Season 10

Arena Season 10 (Ruthless) started on July 5, 2011, one week after patch 4.2.0 and the end of Season 9. The season lasted 21 weeks. 
With the new season new items were made available for purchase with Conquest Points, and Season 9 items were made available for Honor Points.
==Arena==
;Feats of Strength achievements
: Ruthless Gladiator's Twilight Drake (achievement)
; Mount: Ruthless Gladiator's Twilight Drake
==Gear Levels==
During the season there craftable Bloodthirsty items and an upgraded version of Vicious gear, branded as "Season 10" instead of "Season 9", available.
For a full list of relevant items, sets and their respective item levels see below:
Quality	Item Level
 	358
 	359
 	371
 	372
 	378
 	384
 	391
Note: Elite gear from the previous season (Vicious) was no longer attainable.
==Rewards==
===Vicious Gladiator===
*Sold by in Stormwind, in Orgrimmar for Honor Points.
*Except for weapons and relics, the items sold were the upgraded Season 10 Vicious set.
*The items that dropped from Argaloth were still the Season 9 variants with item level 365.
Item 	Vendor price 	Item level	Season earned requirement	Drops from Argaloth*
Two-hand weapons	3400 Honor Points	359 	7200 Honor Points 	No
One-hand weapons	2450 Honor Points	359 	7200 Honor Points 	No
Off-hands 	950 Honor Points 	359 	7200 Honor Points 	No
Wand 	700 Honor Points 	371 	7200 Honor Points 	No
Relic 	700 Honor Points 	371 	7200 Honor Points 	No
Helm 	2200 Honor Points	371 	None 	No
Shoulders 	1650 Honor Points	371 	None 	No
Chest 	2200 Honor Points	371 	None 	No
Bracers 	1250 Honor Points	371 	None 	Yes
Gloves 	1650 Honor Points	371 	None 	Yes
Legs 	2200 Honor Points	371 	None 	Yes
Boots 	1650 Honor Points	371 	None 	Yes
Trinkets 	1650 Honor Points	371 	None 	Yes
Rings 	1250 Honor Points	371 	None 	Yes
Cloak 	1250 Honor Points	371 	None 	Yes
===Ruthless Gladiator===
*Sold by in Stormwind, and in Orgrimmar.
Item 	Vendor price 	Item level	Season earned requirement	Drops from Occu'thar
Two-hand weapons	3400 Conquest Points	378 	7200 Conquest Points 	No
One-hand weapons	2450 Conquest Points	378 	7200 Conquest Points 	No
Off-hands 	950 Conquest Points 	378 	7200 Conquest Points 	No
Wand 	700 Conquest Points 	378 	7200 Conquest Points 	No
Relic 	700 Conquest Points 	378 	7200 Conquest Points 	No
Helm 	2200 Conquest Points	384 	None 	No
Shoulders 	1650 Conquest Points	384 	None 	No
Chest 	2200 Conquest Points	384 	None 	No
Bracers 	1250 Conquest Points	384 	None 	Yes
Gloves 	1650 Conquest Points	384 	None 	Yes
Legs 	2200 Conquest Points	384 	None 	Yes
Boots 	1650 Conquest Points	384 	None 	Yes
Trinkets 	1650 Conquest Points	384 	None 	Yes
Rings 	1250 Conquest Points	384 	None 	Yes
Cloak 	1250 Conquest Points	384 	None 	Yes
====Ruthless Gladiator Armor Sets====
Class 	Spec 	Set
Death Knight	Any 	
Druid 	Balance 	
Druid 	Feral 	
Druid 	Restoration	
Hunter 	Any 	
Mage 	Any 	
Paladin 	Holy 	
Paladin 	Retribution	
Priest 	Holy 	
Priest 	Shadow 	
Rogue 	Any 	
Shaman 	Elemental 	
Shaman 	Enhancement	
Shaman 	Restoration	
Warlock 	Any 	
Warrior 	Any 	
===Elite Ruthless Gladiator===
*Sold by in Stormwind, in Orgrimmar or in Dalaran.
*Required the equivalent non-elite Ruthless Gladiator item in addition to Honor Points.
*Required 2200 Personal rating in 3v3 or 5v5 Arena, or Rated Battleground.
* The items are recolors of the Ruthless Gladiator set.
Item 	Cost 	Item level	Season earned requirement
Two-hand weapons	3400 Conquest Points	391 	15700 Conquest Points
One-hand weapons	2450 Conquest Points	391 	15700 Conquest Points
Off-hands 	950 Conquest Points 	391 	15700 Conquest Points
Relic 	700 Conquest Points 	391 	15700 Conquest Points
Helm 	2200 Conquest Points	384 	None
Shoulders 	1650 Conquest Points	384 	None
Chest 	2200 Conquest Points	358 	None
Gloves 	1650 Conquest Points	384 	None
Legs 	2200 Conquest Points	384 	None
Boots 	1650 Conquest Points	384 	None
===End of Season Removals=== 
*Following the release of Season 11 many PvP rewards from Season 10 became unavailable for purchase. See list below: 
**All original Ruthless Gladiator items
**All Elite Ruthless Gladiator items
*In the Legion expansion all items, except for the Elite Ruthless Gladiator items, were once again made available for purchase with Mark of Honor.
==Season Trivia==
*Mid-season Blizzard changed the matchmaking rating formula used for competitive PvP within the game. The change essentially made it impossible to gain rating equivalent to those who had already climbed to high ratings prior to the change, as matchmaking ratings would simply not reach those levels (3000+) due to the new, more conservative, formula reducing the intended matchmaking rating of players across the board. This caused most high rated teams to not play at all, as their respective arena team ratings were safely out of reach of anyone trying to catch up to them and upon playing they themselves would've almost inevitably lost Arena team. Season 10 is therefore considered by many as the most uncompetitive season of its era.MMR reset discussion with Blizzard on the official forums, 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
*Prior to Season 10 a precedent in which Blizzard would would give a two week notice of the season ending had been set, and followed. However, for unknown reasons, at the end of Season 10 the announcement was made just six days before the planned end of it. This cause a massive uproar in the PvP community which eventually caused the release of patch 4.3.0 and the end of Season 10 to be delayed by two full weeks from the original announcement.Blizzard discusses the end of season delay on the official forums 2011-11-09. Retreived 2022-07-16.
==References==