Team Battleground Blitz is a Tournament in which players form Teams of four, fight in Battlegrounds, and progress through Areas. You can access it by navigating to the Team Battlegrounds subtab in the Eagle's Nest or Special Events tab.
In this Tournament, you must independently clear a Battleground in each Area to progress and receive Rewards. The more Areas you and your Team Members complete, the more Rewards you will receive. A Grand Reward is available for Teams who complete all Areas.
Team Formation
Any player of Level 60 or higher can create or join a Team. You can create a Team up to three days before the start of the Tournament or at any point during the Tournament. Alternatively, you can join an existing Team if you receive an Invitation from its Team Captain. You can also choose to be placed in a Random Team with three other players that are selected for you automatically. To do so, click the "Random Team" button in the Team Battlegrounds subtab in the Eagle's Nest.
The player who creates the Team is the Team Captain. If you decide to join the Random Team, the player who clicks the "Random Team" button earliest will be the Team Captain.
The Team Captain may send Invitations to other players to join the Team. Only 3 Invitations per Team may be active at one time, and Invitations are valid for 24 hours. If a player accepts the Invitation, he cannot be removed from the Team until the Tournament is over. The Team Captain can delete the Team, but only if there are no Team Members, Hirelings, or active Invitations to other players. The same Team Captain may then create a new Team, but the second Team cannot be deleted until the end of the Tournament.
You may leave up to two Teams (either Random Teams or Teams you have joined by Invitation), but only before the start of the Tournament. If you join a third Team, you must stay in it until the Tournament is over.
Hirelings
Hirelings are non-player Team Members. They can be added to the Team to fight in place of players, and will match the progress of the Captain who hired them.
You can purchase an unlimited number of Hirelings in Special Offers. They are stored in the Black Market, and only three can be used at a time. If you have 3 Invitations already active, you will need to withdraw at least one Invitation to assign a Hireling to the Team. Note that you cannot remove Hirelings once they have been assigned to your Team.
Rules
Team Battlegrounds are split into Areas. Every Area consists of one Offensive and one Defensive Battleground. Team Members must each send Units to one of these Battlegrounds and clear it of enemies to progress to the next Area. If you attempt one type of Battleground and fail to clear it, you cannot switch to the other. The Area will be fully complete only when all four Team Members have cleared their Battlegrounds. You cannot send Champions to Team Battlegrounds, and Units sent to them will not benefit from any active Boosters or Bonuses. Points earned by defeating enemy Units in these Battlegrounds can count towards other Events, Tournaments, and Feats, just like regular Battlegrounds.