Warfront Strategy Guide: Battle For Stromgarde

By Sanghelios Updated: 2019/07/12

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IntroductionWarfronts Mechanics GuideWarfront Queue RequirementsTo the FrontTo the FrontEffects of GearWoodIronHorde vs. Alliance Differencesall specifics such as building and troop names will have both their Horde and Alliance counterparts listed."Horde Objective""Alliance objective"The Battle For Stromgarde Warfront MapHeroic WarfrontsHeroic WarfrontsNormal and Heroic Differences

The health and damage of all enemies has increased and will scale with the number of players in the Warfront.

The cost of Demolishers and Siege Engines has been increased to 160 Iron.

The enemies commander will occasionally join the fight, assaulting your bases and commander. Due to him being very powerful, you will need most of your raid to repel the assault. When you bring the enemy commander down to 60% health, it will cause them to hearth back to the safety of their base.

Heroic Warfront RewardsHeroic Warfront: The Battle for StromgardeHeroic Warfront: The Battle for StromgardeOpening StrategyRetake the BaseAr'gorokStromgarde KeepReclaim Ar'gorokVeteran Sergeant Slayde

Bladestorm

Air Ship Bombardment

Reclaim Stromgarde KeepVeteran Reaver Kromshok

Bladestorm

Air Ship Bombardment

If you have already upgraded your Flight Master's Whistle to be usable in Warfronts, you can use it at any point from here on out. The method of obtaining this upgrade is later in the guide here.

Capture the Mine and the Lumber Camp

Drywhisker Mine is the Mine and Hatchet Ridge is the Lumber Camp

Hatchet RidgeLumbering Leo

Brutal Smash

Crushing Cleave

Drywhisker MineOverseer Krix

Mining Flurry

Throw Dynamite

Galson's Lode is the Mine and Highlands Mill is the Lumber Camp

Highlands MillGraul

Brutal Smash

Crushing Cleave

Galson's LodeOverseer Krix

Mining Flurry

Throw Dynamite

IronWood

Kobolds and Angry Treant drop Iron/Wood respectively and are shared loot to all players nearby.

Stage 2: General Strategy

Gathering

Defending

Offense

DemolishersSiege EnginesStage 2: Defense/Gathering Strategy

1 Tank

Under-geared players

Building and GatheringIronWoodIronWood

Iron slowly collects in the Ore Stores chest located next to the Great Hall, remember to collect it, but also remember you can only hold 200 Iron at once.

BarracksBarracks

Barracks

Armory

Altar of Storms/Altar of Kings

Stronghold/Keep

Workshop

Fortress/Castle

IronWoodDefend

A base is lost if your friendly NPC captain dies. This NPC will be named and holding your faction's flag at each base.

If a base is lost, an enemy captain with reinforcements will immediately spawn and need to be defeated to retake the base.

A screen and chat warning will be displayed when a friendly NPC captain takes significant damage.

StrongholdKeepWorkshopDemolishersSiege EnginesDemolishersSiege EnginesStage 2: Offense StrategyDemolishersSiege Engines

1 Tank

1 Healer

Geared players

The offense team should still collect resources (specifically Wood) before making returns to base between capturing objectives.

Capture NewsteadNewsteadWolf RidersKnightsWar kodosElekk RidersNewsteadNewsteadWoodIronSee the building order here.StrongholdKeepWolf RidersKnightsWolf RidersKnightsNewsteadHuntmaster Theodore

Barrage

Scatter Shot

NewsteadRaider Zugg

Brutal Charge

Fire Bomb

Capture High PerchNewsteadHigh PerchNorthfold CrossingValorcall PassHigh PerchDemolishersSiege EnginesNorthfold CrossingLieutenant Valen

Holy Shock

High PerchGwyndra Wildhammer

Thunder Storm

Stormhammer

Valorcall PassWarbringer Kro'goth

Whirling Blades

Seismic Leap

High PerchRokk Stoneblood

Capturing High Perch gives players the ability to fly from High Perch to any other base controlled by their faction.
Establishing a Connection / Flightgineer's Network, offered after capturing High Perch gives players the ability to upgrade their Flight Master to take them back to the main base while within the Battle for Stromgarde

Capture Circle of Elements (Low Priority)Circle of ElementsHigh PerchCircle of ElementsCircle of ElementsSpirit of Fire

Burning Blast

Apocalypse

Stage 3: Escort the Siege WeaponsWorkshopDemolishersSiege EnginesIronSpend Remaining Resources

Wolf Riders/Knights at the Barracks to follow you. (You can have a maximum of 2 units at your command)

Fortress/Castle

Weapon and Armor upgrades at Armory

A Kodo/Elekk at Newstead to buff allies. Costs 100 Iron.

An Elemental Spirit at the Circle of Elements if you have control of it at this point. Costs 100 Iron.

Escort the Siege Weapons to High PerchHigh PerchHigh PerchDemolishersSiege EnginesHigh PerchValorcall PassNorthfold CrossingDefeat Any Attack WavesHigh PerchCapture Circle of ElementsDemolishersSiege EnginesHigh PerchCircle of ElementsCapture the Enemy OutpostValorcall PassNorthfold CrossingDemolishersSiege EnginesValorcall PassNorthfold Crossing

The Siege Towers take bonus damage from your Demolishers/Siege Engines and must be destroyed to capture the base.

Valorcall PassCami Cogwizzle

Gatling Gun

Northfold CrossingGrezla Bloodfury

Bladestorm

Intimidating Shout

Rend

Defend the Siege WeaponsValorcall PassNorthfold CrossingDemolishersSiege EnginesStromgardeAr'gorokDemolishersSiege Engines

A repair kit can be found at Valorcall Pass/Northfold Crossing and can be used to repair damaged Demolishers/Siege Engines

Defeat the Enemy CommanderStromgardeAr'gorokHigh Exarch TuralyonMuradin BronzebeardDanath TrollbaneRokhanEitriggLady Liadrin

Comments

Comment by Alugana

So you think horde is better so they deserve clean guide, and Alliance can go here and there in the table to find their object names every time?

Comment by 1895237

Can you please add Alliance name beside Horde ones? It's extremely inconvenient.

Comment by Oswaldovzki

"For the simplicity of the guide, all specifics such as building and troop names will be based on their Horde counterparts. If you are on the Alliance side of the Warfront, anytime an icon is used before a troop, building, or base name; refer back to this table and use the other name on the same row instead. Clicking on the names will automatically take you to this table."

Nothing wrong there.

Comment by zenithstorm

Do the commanders at the end actually die? O_O (e.g. High Exarch Turalyon and Lady Liadrin)

Comment by aBhorson

Horde is better. Deal with it.

Comment by Seadogg

This guide makes the zone seem really cool. However, the way it's currently tuned, everyone can run around more or less randomly and you will win in around 20 min. Using good strategy and quality play you can finish the instance a few minutes sooner, but that's not really much of an incentive.

Comment by Necromanic

The circle of elements will help you kill the fort boss quicker, that is all.

Comment by 1358670

Hopeing a blue sees this and fixs it. In an instance and center elite is stuck on evade as well as all other npcs.

Comment by xRodge

Ouch - they changed things since yesterday (12-Sep-2018) so you can only queue for warfronts now if your iLevel is 320 or more.

At least I managed to get 4x340 and 1x370 item on my freshly dinged 120 warrior before that little change sneaked in.

Comment by hadakamairi

Question: Do the commanders change randomly or is it a weekly or daily thing?

Like I went in three times and all three times it was commander Eitrigg.

Comment by ken68m

"A Kodo/Elekk at Newstead to buff allies. Costs 60 Iron."

It was 100 Iron for the Elekk when I did it last night.

Great guide thanks.

Comment by Caolynn

If you are Alliance, have 2 players go over to Drywhisker Mine at the start to gather extra iron from the Horde mine (able to get around 300-350 iron). Mobs are minimal ..but is an excellent resource to jump start in getting buildings going. Remember to use your Flight Whistle to quickly return to Alliance base.

Comment by WoWplayer001

For Alliance players -

If you see the "Stolen Loot" or "Prisoners" rare pop up on the map, which appears directly south of Valorcall Pass, you'll undoubtedly get frustrated trying to find it. You can get to them via a large ogre cave east of Valorcall. Neither of these seem to contribute toward the rare encounters achievement, but they're worth getting for the resource bonus.

Comment by Flabberghast

Last Warfront I was in, the Empowered Elemental cost 100 Iron. That might've been in the patch as of Tuesday 09/25/18. Referencing Stage 3, where it says it's worth 50 Iron in the guide. Just a heads up!

Comment by Vikinng

Tons of great info thanks for the guide

Comment by bastler

Capturing the Circle of Elements also unlocks Priests for the Alliance. Is it Shamen for the Horde?

Comment by Macondor

This may seem simple but turn in the wood or iron right at the gearbox mechanical thing in front of the building you are trying to upgrade. Barracks and town hall are in the keep, so you have to run back and click on it.

Comment by Cr00xY

Are they seriously not going to increase ilvl from rewards? Both 'drops' and from quest after finishing contribution. Because if not - both warfront(s) and contributing is gonna become literally pointless.

Comment by ShiladityaCT

Amazing guide, thank you.

Warfront Strategy Guide: Battle For Stromgarde

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