For this review, I have been testing the three most popular leveling guides on the market.
#1 Team iDemise
Factions: Horde & Alliance
Effectiveness: 10
Easy to Follow: 10
Support: 9
Overall Rating: 9.7/10
Price: $67
Team iDemise was created by a team of pro gamers who made the 1-80 leveling record, and it really shows. You can actually follow the same step-by-step the path that they used to make the record.
It's built completely in-game, which means that you don't need to alt-tab out of the game to check the next step. The entire guide is 100% automated, so that when you're done with one step, an arrow will be pointing you towards the next objective. You can go from step-to-step without ever having to look for directions, by just following the arrow.
Team iDemise is a complete package with even the smallest detials completed with precision, which makes it such a joy to use. It's easy to follow and everything seems to be working properly. By the way, I recently made a new personal record of 8 days and 22 hours /played at 80 with my Warlock using Team iDemise.
For more information about Team iDemise, Click Here.
#2 Zygor Guides
Factions: Horde & Alliance
Effectiveness: 8.5
Easy to Follow: 9
Support: 9
Overall Rating: 8.8/10
Price: $50
Zygor Guides has the two most imporant features that a proper leveling guide ought to have, the map mod and the waypoint arrow. Everything works smoothly although there are small things with the interface that could have easily been improved.
The leveling paths in Zygor Guides differs a lot from Team iDemise. In my opinion Zygor has a bunch of small unnecessary stuff that could have been left out. These small things add up over time, making Zygor around 8 to 15 hours slower than Team iDemise on average, but you have to remember that it's $17 cheaper.
Before switching over to Team iDemise I was using Zygor Guides for quite a while. I leveled my Mage to 80 in 9 days and 6 hours, which isn't that bad at all.
For more information about Zygor Guides, Click Here.
#3 Joana's Leveling Guide
Factions: Horde
Effectiveness: 7
Easy to Follow: 9
Support: 8
Overall Rating: 8.0/10
Price: $77
I was playing a Hunter when I first tried Joana's Leveling Guide, which gave me the false impression that it would work as well with the rest of the classes. I soon realized that it's very hunter focused, but on the expense of other classes.
However, I would recommend if you're a Hunters because it has all kinds of little tricks and tweaks for you that Team iDemise nor Zygor don't seem to have. As a hunter, I wouldn't worry too much about the lower rating it recieved because of this.
But if you're not a Hunter, I'm sure that you'll do much better with Team iDemise or Zygor Guides.
For more information about Joana's Leveling Guide, Click Here.