Blizzard has released a blog breaking down the Battleground Blitz Brawl coming in Patch 10.2!
The Guardians of the Dream content brings with it a variety of new content including a new mode of play allowing players to engage in PvP via a new solo queue for an 8v8 player battleground experience.Like the introduction of Solo Shuffle, the introduction of the Battleground Blitz Brawl could start down the path toward introducing it as a rated mode
Get Into the Blitz
Players will be able to queue either solo or as a duo (if one player is a healer) for epic 8v8 PvP action in fast and furious action on one of eight initially available maps: Warsong Gulch, Twin Peaks, Temple of Kotmogu, Eye of the Storm, Silvershard Mines, Battle for Gilneas, Arathi Basin, and Deepwind Gorge.
The Battleground Blitz will be active as an available brawl every week from the time of its release the week of November 7.
Team Composition
- Each team will be comprised of 2 healers, 5-6 damage dealers, and 0 to 1 tank.
- Opposing teams will always have the same number of tanks (0 or 1)
- Matches that do not include a tank will not take place on any Capture the Flag maps such as Warsong Gulch and Twin Peaks.
- Matches that have a tank as a part of the team will occur on any available map.
Map Mechanics
We’ve made some changes to how players will interact with the battlegrounds, leading to a slightly faster pace and new mechanics to utilize as you put yourself—and your team— to the test against your opponents.
- On maps where you must cast to take an objective, the cast time has been reduced from 6 seconds down to 4 seconds.
- On domination maps, control points are captured in 30 seconds after being contested (reduced from 1 minute).
- On all maps, players will gain a
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