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Counterattack!

Bring a Piece of Krom'zar's Banner to Regthar Deathgate, west of the Crossroads.
Piece of Krom'zar's Banner
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Description

The Horde commends your successes against the Kolkar, but the Kolkar themselves are maddened. I have reports that a contingent of Kolkar has traveled to the Barrens from their home in Desolace, to seek vengeance. My latest report was that, even now, they move against these bunkers, from the west!

Face the Kolkar invaders, and end their threat in the Barrens. Kill them until their leader, Warlord Krom'zar, appears. Defeat him and bring me a piece of his banner as proof.

We're counting on you, <name>.

Reward

Also, you get: 25

Progress

Do you have the banner?

Completion

You have done it! You have defeated the Kolkar!

I will be sure Thrall receives word of your actions here, <name>.

Stand tall. You do yourself, and the Horde, proud.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:
  • 195 experience (11 70 at max. level)
  • 350 Reputation with Orgrimmar

Related

Rating: +56 [-] [+]
By Lailoken on 11/24/2006 (Patch 1.12.2)
This is the last in a line of quests that had you killing centaur and centaur leaders the Barrens over. This final quest spawns a battle between Horde forces and Centaur forces. The Horde forces are typically overrun by the Centaur, unless you help.

In order to get Warlord Krom'zar to spawn, a number of centaur must be defeated. Krom'zar is no pushover though, he's a level 20 elite and comes with a pair of bodyguards, and there's also the rest of the centaur to worry about. Best to do this with others, and the Horde forces can also be counted on to help.
Rating: +42 [-] [+]
By thrazznos on 03/19/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
This quest can be very deceiving. It is yellow at like lvl 19, but even at a level as high as 22 it cannot be soloed without immense trouble.

Warlord Krom'zar appears on the southern side as far as I can tell, and he comes with his two buddies. The best strategy is to fight only in the south battle so as to get the upper hand with the NPC's on your team. If the Kolkar are outnumbered when Krom'zar appears, then the NPCs can help you with damage and aggro.

The biggest thing to watch out for is the casters that cast Lightning Cloud. It is an aoe attack that will completely destroy any kind of upper had that you can have by wasting your NPC's. If you are careful of that then getting the upper hand is possible.

Overall the best strategy is to just get another lvl 20 or so to help you with the quest. No matter what happens, usually 2 people can DPS him down before he kills them both.
Rating: +22 [-] [+]
By ahitz on 03/28/2007 (Patch 2.0.10)
I'm sure much easier with 2 people, but I was able to solo as a level 19 hunter. I'd recommend waiting to 20, though, since it took me a couple tries and I finished at about 5 life.

Get the southern fight thinned out. Hunter's mark a bodyguard and lay a trap. When Krom'zar and guards are fighting orcs, hit Krom'zar with a sting and then dps down the marked guard. Krom'zar and the other guard will probably kill off the rest of the orcs and come for you. Drop a trap, concussive shot Krom'zar, sting the guard and put the pet on the guard. Run away from the battle toward the south. The trap, pet and sting should kill the bodyguard, leaving just Krom'zar for you to kite using jump-spin concussive shots and a run-through wing clip if he gets too close. He'll follow you pretty far, so make a wide loop south of the road. Kite and dps using pet (taunt OFF), traps, and jump-spin sting and arcane shots.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Prettyflower on 03/03/2007 (Patch 2.0.8)
If you play a DPS warrior it's not to rough, but it's a good idea to carry Healing pots for this, even with help.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Naenthos on 06/03/2007 (Patch 2.1.0)
Seems nigh impossible to solo as a level 23 shaman. I've tried quite a few times now.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By moonasha on 04/20/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
I managed to solo it with 3% of my health left as a 22 rogue. This is a very annoying quest, I would do it with someone else if I were you. You don't even have to be in the same group.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By antiqaj on 04/21/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
Soloable with a level 18+ hunter by kiting Krom'zar to Crossroads and having the guards kill him. Since you don't need the credit for killing the corpse due to the banner being lootable by anyone with the quest, this is a valid strategy.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Anvil on 07/04/2007 (Patch 2.1.2)
Soloable as a mage level 20+. Just keep the adds to a minimum and when he spawns drag him into the crowd of friendly NPCs.

If all else fails, sheep his caster guard and simply kite him and the melee guard to XR.
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Rinkai on 10/04/2007 (Patch 2.2.2)
Call me a liar if you want, but this quest is quite easily soloable as a level 17 hunter.

I completed it without getting hit once, I just used a mana pot.

Kiting of sorts, he and his body guards run the same speed as you, so get maximum distance away from him, shoot and keep running towards xr, no need for concussive, use all your mana on arcane shots and keeping him stinged, he needs to be at 50% max hp when you get to XR so when the guards kill him the kill counts as yours(That's if you want to loot him ofc, you could just hit him a couple of times as you don't need to loot him to finish the quest).

Have fun. :p
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By Voff on 05/21/2007 (Patch 2.0.12)
Soloed by level 19 druwowhead:1,id:

entangling root on him, kill one add.
entangling root again, kill the other add.
entangling root untill you are 100% health and mana.

Get in and fight him down to around 50%, do the same thing over and over again, took about 3-5 minutes.
Rating: +46 [-] [+]
By Arx4 on 10/05/2007 (Patch 2.2.2)
For those who didn't do the quest right away.

To start the event, just simply talk to him(Quest Giver) and ask ""Where is Warlord Krom'zar?""

And you'll see couple of Horde Defenders and Kolkar starting to appear. West of the bunker your at, to be more specific.
Rating: +112 [-] [+]
By henkwich on 07/18/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
If you're lazy as me and have a higher leveled character beside the one you're doing the quest on you can just go with the quest-char to the place of the event and start it. then you log on your higher char and kill the centaurs. log on the questchar again and loot the banner piece. Presto :)
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Prettyflower on 08/13/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
If you can find a Healer this quest is a breeze. I did this with a Warrior at 19. When Warlord Krom'zar shows, shot him from a distance, you can then kite him and only him off to a safe distance were it is only you vs him. That's where the Healer comes in, keeping you alive until his Guards return to the main battle. It's not nearly as easy as having a high lvl help you but it is one way to do the quest.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By hej2 on 12/31/2007 (Patch 2.3.0)
Soloed as level 20 rogue.. Damn its hard!

Crippling poison for kiting, bring down the casters first so you can kite the elite and his melee adds.
If you kite them over to the spawn point for your allies, they will assist you.

(I advise crippling on both weapons, or they wont proc fast enough for you to survive)
Rating: +24 [-] [+]
By Stormkiss on 11/05/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
You need to finish this chain quest https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=852 https://vanillawowdb.com/?quest=852 to get this;)
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Grimshorn on 08/06/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
You can infact kite him to the guards at Crossroads, i just did it on my mage.
Rating: +12 [-] [+]
By Shemp on 04/08/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
If you're a hunter you can kite him to the Crossroads where the guards will kill him. Simply keep hitting him with Serpent Sting and Concussive Shot.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By kimzky on 12/19/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
Just did this solo as a level 21 fury warrior, killing the kolkars to get the warlord to summon was a piece, you just tank them and thunderclap them. They will be a piece of cake.

The warlord, he's not as easy as the other kolkars since he is a level 20 elite that comes with atleast 2-5 adds. Just taunt the elite from range and run, until the orcs+trolls that help you pick up his adds. When this happens, pop your Retaliation and Shield Block. Now fight in defensive stance and pop revenge as often as you can, if you dodge - change to battle stance and pop overpower, can also get alot easier if you sunder armor him.

What I am trying to say is that this quest is easily doable as a fury warrior, I made it with 100 hp left, after killing all the adds and the warlord himself, loot the banner and enjoy your free experience.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Belotz on 01/30/2009 (Patch 3.0.8)
soloed as lvl 22 hunter, quite easy my pet died but i'm Beast Mastery and the bonus of aspect of the monkey helped alot + kite him to some guards...oh and i dunno why when i completed the quest it sawowhead:1,id: You are now friendly with Silvermoon City... O.o
Rating: +14 [-] [+]
By Guillermo2118 on 10/28/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
I found a really easy way to do this quest as a level 20 druid. After the boss spawns, hit him with faerie fire, and start running towards xroads. Kite him all the way to xroads and the guards at xroads will kill him for you. Just loot the banner and run back to the post. :D
Rating: +8 [-] [+]
By Stroque on 11/03/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
soloable as a lv16 shammy. I dropped a stoneclaw totem and pulled him so all the adds went after the totem. Then i kept spamming earthbind totem and stoneclaw totem when they were off cd until i reached crossroads where the guards killed him for me :D
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By sanoja on 06/24/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
For the record, the quest giver will not help you...
Rating: +8 [-] [+]
By Clousy on 10/16/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Since patch 4.0.1, done very easily as a badly-geared 20 Hunter with a kitty - stay near the guards to the south, and pick off the Kolkar carefully - when the boss spawns, kite him, and drag his adds into the guards; they'll take care of him. Jump-shot Concussive-shot and SS and Arcane shot the main guy - both my kitty and I came out with nearly full health
Rating: +8 [-] [+]
By Fayted on 07/01/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Soloed as a 19 Fire Mage with a bit of difficulty.

Krom'zar himself is not difficult to kill as he is just a melee target with no notable special attacks. The problem lies with all of the mobs that are around him and the ones that follow him. If you want to do this by yourself at a low level, you'll need some luck as you have to manage to pull him out while the weakling NPCs are killing the adds.

First of all, get him to spawn by killing off the random centaurs that are out and about, when he appears, do not go after him, back up and let everything respawn.

Now start killing centaurs that are between you and Krom'zar, taking care not to target the centaurs that directly link with him. Once there is a relatively clear path between you and Krom'zar + his personal adds, let all of the NPCs respawn. When they run after him, toss a Pyroblast at him because you want a DoT on him. As soon as you release the Pyroblast (ie. before it even hits him), start running away. If the pull goes through properly, he should only come at you with one add hopefully. As soon as he gets close to you, hit him with Frost Nova and Polymorph the add that is on you.

If more centaurs are coming after you, what you need to do is keep up Cone of Cold to slow them down while hitting Krom'zar with Fire Blast as you kite him away from where the centaurs respawn. Blink will help a lot to keep distance between yourself and the centaurs. If you do this correctly, you should manage to have just Krom'zar chasing you with maybe one add. At this point you just need to keep the add Polymorphed while you deal with Krom'zar.

You'll die a few times trying to do this because unless he pulls in a specific way, you're pretty much toast. If you want to avoid the hassle, grab a partner around your level as this quest is ridiculously easy with two people.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By singe101 on 04/16/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
I killed many centaur, he spawned on the opposite side of the burning bunker away from horde forces.

Oh well, solo'd him and adds, lvl 20 tauren pally. The Barrens are OURS.

The Shield of the Barrens (4 sta, 4 int) is exceedingly ugly, fwiw. It's like a troll child made it as a joke.
Rating: +10 [-] [+]
By Ordius on 08/05/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Misleading requirements: States you need to be lvl 11 to pickup quest, however, prerequisite(s) are lvl 15.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By NecroFeline on 06/13/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
I'm lvl 15. Did the prequest but Regthar won't give me this quest, so there no way you get this quest at lvl 11.
Rating: +8 [-] [+]
By HazardousPizza on 06/24/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Solo'd as a lvl 22 drood.
Just aggro him, and kite him all around the bunker.
After a while, he lost his adds and guards were attacking him.
Then you root him and DoT him up or you just kitty his face (what I did)
Rating: +22 [-] [+]
By daesim on 06/07/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Solo'd as a lvl 20 Orc protection warrior, No Heirlooms. I'm really excited for people easily crushing content by being overgeared for it, but for those of us trying out different servers without access to that stuff, it isn't very helpful to know that we can beat a difficult quest simply by being overpowered for it. That's like boasting you could beat Bruce Lee by shooting him.
Rating: +48 [-] [+]
By mpoy70 on 09/13/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
In order for this quest to become available you need to do:

1. ""A Little Diversion"" from Ta'jari and ""Kolkar Leaders"" from Telar Highstrider at The Forgotten Pools.

2. ""King of Centaur Mountain"" from Gorgal Angerscar, ""Flushing Out Verog"" and ""Verog the Dervish"" from Shoe at The Stagnant Oasis.

3. After (1) - (2) above are completed, ""Hezrul Bloodmark"" becomes available which finally leads to ""Counterattack"".
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By FubO on 10/20/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Wasn't so hard as i expected from reading these comments. I did it on level 19 mage on the first time. You just have to think and not rush right into him.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By ToxicKirby on 10/28/2011 (Patch 3.1.3)
Haha, I'm a lvl 21 hunter and all I did was fight a few to the east of the quest giver and then head to the west and he was there. I pulled him and one of his guards out and he went down easily. I just used Cuncussive shot and Arcane shot. Brought him down fairly quick.
Rating: +8 [-] [+]
By Mufasah on 05/01/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
I feel the quest would be better if there was more variety in the rewards. 2 shields? Level 21 Druid - did not feel the love on completing this one.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By brookerbean on 07/03/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
Perfection! Took about 10 secs on my end game Pally. Thanks for the tip!
Rating: +10 [-] [+]
By gkelley55 on 10/22/2012 (Patch 3.1.3)
Change the requirements to lvl 15 instead of 11 like it should be please. I just spent 45 mins doing the quest leading up to this for my lvl 14 twink shield.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Ludovico on 01/17/2013 (Patch 3.1.3)
This quest is NOT available at level 13!
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Furryness85 on 02/19/2013 (Patch 3.1.3)
I'm guessing this was lower at one point or another, but as for someone trying to twink a 14 paladin like i am, you will not be able to do all the quests yourself and just get a friend or guild mate to help. you can do most of the quests chain, except 1. Which requires you to be level 15....kinda defeats the purpose of 14 twinking a pally.
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By CandiCayne on 05/27/2013 (Patch 3.1.3)
Soloed on my 23 Elemental Shaman who was doing the quest, but i have to admit it was hard and i used Healing Surge more often than i honestly expected (before reading this)
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Ibarrai on 03/05/2013 (Patch 3.1.3)
Soloed as druid balance lvl 20. Just spam https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=8921"">(Spell #8921) and https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=93402"">(Spell #93402), run on circles, heal you with https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=774"">(Spell #774), some NPCs can help you. The elite and 3 or 4 mobs attack me, so i spam https://vanillawowdb.com/?spell=774"">(Spell #774) every 4 to 5 seconds.
Rating: +8 [-] [+]
By Tesal on 06/15/2013 (Patch 3.1.3)
Poor orc, he doesn't know that Garrosh in charge now :&gt;

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