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Official '''videos''' related to the [[Warcraft universe]]; all from [[File:youtube logo 18x42.png|http://www.youtube.com|link=http://www.youtube.com]], so far...
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==Games==
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'''Dual wield''' allows the character to hold a [[weapon]] in each hand ([[main hand]] and [[off hand]]). The character can deal some [[damage]] with the weapon in the off-hand between strikes with the strong hand. This is a very important passive ability as it allows a character to deal significantly more damage as compared to a single one-handed weapon. Once it is acquired, the character will immediately begin to strike with each hand (if there is a weapon in each) while in battle.
  
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! [[Warcraft: Orcs & Humans]] trailer
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| <youtube>yZvv7Ikq_2A</youtube>
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! [[Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness]] trailer
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| <youtube>ZU-n8UZM5Cc</youtube>
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! [[Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal]] trailer
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| <youtube>eVEoZ5FfOvI</youtube>
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! [[Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans]] trailer
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| <youtube>I49wuNcTDpY</youtube>
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! [[Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos]] trailer
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| <youtube>akzF_rU1Fqg</youtube>
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! [[Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos]] cinematic
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| <youtube>c2vm-QjK2xQ</youtube>
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! [[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]] cinematic
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| <youtube>iqB3KeiBLuw</youtube>
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! [[World of Warcraft]] trailer
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| <youtube>AdrnyVdadaY</youtube>
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! [[World of Warcraft]] cinematic
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| <youtube>G1pnNDRG7ok</youtube>
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! [[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]] cinematic
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| <youtube>B8XtohlqEeM</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King]] trailer
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| <youtube>7VSZc2Mc5iQ</youtube>
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! [[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King]] cinematic
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! [[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]] trailer
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! [[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]] cinematic
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==Historical events==
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[[Rogue]]s, [[warrior]]s and [[hunter]]s were the only [[class]]es that could initially dual wield. However, with the release of patch 2.0.1 [[shaman]]s gained the ability to dual wield through a level 40 Enhancement talent, and with the release of patch 3.0.2 and the [[Wrath of the Lich King]] expansion pack [[Death Knight]]s are able to dual wield as well.
  
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Rogues learn to dual wield at level 10 (by visiting a trainer, will be known automaticly at level 1 with patch 3.3.0), hunters and warriors learn dual wield at level 20, and Death Knights have the innate ability to dual wield from the start (level 55).
  
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! [[Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness]] Events (Orcs)
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| <youtube>2gs-hjD5lHE</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Medivh]] warns [[Terenas Menethil II|King Terenas]] of the [[Burning Legion]]
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| <youtube>Zi1foWvvuas</youtube>
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! [[Arthas Menethil|Arthas]]'s betrayal
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| <youtube>HceKIBbBxgg</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Archimonde]] destroys [[Dalaran]]
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| <youtube>I3BxvHhz4XQ</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Grom Hellscream|Grom]] kills [[Mannoroth]]
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| <youtube>luuUE0x7-TY</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Archimonde]]'s defeat
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| <youtube>DpklIrmfxWA</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Arthas Menethil|Arthas]] defeats [[Illidan Stormrage|Illidan]]
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| <youtube>eB82pF_64mw</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Arthas Menethil|Arthas]] becomes the [[Lich King]]
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| <youtube>DHY85O8mFo8</youtube>
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! [[Lament of the Highborne]] cinematic
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| <youtube>FI84Ebibm7w</youtube>
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! [[Wrathgate]] cinematic
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| <youtube>6kRtNqiIp88</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Fall of the Lich King]] cinematic
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| <youtube>yA29HFLOADI</youtube>
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! [[Gilneas civil war|Fall of Gilneas City]] cinematic
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| <youtube>iBEh-B6rk74</youtube>
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! Evacuation of Kezan cinematic
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| <youtube>RGrHuYSmPIA</youtube>
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==Patches==
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A weapon equipped in the main hand will deal full [[damage]], while an off-hand weapon will deal 50% of its damage. Rogues, warriors and shamans have the talent [[Dual Wield Specialization]], which allows rogues and warriors to increase the damage done by the offhand weapon and shamans to increase the hit rate of the offhand weapon, and Death Knights have the talent [[Nerves of Cold Steel]], which increases hit chance and offhand weapon damage.
 
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! [[Patch 1.5.0|1.5.0 - Battlegrounds]]
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| <youtube>08zq3C_6ErA</youtube>
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! [[Patch 1.6.0|1.6.0 - Assault on Blackwing Lair]]
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| <youtube>atev4W-PFL4</youtube>
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! [[Patch 1.7.0|1.7.0 - Rise of the Blood God]]
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| <youtube>VASws7OlSKc</youtube>
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! [[Patch 1.9.0|1.9.0 - The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj]]
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| <youtube>UprLjcxO-ko</youtube>
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! [[Patch 1.10.0|1.10.0 - Storms of Azeroth]]
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| <youtube>a4pctOnPXlM</youtube>
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! [[Patch 1.11.0|1.11.0 - Shadow of the Necropolis]]
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| <youtube>pGQqzXWvecU</youtube>
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! [[Patch 1.12.0|1.12.0 - Drums of War]]
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| <youtube>3bAt7tYUlfY</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Patch 2.1.0|2.1.0 - The Black Temple]]
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| <youtube>WKFkUi7ceQM</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Patch 2.3.0|2.3.0 - The Gods of Zul'Aman]]
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| <youtube>XO8wffPElDo</youtube>
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! [[Patch 2.4.0|2.4.0 - Fury of the Sunwell]]
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| <youtube>AdiSmRekYPA</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Patch 3.1.0|3.1.0 - Secrets of Ulduar]]
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| <youtube>pSbEr5ar0Zo</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Patch 3.2.0|3.2.0 - Call of the Crusade]]
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| <youtube>NsVVTXRTstk</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Patch 3.3.0|3.3.0 - Fall of the Lich King]]
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| <youtube>z1yP7_hWodk</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Patch 4.1.0|4.1.0 - Rise of the Zandalari]]
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| <youtube>AfoCq-RssLk</youtube>
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{| class="darktable" style="text-align:center; float:left;"
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! [[Patch 4.2.0|4.2.0 - Rage of the Firelands]]
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| <youtube>HsXglDs81FU</youtube>
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== Commercials ==
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Most disarm debuffs do NOT affect off-hand weapons. While abilities that require a weapon in the main hand can't be used, the off-hand weapon will still deal its regular damage.
  
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Rogue [[Dismantle|disarm]] removes both main-hand and off-hand equipment.
  
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! Verne Troyer
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== Miss chance ==
  
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Dual wielding adds a 19% miss penalty to both main and offhand weapons. The base miss rate for all characters is 5%, so each weapon by itself has a 24% chance to miss (19% + 5%). The talents [[Dual Wield Specialization]] for shaman, [[Precision]] for rogues and warriors, and [[Nerves of Cold Steel]] for death knights increase the chance to hit with both weapons while dual wielding.
 
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For each point the attacker’s weapon skill exceeds the target’s defense skill, the miss chance decreases by 0.04%. For each point a target’s defense skill exceeds his opponent’s weapon skill, the miss chance increases by 0.04%.
 
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! William Shatner
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''Important note'': Prior to version 1.8, dual wield's miss chance had a hard cap of 19%, meaning that all dual-wield auto-attacks had a ''minimum'' 19% miss chance regardless of how much +hit% gear was equipped. In version 1.8, this hard cap was removed. The exact wording of the 1.8 patch note was:
  
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:"Items which provide +hit chance will now be allowed to counteract the increased miss chance penalty of dual-wielding."
  
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! Mr. T
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Take a level 70 rogue for example vs. a level 73 raid boss: the rogue has 5% + (0.04% * 15) = 5.6% base miss chance (assuming he has 350 weapon skill and the boss has no Defense skill bonuses), plus 19% dual wield miss chance, leaving us with a total miss chance of 24.6%.
  
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Note that the +19% miss chance for dual-wielding only applies to ordinary auto-attack melee attacks. It does not apply to any special attack powers that cost rage, energy, or mana -- neither '''instant''' attacks such as [[Sinister Strike]] or [[Stormstrike]], nor '''on next swing''' attacks such as [[Heroic Strike]], incur the dual wield miss penalty. So, with 9% +hit from gear/talents a dual-wielder will never miss with an instant attack (although the attack can still be dodged, parried, or blocked -- see the [[Attack table]] article). However, a dual-wielder would need 25% +hit if he wants to remove the miss chance for auto-attack/white damage totally (Although a minor chance to miss, perhaps 0.1% would still exist).
  
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== Chance on hit proc rate ==
  
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Some weapons have special abilities that will go off (or "proc") on some hits. These abilities are preceded in the weapon's description by the words "Chance on hit:".
  
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The chance for one of these abilities to go off on a successful auto-attack strike are independent of whether the weapon is being wielded in the main hand or wielded in the off hand. However, these abilities '''also''' have the same per-strike chance to go off when making an instant attack (such as Sinister Strike, Mongoose Bite, Overpower, etc.). Instant attacks are always assumed to be made with the weapon in the main hand only. This means that over the course of a normal fight in which several instant attacks are used, a given weapon's chance-on-hit ability will go off more often if the weapon is wielded in the main hand than if it is being wielded in the off hand. The exception to this is the shaman Stormstrike ability, the rogue Mutilate ability and the warrior Whirlwind ability, in which all three abilities give an extra instant attack with both wielded weapons.
  
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== Proc rate for other weapon abilities ==
  
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Some weapons have abilities that go off some of the time, but are not listed as "Chance on hit:". For example, the Crusader enchant reads "... often when attacking in melee ...", and the Misplaced Servo Arm's ability reads "Equip: Chance to ...". The proc chances for these kinds of abilities are separate and distinct from the "Chance on hit:" abilities discussed above.
  
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The proc rate for these abilities is generally based on an average rate [[Procs per minute|per minute]], not a chance per strike. Whether the proc rate for such an ability on a one-hand weapon is affected by which hand the weapon is wielded in is something that needs to be experimentally verified.
  
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! Ozzy Osbourne
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==See also==
  
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*[[Attack speed]]
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*[[Weapon speed]]
  
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*[[Weapons & Armor]]
  
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*[[Miss]]
  
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*[[Combat]]
  
   
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Revision as of 03:29, 25 July 2011

Official videos related to the Warcraft universe; all from http://www.youtube.com, so far...

Games

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans trailer
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness trailer
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal trailer
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans trailer
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos trailer
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos cinematic
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne cinematic
World of Warcraft trailer
World of Warcraft cinematic
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade cinematic
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King trailer
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King cinematic
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm trailer
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm cinematic

Historical events

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness Events (Human)
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness Events (Orcs)
Medivh warns King Terenas of the Burning Legion
Arthas's betrayal
Archimonde destroys Dalaran
Grom kills Mannoroth
Archimonde's defeat
Arthas defeats Illidan
Arthas becomes the Lich King
Lament of the Highborne cinematic
Wrathgate cinematic
Fall of the Lich King cinematic
Fall of Gilneas City cinematic
Evacuation of Kezan cinematic

Patches

1.5.0 - Battlegrounds
1.6.0 - Assault on Blackwing Lair
1.7.0 - Rise of the Blood God
1.9.0 - The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj
1.10.0 - Storms of Azeroth
1.11.0 - Shadow of the Necropolis
1.12.0 - Drums of War
2.1.0 - The Black Temple
2.3.0 - The Gods of Zul'Aman
2.4.0 - Fury of the Sunwell
3.1.0 - Secrets of Ulduar
3.2.0 - Call of the Crusade
3.3.0 - Fall of the Lich King
4.1.0 - Rise of the Zandalari
4.2.0 - Rage of the Firelands

Commercials

Verne Troyer
William Shatner
Mr. T
Willy Toledo (Spanish)
Steve Van Sandt
Ozzy Osbourne

See also

External links

External link YouTube Official Blizzard YouTube channel
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