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Battleground

PvP

Also: BG

An instanced PvP map with objectives: Warsong Gulch (capture the flag), Arathi Basin (hold bases), Alterac Valley (kill the boss).

“Queue for a battleground while we wait for the tank.”

See also: WSG, AB, AV, Honor

How to use it

  • “Queue for a battleground while we wait for the tank.”

Related words

  1. WSGWarsong Gulch: 10 v 10 capture the flag. The twink bracket's home.
  2. ABArathi Basin: 15 v 15, hold bases to gain resources. First to the cap wins.
  3. AVAlterac Valley: 40 v 40 across a whole zone, ends when a faction boss dies. Can last hours or minutes…
  4. HonorPoints from killing enemy players and winning battlegrounds. In vanilla they drove a weekly ranking; in…
  5. TwinkA low-level character kept at the top of a battleground bracket (19, 29, 39…) with the best gear, enchants…
  6. BracketA range of levels that queue together for a battleground, e.g. 10–19, 20–29. Twinks live at the top of each…
  7. PremadeA battleground group formed beforehand, usually on voice chat, against random queuers. Not a fair fight.

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