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Lightning Emperor's Faceguard

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
HeadArmor
21 Armor
+8 Strength or Intellect
+13 Stamina
+6 Critical Strike
+10 Mastery
Meta Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 60 gold55 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 Head, 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: Plate of the Lightning Emperor
Plate of the Lightning Emperor (5 pieces)
  • (2) Set: Casting Word of Glory or Eternal Flame also grants you 40% additional block chance for 5 sec per Holy Power.
  • (4) Set: You gain 1 Holy Power for each 20% of your health taken as damage while Divine Protection is active.

Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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Lightning Emperor's Faceguard Game Data

Appearance

Appearance ID: 19935. 13 other items wear the same appearance; 8 of them are listed here.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Lightning Emperor's Faceguard Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Faceguard 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 Faceguard (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Head slot, from item level 37 to 43.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Faceguard (this item)4035+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +10 MasteryNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing700 gold on 69 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing690 gold on 53 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Headcover3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing567 gold on 56 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing700 gold on 55 realms
Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing700 gold on 65 realms
Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Ornamented Headcover3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing497 gold on 50 realms
Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm Engineering2,423 gold on 64 realms
Specialized Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm Engineering1,330 gold on 66 realms
Smoldering Helm4339+13 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing22 gold on 66 realms
Ghost-Forged Helm3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. World Drop10 gold on 55 realms

Smoldering Helm has the highest item level here (43). The lowest listed price among them is Ghost-Forged Helm at 10 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Faceguard among Armor > Plate, Head slot: Empyrial Titan Crown (item level 50), Twilight Dragon's Helm (item level 60), Geocrag Helm (item level 60), Razorfin Helm (item level 60) and Tomb-Keeper's Helm (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Faceguard among Armor > Plate, Head slot: Ango'rosh Helm (item level 30), Bloodscale Helm (item level 30), Khan'aish Helmet (item level 30), Dark Iron Helm (item level 29) and Icebane Coif (item level 29).

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Faceguard Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Faceguard

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Faceguard's Icon

Lightning Emperor's Faceguard uses icon file 661381, which 35 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Faceguard

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 96294 (96289 to 96299) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Faceguard: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Faceguard Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 96294 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
302 gold78 silver
Vendor sell price
60 gold55 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Head
Item set ID
1164
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.