Wotlk Pre-Raid / Pre-Heroic Gear List

I've started building gear lists to get my new group equiped while leveling and to prepare for heroics / naxx (I like to have a to-do list of quests or isntances I need to run). I won't make a list for every type / role, just for the ones in my group (feel free to contribute if you like).

This isn't the end-all list for each type of armor, it just has the items best suited for the role to prepare for harder content. For isntance, the tank gear is mostly defense / stam / str, but there are tons of other plate crit / hit / expertise drops that may be an upgrade for you until you get a tanking piece (or if you have enough defense).

The numbers are level required - item level.

Plate / Tank Gear

Chest

Crafted [BOE] - 70 - 142 - Cobalt Chestpiece
Crafted [BOE] - 75 - 167 - Tempered Saronite Breastplate

Quest [H|A] - 70 - 138 - Blacksoul Protector's Hauberk
Quest [H|A] - 75 - 158 - Clutch of the Storm Giant
Quest [A] - 77 - 162 - Stonebound Chestguard
Quest [H] - 80 - 174 - Rockshaper's Resolve
Quest [H|A] - 80 - 187 - Silver-Plated Battlechest

Drop [Gundrak|Drakkari Earthshaker] - 77 - 166 - Agin's Crushing Carapace
Drop [Ahn'kahet|Jedoga Shadowseeker] - 73 - 167 - Battlechest of the Twilight Cult
Drop [Utgarde Pinnacle|Gortok Palehoof] - 78 - 187 - Reanimated Armor

Feet

Crafted [BOE] - 70 - 142 - Cobalt Boots
Crafted [BOE] - 75 - 167 - Tempered Saronite Boots
Crafted [Epic BOE] - 80 - 200 - Tempered Titansteel Treads

Quest [A|H] - 70 - 155 - Boots of the Unbowed Protector
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 174 - Steel-tipped Snowboots

Drop [Strat|Meathook] - 78 - 187 - Slaughterhouse Sabatons

Hands

Crafted [BOE] - 70 - 142 - Cobalt Gauntlets
Crafted [BOE] - 78- 179 - Tempered Saronite Gauntlets
Crafted [BOE] - 78 - 187 - Daunting Handguards

Quest [H] - 75 - 154 - Hanguards of the Sanguine Gladiator
Quest [A|H] - 70 - 155 - Guantlets of the Disturbed Giant
Quest [H] - 75 - 158 - Ancestral Gauntlets
Quest [A|H] - 74 - 159 - Expelling Gauntlets
Quest [A] - 76 - 162 - Hanguards of Transient Friendship
Quest [A|H] - 79 - 174 - Jayde's Reinforced Handguards
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 174 - Demolisher's Grips
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 187 - Gauntlets of Vigilance

Drop [Ahn'kahet|Spell Flinger] - 72 - 142 - Grips of the Valiant Champion

Head

Crafted [BOE] - 70 - 142 - Cobalt Helm
Crafted [BOE] - 76 - 171 - Tempered Saronite Helm
Crafted [Epic BOE] - 80 - 200 - Tempered Titansteel Helm

Quest [A|H] - 76 - 162 - Bronzed Dome Protector
Quest [A|H] - 77 - 162 - Greathelm of the Titan Protectorate
Quest [H] - 80 - 174 - Helmet of the Dedicated
Quest [A|H] - 77 - 174 - Crown of Hyldnir
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 174 - The Crusader's Resolution

Drop [Oculus|Eregos] - 78 - 187 - Helm of the Ley-Guardian

Legs

Crafted [BOE] - 70 - 142 - Cobalt Legplates
Crafted [BOE] - 74 - 163 - Tempered Saronite Legplates
Crafted [BOE] - 78 - 187 - Daunting Legplates

Quest [A|H] - 75 - 154 - Leggings of Forceful Purification
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 174 - Iron Colossus Legplates

Drop [Drak'Tharon|Tharon'ja] - 74 - 171 - Muradin's Lost Greaves
Drop [Violet Hold|Zuramat] - 75 - 175 - Void Sentry Legplates

Shoulder

Crafted [BOE] - 70.142 - Cobalt Shoulders - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39083
Crafted [BOE] - 76 - 171 - Tempered Saronite Shoulders

Quest [A] - 74 - 154 - Bone-Polished Iceplate Shoulders
Quest [A|H] - 70 - 155 - Tundra Pauldrons
Quest [A|H] - 78 - 175 - Pauldrons of Reconnaissance

Drop [Violet Hold - Moragg] - 75 - 175
Drop [Halls of Lightning|Ionar] - 78 - 187 - Pauldrons of the Lightning Revanant
Drop [Strat|Zone BOE] - 78 - 187 - Crusader's Square Pauldrons

Waist

Crafted [BOE] - 70 - 142 - Cobalt Belt
Crafted [BOE] - 74 - 163 - Tempered Saronite Belt

Quest [A|H] - 80 - 174 - Gutbuster of Aldur'thar

Drop [Oculus|Urom] - 78 - 187 - Girdle of Obscuring

Wrist

Crafted [BOE] - 70 - 142 - Cobalt Bracers
Crafted [BOE] - 77 - 175 - Tempered Saronite Bracers

Quest [A|H] - 77 - 162 - Lifegiver's Ward
Quest [A|H] - 77 - 174 - Polished Tusk Shackles
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 175 - Bracers of Reverence

Drop [Utgarde Pinnacle|Svala] - 78 - 187 - Svala's Bloodied Shackles

Plate / Tank Gear Con't

Shield

Crafted [BOE] - 70 - 142 - Cobalt Triangle Shield
Crafted [BOE] - 73 - 159 - Saronite Defender
Crafted [BOE] - 77 - 175 - Saronite Bulwark
Crafted [Epic BOE] - 80 - 200 - Titansteel Shield Wall

Quest [A] - 70 - 138 - Plainkeeper Blockade
Quest [A|H] - 70 - 138 - Nerubian Inner Husk
Quest [A] - 70 - 138 - Icechill Buckler
Quest [A|H] - 73 - 154 - Bulwark of the Tormented God
Quest [H] - 75 - 158 - Inflitrator's Shield
Quest [A] - 80 - 174 - Iron Coffin Lid

Drop [Violet Hold|Xevozz] - 75 - 175 - Riot Shield
Drop [Strat|Mal'Ganis] - 78 - 187 - Leeka's Shield

Trinket

Crafted [BOE|Eng 390] - - - 167 - Sonic Booster
Crafted [BOP|Alc 400] - 75 - 200 - Indestructible Alchemist's Stone
Crafted [BOP|JC 400] - 75 - 200 - Figurine - Monarch Crab

Drop [Halls of Lightning|Loken] - 78 - 187 - Seal of the Pantheon

Finger

Crafted [BOE] - 77 - 162 - Stoneguard Band
Crafted [BOE] - 78 - 187 - Ring of Earthen Might
Crafted [Epic BOE] - 80 - 187 - Titanium Earthguard Ring

Quest [A|H] - 77 - 162 - Ring of Misinterpreted Gestures
Quest [A] - 73 - 171 - Kurzel's Warband
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 175 - Staunch Signet
Quest [A|H] - 76 - 175 - Solid Platinum Band

Drop [AN|Anub'arak] - 72 - 163 - Signet of Arachnid Command
Drop [Oculus|Eregos] - 78 - 187 - Dragonflight Great-Ring

Neck

Crafted [BOE] - 80 - 200 - Titanium Earthguard Chain

Quest [H] - 70 - 146 - Tiled-Stone Pendant
Quest [A] - 70 - 151 - Woven Steel Necklace
Quest [A|H] - 77 - 162 - Blood-Infused Pendant
Quest [A|H] - 75 - 171 - Betrayer's Choker
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 174 - Chain of the Sovereign
Quest [A|H] - 80 - 174 - Reinforced Titanium Neckguard

Drop [Strat - Zone BOE] - 78 - 174
Drop [Halls of Stone|Sjonnir] - 77 - 183 - Amulet of Wills
Drop [Utgarde Pinnacle|Skadi] - 78 - 187 - Amulet of Deflected Blows

Back

Crafted [BOE] - 75 - 167 - Cloak of Tormented Skies
Crafted [Epic BOE] - 80 - 200 - Durable Nerubhide Cape

Quest [A|H] - 80 - 174 - Bloodbane's Resolve

Drop [Violet Hold|Erekem] - 75 - 175 - Screeching Cape
Drop [Strat|Salramm] - 78 - 187 - Flowing Cloak of Command

Weapon

(note: any dps weapon is good, there are so many I only listed ones with +defense as that will be my first goal)

Quest [H] - 80 - 174 - Blade of the Empty Void
Quest [A|H] - 74 - 175 - Hammer of Quiet Mourning

Drop [Halls of Lightning|Volkhan] - 78 - 187 - Eternally Folded Blade

Reserved - Mail / Elemental

Reserved - Mail / Resto

Reserved - Cloth / DPS

Reserved - Boomkin / DPS

From the plate items I looked at they looked like they would be good for either Pally/Death Knight/Warrior. Are there any items that are specifically geared towards pallys (ie +spell damage/int/spirit stats)?

great work! Just a note: Kurzel's Warband appears to be alliance only.

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Originally Posted by 'Schwarz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149495#post 149495

From the plate items I looked at they looked like they would be good for either Pally/Death Knight/Warrior. Are there any items that are specifically geared towards pallys (ie +spell damage/int/spirit stats)?

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ack no! Do not gear for spell damage unless you are a healer! You are a tank, gear as a tank. Paladins have a talent to convert stamina to spell damage.

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Originally Posted by 'Multibocks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149503#p ost149503

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Originally Posted by 'Schwarz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149495#post 149495

From the plate items I looked at they looked like they would be good for either Pally/Death Knight/Warrior. Are there any items that are specifically geared towards pallys (ie +spell damage/int/spirit stats)?

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ack no! Do not gear for spell damage unless you are a healer! You are a tank, gear as a tank. Paladins have a talent to convert stamina to spell damage.

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I'm having tons of problems letting go of the old ways. :S

That and my plate gear MUST be trampy or my Paldin won't wear it... :love:

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Originally Posted by 'Multibocks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149503#p ost149503

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Originally Posted by 'Schwarz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149495#post 149495

From the plate items I looked at they looked like they would be good for either Pally/Death Knight/Warrior. Are there any items that are specifically geared towards pallys (ie +spell damage/int/spirit stats)?

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ack no! Do not gear for spell damage unless you are a healer! You are a tank, gear as a tank. Paladins have a talent to convert stamina to spell damage.

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Well, its not like spell damage stops working outside of the amount you get from stamina. It just means paladins get a wider range of gear to work with.

Ya with the new Cobalt and Saronite armor my paladin actually looks MEAN 8o , instead of the usual clown outfit.

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Originally Posted by 'Multibocks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149503#p ost149503

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Originally Posted by 'Schwarz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149495#post 149495

From the plate items I looked at they looked like they would be good for either Pally/Death Knight/Warrior. Are there any items that are specifically geared towards pallys (ie +spell damage/int/spirit stats)?

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ack no! Do not gear for spell damage unless you are a healer! You are a tank, gear as a tank. Paladins have a talent to convert stamina to spell damage.

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You shouldn't be gearing int/spirit either. If your tank doesn't overgear the istance, you should be fine on mana from blessing of sanctuary, spiritual attunement and divine plea not to even mention optional spells such as seal of wisdom, judgement of wisdom or mana replenishing spells from other classes. I currently do have some mana issues but in heroics or kara I could go forever without drinking.

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Originally Posted by 'Multibocks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149527#p ost149527

Ya with the new Cobalt and Saronite armor my paladin actually looks MEAN 8o , instead of the usual clown outfit.

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A guild member made a full set of that for me..now I just have to hit 70. ;(

Oh how I wish work didn't block gaming sites. So much theorycrafting I could get done in my spare time.

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Originally Posted by 'Multibocks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149501#p ost149501

great work! Just a note: Kurzel's Warband appears to be alliance only.

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Thanks, I updated it.

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Originally Posted by 'Multibocks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149503#p ost149503

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Originally Posted by 'Schwarz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149495#post 149495

From the plate items I looked at they looked like they would be good for either Pally/Death Knight/Warrior. Are there any items that are specifically geared towards pallys (ie +spell damage/int/spirit stats)?

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ack no! Do not gear for spell damage unless you are a healer! You are a tank, gear as a tank. Paladins have a talent to convert stamina to spell damage.

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I wasn't aware that paladins don't look for anything that has +spell damage on it. I was more worried about using a dk/warrior and having wasted stats like +spell damage

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Originally Posted by 'Schwarz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149495#post 149495

From the plate items I looked at they looked like they would be good for either Pally/Death Knight/Warrior. Are there any items that are specifically geared towards pallys (ie +spell damage/int/spirit stats)?

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All the tank items are made for all plate classes. This is part of blizz's itemization chagnes for wotlk, and why they adjusted class talents, so there wouldn't be any class specific gear, it should be role / spec specific. If you see spell power / int / etc on plate in wotlk it's probably holy gear. There is an enormous amount of hit,crit,expertise, and sp plate items ... by all means take any of them if you have a really bad slot until you get a tank specific drop.

Divine Plea is freaking awesome. I was using SoW before 71, now I can use whatever I want and still have enough mana if I use Plea every cooldown ... I'm in pretty much all "warrior" gear now, with roughly 5k mana at 71.

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Originally Posted by 'phara',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149543#post14 9543

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Originally Posted by 'Schwarz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149495#post 149495

From the plate items I looked at they looked like they would be good for either Pally/Death Knight/Warrior. Are there any items that are specifically geared towards pallys (ie +spell damage/int/spirit stats)?

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All the tank items are made for all plate classes. This is part of blizz's itemization chagnes for wotlk, and why they adjusted class talents, so there wouldn't be any class specific gear, it should be role / spec specific. If you see spell power / int / etc on plate in wotlk it's probably holy gear. There is an enormous amount of hit,crit,expertise, and sp plate items ... by all means take any of them if you have a really bad slot until you get a tank specific drop.

Divine Plea is freaking awesome. I was using SoW before 71, now I can use whatever I want and still have enough mana if I use Plea every cooldown ... I'm in pretty much all "warrior" gear now, with roughly 5k mana at 71.

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I think the intention is that Prot Pallies can use either Warrior tanking gear, or Holy Paladin Spell+ gear. Otherwise, you have an entire class of plate gear that is only good for one spec of one class. Personally, I'd just be annoyed by the wasted +spirit on the stuff myself, but its not like you can't throw on +spell power to your tankadin and still get use out of it.

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Originally Posted by 'Bigfish',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149551#post 149551

Otherwise, you have an entire class of plate gear that is only good for one spec of one class.

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Blizzard would never do anything like that!!!! :P

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Originally Posted by 'Bigfish',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149551#post 149551

I think the intention is that Prot Pallies can use either Warrior tanking gear, or Holy Paladin Spell+ gear. Otherwise, you have an entire class of plate gear that is only good for one spec of one class. Personally, I'd just be annoyed by the wasted +spirit on the stuff myself, but its not like you can't throw on +spell power to your tankadin and still get use out of it.

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I don't think they intended prot pallies to use any +sp / holy gear from looking at the wotlk itemization and class changes. You need both AP and SP for the prot spell ineup. You also need defense and block rating. Str gets you AP and block rating, stam gets you SP. There are very few (pre-naxx at least) items with +block, and none of them have int / sp. There are lots of +defense items, and all of them are stam / strength.

So if you choose to wear any int / sp item your losing out on defense, block rating, and AP and all you get in return is extra TPS for only some of your abilities. If it were just 1 or 2 temporary items it would be OK, but you would not be able to gear for heroics or raiding with any int / sp gear.

I think you missed the Rep reward gear like:
The Kalu'ak - Ivory Reinforced Chestguard
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44057

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Originally Posted by 'Solmaran',index.php?page=Thread&postID=149630#pos t149630

I think you missed the Rep reward gear like:
The Kalu'ak - Ivory Reinforced Chestguard
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44057

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Thanks - I'm going to add all the rep gear to my list, forgot all about it.

This is great. Alltho, i think you shoud delete the greens wich are way below others statswise, unless all the others are from instance.

Also, if this list is gonna be AWSOME, you need to keep it up - All of it.

The only thing that get's much threat generation from SP anymore is Holy Shield so I don't recommend ANY SP gear. Just get Touched by the Light talent and roll wicked.

Ya, great job. Thanks!! I am happy the crafted gear is BOE too!

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by 'Volch0k',index.php?page=Thread&postID=150097#post 150097

This is great. Alltho, i think you shoud delete the greens wich are way below others statswise, unless all the others are from instance.

Also, if this list is gonna be AWSOME, you need to keep it up - All of it.

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Well, the inclusion of lower level items is so they can be obtained while leveling up - this isn't a "what to get at level 80 list", it's more "what non-raid/heroic slot can I upgrade between 70 and 80". I left the variety of same level items also because you may hate a particular instance, the quest may be a collection, etc.

And, tbh, it's not intended to be AWSOME - it's just to help find basic pre-raid / pre-heroic gear while leveling. I make lists like this for all my toons and once a week or so I look at their worst slots, look at the list for the easiest item to obtain, and go quest / instance grind / farm mats to get the items. This way I can completely ignore quest rewards and just pick one to vendor because I already know if I need the item or not. I do this for myself, but thought posting the basic lists I use may help someone else.

That said, rep items must be added and I will be doing that this weekend, along with my resto mail list (most the searches done, I just need to run it through my formatter to make it postable). I haven't done my mail or cloth dps lists yet.

Here's a link for reaching DEF CAP from Heroic's mostly.
http://www.worldofraids.com/g/56-Rea...he_Defense_Cap