Stronghold Siege PvP



Strongholds is a PvP 20 vs 20 match available since lvl 60 that takes place in a closed instance, requiring players to queue into it.

Gameplay changes
Inside |Strongholds, there are a few gameplay changes:
 * Companions cannot be summoned
 * All tiered PvP Boons are active
 * Players cannot get injured

Unlike Domination and Gauntlgrym, Companion Active Bonuses works on |Strongholds.

Penalize
Leaving |Strongholds until the match is over, unlike Domination, is not penalized at all.

Tenacity
Players benefits from PvP statistics increased by Tenacity Rating:


 * Damage Resistance
 * Armor Penetration Resistance
 * Critical Strike Resistance
 * Control Resistance

Items
On |Strongholds, players cannot use some items, like most Healing potions.

On the other hand, on |Strongholds players can use some items that are unusable outside of PvP.

PvP Potions
PvP Potions are usable while flagged for PvP only, thus available on |Strongholds.

Poking Stick
is a PvP only item.

While usable everywhere, takes effect on PvP only, including |Strongholds.

Overview
The match takes place beetween two teams of 20 players and lasts until one of them wins.

Wins the first team that destroys enemy Guild Hall.

Guild Hall
Guild Hall have initially 4,000 Hit Points and can be healed upto 6,000 Hit Points.

Healing Guild Hall can be done, applying into the Mimic.

Every heals Guild Hall for 200 Hit Points. Healing cannot be done once Guild Hall's Hit Points are reduced by enemy catapults.

Nodes
There are 6 nodes on the map.

Every node can be captured by one of the two teams.

To start contesting the point, one must add into it.

To rush and capture enemy node, players have to attack it and reduce its Hit Points to zero.

Capturing is blocked when there are enemies (how many? no more than three less? times? than attacking team?) near the attacked node.

Lanes
There are three lanes on the map, called top (Knight's lane), mid (Reaper lane) and bot (Dwarf lane). Each lane contains two nodes. Having captured both nodes on the lane, it is possible to build catapults on this lane and add ammo to them.

Catapults
To build a catapult, it is required to add 4. To add ammo, it is required to add 1 per attack.

There are 2 catapults per line.

Locations
There is only 1 PvP locations available for |Strongholds.

Scoring
Beside Guild Hall Hit Points, there are also individual player points.

To gain a reward, player have to collect at least 200 points.

 &darr; 0.0 0.1 Killer is a player who made the last hit on a killed foe 

Rewards
|Strongholds rewards up to 500, up to 3 and up to 4? Stronghold Vouchers ( or ). Rarely you will receive a, , , or in place of a voucher.

And also when achieving 200+ points you will receive a regardless if you win or lose with Vouchers and 2.

When a match is won, once a week a (containing 1  and 1 ) can be rewarded.

Amount of reward is lowered in case of losing, on lower levels and by some unknown conditions.