Tankadin pre-raid gear list

Here’s my gear list for prot paladins to use while gearing up for raids. Unlike my previous list which focused primarily on iLevel 333 gear and 346 stuff that came from vendors, this list is for any and all gear that does not drop in a raid. Much like the previous list, I won’t be ranking the pieces, but they are listed in descending order based on iLevel.

For stats, I looked for gear that had any combination of parry, dodge, hit, mastery, and expertise as secondary stats. Some will be better for threat, some for survivability, although granted that’s not as life-and-death as it might be in raids. Grab what you can, diversify sets where you will.

Head

• Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades — Made by engineers, BoP
• Helm of Setesh (h) — Drops from Setesh in Halls of Origination heroic.
• Headcover of Fog (h) — Drops from Grand Vizier Ertan in heroic Vortex Pinnacle
• Grinning Fang Helm / Crown of Wings — Sold by Dragonmaw/Wildhammer quartermaster
• Helm of the Proud — Sold by a vendor in your capital for 2,200 Justice Points

Cloak

• Wrap of the Great Turtle — Sold by Guardians of Hyjal quartermaster (requires exalted)
• Burned Gatherings (h) — Drops from Karsh Steelbender in heroic Blackrock Caverns
• Billowing Cape (h) — Drops from Asaad in the heroic Vortex Pinnacle
• Twilight Dragonscale Cloak — Made by leatherworkers

Necks

• Carrier Wave Pendant (h) — Drops from Ascendant Lord Obsidius in heroic Blackrock Caverns
• Darkhowl Amulet (h) — Drops from Temple Guard Anhuur in heroic Halls of Origination
• Elementium Guardian — Made by jewelcrafters
• The Lustrous Eye — Sold by vendor in your capital for 1,250 JP

Shoulders

• Pauldrons of Edward the Odd — World BoE drop
• Earthshape Pauldrons (h) — Drops from Drahga Shadowburner in heroic Grim Batol
• Raz’s Pauldrons (h) — Drops from Ascendant Lord Obsidius in heroic Blackrock Caverns
• Sunburnt Pauldrons — Sold by a vendor in your capital for 1,650 JP

Chest

• Hardened Elementium Hauberk — Made by blacksmiths
• Icebone Hauberk — World BoE drop
• Beauty’s Plate (h) — Drops from Beauty in heroic Blackrock Caverns
• Chestplate of the Steadfast — Sold by vendor in your capital for 2,200 JP

Wrist

• Sandguard Bracers — Sold by Ramkahen quartermaster (requires exalted)
• Alpha Bracers (h) — Drops from Anraphet in heroic Halls of Origination
• Armguards of Unearthly Light (h) — Drops from Isiset in heroic Halls of Origination
• Shackles of Undeath (h) — Drops from Lord Godfrey in heroic Shadowfang Keep
• Terborus’s Rotating Bands — Dropped by a rare gyreworm named Terborus (in Deepholm, I assume)

Gloves

• Fingers of Light (h) — Drops from Rajh in heroic Halls of Origination
• Gloves of the Greymane Wall (h) — Drops from Baron Ashbury in heroic Shadowfang Keep
• Numbing Handguards — Sold by vendor in capital for 1,650 JP

Waist

• Hardened Elementium Girdle — Made by blacksmiths
• Iron Will Girdle (h) — Drops from Lord Walden in heroic Shadowfang Keep
• Sand Dune Belt (h) — Drops from Augh in heroic Lost City of the Tol’vir
• Girdle of the Mountains — Sold by vendor in capital for 1,650 JP

Legs

• Triton’s Legplates (h) — Drops from Neptulon’s Cache in heroic Throne of the Tides
• Greaves of Splendor — Sold by vendor in your capital for 2,200 JP

Feet

• Boots of the Sullen Rock / Gryphon Rider’s Boots — Sold by your Twilight Highlands faction quartermaster (requires exalted)
• Baron Silverlaine’s Greaves (h) — Drops from Baron Silverlaine in heroic Shadowfang Keep
• Darksky Treads (h) — Zone drop in heroic Vortex Pinnacle

Rings

• Entwined Nereis (h) — Drops from Lady Naz’jar in heroic Throne of the Tides
• Phosphorescent Ring (h) — Drops from Corborus in heroic Stonecore
• Ring of Three Lights (h) — Drops from Siamat in heroic Lost City of the Tol’vir
• Umbriss Band (h) — Drops from General Umbriss in heroic Grim Batol
• Elementium Moebius Band — Made by jewelcrafters
• Felsen’s Ring of Resolve — Sold by Therazane quartermaster (requires revered)
• Red Rock Band — Sold by Ramkahen quartermaster (requires revered)

Trinket

• Darkmoon Card: Earthquake — Made by scribes
• Lifebound Alchemist Stone — BoP, made by alchemists
• Mirror of Broken Images — Sold by Hellscream’s Reach/Baradin’s Wardens quartermaster (requires exalted)
• Earthen Guardian — BoP Jewelcrafting item
• Leaden Despair (h) — Drops from High Priestess Azil in heroic Stonecore
• Heart of Thunder (h) — Drops from Asaad in heroic Vortex Pinnacle
• Impetuous Query (h) — Zone drop in heroic Lost City of the Tol’vir
• Porcelain Crab (h) — Drops from Mindbender Ghur’sha in heroic Throne of the Tides

Relic

• Stalagmite Dragon (h) — Drops from Slabhide in heroic Stonecore
• Notched Jawbone — Made by scribes

Weapon

• Scimitar of the Sirocco — (Sorta, not really for tanking but it works.) Can be found via Archaeology.
• Sun Strike (h) — Drops from Rajh in heroic Halls of Origination
• Smite’s Reaver (h) — Drops from Admiral Ripsnarl in heroic Deadmines
• Mace of Transformed Bone (h) — Drops from Erudax in heroic Grim Batol
• Elementium Fang (h) — Drops from High Priestess Azil in heroic Stonecore
• Cookie’s Tenderizer (h) — Drops from “Captain” Cookie in heroic Deadmines
• Aze of the Eclipse (h) — Drops from Altairus in heroic Vortex Pinnacle

Shield

• Blockade’s Lost Shield — World BoE drop
• Elementium Earthguard — Made by blacksmiths (requires a Chaos Orb)
• Bulwark of the Primordial Mound — Drops from Earthrager Ptah in heroic Halls of Origination
• Shield of the Iron Maiden (h) — Drops from Rom’ogg Bonecrusher in heroic Blackrock Caverns
• Shield of the Four Grey Towers — Sold by vendor in your capital for 950 JP