I'd be interested to hear how the non-casting magic wielding classes learned to use their skills. Originally a subtlety rogue was just a sneaky person who used very physical objects (powder to blind, rocks to distract, and even more powder to vanish). In legion they got reworked to become extremely adept shadow magic wielders who used the power of shadow to do the stuff they did before. It was a great direction to take the class, but no one really taught them how to do it. They just start out with a dagger stabbing people, and after stabbing enough people they can start teleporting, blinding, stealthing even in well-lit areas etc.
dude i've been studying the magic systems of the popular shows and videogames. Like all magick systems are the same magic system if you got the right puzzle pieces
"You'll fail the vibe check, and the light will not aid you" This joke hits on multiple levels at once, and is easily my favorite bit in this video. Great work as always!
Concerning 8:59, here's my favorite excerpt from 'The Schools of Arcane Magic - Transmutation': "Make absolutely certain you know your destination before attempting to teleport. There's a reason we have very specific spells to teleport to certain locations - attempts to cast a teleportation "on the fly" often result in one very dead mage _inside_ a wall, chair, or _another mage._ *And I don't mean in a fun way.* " Naughty, naughty Blizzard ;)
12:58 Death Knights were first created by the Horde during the Second War, by putting dead Shadow Council souls into dead Stormwind Knight bodies. That's how we got Teron Gorefiend, those Death Knights were more spellcaster based then the Lich King's melee based Death Knights. They also kept their personality, no Eternal Hunger bs to force them into being edgelords, they were edgelords before they became Death Knights.
"I was the first, you know. For me.. the wheel of Death has spun many times. Sooo much time has passed. I have a lot of catching up to do." Teron Gorefiend wasnt just a Death Knight, he was the first Death Knight. And the only reason he was willing to fight for the horde after receiving a power level that could have made him competitive for full blown rulership of the Old Horde, was because he was promised Azeroth as his planet to rule after it was conquered and the Horde would move on to assault more worlds.
so a slight correction, the newest generation of death knights (the allied races) do not have the craving to inflict pain seeing as that was a condition set upon death knights by arthas, bolvar seemingly just raised people and went 'hey bad things abouta happen, you wanna fight?'
@@blackblade99009 got pandas and allied race was bolster numbers could pick up few humans orcs tuaren night elf dwaf be like ok yall wanna fight again something about go down sh one my human dks 4th gen died meanwhile has brother was 3rd gen kinda stuck around trying fit it but failing cause was dk whole hunger thing go kill stuff so know :). my eyes say allied race bolster good chunck 4th gens but i think that are some og races raised 4th gen
That is really interesting. I was having a really hard time figuring out how to make my Death Knight RP work out with the pain addiction, but this solves that problem entirely. Cheers, mate!
@@apalsnergIn fairness with all the war and battle in the warcraft universe, DKs probably get a good enough fill of violence by simply being a soldier for their respective faction.
@@guillaumerattaire290 I feel like that's more a Shaman thing. You know, "spirit walking" and all that. And the Tauren jokes. Puff puff give, that's the rule.
LMAO I’ve roleplayed a magic user on WoW for 4+ years and am so happy after watching this video; it’s hilarious and spot-on. It's not super in-depth but it doesn't need to be; you've made an amazing primer for people who might not be up to date on the new lore Chronicle introduced as well as people who didn’t know the stuff to begin with. I love that you emphasized how diverse interpretations can be by simply making good comedy out of those topics (the schools of arcane magic, for instance). It’s a hard line that could make a lot of dumb nerds mad if you don’t toe it right but I think you did this beautifully. Thank you so much for making it.
4 years? That’s not exactly a long time. I mean a lot of us have been around since classic, or at least before the dumbing down that occurred in cataclysm
Ultimately Shamanism is a peak example of favoritism at work. You can put hours into understanding the elementals but if they like someone else better you're never gonna surpass that someone
@@Jaquan018 Actually Shamanism is based on mutual respect. If the Elements don't like you, it's likely because you aren't doing enough to earn their trust to give you their blessings. It's not like they pick and choose you based on something that ISN'T your willpower and strength of character. You earn your power as a Shaman, you don't just study or grasp it like other casters.
if your being real and your low. if u need a chat dont hesitate let me know whatever I can do I got you. I truly know how it feels and I do what I can to help lift people's moods in the hope of preventing them from doing or thinking of something they cant take back if u catch my drift. no worries it's just an offer so u know you never have to feel that way and be alone. you may just be taking the piss outta old platinum and I could look a right twat writing this but hey! I mean well :)
He’s so annoying! His theory and speculation videos are always so off and ridiculous. Unlike platinum, belluar is one of the people who just want to get the clicks.
@@rdsasuke1 Bragged about Leafy getting banned from RUclips, saying "people who make content at the expense of others should be punished". Then when people pointed out all Asmon used to do was call people Faggots and harass them in WoW he was like "well, that doesnt count cause i've *changed*"
I don’t know any real lore about goblins and their shamanism, but my head cannon is that since they use a literal drill as their “totems,” they are essentially fracking for elemental power, enslaving the elements in a sense. A shaman’s ability to use elemental power can be taken away/refused, but not if you completely force the elements to serve you (which we have seen shamans do before in the lore.) It’s a clever and funny way of expressing the shaman magic combined with modern technology, in my opinion.
Small mistake, but not every demon race was "Uncorrupted" before the Legion. Races like the Dreadlords and Pit Lords were born of the nether as demons without ever needing to be corrupted.
I would like to mention that the Light itself is also a cosmic entity that bestows its power to those who fallow the Light's "vision" or "path". It does not care what it's power is used for as long as it apply to what the Light's plan. You lose these powers when the Light disagrees with you or if it doesn't help in the overall Light's goal. For example the Scarlet Crusade can kill all the innocent people and undead they want and still use light/holy magic, but when Arthas uses his power to do the same the Light abandons him.
Shit I didn’t even know about that back story for the goblin shamans. Damn that shit is goofy. But tbh, when I thought about it, none of the goblin classes make sense except for rogues lol (which quite appropriately is the most chicken shit class ever 😂) Here see if you can follow me Lets see Goblin warrior- the dudes are 3 feet tall and ain’t thicc like dwarves. Their ears are bigger than any other appendage. Don’t buy it. Goblin hunter- I get the gun part but I can’t imagine a goblin taming anything that doesn’t understand the concept of currency (as goblins themselves don’t understand relationships that extend beyond transactions) Goblin priest- lol the only thing goblins believe in is the power of capitalism Goblin mage- kinda works but I can’t imagine goblins would choose the arduous path of being a mage when they could just yeet to the top with warlock magic Goblin warlock- cheap shortcuts and transactions for easy power all at the low cost of souls? Yep, actually sounds like a goblin! Goblin monk- yeah, just no Goblin death knight- oh yeah, Arthas for sure walked by the corpse of a 3 foot tall Italian yoda and thought “yes this is the perfect champion to lead my armies in purging the living from Azeroth” So yeah only rogues and warlocks really work logically lol
Goblin hunter makes sense if you consider them owning and exploiting the pets. There are examples in the game of goblins controlling pets like the kodo tamer goblin in desolace.
Consider the goblin warrior again. Consider what a goblin is - condensed guido. Now, imagine that every goblin warrior is Joe Pesci. There you go, starting to make sense now?
Hunter is easy: You own and exploit the pet, or you trade it food for killing. Easy Goblin Priests are just Televangelists. You know, the ones with huge churches that totally need a private jet so call in your donations now! The starting zone priest trainer is even standing on a stack of "tithes" As for mage. It's a longer term investment that pays out better. Smart goblin
R.L. Taelyon Ok I’ll give you the hunter, that makes sense. But priest is still a no. Unlike religion in our world, the light is a tangible force and doesn’t really work for you if you don’t believe in it or follow its tenets, as the video describes.
Dude I’ve watched this video, and so many others of yours so many times because I can’t get enough of em! They’re great, accurate, and funny. The amount of work is top notch!
Worth noting that necromancy can be achieved through basically any form of magic. It’s a school of arcane It can be done through death magic (surprise!) The light can apparently raise people into undeath I believe drust use nature magic for necromancy And I’m sure there’s an example of void necromancy somewhere. Edit: forgot fel, guldan used fel to create the first death knights, orc warlock souls transplanted into human corpses.
Plat you have a unique way of storytelling. I'm sure it can be difficult at times to write out "the perfect" script but I want to say that I enjoy your videos and hope you keep producing content. Thank you for the upload!
Potato This is the closes to me playing WOW thanks for making it fun to watch and learn. Too poor to play the game, Platinum WOW is a god send for all that cant afford.
Not all shamans must trade with the elements in order to access their powers. There is a taunka during the vashj ir questline that says that he can command the elements without having to do anything for them and that he would not want it any other way. Also there's the famous boat builder from the kul tiran unlock questline who literally just wanted help from whoever and the elements came without her having planned it.
It's interesting how many origins there are for Necrotic magic. Kel'Thuzad achieved it through research of the Arcane. Gul'Dan achieved it through research of the Fel. And it generally employs Shadow, Frost, and (sort of) Fel elements.
13:37 dude, dude... you should hear about their progenitors the Death Knights from DnD. Their backstory on how they came to be, is pretty brutal. You have to be a fully committed paladin who undertakes some gruesome sin like killing your own soldiers or murdering your family, commit some rituals, kill like 30 some odd people, and you become completely immune to all physical damage and can't be destroyed unless your weapon is destroyed because it houses your soul from earlier rituals, and a whole bunch of crazy shit. DnD lore was really well written and I only appreciate it more as newer writers tainted by the dark influence of corporate revenue streams corrupted the talents and subverted many more into unholy economic efficiency.
Tauren are the only player character race that doesn't use fel or arcane magic, the two highly corrupting forms of magic. Tauren fel and arcane mages are rare but that doesn't mean they are non existent. I'm saying this because you can't just look at a race and think "they all act like this". I like playing characters that are unique. My goblin shaman does their best to treat the elements with respect knowing that a contract is more efficient if both parties are willing and eager to help each other out. Just saying you can play whatever you want as long as it fits in with how the world works, not just within the limits of how some people think races have to act.
Agreed on liking to be unique but my goblin shaman is fully pimpin the elementals and my lightforged draenei death knight sometimes goes on MURDEROUS RAMPAGES with holy magic.
I once got a group of americans so triggered about my accurate alcoholic dwarf rp that they killed off prologue-wow rp in a fit of autistic rage when they realized you cant bully people into RPing your way, one of them was a roleplay Weaver, an invisible guy that Weave stories with player interactions, kinda like a Dungeon Master, that actively began to ruin events I participated in... Considering how petty "normal" people behave over a drunken dwarf, imagine how they will behave if you mess up describing magic schools!
Jesus christ how does this guy only have 120k subs, the amount of effort, quality and length these videos have to the ratio of views it gets doesn't seem right.
"Think of Arcane like the science of warcraft" a huge amount of the races in lore, including many playables, who have created incredible technological and scientific marvels "Are we a joke to you?" sorry I saw an opportunity
@@mihaimoldo we don't need me'dan. We already got sylvannas. And i'm pretty sure they also intended to do the same with Draka. Imagine that some mortal mom who died in battle because she was not stronf enough, replacing archangel Gabriel in heaven because she train a little bit in robbery and thieft art
honestly, platinum wow is the best content creator for lore, he unites critical and well-put info with hilarious humorous breaks from the serious narrative. it's actually crazy how good his content is, ffs
Must be how a ghost would feel after turning solid half way through the chosen wall. Ghost:Im walking through the wall. Ghost: Nooooooo!!! I turned solid too soon. Im permanently fused into the wall now.
This pertains to any video of yours: Do you have to look up memes/references that matches with your topic, or is your mind on another plane of existence?
Since I didn't see anyone else saying this... *It's been known that any female mages that get stuck in walls whilst using blink can escape repeating the old spell... "Stepbro I'm stuck please help me... "*
Kinda sad how they don't care about race / class restrictions anymore and the logic behind. Remember when Tauren Paladins had to be introduced late Wrath for the incoming expansion? "You don't want to do that. You think you do, but you don't." Anyways not to come off as a negative comment. Really love your content man, the perfect combination of details, humor and memeish edits. Unlike Blizzard class and race combinations. (sorry had to lol)
Why couldnt they be paladins? Lorewise they are not like human paladins... instead of using the power of the moon they are using the power of the sun, which makes sense for them since they have a bug history with their relationship with moon/sun.. i guess they could have been Paladins before that but i just dont understand how players decides when /they/ are not resoecting X aspect of a game THEY are making
New combinations DO make sense, like dwarven mages appeared when the dark iron clan rejoined the alliance. They have been none forever to be magic wielders.
You guys missed my point. I have no issues with Dwarf / Night Elf Mages, Human Hunters, etc. those are totally fine. What I was referring to was races & combinations like Panda Death Knights for example. Blizzard didn’t REALLY care about that when it come to lore. Demon Hunters being NE & BE only is excellent according to lore. But something random like Draenei DH? I know it doesn’t exist. But if it did, that’d be odd.
as someone whose main was a goblin shaman for the so many years, thank you. one time someone brought it up that its the class and race combo that makes the least sense, but then i levelled a vulpera shaman instead once i unlocked them 🤣
I've just been deep diving into your channel. Your videos are incredibly well done. The story is what made me love the game and with this booty of a story shadowlands is giving us, I love coming to your videos and remembering why i love warcraft
Been watching WoW videos for over a decade, and I gotta say, you make the funniest most consumable wow content I've seen, would not be shocked if you became the biggest wow channel on this site
Every time I hear that Dalaran music it takes me back to WotLK... I’m looking forward to Classic Wrath, as I’m sure most people are, I think there are probably more people hungry for that than Classic or Classic BC... but it never ceases to amaze me how even just hearing a few seconds of music can take one back in time.
Im looking forward to laughign at people as they find out how dogshit Wrath was compared to vanilla and TBC. Naxx was an absolute joke of a raid. Ulduar will be good if they dont include all the nerfs that fucking tank its difficulty for the first 80% of the raid to shit. Trial is a trial for the player to mentally endure. ICC was okay. Lord forbid you enjoy PvP and didnt pick the hero class though. Death Knights were so bonkers OP and if youre a competitive player, good luck finding a Val'nyr equipped healer and getting your shadowmourne. What a shitfiesta. Not to mention tahts when they started dumbling classes down for entitled casuals.
"Every demon you find in the Warcraft universe was once uncorrupted." Incorrect. Fel guards, doom guards, succubi, and other such demons were NEVER uncorrupted; they were born of the Twisting Nether itself, and have always been demons. Also, Eredar were NOT once Draenei; it's the other way around. Draenei were once Eredar, but changed their name to "exiled ones" in their language after their planet was corrupted and the term "Eredar" came to be synonymous with "Demon". ALSO, the broken were NOT created by "rejecting the influence of the fel". Seriously dude, where are you getting all this info? This is all basic stuff from Chronicle AND previous lore that you're just getting wrong. The broken were created when the orcs unleashed a Fel mist on Shattrath that severed their connection to the Light.
16:00 Taunka opened the doors for goblin shaman since Taunka don't negotiate with the elements, they bend them to their will and force them to give up their power. Yep, the tauren with the goofy Halloween mask are still canon.
Absolutely adore your videos, top notch content. Really impressive how much content you fit into them, have to watch it multiple times to make sure I don't miss any jokes. Say is there a video where you explane the holidays of wow? That one would be such a delight. Cheers mate!
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I'd be interested to hear how the non-casting magic wielding classes learned to use their skills. Originally a subtlety rogue was just a sneaky person who used very physical objects (powder to blind, rocks to distract, and even more powder to vanish). In legion they got reworked to become extremely adept shadow magic wielders who used the power of shadow to do the stuff they did before. It was a great direction to take the class, but no one really taught them how to do it. They just start out with a dagger stabbing people, and after stabbing enough people they can start teleporting, blinding, stealthing even in well-lit areas etc.
dude i've been studying the magic systems of the popular shows and videogames. Like all magick systems are the same magic system if you got the right puzzle pieces
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The last time I was this early the Amani were still in their strength.
"The Trolls were pissed."
they had a strength? XDDD
*ZulJin4eva42069 wants to know your location*
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Amani... neva gonna die ..
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This feels that could call Shadowman...
@@exmaarmaca Oh you didn't know? That is why Shadowman always wears that mask... he doesn't want to expose that it's Khadgar
cant wait to have robot hellscream to give us an ad
You wouldn't be able to find out because he is using...... *N O R D V P N*
this is an accurate description
"You'll fail the vibe check, and the light will not aid you"
This joke hits on multiple levels at once, and is easily my favorite bit in this video. Great work as always!
2:56 "We're talking about critical ASSpects of the lore."
Oh I wasn't focused at first to notice. I am now.
Concerning 8:59, here's my favorite excerpt from 'The Schools of Arcane Magic - Transmutation':
"Make absolutely certain you know your destination before attempting to teleport. There's a reason we have very specific spells to teleport to certain locations - attempts to cast a teleportation "on the fly" often result in one very dead mage _inside_ a wall, chair, or _another mage._ *And I don't mean in a fun way.* "
Naughty, naughty Blizzard ;)
12:58 Death Knights were first created by the Horde during the Second War, by putting dead Shadow Council souls into dead Stormwind Knight bodies. That's how we got Teron Gorefiend, those Death Knights were more spellcaster based then the Lich King's melee based Death Knights. They also kept their personality, no Eternal Hunger bs to force them into being edgelords, they were edgelords before they became Death Knights.
"I was the first, you know. For me.. the wheel of Death has spun many times. Sooo much time has passed. I have a lot of catching up to do."
Teron Gorefiend wasnt just a Death Knight, he was the first Death Knight. And the only reason he was willing to fight for the horde after receiving a power level that could have made him competitive for full blown rulership of the Old Horde, was because he was promised Azeroth as his planet to rule after it was conquered and the Horde would move on to assault more worlds.
"And speaking of evil corruptions"
*Bellular intro blasting*
I thought he was throwing shade ngl
That is from the Legion feature trailer from 2015,its no ones intro
Oh really.
@Zarozapa CnJ Wow and you are a butthurt kid who upvoted his own comment,good job,so what was the point of your comment ?
He may have missed the joke but he helped me find the name of the music I was looking for
2:54 You got me. I'll focus with you.
Asspects of the lore
@@Criselyon *As(s)pects* of the lore
That was a moment of thicc plot right there
Thigh inquistor Whitemane xD
That made me lose my fucking shit. rofl
so a slight correction, the newest generation of death knights (the allied races) do not have the craving to inflict pain seeing as that was a condition set upon death knights by arthas, bolvar seemingly just raised people and went 'hey bad things abouta happen, you wanna fight?'
I think this includes any DKs Bolvar raises, not just the allied races at least lore-wise. Might be wrong though
@@TenzinBeifongIII story wise, and gameplay wise, he only seems to have raised allied races.
@@blackblade99009 got pandas and allied race was bolster numbers could pick up few humans orcs tuaren night elf dwaf be like ok yall wanna fight again something about go down sh one my human dks 4th gen died meanwhile has brother was 3rd gen kinda stuck around trying fit it but failing cause was dk whole hunger thing go kill stuff so know :). my eyes say allied race bolster good chunck 4th gens but i think that are some og races raised 4th gen
That is really interesting. I was having a really hard time figuring out how to make my Death Knight RP work out with the pain addiction, but this solves that problem entirely. Cheers, mate!
@@apalsnergIn fairness with all the war and battle in the warcraft universe, DKs probably get a good enough fill of violence by simply being a soldier for their respective faction.
Someone needs to make some kind of mod that adds "Dorime" to every light ability in WoW.
YESSSS, I need this
and one that says 'Knowledge' when buffing Arcane Intellect or Blessing of Wisdom
and one to says : WEEEEEEEEEEEEED when casting any druid spell
@@guillaumerattaire290 I feel like that's more a Shaman thing. You know, "spirit walking" and all that. And the Tauren jokes. Puff puff give, that's the rule.
Even after so much time has passed, I get chills when I hear the Lich King's voice
LMAO I’ve roleplayed a magic user on WoW for 4+ years and am so happy after watching this video; it’s hilarious and spot-on. It's not super in-depth but it doesn't need to be; you've made an amazing primer for people who might not be up to date on the new lore Chronicle introduced as well as people who didn’t know the stuff to begin with.
I love that you emphasized how diverse interpretations can be by simply making good comedy out of those topics (the schools of arcane magic, for instance). It’s a hard line that could make a lot of dumb nerds mad if you don’t toe it right but I think you did this beautifully. Thank you so much for making it.
4 years? That’s not exactly a long time. I mean a lot of us have been around since classic, or at least before the dumbing down that occurred in cataclysm
@@factbeaglesarebest man shut up with your gatekeeping no one cares
@@factbeaglesarebest no one asked 😵😁
@@factbeaglesarebest It's a long time in roleplay terms.
@@factbeaglesarebest I've been a wow rper since 2012, but I didn't realize it was a fucking contest. Hint: it's not.
I always imagined Goblin Shamans are pretty creatively represented by their totems. Drills. They force the elements to do their bidding.
no, that would make them dark shamans, they still ask the elements for power, but, unlike others they do negotiations just like with everything else
Ultimately Shamanism is a peak example of favoritism at work. You can put hours into understanding the elementals but if they like someone else better you're never gonna surpass that someone
@@Jaquan018 Actually Shamanism is based on mutual respect. If the Elements don't like you, it's likely because you aren't doing enough to earn their trust to give you their blessings. It's not like they pick and choose you based on something that ISN'T your willpower and strength of character. You earn your power as a Shaman, you don't just study or grasp it like other casters.
thanks for giving me a reason to live today ilu
It's likely he'll make more down the road. Stick around.
Oh man I wish I could find one of those
Gonna be waiting for your comment on his next video so yeah, stick around :)
if your being real and your low. if u need a chat dont hesitate let me know
whatever I can do I got you. I truly know how it feels and I do what I can to help lift people's moods in the hope of preventing them from doing or thinking of something they cant take back if u catch my drift. no worries it's just an offer so u know you never have to feel that way and be alone. you may just be taking the piss outta old platinum and I could look a right twat writing this but hey! I mean well :)
Glad a video made you live
I love the Warcraft lore, but I do love those kind of videos. The mashup how they are serious and funny in the same time is some next level thing.
5:50 Bellular: Hello, and wellcome to another World of Warcraft video
Did he intentionally reference Bellular? So cool
He’s so annoying! His theory and speculation videos are always so off and ridiculous. Unlike platinum, belluar is one of the people who just want to get the clicks.
"Being a druid is all about hugging trees.."
This is the quality content I'm subbed for.
I love Goblin Shams, the thought of them aggressively drilling into the earth and abusing the elements for cash is pretty kickass.
Can't wait for me to watch this Video just to watch it again on Asmons stream.
I can’t wait either the bald man always has a great input on his vids
You mean that bald guy that supports censorship?
@@davemustang8173 What did Withered Jim do ?
@@rdsasuke1 Bragged about Leafy getting banned from RUclips, saying "people who make content at the expense of others should be punished". Then when people pointed out all Asmon used to do was call people Faggots and harass them in WoW he was like "well, that doesnt count cause i've *changed*"
Dave Mustang that was more than 3 years ago, Twitter nazi get the hell out of here.
I don’t know any real lore about goblins and their shamanism, but my head cannon is that since they use a literal drill as their “totems,” they are essentially fracking for elemental power, enslaving the elements in a sense. A shaman’s ability to use elemental power can be taken away/refused, but not if you completely force the elements to serve you (which we have seen shamans do before in the lore.) It’s a clever and funny way of expressing the shaman magic combined with modern technology, in my opinion.
You made me realize that harnessing the light pretty much just passing a heavenly vibe check
You forgot to mention the strongest form of magic
The magic of friendship.
I believe that to be a different kindnof fandom entirely
Okay Sora
Suffering is magic
And magic is heresy ¡¡
You mean like Uther and Arthas' friendship?
That smoldering Zul'jin was so funny, thanks for the great content!
Ah, yes. The most fundamental aspects of the Warcraft universe: "blah, blah, blah." I believe that's actually a direct quote from Chronicles!
2:55 yep, critical ASSpects of the lore
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Ad transitions this smooth require more training than blink.. most ad transitions end up in a wall.. or furniture.. or other channels.
Small mistake, but not every demon race was "Uncorrupted" before the Legion. Races like the Dreadlords and Pit Lords were born of the nether as demons without ever needing to be corrupted.
It's blizzards way of saying "We didn't have any lore for them"
@@CharterForGaming Well, their existence helped Sargeras go crazy.
I would like to mention that the Light itself is also a cosmic entity that bestows its power to those who fallow the Light's "vision" or "path". It does not care what it's power is used for as long as it apply to what the Light's plan. You lose these powers when the Light disagrees with you or if it doesn't help in the overall Light's goal. For example the Scarlet Crusade can kill all the innocent people and undead they want and still use light/holy magic, but when Arthas uses his power to do the same the Light abandons him.
Shit I didn’t even know about that back story for the goblin shamans. Damn that shit is goofy. But tbh, when I thought about it, none of the goblin classes make sense except for rogues lol (which quite appropriately is the most chicken shit class ever 😂)
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Lets see
Goblin warrior- the dudes are 3 feet tall and ain’t thicc like dwarves. Their ears are bigger than any other appendage. Don’t buy it.
Goblin hunter- I get the gun part but I can’t imagine a goblin taming anything that doesn’t understand the concept of currency (as goblins themselves don’t understand relationships that extend beyond transactions)
Goblin priest- lol the only thing goblins believe in is the power of capitalism
Goblin mage- kinda works but I can’t imagine goblins would choose the arduous path of being a mage when they could just yeet to the top with warlock magic
Goblin warlock- cheap shortcuts and transactions for easy power all at the low cost of souls? Yep, actually sounds like a goblin!
Goblin monk- yeah, just no
Goblin death knight- oh yeah, Arthas for sure walked by the corpse of a 3 foot tall Italian yoda and thought “yes this is the perfect champion to lead my armies in purging the living from Azeroth”
So yeah only rogues and warlocks really work logically lol
Yeah, there are many selectable class choice I question the logic behind.
Goblin hunter makes sense if you consider them owning and exploiting the pets. There are examples in the game of goblins controlling pets like the kodo tamer goblin in desolace.
Consider the goblin warrior again. Consider what a goblin is - condensed guido. Now, imagine that every goblin warrior is Joe Pesci. There you go, starting to make sense now?
Hunter is easy: You own and exploit the pet, or you trade it food for killing. Easy
Goblin Priests are just Televangelists. You know, the ones with huge churches that totally need a private jet so call in your donations now! The starting zone priest trainer is even standing on a stack of "tithes"
As for mage. It's a longer term investment that pays out better. Smart goblin
R.L. Taelyon Ok I’ll give you the hunter, that makes sense.
But priest is still a no. Unlike religion in our world, the light is a tangible force and doesn’t really work for you if you don’t believe in it or follow its tenets, as the video describes.
Dude I’ve watched this video, and so many others of yours so many times because I can’t get enough of em! They’re great, accurate, and funny. The amount of work is top notch!
Worth noting that necromancy can be achieved through basically any form of magic.
It’s a school of arcane
It can be done through death magic (surprise!)
The light can apparently raise people into undeath
I believe drust use nature magic for necromancy
And I’m sure there’s an example of void necromancy somewhere.
Edit: forgot fel, guldan used fel to create the first death knights, orc warlock souls transplanted into human corpses.
i think the lightforged use necromancy for their constructs in some way
Plat you have a unique way of storytelling. I'm sure it can be difficult at times to write out "the perfect" script but I want to say that I enjoy your videos and hope you keep producing content. Thank you for the upload!
5:45
"And speaking of evil corruptions..."
*Bellular intro starts playing*
can confirm that thing about blink. i have somehow managed to blink through the ground several times, the results were about as described...
Potato
This is the closes to me playing WOW thanks for making it fun to watch and learn.
Too poor to play the game, Platinum WOW is a god send for all that cant afford.
Firestorm, great community and servers work most of the time.
Wait, so how many bookshelves do I need to install in my Garage, before I unlock the Lamborghini of "Knawledge" mage exclusive mount?
Omg lmao
Not all shamans must trade with the elements in order to access their powers. There is a taunka during the vashj ir questline that says that he can command the elements without having to do anything for them and that he would not want it any other way. Also there's the famous boat builder from the kul tiran unlock questline who literally just wanted help from whoever and the elements came without her having planned it.
That was the best ad read I have ever encountered in my life. I was so engaged and it hit me like a freight train. Bravo, mate.
Bruh you got me with Nord vpn SO DAMN HARD, I actually thought there something locked in Dalaran 😂
I love the "endless hunger" on th he death chapter, for death knights, its badass
It's interesting how many origins there are for Necrotic magic.
Kel'Thuzad achieved it through research of the Arcane.
Gul'Dan achieved it through research of the Fel.
And it generally employs Shadow, Frost, and (sort of) Fel elements.
"Before there was Azeroth, there was nothing"
First ones: Are we a joke to you?
13:37 dude, dude... you should hear about their progenitors the Death Knights from DnD. Their backstory on how they came to be, is pretty brutal. You have to be a fully committed paladin who undertakes some gruesome sin like killing your own soldiers or murdering your family, commit some rituals, kill like 30 some odd people, and you become completely immune to all physical damage and can't be destroyed unless your weapon is destroyed because it houses your soul from earlier rituals, and a whole bunch of crazy shit. DnD lore was really well written and I only appreciate it more as newer writers tainted by the dark influence of corporate revenue streams corrupted the talents and subverted many more into unholy economic efficiency.
That slow “knowledge” fucking got me 😂😂
5:50 didn’t know I was watching a Bellular video
First time not skipping through the ad portion. That transition into the ad was truly genius! 10/10
Tauren are the only player character race that doesn't use fel or arcane magic, the two highly corrupting forms of magic. Tauren fel and arcane mages are rare but that doesn't mean they are non existent. I'm saying this because you can't just look at a race and think "they all act like this".
I like playing characters that are unique. My goblin shaman does their best to treat the elements with respect knowing that a contract is more efficient if both parties are willing and eager to help each other out. Just saying you can play whatever you want as long as it fits in with how the world works, not just within the limits of how some people think races have to act.
Agreed on liking to be unique but my goblin shaman is fully pimpin the elementals and my lightforged draenei death knight sometimes goes on MURDEROUS RAMPAGES with holy magic.
I once got a group of americans so triggered about my accurate alcoholic dwarf rp that they killed off prologue-wow rp in a fit of autistic rage when they realized you cant bully people into RPing your way, one of them was a roleplay Weaver, an invisible guy that Weave stories with player interactions, kinda like a Dungeon Master, that actively began to ruin events I participated in...
Considering how petty "normal" people behave over a drunken dwarf, imagine how they will behave if you mess up describing magic schools!
lol. That was a very "yadda yadda" hand wavy explanation of the 6 cosmic forces.
This is a wonderful video to start my day!! Thank you for always having a ton of beautiful work!!
Jesus christ how does this guy only have 120k subs, the amount of effort, quality and length these videos have to the ratio of views it gets doesn't seem right.
"Think of Arcane like the science of warcraft" a huge amount of the races in lore, including many playables, who have created incredible technological and scientific marvels "Are we a joke to you?" sorry I saw an opportunity
i love that bit of the light and void clashing together at the beginning
Everyone gangster until Med'an starts wielding all types of magic
Thank fuck they back down on that Mary Sue character. He's no longer Canon
@@mihaimoldo we don't need me'dan. We already got sylvannas. And i'm pretty sure they also intended to do the same with Draka. Imagine that some mortal mom who died in battle because she was not stronf enough, replacing archangel Gabriel in heaven because she train a little bit in robbery and thieft art
@@mihaimoldo good thing we don't have mary sues in wow anymore... wait a minute..
We do not talk about him. Medivh and Garona never had a child. NEVER
This Nord VPN Commercial is the best commercial i have EVER seen in my life! Good work!
7:45 When you said "...the sudden urge to burn down orphanages..." I immediately thought of Richard the Warlock from Looking For Group
I’d love to see a purely void based class, maybe a melee dps, ranged dps and tank? I don’t know what they’d be but I would love to see it
honestly, platinum wow is the best content creator for lore, he unites critical and well-put info with hilarious humorous breaks from the serious narrative. it's actually crazy how good his content is, ffs
9:54 I always knew that Mages were the most intelligent class on Azeroth. 👏👏
This is my favourite video of his, I come back to it every month
8:12 i expected khadgars "knowledge is power" line lol
same :(
"But using it wisely is the key"
Awesome like usual!
When anything goes wrong or a new dungeon/raid was introduced: "A wizard did it". It was simpler time back then.
The light be like :
Mortal. After all this time in training to harness my power, you must pass.....***THE VIBE CHECK***
2:51 I LOST
12:31
you can hear the lich king say this at the death knight starting zone!
What would you call an old god inside a paladin corpse? What would you call a titan like Sargeras inside a mage corpse?
I might call an undead old god paladin HorrorKnight. The undead titan class could be called DeathMage but that sounds too much like necromancer.
8:49 - the exact moment you can tell Platinum WoW is a practitioner of Fel-magic
The thought of mages teleporting into walls and other things... killed me LOL
Must be how a ghost would feel after turning solid half way through the chosen wall. Ghost:Im walking through the wall. Ghost: Nooooooo!!! I turned solid too soon. Im permanently fused into the wall now.
Superb video!
damn I actually am early for once, can't wait to watch it again in a few days on asmons stream
All hail baldman
3yrs later..RIP Dalaran 😢
My body is ready.
You’re the only RUclipsr who’s adverts/sponsors I actually watch
This pertains to any video of yours: Do you have to look up memes/references that matches with your topic, or is your mind on another plane of existence?
the high quality adds are the best part of Internet Historians videos and now they're the best part of Platinum WoWs as well.
Waiting for the Bald one to approach and give his highly intellectual comments in form of weird sounds and yes's.
the ad transition will never be topped honestly very clean good work.
Since I didn't see anyone else saying this...
*It's been known that any female mages that get stuck in walls whilst using blink can escape repeating the old spell... "Stepbro I'm stuck please help me... "*
These videos are honestly so good I’m genuinely hooked on them at the moment thank you!!
Kinda sad how they don't care about race / class restrictions anymore and the logic behind. Remember when Tauren Paladins had to be introduced late Wrath for the incoming expansion? "You don't want to do that. You think you do, but you don't."
Anyways not to come off as a negative comment. Really love your content man, the perfect combination of details, humor and memeish edits. Unlike Blizzard class and race combinations. (sorry had to lol)
Why couldnt they be paladins? Lorewise they are not like human paladins... instead of using the power of the moon they are using the power of the sun, which makes sense for them since they have a bug history with their relationship with moon/sun.. i guess they could have been Paladins before that but i just dont understand how players decides when /they/ are not resoecting X aspect of a game THEY are making
New combinations DO make sense, like dwarven mages appeared when the dark iron clan rejoined the alliance. They have been none forever to be magic wielders.
You guys missed my point. I have no issues with Dwarf / Night Elf Mages, Human Hunters, etc. those are totally fine. What I was referring to was races & combinations like Panda Death Knights for example. Blizzard didn’t REALLY care about that when it come to lore. Demon Hunters being NE & BE only is excellent according to lore. But something random like Draenei DH? I know it doesn’t exist. But if it did, that’d be odd.
Platinum WoW: ''tainted by the evil stench of... HEY! HEY!''
*finger snapping*
Me: ''MY LIGHTBRINGER RISES.''
You missed out on saying "Nord VPN is my favourite VPN on the Violet Citadel"
as someone whose main was a goblin shaman for the so many years, thank you. one time someone brought it up that its the class and race combo that makes the least sense, but then i levelled a vulpera shaman instead once i unlocked them 🤣
Should have used Khadgar and his "knowledge is power" at 8:09
"But using it wisely is the key"
You totally got me to lean forward at the bit that there was something under Dallaran. Well played.
clearly Sally's thighs are all the light needs to know shes aight
I've just been deep diving into your channel. Your videos are incredibly well done. The story is what made me love the game and with this booty of a story shadowlands is giving us, I love coming to your videos and remembering why i love warcraft
Wrong the naru sacrificed itself willing
Been watching WoW videos for over a decade, and I gotta say, you make the funniest most consumable wow content I've seen, would not be shocked if you became the biggest wow channel on this site
atleast 1 bald guy will watch this video
Every time I hear that Dalaran music it takes me back to WotLK... I’m looking forward to Classic Wrath, as I’m sure most people are, I think there are probably more people hungry for that than Classic or Classic BC... but it never ceases to amaze me how even just hearing a few seconds of music can take one back in time.
Im looking forward to laughign at people as they find out how dogshit Wrath was compared to vanilla and TBC. Naxx was an absolute joke of a raid. Ulduar will be good if they dont include all the nerfs that fucking tank its difficulty for the first 80% of the raid to shit. Trial is a trial for the player to mentally endure. ICC was okay.
Lord forbid you enjoy PvP and didnt pick the hero class though. Death Knights were so bonkers OP and if youre a competitive player, good luck finding a Val'nyr equipped healer and getting your shadowmourne. What a shitfiesta.
Not to mention tahts when they started dumbling classes down for entitled casuals.
"Every demon you find in the Warcraft universe was once uncorrupted."
Incorrect. Fel guards, doom guards, succubi, and other such demons were NEVER uncorrupted; they were born of the Twisting Nether itself, and have always been demons.
Also, Eredar were NOT once Draenei; it's the other way around. Draenei were once Eredar, but changed their name to "exiled ones" in their language after their planet was corrupted and the term "Eredar" came to be synonymous with "Demon".
ALSO, the broken were NOT created by "rejecting the influence of the fel". Seriously dude, where are you getting all this info? This is all basic stuff from Chronicle AND previous lore that you're just getting wrong. The broken were created when the orcs unleashed a Fel mist on Shattrath that severed their connection to the Light.
Jesus dude as if WoW lore does not get retconned every patch release.
16:00
Taunka opened the doors for goblin shaman since Taunka don't negotiate with the elements, they bend them to their will and force them to give up their power.
Yep, the tauren with the goofy Halloween mask are still canon.
Inb4 asmon uploads his reaction and takes more views
But he brings more viewers to the video
Absolutely adore your videos, top notch content. Really impressive how much content you fit into them, have to watch it multiple times to make sure I don't miss any jokes.
Say is there a video where you explane the holidays of wow? That one would be such a delight.
Cheers mate!
the shadow magic part was too short :( couldve given more lore about it than just 1 minute of content
7:46 what orphans gonna do? Tell there parents?
Nicely done. Your style is very engaging and accessible. You made this so interesting and fun to learn about.
damn this is one of the greatest videos i have ever watched on youtube , holly macerole! sick job mate!