TheWoWDBTrial of the Champion
Grand Champions Guide
Grand Champions in Trial of the Champion, quoted from the Adventure Guide. Database holds the raw abilities and the full loot table.
30-second TL;DR
Adventure Guide says
- Stages named in the Adventure Guide: The Joust, The Melee.
Encounter phases
Adventure Guide says
- The Joust Players face three randomly selected champions of the Horde in a battle of joust. Each player must equip an Argent Lance and mount an Argent Warhorse to engage the champions.
- The Melee Once all of the champions have been defeated in joust, players must face them in melee.
Boss abilities
| Ability | Adventure Guide | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thrust | Players thrust their lance forward, inflicting Physical damage to their target. | |
| Shield-Breaker | Players hurl their lance across the battlefield, inflicting Physical damage to their target and removing one stack of Defend from them. | |
| Charge | Players charge forward, inflicting Physical damage and removing one stack of Defend from their target. | |
| Defend | Players protect themselves, reducing damage taken by 30%. Enemy strikes from Shield-Breaker or Charge remove one stack of Defend. This effect stacks up to 3 times. | |
| Trample | Players can trample champions that have been knocked from their mount by riding over them. Trampling an enemy stuns them for 15 seconds, preventing them from obtaining a new mount. | |
| Intercept | Mokra the Skullcrusher charges a player, inflicting Physical damage. | |
| Bladestorm | ||
| Mortal Strike | ||
| Rolling Throw | Mokra the Skullcrusher throws a player backwards. | |
| Fireball | Eressea Dawnsinger hurls a ball of flames at a player, inflicting Fire damage. | |
| Polymorph | Eressea Dawnsinger transforms a player into a sheep, forcing them to wander aimlessly for 2 sec., unable to act. Any damage taken will transform the target back into its normal form. | |
| Blast Wave | ||
| Haste | ||
| Healing Wave | Runok Wildmane calls upon Nature magic to heal an ally. | |
| Chain Lightning | Runok Wildmane strikes a player with lightning that arcs to another nearby player. | |
| Earth Shield | Runok Wildmane protects an ally with an earthen shield, causing melee attacks to heal the shielded target. This effect can only occur once every few seconds. | |
| Hex of Mending | ||
| Shoot | Zul'tore shoots a player, inflicting Physical damage. | |
| Multi-Shot | ||
| Lightning Arrows | Zul'tore calls forth lightning which strikes his arrows, causing them to inflict additional Nature damage. | |
| Disengage | Zul'tore attempts to disengage from players, leaping backwards. | |
| Deadly Poison | for 12 sec. | |
| Fan of Knives | ||
| Poison Bottle | Deathstalker Visceri throws a bottle of poison at a random player's location. | |
| Eviscerate | Deathstalker Visceri eviscerates a player, inflicting Physical damage. |
Loot
Every name is a TheWoWDB item page. Hover the row for the first-party tooltip.
Belt of Fierce Competition
Binding of the Tranquil Glade
Bindings of the Wicked
Chestguard of the Ravenous Fiend
Edge of Ruin
Helm of the Bested Gallant
Leggings of the Snowy Bramble
Legguards of Abandoned Fealty
Mark of the Relentless
Pauldrons of the Deafening Gale
Scale Boots of the Outlander
Treads of Dismal FortuneMounts, toys, achievements, transmog
Only rows the journal loot table or an achievement title can prove for this encounter.
Achievements
Heroic: Trial of the Champion · Heroic: Trial of the Champion · Trial of the Champion · Trial of the Champion
Entrance and instance
Trial of the Champion is a dungeon in the Adventure Guide. See the Trial of the Champion database page for the raw journal, map, and loot grid. This guide does not invent coordinates or a walking path.
Related bosses
Player strategy
This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal.
Questions
What does the Adventure Guide say about Grand Champions?
Stages named in the Adventure Guide: The Joust, The Melee.
What does Grand Champions drop?
The Adventure Guide lists 12 drops. Each name links to its TheWoWDB item page. The full table also lives on the Trial of the Champion database page.
Does Grand Champions change on Heroic or Mythic?
The current Adventure Guide text for this encounter does not include separate Heroic or Mythic sentences we can quote. If a later client build adds them, they appear here automatically.
Where does this guide's text come from?
Quoted Adventure Guide sections come from TheWoWDB's retail datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Player strategy such as positioning, assignments, and cooldown timings is omitted unless that sentence is already in the journal.
Source and build
This page quotes the Adventure Guide. It does not add player strategy such as positioning, assignments, stack or spread calls, or cooldown timings unless that sentence is already in the journal. Quoted sections come from TheWoWDB Adventure Guide datamine (client build 12.1.0.69587, ingested 2026-09-01). Ability names link to first-party spell pages. When a newer retail build is ingested, this page updates with it.