Season 9

Arena Season 9 (Vicious) commenced on 14 December 2010, one week after the release of Cataclysm and ended on June 28, 2011, the release of patch 4.2.0. Season 9 is notable for being the first season with rated battlegrounds. It also introduced some new features such as War Games, which are unrated battles set up between players for fun.

Armor sets
Season 9 has two types of sets: Bloodthirsty and Vicious.

Rewards

 * Bloodthirsty Gladiator items are longer available.
 * Vicious Gladiator items can no longer be obtained from vendors, but some still drop from Argaloth (10/25 man) in Baradin Hold. These include: Cloak, Feet, Finger, Hands, Legs, Neck, Trinket and Belt.
 * Glorious Vicious Gladiator items are longer available.