Deathsong of Azgalor Gaming Tips For World of Warcraft's Warrior Women Competitive strategy for the Horde in Alterac Valley In many battlegroups the Alterac Valley battleground is considered a losing proposition if you are on the Horde. The two most commonly used reasons for this are as follows: -Map Design -Lack of a Commonly followed winning strategy The first point has some merit (Though not nearly to the extent some would have you think) mainly centering around the design of the primary bases. Commonly used examples used in base comparison are as follows: 1.Easily Skippable NPCs in the Horde base -Definately a present factor but rarely has any effect on the outcome of a match 2.Lack of a patrolling elite aggro mob in the horde base -Similar to the above point but this one actually can have an effect on the outcome of a game -Noreg Stormpike I believe is the name of the one in the alliance base. This is also a valid point as he is easily aggroed and can often prevent non-stealthing Horde from cappping a tower solo. 3.Design of the Horde towers as opposed to the Alliance bunkers -This is another point that is often overblown in its effects. -In general both sides have to kill 1 archer to be able to cap the flag for the tower/bunker it's just that the Horde have to use a wall next to the flag to block the other archers from shooting them. -Alliance on the other hand can stand inside the room of the flag and not have to worry about being hit by any of the archers after they kill the 1 that can reach them. This also creates an advantage on the Alliance side when it comes to defending the tower from people that attempt to recap. 4.The Alliance Bridge Vs The Horde slope -This simply boils down to alliance archers having a much larger kill-zone for people entering the main bases. The primary cause of this is that the horde have a tower that blocks the vast majority of the archers Line of sight so they don't get as many shots as the Alliance archers in similar situations. -This of all the points is probably the most valid since this gives Alliance a fairly large advantage in base defence. So with these points considered what is a strategy that the horde can use to help them raise the win ratio for their battlegroup? Let's start at the beginning of the match. In AV you will have 8 groups of 5 on your side. It's best for someone to assign all the groups to a particular role at the start of the game (Usually in the form of a multiple /bg macro) a common (And fairly successful) example is this: Groups 1-3 - Kill Balinda then recap Icelood Tower and Tower Point Group 4 - Captures Stonehearth bunker and go on offense after it is destroyed. Group 5 - Captures Icewing Bunker and then go On Offense after it is destroyed. Groups 6-8 - Captures Either Stormpike Graveyard or Stormpike Aid station and the North and south Dun Baldar Bunkers. This strategy is very nice and effective as long as people follow the plan (It also has a slight bonus in that it is fairly resistant to a few people being afk or not following directions). Of course it like any other strategy will not win 100% of the time but it has a much higher success rate than people just doing whatever the hell they want (Which is usually charging the alliance offense or capping towers and then leaving them unguarded). A few more strategy tips that come up during games are as follows: Competitive strategy for the Horde in Alterac Valley Page Two Deathsong Deathsong's Dirge CryMoreNoob