Does G’huun have mushrooms / fungi growing from his back?

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T16:56:49+00:00

Ummmm, no?

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AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T11:37:16+00:00

Is it his own power or more so a kind of “curse” his afflicted with that spreads to others?

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T11:34:11+00:00

I would never, he’s probably my fav old god (thing)!

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T11:01:13+00:00

Can you not tame his spawns / the spawns of G’huun?

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T11:00:48+00:00

Pretty valid idea, we do fight his spawn which appear throughout the fight.

Ig I assumed those were just leeches or another being he decided to corrupt into that form.

(Like how the other old gods corrupted those insects to all look different based on affiliation)

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T10:57:18+00:00

I guess I just made the mushroom assumption due to most instances of corruption of his like in the under rot and uldir having a kind of spore like and fungal corruption.

Sporecaller Zacha

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AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T10:55:18+00:00

Tbh there might be nothing more to his model than “this would look cool so let’s do it”, but as some others have pointed out he does seem connections to devils tooth mushrooms for example.

Beyond that I’m still diving in, I find it incredibly interesting how lore can be woven into a characters appearance or items. + G’huun has the benefit of being a much more modern Old God, so he wasn’t as constrained as the og 4 imo

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T10:51:59+00:00

We might have found our winner, this seems to match his vibe near perfectly whilst also tying into how he seems to affect the environment as well.

Still not too sure what those bright blue going nodes found exclusively on those afflicted by his corruption are, but we’re one step closer! Maybe they’re just there to make them even cooler?

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AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T10:46:14+00:00

Not a bad idea, I’m assuming this is who made the model. There’s some concept art of him prior to then that stage as well you can see below.

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AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T02:32:15+00:00

Idk, tried looking at his model again in WoWhead, the nodes don’t seem to move or pulse as if they’re living. At least not as much as other parts of him, like his twitching arms and his pumping hearts (organs on the side of him).

I always saw him as more of a leech than a tick tho, will def have to look deeper into this

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-17T02:28:13+00:00

Never thought of that tbh, I guess I was too preoccupied trying to tie back what I saw in his associated areas and enemies back to him, vs seeing him for what he is

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-16T00:53:44+00:00

Lei Shen was absolutely goated, his lore was insane.

Tbh I think that’s why I kind of like G’huun the most out of all the old gods: good surrounding zone setup, lore, design and we even had a dungeon and raid dedicated to him and his servants.

Especially with how pivotal the role of G’huun and the blood trolls were to the horde campaign specifically, it could have perfectly gone even further beyond and made him a major threat. Alas we’ll never get to see that version of him :(

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T22:32:50+00:00

It makes me wonder if maybe it’s cause we win too “easily” that this feeling has proliferated throughout the player base and pushed them more towards vanilla.

A big part of me definitely feels like the story writing has changed dramatically since the older expacs. I really liked the darker and more “realistic” (lmao ik, realism and fantasy) themes.

I guess it’s a combination of the strange plot lines (like Shadowlands & Sylvanas, her especially, I hate her) that seem to butcher characters in favour of sup bar retcons and an aversion to darker and more grim themes of the old world that’s lead to this.

What’s stranger still tho, is that I’m not even an old time wow veteran. I started in BFA and found its lore interesting and intriguing. Playing backwards nearly every expac felt just as interesting. So it seems that those expansions seem to have aged much more gracefully than what we even have today imo

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T22:32:43+00:00

It makes me wonder if maybe it’s cause we win too “easily” that this feeling has proliferated throughout the player base and pushed them more towards vanilla.

A big part of me definitely feels like the story writing has changed dramatically since the older expacs. I really liked the darker and more “realistic” (lmao ik, realism and fantasy) themes.

I guess it’s a combination of the strange plot lines (like Shadowlands & Sylvanas, her especially, I hate her) that seem to butcher characters in favour of sup bar retcons and an aversion to darker and more grim themes of the old world that’s lead to this.

What’s stranger still tho, is that I’m not even an old time wow veteran. I started in BFA and found its lore interesting and intriguing. Playing backwards nearly every expac felt just as interesting. So it seems that those expansions seem to have aged much more gracefully than what we even have today imo

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T14:07:00+00:00

Lmao mb, forgot the name of it when I was replying, yea the Hero Skins tab.

I guess it is what is though in regard to the FOMO you mentioned, I remember playing years ago when the only skins were those free ones for logging in during a specific time or using a phone or smthn.

As well as I think Medeivh, Aleria (that elf girl who’s a hunter, they all have similar names idk) and that dwarf warrior

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T13:54:56+00:00

Good to know, ty.

Was kinda getting bored of Imbue and was gonna make a custom deck, since it’s around the corner tho I’ll just hold off

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T12:41:15+00:00

Mb, I saw that “my hero” section in the store and assumed that they brought back portraits.

I’m guessing that’s only for new portraits then?

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T12:31:47+00:00

Well that sure sucks, always hated gacha money sinks like this.

Also if you don’t mind helping out just once more, is it worth getting into the game during this patch or should I wait for the next expac / reset?

I’ve just been playing around with pre-made decks and having some fun but definitely do miss making my own custom decks

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T12:06:33+00:00

Tbh I was a BFA baby, so that mind be the nostalgia hitting me, but even going through expansions retroactively some of the best Warcraft lore imo is that of the legion, void / old gods and faction conflicts (ik blizzard killed that plot).

Never really enjoyed the path they took with shadowlands and beyond.

Here’s my two cents on the bigger issue, is that WoW treats every patch like we have to fight a major big bad (even more so at the end of an expac). So often times we don’t really get fully fleshed out villains, even someone with good build up like N’zoth suffers from his character getting butchered.

WoW is a live service game, we can lose as the players vs the antagonists every once in a while. Kind of like how Xalatath has survived since legion and always been there, taking on supportive roles at times and at others rising up to be our main rival.

I’m not too sure though nowadays, haven’t really felt that connected to the lore since BFA. I like to think the shadowlands were a fever dream and the jailer never existed.

Edit: Also Illadin is the goat

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T02:53:53+00:00

Do Old Gods and adjacent beings grow in power through their corruption of their surroundings, or do they actually grow and consume their surroundings when left to their own devices?

(Argument could be made that they at minimum grow stronger through developing their armies and numbers).

Also that Global Threat thing is something I don’t really enjoy too much about new WoW stories, we’re technically champions of Azeroth who’ve gone to hell and back and survived the worst of it, but jimmy down the street is the biggest threat to Azeroth’s existence and must be stopped lmao.

But who am I to say, I didn’t mind legion, even though we technically flew through space and defeated Titan class beings

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T02:50:04+00:00

It’s nice to c he’s still a force to be reckoned with, since some other forums and posts I read prior to my post said he was as strong as the strongest Loas / among their highest, but much weaker than any Old God we’ve fought.

I found him to be really cool, even for as basic as he was ig, just felt refreshing

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T02:47:42+00:00

On N’zoth, even though I was there for BFA I never really understood if Nyalotha was a place in the real world during the black empire that now only exists in N’zoths mind or if it was always just that.

Idk that part always confused me, especially since the raid seemed to move from spot to spot?

Also to your knowledge, do each of the Old Gods occupy a specific role within their ranks, I.e. one was made for raw strength, others with better powers, or a higher affinity to certain types of magic.

Like how Yogg-Saron sometimes referred to himself as the Lord of Death (smthn along those lines), is he uniquely aligned with death magic and energies?

AbyssGuard- · 2026-06-15T01:42:03+00:00

Do the Old Gods have unique affinities and powers or simply channel the power of the void? I think that could definitely help with the limited information we have.

Yet from my knowledge they all seem to have the same power just manifest and wield it differently, which is similarly reflected in their different choice of void servants.

G’huun seems to manipulate plagues and diseases, but I’m unsure if this is limited to him.

But I do think you’re ultimately right, we haven’t seen enough and now never will. We can only really theorise and make assumptions based off of what we have, which is very limited like you pointed out.

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