Balinda Stonehearth
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 Captain Balinda Stonehearth
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| Title | <Stormpike Captain>
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| Gender | Female
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| Race | Human (Humanoid) |
| Level | ?? (Boss)
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| Character class | Mage |
| Health | 521,320
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| Status | Killable |
Captain Balinda Stonehearth is a level ?? boss human elite found in Stonehearth Outpost in Alterac Valley.
Balinda is a rival of Captain Galvangar, although unlike her counterpart, she is a caster boss.
"Captain Balinda Stonehearth commands a massive human unit reinforcing the Stormpike clan in the valleys of the Alterac Mountains."APG 169
If Balinda is left alive throughout the battle, she can urge the Alliance players with battle cries, giving them the 'Stormpike's Salvation' buff, increasing all friendly player hitpoints by 20% for 2 minutes. She will grant this buff immediately after the death of Captain Galvangar, and will reapply it every 10 minutes. Killing her will result in honor for the Horde forces and Frostwolf Clan reputation, and prevent Alliance players from gaining this buff.
At the end of the game, if Balinda is still alive, she yields bonus honor, experience and reputation with the Stormpike Clan.
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Abilities
- Fireball
- Frostbolt
- Cone of Cold
- Arcane Explosion (unlike the Mage equivalent, has a 2 second cast time)
- Ice Block (note duration is only 4 secs compared to 10 secs)
- Summon Water Elemental - summons a Greater Water Elemental to assist Balinda in battle. Unlike the mage equivalent, Balinda's water elemental has 1 second cast times and is immune to all crowd control.
Quotes
- Aggro: Begone, uncouth scum! The Alliance shall prevail in Alterac Valley!
- Take heart, Alliance! Throw these villains from Alterac Valley! (Alliance players receives Stormpike's Salvation buff (+20% health points for 2 minutes))
- Reset: Filthy Frostwolf cowards! If you want a fight, you'll have to come to me!
Changes
Balinda received some changes in various patches due to complaints from Alliance players that she was not equal to Captain Galvangar. Patch 2.4 (Notes found here.[1]) saw Balinda receive significant buffs:
- Captain Balinda Stonehearth Stonehearth can no longer be interrupted, silenced, or have her spells slowed. In addition, her water elemental cannot be banished, and does increased damage.
- Vanndar Stormpike and Captain Balinda Stonehearth have had their health totals reduced to match the health totals of Drek'Thar and Captain Galvangar...
- On 01/08/2008, Captain Balinda Stonehearth and General Vanndar Stormpike received a hotfix increasing their hitpoints significantly, as a balance fix. [2]
Ability Changes
Balinda has had various spells tweaked, added or removed since her original implementation.
- Mass Slow - used to slow up to 5 players on her aggro table
- Polymorph - was removed as she would often polymorph targets in melee range, then subsequently break it with Arcane Explosion.
- Ice Block was added in Patch 3.1.
- Summon Water Elemental - added in Patch 2.3
