TheWoWDBI know other kind folks have entered a strategy for beating the valiants but I will still post mine.
This has proven to be quite consistent for winning.First off, always have 3 stacks of shield up and wait for the cooldown to finish before engaging the valiant, that way you can pop one right away if needed.
When you challenge the valiant he will run away. Hit him with a shield breaker at this point and then catch up to him to close the distance.
At this point keep hitting thrust, it is a toe to toe fight and you will be winning since nearly all the times I have done this he has not refreshed his shield nor taken a stack of yours.
During this make sure your shield is at 3 stacks and if he starts to run, shield break and close the distance again to thrust as long as the valiant will take it.
You can at any point during the toe to toe, break off for a second to shield break and
possibly charge. I found the charge while dealing a nice amount of damage to be somewhat unreliable for me but do try to do it once in a while to speed up the process.Quick recap
1 - Get 3 stacks of shield (let Cool down wear off)
2- Start fight
3- Shield break right away
4- Close gap and thrust at weakened valiant
5- When valiant runs away, shield break and close gap to thrust.
6- break away once in a while, hit him with a shield break, charge if you can if not close the gap and thrust away.Remember to keep 3 stacks of shield up as much as possible.
This works for me and hopefully it helps someone else.
Quest
The Grand Melee
Quest facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Argent tournament quest chain with Alliance links
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Congratulations on your new achievement!2.
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- Up To The Challenge, complete the following daily quests to earn enough Aspirant's Seals to continue. (15 seals at 5 per day)
- A Blade Fit For A Champion or or A Worthy Weapon or The Edge of Winter
- Learning The Reins
- Training in the field
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You will be offered one of these quests based on your race:
- A Valiant Of The Exodar
- A Valiant Of Ironforge
- A Valiant Of Stormwind
- A Valiant Of Darnassus
- A Valiant Of Gnomeregan
And another achievement!5.
- The Valiant's Charge, complete the following daily quests to earn enough Valiant's Seals to continue. (25 seals at 5 per day)
- A Blade Fit For A Champion or The Edge Of Winter or A Worthy Weapon
- A Valiant's Field Training
- The Grand Melee
- At The Enemy's Gates
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- Start earning Champion's Seals from daily quests to purchase rewards.
After completing A Champion Rises, quests open up allowing you to repeat the valiant stage of daily quests for the other factions with which you have not yet earned the right to champion.Take a look at The Black Knight of Westfall? for another quest chain, also see achievement list for something to do on your spare wow time
Some of the links may seem to be broken for the first few days after release of patch 3.1.0, since the quests or items don't exist in wowhead database.... yet.
See http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:The_Aspirant%27s_Challenge for more info.
Lost? Can't complete the quest? Can't mount the Quel'dorei Steed or Sunreaver Hawkstrider?
You can now mount your race specific mount and are supposed to use this mount to complete this quest.
Alliance
Night Elf - Stabled Darnassian Nightsaber
Human - Stabled Stormwind Steed
Gnome - Stabled Gnomeregan Mechanostrider
Dwarf - Stabled Ironforge Ram
Draen - Stabled Exodar ElekkHorde
Troll - Stabled Darkspear Raptor
Forsaken - Stabled Forsaken Warhorse
Orc - Stabled Orgrimmar Wolf
Blood Elf - Stabled Silvermoon Hawkstrider
Tauren - Stabled Thunder Bluff Kodo
At a glance
The Grand Melee is an Alliance-only quest for level 25-30. It rewards 1 reward item, 2 reputation rewards, 4,100 experience and money.
Quest facts
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
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Requirements
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Description
The grand melee is the most important of the tournament's competitions. The people of Stormwind adore their knights and are looking forward to seeing us win the melee. To that end, they've been honing their skills against the other valiants. I suggest you do the same. Go to the stables outside the pavilion, equip your lance, mount the stabled Elwynn steed, and challenge the valiants. They wait in the Alliance Valiants' Ring just outside our tent.
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Reward details
Items you receive
Reputation: Stormwind +250
One of the last bastions of human power, this Alliance capital is ruled by the young but wise king, Anduin Wrynn.
Reputation group: Alliance.
Reputation: The Silver Covenant +250
A militant core of high elves that rejects the admission of blood elves into the Kirin Tor. They've united under the banner of Vereesa Windrunner and joined the Alliance forces in Northrend.
Reputation group: Alliance Vanguard.
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Where this quest fits
Before this quest
Taken from the quest's prerequisites.
- Valiant Of Stormwind
Welcome, champion. Word of your combat prowess has already reached my ears. Do you seek to join Stormwind's tournament delegation?
- A Valiant Of Stormwind
You've proven yourself worthy of competing under the banner of Stormwind, <name>. Now, you should introduce yourself to Marshal Jacob Alerius, who leads the Stormwind delegation.
Other quests with this name
This one: Alliance only · Level 25-30.
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.