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Arena Season 6 began on April 22nd, 2009^[1], and ended on August 25th.^[2]

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 Arena Season 6, arena teams started at 0 rating instead of 1500, which will allow teams to have more continuous progression throughout the arena season.^[3] It was felt that many of the item purchases were too difficult to obtain so the rating requirements needed to purchase the latest arena items got altered. For example, items with a rating requirement will now be obtainable starting at 1250 rating.^[3]

The matchmaking system will attempt to match teams against opponents who are closest to their average matchmaking rating. Starting with Arena Season 6, a team's average matchmaking rating will be shown in the scoreboard at the end of each match so that you can see where your team stands compared to the opposing team you just faced. All arena teams that are below a 1500 arena rating will always earn arena points as a 1500 rated team.^[3]

In order to make joining teams later in the season a little easier for players, the system will now be setup so if a player joins a team that has a team rating of 1000 or higher, the player’s personal rating will start off at 1000 instead of 0.^[3] Until you start to get close to your team's matchmaking rating, you will be gaining around 20 or more points in a win and zero or nearly zero in a loss. So players will make steady progress through games played until they near their team's matchmaking rating.^[3]

Armor Sets

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

Medium arena rating requirements if purchased from the arena vendor – see below
Equivalent to 25-man raid items
Source:
- Emalon the Storm Watcher (Heroic mode)
- Xazi Smolderpipe in Dalaran / Evee Copperspring in Gadgetzan / Big Zokk Torquewrench in Area 52
<Arena Vendor>
Helm (1100), Chest (1000), Legs (900)– 12,000 700
Shoulders (1350) – 9,600 550
Gloves (800) – 7,200 400
Emblem of Triumph Quartermasters:
Arcanist Asarina or Magistrix Iruvia in Icecrown
Arcanist Miluria or Magistrix Vesara in Dalaran
Head, chest, legs - 75
Shoulder, Hands - 50

Non-set Armor

No arena rating requirements
Equivalent to 25-man raid items
Source:
- Emalon the Storm Watcher (Heroic mode) / Koralon the Flame Watcher (Normal mode)
- Captain Dirgehammer in Stormwind City / Sergeant Thunderhorn in Orgrimmar
<Apprentice Armor Quartermaster>
Boots, Belt – 49,600
Neck, Ring, Cloak – 38,000
Bracers – 31,600

Weapons & Accessories

Equivalent to 25-man raid items
Tier 1 (ilvl 232)
- Medium arena rating requirements - 700
- Source:
  - Xazi Smolderpipe in Dalaran / Evee Copperspring in Gadgetzan / Big Zokk Torquewrench in Area 52
  <Veteran Arena Vendor>
  Idol, Libram, Sigil, Totem, Wand – 6,400 350

Price history

There were two levels of weapons (including relics and shields), and one of armor. For brevity, only the armor is listed. Where marked, PR= "required Personal and team arena rating". Items purchased with emblems have no such requirement.

Initial release (Season 6)

Sold by "Veteran Arena Vendors".

	Source
Item type	Veteran Arena Vendors	Drops
Chest armor	2,150 PR 1750
Leg armor	2,150 PR 1700	Emalon - 25 man
Head armor	2,150 PR 1900
Hand armor	1,300 PR 1600
Shoulder armor	1500 PR 2080

Season 7

Sold by "Arena Vendors" and Emblem of Triumph Quartermasters

	Source
Item type	Arena Vendors	Emblems of Triumph	Drops
Chest armor	12,000 700 PR 1000	75
Leg armor	12,000 700 PR 900	75	Emalon - 25 man Koralon - 10 man
Head armor	12,000 700 PR 1100	75
Hand armor	7,200 400 PR 800	50	Emalon - 25 man Koralon - 10 man
Shoulder armor	9,600 550 PR 1350	50

References

^ Zarhym. Re: Season 6 Tomorrow?. Retrieved on 2009-04-21.
^ Bornakk. 0. End of Arena Season 6 Coming Soon. Retrieved on 2009-08-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bornakk. 0. Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes. Retrieved on 2009-04-21.

[0] Zarhym. Re: Season 6 Tomorrow?. Retrieved on 2009-04-21.

[1] Bornakk. 0. End of Arena Season 6 Coming Soon. Retrieved on 2009-08-11.

[BornakkArenaSeason6-2] Bornakk. 0. Arena Season 6 – Upcoming Changes. Retrieved on 2009-04-21.

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