I still remember the first time I saw this, way back when... “hero bear” or “be the bear” became a running thing between my friends and I whenever we played and something clutch happened. Many people don’t, but I look back at cata very fondly. You are missed totalbiscuit; I hope you’re in a better place now. Thank you for this memory, and for the memories you have given thousands others... you are not forgotten. Rest In Peace.

Rip John, I miss you. I will never forget your legacy

@Runmanaburn Because I have enough keys on my G11?

@Deathrevelation Urghhh.... it should be fairly obvious that I slow the video down to show the loot.

For anyone watching this video now, the 'Hero Bear' music is from the Shining Force 3 Original Soundtrack titled 'The Mercenary Soldier.' You're Welcome.

I know this sounds dumb but I hope these videos stay around for a long long time. This was my first mmo I fell in love with and TB/Jesse cox were my guides for raiding. I still raid today and I always come back to these videos remembering how much I loved watching these. Thank you

Hey man great vid. I truly enjoy watching them because you do your best to show all of us the content and everything you can and you are also very entertaining while doing so. Hope to see plenty more from you TB.

Every so often i find myself coming back to TB's videos of old wow Content. Especially with wow classic coming closer to cata. We all miss you, thank you for making me fall in love with WoW.

13 years later just found this, thank you and RIP brother

@Zerathil Because there were tons of mistakes that I made, right? Oh wait, no there weren't. It must be awesome to be a spectator that does nothing but nitpick though. I bet if we watched you play we'd find plenty of things to bitch about too. Pedantry, how does it work?

@Ghostkiller5555 No, they did not. And the game came out in late 2004. The only raid bosses that dropped blue items were 20-man bosses and even then they still dropped epics as well from time to time.

HERO BEAR! That was an amazing ending to the raid fight. Last phase does look crazy as you mentioned. Props on another great video!

Thanks Biscuit, these raid videos are my favorites.

@Runmanaburn Because regardless of how aspergers a small number of people get over the occasional backpedal, it actually doesn't matter at all.

That was the most fun i have ever had watching a vid. I can't wait to actually play it when Cata goes live!

Always love your work. Thanks for the Raid Info.

@TheRagekill Maybe when it's not so unbelievably bugged. That fight is RNG right now as to whether or not your healers get randomly dced and you wipe.

@Ahoydizzle Levitate breaks on damage, of which there is quite a lot, so not really.

On behalf on the WoW community, we thank you for these continuous Beta updates and beta raid guides. Thank you.

@disrook it's a window at the bottom of the screen which tells you my sp, crit, haste, hit and burn

I really like the voice and the clarity of ur explanations. and to my surprise it wasnt very cynical at all..lol. I will def add ur vids as my first go-to for boss explanations. grats!

@hilger3 Well yeah... as explained, you dps each of the 4 council members down to as close to 25% as possible to ensure the last phase isn't hard, because he gains their combined remaining health as his final HP. Screw that up and you end up getting something you can't beat.

@Ghostkiller5555 Ridiculous claim. Initial items from raids in vanilla were all epics until they brought in the 20 mans, which were considered a bridge between 5-mans and 40-mans, which did drop blues.

The victory music at the end is awesome.

@thedruery I don't have any mage videos at all.

@RoadRageRocker Yes because it is Hero Bear.

@KamistraWoW ya and half the vanilla bosses were dull as shit so *shrug*. Are they AQ40/thegoodbitofBWL/Naxx 1.0 level? Yeah, they're good.

looks like a great fight :D can't wait to try it out :D quick question on phase two, when you're swapping between the two 'debuffs' does even the tank need to run about. or can he just soak the damage and get healed through? Maybe pop a CD or two to help out. P.S. I recon the water boss is supposed to be pronounced Fel-oo-dee-us

You so could be a sports commentator!!! I was more interested in your commentary during phase 3 than the strategy itself :) Thanks for the amusing guide!

@TheSnapple what?

I only played healers -- Holy Paladin main, Holy Priest, Resto Druid. The Ascendant Council was far and away one of my favourite fights. The last phase especially was fun as all heck to heal.

Nice to see they're reusing the fire/poison tactic from Acidmaw and Dreadscale. That was a pretty neat ability. Secondly, could you also jump to avoid the quake or use a priest levitate in a pinch? Is the tank required to play with these mechanics or could he or she eat them? (As it stands right now, given it isn't an insta-kill)

TB's shoutcraft commentary ability really shows at the end xD

Very entertaining video.Even tho i dont play world of warcraft ,i find these videos really fun to watch.Sometimes it reminds of Project Lore episodes what was on thottbot. Keep up with the good work. Cheers from Serbia :D

'HERO BEAR' was made even better by the dramatic heroic music.

@hellotheresirdude No, because I'm not a retard that takes healing offhands.

What interface addon are you using? I really like the small, middle action bars and actually the entire setup... Or do you just have really high screen resolution? oO And thanks for the guide of course.

That looks like an awesome fight. Good job :)

Ascendant Council on hardmode will be quite interesting. Nice video TB!

Helpful guide. And funny approach. Thanks!

@SupaPres how about extra abilities? or even fighting all 4 at once? They can do things other than damage increases.

TotalBiscuit has different hosting abilities. In these kind of vids, the raiding ones, he is serious and a good guide. In others like the aszhara walkthroughs, he is funny and a cynical dude. I like them both. Wanted and needed at both kinds of videos.

Totalbiscuit, what do you think about this? on HC mode. Glaciate, Thunderschock and Quake kills u (it must do it in normal aswell) but the Thunderschock and Quake aren't predictable :O + the bosses do more DMG and have more HP. did I miss something? :O idk lol

this is probably going to be my favorite type of council fight. though most of the time i hate council fights with a passion but this one looks pretty awesome.

@paalbananas When you post 20 seconds after the video goes live with a ridiculous claim like that, you just make yourself look stupid.

what sword is that on the back of your raid member at 5:48? it looks soo cool.

@Zerathil I'm thinking of you wiping over and over again and smiling. I guess people who don't know what it's like to do bosses for the first time without the aid of crutch mods and guides shouldn't really discuss beta raiding.

The fight infrrf looks fun, but is mages fun to play as well? It was mainly spamming frostfire bolt. I play Moonkin, but I was thinkin to level my mage - but now after watching this video, I am not sure if I should, to get more fun in the game.

Does there need to be as many instant kill mechanics when even the damage causes more strain on healer mana? Or is there enough strain with the normal abilities, and in your opinion those mechanics are easily avoidable enough where the damage it was doing wasn't punishing enough?

Dude, freaking nice use of the Shining Force 3: Soldier of the Empire music at the end there, very well timed! HERO BEAR SHALL TRIUMPH OVER ALL! ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY BEAR OF PROPHECY!

@TotalHalibut ok i played vanila but it seems i wasn't at the very start so at the start ( 2003 it came out i started in spring 2004-2005) when there were only 40 man and 5 mans it seems but still some bosses did drop blue stuf right ?

nice vid as usual , keep them going!

What's the addon that make your Fire Bomb icon in the middle, please? Good work on the videos! :)

What castbar addon are you using ? And i like how it shows the Timers on your CDs.

your the best explainer on the whole youtube!

really awesome video. love your work

@windfiresteel Yeah, add more shit. That was hard... I should be a designer.

Damn that fight does look fun. I haven't raided seriously since vanilla but I might have to get back into it for cata.

Where does the sword that the pally cow was using come from? I will be going for that straight away when cata hits.

omg this fight looks so amazing! i can't wait :D

are they going to implement heroic modes to all the cata bosses? and are the boss fights just as fun as the vanilla ones?

I don't know of him but I can believe it. Keybinding works for some people , and doesn't for others, depends on your play style, equipment and setup.

TB, idk why but you have made me roll the very class i hated the most, a mage, and i love it!!!!ty!!!

Do you have any plans to make a video of Deathwing destroying a zone? I know people would like to see it but it is kinda random when it happens.

Can you dodge the Big water in the air that does Waterlogged? Kinda like Rotface's Unstable Slime explosion?

hey totalhailbut, i love ur vids, but ive been wondering, what are the "mods" ur talkin about. I know that they show you stuff that the regular client doesnt show, but im wondering how do you get them and how do you put them in ur client.

wow that fight looks amazing, blizzard is probably going buff those abilities in the heroic version. I'm sort of excited about this I'm probably going to raid in cata. Btw what can you get for justice points?

that looked simply amazing and fun to do!

@IbonkDonkeys I think you mean Zin'rokh, the Destoyer of Worlds, its an achaeology based item in Cata but you can get in in Zul'Gurub atm from the last boss, looks awesome :)

@MrShanden WoW Was designed to be more casual than EverQuest but not to be "A Casual MMO" It was Designed to be difficult, challenging and rewarding. I remember at one point being fully epiced meant you "worked" hard for it and downing a boss was an accomplishment.

What add-ons did you use for this video? Id like to use it since my last one went out of date due to new patch. Thanks TB!

hi total, Burn in ur little core stats window, thats ur mastery correct? trying to gather an idea of how much to raid with and my premade 85 after reforging has ~20%. thanks in advance

great video man once again, i can see myself resorting to your help come december with dungeons e.t.c

So overall with what you have seen from the Cata raids, Can we expect actual fun and not easy free loot unless we put it on heroic?

cant wait till cata the raids look awsome, the fights look fresh its gonna be a breath of fresh air

Yeah nice description dude.I think it will help us a lot.

@MohoFlaggins You can run WoW on almost anything :/

Wow nic vid! oh hey i was really curious with the addons u were using for the Ui..can pls tell me thm?...thx :)

your such a good commentator on boss battles! O_O i felt the intensity because of you xD

I love the enthusiasm, waaaaaaaaay better than tankspot by far!

HERO BEAR!!! Best video so far! great job!

Total, Can you tell me the name of the Arms warriors big ass sword? it looks superb!:D

Hero bear! The end of that even got me excited.

@MrEduardKhil As opposed to mining ore for ours with loads of 12 year olds around talking about Anal.

@paalbananas And the average IQ of my subscriber base has risen slightly.

This fight is just so full of WIN!!! awesome guide

Total, is this the final Raid, does it have Deathwing in the end or is the final still to be revealed?

Do you keep the same setup in Phase 2 as in 1 (melee dps left, ranged dps right)

@InaboxPayne BoE blues do not count.

Holy shit TB has the best guides to dungeons, Tankspot can blow it out there ass, Thanks TB

Looks great, thanks for the video, Total

So I have to ask, I see you dps as Frostfire. How does that work for you? Is it viable in comparison to a regular fire spec? I'm not trying to be rude or anything, just wondering. (Currently working on leveling a mage)

not watching these raid video's, but clicked the ad for you

Really nice vid as always TB

Hero bear. XD Very nice bit here, as I've noticed is usual. Mean fight, interested in how it ends up in the release.

Pretty happy for the council fight. Ive always been a fan of the council style fight since mage tanking firelord kresh. i kinda hope they bring back a spellsteal/tank fight again or a phase to a fight

that looks fun! i was surprised to see hero bear was a tauren, especially since the best bears are troll bears...

@paalbananas Fantastic advice that you should take yourself before giving it to others.

For your spells do u use your Top number keys or your keypad???

That was badass You are right trolls are the best race. The tank must have had a major adrenaline rush after the fight.