Brutal Assault

Brutal Assault is a stacking debuff found in battlegrounds. Brutal Assault is first applied through the [Focused Assault] debuff building to 5 stacks, at which point it turns into 5 stacks of Brutal Assault. After that, a new stack of Brutal Assault is applied every 30 seconds, up to a maximum of 15 stacks. Brutal Assault produces the same damage increase as Focused Assault, but additionally limits the target to normal running speed.

For strategy and notes, see Battleground#Focused Assault and Brutal Assault.

Patch changes

Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): [Focused Assault] and Brutal Assault now increase damage taken by 10% per stack and reduces healing received by 5% per stack in Warsong Gulch, Twin Peaks, and Eye of the Storm.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Flag carriers in Eye of the Storm and Deepwind Gorge are now subject to the [Focused Assault] and Brutal Assault debuff.
Hotfix (2014-03-04): Focused Assault is now applied to flag carriers once both team's flags have been picked up starting at the 1-minute mark (down from 3 minutes).
Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): The Focused Assault and Brutal Assault buffs have changed.
- After 3 minutes of both teams having the flag, both flag carriers will get Focused Assault, which increases damage taken by 10%.
- Every minute afterward, an additional stack will be applied to increase damage taken by an additional 10%.
- After 7 minutes, Brutal Assault will be applied in place of Focused Assault. In additional to the damage debuff, this debuff also caps the player's movement speed at 100%. The damage taken debuff works the same and will add 10% to the debuff up to a maximum of 100% damage taken.
Hotfix (2008-03-30):
- The time before players with flags in Warsong Gulch receive the Focused Assault and Brutal Assault debuffs has been reduced
- The timer for Focused Assault and Brutal Assault in Warsong Gulch will now reset whenever both Flags are returned to their bases
Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): Added.