
These NPCs will annihilate an unprepared team with their extremely high levels of damage, constant stuns, un-trinketable nets, respawn rates, and crippling mortal strike debuffs.

The attacking team will gain a buff called Fortune Favors the Bold that increases artifact gains by 100% on the enemy's side of the island.Īt each faction's bridge (and patrolling their base) are multiple NPCs known as Gladiators ( Warspear Gladiators/ Stormshield Gladiators). For example, Horde refer to Emberfall Tower as F1, and Alliance refer to Archmage Overwatch as their F1.Įmberfall TowerVolrath's AdvanceCrossroads/XRTremblade's VanguardArchmage OverwatchĪt F4, F5, and the enemy base, the defending team will gain a buff that increases their damage, healing, and health by 10%, then 20% at the next flag, before topping off at 30% in their base. If you want an easy naming convention, refer to each flag (except crossroads, usually abbreviated as XR) from 1 to 5, and use F1 as the flag closest to your base. The first flag will always start at the Crossroads, or XR for short.

In Ashran, there exists a main road ( The Road of Glory) that you capture different points ( Eye of the Storm-style flags) to progress further along the road until you can assault the enemy faction's base and kill their leader. The objective of Ashran is to kill the enemy faction's leader ( High Warlord Volrath(H), Grand Marshal Tremblade(A)) or to alternatively reduce the enemy team's reinforcements to zero (Each team will start with 175). 'Toys' are items that you can loot from NPCs or treasures that serve a practical use in the zone and can give you a serious advantage over your opponents. If you die, you will lose half of your fragments, so be careful.

The majority of this guide will explain the Epic version in-depth, but will also contain a dedicated section for the Brawl.īefore we start, we need to get a quick pair of terms out of the way to prevent confusion:Īrtifact Fragments are items you loot from enemy mobs (and players), or various treasures around the island, that you can turn in at your base to buy or activate an assortment of items and features exclusive to Ashran. There are two forms of this battleground Classic (endless) Ashran and Epic Battleground Ashran. The goal of this guide is mostly to put to rest any misconceptions that remain about this PvP zone, as well as teach important, yet commonly overlooked points about the battleground. In this guide, we will be going into very detailed explanations of next to everything about this zone and both forms of the battleground, including the Classic (original) version, which features as a Brawl. Welcome to the in-depth guide to the 'Ashran' battleground.
