Peak of Serenity

It’s been a busy 2 weeks in the World of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic launched, Frog farming was ever so briefly The Thing To Do in MoP, and Brew & MW received further spec tree updates on The War Within Alpha! This week on the podcast, we talk about all of the above, more […]

Brewmaster (and Mistweaver, but mostly Brewmaster) has a new spec tree on Alpha! This week on the podcast, we talk about the new toys for Brews and Mistwoos on Alpha, the rocky launch of 10.2.7, and what its like to be facing down Tindral for the first time a second time. Oh, and Glyph of […]

The War Within Alpha continues to trundle onward! This week on the podcast, we are talking about crafting & item upgrade systems, the Windwalker changes, new consumables like Potion Bombs, and of course trolling Babylonius. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over at https://twitch.tv/emallson Timestamps […]

The War Within Alpha is out, and with it we have the final Hero Talent Tree: Master of Harmony, the Mistweaver / Brewmaster shared tree. This week on the podcast, our focus is on that tree, along with the Class Tree changes (death to Catue!). This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed […]

We’re back! And just in time to catch up on the news about the Mists of Pandaria remix! This week on the show, we’re going to talk through what we know thus far about the new MoP event, as well as catch up on news about Season 4 (and a bit about Classic, too) MoP […]

We have Hero Talents! This week we are talking about the Shado-Pan (Brewmaster + Windwalker) and Conduit of the Celestials (Mistweaver + Windwalker) hero talent trees, their implications for Monk, and other *ahem* NOTEWORTHY updates to the Mistweaver spec coming in The War Within! The Hero Talent Trees are available in full here: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24074997/get-an-eye-on-an-even-dozen-new-hero-talent-trees#showthetrees This […]

Cataclysm Beta is out! Kinda? This week on the podcast, we talk about what we expect from Cata Classic, Reforging, the Mistweaver nerfs, and suprises from this weekend’s MDI Global Finals! This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over at https://twitch.tv/emallson Timestamps 00:00 Reclear Recap: Hunter […]

Is this a…good community council post? This week on the podcast, we talk through Doby’s post about the state of Mythic Raiding in Retail, Sinzhu’s article about the evolution of Brewmaster in Dragonflight, and more news from the week. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT […]

What if teleported out of the Battlefield in Rise? 🤔 This week on the podcast, we talk about some of the coolest MDI tech in a long time, have a conversation about sort-of “meta” progression strategy, and a grab bag of other news like the long-awaited part 3 of Xelnath’s MoP Warlock design series. This […]

This week on the podcast, we ask the most pressing question known to WoW-kind: do you really need healers? Like, really? Apparently not, based on this weekend’s MDI! In addition to the MDI, we chat about our Fyrakk prog (and Anom’s kill!), and cover news from the week. This show is also available on YouTube […]

Hall of Fame is closed, Fyrakk is nerfed, Subcreation had a good run, and…PI can Titanforge? This week on the podcast, we talk about all kinds of things, including the Archon acquisition of Subcreation, our prog on Fyrakk, the release of SoD P2, and—of course—the Oracle Priest hero talent preview. This show is also available […]

Is Blizzard ceding ground in the Private Auras race? This week on the podcast, we talk about Fyrakk prog, about the change to the Intermission to remove Private Auras, as well as the news that Blizzard is banning GDKPs in Season of Discovery. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every […]

This week on the podcast, we talk…layoffs. Unpleasant, all around. We also discuss emallson’s continued inability to kill Tindral and June’s retrospective of Mistweaver in Dragonflight. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over at https://twitch.tv/emallson Timestamps 00:00 Progression Recap: Tindral Not Dead, Fyrakk Dispels 09:10 […]

Tindral has been nerfed, nay, destroyed. This week on the podcast, we talk about the (end of) Tindral prog, the joys of healing Afflicted keys, and the wide array of buffs coming with the weekly reset. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over at https://twitch.tv/emallson […]

Blizzard is hitting 2024 hard with multiple new releases coming in the next two weeks! This week on the podcast, Anomoly and emallson talk about the incoming Patch 10.2.5, the Ruby Sanctum patch in Classic, and (of course) Tindral prog. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm […]

With 2023 officially over, emallson and Anomoly take a few to talk through the 2024 Roadmaps for Retail & Classic WoW, along with the Hero Talent previews we got before Christmas—as well as some Tindral prog. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over at https://twitch.tv/emallson […]

The holidays are upon us, but at least we have Smolderon prog to keep us warm on these cold, winter days. This week on the podcast, we talk our prog (emallson did not kill Smolderon ☹️), Mistweaver Nerfs, Windwalker Buffs (briefly), the Community Council interview (including info on how high ilvl the Warbound gear will […]

At long last, our Mistweaver overlords have been nerfed! Wait 🤔 At least Windwalker got buffed, right? This week on the podcast, we go over the changes to Monk, Mythic+, the end of the Race to World First, and (of course) Season of Discovery! This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live […]

Call us Nostradamus because we, too, can speculate wildly and sometimes be right! This week on the podcast, we talk about the last week-ish of the race, the Mythic+ changes and how Tyrannical is playing out so far, as well as covering some more interviews and other news from the week. (Echo won the race […]

The Race to World First is upon us! This week on the show, we chat about the race thus far (and how the Archdruid of the Flame might be better titled the Scion of Halondrus), our own progress, and a few more bits of news from the post-BlizzCon interviews and Patch 10.2.5 announcements. This show […]

We are back from our BlizzCon break and there is SO MUCH to talk about! This week on the show, we start catching up on the BlizzCon and post-BlizzCon news, chat raid prep, and trick Anomoly into making yet more predictions about Hero Talents. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live […]

Honest to god I don’t know how they keep finding more ways to buff Mistweaver. What a time to be alive. Also: BlizzCon is in a week! We’re making predictions, and also one of us is going to be there. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm […]

What time is it? Mistweaver buff time! Oh, and the raid is coming out in 3 weeks 👀 This week on the podcast, we discuss the state of Windwalker (feat. Babs’ enormous Wowhead post), Brewmaster stats (feat. emallson’s enormous Peak post), more raid testing, and even more loot changes (and MW buffs)! The State of […]

More Mistweaver changes! More Raid Testing! More…Microsoft? This week on the podcast, we recap the recent changes on the 10.2 PTR, the RWF for ICC in Classic, and the successful Microsoft acquisition of ActiBlizzKing. (Yes, the audio is a bit off this week. One of our microphones was not actually being recorded—oops) This show is […]

You know what we need? More raid buffs, of course! This week on the podcast, we discuss the introduction of a new Hunter raid buff on the 10.2 PTR, the (huge!) updates to Mistweaver’s Expel Harm and Windwalker’s tier set bonus, and the Mythic Amirdrassil testing that happened this week. This show is also available […]

This week on the podcast, we have more Mistweaver updates! Anomoly and emallson talk through them, as well as covering the 3 Heroic Amirdrassil bosses tested this week (including the Dragonriding boss!) and updates to loot for Season 3. This show is also available on YouTube and is (normally) streamed live every week at 1:30pm […]

Raid testing for Amirdrassil started this week! Anomoly and emallson talk about the 4 bosses that were tested, along with the new Mythic+ dungeon pool and some more loot updates on this week’s episode of the podcast. This show is also available on YouTube and is (normally) streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over […]

Ahhhhh new raid! Fire everywhere! Ebontoes! This week on the podcast, emallson and Anomoly discuss the Mistweaver changes, the new Monk tier sets, and some of the itemization changes coming in Patch 10.2. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over at https://twitch.tv/emallson Timestamps 00:00 Reclear […]

Patch 10.1.7 arrives on Tuesday (or Wednesday (or Thursday)) and Anomoly is here to explain the current state of the new old Mana Tea! We also talk about the world first Hardcore Level 60, ICC PTR, and 3-healing Mythic Sarkareth. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm […]

Everything is fine! Except healing, apparently. This week on the podcast, Anomoly and emallson discuss the problems with healing (and related problems with tanking!) in raids and keys, plus Hardcore Classic and the (soon!) death of overlays. This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over at […]