Who is the most powerful being in Azeroth? We’ll tell you who the strongest beings in the World of Warcraft universe are.
It’s a bit of a running joke that every few years a threat appears in World of Warcraft that is bigger and more powerful than anything known before. Every enemy is always overshadowed by an even more powerful adversary. But what are the balance of power in Azeroth? What are the most powerful beings that exist in World of Warcraft? We’ll show you the strongest creatures.
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How is this list composed? The list is based on the power that a character or creature has within the story of World of Warcraft. It is not about what level or tier a creature has in the game world or how difficult the actual boss fight in a raid was. This article aims to rank where characters stand in direct comparison to each other, based on all the information you have about the creature so far.
5th place: The Lich King Arthas
Arthas Menethil is not only one of the most famous and popular characters in the entire Warcraft franchise, but was also extremely powerful in his role as the Lich King. He commands the army of the undead, called “The Scourge,” and has the power to resurrect almost all beings in undeath and under his control.
Strictly speaking, the Lich King is a mixture of several people. Not only is Arthas Menethil the Lich King, but also partly the orc Ner’zhul, whose spirit still existed in the Lich King’s armor. At the end of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Arthas “merged” with Ner’zhul to become the Lich King himself.
His final plan was to lure the heroes of Azeroth to him, kill them, and then awaken them as servants of the Scourge so that Azeroth could defend itself against attackers from the cosmos.
Although Arthas managed to kill all the heroes with ease (you literally die fighting him), the Light intervenes to revive the heroes. When Arthas’ sword Frostmourne breaks, the tormented souls escape and trap him, allowing the heroes, alongside the paladin Tirion Fordring, to defeat the Lich King.
Even though Arthas is now dead and the last bit of his soul has been extinguished, he remains one of the most popular and powerful characters Warcraft has ever seen.
4th place: Queen Azshara, the Light of Lights
Queen Azshara was originally a night elf and the queen of the Kaldorei Empire. She lived at the Well of Eternity and is still considered the most powerful mage to ever exist in the known cosmos of World of Warcraft.
Her glory, beauty, and power were so great that every being was silenced in her presence – even high-ranking demons feared her. She was so full of herself that she saw herself as the perfect wife for Sargeras, with whom she wanted to rule. She allowed the demons to invade Azeroth and wipe all “imperfect beings” from the face of the earth – until only she, her most loyal Highborne, and the demons remained. Her plan failed.
She is now the queen of the Naga. These are night elves who were given a new form by the Old God N’Zoth that allows them to exist underwater. But Azshara has not only retained her own will and control over her people, but has also gained even more power in the process.
We last saw Azshara in Battle for Azeroth, but recent in-game books indicate that the queen will soon reappear to claim the “true throne of power” – whatever that may be.
3rd place: Sargeras, the Dark Titan
Sargeras is a Titan and thus actually a being from the Pantheon of Order. His task was to find world souls and banish demons. When he destroys a world corrupted by the Void, however, a conflict with the other Titans arises. He then deviates from his plans, unleashes the captured demons and is himself corrupted by devil magic (Fel).
Since then, he has roamed the cosmos, searching for world souls – such as Azeroth – to destroy them and thus prevent the Void from corrupting a world soul. Because that would probably bring about the end of all existence and the rule of the Void.
Sargeras had the Burning Legion as his army, a huge coalition of all demonic species that followed his will – even if they were more intent on destruction than truly helping the cosmos.
The fact that Sargeras is the strongest of all Titans is clear from the fact that it takes all the other Titans and Illidan to keep Sargeras trapped in his prison. It is only a matter of time before the Lord of Demons escapes or is freed to once again take control of the creatures of the Nether.
2nd place: The Void Lords
The Void Lords are a species about which very little is known. They belong to the cosmic power of the Void and are generally unable to manifest themselves in reality, as doing so would require them to consume unimaginably large amounts of energy and matter.
So far, there has only been one known Void Lord who has manifested himself in the physical world – Dimensius, the All-Devourer. Although he only had a fraction of his power, he destroyed the world of K’aresh and transformed its inhabitants into the Astrals. Since Dimensius was in an extremely weakened state, he was ultimately defeated.
The Void Lords’ goal is to corrupt a World Soul and use it as an anchor point to exist in the physical world. A World Soul would provide so much energy that Void Lords could maintain their true form and then devour the entire cosmos.
To achieve this goal, the Void Lords have hurled their seeds all over the cosmos to corrupt worlds – these seeds are the Old Gods. They are servants of the Void Lords and Xal’atath, the antagonist in “The War Within”, also serves the Void Lords and is presumably working to finally give them access to the coveted world soul of Azeroth.
1st place: The First Ones (First Ones, Progenitors)
The so-called “First Ones” are a relatively new invention in the cosmos of World of Warcraft and were only mentioned in more detail in “Shadowlands”. They are basically the creators of the universe and were responsible for sorting the entire cosmos into the various cosmic powers (such as order, chaos, death or life). They created a Zereth facility for each cosmic power (such as “Zereth Mortis” in Shadowlands) and created the basic versions of most of the creatures that exist within the respective cosmic power.
It is not known whether the First Ones (also known as “Progenitors”) still exist. It is conceivable that they still exist and observe the cosmos and their creation – or that they have long since disappeared.
What is clear, however, is that the First Ones not only created the Pantheon of Order and the Pantheon of Death, but also the great empires into which the cosmos is divided. Unlike the Titans, they are the true creators and thus probably the most powerful creatures that have ever existed in the World of Warcraft.
Place 0: The guy from Elwynn Forest
Okay, of course I’m not being completely serious, but there is a grain of truth in it. The “hero” or “heroes” of Azeroth have so far been able to defeat most of the threats in the cosmos on one side or the other. Although they are usually on the side of other powerful creatures, in most cases they are the deciding factor that always manages to avert impending disaster.
This is of course partly due to the game mechanics of World of Warcraft, which are based on epic raids and tough battles against well-known enemies.
Who would have thought that the guy who beat up wolves in front of the Northshire Abbey with his non-magical sword and hideous starting clothes would end up holding the fate of the entire cosmos in his hands? If you want to know more about the story and the powers in Warcraft, we have summarized the entire Warcraft lore for you here.