This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Encounters that drop this item, from the game's own dungeon journal. Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.
Matter-Swapped Legplates is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
In the Appearances collection, Matter-Swapped Legplates is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 19936. 10 other items wear the same appearance:
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Matter-Swapped Legplates suits Arms, Fury and Protection Warrior; Holy, Protection and Retribution Paladin; Blood, Frost and Unholy Death Knight.
The 10 items nearest to Matter-Swapped Legplates (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Legs slot, from item level 35 to 39.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matter-Swapped Legplates (this item) | 40 | 35 | +13 Stamina, +8 Strength or Intellect, +9 Critical Strike, +8 Mastery. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Legguards | 39 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Haste, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing | Not listed |
 Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Legguards | 39 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Haste, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing | Not listed |
 Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Legguards | 39 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Haste, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing | Not listed |
| Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Scaled Legguards | 39 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Haste, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing | Not listed |
 Corefire Legplates | 37 | 32 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Haste, +7 Critical Strike. World Drop | Not listed |
 Pyrium Legplates of Purified Evil | 37 | 32 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Haste, +8 Versatility. Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing | Not listed |
 Foundations of Courage | 37 | 32 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Mastery, +8 Dodge. Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing | Not listed |
 Redsteel Legguards | 37 | 31 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +8 Mastery. Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing | Not listed |
 Alpheus Legguards | 36 | 29 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +7 Haste. World Drop | Not listed |
 Daunting Legplates | 35 | 29 | +6 Strength or Intellect, +11 Stamina, +15 Dodge. Crafted with Northrend Blacksmithing | Not listed |
Next item levels up from Matter-Swapped Legplates among Armor > Plate, Legs slot: Geocrag Legguards (item level 60), Razorfin Legplates (item level 60), Uncanny Combatant's Plate Greaves (item level 72), Brittle Legguards (item level 78) and Ceremonious Greaves (item level 100).
Nearest lower item levels below Matter-Swapped Legplates among Armor > Plate, Legs slot: Cloudkeeper Legplates (item level 29), Icebane Leggings (item level 29), Enchanted Thorium Leggings (item level 29), Emerald Legplates (item level 29) and Imbued Plate Leggings (item level 29).
Matter-Swapped Legplates is part of the transmog set Battlegear of the Lightning Emperor (Paladin only). The other 16 pieces:
Haunted Steel Greaves
Haunted Steel Headcover
Ionized Yojamban Carapace
Armplates of the Vanquished Abomination
Refreshing Abalone Girdle
Tortos' ShellseizersIce-Scored TreadsCrown of Potentiated BirthIceshatter GauntletsLegplates of Re-Emergence
Spaulders of Primordial GrowthBonemender BracersLei Shen's Grounded CarapaceReconstructed Holy ShoulderplatesHauberk of Gleaming FireWaistplate of Channeled MendingBuilt from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
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