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5 Skills To Master In Classic WoW!

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  • Yo! Soldiers of Classic! Here's a video covering 5 essential skills that you should master in order to have a great vanilla experience! Hopefully this helps you out!
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  • @Punkrat
    @Punkrat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Lets be friends
    MY DISCORD : discord.gg/UqqK9PZ
    TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/punkratTV

    • @ocix
      @ocix 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Punkrat oh real quick... do reserve ur name do u have to log in and make a character or is it a different method?

    • @jamesjoyner287
      @jamesjoyner287 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      nice force of will playmat btw

    • @andrewonisko5481
      @andrewonisko5481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What's that add-on mapping timer on your auto attack?

    • @mistercochella1044
      @mistercochella1044 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andrewonisko5481 Right! What a great looking add-on!

    • @bobrosstwin5373
      @bobrosstwin5373 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the discord invite might be dead

  • @gennadiyderevyanchenko3363
    @gennadiyderevyanchenko3363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    About strafe: I just hold right mouse button to turn, and when you hold it, turn buttons become strafe.

    • @mitchelldittes2555
      @mitchelldittes2555 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya I used to bind my keys like he says, but I came back to the game and realized it's totally pointless bc I'm p much always holding my RMB... now I leave A and D as turning so that when I'm auto-running, I can adjust w only one hand on either the keys or mouse.

  • @albertcohee7757
    @albertcohee7757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Punkrat you have no idea how much i love dragging my ass out of bed at 7 am to find that you've uploaded for the X day in a row. Keep it up man. Quickly becoming one of my favorite classic wow content creators.

  • @Misteradams1
    @Misteradams1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One thing I've done is shift my movement keys one to the right. That allows my pinky to get in on the keybind action. On my mage it allows me to use my pinky for (A) Ice Block and (Z) Will of the Forsaken. This is the only game I do that on so I have to remember to put my hands in the right place when I put it on the keyboard. When I come back to the game after a while off, the number of times I've Ice Blocked accidentally is astounding. Great video PRat.

    • @Purriah
      @Purriah 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      M Adams most people use pinky for shift modifier only

    • @Misteradams1
      @Misteradams1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Purriah Yeah. I still use it for that too. Just a playstyle thing. Like I said, this is the only game I do it in...

  • @josephmack1835
    @josephmack1835 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Alright. You convinced me. After 13 years of WoW, I'm going to keybind AD to strafe.

    • @HerculeSatan
      @HerculeSatan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @No you did you not pay attention to turning the camera with right-click? Much faster than keyboard turning...

    • @HerculeSatan
      @HerculeSatan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @No you I mean to each their own I guess but right-click move mouse is much faster to turn and doing it his way will free up 2 to 3 easy keybinds. Tbh it took me about 30mins to get used to this, but haven't changed since WoD

    • @xMaverickFPS
      @xMaverickFPS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i use A and D to turn instead of strafe. just right click, and the turn buttons become strafe buttons. Q and E are contextual actionbar buttons (shield bash and hamstring/disarm)

    • @kittie_sugar
      @kittie_sugar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same tbh 🤣 fml can't believe I've struggled all this time. I've always thought to myself aswell "there must be an easy way, i should google it" but then never have... 13 years of procrastination lol

    • @kopuz.co.uk.
      @kopuz.co.uk. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@xMaverickFPS Thats pretty much what i do.

  • @thatMattSmith
    @thatMattSmith 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hey man. Your videos are apart of my daily routine preparing for work.
    Looking forward to playing on your server man!

  • @dredd4610
    @dredd4610 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Your vids are great. Love the IV drip of content to keep me satiated for the next two weeks.

  • @thorney0921
    @thorney0921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    in my old guild for threat management they used to say " if you spank it, then you tank it" and they would let you do a corpse run to help you remember to watch your threat

  • @BlackBirds93
    @BlackBirds93 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The thing about the strafe jump is I have been doing that for 15 years without changing the A and D keybinds. Q and E have always been important ability keybinds to me, I have never had anything bound to strafe left or right as holding down the right mouse button and pressing A or D results in the same thing

    • @lanecruiser6535
      @lanecruiser6535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Came here to say this

    • @Punkrat
      @Punkrat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@lanecruiser6535 yes, but when u let go...it reverts to keyboard turning. which is bad...you want to "hover" when not mouse turning, not keyboard turn.
      look at what im doing on the rogue portion of the video against the dwarves in BRD

    • @jonpaul6948
      @jonpaul6948 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You cannot use your mouse to target when doing this, or even see the cursor on the screen, or click some non-essential skill you can't be bothered to keybind. It's not a substitution for having strafe bound, as there is literally no situation in WoW where turning with the keyboard is better than using your mouse. You lose NOTHING by binding strafe, and lose a couple of arguably important things when using rightclick exclusively. Doing something for years doesn't mean you've been doing it correctly.

    • @Punkrat
      @Punkrat  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonpaul6948 yes you can...thats t he point of jumping. You jump and click, if you're fast, you lose nothing, thats why you see gladiators always jumping when they play.

    • @Punkrat
      @Punkrat  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonpaul6948 thats also why u keep your camera on never adjust

  • @gabrielgdiogo
    @gabrielgdiogo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This man is a machine. How many videos! We want even more. Great work

  • @MoTrapper
    @MoTrapper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If I ever want to learn something new about classic or wow in general this channel helps a lot. Thanks

  • @rothbart_wow640
    @rothbart_wow640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    While you're unbinding turn left / turn right, you should change from WASD to ESDF for movement binds. That opens up additional easy keys for binding to the left of your movement keys.

    • @slicplaya
      @slicplaya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is what i did a lonnnng time ago.

  • @avargs3505
    @avargs3505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for the very detailed strafe kiting and camera turning tutorial!

  • @Myshob1
    @Myshob1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If you hold down the right mouse button like you do anyway, A and D will make you strafe even if they're bound to turn ;) So if you're like me and can't live without turn binds, you don't have to (even though they're useless).
    The only problem is with addons like vuh'do when you have click actions on a unit frame assigned to spell casts, you can't strafe and clickcast (i.e. HoTs) at the same time, but in classic, there are imho no mechanics that would require that.

    • @k1mpman
      @k1mpman 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think the point is that turning the camera is not as efficient with the keys because, as you say, rmb is used a lot which is a easy way to turn camera and if you're not holding down rmb, you're probably doing something more important than to turn the camera(finding a target to heal for example). In this situation, if you need to move your character you only have W as a viable option unless you want to backpeddle if you haven't rebound your A+D key. If you're standing in fire, too close to onyxias tail or need to quickly move in the midst of targeting someone for a heal, the turn camera with A+D is the opposite of helpful. Obviously everyone needs to play the way which benefits them so nobody should dictate how you play, but personally I cannot see how turning the camera with a+d would be beneficial rather than using rmb.

    • @enixxa
      @enixxa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @No you rofl

    • @enixxa
      @enixxa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @No you nah. Its just an excuse for a bad habit - there is 0 reason, it is always suboptimal.

  • @FishStickDip
    @FishStickDip 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In the spirit of unbinding turn left/turn right, you can also unbind backpedal

    • @WorldOfDeepThought
      @WorldOfDeepThought 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why I did to get rid of that bad habit.

    • @drbeef5054
      @drbeef5054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nicholas Pfau agreed, I remember when I first unbound it in wrath it was hard to get used to so I binded one of my most important cds (howl of terror) to make me consciously fear accidentally hitting it. Till this day 'S' is my howl button lol

    • @KC_604
      @KC_604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn that’s a good idea it’s a habit I’m trying to break so I’m gonna un bind and try this

  • @ParanoiaFlexess
    @ParanoiaFlexess 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for that little demonstration with your webcam on your buttons was really insightful and helpful for my new experience as a brand new warrior :)

  • @classict.j.1311
    @classict.j.1311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Yo guys, Punkrat with an awesome video."
    Love your stuff, man. Wish we would be playing in the same server!

  • @Jimmywinkel
    @Jimmywinkel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I strafe with the mouse. done that for 15 years. your way is easier to learn though but a tad unflexible - so kind of opposite of you :P

    • @PeterDB90
      @PeterDB90 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you have your A and D bound to turning, you can still do it exactly how he shows. I don't understand why anyone needs to bind A and D to strafe since they already strafe when you hold right-click (which he DOES in this video).

    • @Jimmywinkel
      @Jimmywinkel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PeterDB90 exactly

    • @jonpaul6948
      @jonpaul6948 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because when you strafe holding right click, you are unable to use your mouse to target without letting go of it.

  • @WintersW0lf
    @WintersW0lf 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I change Q, E to be hotkeys, but I also change z, x, c, v - and then bind char panal to be shift+c while adding in ctrl+f (generally what I use for mounting), ctrl+r, shift+f, shift+r and your normal ctrl/shift # hotkeys. That generally gives me more than enough hotkeys to quickly access all my main spells / abilities. If i'm playing hunter, I make scroll up pet attack, scroll down pet follow and just change zoom to ctrl+scroll.

  • @GVS86
    @GVS86 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just want to tell you that you are appreciated. You influence me to come back to classic and now I have influenced many others. The tide is endless.

  • @fluffyncute063
    @fluffyncute063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If players are still struggling to keybind but the player has an extra $80. Get an ergonomic keyboard from logitech or a gaming pad. Both give you a set amount of buttons that your left hand can take advantage of.

    • @Affihnel
      @Affihnel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd highly recommend Roccat Tyon mouse

    • @mr.hostility8970
      @mr.hostility8970 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Used an N52 in Vanilla. Recommend the razr version.

  • @billjensen51
    @billjensen51 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have three additions to the list. 1. Learn how to be prepared for a dungeon raid by bringing needed mats/pots/food etc as well as showing up to the location before hand (unless you have a lock and friends to summon you). 2. Learn to roll for loot you only need and be willing to bypass some others need more. Unless you are a hunter then need on everything. 3. Learn to CC, and not break the CC.
    I would add not pulling for the tank but threat management covers that.

    • @ainumahtar
      @ainumahtar 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think 1 is already a staple for anyone not "raiding" LFR, 2 and 3 are probably what's going to get a lot of live wow kids to quit vanilla very soon after starting.

  • @tauceti8341
    @tauceti8341 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    that strafe technique just saved me, i accidentally asspulled a mob that had 2 hounds with it.
    Managed to equip my shield and strafe it out just avoiding death.

  • @zachwithnok
    @zachwithnok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So, I don't understand the emphasis on jumping while kiting. I know it continues your momentum through the jump, but it's the same distance as just strafing and you can control the camera the same way without jumping.
    However, you can't complete your auto attack while you're in the air.

    • @atorrance
      @atorrance 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya I agree. I don’t think the jumping is really needing for auto shots unless you just use it as a built in timer that happens to sync up with your bow speed. It makes a ton of sense for spell casters tho. Classic shaman move is to jump while in ghost wolf to get the speed/momentum and then as your in the air cast a totem or shock or something. So really useful for instant spells.

    • @Ryan_hey
      @Ryan_hey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, it's not required, but it's easier. The time that it takes to perform 1 jump is usually the minimum amount of time between most auto-attacks, so it's a much easier way to "measure" rather than trying to walk-strafe perfectly each time. Of course, with a slower weapon, then it you're going to have to walk-strafe regardless.

    • @Marcelo-0000
      @Marcelo-0000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imo it makes way easier for hunters to time the auto shot since it requires you to stand still, I feel that coming back from a jump makes your character to be still easier than stop pressing the movement key.

    • @zachwithnok
      @zachwithnok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Marcelo-0000 That gap in time between your jump and your weapon swing time will vary greatly over time though.
      Basically, if 1 jump takes 1.5 seconds, but your swing timer is 2.6 you either have to wait for the difference of 1.1 seconds or lose .4 seconds to do a second jump. If you run and stop though, you can time this up exactly.

    • @forestdenizen6497
      @forestdenizen6497 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      One reason is to momentarily free up the finger holding the strafe button, to press something else.

  • @MrGrilledcheeseits
    @MrGrilledcheeseits 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use a razar tartarus, and it has a joystick which makes movement so much easier. I literally only use my thumb for jumping, running, and directional movement. The macro function on it literally allows me to reduce rotation to 2 buttons in classic and all gameplay to 7 buttons.

  • @puffin-onehandedgamer1164
    @puffin-onehandedgamer1164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this skill is very good to learn for later on at 60 when you have to do your hunter quest for the Rok'delar and Lok'delar bow and staff. you have to kite hard hitting demons, the one in Winterspring is especially annoying asnd you kite him all around the area or along the road.

  • @Presence_o_Mind
    @Presence_o_Mind 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Trinketmenu to this day is still one of my favorite add-ons by far. It was so useful back in the day.

  • @mellowblossom4039
    @mellowblossom4039 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    mouse button one and 2 are strafe, and i double click to run forward. None of my movement keys are on the keyboard I move only with mouse. This gives me an array of keybinds most people don't have, and it has improved quality of life for me massively. Took 1 week to get used to.

  • @Chris-gy9qc
    @Chris-gy9qc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, lots of very good skills to have.
    Just a note, not sure if this has changed or not, but during the AV stress test as a hunter I had to wait like 5 to 10 seconds after feign death in order to get out of combat so I could drop a trap.

  • @BlackBirds93
    @BlackBirds93 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My favorite thing about Punkrat videos showing up in my subscriptions is hearing: *yo guys punkratwithanothervideo*

  • @Kholdaimon
    @Kholdaimon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1 thing: don't (always) strafe-kite while tanking in raids! Just move backwards, if you move to fast away from your healers you can easily get out of range of their heals... Example is Onyxia, you run in, draw aggro and pull Onyxia to the back of the room, everyone runs after you but healers have to stop running to heal you, if you run to fast, you can easily run out of range... Happened to me...

    • @forestdenizen6497
      @forestdenizen6497 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You really want to have back pedal available when tanking.

  • @erlilun91
    @erlilun91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    #showtooltip Shadow Bolt
    /cast [nomodifier,target=target] Shadow Bolt
    /cast [mod:alt,target=mouseover] Shadow bolt
    Change the spell as needed, or alt to shift/ctrl, whichever you prefer.
    This will cast shadow bolt on your target, or your mouse over target, if alt clicked. Tested on stress test.
    For pet classes, you can also
    #showtooltip Shadow Bolt
    /petattack [nomodifier,target=target]
    /petattack [mod:alt,target=mouseover]

  • @LizyDuskdragon
    @LizyDuskdragon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first skill can also be used to never get dazed, as long as you are facing a mob you wont be dazed.

  • @acrophis
    @acrophis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Don't most people just hold the right mouse button and use the turn left/right keys to strafe? I've always unbound Q and E to use them for spells instead.

    • @Jmdwolfy161
      @Jmdwolfy161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This, there's no reason to bind a and d to strafe when you're using your right click all the time anyway. That way you still have turning on the same keys as strafe technically.

    • @xhulkdieselx
      @xhulkdieselx 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup

    • @MClollolol
      @MClollolol 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should just use QWE instead and use ASD for abilities

    • @DriftNick
      @DriftNick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Jmdwolfy161 Using A and D for strafe means you can use your mouse to aim a skill/item (like engineering bombs) while moving.

    • @OrcinusDrake
      @OrcinusDrake 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try hard mode: esdf rather than wasd :p

  • @tompowell1920
    @tompowell1920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video :) I think you explained the benefit in changing your A and D keys rather well, if people want to continue using right-click resulting in keyboard turning then let them, they are holding themselves back. Timing is everything in pvp and some classes require more binds than the next and you can't always be holding right-click to strafe if you're trying to maximise survivability and damage output as it limits how much you can move your camera around to spot incoming enemies because it will change your direction.

    • @tompowell1920
      @tompowell1920 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That split second of keyboard turning to turn your camera and initiate auto-run could be the difference for you surviving as it might alter that hunter viper stinging/slowing you or that warrior being in range to hamstring you etc.

  • @nathanarievlis3985
    @nathanarievlis3985 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just recently started playing with the re- release again and content like this is a help getting back up to speed. Nice work and delivery ,bro. Thx

  • @wyldcard69
    @wyldcard69 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol used to have a healer that would ignore people who willingly pulled off the tanks. "You gank it, you tank it", then leave them to learn a valuable lesson.

  • @dex4308
    @dex4308 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I play with a razor speed pad , so I move with a small thumb joystick to the right of the pad. It works very well when combine with a mouse .

  • @mritz579
    @mritz579 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude that trinket tip is awesome! I ran a 29 twink rogue forever and never thought about switching trinkets like that. But I mean I was all ready OP as hell anyway. Lol.

  • @Brian_irl
    @Brian_irl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Gordon Ramsey is all over my TH-cam too, lol. Another great vid Punk!

  • @69baran69
    @69baran69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    D jump, A jump for the rest of my day. Thanks Punkrat!

  • @bergtroll9393
    @bergtroll9393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have been using RDFG to walk for over 10 years now. It allows me to use my little finger on W,S,Q,A and TAB without impairing my movement, which I do with all the other fingers (if you include jump on SPACE). I see only advantages over WASD, so I really don't get why everybody uses that. I recommend trying something else, it might stick just like it did for me.

    • @garymills390
      @garymills390 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting concept, but what button do you use for self-target? I've experimented with ESDF because my thumb can still slide to alt. I just tried RDFG after your comment and I find it a bit of a stretch

    • @jonpaul6948
      @jonpaul6948 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@garymills390 Yeah, Ctrl is an essential keybind modifier, as is Alt for me. RDFG messes up the positioning on both of those keys, making Ctrl an impossible stretch and Alt a slightly irritating roll of the thumb under my hand. The few keys you gain from it pale in comparison to the easily hit Ctrl and Alt modified number keys, so Im gonna stick with what works.

  • @geewiz27g64
    @geewiz27g64 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mate thx for the vid's they've been a great help, I'm a total noob to WoW and I'm running a Huntard! Every time you say I know most of you guys know this about a tip well I can tell you I didn't and it usually the most valuable bit of advice for my noobish ways. Thx again.

  • @kopuz.co.uk.
    @kopuz.co.uk. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Listen guys, never watch Gordon Ramsey on youtube because you be watching to the end of days.

  • @irtehdar2446
    @irtehdar2446 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most important skill you will need to master if comming into classic wow for the first time is called "google search".
    Knowing how to properly type "classic wow " in your browser is the biggest timesaving skill you can ever learn.

  • @BroxigarZ
    @BroxigarZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You didn’t touch on the most important part of strafe kiting it’s actually most important for melee during leveling - you get dazed, no parry, and Crit easier from behind. Strafe kiting as melee keeps you facing forward if you do it right keeping your shield block, parry and such capable of decreasing damage. You can kite mobs this way to other mobs taking the least amount of damage possible.

  • @Dude00711
    @Dude00711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    With regards to strafing; If you hold right click, Turn Left/Right becomes Strafe anyway; so this tip is un-necessary and simply removes the ability to turn left/right if you need to.

    • @jonpaul6948
      @jonpaul6948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You cannot click to target, or on non-essential skills you don't keybind, when using this method. Strafing should be keybound. You should never need to "turn" right or left, that should always be done with the mouse unless you suffer from some disability.

    • @Dude00711
      @Dude00711 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonpaul6948 As a tank, sometimes intricate movement is required, so i respectfully disagree with you ;)

    • @DriftNick
      @DriftNick 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dude00711 You can turn with the camera with the mouse, it doesn't remove the ability at all...

  • @kamileon9958
    @kamileon9958 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for going over the keybinding skill ive been struggling with that skill :)

  • @Stufziee
    @Stufziee 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thnx for the tip on the keyboard-strafe binding, I've played WoW on and off for 7 years approx and never thought about it.

  • @Mazzini11
    @Mazzini11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Wait 5 Sunders" lol! So true. I would say in dungeons, it was 3 sunders =)

  • @MrRickstopher
    @MrRickstopher 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm trying my damdest to master strafe-kiting. I think I'm getting it and your videos are helping a lot.

  • @ivy6858
    @ivy6858 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro that MTG Force of will mat - respek! Awesome vids, always dig your content!

  • @diegradebanane
    @diegradebanane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Trinketmenu best addon ever, hands down!
    I used it in classic till wotlk! It was awesome, hoping for a release for classic!

  • @decaedent
    @decaedent 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1. Rebind strafe to A and D for strafe kiting
    2. Spatial awareness - avoid body pulls
    3. Threat management - dont pull aggro
    4. Manually targeting with mouse
    5. Use engineering and other gadgets

  • @bryanc1975
    @bryanc1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The more video like this I watch, the more I love classic and the less I want to ever play retail again.

  • @hendi710
    @hendi710 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    MtG Force of Will mousepad, Punkrat a Nerd after my own heart

    • @wouterva2744
      @wouterva2744 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was about to comment the same thing! Blue mage best mage

    • @madagascar2946
      @madagascar2946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn, he's a god

    • @hendi710
      @hendi710 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wouterva2744 It's always good to spott fellow mtg enthusiasts :D (Even though green is obviously the best color ;P )

    • @aarondriscoll287
      @aarondriscoll287 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saw someone named PunkRat in one of Meryn's mtg videos. Didn't know if it was the same person or maybe a fan.

    • @aarondriscoll287
      @aarondriscoll287 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/WkjY7VWZC3o/w-d-xo.html
      @ 31:40

  • @nexzus1000
    @nexzus1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Asspulling 😂 definitely worth a 👍 from here

  • @somguy5035
    @somguy5035 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another thing you might consider is setting strafe L/R to mouse buttons 4/5 if you have them (thumb buttons on left side of mouse).
    100% mouse-based movement is nice.

  • @marcusnielsen9674
    @marcusnielsen9674 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you hold down right-click you will strafe without rebinding to strafe left and right. So the rebind is not actually needed in the first example.

  • @kockovod7850
    @kockovod7850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I got clickbaited by Gordon but i am glad.

  • @peteplaysclassic2934
    @peteplaysclassic2934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Punkrat, is that video from Vanilla 1.12.1 or Classic 1.13.0 with Nelf Hunter at the beggining? I am curious because of addons you´re using, mainly the one that shows enemy HP.

  • @robinandersson99
    @robinandersson99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why would you bind a and d to strafe when if you have a and d for turning you can still strafe with a and d by holding right click. binding strafe to a and d might be easier but its definetly not the optimal way to play the game.

    • @DriftNick
      @DriftNick 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except it is the optimal way to play, there is no reason to ever use a and d to turn, keybinding strafe allows you to use your mouse to aim stuff like grenades and mouse over macro's easily.

  • @australienski6687
    @australienski6687 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you hold right mouse button you you will strafe with A and D by default. I prefer it that way as when I'm auto running I can turn my character with my left hand whilst leaving my right hand free.

  • @Kiljoy_
    @Kiljoy_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like to strafe A & D and then I take 4 and 5 and bind Q and E and put something special like stealth or charge on Q so that it's right there at my ring finger and get that quick reaction

    • @Kiljoy_
      @Kiljoy_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It also opens up my action bar to put more up there

  • @BW-og1vu
    @BW-og1vu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    any hunter who moves backwards hasnt understand his class, you only strafe IF you have to go backwards turn 90 degrees and all that jumps are not necessary. You will even see always your kite target as well as the direction your going too.

  • @mRtico91
    @mRtico91 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your videos I find them very helpful and great to have in the background while I do chores around the house.

  • @jeppegronemann2084
    @jeppegronemann2084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    did you know that if you press right click. A and D is allready strafe?

    • @benkalem
      @benkalem 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That will tie your mouse click to strafing, which isn't optimal. The aim is to reduce clicks and buttons, not add.

    • @FSGoingStraight
      @FSGoingStraight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah thats why this technique is not the most important thing to do as Punkrat stated

    • @jeppegronemann2084
      @jeppegronemann2084 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      To turn the screen and see, you need to click the Mouse anyways. So right click strafe would actually be less og a hassle

  • @FlyStar654
    @FlyStar654 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Punk, I enjoy your videos a lot as an original classic wow player. You offer perspectives that are different which is why I keep coming back. For future videos, could you include any addon suggestions that say/use in your videos in the description so we can find them? For example that engineering trinket management addon, I would love to use that. Thanks!

  • @Midinette-bu2xq
    @Midinette-bu2xq 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been playing with strafe left/right as A/D for years already on retail, with W to run forward on the fly. Q and E are keybinds for skills.

  • @cmerk100
    @cmerk100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel asspull is something that came from PS, it was called facepulling back in the day, but other than that memory difference it seems pretty bang on, kiting and avoiding agro are key skills. Engineering is definitely the best pvp crafting profession, killing people with the gnomish death ray was a joy.

    • @cmerk100
      @cmerk100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Steve Sherman no what?

  • @j3nki541
    @j3nki541 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    for anyone who does the a/d strafe left/right, but still wants to keep the turning bound:
    put turn left/right on shift-a/d

  • @Ratatosk80
    @Ratatosk80 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Regarding mouseover macros you mentioned in the end of the video. Mouseover works fine in classic. Also worked on private servers 1.12.1. I basically put all my ranged skills as mouseovers when I played on private servers. Just find it more fun and smooth. Only trouble is the lack of macro slots. Wasn't a problem on private servers because of the addon supermacro which gave you something like 30 extra slots. For classic though that addon is not going to get converted to best bet for mouseover is to just use it for a few skills otherwise you will run out of slots.

  • @crimsonfanzine9341
    @crimsonfanzine9341 ปีที่แล้ว

    You don't need strafe for strafe kiting actually. Right click + turn right/left is making a strafe movement all the same. Yes you must turn your camera, but you basically have to turn the camera with the strafe method too, so not a big difference. For me the turn+right click feels way more free than the strafe method.

  • @kumuqua
    @kumuqua 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you talk about why clicking on spells is frowned upon? Last time I played WoW was around mid litchking. I was around 15 at the time and thought I was pretty decent (I prob wasn’t) but I always just clicked on my spells. Do you think that’s is not ideal? And why? Thanks

    • @dickhead2285
      @dickhead2285 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its about 3 times slower if id have to guess, imagine having to click like 12 abilities in the course of a fight thats a lot of accurate mouse movements, where bam u can just smash a button on the keyboard much quicker and easier

    • @DriftNick
      @DriftNick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try to move, change target and click a spell at the same time, there are situations where it's slower or just impossible to do stuff if you click spells.

    • @nikolaikalashnikov4253
      @nikolaikalashnikov4253 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because of the global cooldown, clicking is perfectly fine if you're in Molten Core, but like DriftNick says, anything more complex like PvP or Blackwing Lair & you'll get left in the dust by your teammates who are using keybinds.

  • @DanielSmith-yk4ds
    @DanielSmith-yk4ds 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    on the strafe you can just use right click on mouse by default. then you can use q and e for warrior stances or d cds.....

  • @infiniteimprovement1541
    @infiniteimprovement1541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    punkrizzy! your workrate is insane bro!! great videos man keep up the good work

  • @Vytil
    @Vytil 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    you can just strafe by holding right mouse down and pressing a or d without having to re-keybind, personally i prefer that. i re-keybind my q and e to abilities.

  • @astralrefuge9430
    @astralrefuge9430 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    My strafe is bound to my mouse. asdfqwervb are my spells with shift as modifier for all and ctrl is a modifier for asd. Movement is solely on mouse. Its super efficient for casters

  • @choppers1036
    @choppers1036 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Threat management is huge...its amazing how many people just start blasting right out of the gate

  • @empire0
    @empire0 ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess i've always done the alternative strafe and movement, Q and E are too valuable to use for movement, especially E as it's the easiest button to press for main attacks

  • @SpencerJ289
    @SpencerJ289 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whether I know the content your showing I enjoy and watch all your videos.

  • @IRdatank
    @IRdatank 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the deal with jumping? Moving backwards is the same speed and you have control over the exact amount of time you spend moving, eg 1 gcd for a melee kiting back or the 2.30 attack speed of your hunter's bow, maximizing your distance.

    • @Punkrat
      @Punkrat  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok granpa

    • @IRdatank
      @IRdatank 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Punkrat Listen here, you whippersnapper. Back in my day, you didn't do that fraggin jumping and hoopin thing unless you was one of them kiddie boppers.

  • @muffin9966
    @muffin9966 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Last couple of weeks ive been recommanded Kitchen Nightmares from gorden ramsey watched 1 episode now im hooked and also hooked to your videos punkrat thats why youtube told you to watch some gorden ramsey lol

  • @Ytinasniiable
    @Ytinasniiable 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imo fun is more important than efficiency while leveling and strafe kiting gets tedious pretty quickly for me, but I plan on maining a shaman and it's easier to do and less necessary at the same time (especially once WF is learned), as long as I keep up with my gear I should be able to just auto attack and self heal between pulls as necessary

    • @Ytinasniiable
      @Ytinasniiable 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And it's more fun because I have to pay less attention and can do other stuff at the same time, like watch TH-cam

  • @kokueikumatao8023
    @kokueikumatao8023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Playing on an Eternal Masters: Force of Will playmat nice.

  • @autobowl
    @autobowl 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    With strafe kiting theres no need to go back and forth, just flick your camera and snap back. I do that if I have a key i want to spam on q or e.

  • @Nagazongas
    @Nagazongas 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you have A and D set to turn left and right instead of strafe, they instead strafe you while holding right click.

  • @Zettz00r
    @Zettz00r 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been in an endless loop of Gordon Ramsey videos for weeks, glad to hear I'm not the only one😂

  • @danielgriffith8911
    @danielgriffith8911 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, I really enjoy your channel. I'm curious to know if you have ever done any multi-boxing (playing multiple toons at the same time). That would make an interesting video for sure. We have a multi-boxer in our guild...mains a hunter and plays 5 toons simultaneously.

  • @MarikaValor
    @MarikaValor 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I use ASDF for movement . F Forward, S backward and AS left and right it's easier having all the fingers on the same row

  • @RRodil
    @RRodil 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whats the difference with changing the keybinds A and D to strafe left and right when you hold right click it changes to strafe anyway? Does it have to do with the camera?

    • @astronemir
      @astronemir 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just gives you 2 free keys in a prime location, next to where your hand is naturally resting. Any other explanation is mostly BS imo (for vanilla at least).

    • @jonpaul6948
      @jonpaul6948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You cannot click to target if you are holding down rightclick, and you also can't click any non-essential skills you can't bother to set a keybind for.

    • @RRodil
      @RRodil 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonpaul6948 ah I understand. Thanks!

  • @Bl00dMalice
    @Bl00dMalice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah... I'm not following on why the jumping is necessary or if it's just for show. It'd help to explain why you choose to do that and if there is some mechanical advantage to it aside from preference.

    • @Affihnel
      @Affihnel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you get stunned in the air you continue traveling away from the enemy player? (I swear it used to be like that, but I'm not entirely sure on the current client).

    • @stealthyturtles
      @stealthyturtles 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      you create more distance when you jump, especially if its downhill, so for pvp it can be useful if you want to keep melee class at bay. outside of that, jumping is pretty unnecessary

    • @Bl00dMalice
      @Bl00dMalice 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stealthyturtles For PvP sure, but not on a normal basis for PvE.

    • @forestdenizen6497
      @forestdenizen6497 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Momentarily frees up the strafe finger to use a spell.
      That is one reason at least.

  • @nineonine9082
    @nineonine9082 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can someone explain why I need to remind A and D to strafing when you strafe by default when you hold right mouse to look around, Which you are doing in this video. I think someone said you also need to change camera follow to never for this to work.
    Also as a paladin I don't really feel like I will ever need this but hey more I know the better.

    • @Punkrat
      @Punkrat  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you want to strafe when not clicking your mouse, when you want to "hover", otherwise it will default to keyboard turning. Im the one who said that about your camera, and as a paladin its very useful. It's just the right way to control your character in general.

    • @Tycon
      @Tycon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Punkrat In hindsight it's probably more efficient to just bind keyboard turn to control a and control d or some other key so you can still turn with one hand without mistakenly keyboard turning and strafe with a and d. My bad

  • @marques_asecas5894
    @marques_asecas5894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Quick tip: never hit the sheep.

    • @TWEAKLET
      @TWEAKLET 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      unless its with a pyroblast

  • @Yzeyr
    @Yzeyr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please explain to me what's the difference between having keybound strafe or not? If you have to hold right click anyway you're strafing with turn left and turn right anyway? No difference in kiting

  • @davidsuda6110
    @davidsuda6110 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a casual in Vinalla Wow most of this I did not know so thanks!

  • @mitchhamrick916
    @mitchhamrick916 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool that other people use the rebind strafe. Most of my friends just moved their hand up the keyboard which always seemed odd to me.

  • @aaronshadowhunter656
    @aaronshadowhunter656 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the first one, if your holding right click you will straf without changing the key binds

  • @MrLASSEssein
    @MrLASSEssein 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am just using both mouse buttons to walk forward and look around and then with a and d I turn around and don´t strave. But it kind of looks the same and has the same purpose

    • @stealthyturtles
      @stealthyturtles 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      you can just hold right click to frame lock your camera and A D become strafe keys

  • @xandervampire195
    @xandervampire195 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you remap A and D to strafe but leave Q and E blank, how do you turn? I know you can turn with the mouse but that just creates a bigger problem, how do you use your abilities/ spells/ whatever you want to call them? With one hand on WASD and the other on your mouse, you don't have a free hand to activate them unless you just stop moving entirely and try to quickly switch your hand over to your ability keybinds instead of WASD then switch back when you need to move again. However, even then the frequent switching would undoubtedly have a negative effect on your reaction speed and overall performance (also, I think it would have to be your WASD hand because you need the mouse for aiming certain abilities). I guess you could have remapped your abilities to other keys around WASD but that would make for a very cramped, cluttered little area of your keyboard with which to control movement and abilities. Hand cramps, anyone? I dunno, I feel like I'm missing something. You obviously have a lot more experience than me in WoW and if those are the bindings you normally use, there must be a way to do it effectively. I mean, you wouldn't use that set up if it didn't work so you're clearly doing something right.

    • @DriftNick
      @DriftNick 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You turn with the mouse, change your keybinds so spells you would use while moving you can easily press while pushing strafe, no need to stop moving to push them, using the keyboard to turn takes ages and you should never do it.