Adam Koebel

Adam Koebel @BendakWoW — Adam "Bendak" Koebel has been playing WoW for 10+ years and Blizzard games for longer. You may have seen his writing on his personal WoW blog, Eyes of the Beast, or previously at WoW Insider, Wowhead, and the official Warlords of Draenor Strategy Guide. He’s also one of the co-hosts of the bi-weekly Hunting Party Podcast. He loves playing his hunter, and most of his alts are also hunters.

WoW

Locked and Loaded: Hunter loot in Blackrock Foundry

by Adam Koebel on March 6, 2015 at 4:00pm @BendakWoW

Today we’re going to talk a little bit about the best hunter loot from Blackrock Foundry, touch on stat priorities, and finish things off with a few more questions and answers.

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Diablo

Diablo 3 Patch 2.2.0: The Corrupted Ashbringer comes to Diablo

by Adam Koebel on February 26, 2015 at 4:00pm @BendakWoW

Blizzard recently posted the official patch notes for the patch 2.2.0 PTR. The highlights of this patch are new items and some long-awaited quality of life improvements. As players have jumped onto the PTR, they've also started to discover many undocumented changes, including a new weapon: the Corrupted Ashbringer.

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WoW

Bosses in 5 seconds: Blackrock Foundry LFR – The Black Forge

by Adam Koebel on February 24, 2015 at 12:00pm @BendakWoW

The second wing of Blackrock Foundry LFR, The Black Forge, opens up today. It consists of 3 bosses: Hans'gar and Franzok, Flamebender Ka'graz, and Kromog. Our bosses in 5 seconds series focuses on the core points you need to know going into these fights.

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Discussion

Breakfast Topic: What will you do first in patch 6.1?

by Adam Koebel on February 24, 2015 at 8:00am @BendakWoW

Patch 6.1 is hitting the US realms today! I’m used to major patches having a catchy subtitle (e.g. Patch 5.1: Landfall), but patch 6.1 has no such theme attached to it. This is strictly a features patch.

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Hunter

Locked and Loaded: Hunter buffs in patch 6.1

by Adam Koebel on February 20, 2015 at 3:00pm @BendakWoW

Hunter buffs. Is there a more beautiful combination of words in the English language? Patch 6.1 is coming out in a few short days and it contains a significant amount of specialization and talent balancing for hunters, almost all of it in the form of sweet, glorious buffs. Blizzard did sneak in a couple of nerfs to go along with it, but they aren’t so bad.

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WoW

Bosses in 5 seconds: Blackrock Foundry LFR – The Slagworks

by Adam Koebel on February 17, 2015 at 10:00am @BendakWoW

The first wing of Blackrock Foundry LFR, The Slagworks, opens up today. It consists of 3 bosses: Gruul, Oregorger, and The Blast Furnace. Our bosses in 5 seconds series focuses on the core points you need to know going into these fights. Keep in mind that you'll need a minimum item level of 635 to queue for Blackrock Foundry LFR.

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WoW

Patch 6.1: New anti-aliasing and lighting options

by Adam Koebel on February 12, 2015 at 8:00pm @BendakWoW

Blizzard just posted a preview of some upcoming graphical improvements for patch 6.1. These include new anti-aliasing options, a new SSAO (screen space ambient occlusion) option, and a new point lighting option.For

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