- Author: Kurathis
- Date: June 27, 2021
- Expansion: TBC Classic
With every new phase that is released, this page will be updated to better reflect the gear available to players. On this page, we will cover the gear that is best to enter Heroics with, and our Pre-Raid Set, and then each phase’s BiS gearset. For the sake of simplicity and ease of access to certain items, I have only included PvP items that can be purchased with Honor Points, and have excluded PvP items that require Arena Points to purchase.
Armor
- Head: Helm of Assassination or Helm of the Claw (If you still need the Hit Rating)
- Neck: Natasha’s Choker (If you still need the Hit Rating) or Blood Guard’s Necklace of Ferocity
- Shoulders: Ragesteel Shoulders or Mantle of Perenolde
- Honorable Mention: Ripfiend Shoulderplates (Will likely be fairly expensive)
- Cloak: Cloak of the Inciter or Netherfury Cape
- Honorable Mention: Vengeance Wrap (This may be harder to obtain than the other two options)
- Chest: Bulwark of Kings or Breastplate of Kings
- Honorable Mention: Terrorweave Tunic (This may be harder to obtain than the other two options)
- Bracers: Black Felsteel Bracers (Can craft or purchase from a Blacksmith/Auction House)
- Hands: Fel Leather Gloves or Felfury Gauntlets (Can craft or purchase from a Blacksmith/Auction House) or Cobrascale Gloves
- Waist: Ebon Netherscale Belt (Requires Leatherworking) or Deathforge Girdle
- Legs: Fel Leather Leggings or Clefthoof Hide Leggings
- Honorable Mention: Scaled Greaves of the Marksman (This may be harder to obtain than the other two options)
- Boots: Fel Leather Boots (If you need Hit Rating) or Sha’tari Wrought Greaves
- Ring: Kaylaan’s Signet
- Ring: Overseer’s Signet
- If you are Exalted with Lower City, Shapeshifter’s Signet would take priority
- Trinket: Abacus of Violent Odds
- Trinket: Hourglass of the Unraveller
Weapon
- Two–Handed:
- Sword Specialization: High Warlord’s Claymore (Horde) or Grand Marshal’s Warblade (Alliance) or Greatsword of Forlorn Visions
- Note: If you picked Blacksmithing and Master Swordsmithing, Lionheart Champion / Lionheart Blade would be our priority
- Mace Specialization: Arechron’s Gift or Warmaul of Infused Light
- Note: If you picked Blacksmithing and Master Hammersmithing, Deep Thunder / Thunder would be our priority
- Poleaxe Specialization: Blackened Spear / Crow Wing Reaper
- Note: If you picked Blacksmithing and Master Axesmithing, Mooncleaver / Lunar Crescent would be our priority
- Sword Specialization: High Warlord’s Claymore (Horde) or Grand Marshal’s Warblade (Alliance) or Greatsword of Forlorn Visions
- Ranged: Mama’s Insurance
- Honorable Mention: Barrel-Blade Longrifle (Will likely be expensive for some time)
You can visit this link to view the Seventyupgrades website to view what your stats would be with this gear and the appropriate gems/enchants, as well. It was completed with Lionheart Champion.
Armor
- Head: Mask of the Deceiver (50 Badges of Justice)
- Neck: Choker of Vile Intent (25 Badges of Justice)
- Shoulders: Ragesteel Shoulders
- Cloak: Cloak of the Inciter
- Honorable Mentions: Black-Iron Battlecloak or Vengeance Wrap (These will likely be pretty expensive, but they are better than Cloak of the Inciter)
- Chest: Bulwark of Kings or Breastplate of Kings
- Honorable Mention: Terrorweave Tunic (Will likely be fairly expensive)
- Bracers: Black Felsteel Bracers or Ebon Netherscale Bracers (Does require Leatherworking)
- Hands: Fel Leather Gloves or Felfury Gauntlets or Cobrascale Gloves
- Waist: Ebon Netherscale Belt (Does require Leatherworking) or Girdle of the Deathdealer (If you need the Hit Rating) or Deathforge Girdle
- Legs: Midnight Legguards or Fel Leather Leggings
- Honorable Mention: Scaled Greaves of the Marksman (Will likely be fairly expensive)
- Boots: Fel Leather Boots or Sha’tari Wrought Greaves
- Ring: Shapeshifter’s Signet (Requires Exalted with Lower City)
- Ring: Ring of Arathi Warlords (25 Badges of Justice)
- Honorable Mention: Ring of Reciprocity
- Trinket: Bloodlust Brooch (41 Badges of Justice)
- Trinket: Abacus of Violent Odds or Hourglass of the Unraveller
Weapon
- Two–Handed:
- Sword Specialization: Lionheart Blade / Lionheart Champion (Quantum Blade works if you do not have access to either of these)
- Mace Specialization: Thunder / Deep Thunder (Fel Hardened Maul or Warmaul of Infused Light works if you do not have access to either of these)
- Poleaxe Specialization: Lunar Crescent / Mooncleaver (Trident of the Outcast Tribe or Felsteel Reaper can work if you do not have access to either Axe)
- Honorable Mention: Ethereum Nexus-Reaver
- Ranged: Mama’s Insurance
- Honorable Mention: Barrel-Blade Longrifle (Will likely be expensive for some time)
You can visit this link to see the stats you would have using this gear and proper enchants and gems from Seventyupgrades.
Armor
- Head: Warbringer Battle-Helm
- Neck: Choker of Vile Intent or Worgen Claw Necklace
- Shoulders: Bladed Shoulderpads of the Merciless or Warbringer Shoulderplates
- Honorable Mention: Ripfiend Shoulderplates (May be fairly expensive – even later into the expansion)
- Cloak: Cloak of the Pit Stalker or Drape of the Dark Reavers (If you need the Hit Rating)
- Honorable Mentions: Black-Iron Battlecloak or Vengeance Wrap (These will likely be pretty expensive)
- Chest: Bulwark of Kings
- Honorable Mention: Terrorweave Tunic (Will likely be fairly expensive)
- Wrist: Bladespire Warbands
- Hands: Liar’s Tongue Gloves or Gauntlets of Martial Perfection
- Waist: Girdle of the Endless Pit or Gronn-Stitched Girdle
- Legs: Skulker’s Greaves
- Honorable Mention: Scaled Greaves of the Marksman (Will likely be fairly expensive)
- Boots: Edgewalker Longboots
- Ring: Mithril Band of the Unscarred or Garona’s Signet Ring (If you need the Hit Rating)
- Ring: Ring of a Thousand Marks or Shapeshifter’s Signet (Mainly used for the Expertise rating)
- Honorable Mentions: Ring of Reciprocity (Will likely maintain an expensive asking price for most of the expansion) or Shaffar’s Band of Brutality (Mentioned here due to its incredibly low drop rate)
- Trinket: Bloodlust Brooch (41 Badges of Justice)
- Trinket: Abacus of Violent Odds or Hourglass of the Unraveller
“Is the Tier 4 Set bonuses worth equipping 2 or 4 pieces?”
Two–Piece Bonus: While Whirlwind IS part of your general rotation (whether to dump some rage, or on AoE pulls) you wouldn’t see enough benefit from a 5-point-rage reduction since, if we’re talking about bosses, it’s mainly to get rid of excess rage.
Four-Piece Bonus: Since most physical DPS will attack the boss from behind, our only concern would be of the boss dodging our attacks. With Weapon Mastery, we only need to reach a total of 18 Expertise Skill to remove their chance to dodge completely. If you’re using Shapeshifter’s Signet and are a Human, for example, that is 10 Expertise, leaving the boss only a 2% chance to dodge your attacks.
Weapon
- Two–Handed:
- Sword Specialization: Lionheart Champion or Despair
- Mace Specialization: Thunder / Deep Thunder (Fel Hardened Maul or Warmaul of Infused Light works if you do not have access to either of these)
- Poleaxe Specialization: Mooncleaver or Gorehowl or Glaive of the Pit
- Honorable Mention: Ethereum Nexus-Reaver
- Ranged: Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix or Mama’s Insurance
- Honorable Mention: Barrel-Blade Longrifle (Will likely be fairly expensive)
You can visit this link to view your stats with this gear and proper gems and enchants in each piece of gear on Seventyupgrades.
Armor
- Head: Destroyer Battle-Helm
- Neck: Pendant of the Perilous or Choker of Animalistic Fury
- Note: These two provide the exact same stats
- Shoulders: Destroyer Shoulderblades or Shoulderpads of the Stranger (These should be used if you have reached the Hit Cap)
- Cloak: Vengeance Wrap
- Alternative: Black-Iron Battlecloak
- Chest: Bloodsea Brigand’s Vest or Bulwark of the Ancient Kings
- Wrist: Bracers of Eradication or Bladespire Warbands
- Hands: Gloves of the Searing Grip (These will be your best choice given the Expertise Rating) or Liar’s Tongue Gloves
- Note: Both of the above mentioned gloves offer more to you than Destroyer Gauntlets
- Waist: Belt of One-Hundred Deaths
- Legs: Leggings of Murderous Intent
- Feet: Warboots of Obliteration
- Ring: Ring of a Thousand Marks
- Ring: Band of the Ranger-General
- Trinket: Tsunami Talisman
- Trinket: Dragonspine Trophy
- Alternatives:
Weapons
- Two-Handed: Twinblade of the Phoenix
- Ranged: Serpent Spine Longbow