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Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
ShoulderArmor
20 Armor
+6 Strength or Intellect
+10 Stamina
+6 Critical Strike
+7 Mastery
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 61 gold92 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

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An Epic Plate Shoulder, 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: Battlegear of the Lightning Emperor
  • (2) Set: Your Exorcism causes your target to take 6% increased Holy damage from your attacks for 6 sec.
  • (4) Set: Your Crusader Strike has a 40% chance to make your next Templar's Verdict deal all Holy damage.

Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons 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 Pauldrons (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot, from item level 35 to 47.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons (this item)4035+6 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +7 MasteryNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Shoulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Shoulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Spaulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery. Crafted with Pandaria BlacksmithingNot listed
Heaving Plates of Protection3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Parry, +6 Mastery. World DropNot listed
Pauldrons of Edward the Odd3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Parry, +6 Mastery. World DropNot listed
Ghost-Forged Shoulders3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina. World DropNot listed
Truesteel Pauldrons4435+10 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor BlacksmithingNot listed
Botani-Barbed Pauldrons4440+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Mastery, +7 Haste. World DropNot listed
Wapach's Spaulders of Solidarity3530+5 Strength or Intellect, +6 Haste, +9 Stamina, +8 Dodge. World DropNot listed
Leystone Pauldrons4741+11 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Legion BlacksmithingNot listed

Leystone Pauldrons has the highest item level here (47).

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot: Twilight Dragon's Pauldrons (item level 60), Geocrag Spaulders (item level 60), Razorfin Shoulderguards (item level 60), Tomb-Keeper's Spaulders (item level 60) and Rattling Bone Spaulders (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot: Icebane Mantle (item level 29), Polished Obsidian Pauldrons (item level 29), Imbued Plate Pauldrons (item level 29), Commander's Pauldrons (item level 29) and Exalted Epaulets (item level 29).

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons's Icon

Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons uses icon file 661383, which 37 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 96286 (96281 to 96291) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 96286 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
309 gold64 silver
Vendor sell price
61 gold92 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Shoulder
Item set ID
1162
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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.