A simplified and adapted version of the classic Battleground, Alterac Valley plays somewhat like Tomb of the Spider Queen.
This map is thematically set up like the it's WoW counterpart, the Blue Team is the Stormpike Guard and the Red Team is the Frostwolf Clan. Minions: Melee: Footmen/Grunts Ranged: Riflemen/Troll Headhunters Wizard: Sorcerous/Shaman Catapult: Mortar Team/Demolisher
The objective is to summon your teams boss (Ivus for the Alliance, Lokholar for Horde) at your teams summoning point. To accomplish this you must gather Alterac Valleys most common resource, Honor Points. After completing certain actions, you are rewarded with honor points which are used at the summoning point to summon your boss.
(Boss details under Heroic Abilities section)
Honor Point Actions (Gained like XP unless specified otherwise): Minion kill: 1 Enemy Mercenary killed: 3 Mercenary Camp Captured: 10 (Split evenly amongst all allies on point) Tower Destroyed: 10 (If destroyed by minions, split evenly amongst all living allied heroes) Fountain Destroyed: 5 (If destroyed by minions, split evenly amongst all living allied heroes) Keep Destroyed: 30 (If destroyed by minions, split evenly amongst all living allied heroes) Hero Kill: 10+half the Honor Points the had on themselves when they died (If destroyed by minions, split evenly amongst all living allied heroes) Boss Kill: 20 (If destroyed by minions, split evenly amongst all living allied heroes)
Map Layout (Very Rough): Key:
Green Square: Core
Grey Square: Fort
Blue Circle: Alliance Objective
Red Circle: Horde Objective
Yellow Triangle: Siege Mercenaries
Orange Triangle: Bruiser Mercenaries
Additionally, Alterac Vally features a unique set of Cores:
Combat Trait
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Commanders - Vanndar Stormpike/ Drek'thar
Instead of a Core, each team has a General that can use a set of powerful Spells, giving them a higher anti-hero capability, but their Attacks are melee and don't have splash damage. They are considered Heroes, but cannot be buffed or debuffed. Generals have the same amount of health as a regular Core.
Primary Abilities
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Relentless General
Generals are Immune to Stuns, Slow, and other disables. Additionally, Percentage Damage attacks have no effect. (Example: Drain Hope deals no Damage, but still heals)
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Storm Bolt/ Earth Shock
Deals damage and stuns the target for 2 seconds. Cooldown: 14
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Thunder Clap/ Mini Earthquake
Deals damage and slows enemies Attack and Movement Speed by 40% for 4 seconds. Cooldown: 16
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Warcry
The General and nearby allies gain +20% attack damage and speed, this effect is doubled on Minions. Duration: 5 (10 on minions). Cooldown: 25
Heroic Abilities
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Bosses - Ivus the Forest Lord/ Lokholar the Ice Lord
The bosses and main objective of this map, each one is summoned at their respective team's summoning point.
Summoning a boss requires 100 Honor Points and an additional 50 after every summon.
Summoning a boss will lock Mercenary camps, but not the other summoning point.
Once Summoned, your boss will push the strongest enemy lane until death, but if an enemy boss is in a lane, they will spawn there and fight their counterpart, not moving until they either win or die.
The bosses have a set of abilities like the bosses of other maps:
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Entangling Roots/ Frost Nova
Deals light damage and roots enemies in a large AoE after a 2 second delay. RootDuration: 3. Cooldown: 16.
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Starfall/ Blizzard
Calls down a wave a stars/ice at an area, dealing damage and slowing enemies by 40%. Waves: 5. Wave Delay: 1. Cooldown: 15
Special Mount
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Mercinaries
Alterac Valley features a unique set of mercenaries.
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Seige - Trogg Stonethrower
A group of 3 Troggs, functionally identical to Impalers.
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Brusiers - Gnoll War Pack
A pack of 5 Gnolls, 2 Fighters, 2 Archers, and 1 Chief. The Chief generates an Aura that gives the other Gnolls +10% damage.
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