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Lightning Emperor's Handguards

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
HandsArmor
16 Armor
+6 Strength or Intellect
+10 Stamina
+5 Haste
+7 Critical Strike
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 40 gold83 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

Not sold on the Auction House Armor
  • Thunderforged item.client data

An Epic Plate Hands, 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
  • (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.

Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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Lightning Emperor's Handguards Game Data
How Lightning Emperor's Handguards Compares

Who It Suits

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

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Handguards Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Handguards

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Handguards's Icon

Lightning Emperor's Handguards uses icon file 661380, which 38 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Handguards

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 96293 (96288 to 96298) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Handguards: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Handguards Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 96293 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
204 gold17 silver
Vendor sell price
40 gold83 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Hands
Item set ID
1164
Expansion ID
4
Flags
4096 / 1073750016 / 8388608 / 0 / 0

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