ULTIMATE Hardcore Classic Class Picking Guide | Classic WoW

Whether you are a Hardcore WoW veteran or a newcomer to the game mode, picking a class is perhaps the biggest decision you will make.
Today I cover EVERY class in a good level of detail in Hardcore Classic WoW to help you get started and so you have some idea of what you are getting into.
This is my ULTIMATE Hardcore Classic Class Picking Guide | Classic WoW

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For any macros you want, check out the specific class video on this playlist link (it's too much text to post here)
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Hunter
21:23 - Shaman
39:31 - Druid
54:41 - Rogue
01:13:36 - Priest
01:32:43 - Warlock
01:53:39 - Mage
02:10:18 - Warrior
02:28:07 - Paladin
02:44:53 - Outro
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[TheRealCeeJai]

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

[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.

[Dzyntara]

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

[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

[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.

[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

[bjoern]

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

[danielandrade]

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

[benjaminbjorn]

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

[giovannivargas]

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

[NeotecDK]

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

[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 !

[PSCi]

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.

[gamingshowerthoughts]

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

[olleplle]

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

[NickMaurer]

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

[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.

[TrevorBevz]

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

[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.

[starkiller]

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.