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WoW Killer: A World of Warcraft Podcast

WoW Killer: A World of Warcraft Podcast

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Jul 29, 2022

Killing WoW Killer

WoW Killer is ending. Join Garrett and Taliesin to find out why.

May 13, 2021

WoW Killer #46: 9.1 PTR First Impressions - Hype & Fear

Chains of Domination! Yes, the 9.1 patch has hit the PTR! Taliesin is playing it a Garrett is drooling over datamined goodies. Hear all about where the story is going, Covenant legendaries, Korthia, and why Arthas HAS to be a big ole 9.1 secret!

Apr 15, 2021

WoW Killer #45: The Sylvanas Episode

Much teased but never recorded until now… Garrett and Taliesin have finally sat down for a big meaty discussion about Sylvanas. From her life as a Farstrider to the right hand of the Jailer (and everything in between) this WoW Killer podcast uncovers Sylvanas’s long journey and where Banshee Queen is heading in Shadowlands. Also, this episode is sponsored by ExpressVPN! That’s right! Our first sponsor! If you visit our special link right now expressvpn.com/wowkiller, you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Support the show, watch what you want, and protect yourself at expressvpn.com/wowkiller.

Apr 8, 2021

WoW Killer #44: Growing Old with the 9.1 PTR

The 9.1 PTR is just around the corner so of course Taliesin and Garrett are going to talk about just how long the PTR testing will last. On this episode the WoW duo also take emails covering where Tyrande, Sylvanas, and the Windrunner sisters will end up, Classic finds transferring to Retail WoW, and just where in the world (of Warcraft) Khadgar is.

Apr 1, 2021

WoW Killer #43: Boo$ting Crusade Classic

9.0.5 is here and Garrett and Taliesin are back to all of the changes coming to Burning Crusade Classic as well as their experience with the beta going live this week.

Mar 25, 2021

WoW Killer #42: Patch 9.0.5-apalooza

9.0.5 is here and Garrett and Taliesin are back to talk Valor, ancients, and just how long the wait for 9.1 may be.

Mar 11, 2021

WoW Killer #41: Dissecting the BlizzcOnline News like NEWS SURGEONS

9.1 patches are so many patches and Garrett and Taliesin are back to dissect WoW’s upcoming new patch as well as Burning Crusade Classic!

Feb 26, 2021

WoW Killer #40: The Night Before BlizzcOnline

It’s the night before BlizzcOnline so Garrett and Taliesin break down the latest BlizzCon rumors and leaks, reminisce on their favorite memories from past events, lament their transmog challenges, and much more!

Feb 18, 2021

WoW Killer #39: Guild DRAMA! Guild DISBANDING! Guild HORROR!...

Leaving guilds and causing drama on this week’s WoW Killer! With Preach’s recent guild disbandment Tali is feeling wistful of that time he accidentally incited a guild coup. Continuing with the theme many WoW Killer community members share insanely dramatic tales of guilds gone wrong.

Feb 5, 2021

WoW Killer #38: The Secrets of BlizzConline... Predictions, Fears, & Hopes

With BlizzConline just around the corner Taliesin and Garrett ask the important questions. Like will anyone at Blizzard try a little to have decent lighting for their webcam setup? But also, will anything beyond 9.1 be detailed? Will there be an Arthas mic drop moment? Where are our Old Solder"-style cinematics? And how much Renown will we need to fly?

Jan 28, 2021

WoW Killer #37: Twisting Corridors & the Most Pointless & Painful Grinds We've Ever Done Ever

Champions of Azeroth can finally take the fight into the Twisting Corridors of Torghast. But do we want to? Garrett and Taliesin unpack the pain points players are powering past in the latest addition to the Tower of the Damned. They also take a look at the history of long grinds in World of Warcraft’s history.

Jan 14, 2021

WoW Killer #36: The REAL Nathanos (& Other Things You'd Rather Not Know About Shadowlands…)

Did you forget that the Nathanos we all recognize isn’t the real Nathanos? Garrett and Taliesin spend the latest WoW Killer theorizing on how Nathanos’s real body may come into play in Shadowlands as well as a multitude of other deep cuts on this month’s multi-topic episode.

Jan 7, 2021

WoW Killer #35: Evil Anduin

Since we all had a close call with the Jailer in Torghast this week Garrett and Taliesin dive into where they see Shadowlands’ story going over the coming patches and raids. To hear about Thrall’s jailbreak, Sylvanas’s motivations, and how Anduin may be turned subscribe for the latest episode of WoW Killer.

Dec 30, 2020

WoW Killer #34: Torghast Tor-furious

With Shadowlands exiting the honeymoon phase Taliesin and Garrett talk about how the tower can evolve over time.

Dec 16, 2020

WoW Killer #33: Raiding Chad vs Solo N00b

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What is the difference between playing World of Warcraft to excel at solo content versus playing to raid? Join Taliesin and Garrett as they talk through their two different approaches to gearing in Shadowlands. Do either of them possess the patience to wait to craft Legendaries only available from Castle Nathria? Does skipping Mythic these first three weeks really put you that far behind? Subscribe to the WoW Killer podcast to hear the answers to these questions and more!

Dec 10, 2020

WoW Killer #32: Shadowlands FOMO

Shadowlands has been released and Garrett and Taliesin are already feeling like they’re missing out with so many different corners of the death realms to explore. The two talk through the first week of WoW’s latest expansion and the many story threads left dangling after hitting the level 60 cap. What happened with Uther? Is the connection between the Runecarver and Maldraxxus as clear as it appears? What does the Jailer actually want? Subscribe for this new episode of WoW Killer as G&T explore all this new lore and the loads of new gameplay.

Dec 2, 2020

WoW Killer #31: It All Comes Down to Dreadlords

With less than a week before Shadowlands’ release Garrett and Taliesin are here to bumper cars from topic to topic! The WoW Killing duo talk roleplaying backstories, Allied Races in Shadowlands, WoW’s weirder storylines, what role dreadlords have to play in Shadowlands, and just what the relationship between the Jailer and the Lich King is.

Nov 18, 2020

WoW Killer #30: Major Character Deaths

With a surprise character death hitting World of Warcraft this week Taliesin and Garrett take a look at all of the major deaths across WoW’s history. Capping off a long talk about how main characters dying have impacted Warcraft’s lore, the two take their best guesses at who won’t make it out of Shadowlands.

Nov 11, 2020

WoW Killer #29: Is Shadowlands the Best Prepatch?

WoW Killer returns in the middle of Shadowlands’ Prepratch to make all of World of Warcraft’s Prepatches fight each other. Garrett and Taliesin open talking about their experience so far in Shadowlands’ Prepatch and then seed an actual bracket and make all eight Prepatches in WoW’s history face off until the two hosts can agree on WoW’s best Prepatch!

Oct 20, 2020

WoW Killer #28: Which Arthas is in the Maw?

WoW Killer is back and taking your questions via the podcast’s mailbag! Garrett and Taliesin talk about Arthas’s soul, demons dying in the Twisting Nether, a Sylvanas Afterlives, removing Pathfinder, Caverns of Time, and Torghast’s rogue-like features.

Oct 7, 2020

WoW Killer #27: Afterlives: Revendreth

Are we heading towards a Garrosh redemption? Afterlives: Revendreth wraps up the four part arc leading into World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Garrett and Taliesin try and figure out why there is economic disparity in the afterlife and why it’s probably unwise to be chucking anima batteries straight into the Maw.

Sep 23, 2020

WoW Killer #26: Afterlives: Ardenweald

Is the Winter Queen evil? No, but she kind of seemed like it. For a moment at least. Taliesin and Garrett enter Ara'lon’s grove for this week’s break down of Afterlives: Ardenweald. Get ready for some feels, but also some confused hosts.

Sep 16, 2020

WoW Killer #25: Afterlives: Maldraxxus

Souls can leave the Shadowlands! What does this mean?! The road to Shadowlands continues with World of Warcraft’s latest short: Afterlives: Maldraxxus. Uther and Arthas’s fates were always going to be a tough act to follow. But Taliesin and Garrett think that Draka’s adventures in Maldraxxus tease a conflict much larger than what we see in the Shadowlands.

Sep 8, 2020

WoW Killer #24: Afterlives: Bastion

The road to Shadowlands properly begins. Alongside the announcement that World of Warcraft’s next expansion will be releasing on October 27th, the first of four Afterlives shorts has released. Afterlives: Bastion gives us a glimpse into the fate of Uther’s soul after Arthas’s betrayal. Join Garrett and Taliesin as they break down what this means for WoW lore and where they think Uther, Devos, and Arthas’s story will go.

Aug 28, 2020

WoW Killer #23: Shadowlands Pre-Hype!

Aug 19, 2020

WoW Killer #22: The Worst Part of Each WoW Expansion

WoW Killer returns and Garrett and Taliesin are here to talk about the worst parts of each World of Warcraft expansion.

Aug 5, 2020

WoW Killer will see you in August!

Jul 15, 2020

WoW Killer #21: The Expansion After Shadowlands

WoW Killer returns and Garrett and Taliesin are here to talk about where World of Warcraft will go after Shadowlands. The War of the Light and Void is on the horizon.

Jul 1, 2020

WoW Killer #20: A Duo of Gul'dans

WoW Killer returns and Garrett and Taliesin are here to take your questions!

Jun 24, 2020

WoW Killer #19: Borrowed Power

WoW Killer returns and Garrett and Taliesin are here to debate borrowed power. From tier sets, to artifact weapons, to azerite necklaces impermanent power has been a long part of World of Warcraft’s history.

Jun 17, 2020

WoW Killer #18: Our WoW Shame

WoW Killer returns and Garrett and Taliesin are here to talk about their list of shame in WoW. Someone never got their Water Strider and the other never completed a Mythic raid. Which is which and what other shames do the hosts have to share? Listen and find out!

Jun 3, 2020

WoW Killer #17: Stories from BlizzCon

WoW Killer returns just as BlizzCon 2020’s cancellation is made official. Join Garrett and Taliesin as they share their stories of BlizzCons past and their hopes for the future of Blizzard’s biggest event.

May 27, 2020

WoW Killer #16: Where is my spellblade?

With news that Draenor and Legion Pathfinder are going away Garrett and Taliesin talk about the history of flying in World of Warcraft and their hopes for its evolution.

May 13, 2020

WoW Killer #15: Forging a New Path(finder)

With news that Draenor and Legion Pathfinder are going away Garrett and Taliesin talk about the history of flying in World of Warcraft and their hopes for its evolution.

Apr 29, 2020

WoW Killer #14: Talking Torghast

Torghast has hit the Alpha so Garrett and Taliesin are back with an all new WoW Killer!

Apr 22, 2020

WoW Killer #13: The Pre-Expansion Lull

With the Shadowlands Alpha on the horizon WoW Killer returns to share stories of past lulls, what Garrett & Tali are doing during the current lull, and what they’re looking forward to doing as Shadowlands gets even closer.

Apr 8, 2020

WoW Killer #12: High Elves, Faction Crossing, & Shadowlands Warbringers

This week on WoW Killer Garrett and Taliesin are cracking open the mailbag. Topics include a defense of Draenai, playable High Elves, cross-faction grouping, what Shadowlands’ Warbringers-style shorts will look like, and Garrett’s podcast voice.

Apr 1, 2020

WoW Killer #11: BFA Postmortem Part II

WoW Killer is back to begin looking at BFA as a whole, complete expansion in its second a final installment of this BFA retrospective.

Mar 25, 2020

WoW Killer #10: BFA Postmortem Part I

WoW Killer is back to begin looking at BFA as a whole, complete expansion.

Mar 18, 2020

WoW Killer's Two Week Break

Mar 11, 2020

WoW Killer #9: Best & Worst Characters I

WoW Killer is back to talk the best and worst characters in World of Warcraft. Join Garrett and Taliesin as they move through main characters, expansion-specific, pop culture references, and their own toons.

Feb 26, 2020

WoW Killer #8: Mailbag for February!

On this week’s WoW Killer Garrett and Taliesin crack open the big ole mailbag that’s been filling up. Topics range from patches they wished lasted longer, the darker side of the Light, post-expansion leveling, Illidan’s abs, and much more!

Feb 12, 2020

WoW Killer #7: Corrupted! The Final Patches of WoW

On this week’s WoW Killer Garrett and Taliesin take a look at every expansion’s final patch. How does 8.3 Visions of N’Zoth stack up against the final WoW patches that came before it?!

Feb 5, 2020

WoW Killer #6: Story Time - Raiding

Garrett and Taliesin sit down for story time on this week’s WoW Killer. Hear all about their history with raiding from Burning Crusade through BFA.

Jan 29, 2020

WoW Killer #5: Raid Cinematics

On the latest episode of WoW Killer Garrett and Taliesin talk about raid cinematics. The duo talk through Ny’alotha’s short cinematics and the high bar set by BFA and previous expansions when it comes to in-game cut scenes.

Jan 23, 2020

WoW Killer #4: N’zoth and the Old Gods

WoW Killer returns for the launch of Patch 8.3: Visions of N’Zoth! Grab your tentacle onesie and plunge into Old God lore with Garrett and Taliesin!

Jan 17, 2020

WoW Killer #3: The Best and Worst Patches

Jan 8, 2020

WoW Killer #2: Leaks & You

Dec 13, 2019

WoW Killer #1: 15 Years of WoW

Dec 4, 2019