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Lightning Emperor's Headguard

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
HeadArmor
21 Armor
+8 Strength or Intellect
+13 Stamina
+8 Mastery
+9 Critical Strike
Meta Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 64 gold63 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: Vestments of the Lightning Emperor
Vestments of the Lightning Emperor (5 pieces)
  • (2) Set: Increases the healing done by your Daybreak ability by 50%.
  • (4) Set: Increases the healing transferred to your Beacon of Light target by 20%.

Lightning Emperor's Headguard is one of 5 pieces of Vestments of the Lightning Emperor, alongside Lightning Emperor's Breastplate, Lightning Emperor's Gloves and Lightning Emperor's Greaves 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 26g 98s 70c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)4035EpicBinds when picked up64g 63s 83c
MoP Classic52290EpicBinds when picked up26g 98s 70c
Lightning Emperor's Headguard Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Lightning Emperor's Headguard 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 Headguard Compares

Who It Suits

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

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Lightning Emperor's Headguard (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Head slot, from item level 37 to 43.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Headguard (this item)4035+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +9 Critical Strike. VendorNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Headcover3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Tarnished Fanatic's Headcover3835+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. World DropNot listed
Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm EngineeringNot listed
Specialized Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm EngineeringNot listed
Smoldering Helm4339+13 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor BlacksmithingNot listed
Ghost-Forged Helm3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. World DropNot listed

Smoldering Helm has the highest item level here (43).

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Headguard among Armor > Plate, Head slot: Twilight Dragon's Helm (item level 60), Geocrag Helm (item level 60), Razorfin Helm (item level 60), Tomb-Keeper's Helm (item level 60) and Bloodwake Helmet (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Headguard among Armor > Plate, Head slot: Bloodscale Helm (item level 30), Dark Iron Helm (item level 29), Icebane Coif (item level 29), Imbued Plate Helmet (item level 29) and Commander's Helm (item level 29).

Transmog Sets

Lightning Emperor's Headguard 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 Headguard Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Headguard

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Headguard's Icon

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

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Headguard

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 95287 (95282 to 95292) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Headguard: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Headguard Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 95287 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
323 gold19 silver
Vendor sell price
64 gold63 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Head
Item set ID
1163
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.