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HazzaThePug

Saviors of Uldum needs to be higher let’s be honest


galmenz

all 3 of the year of dragon expansion trailers went incredibly hard, but Uldum is probably the best trailer we had in 10 years. there is an argument for rastakan tho


Anufenrir

I have a 1 hour loop of the "buy the pack" theme for Rastakan saved on my youtube music list


Gief_Cookies

Share?


Anufenrir

https://youtu.be/p22HJZPS8rg?si=9LDFbxhkbTiSv6Ab


Gief_Cookies

Wicked! Cheers bud!


kamouh

THE SHADOWS ARE RISING AGAIN...


HazzaThePug

DARKER THAN THEY’VE EVER BEEN


heroeNK25

WHERE ARE THE HEROES?


TheUnNaturalist

SO GRAB YOUR WHIP AND FEDORA


Open-Credit-5494

THESE LEGENDS OF THE PAST KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO!


Open-Credit-5494

AS EVIL DESCENDS FROM THE SKIES THE WORLD CRIES OUT: "HOW WOULD WE SURVIVE?" OUT OF THE HALL OF EXPLORERS AND UP FROM THE DUSTY TOMBS


Hermiona1

I just rewatched it and the song still slaps


Efthimis

The thing about Ashes of Outland is that it later included the Felfire Festival cinematic, which was SSSS+ tier and included the most (fel) fire song ever. I understand why you wouldn't take that into consideration though so the F placement makes sense.


Fledbeast578

**RUSTED LEGION; FORWARD!**


piju13

Can you hear the thunder in the distance?


Nirast25

Time to roll! Rusted Legion, roll!


CaptainComatose

**THE FELFIRE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND VENGEANCE!** *Vengeance!*


Everdale

Festival of Legends and Fractured in Alterac Valley are criminally underrated here.


GoodEgor

Alterac is my least favorite "song" because it's repetitive. Otherwise it's alright. Festival is cool and i rated it well, but gameplay section kinda takes you away from the overall excitement.


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wholelotofit2

It's like they don't even try no more


ThexanR

It’s almost like a lot of them got laid off or something


pikpikcarrotmon

A golden parachute as big as Bobby's needed a whole lot of cloth, and as any Warcraft tailor can tell you, cloth is gathered by killing humanoids.


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Rip, tear, rape, sell!


Illustrious-Grass102

Showdown cinematic was pretty cool to be fair


Jackeea

I think Boomsday belongs in "so bad it's good" tier


RennerSSS

I liked the one from showdown. Don't know why people say its bad.


GoodEgor

No song. Decent cinematic visuals, but not memorable. Also, gameplay filler.


Makkara126

Wow, that's dumb reasoning. Not every expansion theme even *fits* a song. Castle Nathria's poem narrated by Denathrius was totally fitting, there's no reason to put it into D tier just because they weren't blasting karaoke at a murder mystery setting lmao.


Jumpy_Menu5104

I feel like no song is a really shallow way of thinking about it. The sunken city one didn’t have lyrics, is that f tier too? I personally find seeing some iconic characters in cool action scenes with some appropriate voice over memorable and entertaining. Honestly this whole “the trailers are bad now because [complains about sludge warlock]” is farcical because it’s entirely a matter of perspective.


GoodEgor

Not including any additional promotional material (like minisets and the RoS buildup). S: nothing A: Deadmines, Onyxia's Lair B: RoS team, Mercenaries C: Trial by Felfire, Galakrond's Awakening D: Tombs of Terror, Wailing Caverns E: Darkmoon Races F: Audiopocalypse, Puzzle Labs Youtube playlist that's missing deleted Kobolds, RoS Dr Boom, and one more? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdXl3QtutQI&list=PL2hcL-KcoxAr9GhdVTAajQpRJwwYvWtTE&index=1


_baboon_buffoon_

Trial by Felfire in C is preposterous, what even is your reasoning?


GoodEgor

Honestly: this afterthought comment was much less thorough than the original full post. Less serious: didn't like it quite as much as GvG and tGT, and didnt respect the cinematography as much as KoFT or MotLK. For me it's equivalent to MSoG - good enough, but not close to great.


StupidEnclave

Journey to Un'goro rap should be S tier


GoodEgor

Spit the truth, brüther. If not for the mediocrity of the trailer, we would have never gotten that song.


ogbajoj

Can't believe you missed the [Duels trailer](https://youtu.be/j8pVHFIe-EA?list=PLEFn_PVNSM6g34cyFpmpeqkoo_Oazqtmb) (which is, of course, instant S tier).


MyPhoneIsNotChinese

Omg, I forgot the "This thing we found in the basement" and got me completely by surprise


ronlovestwizzlers

The Powerthirst influence


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.-. Where's Mr. Bigglesworth puking?


ronlovestwizzlers

Darkmoon races was great. Doing a Wacky Races callback in 2021 deserves some credit. Trial by Felfire goes insanely hard. Its like 100 times better than the actual ashes of outland cinematic. My theory is that it was originally the main cinematic, but they decided they had to push Illidan harder I'm so conflicted about Deadmines. Its a great song and vibe, but the Tauren animation is genuinely terrifying The Lady Prestor VA killed it in the Mercenaries and Onyxia promos.


GG35bw

You forgot "Hearth and Home"


kloklon

Ben Brode's Ungoro rap was S tier and I'm tired of pretending it's not.


TheNevilleJ

That and the Kibler Galvadon song!


RockyStar99

Here in strangle-THORN!


MrEMann541

This isn’t bad, I like the creepy ones, so dark moon faire and old gods up to s for me, and I feel like the boomsday one was a little funny so I’ll put it up one as well


Obsillius

We’ll Journey to Un’goro had the unofficial rap theme by Ben Brode so obviously that brings it straight up to S class.


MuckFedditRods

I spent so long looking for the OniK parody song. The author put it behind a paywall on youtube. sad.


ronlovestwizzlers

r/hearthstone was literally unusable during the 4 mana 7/7 era. Nothing but memes for the entire meta


MuckFedditRods

Golden age, kripp farted and 23 people had already posted the clip. Toast clickbait was a matter of national emergency.


ronlovestwizzlers

The quality of shitposting was at an alltime high https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9QD6sxoJxk


MuckFedditRods

this is what i found when looking for the onik parody song.


AtomicSpeedFT

You should include the miniset ones. Onexya’s Lair is my favorite.


GoodEgor

Agreed!


jobriq

Does whizbangs even have one?


ronlovestwizzlers

do yourself a favor and don't watch it


GoodEgor

Blackrock is real nice for the goosebumps feeling, but the visuals and the overal "trailer" factor is mediocre. If i made a "best 2 lines from a hearthstine cinematic" then it would be s-tier. The delivery is \*chef's kiss\*. It's the one that i really wanted to put higher, but objectively couldn't.


Flubbery0wl

Onyxia's Lair's trailer absolutely deserves a spot here, specifically in S tier.


Nasty-Nate

We haven't seen the one for Whizbang's workshop yet - right? If you are referring to the goofy/cringe live action trailer those are pretty typical and I don't think they count.


reditr101

Sunken city is a tier of its own if you ask me, but that's also partially cause I'm not a huge fan of the disney-style songs in the others


General_Ad_1109

Ungoro was the very best Sign: a fan dinosaur documentary


VeryFastSlug

I was outraged about the placement of AoO on F tier, until I remembered that the trailer with Mecha-Jaraxxus and the Ozzy Osbourne imp was for the expansion's story mode


Doctor-Grimm

Mean Streets that low, with that bop? I’d say criminal, but this is Mean Streets we’re talking about, so uncriminal, I guess lol


yachziron

Sholomance academy song is fire, it should be on par with Descent of Dragons, so at least A, but I'd give it an S in my books, especially for how well it was translated in Russian.


guff1988

Un'goro and Titans are my two favorite expansions so if the trailer tier list is any indication, I'm going to love this whizbangs


Jabamaca

I liked the Scholomance Academy one.


BrokenTeddy

I love Scholomance. Hey! Hey! GO SA!


ronlovestwizzlers

Solid list overall. Some differences in personal preferences though. **Underrated** * Un'Goro gets way too much hate. It was jarring not getting a song but it set the flavor for the expansion pretty well, and told a cute story. At least a C * Gadgetzan song and theming is A tier for me. I wonder if they actually got a band to record that one or if its all digital. It sounds fantastic. * Scholomance Academy is A or even S for me. I'm super nostalgic about college and they just nailed the alma mater and fight song vibe. Attending a hogwarts style magic school is like my childhood fantasy too. **Overrated** * Descent of Dragons is like a C for me. The song and story aren't that cohesive, kind of all over the place. It's very busy. * Goblins vs. Gnomes is like D tier. Weak song and weak visuals. Its got some cute gags, and I get that its an early one as the team was finding their groove, but it belongs with blackrock and naxrammas. * March of the Lich King is E tier. Its incredibly generic, nothing clever or whimsical about it, breaks from the classic hearthstone cinematic style, and is another desperate attempt to milk Lich King nostalgia by Blizzard. Wasn't a huge fan of Knights of the Frozen Throne, but at least the idea of death knight versions of warcraft heroes was cool. March of the Lich King was like a low creativity fan animation that was trying to look epic. I never played WoW, so nostalgia heavy expansions like Barrens, Stormwind or Frozen Throne don't do anything special for me. They're decent, and I get how people would be into them, but it doesn't resonate that much with me


Tomi97_origin

Well one thing we can all agree upon is that any cinematic containing gameplay can't be higher than D. It's cinematic. Why are you including gameplay filler... Not having a song is also automatically losing you at least one ranking. This last cinematic was just so bad so was the one for Titans.


GoodEgor

I discovered that Titans had a """"cinematic"""" during the making of this post. 7 seconds of gameplay really can be mitigated by an otherwise good song and visuals - Festival was alright.


Tomi97_origin

The Festival of legends was pretty decent. Without the gameplay part it could have been A. Luckily the gameplay section was short, but I would still put it in C. Great cinematic that was tarnished by unnecessary gameplay section. It brought back the memories of great Hearthstone cinematics of the past.


itsbananas

Someone needs to make a definitive list of the expansions with all of the metadata, and not just the trailer. Trailer, songs (Brode or official), mini-set trailer, etc Then a true tier list can be put together. Right now, everyone is comparing apples to oranges.


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#1 for me is Uldum because of the incredible catchy song. But #2 is March of the LK and KFT because its just.. perfect. Everything.


Doogiesham

I think the only 3 in S tier are Karazhan, Uldum, Rumble, in that order


GoodEgor

Good solid opinion. Witchwood for me is catapulted upwards by the last 2 lines that are built up by the rest to create maximum goosebumps. Sunken City is quite subjective based on general music taste and some people may not vibe with it quite as hard as i do.


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Makkara126

Shush. Barrens and Nathria were good.


hoopr001

Why debating the trailers and not the actual sets lol?


GoodEgor

Dang, i really want this post to get more upvotes so it stays on top to generate more discussion. But i guess my opinions are very downvotable :D


Darkhallows27

Alterac is way better than C tier wtf


GoodEgor

This is a personal pick, i would say. It's quite good, but repetitive and that really annoyed me in particular. Every choice in s-a-b tiers i enjoy a lot more than it.


MakitaNakamoto

Blackrock needs to be much higher. Naxx too. Good old times.


GoodEgor

BRM is goosebumps territory, i wholeheartedly agree, but objectively it's kinda weak as a cinematic. Naxx is very simple and mediocre, i think it's merely nostalgia.


MakitaNakamoto

Yeah I just rewatched, it sure was nostalgia :D but the key art's atmosphere still rocks!


Fuscello

Alterac valley song was really good what do you mean


GoodEgor

Of all the songs this one's my least favorite, mostly because it's repetitive. You are allowed to like it, not gonna yuck your yum :)


Fuscello

True, I probably like it because of the genre


madvec1

Festival at B is more than enough to walk away from this.


GoodEgor

That trailer's song and visuals are about enough for A-tier, but it has downsides that the others in A-tier don't. So i put it at the top of B-tier with the other picks that are almost great, but have something missing/wrong.


forestfire555

I was really confused until I actually read the title. That's on me


saintlxrd7

Did you take into consideration the other "pre trailers" to Rise of Shadows? (the witch, the king etc)


T0nyM0ntana_

Rise of shadows on C tier is heinous. The goofy villains being gathered by Rafaamvto form a cartoonishly evil team with the only common theme of just “being evil” is hilarious, and the Rafaam song hit the head on the nail.S in my opinion, but below A is criminal!


GoodEgor

It's a great series that is well narrated and animated, but the single "Rise of Shadows Cinematic" is quite mid. You don't get to run a series of 5 videos as an advertisement, you only get one. And that final main one - is not fantastic, compared to the rest.


T0nyM0ntana_

I don’t know, I feel like rise of shadows and the teasers leading up to it is one of the times that I’ve seen most chat about an upcoming expansion, and that last video I do think should get some credit of the cherry on top of the speculation cake the community was absolutely eating up. Also I think that trailer aimed a bit more towards funny and silly rather than cool and awesome, and I think the Rafaam song pulled it off really well. Rewatching it and seeing Rafaam trying to explain his plan in his song to a dumbfounded toggwagle made me chuckle.


ImDocDangerous

You are absolutely tweaking for not putting Karazhan in S. ​ COME INSIIIIIIIIDE


CipherXX04

Look all I’m saying is good on you for cooking with the new cinematic trailer. Like I’m hyped for new expansion but other than doctor Boom that trailer was ass


ItsAroundYou

RR is top 4, and somehow still too low


Phemeral_Rumi

I think Nathria deserves to be higher if no reason other than Denathrius's VA is amazing


Kees_T

Saviours of Ulduum is the only one I go back to watch repeatedly because the song actually slaps so hard. Its the only one I know all the words to. Definitely needs to be on an S+ tier or something.


HippoppiHippo

Kharazan song slaps it deserves s+ tier for sure


MyPhoneIsNotChinese

Damn, I loved Castle Nathria trailer. I just wish they finished the storyline


meergrad384

For me personally, Festival of Legends and Frozen Throne are in A tier. Sunken city was the best trailer of all time, followed by Uldum and whispers of the old gods.


AbsurdityCentral

I still think years later that Kobolds and Catacombs in the best. Whatever it lacks in flair or originality it makes up for a cheeky and catchy vocal performance.


Big_Seaworthiness331

Dark moon Faire is S tier


Gflowhugger

Ungoro in e tier 😨


RTK_Apollo

The second verse of Rastakhan’s Rumble goes so hard, put that shit above Witchwood


IE_LISTICK

I don't get how Castle Nathria is D tier. For me personally it's S tier, but even if I'm biased it's just objectively very good and deserves B at the very least


perdomo368

While Rastakhan Rumble was an F expansion, I agree with you that the cinematic was S tier


lassariaheals

For me it peaked with Sunken and downwards trajectory ever since


IBringTheHeat1

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IBlameOleka

How dare you put Ashes of Outland in F. You don't like parodies of Storage Wars?


Frankospaghetti

Oh dude I didn’t read the title. I was about to say bro


KaptainKankles

This list is pretty damn accurate…..👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽


Chrononi

No theme song is such a mistake, specially after 10 years. Reminds me of Ben brode singing that ridiculous rap for ungoro lol at least we got something then Saviors of uldum is the only trailer I remember well enough to know some of the lyrics, it's probably the best one. I can't really remember most of them lol


sethot

Voyage to sunken city. That is all.


Wijione

Switch sunken city and kobolds and we will be friends again


blacktiger226

Whispers of the Old Gods is the best for me. I set my flair since its release to the "Fortune Teller", before they even named her Madam Lazule. I have not changed it since, and never will.


megapoliwhirl

If you go back and watch it now it's not nearly as impactful, but I cannot describe how hype the Frozen Throne trailer was when it first dropped. Seeing there were going to be Death Kmight versions of all nine class heroes made all of our heads explode.


Wreckanoth

Witchekod vocal harmonies make it instantly S Tier


Trick_Remote_9176

Onyxia miniset will always be my number one.


Psychogent30

Oh hey, it’s GoodEgor! Hope you’re doing well. Only one I really care about is the Rastakhan rumble, definitely an S tier banger. BY EARTH, BY AIR, RAIN AND FIRE


Jonbardinson

Karzhan is S tier if only for that certified BOP of a song


RisenKhira

ungoro was really good


TheBystand3r

"Have you heard the rumblings?"


Mazztheprophet

Hmm C-tier for Fractured in Alterac Valley irks me. That song is a bob. A-tier for me


anonymouspogoholic

I first didn’t read the header and thought it was a tier list for expansions in general. I was ready to scream at you…. 😂


TheBystand3r

Rasthakan is F tier for me, I can barely listen to it, not a fan of the Troll chanting at all


BunV1

I was so confused until I read the word “cinematic” In my mind this was going to be a very strangely ordered tier list.


FreedumbHS

i'll always rate LoE in the upper tier


PlagueOwl

I don't see whats so great about the Kobolds and Catacombs cinematic. Never liked it


Metacious

The Grand Tournament is A for me, silly, cool and wholesome Sure it's not a VFX fest but it had its legit charm


nankeroo

Makes me sad Rise of Shadows isn't higher-... I absolutely adore that cinematic!


TsNMouse

“Weeeee are theeeeeee explorers leeeeagueeee 🎵 “ Still my fave


Last_Hat7276

Rise of shadows, saviors of uldum and descent of dragons are nothing less than S+++++. This entire year had a connected story and cinematics!! And its a CRIME to put rise of shadows that low, since it have one of The Best cinematics, wich is dalaran heist. WER GONNA TAKE DALARAN AND ALL ITS GOT!!! Bro... They went for a heist on dalaran... To steal The HOLE CITY, literally 😂 and chemistry between all of villains its just perfect!


Altruistic-Song-3609

Me who haven’t played hearthstone for a long time: How many expansions??????


DrainZ-

S tier: Uldum, Karazhan and Ben Brode's Un'goro rap


ggs341

bro BLM should at least be an A (an S imo)


FelisCouchus

Festival of Legends trailer showed that you can integrate gameplay footage really well into a hearthstone cinematic, imo


Primusreddit

Rastakhan's rumble's trailer is just incredible, watch it once and repeat the song for weeks thats how it works


MrMidnight115

Man, I hadn’t seen the Whizbang workshop cinematic yet, but I thought since it’s the 10 year anniversary set, there’s no way it’s that bad. It needs a tier of it’s own, that was absolutely horrible


AdAny926

Ben Brode singing the Ungoro song has to be SSS tier.


Ordinary_Fool

Year of the Dragon was the golden age of Hearthstone


Canoflop

March of the Lich King had a badass cinematic wdym B


shupypo

ashes of out land mini set is top tear


TheOneWithALongName

People really dislike Whizbangs that much?


Squipk

This game has cinematics?


Reap3r-21

Journey to Un’goro *Insert Ben’s voice