Fists of Phalanx

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 55 other plate hands items between item level 40 and 72; 24 of them carry fixed stats.

• Dark Iron Gauntlets has the most fixed stat points in this group, 56.
• Next plate hands items up with fixed stats: Fiery Plate Gauntlets (item level 58, requires level 53), Imbued Plate Gauntlets (item level 58, requires level 53), Gauntlets of Valor (item level 59, requires level 54), Lightforge Gauntlets (item level 59, requires level 54), Stonegrip Gauntlets (item level 60, requires level 55).
• Cheapest listed plate hands items at a similar or higher item level: Light Plate Gloves at 2 gold (item level 56, requires level 51), Templar Gauntlets at 2 gold (item level 55, requires level 50), Emerald Gauntlets at 4 gold (item level 57, requires level 52).
• Other armor types for the hands slot within 4 item levels of 56: cloth (25): Runecloth Gloves, Cindercloth Gloves, Frostweave Gloves; leather (25): Serpentskin Gloves, Traveler's Gloves, Mar Alom's Grip; mail (24): Battlecaller Gauntlets, Ebonhold Gauntlets, Bloodlust Gauntlets.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Alabaster Plate Gauntlets	53	48	314	+14 Strength, +7 Agility	50 gold
Templar Gauntlets	55	50	324	none	2 gold
Vanguard Gauntlets	55	50	324	+9 Agility, +12 Stamina, +6 Hit	444 gold
Fists of Phalanx	56	51	-	none	-
Glorious Gauntlets	56	51	330	none	17,230 gold9 silver
Light Plate Gloves	56	51	297	none	2 gold
Emerald Gauntlets	57	52	335	none	4 gold
Fiery Plate Gauntlets	58	53	341	+10 Fire Resistance	1,999 gold19 silver
Heroic Gauntlets	58	53	341	none	638,200 gold
Imbued Plate Gauntlets	58	53	341	+18 Strength, +3 Agility, +3 Stamina	172 gold44 silver
Gauntlets of Valor	59	54	346	+17 Strength, +3 Agility, +10 Stamina, +8 Hit	1,500 gold
Lightforge Gauntlets	59	54	346	+14 Strength, +9 Stamina, +14 Hit	10,000 gold