Dreadwyrm Battleplate

Set Facts

Pieces

6

Item level

50

Quality

Epic

Bonus tiers

2 pieces, 4 pieces

Class

Death Knight

Binding

Binds when picked up

Set Bonuses

Blood

2 piecesHeart Strike and Marrowrend generate 10% increased Runic Power.

4 piecesBonus text is in the game files but not yet resolved for display.

Frost

2 piecesObliterate has a 20% increased chance to trigger Rime.

4 piecesHowling Blast now generates Runic Power while Rime is active.

Unholy

2 piecesCausing a Festering Wound to burst has a 10% chance to activate Runic Corruption.

4 piecesDeath Coil has a 50% chance to infect the target with a Festering Wound.

Set Pieces (6)

• Dreadwyrm BreastplateChestItem level 5015 Stamina10 Strength or Intellect14 Haste6 Critical Strike
• Dreadwyrm CrownHeadItem level 5015 Stamina10 Strength or Intellect13 Mastery7 Versatility
• Dreadwyrm GauntletsHandsItem level 5011 Stamina8 Strength or Intellect10 Versatility6 Mastery
• Dreadwyrm GreatcloakBackItem level 509 Stamina6 Agility or Strength or Intellect8 Mastery4 Versatility
• Dreadwyrm LegplatesLegsItem level 5015 Stamina10 Strength or Intellect12 Critical Strike8 Haste
• Dreadwyrm ShoulderguardsShoulderItem level 5011 Stamina8 Strength or Intellect11 Haste5 Critical Strike

What the full set adds

Worn together the 6 pieces of Dreadwyrm Battleplate add 46 Strength or Intellect, 6 Agility or Strength or Intellect, 76 Stamina and 33 Haste. It also carries Mastery, Critical Strike and Versatility.

Strength or Intellect

46 on 5 pieces

Agility or Strength or Intellect

6 on 1 piece

Stamina

76 on 6 pieces

Haste

33 on 3 pieces

Mastery

27 on 3 pieces

Critical Strike

23 on 3 pieces

Versatility

21 on 3 pieces

Strength or Intellect is the primary stat on every piece that carries one. Of the secondary ratings Haste is the heaviest at 33 across 3 pieces, ahead of Mastery, Critical Strike and Versatility.

Armor, slots and requirements

Dreadwyrm Battleplate is a set of 6 pieces covering Head, Shoulder, Back, Chest, Hands and Legs.

That leaves Neck, Wrist, Waist, Feet, Finger and Trinket to be filled from outside the set, 6 of the twelve armor slots.

Every piece is item level 50 and needs character level 45.

Only a Death Knight can equip these pieces.

Every piece binds when it is picked up, so no part of this set can be traded or bought from another player.

The client files the set under Legion.

Sold to a vendor those 6 pieces return 278g, and the single piece worth most at a vendor is Dreadwyrm Breastplate at 59g.

Wearing the set

The bonuses come in at 2 and 4 pieces, out of the 6 pieces this set can put on a character at once.

Every bonus is live once 4 pieces are on, which leaves 2 slots free for gear from outside the set without losing anything.

Where the pieces drop

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