Wrath of the Lich King details!

August 5, 2007

Wrath of the Lich King

• The new battleground in the expansion will be 15 man running along the same time frame as AB. This will introduce the ability to use siege weapons and destroy your enemies buildings.
• There is a non-instanced PvP zone by the name of Lake Wintergrasp, which will be similar to Eastern Plaguelands and Hellfire Peninsula.
• The inscription tradeskill will allow you to alter spells, possibly resulting in fireballs with knockback or stun.
• Dalaran has moved from Hillsbrad to an area just north of Dragonblight, it has also become Northrends new capital city. Dalaran will float in the air but you still can get to it via ground, flying mount, and flight paths.
• Two starting zones so you have a choice of where to level as soon as you step foot in northrend

The Death Knight

• There will be some kind of quest line at level 80 which will unlock the Death Knight hero class
• When created you will start at a higher level, between 55-70
• Designed to be a hybrid class, with the ability to tank or DPS
• Able to use plate armor
• They do not use shields! you have to tank with a 2 hander or dual wield.
• Different from a warrior because their skills also include magic
• Get a summoning spell called “army of the dead”

Runes

• Death Knight is the only class that can use the new rune system
• Three types of runes, blood, frost, and holy. Players can carve these into their weapons in order to gain new abilities.
• The runes you are using will appear on your UI, similar to buffs
• Runes have a cooldown which can be modified by talents and attributes

Trailer

Blizzcon Northrend Panel
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6

Pre-Wrath of the Lich King

• There is another 25 man coming that will be harder than Black Temple
• Naxx may be revamped and set as an intro raid instance for Northrend
• Possibly a new 5 man dungeon

Be sure to check out the the post we made yesterday Lich King announced!. It includes a map and the list of zones in Northrend.

Also, we have edited our FAQ post with the official one here. Which you can find, along with the trailer, wallpaper, and concept art over at the main Wrath of the Lich King site.

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