

The response of many players when discovering they are playing a premade is to suggest that the team throw the match preferring to intentionally lose the game, in the belief that there is no chance of success against a premade team. Players may only realise they are playing against a premade after finding themselves up against a vastly superior team, that swiftly and smoothly counters their every move with coordinated attacks and manoeuvres.

Since most battleground teams are composed of random players picked from various servers, premades have a substantial advantage.


Since participation in rated battlegrounds requires both sides to assemble teams in order to queue (both sides are always therefore technically premade teams, and almost always feature a similar level of coordination and teamwork) the term is mostly used to refer to these groups in regular battlegrounds, or other areas of play. Premades may comprise a full complement of players for the battleground, or a partial team, with the remainder comprising players randomly selected by the queuing process. Premades may be groups assembled in order to play rated battlegrounds, or for the purpose of farming honor or achievements (eg ) in regular battlegrounds. While technically the term could be used to refer to any group of players that joins a battleground together, in practice it tends to imply a high degree of preparation, organization, gearing and skill. Premades are typically composed of players with top-end PvP gear, and are capable of overwhelming regular random teams with their communication and pre-arranged tactics. This function can be used to simply allow friends to enjoy playing together, or to arrange for a devastating tour de force from a highly organised and well-equipped team. While regular battlegrounds randomly select players from numerous realms, premades join battlegrounds as a group. Premades are much more strategic than ordinary groups.Ī premade is a group of players in a battleground team, that has been assembled for the express purpose of effective play in the battleground.
