·Corsairs Stronghold ·Gridiron ·Champions Skyring 3v3 ·Fraywind Canyon ·Kumasylum ·

Corsairs Stronghold

An Equalized 20vs20 Siege Battleground for level 65s. Each team takes turns attacking and defending, the team that destroys the enemies anchorstone fastest or does the most damage to the enemies anchorstone wins. You can queue with up to 5 people and gear is equalized (gear is the same for everyone, but you use your crystals and glyphs). This is the starting area of PvP where everyone beings to learn to chain skills together and learn the basics of PvP (stuns, staggers, knock downs, knock ups, displacers, and combos).

Objects and Terms

• Raid UI – Openable by pressing B, can allow the Raid Leader to move who is in what party, ban users from chatting, and use Raid Notice Chat
• Raid Notice Chat – The leader can type /n to make text appear in the middle of their team’s screen
• Raid Leader – Is given the the player on each team with the highest rating and can cast “Scan”
• Equalized Battleground – All players are given the same gear, Crystals are the same as the crystals that the player entered with, Skills are scaled up to level 65 damage
• Scan – 2 Minutes after the round starts the raid leader can cast Scan revealing the map for 5 seconds and animation locking the leader, 30 second cooldown
• Anchorstone – Has 300,000 hp
• South Ship – Only available to the attacking team, Can hold up to 5 players, Flies over Middle Pyre to the top of Inner Ladders
• North Ship – Only available to the attacking team, Can hold up to 5 players, Flies over North Gate to Inner Gate back over South Gate
• Moveable Tanks – Can slowly roll using your movement keys and shoot exploding projectiles that deal damage and KD, pressing 1 will allow you to exit the tank. If the tank runs out of HP it will be destroyed and the player inside will die.
• Stationary Tanks – Same as Moveable Tanks just cannot be moved
• Gates – Once they are destroyed they open a quicker path for players to reach the rest of the map
• Pyres – Can be captured by allies or enemies by pressing F on them. Once captured the team that captured the Pyre can respawn at the Pyre upon death
• Ladders – Can be slowly climbed to get to a better position. Can be hit by Tanks while climbing and once players reach the top of the Ladder they are animation locked and held in place for 2 seconds and can be killed during that time
• Anchorstone – The objective that the enemies are trying to destroy and the defending team is trying to keep alive. Has 300,000 HP
• Bombs – Can be picked up to change the player into a bomb granting 240 movement speed, immunity to all Crowd Control effects except time gyre, and the ability to left click to deal 40,000 damage to nearby enemies and make the unhealable for 4 seconds

Time

At the start of each round there are 2 minutes before the game starts to explain strategies and buff your team. Afterwords there are 7 minutes to attack or defend, if certain objectives are completed the amount of time you have before the round ends will increase.

• 2 Minutes Destroy Either Outer Gate(Taking the other outer gate does not add extra time)
• 3 Minutes Capture Middle Pyre
• 3 Minutes Destory Inner Gate

Defending Strategies

3-1-3 Inner – 3 People on each Inner Ladder and 1 person on Inner Tank

It’s best for the Raid Leader to defend Inner Ladders or pass lead to someone who is, this allows the leader to easily cast “Scan” every time it is off cooldown.

The raid leader should direct the team to arrive at the attacking team’s destination before them and stop them from taking any objectives.

Exmaple: Leader casts "Scan" - Leader types in /n "They are coming to Right Inner Ladder! We need help!"

Early Game – Watch for ninjas on Middle Pyre, Inner Ladders, and North/South Gate

Ninjas are people who try to climb Inner Ladders to attack the Ancherstone

If there are players at the North/South Gate, PvP them so that they damage the gate, delaying the destruction of it

Leave some players to defend Middle Pyre and Inner Ladders at all times

Try to steal their North/South Pyre so that they have no respawn point and have to recapture it or respawn at their far away base

Mid Game – North/South Gate is down or Middle Pyre has been captured

Have 4 or more players per Inner Ladder and 1 person on Inner Tank

PvP below Inner Ladders so that the enemies can’t climb

PvP players attacking Inner Gate so that they can’t break it

Regain Middle Pyre so that the enemies have to recapture it and can’t respawn there

Attacking Strategies

Ranged classes with lots of CC (like reaper and archer) should focus on PvP ing so other classes can focus on objectives (like breaking gates)

The raid leader should scan when shifting from one objective to another to determine if another objective is better than the one they originally planned.

Exmaple: Having broken North Gate the Raid Leader casts Scan and sees that Inner Ladders are empty and has their team climb Inner Ladders instead of heading to Middle Pyre or Inner Gate.

Ships

Use North Ship to get behind North Gate to safely destroy it or climb Inner Ladders

Use South Ship to gain Middle Pyre or attack the Anchorstone

North/South Gate

Destroy the gate to gain quick access to Inner Ladders and Middle Pyre

Ninja

Send a small group to capture Middle Pyre

Send a small group to climb Inner Ladders and damage or destroy the Anchorstone

Crystals

Items that go into Weapon and Armor to boost stats

Healers

Red Crystals - Swift + Brilliant x3

Blue Crystals - Relentless x4 or Relentless x3 + Salivating/Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable

DPS Front Damage Gate

Red Crystals - Pounding x4

Blue Crystals - Relentless x4 or Relentless x3 + Salivating/Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable/Grieving/Keen x4

DPS Back Damage Gate/Crystal

Red Crystals - Bitter + Savage + Backbiting + Forceful/Carving/Swift

Blue Crystals - Relentless x4 or Relentless x3 + Salivating/Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable/Grieving/Keen x4

DPS PvP

Red Crystals - Savage + Carving + Forceful + Cruel/Salivating/Swift

Blue Crystals - Relentless x4 or Relentless x3 + Salivating/Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable/Grieving/Keen x4

Gridiron

An Equalized 15vs15 Kill Count Battleground for level 65s. A good place to practice PvP against better PvPers.

Objects and Terms

• Monolith – A Crystal that can be destoryed to give a buff depending on what type of Monolith was Destroyed.
• Suicide Monolith – The player who destroys this monolith will gain 240 movement speed, immunity to all Crowd Control effects except time gyre, and the ability to left click to deal 150,000 damage to nearby enemies and make them unhealable for 4 seconds
• Barrier Monolith – The player who destroys this monolith will gain a barrier that absorbs damage for up to 2 minutes and increase power by 50%
• Toxa Monolith – The player who destroys this monolith will gain an aura that makes nearby enemies take 20,000 damage every 2 seconds

Time

Gridiron lasts 10 minutes and whichever team has more kills wins or until 70 players on one team are killed.

Strategies

(General)At the beginning of the game you should go straight down to First Floor Center Area

When there you should kill as many members of the enemy team as you can

Staying grouped and obtaining First Floor Center Square are the most important things in Gridiron

(Winning) If you gained control of First Floor Center Square you should move as a zerg near it to delete any enemies who get close

If no enemies approach after 1 minute your team should stay grouped and go around the outer ring of the first floor and possibly the second floor if no one is on the first floor

(Losing) If you can’t gain control of First Floor Center Square you should regroup on the second floor and wait for Monoliths to spawn

Crystals

Items that go into Weapon and Armor to boost stats

Healers

Red Crystals - Swift + Brilliant x3

Blue Crystals - Relentless x4 or Relentless x3 + Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable

DPS

Red Crystals - Savage + Forceful + Cruel/Swift/Carving

Blue Crystals - Relentless x4 or Relentless x3 + Salivating/Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable/Grieving/Keen x4

Champions Skyring 3v3

Is a 3v3 Deathmatch Style Battleground with where each team has 1 healer and 2 dps. There are 3 rounds and you win them by killing the enemy team before the time limit ends or have more living members at the end of each 6 minute round. Whoever wins the most rounds wins.

There are 2 modes, Team and Solo. In Team you queue with 2 other players and use your original gear. In Solo you queue by yourself and are matched with 2 other random players vs another group of random players all using equalized gear.

This battleground is the most difficult and skill reliant form of PvP. You shouldn’t enter this battleground until you have a great understanding of every class and mastered Fraywind Canyon.

Objects and Terms

• Pillaring – Using 1 of the 4 pillars to Line of Sight (LoS) enemy attacks, this prevents most skills from hitting you
• Pillar – There are 4 pillars residing around the center of the ring, you can’t attack, walk through, or hit players on the opposite side of the pillar (unless your are a ninja…)
• Back Walling – Keeping your back to a pillar or wall so that you can’t take back damage
• Pressure – Having control over the enemy team, related to how much you are CC ing the enemies and how much damage you are doing
• Peel – To CC dps to prevent them from doing damage

Strategies and Tips

Double Healer – Both DPS Focus The Healer

Makes it hard for the healer to cast energy stars or plague

Shouldn’t be used if your healer is worse than the enemy healer, unless your team’s DPS are much better than the enemies

If both teams have similar abilities to kill the enemy healer and each healer is similar in skill level, then one of the DPS may have to peel if the enemy team gets a strong combo onto one of your team members

If the enemy team uses the same strategy, the team that does the most damage and prevents the healer from healing themselves the most will win

Double DPS – Both DPS Focus A Single DPS

Try to out DPS a healers heals or run them out of mana until they can’t cast skills anymore

If both DPS have high defense, a block, or lots of dodges, then it is harder to do enough damage to pressure their healer

Split Pressure – One DPS on The Healer and The Other On A DPS

Usually starts with doubling a DPS until they get to ~60% then sending one of your DPS to cancel the healers heals while the other DPS kills the enemy DPS

Then once either the DPS or healer gets low enough the other DPS swaps onto the lower hp target to try to finish them off

There is no set “Best Strategy” and which one(s) you should use varies from game to game. Knowing when to swap from one strategy to another is what makes good a 3v3 player.

Crystals

Items that go into Weapon and Armor to boost stats

Healers

Red Crystals - Swift + Brilliant x3

Blue Crystals - Relentless x3 + Salivating or Relentless x2 + Salivating + Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable

DPS

Red Crystals - Savage + Forceful + Salivating + Cruel/Swift/Carving

Blue Crystals - Relentless x3 + Salivating or Relentless x2 + Salivating + Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable/Grieving/Keen x4

Checkout these links for more on 3v3

Understanding Champions Skyring

Priest Solo Que 3v3 Basics Guide

Fraywind Canyon

An Equalized 15vs15 Score Oriented Battleground for level 65s. A good place to practice PvP against even better PvPers. This is the most skillful form of large scale PvP.

Objects and Terms

• Tera – The Potent Teralith is a BAM that gives the team that killed it a boost in power, endurance, attack speed, and 50 points, Spawns at 3:40 in South Pit and respawns 4.5 minutes after it dies
• Naga – The Naga Reaver is a BAM that gives the team that killed it 400 points, Spawns at 5:40 in North Pit and respawns 5.5 minutes after it dies
• Pyre – Capturable by both teams, Depending on how many Pyres your team and the enemy team has captured your team or the enemy team will receive points every per second
• Red Buff – To your right as you exit your spawn point. Upon killing the large monster with the red ring around the bottom of its feet you will receive a buff that increases your power and attack speed. Respawns every 3 minutes after it is killed
• Blue Buff – To your left as you exist your spawn point. Upon killing the large monster with the blue ring around the bottom of its feet you will receive a shield that absorbs 30,000 damage and grants immunity to staggers and knockdowns. Respawns every 3 minutes after it is killed
• Scan – 2 Minutes after the round starts the raid leader can cast Scan revealing the map for 5 seconds and animation locking the leader, 30 second cooldown
• Meteor – 2 Minutes after the round starts the raid leader can cast Meteor on a small area of the map doing some damage and a noticeable slowing effect every second for 7 seconds, 3 minute cooldown
• AOE – Area of Effect

Crystals

Items that go into Weapon and Armor to boost stats Healers

Red Crystals - Swift + Brilliant x3

Blue Crystals - Relentless x4 or Relentless x3 + Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable

DPS

Red Crystals - Savage + Forceful + Cruel/Swift/Carving

Blue Crystals - Relentless x4 or Relentless x3 + Salivating/Warding/Resolute

Green Crystals - Indomitable/Grieving/Keen x4

Time

Fraywind lasts 15 minutes or until one team reach 5,000 points.

Points can be gained from killing enemy players, killing monsters, and having more pyres captured than your enemy

Strategies

As the game begins, a strong geared AOE dps (preferably Reapers and Sorcerers) should get red buff and your priests should use Energy Stars(Priest Skill) on blue buff. They should then follow the rest of your team on the way to Center Pyre where both teams clash.

If you lose the fight, regroup at spawn or at the Pyre where the next BAM is going to spawn.

Get to the Tera and Naga BAM Pit BEFORE they spawn.

Kumasylum - This Bg No Longer Exists But I Loved It q.q

A 10v3 PvE Simulation Battleground where the 10 player Federation team is trying to steal the Kumas teams Kumas Rock Candy's and take them to their base

Objects and Terms

• Chests - Treasure Chest, contains Kumas Rock Candy or small rewards
• Kumas Rock Candy - Once picked up the person who picks it up has their movement speed reduced by X% and can't cast skill
• Candy Runner - Person who picks up a Kumas Rock Candy
• Gate - #1 on image
• Tower - Bottom left multi floor building #2 on image
• Bridge House - House between Tower and Mid House, has 2 floors #3 on image
• Mid House - In the center bottom of the map, 2 floors #4 on image
• Right House - House in the center right of the map, 3 floors #5 on image
• Bridge - Goes from Tower House to outsides the walls #7 on image
• Left/Right Loading Dock - The Federation team must bring 2 Kumas Rock Candy's here to win, or 3 to win instantly #8 on image
• Force Close - Tabbing out and closing the game from the Task Manager

Crystals

Items that go into Weapon and Armor to boost stats Healers

Red Crystals - Swift + Brilliant x3

Blue Crystals - Hardy x4 or Hardy x3 + Warding/Fleetfoot

Green Crystals - Grounding x4 or Succoring x4

DPS

Red Crystals - Savage + Bitter + Backbiting + Forceful/Carving

Blue Crystals - Hardy x4 or Hardy x3 + Warding/Fleetfoot

Green Crystals - Grounding/Keen x4

Kumas Rock Candy Runner

Red Crystals - Swift x1 + Anything x3

Blue Crystals - Hardy x3 + Fleetfoot

Green Crystals - Grounding

Time

This battleground lasts 15 minutes or until the Federation team runs all 3 Kumas Rock Candy's into their Loading Docks

Safe Spots

From Methanols Guide

Safe Spots

Only a few "safe" spots are bulletproof so a blocker should stay with the carrier in case a kumas starts to shoot him. HP recovery buff should do the job also.

1. Left Dock: Rock

• Important: climbing there needs practice [5 steps]
• The cube can be climbed with 3 jumps at minimum but be aware that you can fall easily. Walk back a bit to get your jumps right.
• It almost never happens but there's a very slight chance for a baby kumas to climb on the rock. Odds are about 1 in 10,000.

2. Right Dock: Cube

• Important to know the limitations of safety
• Warning: A kumas can jump onto the cube too! Be ready to climb back up if that happens. Two kumases can kill a lonely carrier easily by the first kumas camping above the carrier and the second kumas jumping onto the cube.

3. Left rocky route

• Requires one accurate jump at the end or you fall down.

4. End of the bridge

• Not a real safe spot but distances to the tower and the bridge house are so long that it's often too impractical for kumases to come there.

5. Left Hole Platform

• A place for the carrier to fall back if she or he is in danger without healers.
• Tip for pattern set 2: Ranged DPS can break the chest while standing on the platform.

6. Gutters

• Both the tower and mid house have gutters. Be aware that the breath attack of kumases can hit through walls.
• Warning: Kumases can follow you to the tower gutter and to most part of the mid house gutter; they cannot follow you behind the mid house though.

7. Bridge house window

8. Mid house window

9. Mid house room