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It takes a heck of a lot of courage to parody a Beatles song, and it takes a heck of a lot of skill to pull it off correctly. SilverLetomi has managed to do both, and she’s recorded dozens of Warcraft parodies and collaborations over the years. With an enviable vocal ability and an incredible amount of skill in creating and producing music, Letomi’s tunes have long been a favorite of many on YouTube, and it’s no wonder why — the girl’s got a great set of pipes!

Letomi’s work didn’t start with Warcraft parodies, however. She’s got years of experience in performing and audio engineering, something that is reflected in every song she puts out for people to hear. So what does it take to put together songs for the listening public? Letomi was kind enough to sit down with us and fill us in.

World of WarCrafts: Hi Letomi! Tell us a little bit about how you got into WoW. How long have you been playing? What got you into gaming in general?

Letomi: Lessee … I’m a Wrath baby. I’ve been playing for about two years now. I started playing because my boyfriend of the time was addicted, and I’d been watching over his shoulder going, “Oh, is that World of Warcraft? I’ve heard that’s addictive.” And then he proceeded to addict me.

Before WoW, though, I hadn’t done much gaming. My parents gave me and my sister a Play Station 2 and a couple games there, like the Hercules game and Harry Potter and Kingdom Hearts and Dance Dance Revolution. We’ve got a Wii now too and on that thing, we play Rayman’s Raving Rabbids TV Party almost exclusively. And by almost exclusively I mean I know we have other games, but I don’t know what they are. But really, I haven’t played very many video games at all, and it’s kinda sad to me.

You have a set of pipes and a talent for tossing music together! How long have you been singing and doing music? What’s your music background, any schooling?

Yeah, I’ve got schooling! I was accepted into an arts magnet school in sixth grade with a vocal music focus. The school itself was a middle and high school combined, so I was there, singing in choir and taking solo voice lessons, for seven years. They taught mainly classical styles of singing, but a newer choir conductor started getting us jazz music and our voice teachers broadened us with foreign language pieces and Broadway tunes.

If you’ve spent any time in Stormwind at all as an Alliance player, you’re likely well familiar with the Stormwind guards that respond to emote commands. And if you’re a Horde player who’s stormed the walls of Stormwind, then you’re definitely familiar with the Stormwind guards, although not in a friendly capacity. The uniform of the Stormwind guard is an iconic look that’s been around since vanilla — classic steel plate armor with blue accents, a shield emblazoned with the Stormwind lion, and the iconic plate helm all make up the look of the Stormwind guard.

With transmogrification, you can morph yourself into one of these classic uniforms as well. Even better than that, almost all the pieces of this particular outfit can be crafted via blacksmithing, without need for endless farming. Though donning this set as a Horde player won’t make the guards any less hostile, if you’ve ever wanted to try and fool people into thinking you’re an NPC, it’s incredibly easy to do.

Head The iconic helm of the Stormwind guard is the Imperial Plate helm, crafted by blacksmiths.
Shoulders Unfortunately, the exact color and style match for the guard pauldrons is not available to players. But the Stormwind guards vary a little in armor styles — the Imperial Plate Shoulders are a good match in blue.
Back Stormwind’s guards don’t wear cloaks; turn off your cloak graphic for this particular look.
Chest Your chestpiece will be covered by a tabard, but the Imperial Plate Chest makes a good match with the rest of the plate.
Wrists You don’t really need to transmogrify your bracers, but if you’re looking to match, have your local blacksmith craft a pair of Imperial Plate Bracers for you.
Hands These are the tricky piece of the set. There isn’t an exact match for these available to players — however, Field Plate Gauntlets make an acceptable substitute. These gloves are a random green drop that can be found in most level 40 zones or your friendly neighborhood Auction House.
Waist Have your local blacksmith craft up an Imperial Plate Belt for a nice match to the rest of this set.
Legs Imperial Plate Leggings are a close match. While these lack the blue accents of the real Stormwind guards, the gold trim goes with Stormwind’s colors nicely.
Feet For the boots, nab yourself a part of Imperial Plate Boots, also crafted with blacksmithing. Again, these aren’t an exact match to the Stormwind guard, but they are close enough that anyone looking at you at a glance will immediately recognize the inspiration.
Main-hand weapon Any one-handed sword will work for this outfit; however, the most easily obtained and nicest-looking one in my book is the Footman’s Longsword. You must be level 60 and at least honored with Honor Hold in Hellfire Peninsula to pick up this particular blade.
Off-hand weapon If you are looking for a match to the Stormwind guard’s shield, you’ll want to complete the quest The Ballad of Maximillian in Un’Goro Crater. Upon completion, you can nab Maximillian’s Shield, which is an exact match, colors and all!
Tabard There are a couple of different tabard choices for Alliance players. The easiest to obtain by far is the Stormwind Tabard, available for 10 silver from the Stormwind quartermaster. If you do any PvP, you may also want to look at the Private’s Tabard, or the Knight’s Tabard, both available for purchase with honor points. All three of these tabards are Alliance-only, so Horde players wanting to dress up as an Alliance guard will have to skip this piece of the outfit.

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Now that everyone has seen plenty of Dragon Soul, I think it’s perfect time for a raid guide! In all seriousness, I’ve always enjoyed looking up other strat ideas and little tidbits of useful information on things that I had already been doing, and there are still plenty of people out there who are either just starting Dragon Soul due to holiday schedules or something similar, so there we go! This week we will take a look at the first four bosses of Dragon Soul: Morchok, Warlord Zon’ozz, Yor’sahj the Unsleeping, and Hagara the Stormbinder.

Morchok

He looks intimidating, but really he’s just one big rocky pushover. For the majority of the fight, all you need to focus on is avoiding AoE damage and hitting the boss. In terms of positioning, most strats call for the DPS and healers to stack up at max melee range so that Morchok can focus his extra Stomp damage on your tanks and not you. Therefore, when you see Crusader Strike light up, don’t go any further in.

Throughout the fight, Morchok will summon Resonating Crystals that link to those closest to them (three raid members on 10-man, seven on 25-man). As a melee player, you probably won’t find yourself in the position of soaking the damage from these crystals, but in case you do, remember that the closer you are to the crystal when it explodes, the better. When your tether turns blue, you will know you’re close enough.

The other important phase is when Morchok pulls everyone toward him, summons shards of earth from the ground, and channels Black Blood of the Earth. Bad stuff on the ground means run away from it, right? Right! Use the pillars around Morchok to create a line of sight for the blood and wait out his timer. If possible, try to stand behind two adjoining pillars so you can still target the boss with moves like Judgement, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath. Yes, this will be one of the few times you can excusably hard-cast Exorcism, so savor it!

Otherwise, this is just a tank and spank. Time your cooldowns well and prepare to topple this giant over in short order. Keep an eye out for Rockhide Bracers, Bone-Link Fetish, and Breathstealer Band, the latter two being shared boss drops (so I won’t bother listing them again!).