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Final Dragonflight Pre-Patch DPS, Tank and Healer Log Rankings

We've arrived at the last entry in the Shadowlands raid DPS tank and healer logs, right here at the end of the expansion, so let's take a look at where everyone ended up in the pre-patch! We won't be going into too much detail on the week-to-week changes, as this will mostly serve as a comparison point for when Dragonflight launches. Today at 19:04 by Starym

Your Own Personal Shadowlands Recap by Raider.IO

Shadowlands is leaving us in only a few hours so what better time to see how you spent your time in the afterlife! Raider.IO have another of their expansion recaps, where you can see some cool stats for each of your characters! From the number of raid bosses you've defeated, your biggest item level jump, the longest you've spent progressing on a boss, most used specs and transmogs, M+ group compositions, friends you played with most and more, check out what you've been doing throughout the expansion. You can also share your recap with friends! Today at 18:31 by Starym

All Dragonrding Gyph Locations: Map, Addon, Video and Coordinates

We're mere hours away from Dragonflight's launch and what better way to prepare than to check out where to get those all-important Dragonriding glyphs as soon as possible, to enable the smoothest and fastest traveling through the Dragon Isles! We have all possible methods of tracking them in this post, from a video to a map, addon and coordinates, so let's take a look. And you can also check our Dragonriding guide for the feature in general. Today at 18:09 by Starym

Professions have been completely reworked in Dragonflight. Find out more about the changes and guides in our latest post. Today at 17:45 by Staff

Class Guides Updated for Dragonflight Launch

Our class guides have been updated for the Dragonflight launch! Today at 16:42 by Staff

Item Level of Crafted and Dungeon Gear in Dragonflight

Check out the item level of dungeon and crafted gear that becomes available when you hit Level 70. 4 comments Today at 16:18 by Stan

Dont Forget to Spend Your Primeval Essences Before Dragonflight Goes Live

The Dragonflight pre-patch event ends later today with the release of Dragonflight. Therefore, don't forget to spend all your earned Primeval Essences before then! Today at 15:49 by Stan

It can be difficult to prioritize your daily and weekly goals whenever a new expansion releases. With the launch of Dragonflight, we've compiled a to-do list that you may want to check out! 4 comments Today at 14:25 by Stan

Underlight Angler Useful Tips and Macros

The Underlight Angler Artifact Fishing Rod from Legion is currently experiencing some issues with Dracthyr characters and the Fishing For Attention buff disappearing when you leave combat. Here's how you can fix both. Today at 13:51 by Stan

Comprehensive Dragonflight Level 60 to 70 Guide

We have a very detailed leveling guide to take a look at, as Mr_Roguery took a lot of time to make a document with all the tricks and optimizations to get to level 70 in the most direct way possible. Roguery goes through each hub, main quest, side quest and offers basically a speed walkthrough of the quests, noting where to go and what to do, as well as adding some tips in for good measure. 2 comments Today at 08:06 by Starym

An Alliance Druid with a 1 million absorb shield has invaded Durotar, in Rextroy's latest video. 1 comment Yesterday at 22:09 by Stan

Multiple items and achievements will be permanently removed from the game with the Dragonflight launch, and you have approximately 24 hours to get them before they're gone for good! 3 comments Yesterday at 21:25 by Stan

Important Dragonflight Leveling Tips and Reminders

Here's two more tips/reminders for leveling in the new expansion, as these focus mostly on alts or for those that will be leveling multiple characters simultaneously (or those that have a lot of gold laying around). You could even be leveling from 60 to 66 in 30ish minutes, but would have to expend a lot of crafting resources. Yesterday at 20:54 by Starym

Player Goes to Extreme Lengths to Thank Another for Mount Group

Here's a very heartwarming and pretty extreme story, as a player actually went to another server, rolled up a fresh level 1 character to earn a LOT of gold and send it to thank another player for inviting them to a mount group - a process that lasted almost 5 months! 3 comments Yesterday at 19:48 by Starym

Shadowlands officially ends tomorrow so we should take one final look at the very controversial Covenant system which is leaving us. The final role distribution is going to be a weird one, certainly, with all the Dragonflight pre-patch systems interacting with the Fated raids and the old Shadowlands mechanics, but it's still a fun thing to see, and we get to check out what Evokers picked too! 1 comment Yesterday at 18:42 by Starym

Join Us Live on Twitch for the Icy Veins Podcast

Our Mythic+ guru Petko is now live on our Twitch channel talking about Dragonflight! Join us to learn about everything you need to know to prepare for the new expansion! Yesterday at 17:59 by Staff

We're looking at the final Mythic+ Tier List of the Shadowlands expansion. 5 comments Nov 26, 2022 at 20:07 by Stan

Worgen Nightmare Fuel/Hilarity on the Gear Sets Screen

The pre-patch period always brings plenty of bugs with it, but it seems the dignity of Worgen has suffered in particular this time around, as their gear sets collection screen isn't looking so hot. There's more than a couple of bugs happening here, related to the Worgen's dual nature, but all of them are equally horrifying and hilarious. 5 comments Nov 26, 2022 at 18:21 by Starym

2-Man Castle Nathria, Vigilant Guardian and Mythic +15 in Time

The duos are at it again as HeroicSolo and Durendil are 2-manning all sorts of content in the Dragonflight pre-patch! Today we have three Castle Nathria bosses and Vigilant Guardian from the Sepulcher on Normal mode, as well as a +15 in time Tazavesh run! Nov 26, 2022 at 17:55 by Starym

Dragonflight Professions: Secondary Crafting and Gathering Stats Explained

The Professions overhaul in Dragonflight introduced multiple secondary crafting and gathering stats, but what exactly do they mean and why are they relevant? Find out more about deftness, inspiration, multicraft, resourcefulness, finesse, and more, in our latest post. 4 comments Nov 26, 2022 at 13:16 by Stan

A Reminder for Transmog Collectors: Change the Vendor Filter

Here's a valuable tip for all Transmog collectors! Don't forget to change the vendor filter from your class to "All" to see weapons hidden from your character. Nov 26, 2022 at 12:46 by Stan

Putting a Plan Together Quest Currently Up on Live Servers

The quest for the Hand of Nilganihmaht mount is now available on live servers! 5 comments Nov 26, 2022 at 09:57 by Stan

Dragonflight Pre-Patch Paladin One-Shot Combo

Rextroy returns with a Paladin one-shot that eliminates opponents with a single button press. 2 comments Nov 25, 2022 at 21:49 by Stan

Preachs Trip to Blizzard HQ Video Part 1

Preach has uploaded a video of his trip to Blizzard HQ in Irvine, California. The video contains interviews with General Manager John Hight, Executive Producer Holly Longdale and Game Director Ion Hazzikostas. 7 comments Nov 25, 2022 at 19:21 by Staff

Uldaman Book Reveals Interesting Lore About Odyn and the Black Empire

Players have discovered a new book in Uldaman which contains some interesting lore about the titans, Odyn, and the Black Empire. 5 comments Nov 25, 2022 at 16:41 by Stan

Video Previews of All Renown Rewards in Dragonflight

Content creator MrGM released four videos showcasing Renown rewards in the Dragonflight expansion for every major faction. Check them out! Nov 25, 2022 at 15:51 by Stan

3D extraordinaire Fishbones06 is back with an interesting new mount concept. 3 comments Nov 25, 2022 at 14:48 by Stan

Dragonflight Renown and Reputation Guides

Renown is returning in a simplified form in Dragonflight along with four new Major Factions. 6 comments Nov 25, 2022 at 10:59 by Staff

Icy Veins Mythic+ Dragonflight Class Spec Tier List

After a whole lot of work and looking into every detail and factor, the Icy Veins Mythic+ spec tier list for Dragonflight Season 1 is ready! Well, ready in terms of the information available now, as it will be constantly updated as new information and tuning comes along.

Our guide writer Petko put the list together and you can (and very much should) read the full page as it has a LOT of very detailed information for each of the specs and why there are where they are (including sections for playstyle and cooldown, utility, defensives and self-sustain, mobility and more)but for now let's take a look at the S tier ones. You can find the tank and healer rankings there as well. 5 comments Nov 24, 2022 at 21:32 by Staff

3 Sylvanas Legendary Bows in One Run, Two Thoridals and a Triple Fish Day: The Loot Luck Post

We seem to have a special bow/fishing edition this time around as players have been having all sorts of luck with their drops recently! Now, in this first particular case luck is a relative term, although a triple legendary is still nothing to sneeze at. 3 comments Nov 24, 2022 at 20:02 by Starym

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