Arena Season 5 began on December 16th, 2008^[1] and closed on April 14th, 2009.

Arena seasonse

Season	Title	Start Date	End Date	Duration	Notes
Season 1	Gladiator	January 30, 2007	June 19, 2007	20 Weeks	End coincided with Patch 2.1.2.
Season 2	Merciless Gladiator	June 20, 2007	November 26, 2007	23 Weeks	EU End Date was November 27, 2007.
Season 3	Vengeful Gladiator	November 28, 2007	June 23, 2008	29 Weeks
Season 4	Brutal Gladiator	June 24, 2008	October 14, 2008	17 Weeks	Last arena season of The Burning Crusade.
Season 5	Deadly Gladiator	December 16, 2008	April 14, 2009	17 Weeks	Gear titles: Savage, Hateful, Deadly
Season 6	Furious Gladiator	April 21, 2009	August 25, 2009	18 Weeks	Beginning corresponded with patch 3.1.0.
Season 7	Relentless Gladiator	September 1, 2009	January 19, 2010	20 Weeks	End corresponded with the opening of the Crimson Hall in Icecrown Citadel.
Season 8	Wrathful Gladiator	February 2, 2010	October 12, 2010	37 Weeks	Beginning corresponded with patch 3.3.2 and the release of the Frostwing Halls in Icecrown Citadel; Last arena season of Wrath of the Lich King.
Season 9	Vicious Gladiator	December 14-15, 2010	June 28-29, 2011	26 Weeks?	Beginning corresponded with the December 14, 2010 Hotfixes about 3 weeks after Patch 4.0.3a and the release of Cataclysm; end corresponds with Patch 4.2.
Season 10	Ruthless Gladiator	July 5-6, 2011	November 15, 2011	21 Weeks	Beginning corresponded with July 6, 2011 Hotfixes about 1 week after Patch 4.2 "Rage of the Firelands"; end announced to be around November 29, 2011.
Season 11	Cataclysmic Gladiator	December 6-7, 2011	August 28-29, 2012	38 Weeks	Beginning occurred around a week after Patch 4.3; end announced to be around August 28, 2012.
Season 12	Malevolent Gladiator	October 2-3, 2012	March 5-6, 2013	22 Weeks	Beginning to occured a week after Mists of Pandaria released. Level 90. End announced to be around March 5-6, 2013 (US/EU).
Season 13	Tyrannical Gladiator	March 13, 2013			May begin early-mid March 2013 after Season 12 ends or soon after Patch 5.2 is released.

With the release of Season 5, level 70 players are still be able to engage in rated and non-rated arena matches against other level 70 opponents, but are unable to gain end-of-season rewards by doing so. Season 5 also released the two new skirmish brackets (71-75, 76-80).^[2]

Armor Sets

All ratings require both a personal and team rating of the specified amount.

Savage Gladiator

• No arena rating requirements
• Equivalent to heroic dungeon items
• Source:
  •  Arcanist Ivrenne in Dalaran /  Magistrix Lambriesse in Dalaran

  <Emblem of Heroism Quartermaster>

  Helm, Chest, Legs – 45

  Shoulders, Gloves – 30

Hateful Gladiator

• No arena rating requirements
• Equivalent to 10-man raid items
• Source:
  • Archavon the Stone Watcher (10-man)
  •  Arcanist Adurin in Dalaran /  Magister Brasael in Dalaran

  <Emblem of Valor Quartermaster>

  Helm, Chest, Legs – 45

  Shoulders, Gloves – 30

Deadly Gladiator

• No arena rating requirements
• Equivalent to 25-man raid items
• Source:
  • Gloves, Chest: Archavon the Stone Watcher (25-man) / Emalon the Storm Watcher (10-man)
  •  Zom Bocom in Dalaran /  Ecton Brasstumbler in Gadgetzan /  Leeni "Smiley" Smalls in Area 52

  <Arena Vendor>

  Helm, Chest, Legs – 12,000 350

  Shoulders – 9,600 275

  Gloves – 7,200 200

  •  Knight-Lieutenant Moonstrike in Stormwind City /  Blood Guard Zar'shi in Orgrimmar

  <Armor Quartermaster>

  Helm, Chest, Legs – 49,600

  Shoulders, Gloves – 31,600

  •  Arcanist Firael in Dalaran /  Magister Sarien in Dalaran

  <Emblem of Conquest Quartermaster>

  Helm, Chest, Legs - 58

  Shoulders, Gloves - 46

Non-set Armor

Hateful Gladiator

No long available to players.

Deadly Gladiator

Source:

• Emalon the Storm Watcher (10-man)

No long available for purchase.

Weapons & Accessories

Deadly Gladiator

• No arena rating requirement
• Equivalent to 25-man raid items
• Source:
  •  Zom Bocom in Dalaran / Argex Irongut in Gadgetzan

  <Apprentice Arena Vendor>

  Idol, Libram, Sigil, Totem, Wand, Hunter 1H Axe – 15,300

Trinkets

Medallions – 49,600 –  Captain Dirgehammer in Stormwind City /  Sergeant Thunderhorn in Orgrimmar

•  [Medallion of the Alliance]
•  [Medallion of the Horde]

References

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