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Lightning Emperor's Headguard

Item Level 41
Binds when picked up
HeadArmor
22 Armor
+9 Strength or Intellect
+13 Stamina
+8 Mastery
+9 Critical Strike
Meta Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 65 gold61 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

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

An Epic Plate Head, item level 41, 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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Lightning Emperor's Headguard Game Data

Appearance

Appearance ID: 19943. 8 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.

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Lightning Emperor's Headguard (item level 41) in item level among Armor > Plate, Head slot, from item level 37 to 44.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Headguard (this item)4135+9 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +9 Critical StrikeNot listed
Smoldering Helm4339+13 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor BlacksmithingNot 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
Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Ornamented Headcover3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Truesteel Helm4435+14 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor BlacksmithingNot 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

Truesteel Helm has the highest item level here (44).

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: Helm of the Stalwart Defender (item level 31), Talonguard Helmet (item level 31), Ango'rosh Helm (item level 30), Bloodscale Helm (item level 30) and Khan'aish Helmet (item level 30).

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 97033 (97028 to 97038) 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 97033 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
328 gold7 silver
Vendor sell price
65 gold61 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Head
Item set ID
1163
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.