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Lightning Emperor's Battleplate

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
ChestArmor
28 Armor
+8 Strength or Intellect
+13 Stamina
+9 Critical Strike
+7 Haste
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 81 gold50 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

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

An Epic Plate Chest, 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 Battleplate Game Data
How Lightning Emperor's Battleplate Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Battleplate 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 Battleplate (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Chest slot, from item level 32 to 42.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Battleplate (this item)4035+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike, +7 HasteNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Chestpiece3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +8 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing698 gold on 55 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Chestpiece3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +8 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing698 gold on 53 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Chestguard3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing373 gold on 57 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Chestpiece3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +8 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing373 gold on 53 realms
Smoldering Breastplate4237+13 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing7 gold on 54 realms
Icebone Hauberk3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +12 Parry. World Drop400 gold on 55 realms
Icebane Chestguard3530+13 Stamina, +9 Frost Resistance. Crafted with Northrend Blacksmithing2,222 gold on 77 realms
Necropolis Breastplate3530+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. World Drop30 gold on 48 realms
Hardened Obsidium Breastplate3530+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Parry, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing150 gold on 57 realms
Enchanted Adamantite Breastplate3227+6 Stamina, +9 Arcane Resistance. Crafted with Outland Blacksmithing50 gold on 53 realms

Smoldering Breastplate has the highest item level here (42). The lowest listed price among them is Smoldering Breastplate at 7 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Battleplate among Armor > Plate, Chest slot: Twilight Dragon's Breastplate (item level 60), Geocrag Chestplate (item level 60), Razorfin Battleplate (item level 60), Tomb-Keeper's Breastplate (item level 60) and Rattling Bone Hauberk (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Battleplate among Armor > Plate, Chest slot: Icebane Breastplate (item level 29), Enchanted Thorium Breastplate (item level 29), Emerald Breastplate (item level 29), Imbued Plate Armor (item level 29) and Hyperion Armor (item level 29).

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Battleplate Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Battleplate

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Battleplate's Icon

Lightning Emperor's Battleplate uses icon file 661379, which 39 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Battleplate

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 96282 (96277 to 96287) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Battleplate: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Battleplate Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 96282 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
407 gold52 silver
Vendor sell price
81 gold50 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Chest
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.