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W3C Season 20 - Arthas

W3C Season 20 - Arthas

Owned by Gustav Andersson
Last updated: Oct 07, 2024
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New UI theme - Arthas

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New Ladder Mode - Warhammer 1v1

We are happy to announce a new Ladder for Season 20: Warhammer 1v1, made by Nightmare2077!

In this mode, the Warhammer Fantasy universe meets Warcraft 3.

Explore 16 unique races with many more sub-factions for near-endless variety of gameplay – all of which is grounded in the familiar Warcraft 3 mechanics. On top of the Warhammer 1v1 ladder, the mod already has a well-established competitive community with tournaments and divisions for each level of play.

Warhammer 1v1 is played on familiar 1v1 maps like Northern Isles, Twisted Meadows and Last Refuge.

Rankings reset and ladder changes

There will be a 100% MMR Reset for FFA.

There will be a 25% MMR Reset for Legion TD 4v4 RT and Legion TD 1v1 and 100% for Legion TD AT.
There will be a 20% MMR Reset for Direct Strike and 100% for Direct Strike AT.

Rankings and RP will be fully reset in all modes so the leaderboards will look fresh after the reset. Remember, activity is rewarded more at the start of the season!

Map pool changes

  • 1vs1

    • Gloom Stalker replaced with War Hail

    • Shattered Exile replaced with Secret Valley

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    • Removed Twisted Meadows

    • Total vetoes decreased from 5 to 4

  • 2vs2

    • Deja Vu replaced with Basalt Basin

    • Lost Temple LV replaced with Broken Shards v2

  • 4vs4

    • Northmarsh Ruin replaced with Nerubian Passage

    • Ordeal Ground replaced with Northern Felwood

    • Portal Roulette replaced with Snowblind

  • FFA

    • Removed Pause function for -nochat games as it was abused to signal help without the need to scout

    • Legion’s Demise replaced with Tatsa’s Castle Gardens (Fixed Spawns)

    • Hot Espresso replaced with Vile Reef

      • Added 4 Goblin Labs near player’s bases

      • Replaced 2 Goblin Labs in middle with 2 red spots

      • Increased natural expansion gold count from 8,500 to 12,500

    • Silverpine Forest replaced with Equalrium (Fixed Spawns)

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    • Added La Rosa Nautica (Fixed Spawns)

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    • Wellspring Temple:

      • Replaced Fountain of Power with Fountain of Health

      • Added fixed spawns to clarify natural expansion

  • ATR

    • Plunder Isle LV replaced with War Hail

A shoutout to the map makers

A lot of the work you see on the maps that are tirelessly updated every season is thanks to the MMC (Melee Mapping Central) community. You might see names like Tenshi, JaleVeliki, Kaer, Meerel, Mafe, SaveOrcas, rhythmt and more mentioned often but they are all a group of volunteers who love the game as much as we do and have spent a lot of cycles building these maps to be up-to-date for us to play and watch games on. Previously they worked with Blizzard to provide community maps for the BNET ladder. Updating existing maps (like LR, EI, SV, and TM) and improving them is also a significant effort that we want to show them gratitude for. You can always say hello, post suggestions, or join in, on their Discord server:

WC3 Melee Mapping Central

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While we appreciate PR submissions, we are mainly interested in developers that are willing to commit time and take ownership of their projects. We have very little formal hierarchies and our approach is free-for-all. We are always open for a talk if you want to inquire more about how you can help!

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