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| − | '''Battlegrounds''' are [[instance]]d areas solely used for the purposes of [[PvP]]. Each classic battleground - [[Warsong Gulch]], [[Arathi Basin]] and [[Alterac Valley]] - has two red instance entrance portals; one for the [[Alliance]], and one for the [[Horde]]. Crossing these portals was originally one of the ways to enter the queue for that battleground. To enter the [[queue]] for any battleground now, the player must seek out a [[Battlemaster]] — which can be found at the portal or in any capital city - or do so through the Player vs. Player tab. Once inside the instance, the two teams will engage in large-scale [[PvP]] with various and different objectives determining the winner. Players will earn one or more [[Mark of Honor]], using these along with [[honor point]]s make [[PvP rewards]] available. (There is no durability penalty associated with death, except if you fall to your death). |
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| + | |name=Visoraxx |
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| + | |title=Spawn of Ynnilith |
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| + | |image=Deathskitter.jpg |
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| + | |race=Giant spider |
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| + | |level=93 Elite |
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| + | |status = Killable |
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| + | |location='''Chamber of Ten Thousand Legs''', [[User:GoldenYak/Naz'Amun,_the_Crawling_City|Naz'Amun, the Crawling City]] |
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| + | |faction=combat |
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| + | }} |
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| − | If a character goes [[AFK]], they will leave the battleground and gain the [[Deserter]] [[debuff]]. This prevents entry to another battleground for a 15 minute duration. You can report inactive players by right clicking on the player and selecting "Report AFK". When enough reports are registered, a 60 second debuff will begin to count down. Once the timer is up a new debuff will appear that will prevent the player from gaining any honor or marks while it is on. This debuff can be negated as soon as the player engages in PvP combat. |
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| + | |name=Maexxna |
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| + | |title=The Broodmother |
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| + | |image=Maexxna_TCG.jpg |
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| + | |race=Giant spider |
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| + | |level=93 Elite |
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| + | |status = Killable |
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| + | |location='''Chamber of Ten Thousand Legs''', [[User:GoldenYak/Naz'Amun,_the_Crawling_City|Naz'Amun, the Crawling City]] |
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| + | }} |
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| − | The two initial Battleground areas, [[Alterac Valley]] and [[Warsong Gulch]], went live June 7th, 2005. [[Arathi Basin]] was added to the list in [[Patch 1.7]] on September 13th, 2005. A fourth battleground, named [[Eye of the Storm]], was released with the [[Burning Crusade]]. A fifth battleground, the [[Strand of the Ancients]], was added in [[Wrath of the Lich King]]. The sixth battleground, the [[Isle of Conquest]], was added in [[Patch 3.2]] on August 4th, 2009. |
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| + | |name=Hadronox |
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| + | |title=Spawn of Maexxna |
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| + | |image=Hardronox.jpg |
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| + | |race=Bone spider |
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| + | |level=93 Elite |
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| + | |status = Killable |
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| + | |location='''Chamber of Ten Thousand Legs''', [[User:GoldenYak/Naz'Amun,_the_Crawling_City|Naz'Amun, the Crawling City]] |
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| + | }} |
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| + | Within the '''Chamber of Ten Thousand Legs''', the nerubians have called many hundreds of giant spiders. Only those who endure every horror can claim the rewards of the '''Trial of Eight Legs'''. The trial is begun by speaking with the '''Arach'layn''' warrior '''Zephon the Venomous'''. |
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| − | == Existing Battlegrounds == |
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| − | === [[Warsong Gulch]] === |
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| − | [[Image:Warsong Gulch Graphic.jpg|thumb|The Warsong Gulch graphic]] |
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| − | *'''Factions:''' [[Silverwing Sentinels]] ([[Alliance]]), [[Warsong Outriders]] ([[Horde]]) |
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| + | [[Image:spider_gauntlet.jpg|thumb|The Trial of Eight Legs is a Heroic Mode only challenge.]] |
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| − | *'''Alliance Base:''' [[Silverwing Hold]] |
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| − | *'''Alliance Entrance:''' [[Silverwing Grove]] |
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| − | *'''Horde Base:''' [[Warsong Lumber Mill]] |
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| − | *'''Horde Entrance:''' [[Mor'shan Base Camp]] |
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| + | ==The Spider Trio== |
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| − | *'''Levels:''' 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80 |
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| + | ===Hadronox's Abilities=== |
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| − | *'''Combatants:''' 10 per faction (5 minimum) |
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| + | *{{abilities|Acid Cloud | Creates a cloud of corrosive venom that deals nature damage to anyone standing in it. Also reduces the armor of those affected. |image=spell_nature_abolishmagic|notes=}} |
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| − | *'''Map:''' On [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/images/warsong-gulch/ss06.jpg WorldofWarcraft.com] |
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| + | *{{abilities|Web Tether| Grabs all nearby enemies and pulls them to Hadronox's position. |image=spell_nature_web|notes=}} |
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| − | === [[Arathi Basin]] === |
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| − | [[Image:Arathi Basin Graphic.jpg|thumb|The Arathi Basin graphic]] |
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| − | *'''Factions:''' [[The League of Arathor]] ([[Alliance]]), [[The Defilers]] ([[Horde]]) |
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| + | ===Maexxna's Abilities=== |
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| − | *'''Alliance Base:''' [[Trollbane Hall]] |
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| − | *'''Alliance Entrance:''' [[Refuge Pointe]] |
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| + | *{{abilities|Blinding Webs | Maexxna spins a wave of thick webbing, causing anyone struck by it to wander around blindly. Can be avoided by facing away from Maexxna. |image=spell_nature_web|notes=}} |
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| − | *'''Horde Base:''' [[Defiler's Den]] |
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| − | *'''Horde Entrance:'''[[Hammerfall]] |
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| + | *{{abilities|Cocoon | Wraps a random target in a cocoon of webbing. The target is unable to act and must be cut loose. |image=spell_nature_web|notes=}} |
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| − | *'''Levels:''' 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80 |
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| − | *'''Combatants:''' 15 per faction (7 minimum) |
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| + | *{{abilities|Spider Swarm | Releases swarms of small spiders that will move and attack random targets with physical strikes. |image=ability_creature_poison_03|notes=}} |
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| − | === [[Alterac Valley]] === |
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| − | [[Image:Alterac Valley Graphic.jpg|thumb|The Alterac Valley graphic]] |
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| − | *'''Factions:''' [[Stormpike Guard]] ([[Alliance]]), [[Frostwolf Clan]] ([[Horde]]) |
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| + | *{{abilities|Cone of Poison | Maexxna sprays everything in front of her with poison, dealing a burst of nature damage. |image=spell_nature_acid_01|notes=}} |
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| − | *'''Alliance Base:''' [[Dun Baldar]] |
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| − | *'''Alliance Entrance:''' [[The Headland]] |
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| + | *{{abilities|Enrage| Maexxna flies into a killing rage, increasing her speed and attack power. |image=spell_shadow_unholyfrenzy|notes=Cast at 30% health.}} |
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| − | *'''Horde Base:''' [[Frostwolf Keep]] |
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| − | *'''Horde Entrance:''' North East of [[Sofera's Naze]] |
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| + | ===Visoraxx's Abilities=== |
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| − | *'''Levels:''' 51-60, 61-69, 70-79, 80 |
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| + | Visoraxx spawns with 20 '''Cocooned Victims''' that can be targeted and destroyed. Destroyed cocoons spawn living enemy adds. At 25% health, '''Visoraxx''' will gain a stacking buff called Ravenous Hunger that increases his damage by a huge amount. Visoraxx will begin feasting on every cocoon that remains, restoring his health by 5% per cocoon. The cocoons will be destroyed by this and each destroyed cocoon will spawn a '''Withered Web Mummy'''. Every cocoon destroyed in this manner will remove a stack of '''Ravenous Hunger'''. The key to the encounter is destroying enough cocoons that players are not overwhelmed by Withered Web Mummies, but leaving enough so that Visoraxx' Ravenous Hunger is reduced to a manageable amount. |
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| − | *'''Combatants:''' 40 per faction (10 minimum) |
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| − | Alterac valley is the most honor awarded in a battleground (aside from wintergrasp) |
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| + | *{{abilities|Poison Cobweb | Sprays poisonous webs in a cone, poisoning and slowing anyone afflicted by them. |image=spell_nature_nullifypoison_02|notes=}} |
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| − | === [[Eye of the Storm]] === |
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| − | [[Image:Eye of the Storm Graphic.jpg|thumb|The Eye of the Storm graphic]] |
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| − | '''Requires [[The Burning Crusade]] [[expansion]].''' |
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| + | *{{abilities|Poison Thread| Roots a random target to the spot with poisonous webbing, dealing them poison damage over time and restricting their movement. |image=inv_misc_web_01|notes=}} |
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| − | *'''Factions:''' There are no factions associated with the two sides. |
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| + | *{{abilities|Ravenous Hunger | Boosts Visoraxx's attack power by a great deal. Feasting on cocooned victims will reduce the number of stacks. |image=spell_deathknight_gnaw_ghoul|notes=Stacks to 20. Each victim consumed by Visoraxx will reduce the amount of stacks by 1.}} |
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| − | *'''Alliance Base:''' Not Applicable''' |
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| − | *'''Alliance Entrance:''' There is no exterior entrance. You can only enter by speaking with a [[Battlemaster]] located in a capital city.''' |
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| + | *{{abilities|Feast | Drains health from cocooned victims. Every cocoon will restore 5% health and remove a stack of Ravenous Hunger. |image=ability_racial_cannibalize|notes=}} |
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| − | *'''Horde Base:''' Not Applicable''' |
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| − | *'''Horde Entrance:''' There is no exterior entrance. You can only enter by speaking with a [[Battlemaster]] located in a capital city.''' |
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| + | ==Strategy== |
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| − | *'''Levels:''' 61-69, 70-79, 80 |
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| + | The trial consists of eight waves in total. |
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| − | *'''Combatants:''' 15 per faction (7 minimum) |
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| + | * 1 - Low number of elite mobs, low number of non-elites |
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| − | === [[Strand of the Ancients]] === |
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| + | * 2 - Low number of elite mobs, moderate number of non-elites |
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| − | [[Image:Sota loadingscreen.jpg|thumb|The Strand of the Ancients graphic]] |
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| + | * 3 - '''Hadronox''' |
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| − | '''Requires [[Wrath of the Lich King]] [[expansion]].''' |
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| + | * 4 - Moderate number of elite mobs, moderate number of non-elites |
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| + | * 5 - Moderate number of elite mobs, high number of non-elites |
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| + | * 6 - '''Maexxna''' |
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| + | * 7 - High number of elite mobs, moderate number of non-elites |
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| + | * 8 - '''Visoraxx''', Spawn of Ynnilith |
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| + | Players will only be able to advance through the gauntlet by defeating a boss in a certain number of tries. For example, if players wipe 6 times before defeating Hadronox, they will forfeit the entire event. Defeating a boss allows for the event to continue and resets the number of tries. Hadronox and Maexxna award points on the first defeat, but no additional points on subsequent defeats. Defeating the entire event with few or no wipes will award better loot. |
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| − | *'''Factions:''' There are no factions associated with the two sides. |
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| + | * 8+ wipes - Standard loot drop |
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| − | *'''Alliance Base:''' Not Applicable''' |
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| + | * 4-7 wipes - Standard loot drop + 1 |
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| − | *'''Alliance Entrance:''' There is no exterior entrance. You can only enter by speaking with a [[Battlemaster]] located in a capital city.''' |
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| + | * 1-3 wipes - Standard loot drop + 2 |
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| + | * No wipes - Standard loot drop + 2 + Riding Spider Mount |
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| + | ==Achievement== |
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| − | *'''Horde Base:''' Not Applicable''' |
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| − | *'''Horde Entrance:''' There is no exterior entrance. You can only enter by speaking with a [[Battlemaster]] located in a capital city.''' |
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| + | * {{achievementlong|Trial of Eight Legs}} - Overcome the Trial of Eight Legs. |
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| − | *'''Levels:''' 71-79, 80 |
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| + | * {{achievementlong|Down Comes the Rain}} - Defeat Visoraxx without restarting the Trial of Eight Legs. |
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| − | *'''Combatants:''' 15 per faction (7 minimum) |
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| + | '''Zephon the Venomous''' acts to begin the trial. He will spawn a treasure chest and teleport away when the trial is complete. |
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| − | === [[Isle of Conquest]] === |
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| − | [[Image:Isle of Conquest Loading.jpg|thumb|The Isle of Conquest graphic]] |
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| − | '''Requires [[Wrath of the Lich King]] [[expansion]].''' |
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| + | ;Intro |
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| − | *'''Factions:''' There are no confirmed factions yet. |
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| + | *{{text|yell|You show courage is entering this chamber. But it's a hundred years too soon for the likes of you to challenge me.}} |
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| + | *{{text|yell|Perhaps you would be content with a different challenge...}} |
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| + | ;Aggro |
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| − | *'''Alliance Base: [[Alliance Keep]] |
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| + | *{{text|yell|The Trial of Eight Legs begins now!}} |
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| − | *'''Alliance Entrance:''' There is no confirmed exterior entrance. It is likely you can only enter by speaking with a [[Battlemaster]] located in a capital city.''' |
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| + | ;Upon the death of a player |
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| − | *'''Horde Base: [[Horde Keep]] |
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| + | *{{text|yell|Disappointing...}} |
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| − | *'''Horde Entrance:''' There is no confirmed exterior entrance. It is likely you can only enter by speaking with a [[Battlemaster]] located in a capital city.''' |
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| + | *{{text|yell|The trial claims yet another...}} |
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| + | *{{text|yell|You'd have fared no better against me...}} |
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| + | ;Wipe |
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| − | *'''Levels:''' 71-79, 80 |
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| + | *{{text|yell|Not worthy after all...}} |
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| − | *'''Combatants:''' 40 per faction (presumed) |
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| + | ;Trial Completion |
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| − | == Future/Incomplete Battlegrounds == |
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| + | *{{text|yell|Impressive... You have earned your reward. And your lives.}} |
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| − | === [[Azshara Crater]] === |
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| + | *{{text|yell|This place no longer holds my interest, but you have captured it.}} |
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| − | A reported future addition, but details are mostly speculative. |
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| + | *{{text|yell|Seek me out in Ahn'Saron... if you have the courage.}} |
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| − | Tom Chilton: That was a battleground that was created pretty much at the same time that we were creating Alterac Valley...I've never really felt comfortable going forward with Azshara Crater until we finally feel like Alterac Valley really works the way we'd like it to work ... I don't want to make another "Alterac Valley" until we're pretty happy with Alterac Valley. |
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| − | [[Blizz]]ard info: |
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| − | * Caydiem: We're not making any new Battlegrounds in the near future. We naturally need to be careful about spreading the PvP community thin. That isn't to say we're not thinking about what we could do with a new Battleground, but I wouldn't expect anything anytime soon, no. (2006-01-20)[http://news.thottbot.com/?authors=-117&sidebars=Bliz&threads=2335007] |
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| − | * Nathaera: There is one new battleground planned. (There may be more added in the future but we shall see.) Just to clear something up, The Caverns of Time are not Battlegrounds. (2006-10-11)[http://news.thottbot.com/?authors=-117&sidebars=Bliz&threads=3470208] |
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| − | === [[Gurubashi Catacombs]] === |
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| − | A "deathmatch" style battleground that was scrapped and made into [[Arena]] PvP. |
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| − | ===Battle for Gilneas=== |
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| − | In the next expansion pack, Cataclysm, there will be a new battleground called Battle for Gilneas. |
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| − | *If you are the highest level in a bracket and you join the queue for that bracket it is possible to become 1 level higher than the maximum level for that bracket (with the exception of the level 80 bracket). This is done by joining the queue then leveling up to the next level. Since you are still in the queue for the bracket that is below your current level you will still enter the battleground of the bracket when you queued. [EDIT: Seems that the problem has been solved and now the player is instantly teleported out of the Battleground after leveling up while in the queue]. |
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| − | == XP in Battlegrounds == |
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| − | Blizzard stated that [[XP]] for playing in the battlegrounds has been added in Patch 3.2. |
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| − | In order to assist those who choose to keep an alt for the purposes of playing in a specific level of battleground, there will be an added option to turn off the ability to gain XP. This ability costs 10G to switch on or off and prevents XP gain in all areas of the game. If the switch is on (that is, you are not receiving XP) then you will only be matched against others who also have the switch on; this is because the developers assume that if you don't want XP, you must be [[twinking]].[http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/battleground-qna.html] |
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| − | In Alterac Valley (AV) you can earn [[XP]] by killing mobs, however the XP gain is very low if a lot of your faction players are within range. [[Patch 3.1.3]] |
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| − | == References == |
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| − | <references/> |
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| − | == See also == |
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| − | *[[Limited Edition Twinking]] |
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| − | *[[Battlegroup]]s |
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| − | *[http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/battlegrounds/ Battlegrounds area] at the [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/ official site] |
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| − | *[[Alliance battleground strategies]] |
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| − | *[http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3547877767&sid=1 Post by Nethaera on Honor calculations] |
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Revision as of 11:49, 2 January 2012
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| Title | <Spawn of Ynnilith> |
| Race | Giant spider |
| Level | 93 Elite |
| Location | Chamber of Ten Thousand Legs, Naz'Amun, the Crawling City |
| Status | Killable |
| Maexxna | |
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| Title | <The Broodmother> |
| Race | Giant spider |
| Level | 93 Elite |
| Location | Chamber of Ten Thousand Legs, Naz'Amun, the Crawling City |
| Status | Killable |
| Hadronox | |
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| Title | <Spawn of Maexxna> |
| Race | Bone spider |
| Level | 93 Elite |
| Location | Chamber of Ten Thousand Legs, Naz'Amun, the Crawling City |
| Status | Killable |
Within the Chamber of Ten Thousand Legs, the nerubians have called many hundreds of giant spiders. Only those who endure every horror can claim the rewards of the Trial of Eight Legs. The trial is begun by speaking with the Arach'layn warrior Zephon the Venomous.
The Trial of Eight Legs is a Heroic Mode only challenge.
The Spider Trio
Hadronox's Abilities
Acid Cloud — Creates a cloud of corrosive venom that deals nature damage to anyone standing in it. Also reduces the armor of those affected.
Acid Cloud - Web Tether — Grabs all nearby enemies and pulls them to Hadronox's position.
Web TetherMaexxna's Abilities
- Blinding Webs — Maexxna spins a wave of thick webbing, causing anyone struck by it to wander around blindly. Can be avoided by facing away from Maexxna.
- Cocoon — Wraps a random target in a cocoon of webbing. The target is unable to act and must be cut loose.
- Spider Swarm — Releases swarms of small spiders that will move and attack random targets with physical strikes.
Spider Swarm - Cone of Poison — Maexxna sprays everything in front of her with poison, dealing a burst of nature damage.
Cone of Poison - Enrage — Maexxna flies into a killing rage, increasing her speed and attack power. Cast at 30% health.
EnrageVisoraxx's Abilities
Visoraxx spawns with 20 Cocooned Victims that can be targeted and destroyed. Destroyed cocoons spawn living enemy adds. At 25% health, Visoraxx will gain a stacking buff called Ravenous Hunger that increases his damage by a huge amount. Visoraxx will begin feasting on every cocoon that remains, restoring his health by 5% per cocoon. The cocoons will be destroyed by this and each destroyed cocoon will spawn a Withered Web Mummy. Every cocoon destroyed in this manner will remove a stack of Ravenous Hunger. The key to the encounter is destroying enough cocoons that players are not overwhelmed by Withered Web Mummies, but leaving enough so that Visoraxx' Ravenous Hunger is reduced to a manageable amount.
- Poison Cobweb — Sprays poisonous webs in a cone, poisoning and slowing anyone afflicted by them.
Poison Cobweb - Poison Thread — Roots a random target to the spot with poisonous webbing, dealing them poison damage over time and restricting their movement.
Poison Thread- Ravenous Hunger — Boosts Visoraxx's attack power by a great deal. Feasting on cocooned victims will reduce the number of stacks. Stacks to 20. Each victim consumed by Visoraxx will reduce the amount of stacks by 1.
Ravenous Hunger - Feast — Drains health from cocooned victims. Every cocoon will restore 5% health and remove a stack of Ravenous Hunger.
Feast 
Strategy
The trial consists of eight waves in total.
- 1 - Low number of elite mobs, low number of non-elites
- 2 - Low number of elite mobs, moderate number of non-elites
- 3 - Hadronox
- 4 - Moderate number of elite mobs, moderate number of non-elites
- 5 - Moderate number of elite mobs, high number of non-elites
- 6 - Maexxna
- 7 - High number of elite mobs, moderate number of non-elites
- 8 - Visoraxx, Spawn of Ynnilith
Players will only be able to advance through the gauntlet by defeating a boss in a certain number of tries. For example, if players wipe 6 times before defeating Hadronox, they will forfeit the entire event. Defeating a boss allows for the event to continue and resets the number of tries. Hadronox and Maexxna award points on the first defeat, but no additional points on subsequent defeats. Defeating the entire event with few or no wipes will award better loot.
- 8+ wipes - Standard loot drop
- 4-7 wipes - Standard loot drop + 1
- 1-3 wipes - Standard loot drop + 2
- No wipes - Standard loot drop + 2 + Riding Spider Mount
Achievement
- Trial of Eight Legs - Overcome the Trial of Eight Legs.
- Down Comes the Rain - Defeat Visoraxx without restarting the Trial of Eight Legs.
Quotes
Zephon the Venomous acts to begin the trial. He will spawn a treasure chest and teleport away when the trial is complete.
- Intro
- You show courage is entering this chamber. But it's a hundred years too soon for the likes of you to challenge me.
- Perhaps you would be content with a different challenge...
- Aggro
- The Trial of Eight Legs begins now!
- Upon the death of a player
- Disappointing...
- The trial claims yet another...
- You'd have fared no better against me...
- Wipe
- Not worthy after all...
- Trial Completion
- Impressive... You have earned your reward. And your lives.
- This place no longer holds my interest, but you have captured it.
- Seek me out in Ahn'Saron... if you have the courage.