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Lightning Emperor's Headguard

Item Level 39
Binds when picked up
HeadArmor
21 Armor
+8 Strength or Intellect
+12 Stamina
+7 Mastery
+9 Critical Strike
Meta Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 63 gold60 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 39, 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%.

Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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Other versions
Across game versions

In MoP Classic it is item level 502, requires level 90 and sells to vendors for 25g 97s 53c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)3935EpicBinds when picked up63g 60s 97c
MoP Classic50290EpicBinds when picked up25g 97s 53c
Lightning Emperor's Headguard Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Lightning Emperor's Headguard is listed as Vendor. Appearance ID: 19952. 4 other items wear the same appearance:

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.

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 95917 (95912 to 95922) 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 95917 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
318 gold4 silver
Vendor sell price
63 gold60 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Head
Item set ID
1163
Expansion ID
4
Flags
4096 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

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