Captain Balinda Stonehearth

Captain Balinda Stonehearth is a 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.

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 Guard.

Though minor, Balinda Stonehearth is involved in the three way alliance with Vanndar Stormpike and Ivar Bloodfang. She is at Purgation Isle with both of them.

• 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.

• Aggro
• yell

• Assist
• yell (Alliance players receives Stormpike's Salvation buff (+20% health points for 2 minutes).)

• Reset
• yell

• She is mentioned by Rylai Crestfall, who apparently considered her a pushover.
• 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.

• Balinda appears as a legendary Mage minion in the Fractured in Alterac Valley expansion for Hearthstone. Her flavor text reads: "Imagine her surprise, ending up in a game called Hearthstone."

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