Blood, sweat, and tears stain the floors of the Arenas—a grim chronicle of the hard-fought battles many of you have survived. Once again, the time has come for the victorious to be heralded, and champions to be rewarded!
Sharpen your axes! In World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, a slew of savage new challenges, rewards, and user-interface improvements wait for PvP combatants—along with a brand new world PvP zone.
With sharpened blades and well-honed spells, the time to strike has come! Season 14 has begun, and the leaders of the Horde and the Alliance are once again looking for new champions to carry their factions’ banners to victory!
Take a look at the Grievous armor sets that Arena and Rated Battleground competitors can earn in Season 14.
Many weapons have been brought to bear and countless spells have been cast in this action-packed PvP season—now the time has come for the victors to reap their rewards!
The Battlegrounds section of this site is now loaded with detailed information on every battleground and PvP zone in World of Warcraft. Study up on the art of war here!
We’re holding PvP testing events on the Patch 5.4 PTR, and you’re invited!
With Patch 5.3, Escalation, the World of Warcraft site has been bolstered with intel on Player vs Player combat and the newest Battleground, Deepwind Gorge!
The war between the Horde and the Alliance continues to escalate as both factions vie to claim Pandaria’s resources as their own. Deep within the Valley of the Four Winds, the mines of Deepwind Gorge serve as a Battleground where victory is measured not in fallen foes, but in gold. High atop the majestic mountains of Kun-Lai Summit, the Tiger’s Peak Arena—training ground of the Shado-Pan—tests the mettle of all who enter its perilous boundaries.
You were given a topic, you have asked the questions, you voted for your favorites. Now we’ve gathered up the top questions and gotten you the answers.
When a World of Warcraft Public Test Realm is opened, our community tends to have plenty of questions about it. To satisfy your curiosity, we plan to hold informal Q&As directly with the developers during future PTRs.
If you haven’t been keeping up on the latest World of Warcraft news, you might not be aware that World of Warcraft Patch 5.2: Throne of Thunder is on the horizon. Well, 5.2 is well on its way and it’s bringing PvE features like a brand new questing hub and a huge new raid, but it’s also introducing new features that will have a significant impact on the PvP aspects of World of Warcraft, including a number of class and gearing changes.
Change is coming to PvP gear in the relatively near future, and we wanted to provide a not-so-brief update on the improvements we’re planning, while pulling the curtain aside a bit so you can see the thought processes that motivated the coming changes. We also thought this would also be a great time to get the World of Warcraft PvP community involved in the discussion.
The level-90 phase of the 2012 World of Warcraft Arena Pass is almost here!
On Tuesday, July 17, at 01:30 CEST, you can join the World of Warcraft Encounter, Level Design, Class Design, and QA teams in the Mists of Pandaria beta for a few rounds of random battlegrounds. The blues will be testing Temple of Kotmogu and Silvershard Mine, and we hope you’ll join us.
PvP Season 10 has officially begun, and players can once again take to the Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds to compete for the new Ruthless Gladiator PvP sets!
You and your team have been fighting hard. Your armor is singed by magic and soaked with blood. And now, after weeks of intense arena action, the last phase of the 2011 World of Warcraft Arena Pass has finally come to an end and the realm will be going offline.
World of Warcraft Patch 4.2, Rage of the Firelands is here! With a new raid, a legendary questline, all-new raid tier and PvP armor sets, the most diverse daily questing experience to date, major story developments, PvP Season 10, user interface enhancements, and much more, patch 4.2 has brought Azeroth a little something for everyone.
Deep in the core of the earth, the wheels of time grind and creak while shaping the fate of men. The past and present are churned together into one path as the great wheels move forward in time. This Tuesday may seem quite insignificant to those operating the great wheels, but for the mortals living above, Tuesday means Community News, and to them the time has come to read the latest fan site updates, laugh at the latest WoW comics, and join the discussions in interesting forum threads.
Ahh… It is Friday! The end of the week is upon us, and one feels giddy just thinking of all the fun to be had this glorious weekend. But wait! Before we start whistling innocently and casually walk out into the hallway to empty the vending machine of all those awesome waffles and then run off into the sunset laughing like maniacs, it is time for the Community News… After all, no Friday is truly complete without the latest fan site updates, WoW comics, and of course the forum watch.
PvP Season 9 will soon be coming to an end. Players on the battlefields and arenas of World of Warcraft have proven their mettle in glorious combat, and are ready for new challenges and more powerful rewards. Here’s a look at the gear that the most accomplished PvP competitors will be sporting in Season 10.
A new week, a new Tuesday, a new Community News. Hot stuff this week has been 4.2 PTR changes, the 4.2 trailer, and more on the Arena Comunity Challenge. Oh, and don't forget to read about the superdupermegaultrapowerful healing touch in the comics section ;)
The 2011 World of Warcraft Arena Pass has begun with the Practice Phase: the perfect time to experiment! You can check out all the various options available in the Arena Pass, and maybe try out some alternate team combinations before the serious fighting begins. Which classes do you want your three characters to be and what specs will they all have? Now is the time to set up your characters and prepare them for Ranked Ladder Phase 1 on June 8.
Nobody likes to go through this world alone. Sharing laughs and working together to reach a common goal is exhilarating and engaging. A victory shared with friends tastes at least twice as sweet. This holds especially true if you smite your enemies on the sands of the Arena with some friends, so let’s look at how you can find a 2011 World of Warcraft Arena Pass team you’ll enjoy!
The first phase in the ultimate battle for honor and glory has begun! Players from around Europe can now access our dedicated Arena Pass Realm, create a brand new level 85 character, deck themselves out in powerful epic gear and then start practicing before the ranking in phase one begins.
