Let’s face it, WoW is full of elitists. Over the years the game has become more and more elitist central. Players are always striving to be better geared, have more gold, killer faster and dominate in every way possible.

Needless to say, it’s not a surprise that players are always looking for new guides to try and get a leg up on the competition in the quest to be the best. Most of these guides and resources are pretty much garbage, but every once in a while one comes along the really does what it claims, WoW crusher meets their expectations and a whole lot more.

To really be 100% correct I should say that WoW crusher isn’t a guide. In reality it is several different guides, with a brand new guide being added to the comprehensive system every month. For this WoW Crusher review I took a look at the first several months and well…I’m impressed.

Each monthly guide was a little over 30 pages and broke the content down into 3 segments:

1. Critical tops news from the past month
2. In-depth Q&A from readers
3. Detailed monthly action plan

Each guide was jammed with some truly impressive stuff. The type of guides I can actually read quickly, put into play and start seeing results from.

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In addition to the monthly WoW crusher issues you also get a ton of extras. One of my favorite extras, from WoW Crusher creator himself, Markco Polo (no seriously…that’s his name) was the Fast Track Action Plan. It’s a great resource that acts as the ultimate checklist to make sure you’re not making simple mistakes that could be costing you big. The guide covers everything from building your character, user-interface elements, professions, guilds, PvP, raiding, etc.

The real gem and what makes this guide superior to almost everything else out there is the WoW Crusher add-on. This custom add-on delivers up a huge list of the most kick-ass macros, key bindings and other resources developed by top-tier arena players and raiders. No stone is left unturned, the add-on includes stuff for every class, every spec and virtually every purpose you would ever possibly consider!

The bottom line on WoW Crusher: It’s solid as a rock. The monthly issues are the real bread and butter, they offer great insights every month, add this a host of extra guides and the ultimate cherry on top with the WoW Crusher add-on and you’ve got a complete system to generate insane amounts of gold, crazy arena ratings and bring you to the elitist level you’ve been after.

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For the first few years of WoW every time a new gold guide hit the market the entire community would be in an uproar too see what this new magic book had to offer. After the first few years it was pretty obvious the vast majority of these “new secret strategies” were nothing more than re-writes of the same few books. Almost 0 original material. So when I saw Cataclysm Scalper getting some buzz I was more than little skeptical.

Cataclysm Scalper Gold Guide Review

Cataclysm Scalper is a new guide by Jonathan smith, and it’s driving a lot of very much deserved buzz right now due to its inventive and original approach to farming, specifically auction house control. These are the types of strategies that true auction house masters use to not only make absurd amounts of gold, but quite frankly lock down and control entire server economies.

When I started this Cataclysm Scalper review I had one big question, what is it that makes this guide different than everything else out there?

Right away one of the biggest difference was the wide selection of tools built right in to help you along your gold making journey. Most guides just give you the basics “go to the auction house, look for X, list for Y” bla bla bla…we’ve seen it all before, but Jon goes well being and has developed intricate step-by-step walkthrough of literally every little thing he does to make gold.

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No more guess work, just follow along!

Cataclysm Scalper Reviewed – is it worth it?

The biggest thing that really pushes Cataclysm Scalper to the next level for me was the systematic and analytical approach taken. Jon provides spreadsheets, detailed charts, visual  diagrams and lists that really help you turn this into a complete system that you can repeat day in and day out.
The final question for this Cataclysm Scalper review came down to this one thing, has this gold guide proven itself to be among the SMALL minority that actually is useful? In a word, yes. It’s a brilliantly simple, easy to follow, repeatable and systematic approach to making huge sums of gold. There is no guess work in the system, just follow along the tutorials and learn how to implement the same methods.

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Just this morning I got an email about a new guide (warcraft conquest) about to hit the web. I get scores of these emails every week, and most of them are I just delete because I’ve read it a hundred times before. But for one something kept me a little more interested. This guide talks about stuff beyond just the basics…which naturally, all of them think they are “experts”, but this guide really walks the walk.

99% of the time when I hear “new” related to WoW guides it can just be brushed aside. But, a few pages into this guide I could tell it was going to be worth the full read. And I’m really glad I did, in my warcraft conquest review I found this guide has some innovative techniques and tactics that virtually every other guide on the market isn’t even aware of. I pride myself as being an expert (especially when it comes to making gold), but warcraft conquest had some pretty ground breaking strategies.

So what does it all boil down to?

Instead of just leveling to 85 like anyone with time can do, or making gold the slow and painful way, you’ll get to truly master end game content that only a handful of the world’s greatest guilds could ever touch before.

And that translates too…?

More domination in arena, battlegrounds, and PvP. Better gear, epics, weapons and HEAPS of gold.

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And that’s only the half of it! Max Lee, the legend behind Warcraft Conquest, has put together a complete step by step video guide series on LITERALLY EVERYTHING from how to defeat every boss in Vortex Pinnacle to how to play your class at the highest possible skill levels. Sometimes you might find one or two of his tactics floating around in other guides, but never before have they all been piled into one mega guide.

Will Warcraft Conquest forever change World of Warcraft and be the last guide you ever buy?

That all depends on you, your play style and where you’re headed in WoW. That said, from what I’ve seen this one of the most complete and comprehenisve guides to date. With a great social platform to communicate with other gamers, loads of videos, hundreds of pages of text guides and more there’s plenty to keep even the hardest core level 85 gamers busy.

I highly recommend checking this guide out…You can find it here: Warcraft Conquest

But above all, you’ve got to choose the right spec for your play style. You may find that your frost mage pvp build differs a little from the ones I’ve listed below, but it doesn’t meant they are any less effective.

Frost Mage Builds

The following are my top 2 frost mage builds. They are both mage pvp builds, so I wouldn’t recommend taking these anywhere other than arena or battlegrounds.

• 2 / 8 / 31 – Frost PvP Build with Impact

This first frost mage pvp build is the one I’m currently using. There’s a lot of potential variation in the way you use your points in the frost tree. If you’re doing a lot of battlegrounds and 5v5 arena piercing chill may be a better option for you, likewise if you find that you really never use flame orb you might use those 2 points in frostfire orb elsewhere. Don’t be afraid to play with the excess points in frost to build a spec that works for you. The nice that about this build is without question having impact. Being able to use it to stop casts, kite, and immobilize for DPS bombs is just huge, for these reasons it’s my current preferred mage pvp build.

• 9 /0/32 – Traditional Frost PvP Build with Imp. Blink

This second frost mage pvp spec is the more traditional layout. You’ll get the full point layout in frost, but you do still have some flexibility to make it more suited for your playstyle. Having improved blink is certainly a nice addition. This is probably the more “traditional” frost build for level 85. Having impact is probably more an an arena benefit due to the RNG aspect involved, but that’s a determination you’ll have to make based on your individual needs.

With a little strategy and planning you can find the shaman build that fits exactly what you’re trying to accomplish in the game.

Restoration Shaman Builds

• PvE Healing Restoration Shaman Build 3 / 5 / 33

• PvP / Arena Restoration Shaman Build 3 / 7 / 31

Elemental Shaman Builds

• PvE DPS Elemental Shaman Build 32 / 6 / 3

• PvP / Arena Elemental Shaman Build 31 / 7 / 3

Enhancement Shaman Builds

• PvE DPS Enhancement Shaman Build 8 / 33 / 0

• PvP / Arena Enhancement Shaman Build 10 / 31 / 0

Below you’ll see a few druid build examples for each spec. Feral druid build, resto druid build, and balance druid build. Each is designed with a specific function in mind, allowing you to get the most of your build druid build.

Feral Druid Builds

• PvE Tank Feral Druid Build 0 / 34 / 7
  Primary: Mangle, Lacerate, Berserk
  Major: Barkskin, Maul
  Minor: Challenging Roar

• PvE Cat DPS Feral Druid Build 0 / 34 / 7

• PvP / Arena Cat Feral Druid Build 0 / 38 / 3

Restoration Druid Builds

• PvE Healing Restoration Druid Build 2 / 3 / 36

• PvP / Arena Healing Restoration Druid Build 2 / 3 /36

Balance Druid Builds

• PvE DPS Balance Druid Build 32 / 1 / 8
  Primary: Insect Swarm, Moonfire, Wrath
  Major: Starfall, Monsoon
  Minor: Unburdened Rebirth, Typhoon

• PvP / Arena Balance Druid Build 32 / 0 / 9
  Primary: Insect Swarm, Moonfire, Wrath
  Major: Starfall, Monsoon, Entangling Roots
  Minor: Unburdened Rebirth

Answering these simple questions can help you determine the type of mage build you want, be it a mage leveling build, mage pvp build, or mage pve build. It’s important to stick with 1 or 2 primary goals in mind first. Your mage talent build cannot be the master of all, so you’ll want to focus on the most important goals you have. This way you’ll end up with a superior mage talent build.

Frost Mage Builds

• PvE / Raiding Frost Mage Build 5 / 0 / 36
  Primary Glyphs: Cone of Cold, Deep Freeze, Frostbolt
  Major Glyphs: Icy Veins
  Minor Glyphs: Any

• PvP Frost Mage Build 7 / 0 / 34
  Primary Glyphs: Frostbolt, Frostfire, Ice Lance
  Major Glyphs: Icy Veins, Evocation, Ice Barrier
  Minor: Slow Fall

Fire Mage Builds

• PvE / Raiding Fire Mage Build 3 / 32 /3
  Primary Glyphs: Living Bomb, Pyroblast, Fireball
  Major Glyphs: Dragon’s Breath
  Minor Glyphs: Mirror Image

• AoE Fire Mage Build 2 / 32 / 7
  Primary Glyphs: Living Bomb, Pyroblast, Fireball
  Major Glyphs: Dragon’s Breath
  Minor Glyphs: Mirror Image

• PvP / Arena Fire Mage Build 7 / 34 / 0
  Primary Glyphs: Living Bomb, Pyroblast, Frostfire
  Major: Dragon’s Breath, Blast Wave, Evocation
  Minor: Mirror Image

Arcane Mage Builds

• PvE / Raiding Arcane Mage Build 34 / 4 / 3
  Primary Glyphs: Arcane Blast, Arcane Missiles, Mage Armor
  Major Glyphs: Slow, Arcane Power, Invisibility
  Minor Glyphs: Slow Fall, Mirror Image

• PvP / Arena Arcane Mage Build 36 / 3 / 2
  Primary Glyphs: Arcane Blast, Arcane Missiles, Arcane Barrage
  Major Glyphs: Frost Nova, Blink, Evocation
  Minor Glyphs: Slow Fall, Mirror Image

Bastion of Twilight Boss Tactics

• Halfus Wyrmbreaker
• Valiona and Theralion
• Ascendant Council
• Cho’gall
• Sinestra

Cho’Gall Boss Abilities

• Corrupted Blood – increases damage taken from the spell, Corruption of the Old God, by 2%. Stackable to 100.
• Corruption: Sickness – Deals 39,000 – 41,000 shadow damage to raid members in front of you within a 5 yard cone. Also inflicts Corrupted Blood.
• Corruption: Accelerated – Inflicts 2 stacks of Corrupted Blood every second for 60 seconds. Inflicted at 25% Corrupted Blood. Can be dispelled.
• Corruption: Malformation – A malformation grows out of your character model and casts shadow bolts at nearby raid members. Inflicted at 75% Corrupted Blood.
• Corruption: Absolute – Transforms you into a Faceless One. You cannot receive healing and now deal +100% damage with insta-cast spells. Inflicted at 100% Corrupted Blood.

Phase 1 Abilities

• Fury of Cho’Gall – Deals 30,000 shadow and 30,000 physical damage. Also, increases damage taken by 20% for both physical and shadow schools. Will be cast on the target with the highest threat.

Cho’Gall Boss Fight Tactics and Strategy

General

• Everyone will have an insanity meter, aka Corrupted Blood
• Standing in the fire, allow adds to hit you, long mind-control durations, etc. will all cause you meter to increase
• The higher your meter the more negative impacts, at 100% you are mind-controlled and removed from the battle

Phase 1

• Your 2 primary tanks will want to position Cho’gall in the middle of the room.
• Melee will stand behind the boss and healers / ranged should spread out in an arc behind as well.
• When Cho’gall casts Fury of Cho’Gall the tanks should switch.
• Special Abilities
  • Fury of Cho’Gall lasts for 45 seconds, when it’s over you should switch the tanks back.
  • Fire and void zones will be periodically cast around the room, move away from these.
  • Cho’gall will periodically cast conversion (aka mind control) on 3 random players. DPS / dispellers can interrupt Cho’gall’s mind control.
• Elementals
  • A fire elemental will periodically be summoned, dealing huge damage to the tank.
  • A shadow elemental will periodically be summon, dealing huge damage to the raid.
• Adherents of Cho’gall
  • Summons 2 large adds. The first add will appear to Cho’gall’s left side, one of your off tank should pick it up immediately.
  • Drag the add to the stairs. All DPS should switch and burn it down.
  • The second large addon will appear on Cho’gall’s right side.
  • Same thing, pick it up, drag to stairs, burn down.
  • This order will repeat with new adds alternating left / ride sides until you get to phase 2.
• Adherent Corpse Adds
  • Cho’gall will summon adds from the corpses of his adherents.
  • You will know they are coming when he starts the spell, “Fester Blood”.
  • AoE these adds down as quickly as possible.

Phase 2

• Cho’gall enters phase 2 at 30%
• At this point adds will stop spawning.
• The entire raid should stack on top of the small.
• Cho’gall will cast Darkened Creations (aka tentacles) that reduce healing and damage done by 75%, also deal moderate shadow damage. Lasts 10 seconds.
• You can interrupt the casting of the tentacles. DPS should switch to tentacles as they spawn.
• Use all your cooldowns to burn him through this phase.

Cho’gall Raid Strategy Setup

As you begin to improve your gear and competence you may find you need fewer tanks / healers.

10-Man

• 3 Tanks
• 3 Healers
• 4 DPS

25-Man

• 3 Tanks
• 7 Healers
• 15 DPS

Cho’gall Video Strategy Guide

Ascendant Council Boss Abilities

Ignacious Abilities

This is the fire elemental council boss.

• Leap - jumps at a random player and then back to the tank. Leaves a trail of AoE fire on the path of the jump. For this reason you’ll want to stay spread out.
• Rising Flame – casts a fire shield on himself. This shield does very high AoE damage.

Feludius Abilities

This is the water elemental council boss.

• Waterlog - randomly casts a frostbolt which applies the waterlog debuff. Slows the target initially and will freeze when Feludius uses glaciate. This debuff is removed by running into the AoE fire trails left by the leap abilities of Ignacious.
• Glaciate - AoE damage across the entire raid. The further away you are from Feludius the less damage it deals.

Arion Abilities

This is the wind elemental council boss.

• Call winds – summons cyclone elementals. Being hit by an elemental will deal moderate damage, but also lift you off the floor. You’ll need to use this in order to avoid Terrastra’s Quake abilities.
• Chain Lightning – standard chain lightning, lots of damage.
• Thundershock - AoE raid wide damage. You can use Terrastra’s gravity well to reduce this damage.
• Disperse - disappears and reappears elsewhere in the room. Deals big damage upon reappearing, tank will need to be very quick.

Terrastra Abilities

This is the earth elemental council boss.

• Gravity Well – will pull you inside and place the grounded debuff on you. This debuff will protect you from Arion’s thundershock ability. These look similar to void zones seen in other encounters. While inside the gravity well you’ll take moderate damage.
• Quake - AoE raid wide damage. Running into one of Arion’s cyclones will protect you from this damage.
• Ground Spike – Standard AoE damagee at a specific location. The location of the attack is indicated by moving dust on the floor.

Ascendant Council Boss Fight Strategy Tactics

This encounter is unique in that you will fight a pair of bosses during 2 different phases. The the first 2 waves (where you kill 4 bosses total) you’ll fight a single large boss (all of the 4 smaller elemental bosses combined).

General

• Throughout the course of this encounter there will be various debuffs across the raid. These need to be removed quickly.

Phase 1

• One tank picks up Ignacious and the other tank picks up Feludius.
• You’ll split your DPS off. Melee will attack Ignacious, ranged will focus on Feludius.
• You may want to assign healers to specific tanks / groups, as it can get chaotic fast.
• Ignacious will charge raid members at random, watch for this and get out of the AoE fire damage left behind.
• Ignacious will also cast his fire shield, this needs to be DPS’d down.
• Always try to interrupt Ignacious’ casts.
• Feludius will be casting frost nova, move away from this.
• Feludius also will cast frostbolts that leave the waterlog debuff. You can remove this by standing in Ignacious’ fire wall.
• Get both Ignacious and Feludius to 25% health, at which point they will despawn.

Phase 2

• After the first 2 bosses despawn the next 2 will spawn.
• Ranged DPS and healers should spread out to avoid huge chain lightnings.
• DPS should focus on Arion.
• Avoid getting hit by earthquake by getting levitate buff from a cyclone. If you don’t get the buff you will probably die.
• Prior to tornado (aka thundershock) you need to hop in a voidzone to get a grounded buff.
• If you don’t have the grounded buff you will probably die.
• When Arion hits 28% the large combined boss is spawned.

Phase 3

• You must kite the giant boss around the room.
• Ranged and healers should spread out as much as possible to reduce chain lightning’s damage.
• Waterzones and fire will be tosses all over the room, avoid these as much as possible.
• Periodically raid members will be tossed into the air and will take falling damage. Be prepared to heal.
• Use all of your cooldowns and burst the boss down as fast as possible.

Ascendant Council Raid Strategy Setup

As you become more geared and comfortable with this fight you can probably use fewer healers.

10-Man Setup

• 2 Tanks
• 3 Healers
• 5 DPS

25-Man Setup

• 2 Tanks
• 7 Healers
• 16 DPS

Ascendant Council Video Strategy Guide