Best and worst raids per expansion

[Feral Druid ist Op]

Speaking Form a hardcore raiding perspective in the top 30-100:


Classic:
Best: didn't play / only casual
Worst: -

Burning Crusade:
Best: BT fighting illidan was epic lore and gameplay wise
Worst: Sw fuck muru

Wrath of the Lich King:
Best: Ulduar yogg+0 and fire fighter was epic and algalon too ofc
Worst: Nax, this joke I cleared in full t6 fresh dinged on day one

Cataclysm:
Best: BoT
Worst: DS, dog raid

Mists of Pandaria:
Best: ToT
Worst: SoO fuck all bosses in there except sha

Warlords of Draenor:
Best: brf backhand was revolutionary epic at this time
Worst: Hfc fuck archimonde and mannoroth

Legion:
Best: NH
Worst: TOV and the biggest fuck in this list helya, the reason we farmed 11hrs maw of souls a day

Battle for Azeroth:
Best: Dazaralor minus Janna
Worst: EP fuck azshara

[taishar68]

@Fawkess Thanks for the shout out; this is a great thread

Classic:
Best: Zul Gurub; I started late in Vanilla, around the time Naxx launched, so I had limited raid experience then, but ZG was first and I still have good memories.
Worst: NA, see above.

Burning Crusade:
Best: Karazhan. Still one of the best ever, and the beginning of more complex mechanics.
Worst: Magtheridon’s Lair. Nothing in particular, just kind of boring.

Lich King:
Best: ICC. I know the consensus is Ulduar, but ICC was where my guild and I really made our bones.

Worst: Ulduar. I have a lot of bad memories of that place, so this is somewhat biased.

Cataclysm:

Best: Firelands. Ragnaros.
Worst: Dragon Soul. What a letdown.

Mists:
Best: Siege of Orgrimmar, but I hated the Blackfuse fight.
Worst: Heart of Fear, but all of the early raids were meh to me.

WoD:

Best: Highmaul, it was the only raid I really did extensively in WoD.

Worst, NA, didn’t raid much in this expac.

Legion:

Best: Burning Throne. A lot of fun especially the last two bosses.

Worst: Nighthold. Hated almost every fight in here.

BfA:

Best: Ny’Alotha, and for me, it’s not close.
Worst: Eternal Palace. Mostly forgettable for me, did it once on LFR and I’m good.

[Easyclassictopkeklel]

Idk why ppl thing highmaul was so bad...imho WOD rankings were BRF - HM - HFC
Highmaul is probably my favorite starting raid. It had a few fun fights and a really challenging mythic endboss.
Also I loved brackenspore and how the fight rewarded you with insane dps if you could handle the mechanic of the flamethrower well. I would love to see many more mechanics like that...were youre role gets "rewarded" when you take responsibility by playing special mechanics.

[Defend]

Oooh this is gonna be fun!

Classic
Best: Blackwing Lair
Worst: Molten Core

TBC
Best: The Eye
Worst: Battle for Mount Hyjal

Wrath
Best: Icecrown Citadel
Worst: Naxx (if that even counts)

Cataclysm
Best: Firelands
Worst: Blackwing Descent (controversial)

MoP
Best: Siege of Orgrimmar
Worst: Mogu’Shan Vaults

WoD
Best: Blackrock Foundry
Worst: Highmaul (even though really liked it)

Legion
Best: Nighthold/Antorus
Worst: Emerald Nightmare

BfA
Best: Battle of Dazar’alor
Worst: Eternal Palace
They did my boy Ny’alotha dirty, it could’ve been so much more; but EP is still the worse instance in my eyes. 10 Thousand years of them building their empire and it’s just like 3 buildings and a palace

Bring on the SHADOWLANDS!

- - - Updated - - -

I strongly believe if SoO wasn’t current for so damn long it would be talked about in the same breaths of ToT, Firelands, and Ulduar. I feel the 14 months it was around really hurt it’s long term perception in the community

[Mirishka]

So I was inspired by @taishar68 thread on best/worst questing zones so I thought I would pose the same question but with raids? What do you consider to be your favorite raids as well your least favourite raids per expansion?


Classic:
Best: Zul'gurub
Worst: Molten Core

Burning Crusade:
Best: Karazhan
Worst: Battle of Mount Hyjal

Wrath of the Lich King:
Best: Ulduar
Worst: Trial of the Crusader

Cataclysm:
Best: Firelands
Worst: Dragon Soul

Mists of Pandaria:
Best: Throne of Thunder
Worst: Heart of Fear

Warlords of Draenor:
Best: Hellfire Citadel
Worst: Highmaul

Legion:
Best: Nighthold
Worst: Emerald Nightmare

Battle for Azeroth:
Best: Battle for Dazar'alor
Worst: Eternal Palace

Good rankings. I think the only real difference for me would be Blackrock Foundry as WoD's best raid - otherwise I agree with pretty much all of your choices.

[MrLachyG]

wut?how could you dislike trial?i guess the zone didnt look very good but the bosses were awsome,the first boss felt like a real trial,the doggo is by far the best dps race patchwerk-ish boss ever in wow,made the healers actualy do something and it goes against the normal dps check bosses norm by having the boss run around,and helya was in my opinion the best boss of the expansion mecanicaly

it was close between Trial and EN but that is my opinion. yours is different, no surprise there

[Senftw]

Cataclysm:
Best: Firelands
Worst: Dragon Soul

MoP:
Best: Throne of Thunder
Worst: Heart of Fear

WoD:
Best: Blackrock Foundry
Worst: Highmaul

Legion:
Best: Nighthold
Worst: ToV

BFA:
Best: Dazar'alor
Worst: Crucible of Storms

[Chromell]

Classic
Best: Temple of Ahn'qiraj
Worst: Onyxia's Lair

Burning Crusade
Best: Karazhan
Worst: Magtheridon's Lair

Wrath of the Lich King
Best: Ulduar
Worst: Trial of the Crusader

Cataclysm
Best: Firelands
Worst: Dragon Soul

Mists of Pandaria
Best: Throne of Thunder
Worst: Heart of Fear

Warlords of Draenor
Best: Blackrock Foundry
Worst: Hellfire Citadel

Legion
Best: The Nighthold
Worst: Tomb of Sargeras

Battle for Azeroth
Best: The Eternal Palace
Worst: Crucible of Storms

[Skyforge1]

Awesome thread idea

Classic
Best: Blackwing Lair
Worst: Molten Core

Burning Crusade
Best: Karazhan
Worst: The Battle For Mount Hyjal

Wrath of the Lich King
Best: Icecrown Citadel
Worst: Trial of the Crusader

Cataclysm
Best: Firelands
Worst: Dragon Soul

Mists of Pandaria
Best: Siege of Orgrimmar
Worst: Heart of Fear

Warlords of Draenor
Best: Blackrock Foundry
Worst: Hellfire Citadel

Legion
Best: The Nighthold
Worst: Tomb of Sargeras

Battle for Azeroth
Best: Battle of Dazar'alor
Worst: Ny'alotha, The Waking City

[Eapoe]

Can only comment from when I started.

Classic:

BC:

WotLK:
Best-Ulduar. Tried new things people hadn’t had yet and was amazing for its time.
Worst-ToC. I liked this raid overall, but it was very short. Fizzlebang will always get a chuckle out of me. Jaraxxus song came from here.
***Special shoutout to Professor Putricide referencing 2 girls 1 cup in ICC. Still don’t know how the line is still there***

Cata:
Best-Dragonsoul. I know unpopular opinion, but I enjoyed it. Unfortunately didn’t deliver what Blizzard stayed they envisioned for it, but overall felt like a solid raid.
Worst-TotFW. Small raid. Too easy. Rewards sucked and one of the few raids I always groaned about going to on raid days.

MoP:
Best-Tie between ToT and SoO. Both were long raids, had some fun RP elements and felt really well designed.
Worst-ToeS. Short and boring.

WoD:
Best-BRF. Had different kill orders you could do that also influenced minor things later. Hans and Franz tribute always a plus.
Worst-Highmaul.

Legion:
Best-The Nighthold.
Worst-ToS. So over the fel green aesthetic.

BfA:
Best-BoD. Interesting raid. Always fun to fight lore characters.
Worst-CoS. 2 boss raid tuned to be a roadblock to bang your head against. No thanks.

[Wedny22]

Yeah, i love this! My list (also a factual list because my opinion is like really factual and such):

Vanilla: didn't raid back then nog gonna judge that.

TBC: best: Karazhan easy
Worst: black Temple of Sunwell. BT had Just one Boss that's not even that good that is rememberale and that's only cuz of WC 3. Sunwell...m'uru nuff said..

Wotlk: Best Ulduar. Best raid ever made.
Worst: Naxx 25. Was hyped by all the vanilla stories..one shotted almost the whole raid on our first night in.

Cata: best Firelands. Raggie with legs!
Worst: Dragon Soul i guess..although i didn't mind that at first but became stale and boring very fast.

MoP: best ToT.
Worst: Mugushan Palace, i likes that...but imho MoP had really good raids this one i liked the least.

WoD. Best HFC.
Worst: highmaul i guess? Fantastic raids in WoD really fcking awesome bosses and places.

Legion: best ToS! I fcking loved this place! Plus i got my first really good dps parses here and i starter to rank up in the pve community! Plus my favoriete fight ever in wow is here. KJ! I love the hardcore setting! And, to me, that what a KJ fight should be about, no mistakes!
Worst: Emerald Nightmare..horrible red shiit zone with a bullfairysatyr last Boss?!

BFA: best nyalotah?
Worst: Uldir and BoD. I Quito because of BoD..i know its well liked but IT wasnt for me. Maybe it was/is cause my guild went from being oke to a bunch of racist, raidkicking everyone with 2ilvl less as the officer and "gimme your loot or kick from guild" so i left..and took break. I Will never het that sour Taste of my mouth.

[exsanguinate]

Classic
Best: Naxxramas
Worst: MC

Burning Crusade
Best: Tempest Keep
Worst: None

Wrath of the Lich King
Best: Ulduar
Worst: ICC

Cataclysm
Best: Firelands
Worst: None

Mists of Pandaria
Best: Siege
Worst: None

Warlords of Draenor
Best: Blackrock Foundry
Worst: None

Legion
Best: Antorus
Worst: Tomb of Sargeras

Battle for Azeroth
Best: BoD
Worst: Crucible of Storms

[ArkantosChampion]

Classic:
Best: Zul'gurub
Worst: AQ40

Burning Crusade:
Best: Karazhan
Worst: Battle of Mount Hyjal

Wrath of the Lich King:
Best: Ulduar
Worst: Ruby Sanctum

Cataclysm:
Best: Firelands
Worst: Throne of the Four Winds

Mists of Pandaria:
Best: Siege of Orgrimmar
Worst: Heart of Fear

Warlords of Draenor:
Best: Hellfire Citadel
Worst: Highmaul

Legion:
Best: Antorus the Burning Throne
Worst: Nighthold

Battle for Azeroth:
Best: Battle for Dazar'alor
Worst: Eternal Palace

[tehealadin]

TBC Best: Kara. This is my all time favourite raid.
TBC Worst: Hyjal (tbh I didn't think any TBC raid was bad, just that Hyjal was the least good).

WOTLK Best: ICC.
WOTLK Worst: OS (I liked TotC).

Cata Best: Firelands.
Cata Worst: TotFW.

MoP Best: SoO.
MoP Worst: HoF.

WoD Best: HFC.
WoD Worst: Highmaul, but not because I think it was bad, I just think the others were better.

Legion Best: ToS.
Legion Worst: ToV.

[AntenoraDK]

Classic:
Best: Didn't raid in Classic
Worst: Didn't raid in Classic

Burning Crusade:
Best: Didn't raid in TBC
Worst: Didn't raid in TBC

Wrath of the Lich King:
Best: Ulduar (My favourite raid of all time)
Worst: Trial of the Crusader

Cataclysm:
Best: Firelands
Worst: Dragon Soul

Mists of Pandaria:
Best: Throne of Thunder
Worst: Siege of Orgrimmar (solely because it was a 14+ month tier)

Warlords of Draenor:
Best: Blackrock Foundry and Hellfire Citadel (couldn't decide)
Worst: Highmaul

Legion:
Best: Nighthold (I quit after nighthold)
Worst: Emerald Nightmare

Battle for Azeroth:
Best: No opinion, didn't raid
Worst:No opinion, didn't raid

[Daedius]

Any Single Boss raids would qualify as bad. Ruby Sanctum is probably the most forgotten one of them all.

[Doffen]

Any Single Boss raids would qualify as bad. Ruby Sanctum is probably the most forgotten one of them all.

What is Ruby Sanctum?

[Daedius]

What is Ruby Sanctum?

Exactly !

[Kyphael]

Unfortunately I didn't experience Burning Crusade raids, as I started playing during beginning of Wrath, so I can't judge.

Wrath:
Best: Ulduar
Worst: Trial of the Crusader

Cataclysm:
Best: Firelands
Worst: Dragon Soul

Mists of Pandaria:
Best: Siege of Orgrimmar
Worst: Mogu'shan Vaults

I skipped all of WoD so can't judge.

Legion:
Best: Nighthold
Worst: Emerald Nightmare

Battle for Azeroth:
Best: The Eternal Palace
Worst: Ny'alotha, the Waking City

[Thestrawman]

Idk why ppl thing highmaul was so bad...imho WOD rankings were BRF - HM - HFC
Highmaul is probably my favorite starting raid. It had a few fun fights and a really challenging mythic endboss.
Also I loved brackenspore and how the fight rewarded you with insane dps if you could handle the mechanic of the flamethrower well. I would love to see many more mechanics like that...were youre role gets "rewarded" when you take responsibility by playing special mechanics.

Lack of options probably since all three raids were of high quality imo but since there has to be a worse Highmaul gets the shaft.