Battlemaster

i wonder what you would do if you saw like 5 guys with this title coming at you? buy new pants?

Warning: Long and Detailed!

Alright, I've completed nearly all of the pre-WotLK achievements besides "The Alterac Blitz" (http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=226) and "We Had It All Along *cough*" (http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=162). Since most people looking here will be trying to look for hints/tips on the most difficult of the achievements and which ones they will actually have to TRY for before they complete the "Veteran" achievement (100 wins in a BG) in each respective battleground, here is a list of the harder achievements in each BG (besides Strand of the Ancients) and how to achieve them from a Horde perspective. I will also rank these in order of difficulty in my opinion and omit the ones considered 'trivial' if you are actually attempting to get the Battlemaster title.

Master of Alterac Valley - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1168
Hardest to easiest:

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• The Alterac Blitz - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=226
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• Frostwolf Perfection - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=873
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• Tower Defense - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=222
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• Alterac Valley All-Star - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=582
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• Alterac Grave Robber - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=221
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• To the Looter Go the Spoils - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1166
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Alterac Valley, along with Arathi Basin, probably has the most difficult achievements to well, achieve. I'll start from the bottom up. Looting the Autographed Picture took me about 6 games to loot one, after approximately 250 bodies or so. Just stick with the pack and mass loot...kind of boring but the drop rate seems to be higher for others than for me.

The most efficient way to get Grave Robber and Tower Defense would be to start off by going to Snowfall graveyard while avoiding the huge mass of Alliance coming towards you. You can either do this by running towards Stonehearth Bunker then heading straight left towards Snowfall or you can head directly west from Iceblood graveyard until you are a little past Galvanger then head north. I recommend the second option but make sure you don't run north until you are well ahead of Iceblood Garrison or you will get trampled by Alliance. And if you arrive late to AV I would recommend the first option. It is important that you start off by doing this because you can get a guaranteed 1 assault on a GY each game this way, maybe more. After this, WAIT for the Alliance to finish Galvanger and cap Iceblood Tower / Tower Point, then head back and try to defend those. Often, you will need a partner or two because the Alliance tend to defend these towers heavily. From here on out, I recommend just defending towers for the rest of the game by following the Alliance's trail until you get the "Tower Defense" achievement because this one takes a LOT of time. I'd probably say it takes 40 games of solo AV to nail both the Grave Robber and Tower Defense achievements. You can usually get the AV All-star achievement while you're at this, too.

Alterac Blitz and Frostwolf Perfection will both require preforms of at least 15 people or so unless you get unusually lucky in a pug AV. The latter requires the Horde to defend at Galv, then push up slowly all the way to Vandarr while having a defense team of 7-8 running around recapping towers and preventing Relief Hut from falling to the Alliance. The former is shown in a YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oee-_iJH7ns - taken from HansPrytz's post) but is still very, very hard to achieve.

You shouldn't have much trouble with the others if you have enough time to actually consider getting the Battlemaster title.

Tips: If there is a solo Alliance player at a tower or at Snowfall, it is actually better to 'cc' them (kinda) than to kill them. As a priest, I usually fear the enemy, force them to trinket, Mind Control them off the Snowfall Cliff or off the tower, then cap the flag. After that, I jump down, let them assault it again, then rinse and repeat. Of course, not every class has MC but you can Typhoon or Blast Wave them off...you get my point. I've gotten 5 Tower Defense caps in a game this way as well as 8 assaults on Snowfall in a different game. I found AV to be the best battleground to do when you are solo BG'ing.

Master of Warsong Gulch - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1173
Hardest to easiest:

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• Not In My House - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1251
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• Frenzied Defender - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=872
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• Ironman - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=204
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• Save The Day - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=207
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• Quick Cap - http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1502
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Get some Swiftness Potions for Quick Cap. Most of the times you will need one, if not two, of the Speed Powerups to get this achievement. This one's not too bad, especially if you are a druid, rogue, or pally.

Save the Day was moderately difficult for me because I was a healer. I can imagine that it would be much easier it you are a Ret Pally, Arcane Mage, or rogue or if you partner with one. Just camp out in their flag room with at least one person in the ledge on the 2nd floor overlooking the room and one person watching the tunnel. The best way to do this without letting your opponents know that you're there is to hide around the corner and pan your camera so you can see if the flag bearer is coming in, but they can't see you. Communicate and let your teammates know where the flag is (I had Mind Vision, so this part was easier) and blow all your cooldowns once he turns the corner and is in the flag room. They won't even know what hit them.

Ironman - this one is pretty self-explanatory, having a Pally friend and/or Free Action Potions help a lot. Another note: you don't actually have to pick up the flag from their room to complete this achivement! You can get a friend to run the flag all the way from their base to your flag room, drop it inside your base, then pick it up and run 5 feet for the cap. This will make the 'not dying' part a lot easier.

Frenzied Defender and Not In My House (I did it when it was 10 kills) just require some coordinated friends that can dps well. Chase flag runner. Kill him. Click fast. If you are having trouble getting opponents to come to your base, you can grab THEIR flag and bring it into your flag room but not actually cap it. This will force the Alliance to come to you and you can snag a few easy returns when they grab the flag out of desperation.

Master of Warsong Gulch is the second easiest in my opinion (after Eye of the Storm).

It will take long to get, but it's said that you will get a 'Battle Master' or 'Battlemaster' title for it.

To get it:

Av part:
- 100 AV wins
- 50 Graveyard captures (by you) in AV
- 50 Tower Defends (by you) in AV
- 50 Honorable Kills in Drek'Thars/Stormpikes room (only the room of your faction general)
- Win while your team is in control of both graveyards
- Win AV in 6 minutes
- Kill someone before he dismounts
- Win while your Captain and General survives, all towers (both the Horde and Alliance ones) are controlled by your faction (so not destroyed)
- Defend and assault a Tower and a Graveyard and kill soemone at the Field of Strife in 1 AV battle
- Own the AV epic mount (of your faction ofc.)
- Loot http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?achievement=1166

Ab part:
- 100 AB wins
- Win AB with a 2000 to 0 score
- Take 50 flags in AB
- Assault 3 bases in 1 AB battle
- Defend 3 bases in 1 AB battle
- Defend (by recapping the flag) 50 AB bases
- Overcome a 500 point disadvantage in AB and win (so wen your team has 500 points and your enemy got 1000 you need to win (while you where losing first)
- 10 Victories with all 5 bases under your control
- Win AB in 6 minutes
- In 1 AB battle interupt flag capture 'x' times
- A second achievement with 'x' flag interupts
- Win with 2000 vs 1990 points
- Assault and Defend 2 bases (so 4 in total) in 1 battle
- Get 5 honor kills at all the 5 bases (25 kills in total) in 1 battle

WSG part:
- Get 100 WSG wins
- Capture the flag
- Return the flag 50 times
- Return the flag 5 times in 1 battle
- Win WSG with 3-0
- Win WSG in (less then) 7 minutes
- Score 3 flag captures in 1 battle, without dying
- Get exalted with your WSG faction
- Kill 'x' players before they leave your flag room
- Grab the flag and capture it within 75 seconds
- Kill 'x' flag carriers
- Kill the flag carrier while he's in their flag room (just before scoring)

EotS part:
- 100 EotS wins
- Win with 2000 vs 0 points
- Win 10 battles while holding 4 bases
- Win within 6 minutes
- Get 5 honorable kills on 5 flag carriers
- Capture the flag
- Capture (in 1 battle) 3 flags (and score) without dying
- Get a killing blow under effect of the Berserker buff in EoTS
- Kill the flag carrier, pick up the flag and score for your team
- Kill an enemy who is standing on the starting rock

The Arena Part:
- Win a ranked match in Blade's Edge, Nagrand and Lordearon arena
- Win 300 (ranked) matches
- Get a 2200 rating in 2vs2
- Get a 2200 rating in 3vs3
- Get a 2200 rating in 5vs5
- Win 10 matches in a row (without losing)
- Win 10 matches in a row (without losing) with an rating of 1800 or above
- Win 10 matches in a row (without losing) with an rating of 2000 or above
- Be the only survivor (of both teams ofc.) in a (ranked) 5vs5 match
- Kill someone within 15 seconds of the start of the match
- Win a match within 45 seconds

Good Luck Battlemasters!