The Class : Druid

The Druid is a shapeshifting hybrid class, and is also one of the most versatile classes in the game. As with other hybrids, Druids need to specialize to be most effective in any role. Due to their need to shapeshift to fulfill roles, they can only perform one role at a time; they must switch between the different shapes to adapt to changing situations.

The Class : Shaman

The shaman is a hybrid class and depending on how players choose to customize their character's talents, they can specialize in offensive spellcasting, melee damage dealing, or healing. As such, the class is considered one of the most adaptable and versatile in the game. Shamans can also provide support to a group in the form of stationary totems, of which when placed on the ground by the shaman, either provides various benefits to party members, or deal damage to enemies, of which the range is determined by the totem placed.

The Class : Mage

The mage is a DPS caster that specializes in burst damage and area of effect spells. Their primary role in a group is damage dealing and crowd control through the use of Polymorph, temporarily changing humanoids and beasts into harmless critters. At end-game levels, mages' damage is supplemented with spells like Counterspell, Remove Curse, and Spellsteal. Mages' utility spells also include conjuring food and drink and the ability to teleport to major cities and open portals for party members. In PvP, Mage deals ranged damage while using snare effects and Polymorph to control enemy players. As damage casters, primary stats are intellect, spell power, spell hit rating, spell haste and spell crit. Mages do not benefit any direct DPS increase from spirit and this stat should not be focused on, but can however provide extra mana regen which is somewhat handy for mana management.

The Class : Rogue

Rogues are World of Warcraft's premiere melee damage dealer and especially effective in PvP. They have access to a wide range of special abilities, which depend on their constantly refilling pool of energy. Unlike other classes, such as the hunter who has the ability to deal physical damage from a distance, rogues must be in close.

The primary rogue class advantage is their ability to stealth, preventing other players from seeing them unless the rogue is very close and in a 180 degree arc in front of them or much lower level.

The primary rogue attribute is agility. For PvP rogues, stamina is needed for staying alive. For a rogue, agility is always preferable to strength or attack power. Agility gives both attack power and crit chance to a rogue, while strength only gives attack power. A rogue uses no mana, so intellect and spirit are completely useless.

The Class : Warlock

Warlocks are former arcanists, or in the case of the orcs, former shamans, who, in pursuit of ever-greater sources of power, have cast off their studies of the arcane or nature magics to delve deeper into the darker, fel-based magic of shadow.

Warlocks are renowned for their damage over time (DoT) spells and sinister Shadow magic, as well for summoning demonic minions and their ability to wreak havoc with destructive Fire spells. Warlocks can specialize in any of these areas: Affliction warlocks are the masters of damage over time, draining their targets' health with an array of powerful debuffs; Demonology warlocks summon improved Demons to do their bidding, drawing power from their minions and even transforming into Demons themselves; while Destruction warlocks call down a rain of fire upon their enemies, specializing in potent burst damage and Fire spells. According to the WoW Census, warlocks are the least represented class.

Warlocks are often maligned and mistrusted due to the nature of their powers.

The Class : Priest

The priest is the master of healing and preservation, restoring his wounded allies, shielding them in battle and even resurrecting his fallen comrades from death. While he has a variety of protective and enhancement spells to bolster his allies, the priest can also wreak terrible vengeance on his enemies, using the grand powers of the Holy Light to smite and purge them or the devastating powers of the shadow to decimate their minds. The priest is a diverse and powerful class, highly desirable in any group and capable of fulfilling multiple roles.

The priest is perhaps the best healing class in the game with a surprisingly strong damage potential as well (should the player choose to enhance this aspect of the class). Their ability to heal and buff allies, avoid aggro, dispel buffs on enemies, dispel debuffs on their allies, and resurrect fallen comrades makes them an important member of any group, whether it's PvP or PvE. Due to this, priests are one of the most highly sought after classes for any group.

The Class : Paladin

The paladin is a hybrid class with the ability to play a variety of different roles — including healing (holy), tanking (protection), and DPS (retribution). They have auras, blessings and seals that provide useful buffs for other players while withstanding heavy physical damage with plate armor and strong defensive abilities. Paladins are also considered to be holy knights or blood knights.

NOTE: It is worth mentioning that as Paladins are mostly effective against the undead and demons, the Holy tree also has good DPS talents, such as Consecration, Exorcism and Holy Shock.

The Goblins

• The goblins of the Bilgewater Cartel.
  • With the Cataclysm consuming their home island of Kezan, the goblins of the Bilgewater Cartel are shipped across the sea, intended for slave labor in Azshara, when they are caught in a naval crossfire between an Alliance fleet and a single Horde vessel off the Lost Isles. While there, they are attacked by the Alliance and ally with the orcs to defeat both their mutual foe, the hostile natives of the Lost Isles, and dissent from within their own ranks.
  • Led by Trade Prince Gallywix.
  • Capital is Bilgewater Harbor in the heavily-reshaped Azshara.
    • The goblins also have a district within the orcish capital of Orgrimmar.
  • The Goblins are using Hot rods as mounts, which are like cars.

The Blood Elves

• The blood elves of Quel'Thalas.
  • A group of former high elves shunned for their magic addiction and abandoned by members of the Alliance, turned to the Horde to help them reach Outland and achieve their destiny. These elves have a strong alliance with the Forsaken with whom they share a similar fate and former denizens (high elven banshees and dark rangers).
  • Led by Lor'themar Theron, Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas, following the death of the maddened Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider.

The Undead

• The undead of Lordaeron.
  • A group of undead released from the control of the Lich King, who have set up a truce and an alliance of convenience with the other members of the Horde.
    • The group also consists of other undead creatures, such as the val'kyr, that chose to join the forsaken after the Lich King's death.
  • Led by the Banshee Queen Sylvanas Windrunner
    • Lesser leaders include Master Apothecary Faranell and Prince Galen Trollbane of Stromgarde.
  • Capital is the Undercity in Tirisfal Glades.
  • They also have holdings in Silverpine Forest, the Hillsbrad Foothills and the Western Plaguelands, as well as towns in the Howling Fjord and the Dragonblight in Northrend.
  • The Royal Apothecary Society - a faction of forsaken alchemists trying to create a new plague to wipe out the Scourge and other forms of life.
  • The forsaken contribute Vampire Bats and Skeletal Horses to the horde forces and use them as mounts. These are regular beasts with no sentient mind.

The Tauren

• The tauren of Mulgore.
  • A race of noble creatures, native to Kalimdor, who befriended the orcs and offered them spiritual guidance and aid.
  • Led by High Chieftain Baine Bloodhoof, following the death of his father Cairne.
  • Lesser leaders include: Archdruid Hamuul Runetotem
  • Capital is Thunder Bluff in Mulgore.
    • They also have camps in the Barrens, Thousand Needles, Stonetalon Mountains, Desolace, Feralas and Felwood. They have also sent ambassadors to their cousins, the taunka, in Northrend.
  • They lend their mighty kodo beasts to the Horde's efforts.

The Trolls

• The trolls of the Darkspear tribe.
  • Originally from a small chain of islands in the Great Sea. Eventually joined Thrall’s journey to Kalimdor and moved to the Echo Isles, but were then rooted out by the Kul Tiras marines. They are forever indebted to the orcs for saving their tribe and giving them a home.
  • Led by Shadowhunter Vol'jin.
    • Lesser leaders include: Vanira the shaman and Zen'tabra the druid
  • Capital is Darkspear Isle, the largest of the Echo Isles, off the coast of Durotar.
    • Prior to the reclamation of the Echo Isles, Sen'jin Village in mainland Durotar was the main Darkspear settlement. Other troll settlements are located in Ashenvale, Stonetalon Mountains and Desolace. They also control both of the Horde outposts (Swamprat Post and Zabra'jin) in the Zangarmarsh in Outland.
  • The trolls use raptors and bats as riding mounts.
  • They left Orgrimmar in Cataclysm, and do not support Garrosh.

The Orcs

• The orcs of Durotar.
  • The surviving orcs of Azeroth's First, Second and Third Wars, who were released by Thrall from the Internment camps and led by him to form their new destiny in Kalimdor while attempting to embrace their once honorable, shamanistic ways and fight the corruption of demonic magic.
  • Led by Warchief Garrosh Hellscream, named by Thrall to succeed him in the wake of the Cataclysm.
    • Lesser leaders include: Varok Saurfang and Drek'Thar.

The Hordes

The Horde is one of the two major political factions of the mortal races in Azeroth, its counterpart being the Alliance. The Horde, a faction led by off-worlders and composed of outsiders has survived these obstacles by making allies with few of the native races of Azeroth or even uneasy allies. Although its ideals, policies, and beliefs have been revised and membership has changed over time, it is the same Horde inherited by Thrall through Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer.. However, since the mantle of Warchief was passed on to Garrosh Hellscream, the Horde's alliance with other races has began to suffer heavily due to Garrosh's warmongering. A direct example of this are the Troll's under Vol'jin leaving Orgrimmar because of Garrosh's hunger for war and Sylvanas Windrunner ignoring the warchiefs commands and using her plague on her enemies.

Other Alliance Forces

The human nation of Theramore, based in Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh.

• Led by the Third War hero of the alliance, Lady Jaina Proudmoore.
• Founded by various human refugees that ventured to Kalimdor in the midst of the scourge onslaught of the third war, coming from all the human nations.
• The nation is affiliated with the faction of Stormwind.

Alliance Forces : Northrend

• Valiance Expedition - The main forces of the Alliance expedition to Northrend, led previously by Highlord Bolvar Fordragon.
  • 7th Legion - A group of Alliance veterans from past wars bent on fighting the threat of Naxxramas in Dragonblight.
• The Silver Covenant - A militant core of high elves that have united under the banner of Vereesa Windrunner who opposes Dalaran's acceptance of the horde races. They join the Alliance forces in Northrend.
• The Frostborn - They reside in the Storm Peaks, a lost race of dwarves led by Yorg Stormheart (who is actually Muradin Bronzebeard with a serious amnesia), and after succeeded by Velog Icebellow.
  • [Frosthold]] is their home city and primary base.
  • The Frostborn have a special bond with the Stormcrest Eagles of the Storm Peaks.
• The Explorers' League, led by Brann Bronzebeard, searches for rare artifacts and digs into dwarven history.

Alliance Forces : Outland

The Sons of Lothar – Remaining members of the former Alliance Expedition to Draenor following the Second War, who were joined by the new forces of the Alliance with the re-opening of the Dark Portal.

• Consists mainly of humans, high elves (Quel'Thalas's rangers) and Wildhammer dwarves.
• Stationed mainly in Honor Hold in Hellfire Peninsula, Allerian Stronghold in Terokkar Forest and the Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley.

The Kurenai, or "Redeemed", a surviving clan of Broken draenei residing in Outland, Nagrand. They are led by Arechron.

Alliance Forces : Azeroth

The uneasy truce between the Alliance and the Horde in the aftermath of the Third War was soon broken when several battlegrounds between various forces of the factions have erupted:

• League of Arathor - The main force of the nation of Stromgarde. In order to supply their war to reclaim the Arathi Highlands (and help supply themselves and The Alliance with valuable resources) the League has invaded the Arathi Basin along with Forsaken forces, with whom they fight vigorously over the rich land.
• Stormpike Guard - A dwarven expedition to the Valley of Alterac in order to search for relics and treasures from the past, have led to open war with the orcs of the Frostwolf clan that resides in the southern parts of the same valley.
• Silverwing Sentinels - The continuous deforesting efforts of the Warsong Orcs that have settled in southern Ashenvale have left the sentinels no choice. The Silverwing sentinels wing was appointed to begin a massive push of the orcs out of the elven homelands.
• Baradin's Wardens - A fierce army that has historic ties to the island stronghold of Tol Barad. They have joined the forces of the Alliance in an effort to repel the Horde, gain control of the strategic island and re-open the island to serve as a prison once again.

The Worgen

• The worgen of Gilneas.
  • Formerly one of the strongest of the human nations, Gilneas was one of the founding members of the Alliance of Lordaeron, sealing itself off from the world after the Second War to avoid being brought into "other people's conflicts". Eventually the Worgen managed to breach the land and started spreading their curse amoung much of the populace. They officially rejoined the Alliance when the Night Elves managed to save them from invading Forsaken.

The Draenei

• The draenei of the Exodar.
  • Refugees of the eredar race fleeing their corrupted brethren, seeking allies to fight against the Burning Legion. They lived on Draenor until the orcish onslaught, and fled from the Legion and the forces of Illidan Stormrage by stealing the Exodar, one of the satellites of Tempest Keep.
  • Led by the Prophet Velen.

The Gnomes

• The gnomes of Gnomeregan.
  • Cousins of the dwarves, joining with their long-time allies to provide technological wonders to aid the Alliance in its fight against its enemies. Their Long-time capital was Gnomeregan, located in western Dun Morogh, but it was invaded by a race of troggs. The gnomes had to flee and find refugee in their cousins' arms in Ironforge, where they built Tinker Town.
    • After Operation Gnomeregan, the Gnomes established New Tinkertown as their new base of operations and home while they fight to reclaim their city.
  • Led by High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque, King of Gnomes.
  • Gnomish outposts can be found in Blade's Edge Mountains in Outland and the Borean Tundra in Northrend.
  • The highly intelligent and resilient gnomes have devised their own unique robotic mount to use: the mechanostrider.

The Night Elves

• The night elves of Darnassus.
  • The night elves have lived peacefully for centuries in the shadowy forests of northern Kalimdor until the events of the Third War when they allied with the survivors of Lordaeron and the Thrall's Horde at the behest of Medivh in order to defeat Archimonde at the Battle of Mount Hyjal. However the continuous deforesting actions of the orcs in the forests of Ashenvale have forced them to break away from the Horde and remain allied with the Alliance alone.
  • Led by High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind and Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage.

The Dwarves

• The dwarves of Khaz Modan.
• The Kingdom of Ironforge consists mainly out of the Bronzbeard Clan of dwarves, which still reside in the ancient city of all dwarven clans. They pledged themselves to the Alliance following the Bleeding Hollow's invasion of Khaz Modan. After the War of the Three Hammers, the Bronzebeards gained dominance over all Ironforge. During the Cataclysm to prevent the mountain from collapsing. King Magni Bronzebeard performed a ritual in the heart of Old Ironforge which saved the mountain but the process petrified him into diamond statue. With its king impaired, Ironforge was left in political turmoil after Moira declared her son the rightful ruler of the kingdom. In order to prevent civil war, the leaders of each clan formed a council to govern the dwarf races and share the kingdom.

The Humans

• The humans of Stormwind.
  • One of the founding members of the Alliance of Lordaeron following Stormwind City's destruction in the First War. The city was restored to prominence after the Second. One of the last few human bastions not affected by the disasters of the Third War.
  • Led by King Varian Wrynn, with his son, Prince Anduin Wrynn.
    • Other leaders include: Master Mathias Shaw, Leader of SI:7, Archbishop Benedictus, Leader of the Church of the Holy Light and Lady Jaina Proudmoore, Ruler of Theramore

The Faction : Alliance

The Alliance (aka Grand Alliance) is one of two major political factions of the mortal races in Azeroth, its counterpart being the Horde. The Alliance consists of powerful cultures and groups bound not by desperation or necessity, but by their deep commitments to abstract concepts like nobility and honor. The Alliance was once also known as the Alliance of Lordaeron when its leadership was centered in Lordaeron. However, the Alliance was forced to move the bulk of its forces to Kalimdor and to the southern Eastern Kingdoms continents of Khaz Modan and Azeroth after the plague of undeath ravaged the Kingdom of Lordaeron several years ago. Although the remaining living nations of Lordaeron are not as strong as they once were, they have pledged their loyalty to the Grand Alliance with the hopes of becoming strong once again. Over the course of the years new members and races have joined the Alliance furthering its united strength.

Guide to Anub'arak

Abilities:

• Frost Spheres - ~10K HP, killing them drops a Permafrost.
• Permafrost - Freezes the ground in a small area, preventing most creatures from burrowing through it and reducing movement speed over the area by 30%.
• Penetrating Cold - Sinks into several enemy targets, inflicting 3500 Frost damage every 3 sec. Lasts 18 sec.
• Freezing Slash - Inflicts 25% Frostrike damage to his target, and stuns them for 3 seconds.
• Nerubian Burrower - Spawns a Nerubian Burrower add.
  

Guide to Faction Champions

This is an arena style pvp fight. Every CC is on pvp durations and will suffer from diminishing returns. They are susceptible to all forms of CC that is applicable to them, except for Mind Control. Also, they have an aura which reduced aoe damage by 75%, not not feasible to simply try to aoe them down like trash.

Here are all the possible npcs you'd face:

Guide to Twin Val'kryrs

Abilities:

General:

• Dark Essence - Absorbs Dark damage, reduces damage done against Dark targets, and increases damage done against Light targets. Absorbing Dark damage can proc Surge of Speed. Gained by clicking a Dark Essence.
• Light Essence - Absorbs Light damage, reduces damage done against Light targets, and increases damage done against Dark targets. Absorbing Light damage can proc Surge of Speed. Gained by clicking a Light Essence.
• Surge of Speed - Increases movement speed by 70% for 15 seconds.

Guide to Lord Jaraxxus

Abilities:

• Fel Fireball - Inflicts 15,113 to 15,887 (25-Players: 24,375 to 25,625) Fire damage and an additional 5,850 to 6,150 (25-Players: 9,263 to 9,737) Fire damage every 1 second for 5 seconds. Interruptable, magic dispellable.
• Fel Lightning - Inflicts 7,863 to 9,137 (25-Players: 9,713 to 11,287) Fire damage to a random target and jumps to other players nearby, affecting up to 3 (25-Players: 5) targets.
• Incinerate Flesh - Absorbs the next 30,000 (25-Players: 60,000) healing done to the target and reduces damage done by 50%. If the spell is not removed by healing, it will cause Burning Inferno. Lasts 12 seconds or until the spell absorbs its healing limit.

Guide to Northrend Beasts

Gormok the Impaler

Abilities:

• Impale - Inflicts 1,750 to 2,250 (
  
  25-Players: 2,188 to 2,812) Physical damage per application every 2 seconds, for 30 (25-Players: 40) seconds.
• Staggering Stomp - Inflicts 7,800 to 8,200 (
  
  25-Players: 11,700 to 12,300) Physical damage to all enemies within 15 yards and interrupts spellcasting for 8 seconds.
• Rising Anger - Increases all damage dealt by 15%. Applied every time Gormok throws a Snobold.

Guide to Arthas the Lich King

Health:

• 25 Man: 61,300,000
• 10 Man: 17,400,000
• 15 minute Berserk

Abilities:

• Infest - Deals 9425 to 10575 Shadow damage to all enemy players within 50000 yards. In addition, the targets will take increasing Shadow damage per second. This effect is removed when the target has more than 90% health.
• Necrotic Plague - Infests the target with a deadly plague, causing 50000 Shadow damage every 5 sec for 15 sec. If the target dies while afflicted or the effect ends, this effect will gain an additional stack and jump to a nearby unit. If this effect is dispeled, it will lose a stack and jump to a nearby unit. Whenever this effect jumps, The Lich King's power will increase.
• Plague Siphon - Increases physical damage dealt by 2%. Stack increases each time Nectrotic Plague jumps.
• Summon Shambling Horror - Summons a Shambling Horror.

Guide to Sindragosa

Health:

• 25 Man: 34,900,000
• 10 Man: 9,760,000
• 10 Minute Berserk

Abilities:

• Cleave - Inflicts normal damage plus 50 to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 10 targets. Melee range. Instant
• Tail Smash - Inflicts 11250 to 18750 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back. 45 yd range. 1 sec cast
• Frost Aura - Deals 4500 Frost damage to all nearby enemies every 3.0 sec. Instant
• Frost Breath - Inflicts 37000 to 43000 Frost damage to enemies in a 60 yard cone in front of the caster. In addition, the targets' attack speed and chance to dodge are decreased by 50% for 6 sec. Melee range. 1.5 sec cast

Guide to Valithria Dreamwalker

Health:

• 10 Man: 10M
• 25 Man: 30M

Abilities:

• Summon Nightmare Portal - Nightmare Portals let you phase to alternate version of the room with Valithria and Dream Clouds everywhere in the room, killing one of the clouds will buff anyone within 10 yards of the cloud with Emerald Vigor
• Dreamwalker's Rage - Deals 10000000 Nature damage to all NPCs in the room. This is the spell Valithria casts to end the combat if you manage to bring her back to 100% life.
• Emerald Vigor - Regenerating 200 Mana every 3.0 sec. Increases Damage done by 10%. Increases Healing done by 10%
• Dream Slip - This is the spell used by Valithria to teleport out of the Citadel after you saved her.

Guide to Blood Queen Lana'thel

Health:

• 10 Man - 18M
• 25 Man - 62.5M

Abilities:

Ground Phase:

• Shroud of Shadow - An aura of sorrow and despair emanates from the caster, inflicting 3000 (4500) Shadow damage every 3.0 sec. to nearby enemies. Instant
• Presence of the Darkfallen - Increases the damage of Shroud of Sorrow by 5% for every vampyr in the room (likely Hard Mode only)
• Blood Mirror - 100% of damage done to linked source is reflected to you as Shadow damage. This affects the person closest to the tank.

Guide to Blood Prince Council

Health:

• 10 Man - 8.37M
• 25 Man - 33.5M

Abilities:

Prince Keleseth

• Invocation of Blood - Blood empowers Keleseth, granting him more formidable abilities. He will grow larger when under the effect of this.
• Shadow Lance - Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting 17063 to 17937 Shadow damage.
• Tenebrous Shadow Lance - Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting 85313 to 89687 Shadow damage. Keleseth casts this when under the effects of Invocation of Blood.
• Shadow Nucleus - Summons a Dark Nucleus. The nearest target resonates with shadow, suffering 1000 damage and reducing Shadow damage taken from all sources by 40% for until cancelled.

Guide to Professor Putricide

Health:

• 10 Man: 9.7615M
• 10 Man Heroic: 13.67M
• 25 Man: 42M
• 25 Man Heroic: 50.2M

Abilities:

• Puddle of Slime - The Mutated Slime grows continuously, inflicting 4388 to 4612 damage every 1 sec until it is consumed by another Mutated creature!
• Mutated Transformation - You have been mutated! Inflicts 1950 to 2050 damage to nearby players every 1 sec. Curing the disease will revert the player to their form. This spell turns you into a Mutated Abomination.

Guide to Rotface

Health:

• 10 Man: 7.32M
• 10 Man Heroic: 10.458M
• 25 Man: 36.257M
• 25 Man Heroic: 47.413M

Abilities:

• Ooze Flood - The Ooze Flood inflicts 5363 to 5637 damage every 1 sec and reduces move speed by 25% for 5 sec..
• Slime Spray - Raining Green Ooze. Deals 5363 to 5637 Nature to enemies in cone. 1.5 sec cast / Channeled - Deals 6338 to 6662 Nature damage to enemies in a cone infront of the enemy. Instant
• Mutated Infection - The Mutated Infection inflicts 3900 to 4100 damage every 1 sec and reduces healing receieved by 50% for 12 sec. After the Infection is removed a small ooze is created at the target's location. Instant

Guide to Festergut

Health:

• 10 Man: 9.412M
• 10 Man Heroic: 13.7M
• 25 Man: 40.44M
• 25 Man Heroic: 52.2M
• Enrage: 5 mins

Abilities:

• Gaseous Blight - The Gaseus Plague inflicts 2925 to 3075 Shadow damage to all nearby players. Instant
• Inhale Blight - Inhales the Gaseous Blight in the room, increasing damage dealt by 30%. 3.5 sec cast, 15 sec cooldown
• Pungent Blight - Violently releases the Gaseous Blight, dealing 48750 to 51250 Shadow damage to all enemy players, releasing the deadly Blight back into the room. 3 sec cast, 15 sec cooldown
• Gas Spore - Unleashes a Gas Spore, inflicting 2-4 random targets with a gaseous spore. The Spore will explode after 12 seconds, inflicting 1950 to 2050 damage to all nearby friends. The damage from the Gas Spore builds the targets immune system, giving them a resistance to the blight. Instant, 18 sec cooldown
• Gastric Bloat - Inflicts 14625 to 15375 damage and applies Gastric Bloat to the target, increasing damage done by 10% for 1.67 min and will cause a Gastric Explosion at 10 stacks inflicting massive damage to nearby allies.
• Vile Gas - Inflicts a Vile plague in targeted area, inflicting 4875 to 5125 damage every 2 sec for 6 sec. The plague causes the infected targets to vomit uncontrollably inflicting 3900 to 4100 damage to nearby allies. Instant

Guide to Deathbringer Saurfang

Health:

• 10 Man - 8.785M
• 10 Man Heroic - 12.3M
• 25 Man - 31.86M
• 25 Man Heroic - 43.93M

Abilities:

• Blood Power - Saurfang grows 1% larger and deals 1% more damage for each point of Blood Power he has. Instant
• Blood Link - Saurfang gains Blood Power from damage he inflicts with abilities and summoned creatures. Instant
• Call Blood Beast - Saurfang calls forth 5 (2 in 10 man) blood beasts every 30 seconds
• Rune of Blood - Saurfang leeches health when he performs melee attacks on targets marked with Rune of Blood. Leeches 5100 to 6900 health from an enemy target and heals Saurfang for 5 times that amount (gains 1 Blood Power per hit)
• Boiling Blood - Boils the blood of an enemy, inflicting 9500 Physical damage every 3 sec for 24 sec, up to 6 players in 25 man (gains 1 Blood Power per tick)

Guide to Gunship Battle

Abilities:

Muradin Bronzebeard / High Overlord Saurfang:

• Battle Fury - Increases all damage done by 5% (7% in 25). Instant (self buff, stacks with each attack)
• Cleave - Inflicts 110% of normal melee damage to an enemy and its nearest allies, affecting up to 3 targets.
• Rending Throw - Throws your weapon at the enemy causing 8% weapon damage and an additional 2750 Physical damage every 3.0 sec for 15 sec. Unlimited range. Instant

Gunship Cannon:

• Cannon Blast - Launches a cannonball at the target. Inflicts 1000 Siege damage and generates 6 to 10 Heat.
• Incinerating Blast -Consumes all of the cannon's Heat to launch a massive ball of fire at the target. Inflicts 1000 Siege damage plus additional damage per point of Heat.

Guide to Lady Deathwhisper

Health:

• 10 Man: 3.3M (3.3M Mana)
• 25 Man: 13.4M (14M Mana)
• Berserk: 10 min

Abilities:

• Mana Barrier - Envelops the caster in a powerful barrier that continually replenishes any lost health, at the expense of the caster's mana. Instant
• Dominate Mind - Mind controls the target. Damage increased by 200%. Healing increased by 500%. Lasts 20 sec. Unlimited range. Instant
• Death and Decay - 3000 Shadow damage inflicted every 1.0 sec to all targets in the affected area for 10 sec. 100 yd range. Instant

Guide to Lord Marrowgar

Health:

• 25 Man: 23,700,000
• 25 Man Heroic: 31,376,000
• 10 Man: 6,972,500
• 10 Man Heroic: 10,500,000
• 10 Minute Berserk

Abilities:

• Saber Lash - Inflicts 300% weapon damage (200% in 10 man) split evenly between the target and its 2 nearest allies.
• Coldflame - Inflicts 6,000 Frost damage every 1 second to everyone standing in it
• Bone Spike Graveyard - Impales 3 random players (1 in 10 man) in a Bone Spike, which does 9000 physical damage and then 10% of their maximum health every second until destroyed. Bone Spikes have 63,000 health on 25 man, 39,000 health on 10 man.
• Bone Storm - Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of bone. Does more damage the closer you are to him, about 6000 damage every 2 seconds on top of him, 800 damage when far away.

Account Security

When players create World of Warcraft accounts, they are asked to choose a username and password. Afterward, whenever they play World of Warcraft, they are asked to supply the same username and password in full. This is also the case when using account management facilities online. This type of authentication is vulnerable to keystroke logging. While this is not unique to World of Warcraft and is common to many MMORPGs, the game has been directly targeted with trojans being specifically crafted to capture account login details. Attacks have been reported as early as May 2006, and may extend as far back as July 30, 2005. The game does, however, allow players to save their account name to the program to allow the player to only have to type their password.

WoW Expansions

Three optional expansions are currently available: The Burning Crusade, released in January 2007, Wrath of the Lich King, released in November 2008, and Cataclysm, released in December 2010. Players are not required to purchase the expansions to continue play. However, the expansion packs allow further leveling of characters beyond level 60 and access to newer content and areas. Characters cannot enter the additional regions without their respective expansion packs.

On June 28, 2011, The Burning Crusade was automatically applied to all previous Warcraft accounts, and all new Warcraft accounts created in the future will have The Burning Crusade applied at no additional cost. All The Burning Crusade content is now effectively part of the original game.

Beta Testing for Mists of Pandaria was opened on March 21, 2012.

Parental Control

As for some players the game may be excessively attractive and consume more time than preferred, the company offers parental controls that allow to set the various limits on the playing time. It is possible to set the daily limit, weekly limit or to specify the allowed playing schedule. In order to control these settings, it is necessary to log in with different credentials than are used just to enter the game. It is also possible to receive the statistics on the time spent for playing. Apart from controlling children, adults sometimes use parental controls on themselves The company supports this kind of protection as otherwise the potential players or their supervisors may choose to uninstall or block the game permanently^.

Subscription

World of Warcraft requires a subscription fee to be paid to allow continued play, with options to pay in one month, three month, or six month blocks, although timecards of varying length are available both online and from traditional retailers. Expansion packs are available online, and are also available from traditional retailers. As the game client is the same regardless of the version of World of Warcraft the user owns, the option to purchase expansions online was added as it allowed for a quick upgrade. World of Warcraft has 10.2 million subscribers as of December 2011. World of Warcraft is available as a free Starter Edition, which is free to play for an unlimited amount of time. Starter Edition characters are unable to gain experience after reaching level 20, and there are other restrictions in effect for Starter Edition accounts, including the inability to trade, use public chat channels, join guilds, or amass more than ten gold.

Setting WoW

World of Warcraft is set in the same universe as the Warcraft series of real-time strategy games, and has a similar art direction. World of Warcraft contains elements from fantasy, steampunk, and science fiction: such as gryphons, dragons, and elves; steam-powered automata; zombies, werewolves, and other horror monsters; as well as time travel, spaceships, and alien worlds.

World of Warcraft takes place in a 3D representation of the Warcraft universe that players can interact with through their characters. The game world initially consisted of the two continents in Azeroth: Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. Two separate expansions later added to the game's playable area the realm of Outland and the continent of Northrend. As a player explores new locations, different routes and means of transportion become available. Players can access "flight masters" in newly discovered locations to fly to previously discovered locations in other parts of the world. Players can also use boats, zeppelins, or portals to move from one continent to another. Although the game world remains relatively similar from day to day, seasonal events reflecting real world events—such as Halloween, Christmas, Children's Week, Easter, and Midsummer—have been represented in the game world. Locations also have variable weather including, among other things, rain, snow, and dust storms.

Gameplay

As with other MMORPGs, players control a character avatar within a game world in third- or first-person view, exploring the landscape, fighting various monsters, completing quests, and interacting with non-player characters (NPCs) or other players. Also similar to other MMORPGs, World of Warcraft requires the player to pay for a subscription, either by buying prepaid game cards for a selected amount of playing time, or by using a credit or debit card to pay on a regular basis.

To enter the game, the player must select a realm—sometimes referred to as a server. Each realm acts as an individual copy of the game world, and falls into one of four categories. Available realms types are:

Starting WoW

As with other MMORPGs, players control a character avatar within a game world in third- or first-person view, exploring the landscape, fighting various monsters, completing quests, and interacting with non-player characters (NPCs) or other players. Also similar to other MMORPGs, World of Warcraft requires the player to pay for a subscription, either by buying prepaid game cards for a selected amount of playing time, or by using a credit or debit card to pay on a regular basis.

To enter the game, the player must select a realm—sometimes referred to as a server. Each realm acts as an individual copy of the game world, and falls into one of four categories. Available realms types are:

• Normal – a Player Versus Enemies (PvE) environment where the gameplay is more focused on defeating monsters and completing quests, and any roleplay is optional, and player-versus-player fights must be consensual.

About World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft (often abbreviated as WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous Warcraft release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft on September 2, 2001. The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise.

The first expansion set of the game, The Burning Crusade, was released on January 16, 2007. The second expansion set, Wrath of the Lich King, was released on November 13, 2008. The third expansion set, Cataclysm, was released on December 7, 2010. At BlizzCon in October 2010, lead producer J. Allen Brack announced that there would be a fourth expansion set for the game, though the developers did not yet know what it would be about. On October 21, 2011, the fourth expansion set of the game, Mists of Pandaria, was announced at BlizzCon 2011 by Chris Metzen.

With 10.2 million subscribers as of December 2011^[update], World of Warcraft is currently the world's most-subscribed MMORPG, and holds the Guiness World Record for the most popular MMORPG by subscribers.