World of Warcraft Lower Level PVP Guide

With the new content in Wrath of the Lich King, the stress of raiding or PVP at level 80 may be too much for some players to handle. Blizzard continues to release new content to push raiding and PVP further. In raids, new dungeon content is released to push guilds into progressing further while new arena seasons are introduced to put in new PVP honor and arena gear for players to grind. In short, the job of a level 80 World of Warcraft player never ends.

By creating an overpowered low level WoW character that dominates in PVP battleground, the player can become successful in World of Warcraft at the lower level PVP brackets without the time commitment required to be successful at level 80. There are minimal content updates at the lower levels, which eliminates the need to continually grind for more gear. Once the low level PVP character is fully geared, the only thing needed is gold for repairs, food, potions, and engineering items.

WoW PVP Level Brackets and Popularity
World of Warcraft brackets for nearly all PVP battlegrounds are 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70-79. Therefore, the level chosen should be at the top of the chosen bracket. For example, level 19 characters are very popular because they can be powerleveled quickly to the desired level.

Choosing a Battlegroup and Realm
It is important to choose a good battlegroup and realm. Years ago, Blizzard instituted inter-realm battlegrounds by dividing groups of realms into battlegroups. It is wise to choose a realm and battlegroup that has a healthy number of PVP players for both factions, Alliance and Horde. If one side is too powerful or has low population, it will not be fun to PVP.

When choosing a realm, it is advantageous to pick a realm with a twink guild. They help new members with lower level PVP characters gear up by providing support during dungeon gear runs with their level 80 characters. They also play together in premades, which are groups of overpowered characters that play together, often with Vent to quickly communicate battle strategies via voice.

Finally, consider transferring a level 80 character to help support the lower level characters with gold and bind to account (BOA) gear. The level 80 character needs to do dailies for make WoW gold, as well as PUG dungeon and raids for BOA items. Although the whole point of playing lower level PVP characters is to minimize the grind at level 80, helping lower level PVP characters with a level 80 allows the player experience Wrath of the Lich King content while at the same time supporting the other characters with gold and access to BOA equipment.

WoW Powerleveling
Once the level desired has been determined, it’s important to level quickly until about nine levels below the goal level. Use of a quest helper mod or a WoW leveling guide may be helpful in greatly speeding up the World of Warcraft powerleveling process.

At the same time, lower level PVP characters should maximize skill in fishing, first aid, and engineering. Fishing is needed to get gear from the weekly Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. First aid is needed to use bandages during battles. Engineering is required to use engineering gear and engineering items vital for playing PVP well.

As the World of Warcraft character gets within nine levels of the chosen PVP bracket’s maximum level, the player needs to begin thinking about getting quest and dungeon gear without gaining too much experience. If the player gains too much experience and levels out of the PVP bracket, all of the previous work is wasted.

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