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your relevant faction in capturing

4. Alliance Flag Room

this important strip of the world.

5. ‘Tunnel’ exit points

Players can enter Warsong

6. ‘Ramp’ exit points

Gulch from level 10 and the levels

7. Midfield ‘zerg zone’

are in brackets of 5 levels from

BASIC TACTICS

there up to level 89, with a separate

The simplest and most basic

bracket for level 90s. This is to

of tactics for a successful WSG is to

ensure that higher level players

have 5 players tasked with capturing

are never too powerful against

the opposing flag, while the other

lower level players, in general. That

5 hold your flag room and prevent

said, it is always advantageous

your own flag from being captured.

to enter any Battleground at the

Each smaller team would contain

up similarly but mostly contain

upper level of a bracket (level 14,

at least one healer and preferably

DPS with high damage and crowd

19, 24 etc.) to gain an advantage,

and the capture team should have

control abilities. The capture team

especially at the lower levels.

a player who can either take a lot

would focus on getting the flag and

of damage (Paladin, Warrior, Death

supporting the flag carrier all the

1. Horde Graveyard

Knight, Druid) or can escape snares

way to your flag room, dealing with

2. Horde Flag Room

and immobilisation easily (Druid).

would be assassins as and when

3. Alliance Graveyard

Your flag room team would be made

required. The flag room team would

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