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Lightning Emperor's Faceguard

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
HeadArmor
21 Armor
+8 Strength or Intellect
+13 Stamina
+6 Critical Strike
+10 Mastery
Meta Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 60 gold26 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

Not sold on the Auction House Armor

An Epic Plate Head, item level 40, requires level 35, binds when picked up.

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Build history

First seen in build 5.5.4.69585 (Mists of Pandaria).

Set: Plate of the Lightning Emperor
Plate of the Lightning Emperor (5 pieces)
  • (2) Set: Casting Word of Glory or Eternal Flame also grants you 40% additional block chance for 5 sec per Holy Power.
  • (4) Set: You gain 1 Holy Power for each 20% of your health taken as damage while Divine Protection is active.

Lightning Emperor's Faceguard is one of 5 pieces of Plate of the Lightning Emperor, alongside Lightning Emperor's Chestguard, Lightning Emperor's Handguards and Lightning Emperor's Legguards and others. Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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Across game versions

In MoP Classic it is item level 522, requires level 90 and sells to vendors for 25g 16s 26c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)4035EpicBinds when picked up60g 26s 87c
MoP Classic52290EpicBinds when picked up25g 16s 26c
Lightning Emperor's Faceguard Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Lightning Emperor's Faceguard is listed as Vendor. Appearance ID: 19935. 13 other items wear the same appearance; 8 of them are listed here.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Lightning Emperor's Faceguard Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Faceguard suits Arms, Fury and Protection Warrior; Holy, Protection and Retribution Paladin; Blood, Frost and Unholy Death Knight.

Transmog Sets

Lightning Emperor's Faceguard is part of the transmog set Battlegear of the Lightning Emperor (Paladin only). The other 16 pieces:

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Lightning Emperor's Faceguard Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Faceguard

4 other items in the current build are also called Lightning Emperor's Faceguard. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Faceguard's Icon

Lightning Emperor's Faceguard uses icon file 661381, which 35 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Faceguard

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 95292 (95287 to 95297) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Faceguard: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Faceguard Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 95292 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
301 gold34 silver
Vendor sell price
60 gold26 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Head
Item set ID
1164
Expansion ID
4
Flags
4096 / 1073750016 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.