The triumphant shopping list

Full disclosure: I stole the idea for this post from Veneretio at Tanking Tips. Eek.

Thanks to 3.2, it’s pretty easy to lard ourselves up with iLevel 232+ epics, because of the delicious Emblems of Triumph. The only real differentiator here between raiders and more social players is what quality of tier you can get, and how often you can get a new item.

For example, my guild raids 25man ToC so I can reasonably expect about 40 emblems or so a week. Some guilds might get similar numbers from doing both versions of the 10man, or all four modes, whatever. Everyone gets a slice of the pie eventually.

With all the different purps available, I thought I’d be useful and offer my shopping list of what order I’m planning to get everything in.

One quick caveat: please, if your guild runs the 25man raid, don’t buy the iL 232 tier pieces. Eventually you’ll win a Trophy and that 232 piece will be a huge waste of badges. If you absolutely must have an upgrade, there are iL 245 pieces you can splurge on.

1. Liadrin’s Shoulderguards of Triumph (45+1 Trophy)

My guild never killed Yogg, so I didn’t have to worry about feeling guilty about ditching the T8.5 shoulders (status symbol that they were), so these were an obvious pick. I thankfully picked up a trophy (actually, two) in ToC25 before people really caught on to how valuable those were. Had I not gotten a trophy this probably would have taken a back burner to #2 on this list, though Shoulderguards of the Enduring Order is not a bad piece. It’d be better if not for the tier bonuses.

2. Libram of Defiance (25)

Ah, Evasion, how I love you. This Libram is basically worth a little more than 4% dodge and it is up constantly, from the first HotR until the end of the fight. It’s a thing of beauty.

3. Liadrin’s Legguards of Triumph (75)

This only on my list because I have that second trophy banked. If not I’d jump down to #4 on the list. Why the legs? Well, for one replacing my current legs would not break my T8 2pc bonus, and secondly with all the new gear my hit rating is taking a severe beating, and I need to buffer it a tad.

4. Clutch of Fortification (35)

Great, great ring. Nice smattering of armor and lots of stamina.

5. Liadrin’s Handguards of Triumph (45+1 Trophy)

All my purchases from here on out are based on the assumption that I’ll be winning more trophies. Once I have another one of those wonderful items, I’ll spend it on these gloves which are the cheapest piece of tier I would still need to get. Instant gratification!

6. Liadrin’s Faceguard of Triumph (75+1 Trophy)

I already have a iL 245 chest so I’ll round out my T9 four set with this last piece.

7. Glyph of Indominatability (50)

The last item I intend to get before I start blowing emblems on my offspec. Lots of armor is nice, but I have a dream one day of pairing the Heart of Iron with the Juggernaut’s Vitality, so this just isn’t a priority like my 4pc is.

One Comment to “The triumphant shopping list”

  1. Ohmymoogle 1 September 2009 at 9:41 pm #

    I agree the tier sets using trophys is indeed a good chocie, however if your in a guild that has no good chance of getting trophies, then well you could be waiting for the impossible.

    My own picks which exclude the tiers that require the trophies is as follows.

    1. Non tier helm
    2. Non tier shoulders
    3. Ring
    4. Glyph
    5. Trinket
    6. Tier sets that require no trophies.
    7. start saving triumphs for tiers that require trophies. Either that or get retribution gear

    It may be argued that the shoulders is a better choice then the helm first because it is a bigger upgrade and i would agree. However i have the Deconstructor shoulder’s which is working fine for me. My hat is the tier 8.5 which is also good. But i like to get the most triumph badges out of the way, and make my character more unique from others. So while most people will be aiming for the shoulders first, i chose to be patient to get the helm first. The stats for the helm is also an upgrade to me and nothing to scoff at :X

    Shoulder’s come 2nd because their a big upgrade of course.

    Third is the ring because it is nice, but my current rings which are earthshaker and the TOC 5man heroic ring will last me for a while, and there may be drops from ulduar 10/25 i can get. If i get a good ring from triumph, the guild may just say i don’t need it as an upgrade. So why spend tirumph badges so fast on a ring when i may get an alternate in ulduar 10/25 much sooner? Thats why i put it as 3.

    Fourth is the Glyph. Yes it’s very nice and yes it may be wiser to get this before the ring. But i felt i could live with my current glyph from the conquest badges vendor and do alright until i get this. It’s not too urgent plus it only requires very little triumph badges. And i tend to knock off the more costlier stuff first.

    Last place is the trinket. It’s lots of armor with a usable effect. This feels like a situational trinket to me. I got the ignis furnace trinket with the black heart trinket from toc. That is 1 stamina trink coupled with a mitigation (dodge) trinket. For a JC the monarch crab + black heart would be better. Unless you can get the King Llane or iron heart from ulduar.