.
@sydney2293 жыл бұрын
BRD will always hold a very special place in my heart. It's like the old school AV of dungeons. I honestly don't remember ever doing the dungeon and actually doing everything. Every run was different with who had what keys, who knew what tricks (lava swim), ect. Completely understand why they split it up but I'll never forget the 2 hour runs and people never knowing exactly what the hell was going on.
@michaelacuff44503 жыл бұрын
I lost count how many times I did Jailbreak in this dungeon. So many fond memories.
@exeterra48253 жыл бұрын
I remember doing the entire instance only once. It took us around 6-7 hours and like 12 different party members. Sooo many wipes and so much running, but it still is one of my fondest memories
@sydney2293 жыл бұрын
@@exeterra4825 I feel like this is when old school and new school married the best
@noticedruid49853 жыл бұрын
Remember the Attunement to get to molten core and in order to reach molten core you had to crawl basically all the way through BRD just to get to the raid. (Unless you had a lock of course.)
@philippehenri7407 ай бұрын
BRD, LBRS and UBRS are some of my best memories of vanilla wow, they really felt like a DnD Dungeon Crawl game
@arforafro55233 жыл бұрын
Im surprised Maraudon didnt make it into the list. I like how Maraudon starts as a ghost and demon infested cave but as you crawl your way in it starts to become a beautiful hidden garden among the mountains with sunlight coming in from above and waterfalls really giving it that feel of progressing your way into the mega-dungeon.
@aerosmithfan199110 ай бұрын
Nobody enjoyed running Maraudon. Everyone has always wanted to do skips
@michaelsuder4867 ай бұрын
I hated Mara
@MyViolador3 жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention that heroic Purge of Strat also had a baller shield , the Royal crest of Lordaeron
@rayyoung67823 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the fact that it looked badass
@BeavisVolg3 жыл бұрын
@Johnny Guillotine the only shield better than that one is the one from naxx25, the one that grobbulus drops in 10 is =/= there isnt much diff.
@michaelacuff44503 жыл бұрын
Still part of my Paladin transmog to this day. I have my original in void storage.
@clarkr10653 жыл бұрын
Best xmog in the game.
@horrorkesh3 жыл бұрын
as a tank back in BC I still remember the pulls for shadow labs, 1 bad pull could wipe the group quickly
@robrr20003 жыл бұрын
How is Dire Maul not on here? So much lore and important things to do.. plus doing the tribute run was glorious
@Incurso033 жыл бұрын
Your inclusion of Sunken Temple and DeadMines reminded me of Scholomance. I loved scholomance and the quest chain that gave you this slow methodical exposition of its lore from the perspective of those trapped within its halls with the super unique reward of the ghost seeing trinket. It made me super nostalgic for the old dungeon and it seems largely forgotten in modern wow, and the slog of levelling in classic has killed my drive to do it. Id love to see discussion of dungeon changes or best quests that are no longer availabe
@Jayll19842 жыл бұрын
Scholomance, Dire Maul (North) and UBRS are my favorite classic ones. I loved doing Scholo class runs (when you could still enter Scholo with 10 opposed to 5 players) and Tribute runs =)
@lordjorach3 жыл бұрын
Utgaarde Pinnacle was such a nice dungeon. It had everything: undead, lots of treasure, giant taxidermized beasts, a mount to farm and nice music
@deltarek15343 жыл бұрын
I love that DG one of my favourite DG of all time , the only time I got a mount drop on my first time
@Y0G0FU3 жыл бұрын
and one of the worst mechanics with the Abominations where they spread a disease that not all healers where able to cleanse through certain times of WoWs development after WotLK xD God it was so annoying getting the dungeon sometimes :P It always took blizz a few weeks if not months to realize they made one healer unable to get rid of diseases at some point in time.
@Ryan65863 жыл бұрын
And dragons
@Skippa19863 жыл бұрын
Shadowfang Keep is very memorable to me
@elphaba46743 жыл бұрын
Agreed 👌
@pitbullseatkids26823 жыл бұрын
Same, running from ironforge to sfk is oddly a good memory to me in wow
@mitchbrown66722 жыл бұрын
It was a big step up from WC
@bryson3263 жыл бұрын
the culling mount wasn't given to everyone and it wasn't an issue of order. there was a timer that started at whenever you start the RP at the beginning of the dungeon. you had to kill the boss towards the end of the dungeon before the timer and he dropped 1 mount that everyone rolled on and that's why people would run it multiple times. it was sort of like the first m+ before m+ was even a thought
@viktorgrabovski5203 жыл бұрын
There were technically speed runs in BC which gave rewards
@BryonLape2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I never did get that mount.
@BrushfireMocha3 жыл бұрын
To this day, I still love Pit of Saron. Even though not a lot of people know how to tank it, it's still a fun dungeon.
@DevastatorIIC3 жыл бұрын
I swear, after it was released, every other dungeon I ran was PoS. I think it was all the shaman and paladins going for that healer shield. Half the time it was just me and the healer two-manning the piggyback boss
@jamesnyznyk1913 жыл бұрын
Pit of Saron was good. In fact all 3 of the dungeons released that patch were really good.
@cracksinatra10493 жыл бұрын
Farming Emblems to the limit😁😁
@BrushfireMocha3 жыл бұрын
@@cracksinatra1049 this dude gets it loool. great times!
@cracksinatra10493 жыл бұрын
@@BrushfireMocha did yall realm just killed Ick and Forgemaster for higher efficiency? The infamous 4 min runs/ 10 times/hour?
@cruros90843 жыл бұрын
The moment you showed HoR I got flashbacks to wotlk when everyone would mass leave that dungeon. It's a cool one but oh boy it got lumped in with the Occulus.
@ReikaLady3 жыл бұрын
I had more successful pugs with HoR than Oculus.
@ReaderdarkOriginal3 жыл бұрын
Halls of Reflection Has one good thing when you wipe ad the end sylvanas die for good
@dustinodunne35723 жыл бұрын
Fuck Occulus Hate that place
@BeavisVolg3 жыл бұрын
Everyone needs to output AT LEAST 6K FUCKING DPS(YES IM A TANK AND I GET MAD WHEN I WIPE BCS OF LACK OF DPS)
@xplicitmike3 жыл бұрын
HoR was trash, can't believe it's on the list smh.
@HavocHounds19883 жыл бұрын
The technical side of Grimrail Depot is just really impressive on how they make it appear like the train is moving.
@FuuuckOffff Жыл бұрын
Do people actually love running it though? I haven't looked back on it with much affection.
@haller15803 жыл бұрын
I really liked Maraudon and i am kind of suprised it didn't make the list. I like how it had that unique ambinet of hidden oase.
@98haunter3 жыл бұрын
Kinda late but I agree, when I first saw earth song falls I fell in love with the view
@JotakRTS2 жыл бұрын
That one's my personal favorite!
@JosephJohnson-gu5fw Жыл бұрын
Mauradon is one of my favorites. It's definitely a big place and so much looks the same but something about it......I just love it.
@banaanuitdeboom47843 жыл бұрын
Man, Maraudon never gets any love in lists like this xD
@LostGhostlandsEU3 жыл бұрын
Never forget Blackheart the Inciter MCing me and making me cast Teleport: Moonglade, fun times
@zairaner14893 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@Meltman10003 жыл бұрын
Magister terrace!!! Is my second favorite dungeon, court of stars number 3. . 100% BRD is number one, guess adding lbrs/ubrs would be repetitive. Vanilla strat over culling Grim batol over stonecore Sunken temple is really good but hate it. Much rather have Dire maul. Deadmines doesn't make my list. Halls of valor.
@ralifoux3 жыл бұрын
When you said Stonecore I IMMEDIATELY got PTSD of the whole "FEEL THE STRENGTH OF THE EARTH" Seeing this list really did make me feel nostalgic of the first time I entered all these dungeons - great list!
@lryuuzakimisamisa3 жыл бұрын
Break yourself upon my body
@ralifoux3 жыл бұрын
@@lryuuzakimisamisa pls no
@josuf_58123 жыл бұрын
lryuuzakimisamisa lmao I haven’t heard that in years
@nejiiuyn3 жыл бұрын
@@josuf_5812 You dont do timewalking? You hear that all the damm time during cata timewalking.
@ChumblesMumbles3 жыл бұрын
In timewalking I was able to down that boss pretty much solo on my ele shaman as the rest of the group kept dying. Good times. Lava burst insta-casts and ghostwolf to kite him back and forth. I died to him many times in Cata. Revenge is best served ice-shock cold.
@KDHeron3 жыл бұрын
Others have probably mentioned this, but #9, Scarlet Monastery, is actually the Cathedral wing (cath) of the Scarlet Monastery, as all four wings were part of the "Scarlet Monastery." The others are, of course, the Graveyard (gy), the Library (lib), and the Armory (arms).
@hegecactus89383 жыл бұрын
Stonecore gave me the flashbacks of the cataclysm dungeons and the first times running them heroic with the guild and me becoming spear bait ice blocker to get to the mindbender boss in throne of tides Grim batol was also pretty memorable and I'd probably maybe slice it in on my own personal top 10, since it had the fun ol dragon hijacking and throngus going "ohohohooo dis gonna hurt" Cata dungeons were something else
@ChinnuWoW3 жыл бұрын
Fuck those complainers who don’t like challenges and just want to cakewalk everything.
@StaffordMagnus2 жыл бұрын
Cata dungeons, especially heroics, were good because people had to dust off long unused CC abilities. Hell I remember teaching people in pug groups what CC abilities their class _had_ and putting them to use, such as shamans being able to shackle elementals, or druids to use roots or sleep.
@akaroth75422 жыл бұрын
I stopped tanking in Cata from abuse from bad dps : ( Made sure I knew mechanics, communicated, etc= nope. Would have peeps pull while we were still killing a mob pack, die to personal responsibility mechanics etc.
@peterrogers3691 Жыл бұрын
@@StaffordMagnus This. I'm sucker for Legion dungeon design, from lore to whatnot, but soon enough nearly everything in Legion became a good ol' no-brain Dps check. I remember Legion bosses having wipe potential mechanics, but Cata dungeons had broader distribution of strong and interesting trash mechanics. It'd be great if it was somehow possible to re-design Cataclysm with Mythic+ feature, might give WoW another go.
@19Szabolcs913 жыл бұрын
My favorite is probably Stratholme from vanilla. I loved its structure how it's big, but can be done in 2 parts (Scarlet side, undead side), both halves had very memorable settings and bosses, and also the first speed run challenge which I was very pround to have done. Also, aesthetically it's amazing. It had linear parts (in the scarlet building), a non-linear open place full of patrol that was challenging to get good pulls at, some wave-based stuff before Baron Rivendare, and he was a pretty tough boss in a time when most of them were simple tank and spanks. Also like: - Magister's Terrace (TBC) - Grim Batol and Zul'Gurub (Cata) - Darkheart Thicket and Eye of Azshara (Legion) - Freehold and Shrine of the Storm (BFA)
@SuperAutastic3 жыл бұрын
Bring back large dungeons!! BRD was so epic. I like shorter ones too but something about the huge ones felt so epic. I wish Blizz would include a mix of large and small ones in each expansion :/
@Keolus12 жыл бұрын
Classic Dire Maul North tribute run was my favorite. Had to make sure you had someone who could unlock a door, had to make a couple items so you could evade all the named mobs. Got to the final boss and all the loot would be in final chest, which had some of the best pre-raid pieces in the game.
@grafspe8073 жыл бұрын
Sunk temple was the reason i first looked up any thing about wow on line back in the day some one had said there was a super secret boss you could summon but had to touch the statues in a certain order. I was like how the fudge would any one know that ? Lol Funny thing is i still have the folder i wrote this down in in my desk and was able to use it when we did classic sunk temple :) My fave dungeons would be Pit of Saron , Trial of the Champion , Magisters Terace , Well of Eternity and Zul Farrak
@marknicklason3 жыл бұрын
Just realized, you have never done a top 10 wow boss speeches. Seems like a good one for a future video!
@Immagonko3 жыл бұрын
Kael says hi
@DiesNahts69693 жыл бұрын
Im 100% convinced he cant fit gunther arcanus or lillian voss in this Edit: wow he actually didnt
@XochiCh3 жыл бұрын
I havent watched the video, but I'm sure Gunther is in this list.
@ReikaLady3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing no Gunther OR Lillian.
@linkmastr0013 жыл бұрын
Lilian IS in Scarlet Monastery, so I guess he did slip her in.
@ReikaLady3 жыл бұрын
He didn't name her specifically and he talked about the original. :)
@localdingus67883 жыл бұрын
Number 1 Gunther Arcanus 2: electric boogaloo - the movie the game now staring Lillian Voss as Lillian Voss
@josejuanandrade44393 жыл бұрын
Just a correction: The mount from Culling of Stratholme.... Originaly, you'd get ONE, and you had to roll for it. I had to re-run the place several times. One time, there was a "friend" in the party who rolled NEED on it even tho he didn't had flying, and he won! And then he tried to sell it to us... And that's how he ended up being never invited again to run with us.
@QuixoticAri3 жыл бұрын
and you had to make it through all the scourge waves and to that boss within 25 minutes. I was a resto shaman and remember that last gauntlet filled with scourge after fighting the infinite dragons in the inn. Good times good times
@pivkemrzli22973 жыл бұрын
also i think that only the heroic dungeon version dropped the mount. which at the time was no small feat to complete in the time limit. the masses only started getting the bronze dragon mounts later in the expansion, when they were vastly over geared for that dungeon.
@josejuanandrade44393 жыл бұрын
@@pivkemrzli2297 Correct. Is the heroic version the one that drops the mount and you gotta make it in time before the Infinite Corrupter kills the drake :)
@TheZephyron3 жыл бұрын
@jose juan andrade Either I was in your run or it was a common tactic cause I had the exact same thing happen to me, lol
@phaton893 жыл бұрын
Dire Maul was kind of the first Mega Dungeon! Doing the whole thing in one run during Vanilla was a lot of fun! I’m surprised Court of Stars didn’t make the list, it really stands out to me as one of the best Blizzard has done.
@josejuanandrade44393 жыл бұрын
Dire Maul... you mean the dungeon introduced in patch what... 1.10? How can Dire Maul, a dungeon that is split into sections much like SM, with 1 section less btw (DM has 3 sections, SM has 4) be THE FIRST mega dungeon, specialy since Black Rock FuckingDeeps existed since day 1? And BRFD has a raid entrance. AAAAAAAAAAAND if you gonna say "DM is all connected" Only DM west and north can be accessed one tru the other. East has no way to jump into the others directly. Even Maraudon, for example, happened 1st, and that dungeon is so freaking HUGE, has 2 entrances, 3 sections, then a 3rd entrance so you can skip the 1st sections and go straight to Princess and the other bosses.. I'm sorry but Dire Maul, as awesome as it is, is FAR from being a mega dungeon... Even if you put it all togheter, is not even close to BRD or Maraudon. Hell i'd conseider Sunken Temple a Mega Dungeon before Dire Maul.
@sarkaztik32283 жыл бұрын
@@josejuanandrade4439 What you personally consider a mega dungeon doesn't matter to anyone but yourself, though?
@josejuanandrade44393 жыл бұрын
@@sarkaztik3228 So Violet Hold can be considered a Mega Dungeon just because MD is a concept that only matters to each one individualy? Most accepted interpretation of what a Mega Dungeon is, is a long dungeon with many wings inside the same instance and a number of bosses closer to what you'd see in a raid (9 to 12) NOW, Dire Maul and Scarlet Monastery have an actual classification, and is NOT Mega Dungeons... They are clasified as Dungeon Hubs. A place that contain several normal or small sized dungeon. Other examples ar Tempest Keep and Auchindon TBC. Maraudon is a 3 winged dungeon, they all in the same instance and perfecly connected so u can just walk tru all 3 without leaving the dungeon and has 8 bosses. BRD, well, do i need to even explain that one? Dire Maul has 3 dungeons, 2 are interconected and you can travel to the other if you have the key. East tho, is not connected. IF the wings were connected and you could complete the whole thing and kill all 15 bosses from the 3 wings connected, it would totaly be a mega dungeon, but is not.. is a Dungeon Hub, just like Scarlet Monastery.
@phaton893 жыл бұрын
jose juan andrade Sounds like the neckbeard is strong in you... Vanilla Dire Maul had 9 bosses in two instances, by your own definition: Mega Dungeon. You can argue semantics all you want, but Blizzard have been doing long, sprawling, multi-boss dungeons for years. Mega Dungeon is a new buzzword for things that are longer than the typical model used since early Cathedral runs became the norm. You can disagree with someone but do it politely and make sure you’re not contradicting yourself the entire time. Kay?
@josejuanandrade44393 жыл бұрын
@@phaton89 Fine, we can identify more aspects from the dungeons that can be considered MDs and see if Dire Maul fulfill them? Kara, BRD, Maraudon, have all an identifiable Main boss, regardless the wings, in the case of Kara you have Vizadum, a very challenging (for the time and even now because of how damn easy is to screw that fight) multi-phase fight, there's no doubt he is the final dungeon boss. Mechagon has King Mechagon, same qualites, multi-phase, challenging in mythic when it came out. BRD has the Emperor, Mara has Theradrass. Dire Maul has 3 bosses that are on the same level, so no very identifable main boss, because is not a MD... is Dungeon Hub. Please get that right. Just cuz yo "feelings" dosent mean we can clasify DM as a megadungeon. They are great dungeons, just not a MD. BTW the 3 bosses i mentioned are Tholtedrin, Immoltar and King Gordok. Also, Dire Maul North "bosses" are more like "mini-bosses" and matter of a fact, you SKIP them all because the real boss and goal of that dungeon is the tribute run. If you ask most people, the only boss in DMn is King Gordok, because you dont wanna kill any other boss :)
@DankMemes-xq2xm3 жыл бұрын
I'd be tempted to say that every Cata dungeon is my favorite. That expansion just had amazing dungeons with awesome boss mechanics. Halls of Origination and the ZA remakes being potentially my very favorite. Nothing will top the epicness of fighting Raj in Halls of Origination when he's burning you with the power of the sun.
@Gegi19923 жыл бұрын
The best thing about Cata dungeons was how well on-point they were with their difficulty. The normal ones were easy and could be done by everyone, but the heroic ones were hard, but not impossible. I remember so many of them as fun and exciting, even tho or maybe BECAUSE we died so often because of avoidable mistakes. Trash had to be CCed and boss mechanics had to be executed well. Some of them were a bit unfair tho, like in Grim'Batol or how that was called, when the Ettin-boss in the smithy used the impale thing on the healer you'd sometimes just wipe. Or the final boss in ZG where the damage was so high that even a single missed chain meant that your healer would probably go oom.
@SimpleReally3 жыл бұрын
@@Gegi1992 and people didn't leave after one wipe
@Zoggosh3 жыл бұрын
Court of Stars for me is probably my favorite ever. Loved all the little interactions with professions, and the bosses were fun but not overly punishing unless on high Tyrannical.
@wwe20053 жыл бұрын
Could we please get a video on the top 10 best/coolest boss rooms? The aesthetic of a boss room really sets the mood for the encounter and some are far greater and more memorable than others. Some of my favs: Celestial Planetarium - Algalon the Observer. The Antechamber of Ulduar - Assembly of Iron. Sulfuron Keep - Ragnaros. The Frozen Throne - The Lich King. The Celestial Watch - Netherspite. The Maelstrom - Madness of Deathwing. Forge of the Endless - Will of the Emperor. Forge of the Endless: Engine of Nalak'sha - Elegon. Temple Summit - Illidan Stormrage. Frostwyrm Lair - Sapphiron. Plenty of sweet boss rooms in both dungeons and raids over the years.
@RyanSaotome3 жыл бұрын
This video is literally the first time I've ever seen someone like the old Sunken Temple. I was so glad Blizz fixed it in Cataclysm.
@Immagonko3 жыл бұрын
He included sunken temple but not the iconic deadmines from classic wow What an idiot
@jeremycharles59283 жыл бұрын
Running Dungeons the 1st few weeks of Cata was the most fun I had grinding dungeons until Mythic + in Legion. We put together a grp and did all the achievements in the 1st week.
@Maniaman2133 жыл бұрын
The title for this video should be "Most memorable dungeons" not best. I mean this list has Halls of Reflection but not Operation mechagon, thats just weird if the dungeon is judged on it's quality.
@Dunki4a3 жыл бұрын
He said before bfa..
@icepumpkin44843 жыл бұрын
Just a little correction, blizzard stated they expected the leveling dungeons only be done ones. The endgame dungeon were designed to be run multiple times. This is the reason why dungeon like stratholm or brd have so many different themes and routes.
@franklinmorgan18283 жыл бұрын
Gotta agree that halls of reflection was incredible. My main reason for loving it is because it gave normal, dungeon only players a real taste of fear from the final boss of the xpac. I’m no raider, and I know dungeons are easy, but give me a taste of what I’m fighting against even if I don’t kill the final boss because I don’t have time for a dedicated raid schedule. Loved it for this reason
@Jayll19842 жыл бұрын
I still hate it that Artha...xcuse me.. The Lich King was a boss. I always wanted Blizzard to make The Scourge into a faction. Like how in Lotro you have the "evil" faction. I would've loved to level a Death Knight or Necro under the command of TLK and kill "goodies". I understand why they didn't though.. With all expansions planned that idea would die off real quick. How you have Legion invasions in Legion it would be cool to have Scourge invasions though. But well.... Bolvar came along and killed all the fun =(
@dollahbill5103 жыл бұрын
The culling of Statholme mount did not drop for everyone. It did if you soloed it, and it might have in later patches, but it was originally awarded to only 1 person.
@jonaswestman12453 жыл бұрын
My personal all favourite dungeon is court of stars from legion. I loves the different buffs you could get depending on your class setups, and it was cool to infiltratör the enemy
@ffarkasm3 жыл бұрын
2:22 Do you mean Cathedral? All of them are part of the Scarlet Monastery.
@NoOne-py5or3 жыл бұрын
I assume so
@hashiramasenju32463 жыл бұрын
i looked for this
@harvrush1013 жыл бұрын
Presume they were known differently on US servers?
@TheRyanNutt3 жыл бұрын
Cata had great dungeons, i remember struggling so much at the start and still enjoying them
@JustNrik6 ай бұрын
yea cata rework of deadmines was amazing, and having a miniraid dungeon like halls of origination was also really good, I farmed a lot that dung for trinkets
@robinallpets3 жыл бұрын
Its funny actually, ive never had as many leavers in Dungeon queue as ive had for the Culling of Stratholme. It takes absurdly too long now
@katarinafil3 жыл бұрын
Was doing it the other day and the initial role play alone takes as long as doing another dungeon.
@fabiopellacani17643 жыл бұрын
I miss the Dungeons from Cata so much. I remember fondly the early days of heroics and the sense of danger they had.
@DeanduMClarence3 жыл бұрын
Really love how you just jump into it, no BS, begging or 5 hour promotion speeches, just straight into it and quality content, thanks!
@sarkaztik32283 жыл бұрын
Oh no, god forbid people trying to make a living. What a terrible and awful thing to do.
@DeanduMClarence3 жыл бұрын
@@sarkaztik3228 God forbid! People try and make a living creating hollow content, better yet why don’t we just offer them our own money and cut the hollow content? Just donate to them for doing nothing, that will inspire the lazy people for sure!
@187BulletProof13 жыл бұрын
The experience of running Deadmines back in 2008 when I started playing WoW is forever imprinted into my mind. So strong atmosphere and the community. Seeing all these people gathering around the busy dungeon entrance. Nostalgia overload.
@MiS_4n_THr0_pic_NiH_il.i5t2 жыл бұрын
Horde here so for me it was Wailing Caverns, loved that dungeon. I mean just getting into WC and Deadmines back then was a test of your group... once you finally got together, lol.
@firun26353 жыл бұрын
Cataclysm had wonderful dungeons. I really liked all of them.
@josuf_58123 жыл бұрын
Neltharion's Lair was one of my favs as of recent, legion dungeons were so good and memorable
@cumbypinterdson51502 жыл бұрын
I was happy to see Shadow Labyrinth on here. I don’t know why I remember that one so fondly but I do.
@Nighttimeqt12 жыл бұрын
I remember My first dungeon run like it was yesterday. It was dec 2004, i was minding My own business on My Tauren shaman in silverpine forest, then i got a whisper from this undead priest named farraj "hello, You down for a SFK run? We could use an off tank and off heals" i said: what is SFK? Farraj: shadowfang keep. It's a dungeon. After of a bit chatting, he explained to me how we were going to do pulls, when to use My taunt totems and such. After 3 hours we got to the final BOSS and we killed it. It was mindblowing, we kept playing together until legion non stop... Havent seen him since. I just hope we can get together one day to run our last dungeon together.
@thefluffyone999a3 жыл бұрын
Stormstout Brewery was always one of my favorites. Great setting, hilariously hectic mechanics, and to boot, a neat little search and find achievement that gives you a Hopling pet. I remember playing it on heroic during MoP and dying at least once each time because I couldn't stop laughing.
@edwardness74973 жыл бұрын
sounds like somebody was ooked in the dooker...
@MooseCastle3 жыл бұрын
Stormstout challenge mode gold was something else.
@lukeberghaus2723 жыл бұрын
Stormstout Brewery is brilliant.
@hmkellz58623 жыл бұрын
And just a pinch of... oops! Peppers! More peppers! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Wicked0612 жыл бұрын
Somebodys ooker got dooked
@AsprosOfAzeroth3 жыл бұрын
Magisters' Terrace is my favorite by far!
@rekambaa3 жыл бұрын
Currently playing through classic for the first time, as my first time ever playing WoW. Deadmines is my next goal and im so excited.
@Mixmasterghettoblaster3 жыл бұрын
Scholo, mechagon, halls of lightning, magisters terrace and upper kara come to mind for me
@GaeFootballClub3 жыл бұрын
even tho BFA is kinda whatever overall, i really enjoyed all the dungeons. freehold and king’s rest are some of my favorite ever
@shack28003 жыл бұрын
GaeFootballClub dazar is just an all around fun and good boss
@Fabriciod_Crv3 жыл бұрын
Siege of boralus is great too (leaving m+ out of the equation)
@Ehmbar3 жыл бұрын
You liked kings rest? I hated it, especially on tyrannical
@JohnJonnyBerry3 жыл бұрын
@@Ehmbar because its hard? Yeah I do agree that some of the things in KR is hard and sometimes rather random (the trash especially). But i still think most of the mechanics are super fun and and the dungeon looks amazing and feels amazing.
@TheHotHelios3 жыл бұрын
Waycrest Manor tho, love the aesthetic and rly ties the Drustvar storyline
@kbredstar5293 жыл бұрын
Scarlet Mon... i assume you meant cathedral? cuz they are all called Scarlet Mon. ie: GY, Lib, Armory, Cath.... you just said SM
@lerchomat3 жыл бұрын
He's talking about all 4 of them....as a whole
@Leopoldshark3 жыл бұрын
@@lerchomat At one point I presumed he was trying to say that of the four, people liked doing Cathedral the most, but he flubbed and said Monastery again instead of Cathedral.
@lerchomat3 жыл бұрын
@@Leopoldshark yeah thats true but i get his point its a great dungeon overall but i prefer cathedral like most people i guess
@Meowvela3 жыл бұрын
Regarding Culling of Strathholm; another cool part is that it was loaded with easter eggs if you delayed in triggering events. Shops, npcs to talk to. It really added to it.
@TK_GX3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Good list. its hard to do a top 10 like this but I think you got it pretty well right.
@halsti993 жыл бұрын
i really liked culling on playthrough 1 for the story... hated it on every other playthrough. its SO much waiting around and clearing trash. just gets boring.
@TheAckeePlant3 жыл бұрын
yeah I agree, if it were up to me i wouldve replaced it with ZF or even Vault of the Wardens
@ringee69293 жыл бұрын
I remember almost peeing my pants doing Halls for the first time when I was 4. It will always have a special place in my heart
@steve_jackson99333 жыл бұрын
LOL, BRD. The tavern brawl. Looking for torches from those mobs before the last boss. such fond memories.
@emadameriyoon3 жыл бұрын
thanks to you and arkest for bringing all those good old memories back!
@sushionaram3 жыл бұрын
Halls of reflection reminds me of dungeon fillers, which were Wotlk and Legion asassults on Violet hold. Man i hated both of them because it was almost afk kill 20 adds spawning one after another, easy boss then repeat 3 times and fight medium/hard boss. Also Opening the Dark Portal (The Black Morass) was one of boring ones because of waiting time and 18 small waves of mobs.
@jl535883 жыл бұрын
My favorite dungeon ever was definitely Vault of the Wardens (Legion)
@anthonyprosapio26353 жыл бұрын
Great when you're leveling
@whiplash3083 жыл бұрын
I hardly know anything about DnD, but I'm subbing anyway Hiru! That and Duel Logs are great.
@TheMcardarelli3 жыл бұрын
I think in the future BLIZZARD should experiment with the whole BRD idea: let them make a huge dungeon like BRD, that would take hours for you and a group of friends, BUT, with guaranteed loot for everyone, so it fits the ONE BIG ADVENTURE, and that´s it. So it would really feel like a rewarding experience after all the hard work !
@MountainChristian453 жыл бұрын
Blackrock Depths was absolutely legendary. And still is the best 5 man in all of WoW’s history.
@nerdbrain3963 жыл бұрын
A "top 10 BFA instances" would be a fun video to look back at this xpac with. Doing it with both raids and dungeons to reach a top 10.
@lerchomat3 жыл бұрын
Are there even 10 different dungeons in bfa? I never played this xpac so im just curious
@ThePrayable3 жыл бұрын
@@lerchomat 10 dungeons and 1 mega dungeon
@Amandor20113 жыл бұрын
@@lerchomat 10 dungeons and Mechagon mega dung split in 2 making it 12 dungeons for m+
@ShadowTheHedgehogCZ3 жыл бұрын
To this day, I don't even know all dungeons and raids that are located in Blackrock Mountain. I was so overwhelmed by BRD and I kept confusing with other dungeons in the mountain. And the Cataclysm added more of them, and I didn't play the game around that time. So somehow this location is still very mysterious to me.
@newerfor3 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe Mara isn’t on list, it designed so well that alleviate the classic leveling stress immensely
@Hier003 жыл бұрын
In Culling of Stratholme the boss that dropped that mount was at the end of the whole dungeon, and was on a timer; you would have to clear the whole dungeon (sans actual last boss) quickly in order to even engage him. That's probably the only dungeon with an optional speed-running mode with a unique reward that was implemented.
@Psi-Storm3 жыл бұрын
zul´aman had a timed mode too, that rewarded a mount.
@TixFrix3 жыл бұрын
@@Psi-Storm Zul'Aman was a raid though. This was the first time they did it to a 5 man dungeon.
@Psi-Storm3 жыл бұрын
@@TixFrix He said CoT4 was the only one, but the cata? ZA dungeon and Legion Kara revamp had timed runs too. Since CoT4 was also heavily based on Stratholme, they aren't that different.
@alexkachouti13493 жыл бұрын
Did anyone here really like the Everbloom dung!! So nice!
@dominos76163 жыл бұрын
I did, definitely one of the more different and interesting dungeons in WoD.
@spinsyjenkins88893 жыл бұрын
I always liked to do the shortcut in challenge mode and still cutting it close to the timer. The mage trash was annoying if not handled properly as was the (optional) spider boss
@bryce62743 жыл бұрын
I don’t even play wow, but I still love to watch your videos. Keep up the great work!
@qasem903 жыл бұрын
I didn't know you have a channel for WoW... I guess the never ending joy of top 10 will never stop
@r.pizzamonkey73793 жыл бұрын
I mean, idk about you but I remember Shadow Labs being one of the least popular dungeons in TBC. I mean, people mostly didn't even run it unless they were trying to get attuned for Karazhan
@gamwpanagia3 жыл бұрын
Do you mean?
@warlock8493 жыл бұрын
random comment is random. No one is talking about shadow labs
@lukeberghaus2723 жыл бұрын
Shadow Labyrinth was kinda cool, but it was a pain in the ass so people weren’t exactly eager to run it. We did it when we needed it. And it was fun, for what it was worth. If I had to pick a best dungeon of BC, that’s Shattered Halls.
@DBlock55663 жыл бұрын
I find shado pan monastery to be one of my favorites setting wise. Other than that, its a ver,y good list
@MonosEx3 жыл бұрын
Man I loved so much the ost in Halls of Reflection, especially the part where you confront Arthas.
@msparks213 жыл бұрын
DUDE. I didn’t even realize you had a WoW channel. I accidentally came across this, and your voice and preparation style are absolutely iconic. I love your Yugioh and D&D channels, so you’ve earned another sub here, my guy.
@Saimeren3 жыл бұрын
Great list. My personal list would have included Waycrest Manor. I absolutely love that dungeon.
@askevisholm19333 жыл бұрын
ooh, wow! you're right!
@nightdragonzero3 жыл бұрын
Giving me flashbacks to start of Cata where it was impossible to do any dungeons outside of my guild due to how hard the mechanics were & having to go into our voice chat programs to talk 'raid tactics' while doing them >.
@vaxxeenmtg97333 жыл бұрын
I remember hitting 85 on my Hpal In leveling greens and almost every boss fight In the cata dungeons felt like a mythic raid encounter in terms of healing. Cata dungeons were great
@EskayRogue3 жыл бұрын
Hiru and a D&D channel is like my ideal combo man!
@rontorrisi45293 жыл бұрын
loved this complete list. great vid 👌.
@_timetravels45283 жыл бұрын
Man, Cata was truly the golden age of fun and hard 5 man heroics
@NivQ873 жыл бұрын
yeah, when you started with HoR, my first thought was, Really?? The only one more reviled than HoR was Occulus. People hated HoR then, in addition to just huddling in the corner people struggled with kill priority on that trash a lot, and it was tuned the highest of any of the dungeon finder dungeons, which, since that feature was added mid expansion, basically everything else was rofl stompy by then. People weren't spamming DF for gear, they were doing it for marks of valor or just the one daily for marks of frost for vendor gear, and seldom did people wanna do a harder dungeon to get that currency. The more things change, the more they stay the same. OOF, yeah, original Ozzy was SUCH a time. I liked doing it at the time, but I was in the minority of folks that enjoyed difficult dungeons with randoms. Man, I loved BRD and BRS, I got super good at navigating both of those and was always delighted when I could convince people to do the full clear with me, esp before they separated out some main objectives for a shorter experience.
@sarkaztik32283 жыл бұрын
To be fair, you can't blame bad players/parties for the hate that HoR got. It was fine with a good group, and terrible with a bad one.
@SRPowers28913 жыл бұрын
Hiru, love you content man, keep it up!
@deathi3 жыл бұрын
thank you arkest! it was actually a interesting video idea
@garyfox41583 жыл бұрын
Kinda surprised no mention of magister's terrace 😳
@edwardness74973 жыл бұрын
this list was merely a set back...
@naughtpersonal80843 жыл бұрын
Most hated dungeon of all time, lol
@sejiren40363 жыл бұрын
I'd say Maw of Souls is my favorite dungeon. I really like the aesthetics (like number 8), it was short enough to not become tedious (unlike number 10 and 2) and the bosses were decent.
@its_deer3 жыл бұрын
BRD is such a unique case. I'd love to have some big dungeons again, but the fact that shorter ones are better as general content is also true. Players even now in Classic just fashion the place into their own fast runs, like an AAA (arena, anvilmar, angerforge) run. Or princess runs or jailbreak for attunements. But that's only really possible because everyone knows about the place now, which also kinda ruins the idea of having a big exploratory dungeon.
@TheYeahsta2 жыл бұрын
You do a great job with your videos my dude
@saint-cetacean3 жыл бұрын
The moment Stonecore popped up I heard Ozruk screaming at me and had to go hide in the corner.
@josejuanandrade44393 жыл бұрын
BREAK YOURSELF UPON MY BODY!
@saint-cetacean3 жыл бұрын
@@josejuanandrade4439 uhhhh it's definitely UPON, get it right smh 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤 /s
@josejuanandrade44393 жыл бұрын
@@saint-cetacean damn right sorry! Brain fart there
@saint-cetacean3 жыл бұрын
@@josejuanandrade4439 I'm just givin you shit dw abt it hahah
@MiguelSouza-ok9gb3 жыл бұрын
Lilian is in Scarlet Monastery, so she is in the video.
@roberttosa2560 Жыл бұрын
All great runs. So hard to pick just 10 I bet. Thanks!
@draheim903 жыл бұрын
I did Stonecore through group finder when leveling an alt this expansion. Having never done this dungeon before, man was that interesting. I felt like I needed an explanation or to look up the boss mechanics, which is rare for LFG.
@Svilly123 жыл бұрын
I really miss Cataclysm's dungeons. They were SO fun, and though you got some shitty groups, when you got good groups who understood mechanics and worked together, it was so fun. Easier than organising a raid but still that raid feeling. Miss it a lot. The new dungeons clearly built around mythic+ are shit, imo. It's all about trash pulls.
@sydney2293 жыл бұрын
"Men... Women... Children... None were spared the masters wrath. Your death will be no different" 0:08 this dungeon is literally one of my favorites along with the other most hated dungeon with the Drake's (the Oculus?)
@karamei3 жыл бұрын
Heck yes same, minus the part about the Oculus (oh nonono though I was never one who left). The fear of Halls of Reflection was one of the things that made it so good.
@FancyTophatDude2 жыл бұрын
I love the idea of one time huge exploratory dungeons. Getting quest items in there, completing quests outside that open up secret paths, shortcuts and new areas. Having areas with NPCs and other fun little interactions could make them feel so much more immersive than regular dungeons get to be.
@HoneyHeartstrings3 жыл бұрын
Hiru talking about BRD... At the time, I played FF11. Dungeons were exactly as he said. They were essentially a town on a map, except you weren't allowed to mount up inside. Nearer the main entrance, monsters were weaker. As you ventured further in, monsters would become much stronger. At the farthest points were "Hard Notorious Monsters" that had a respawn of 72 hours, and dropped end game gear. For the first 10 years that the game existed, there was no item level or power level - gear performed a specific function and you would swap to that piece of gear to perform that function, and then switch back. HNMs that dropped the best gear would be capped around the clock, for DAYS ON END. Many class specific quests took you to the deep part of these dungeons. It was so amazing to enter a dungeon and pass buy many low level parties trying to grind experience. You might toss a heal or a Raise, then continue with your own tasks further inside. Class specific gear performed many class specific roles, and were essential to have for your end game gear toolkit (For White Mages, making your heals stronger, making your regens more potent, making your elemental resist spells more resilient). You would be looking for a treasure coffer that could spawn in a dozen spots anywhere in the dungeon, but could only be up in one place at a time. You essentially competed against other classes of comparable level to try to find the coffer first, all the while trying not to aggro the super high monsters that would definitely kill you in two to three hits. The game world felt massive without easy access to teleports, and no instancing made the world genuinely feel lived in. Your end game gear kit came from every piece of end game content (Haste for attacking, Strength for weaponskills, Regen and movement speed for idling, cure potency for healing etc etc). Developers created new gear for new content based on what was missing in the game to make the toolkit more perfect, or provided alternative means to acquiring gear that drops from the previously mentioned HNMs. What this basically meant was that gear was never replaced. Basic end game gear was crafted, could be made/bought, used, and then could be sold again when you got something from your end game activities. It might take a long time to replace that gear too, but it made gearing relatively painless all the way to end game. There were a lot of problems with the game, of course. For one, getting into an experience grinding party was a monumental time commitment. There is no auto grouping, DPS took forever to find a party, finding a tank took forever, then you would have to all travel out to the camp in the world, pray it was OPEN! And then hope that your group is competent, and also plans to stay a while. It was an all day thing, and you could walk away with a full level, or you could walk away a level lower, depending on how well the party did. You truly got to know the people you played with, you knew both the famous and infamous people on your server, and you always felt like you were working towards making your character better for good... and not just until the next raid tier. The game still exists today, but it's in maintenance mode with only 1 populated server for both the English and Japanese communities. The level cap was raised long ago, gear now has an item level, and parties can be built through recruiting NPC characters to take on the role of tank, healer, or DPS. If you were to play the game today, you would basically be playing by yourself, in a party with 5 computer controlled NPCs. All of the previously populated exping camps are vacant, any zone in the world has around 5 books to instantly teleport to, and every zone, including main cities, are vacant except for the NPCs that existed since day 1. I remember there's a quest in Lower Jeuno that you can accept before 18:00, in which you can walk through the city turning on all of the gas-lit lamps, and you're rewarded a paltry sum of money. If nobody accepts the quest, then an NPC appears at 18:00, who walks through the city instead, tasked with turning on all of the gas lit lamps. An hour in the real world equates to a day in Vana'diel. So this NPC has been turning on these lamps 24 times a day since 2002, and she will continue lighting those lamps until the servers are shut off for good...