Useful Warzone/PvP Info & Statistics

Hey everyone, ranked warzone will be coming in patch 1.2 (scheduled for March) so for many of you this might be a busy time to grind valor/commendations/battlemaster gear. Here is a list of compiled information on Warzone /PVP information that I think many of you will find handy. Most of the information is not from me but rather from other members of the SWTOR community and credits will be given where needed.

• Expertise and PVP Bonus
• Expertise and Gear
• Warzone Medal List
• Amount of valor for next rank
• Valor rank titles
• Resolve system – mechanics
• Ilum valor buff
• Warzone Valor gain

Feb 22 update: made some corrections to the Ilum buff system, added a note to the total expertise levels for battlemaster gear, and added the valor info for rank 72 (thanks Titheon)

Expertise and PVP Bonus (Damage/Healing/Damage Reduction)

Souce: Formula from this thread on sithwarrior.com

Expertise granted PVP bonus caps out at 20%.

To see the diminishing returns, this graph will help you with that!

Expertise and Gear

Warzone Medal List

Source: Reddit post by Zippytiewassabi

Medals Accumulated Earn 50 Valor and 5 Warzone commendations each

Medal Ranking:

• The Gold ranking is awarded for earning 6 or more medals during a match
• The Silver ranking is awarded for 3-5 medals
• The Bronze ranking is awarded for 1-2 medals

Announcements

• Unbeatable announcement is unlocked if you earn 4 medals since last death
• Invincible announcement is unlocked if you earn 7 medals since last death
• Immortal announcement is unlocked if you earn 9 medals since last death

Medals:

1. Medic – 2.5k healing from a single heal
2. Demolisher – 2.5k damage from a single attack
3. Trauma Surgeon – 5k healing from a single heal
4. Anihilator – 5K damage from a single attack
5. Quick Draw – Getting a killing blow on one player
6. Combatant – Dealing 75k damage
7. Destroyer – Dealing 300K damage
8. Healer – Healing 75K
9. Savior – Healing 300K
10. Defender – Earning 1k Defender Points
11. Warden – Earning 3k Defender Points
12. Assassin – Killing a player in a one-on-one fight
13. Shield – 5k Protection
14. Protector – 50K Protection (thanks meatballz/adlarn)
15. Guardian – 2k Protection since last death
16. Paladin – 10k Protection since last death
17. Commando – Killing 10 enemy players
18. Soldier – Killing 25 enemy players

Amount of valor for next level

Source: Valor per rank information is obtained from Bubble_boy on SWTOR forums

Estimated total number of Warzones (Warzones): Calculated assuming 1000 valor per warzone. Numbers are rounded up.

Estimated number of hrs: Calculated assuming 15 minutes per match – numbers are rounded up.

Valor rank and titles

Source: Reddit post by Zippytiewassabi

Valor Titles: Every 10 ranks in valor will give you a new title -

1. Skirmisher – Valor Rank 10
2. Duelist – Valor Rank 20
3. Gladiator – Valor Rank 30
4. Centurion – Valor Rank 40
5. Champion – Valor Rank 50
6. Battlemaster – Valor Rank 60
7. War Hero – Valor Rank 70
8. Conqueror – Valor Rank 80
9. Warlord – Valor Rank 90
10. Elite Warlord – Valor Rank 100

Resolve system – mechanics

Source:

Taugrim’s Understanding Resolve Mechanic

Resolve is the circular bar to the left of your character’s portrait.

It fills to full at 800 but does not provide CC immunity until it reaches 1000 (bar turns white).

• Stun give 200 resolve to affected player per second of the stun
• Mez give 100 resolve to affected player per second of the mez (mez is a longer duration CC that breaks if enemy takes damage – originally an EQ1 term)
• Knockback/Pull (grapple) give 400 resolve
• Snare/Root do not give any resolve and still applicable to targets with CC immunity (>= 1000 resolve)
• Stun/Mez/Knockback abilities applied to an enemy under 1000 resolve that will push the enemy to or over 1000 resolve will generate resolve at 150% (i.e. an 2 second stun applied to someone at 800 resolve will generate 2x 200 *1.5 = 600 resolve, pushing the target to 1400 resolve.
• CC abilities applied to someone at or over the 1000 threshold do not add any additional resolve

Resolve drains at a certain rate

• For players under 1000 resolve, resolve start to drain once the CC effect ends at a rate of 25 resolve per second.
• For players with 1000 or higher resolve, resolve will drain as soon the 1000 mark is reached at a rate of 100 resolve per second.

Ilum Valor system/buffs

• War effort – this buff can be stacked upto 5 times depending on how many objectives your team control. It give you 200% valor bonus per player kill on Ilum for the first stack, each of the subsequent stacks give you 50%, totaling at 400% valor bonus per player kill with 5 stacks. Also, controlling all 5 objectives  give you an additional 300% valor buff per player kill on Ilum, bringing the total to 700%. The defender buff below give you an additional 200% valor bonus, bringing the total to 900% or 20 + 180 valor per player killed on Ilum. This buff also grant you 100 additional valor  per warzone competition at the first stack, each of the subsequent stacks give you 25 additional valor, totaling at 200 additional valor per warzone completion. This buff last 60 minutes. (source: sithwarrior.com thread)
• Defender – Defender buff is granted to players on Ilum who fight near an objective that their faction control. It give valor bonus per player kill (about 200 bonus)
• 20 base valor is granted per player kill on Ilum – this is  modified by the war effort and defender buff. If the enemy player was recently killed, you get 0 valor.

Warzone valor gain

Valor gain in Warzones is affected by

• Win/Lose of the match
• How long the match lasts
• Number of medals obtained – 50 valor per medal + 5 commendations
• Number of MVP received – 50 valor per MVP vote + 1 commendation
• War Effort buff – 200 valor bonus if you have 5 stacks.