The Best Villain in Warcraft History

Garrosh, Son of Grom, will show you what it means to be a real Warcraft villain

0:00 Intro
0:12 Mag'har
5:46 Wrath of the Lich King
9:05 Cataclysm
20:37 Mists of Pandaria
26:18 Siege of Orgrimmar
32:46 Warlords of Draenor
34:36 Shadowlands
35:34 Outro

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[ArAnXx]

"it isn't you that Thrall loves, only the memory of your father" damn that quote must have cut through Garrosh because it's true

[Max-ejoh]

Garrosh did the only massive thing which was actually giving the Orcs serious infrastructure.

[ChainOfHades]

My favorite thing about Garrosh is this seemingly final revelation in his final cutscene in Shadowlands. One of the first things we hear said to him from Greatmother Geyah is, "Your choices are your own." The last thing he claims to Thrall before he dies is, "You made me what I am, " and Thrall, MIRRORING HIS GRANDMOTHER, tells him that he chose his own destiny. And in the time that he's in the Shadowlands, he obviously FINALLY realizes that he did make those choices; he did make himself who he became. But then he DOUBLES DOWN, and says he'd do it all over again. Best. Fucking. Villain.

[Smigglesdigy]

It's always amusing to me that Thrall put Garrosh, the known war-hungry military general in a place of power literally known as the "Warchief", then got surprised when Garrosh started doing war things.

[Blundabus]

Funfact: Garrosh wasnt corrupted by an old god.

He was actually fully in control of himself even when he was 50% grape jelly.

That's some willpower there.

[matus]

Garrosh is a perfect representation of why the Jailer failed. Garrosh was built up as a character since TBC and when he lost himself in his fury and lost sight of what is best for the future of Orcs by sticking to traditions and the culture of war, it was not a rushed process. Sure, it wasn't perfect, but it was leagues above what Zovaal was supposed to be.

[Delbraceified]

16:22 Garrosh is so powerful even his mail can punch you in the face.

[TheMexRAGE]

Stonetalon Mountain's Garrosh is kinda proof of how fragmented the questing writing and design team and "main plot" writing team are, this is kinda of a problem that have been there from the start and it still there today

[Alt-o-holic]

Garrosh is still one of my favorite characters in Warcraft history. I very much appreciate the writers for having him stay true to his character. No one was controlling him. He didn't have any ulterior motives. There really wasn't a "bigger fish" story with him. Him basically telling us that the only mistake he made was that he didn't kill everyone sooner is probably one of my most favorite things ever.

[Foba_Bett]

Garroshs story is so great because it's a battle we all fight.

It's a representation of the internal battle between one's ideals and the temptation to achieve those ideals through any means necessary, even those that compromise one's honor and integrity.
It's a story of potential and ambition that is corrupted by an insatiable lust for power and a conviction that might makes right. It's a narrative that is similar to the universal theme of the internal conflict between one's better nature and one's darker impulses.

[Domdrok]

In the final duel, you can hear his voice briefly break/falter with emotion when he's shouting, showing those previous layers of him still deep down in there.

[ShadowTheHedgehogCZ]

I think you have the Garrosh Cairne duel wrong. If I remember correctly, Cairne absolutely dominated Garrosh, to the point that Garrosh already believed himself dead. But then by luck Garrosh managed to scratch Cairne with his axe. That wouldn't do anything to Cairne if it wasn't poisoned. That's why Garrosh realized something was wrong when he suddenly won.

[Risingdoom]

The hearthstone book of heroes has been a blessing for voicelines and jokes for stuff like this.

[CloudHiro]

yeah the stonetallon thing was because of the dueling naratives between two writers. one wanted Garrosh to slowly redeem himself and hated Sylvanas and slowly wanted her to reveal herself as corrupt and a eventual enemy, while the other wanted the opposite for Sylvanas to become a good leader and hated Garrosh wanted him to eventually become a unredeemable villian.... you can tell who was in charge each expansion as things flip floped to their ultimate conclusions.

[Zale]

I think its also important to note that garrosh was heavily losing the battle against cairne in their duel. Cairne was about to end him but with that small injury he suffered and the poison he ended up dying.

[andreware]

He really was the only character to come into shadowlands and leave it without any contradicting, contrived changes to his character just for the sake of shadowlands, huh?

Garrosh was just that guy.

[MakiesOkami]

Garrosh seriously should've been a part of the Revendreth storyline in Shadowlands. Just imagine the interactions of Garrosh never listening to the Venthyr and being sent to the Maw.

[Double_Jae]

Always a good month when Platinum uploads

[Ivanus]

16:00 I laughed when Garrosh managed to punch her through his letter! xD
His violent ways cannot be contained by mere paper!

[RoxLOL]

Mad props to Patrick Seitz for his awesome perfomance as Garrosh