Post by Shane Small on Jul 23, 2009 22:53:59 GMT -5
This is intended as an aid to those deathknights trying to scrape together the gear to be raiders in guilds with gear requirements for raiding.
I was doing all this research just for myself, but then I realized that probably other people would have a use for it - save themselves an hour or so of sorting through wowhead lists. There are a few level 70 smithing BoEs I left out, but if you have access to someone with raiding patterns, t5+ epics with 2+ gem slots generally beat level 80 blues. (Same applies to level 70 badge gear, if you can solo those heroics.) Any t7 gear you can spare the badges for would also be great.
(Redacted a section here - times have changed).
For reference, I used the Unholy dps weights template, but didn't regard ordering as strict - among gear of a similar level, I listed the easiest to obtain. I also am listing some non-plate gear - some leather gear is good enough, if you're desperate; ignore anything leather if you have the armor->AP talent. Since they're ordered descending in dps contibution (roughly), they're also basically in reverse order by easiness to obtain.
I list the relevant details after the item - how to get it, and any attribute that would make it worthwhile for some dks and not others (axe, fast weapon, etc)
2H weapons:
[Titansteel Destroyer] (crafted/boe)
[Greatsword of the Sin'dorei]/[Claymore of the Prophet]/... (Argent Tournament - 25 champion's seals)
[Colossal Skull-Clad Cleaver] (Heroic Loken, HoL, Axe)
[Sword of Justice] (Heroic HoS - Tribunal Chest)
[Saliva Corroded Pike] (Heroic VH)
[Runeblade of Demonstrable Power] (Ebon Blade Revered)
[Argent Skeleton Crusher] (Argent Crusade rep, revered)
[Whale-Stick Harpoon] (Revered with Kalu'ak)
[Dreadlord's Blade] (Normal CoS)
[De-Raged Waraxe] (Ampitheater of Anguish Quest chain, Axe)
1h weapons:
[Grimhorn Crusher]/[Ironforge Smasher] (Argent Tournament - 25 champion seals)
[Red Sword of Courage] (Best pre-raid tanking weapon - try not to piss off your tank if you roll on this)
[Avool's Sword of Jin] (BoE - check auction house)
[Titansteel Bonecrusher] (crafted/boe, mace)
[Grasscutter] (50 badges, offhand only, fast)
[The Key] (axe, heroic VH)
[The Interrogator] (Heroic Oculus, fast)
[Reaper of Dark Souls] (Revered with Ebon Blade)
[Fang of Truth] (Honored with Wyrmrest, which you should have from questing to 80)
Back:
[Cloak of Bloodied Waters] (BoE World drop - check the ah, it's one of the best cloaks available for us, stam aside)
[Embrace of Sorrow] (normal HoS)
[Shroud of Reverberation] (Heroic HoL)
[Durable Nerubhide Cape] (Yeah, I know it's a tanking cloak. Crafted BoE)
[Ice Striker's Cloak] (crafted, BoE. better than Durable Nerubhide if expertise capped)
Chest:
[Heroes' Scourgeborne Battleplate] (80 badges)
[Bonegrinder Breastplate] (Heroic AK)
[Wing Commander's Breastplate] (Normal Oculus)
[Darkheart Chestguard] (Exalted Ebon Blade, Leather)
[Breastplate of Undeath] (Heroic DK)
[Engraved Chestplate of Eck] (Heroic GD)
[Whalebone Carapace] (Honored with Kalu'ak)
[Battleplate of Unheard Ovation] (Quest chain in Icecrown, not soloable)
[Chestplate of Conquest] (Blacksmithing BoP)
[Breastplate of Jagged Stone] (Quest in HoL)
Feet:
[Death-Inured Sabatons] (Exalted with Ebon Blade)
[Iron-Spring Jumpers] (BoE drop in Naxx - check the AH)
[Spiked Titansteel Treads] (Crafted BoE)
[Rift Striders] (Heroic Nexus)
[Berserker's Sabatons] (BoE trash drop in UP - check the AH)
[Trollkickers] (Quest in Gundrak)
Fingers:
[Ring of the Kirin Tor] (very very expensive)
[Ring of Scarlet Shadows] (Crafted BoE)
[Band of Frosted Thorns] (Heroic Nexus)
[Hemorrhaging Circle] (Heroic GD)
[Titanium Impact Band] (Crafted BoE)
[Kurzel's Rage] (Quest in DK)
Hands:
[Heroes' Scourgeborne Gauntlets] (60 badges)
[Gilt-Edged Leather Gauntlets] (Leather, Heroic UP)
[Gauntlets of Dragon Wrath] (Heroic Oculus)
[Handgrips of the Savage Emissary] (H. VH)
[Gauntlets of The Culling] (Quest in CoS)
[Fists of Loken] (Reg. HoL)
[Plate Claws of the Dragon] (Normal VH)
Head:
[Spiked Titansteel Helm] (Crafted BoE)
[Charged Titanium Specs] (Engineers only)
[Chitin Shell Greathelm] (Heroic AN)
[Faceguard of Punishment] (Quest in UP)
Legs:
[Staggering Legplates] (Heroic UK)
[Legplates of the Oculus Guardian] (Heroic Oculus)
[Ancient Royal Legguards] (Normal UP)
[Bolstered Legplates] (Heroic VH, Ignore the tanking stats)
[Legplates of Steel Implants] (Heroic CoS)
[Legplates of Bloody Reprisal] (Exalted with Wyrmrest - only good for Blood)
[Berserker's Sabatons] (BoE drop in reg. UP)
[Plated Legs of the Unholy] (Quest in Ice Crown. In case you have no friends at all)
Neck:
[Pendant of the Outcast Hero] (25 badges)
[Gold Amulet of Kings] (Heroic UP)
[Titanium Earthguard Chain] (Tanking item, BoE Crafted)
[Titanium Impact Choker] (BoE crafted, In case you can't stand to dps in tank gear)
[Choker of the Betrayer] (Quest chain in Zul'Drak)
[Jade Dagger Pendant] (Cheap BoE crafted. We're talking less than 50 gold.)
Shoulder:
[Pauldrons of the Lightning Revenant] (Normal HoL)
[Spaulders of the Giant Lords] (Revered with Sons of Hodir)
[Gold Star Spaulders] (Revered with Oracles)]
[Trollwoven Spaulders] (Crafted BoE, Leather)
[Mantle of Volkhan] (Quest in HoL)
Waist:
[Verdungo's Barbarian Cord] (40 Badges)
[Flame-Bathed Steel Girdle] (Heroic Nexus)
[The General's Steel Girdle] (Heroic HoL)
[Spiked Metal Cilice] (Normal CoS)
[Sharp-Barbed Leather Belt] (Heroic UK, Leather)
[Thorim's Grasp] (Quest in Storm Peaks)
Wrist:
[Wristbands of the Sentinel Huntress] (These aren't really pre-raid, but they are BoE, so someone with excess emblems might ah this or buy it for their alt.)
[Vengeance Bindings] (Crafted BoE. Really, these are so cheap to make that there's no point in the rest of this list..)
[Cast Iron Shackles] (Normal VH)
[Golden Limb Bands] (Heroic AN)
[Hardened Bone Wrist Protectors] (Quest in Ice Crown)
Sigil:
[Sigil of the Dark Rider] (For Blood)
[Sigil of Haunted Dreams] (For all three)
[Sigil of the Frozen Conscience] (For Frost)
[Sigil of Arthritic Binding] (For Unholy)
Trinket:
[Darkmoon Card: Greatness] (For the rich and powerful, this is the best. Nobles deck. The agility card wouldn't be too bad either.)
[Mirror of Truth] (40 badges. Quite a good trinket, will last a while)
[Darkmoon Card: Death] (A cheaper darkmoon card than nobles, but still fairly pricey).
[Oracle Talisman of Ablution] (Exalted with Oracles)
[Figurine - Emerald Boar] and [Figurine - Twilight Serpent] are both good if you're a jeweler.
[Mighty Alchemist's Stone] is excellent if you are a chemist.
[Meteorite Whetstone] (Heroic UP)
[Incisor Fragment] (Herioc DTK)
[Sphere of Red Dragon's Blood] and [Mark of the War Prisoner] if you are short on hit (from Heroic Nexus and Heroic VH)
[Crusader's Locket] (quest in Ice Crown)
[Chuchu's Tiny Box of Horrors] (quest in Ice Crown)
I was doing all this research just for myself, but then I realized that probably other people would have a use for it - save themselves an hour or so of sorting through wowhead lists. There are a few level 70 smithing BoEs I left out, but if you have access to someone with raiding patterns, t5+ epics with 2+ gem slots generally beat level 80 blues. (Same applies to level 70 badge gear, if you can solo those heroics.) Any t7 gear you can spare the badges for would also be great.
(Redacted a section here - times have changed).
For reference, I used the Unholy dps weights template, but didn't regard ordering as strict - among gear of a similar level, I listed the easiest to obtain. I also am listing some non-plate gear - some leather gear is good enough, if you're desperate; ignore anything leather if you have the armor->AP talent. Since they're ordered descending in dps contibution (roughly), they're also basically in reverse order by easiness to obtain.
I list the relevant details after the item - how to get it, and any attribute that would make it worthwhile for some dks and not others (axe, fast weapon, etc)
2H weapons:
[Titansteel Destroyer] (crafted/boe)
[Greatsword of the Sin'dorei]/[Claymore of the Prophet]/... (Argent Tournament - 25 champion's seals)
[Colossal Skull-Clad Cleaver] (Heroic Loken, HoL, Axe)
[Sword of Justice] (Heroic HoS - Tribunal Chest)
[Saliva Corroded Pike] (Heroic VH)
[Runeblade of Demonstrable Power] (Ebon Blade Revered)
[Argent Skeleton Crusher] (Argent Crusade rep, revered)
[Whale-Stick Harpoon] (Revered with Kalu'ak)
[Dreadlord's Blade] (Normal CoS)
[De-Raged Waraxe] (Ampitheater of Anguish Quest chain, Axe)
1h weapons:
[Grimhorn Crusher]/[Ironforge Smasher] (Argent Tournament - 25 champion seals)
[Red Sword of Courage] (Best pre-raid tanking weapon - try not to piss off your tank if you roll on this)
[Avool's Sword of Jin] (BoE - check auction house)
[Titansteel Bonecrusher] (crafted/boe, mace)
[Grasscutter] (50 badges, offhand only, fast)
[The Key] (axe, heroic VH)
[The Interrogator] (Heroic Oculus, fast)
[Reaper of Dark Souls] (Revered with Ebon Blade)
[Fang of Truth] (Honored with Wyrmrest, which you should have from questing to 80)
Back:
[Cloak of Bloodied Waters] (BoE World drop - check the ah, it's one of the best cloaks available for us, stam aside)
[Embrace of Sorrow] (normal HoS)
[Shroud of Reverberation] (Heroic HoL)
[Durable Nerubhide Cape] (Yeah, I know it's a tanking cloak. Crafted BoE)
[Ice Striker's Cloak] (crafted, BoE. better than Durable Nerubhide if expertise capped)
Chest:
[Heroes' Scourgeborne Battleplate] (80 badges)
[Bonegrinder Breastplate] (Heroic AK)
[Wing Commander's Breastplate] (Normal Oculus)
[Darkheart Chestguard] (Exalted Ebon Blade, Leather)
[Breastplate of Undeath] (Heroic DK)
[Engraved Chestplate of Eck] (Heroic GD)
[Whalebone Carapace] (Honored with Kalu'ak)
[Battleplate of Unheard Ovation] (Quest chain in Icecrown, not soloable)
[Chestplate of Conquest] (Blacksmithing BoP)
[Breastplate of Jagged Stone] (Quest in HoL)
Feet:
[Death-Inured Sabatons] (Exalted with Ebon Blade)
[Iron-Spring Jumpers] (BoE drop in Naxx - check the AH)
[Spiked Titansteel Treads] (Crafted BoE)
[Rift Striders] (Heroic Nexus)
[Berserker's Sabatons] (BoE trash drop in UP - check the AH)
[Trollkickers] (Quest in Gundrak)
Fingers:
[Ring of the Kirin Tor] (very very expensive)
[Ring of Scarlet Shadows] (Crafted BoE)
[Band of Frosted Thorns] (Heroic Nexus)
[Hemorrhaging Circle] (Heroic GD)
[Titanium Impact Band] (Crafted BoE)
[Kurzel's Rage] (Quest in DK)
Hands:
[Heroes' Scourgeborne Gauntlets] (60 badges)
[Gilt-Edged Leather Gauntlets] (Leather, Heroic UP)
[Gauntlets of Dragon Wrath] (Heroic Oculus)
[Handgrips of the Savage Emissary] (H. VH)
[Gauntlets of The Culling] (Quest in CoS)
[Fists of Loken] (Reg. HoL)
[Plate Claws of the Dragon] (Normal VH)
Head:
[Spiked Titansteel Helm] (Crafted BoE)
[Charged Titanium Specs] (Engineers only)
[Chitin Shell Greathelm] (Heroic AN)
[Faceguard of Punishment] (Quest in UP)
Legs:
[Staggering Legplates] (Heroic UK)
[Legplates of the Oculus Guardian] (Heroic Oculus)
[Ancient Royal Legguards] (Normal UP)
[Bolstered Legplates] (Heroic VH, Ignore the tanking stats)
[Legplates of Steel Implants] (Heroic CoS)
[Legplates of Bloody Reprisal] (Exalted with Wyrmrest - only good for Blood)
[Berserker's Sabatons] (BoE drop in reg. UP)
[Plated Legs of the Unholy] (Quest in Ice Crown. In case you have no friends at all)
Neck:
[Pendant of the Outcast Hero] (25 badges)
[Gold Amulet of Kings] (Heroic UP)
[Titanium Earthguard Chain] (Tanking item, BoE Crafted)
[Titanium Impact Choker] (BoE crafted, In case you can't stand to dps in tank gear)
[Choker of the Betrayer] (Quest chain in Zul'Drak)
[Jade Dagger Pendant] (Cheap BoE crafted. We're talking less than 50 gold.)
Shoulder:
[Pauldrons of the Lightning Revenant] (Normal HoL)
[Spaulders of the Giant Lords] (Revered with Sons of Hodir)
[Gold Star Spaulders] (Revered with Oracles)]
[Trollwoven Spaulders] (Crafted BoE, Leather)
[Mantle of Volkhan] (Quest in HoL)
Waist:
[Verdungo's Barbarian Cord] (40 Badges)
[Flame-Bathed Steel Girdle] (Heroic Nexus)
[The General's Steel Girdle] (Heroic HoL)
[Spiked Metal Cilice] (Normal CoS)
[Sharp-Barbed Leather Belt] (Heroic UK, Leather)
[Thorim's Grasp] (Quest in Storm Peaks)
Wrist:
[Wristbands of the Sentinel Huntress] (These aren't really pre-raid, but they are BoE, so someone with excess emblems might ah this or buy it for their alt.)
[Vengeance Bindings] (Crafted BoE. Really, these are so cheap to make that there's no point in the rest of this list..)
[Cast Iron Shackles] (Normal VH)
[Golden Limb Bands] (Heroic AN)
[Hardened Bone Wrist Protectors] (Quest in Ice Crown)
Sigil:
[Sigil of the Dark Rider] (For Blood)
[Sigil of Haunted Dreams] (For all three)
[Sigil of the Frozen Conscience] (For Frost)
[Sigil of Arthritic Binding] (For Unholy)
Trinket:
[Darkmoon Card: Greatness] (For the rich and powerful, this is the best. Nobles deck. The agility card wouldn't be too bad either.)
[Mirror of Truth] (40 badges. Quite a good trinket, will last a while)
[Darkmoon Card: Death] (A cheaper darkmoon card than nobles, but still fairly pricey).
[Oracle Talisman of Ablution] (Exalted with Oracles)
[Figurine - Emerald Boar] and [Figurine - Twilight Serpent] are both good if you're a jeweler.
[Mighty Alchemist's Stone] is excellent if you are a chemist.
[Meteorite Whetstone] (Heroic UP)
[Incisor Fragment] (Herioc DTK)
[Sphere of Red Dragon's Blood] and [Mark of the War Prisoner] if you are short on hit (from Heroic Nexus and Heroic VH)
[Crusader's Locket] (quest in Ice Crown)
[Chuchu's Tiny Box of Horrors] (quest in Ice Crown)