Pandarian champion

Pandarian champions are special rare mobs found wandering the continent of Pandaria. Attackable by both Alliance and Horde players, champions provide a tougher challenge than most, and drop special loot. Defeating Pandarian champions is the objective of the achievements A Worthy Opponent, Could We Find More Like That? and Glorious!. There are 56 Pandarian champions in total.
Although not elites, champions have far more health than normal mobs. They also have a number of special abilities, and defeating them requires players to use more strategy than is usually required with other mobs. Champions' special attacks are extremely powerful, and can often defeat adventurers with just a few blows. With their massive health pools, defeating a champion usually takes some time, if the player can survive that long.
== Notes ==
Champions' loot is fittingly exceptional. When defeated, each champion drops one of a number of pieces of rare armor, as well as having a reasonable chance of dropping a Small Bag of Goods and/or a special item unique to that champion. These special items include epic weapons and leg armor, as well as trinkets, bags of items, and a number of unique rare items and trinkets, offering on-use effects ranging from fun (Panflute of Pandaria, Pandaren Firework Launcher) to powerful (Overgrown Lilypad, Dynasty of Steel).
The champion's zone determines both its level and the type of special item it has a chance to drop. Each zone also has a selection of rare armor from which the standard loot for all champions in that zone is chosen, with each zone's champions offering armor for a different slot. 
Zone 	Level	Special item 	Rare loot type (item level)
Jade Forest 	85 	Epic weapons 	Rare leg armor (400)
Valley of the Four Winds	86 	Trinkets and items with on-use effects 	Rare hand armor (410)
Krasarang Wilds 	87 	Epic leg armor 	Rare head armor (420)
Kun-Lai Summit 	88 	Trinkets and items with on-use effects Exception: Forager's Gloves	Rare wrist armor (430)
Townlong Steppes 	89 	Bags of items 	Rare neck slot items (440)
Dread Wastes 	90 	Trinkets and items with on-use effects 	Rare chest armor (440/450)
Vale of Eternal Blossoms	91 	Trinkets and items with on-use effects 	Rare back armor (440)
Originally, all champion drops were unique to champions, and could not be obtained from any other source. However, with patch 5.2.0, certain mobs related to the Isle of Thunder storyline were introduced, with a chance to drop Big Bag of Zandalari Supplies. These bags have a chance to drop the exact same items dropped from Big Bag of Mysteries, most notably including the epic weapon drops from the Jade Forest champions, and the epic leg armor drops from the Krasarang Wilds champions. While not unique to champions, Small Bag of Zandalari Supplies (available from the same mobs) also drops the exact same items as Small Bag of Goods. Patch 5.4.0 will also allow several previously unique champion items to drop from mobs on the Timeless Isle, as part of the achievement Going To Need A Bigger Bag. Whether further expansions will make other champion drops available from other sources remains to be seen.
The level requirement of epic gear drops matches that of the champion it dropped from - either 85 or 87 - while the level requirement for trinkets and items is either 1 or 85; all rare gear drops from champions require level 85. Most champion drops are bind on pickup, except for a few epic items which are bind on equip. There are a few exceptions: the Elixir of Ancient Knowledge, which is bind to account; the Hozen Peace Pipe, which can be traded freely but has a level 90 requirement; and Lon the Bull, who is a level lower than the other champions in his zone. Ook-Breaker Mace is also exceptional in that it is the special item dropped by both Mister Ferocious and Ferdinand - the only one to be shared between two champions.
Every major race on Pandaria has its champions: the hozen, jinyu, mantid, mogu, pandaren, saurok and yaungol are all represented among them. Champions' health and levels vary, but their capabilities are determined by their race, with all champions of that race sharing the same set of abilities. The exception is the mogu, who have two types: warriors and sorcerers. Each zone has 8 champions - one of each type - meaning there are 7 examples of each type of champion.
Champions vary in level between 85 and 91, with health pools as large as 4 million hit points. Some are neutral to players - until attacked - while most are hostile and will attack if players stray too close. Pandarian champions are immune to a number of crowd control effects, including fear effects, horror effects, Cyclone and Mind Control. However, they can be stunned, interrupted, disoriented, silenced, rooted, snared and knocked back.
For a list of loot offered by each champion, or for information on each type of champion's abilities and behavior, see the individual champion pages.
== Champions ==
Name	Type 	Lvl	Zone 	Special item
 	Jinyu 	85 	Jade Forest 	Pool-Stirrer
 	Pandaren 	88 	Kun-Lai Summit 	Pandaren Firework Launcher
 	Pandaren 	90 	Dread Wastes 	Ai-Li's Skymirror
 	Pandaren 	91 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Essence of the Breeze
 	Saurok 	87 	Krasarang Wilds 	Arness's Scaled Leggings
 	Yaungol 	86 	Valley of the Four Winds	Battle Horn
 	Hozen 	86 	Valley of the Four Winds	Magic Banana
 	Mogu Sorcerer	88 	Kun-Lai Summit 	Crate of Kidnapped Puppies
 	Jinyu 	87 	Krasarang Wilds 	Courinth Waterstrider's Silken Finery
 	Yaungol 	90 	Dread Wastes 	Yaungol Wind Chime
 	Jinyu 	89 	Townlong Steppes 	Big Bag of Linens
 	Yaungol 	85 	Jade Forest 	Ook-Breaker Mace
 	Mogu Sorcerer	87 	Krasarang Wilds 	Gaarn's Leggings of Infestation
 	Mantid 	90 	Dread Wastes 	Eternal Warrior's Sigil
 	Yaungol 	87 	Krasarang Wilds 	Go-Kan's Golden Trousers
 	Mogu Warrior 	88 	Kun-Lai Summit 	Shard of Archstone
 	Hozen 	90 	Dread Wastes 	Hozen Beach Ball
 	Mogu Warrior 	86 	Valley of the Four Winds	Terracotta Fragment
 	Mogu Warrior 	89 	Townlong Steppes 	Big Bag of Arms
 	Mantid 	91 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Bottled Tornado
 	Mogu Sorcerer	91 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Kang's Bindstone
 	Mogu Sorcerer	90 	Dread Wastes 	Imbued Jade Fragment
 	Yaungol 	88 	Kun-Lai Summit 	Forager's Gloves
 	Mogu Sorcerer	85 	Jade Forest 	Darkstaff of Annihilation
 	Mantid 	85 	Jade Forest 	Needlefang Throatripper
 	Mogu Warrior 	90 	Dread Wastes 	Elixir of Ancient Knowledge
 	Mantid 	89 	Townlong Steppes 	Big Bag of Jewels
 	Yaungol 	88 	Townlong Steppes 	Big Bag of Herbs
 	Hozen 	91 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Helpful Wikky's Whistle
 	Hozen 	85 	Jade Forest 	Ook-Breaker Mace
 	Saurok 	91 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Panflute of Pandaria
 	Mogu Warrior 	85 	Jade Forest 	Fangcracker Battlemace
 	Jinyu 	90 	Dread Wastes 	Hollow Reed
 	Mantid 	86 	Valley of the Four Winds	Dynasty of Steel
 	Pandaren 	86 	Valley of the Four Winds	Seed of Tranquil Growth
 	Saurok 	88 	Kun-Lai Summit 	Hardened Shell
 	Mogu Sorcerer	89 	Townlong Steppes 	Big Bag of Mysteries
 	Saurok 	90 	Dread Wastes 	Golden Fleece
 	Mogu Warrior 	87 	Krasarang Wilds 	Qu'nas' Apocryphal Legplates
 	Pandaren 	87 	Krasarang Wilds 	Silent Leggings of the Ghostpaw
 	Jinyu 	91 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Aqua Jewel
 	Saurok 	86 	Valley of the Four Winds	Salyin Battle Banner
 	Saurok 	85 	Jade Forest 	Fishsticker Crossbow
 	Hozen 	88 	Kun-Lai Summit 	Hozen Peace Pipe
 	Jinyu 	86 	Valley of the Four Winds	Overgrown Lilypad
 	Saurok 	89 	Townlong Steppes 	Big Bag of Skins
 	Mantid 	88 	Kun-Lai Summit 	Rod of Ambershaping
 	Hozen 	87 	Krasarang Wilds 	Spriggin's Sproggin' Leggin'
 	Mogu Sorcerer	86 	Valley of the Four Winds	Crystal of Insanity
 	Hozen 	89 	Townlong Steppes 	Big Bag of Food
 	Mantid 	87 	Krasarang Wilds 	Torik-Ethis' Bloodied Legguards
 	Mogu Warrior 	91 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Chalice of Secrets
 	Pandaren 	85 	Jade Forest 	Pathwalker Greatstaff
 	Yaungol 	91 	Vale of Eternal Blossoms	Mr. Smite's Brass Compass
 	Pandaren 	89 	Townlong Steppes 	Big Bag of Wonders
 	Jinyu 	88 	Kun-Lai Summit 	Farwater Conch
== Tips ==
The difficulty of overcoming champions varies depending on the type and level of both the champion and the player. Some types of champion are far harder for certain classes to defeat, and many require the use of interrupts and evasive manoeuvres throughout the fight. Learn the abilities and behaviour of each type, and how best to use your abilities against them.
== Trivia ==
* Each champion comes with a unique emote, prompted upon engaging the champion in combat. However, champions rarely use these emotes, and it is possible to defeat a given champion several times without seeing their signature emote. Nonetheless, these quotes serve to add some unique character to each champion.
* While each type of champion has its own strengths and weaknesses, saurok champions for some reason generally possess fewer hit points than other kinds. The difference increases by level: the level 85 saurok Sarnak's health is equal to that of the other Jade Forest champions, while the level 91 saurok Moldo One-Eye has only 85% of the health of the other champions in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
== See also ==
* I'm In Your Base, Killing Your Dudes - Faction-specific champions found in Krasarang Wilds
* Champions of Lei Shen - Rare elites on the Isle of Thunder
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== External links ==
* Glorious! Lore's guide to the Rares of Pandaria - includes precise locations for each champion
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