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Lightning Emperor's Faceguard

Item Level 41
Binds when picked up
HeadArmor
22 Armor
+9 Strength or Intellect
+13 Stamina
+7 Critical Strike
+10 Mastery
Meta Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 61 gold17 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

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

An Epic Plate Head, item level 41, 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: 19943. 8 other items wear the same appearance:

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 41) in item level among Armor > Plate, Head slot, from item level 37 to 44.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Faceguard (this item)4135+9 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +10 MasteryNot listed
Smoldering Helm4339+13 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing25 gold on 60 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing700 gold on 71 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing690 gold on 52 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 54 realms
Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing700 gold on 68 realms
Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Ornamented Headcover3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing497 gold on 45 realms
Truesteel Helm4435+14 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing1,000 gold on 58 realms
Tarnished Fanatic's Headcover3835+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. World Drop3,999 gold on 48 realms
Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm Engineering1,455 gold on 68 realms

Truesteel Helm has the highest item level here (44). The lowest listed price among them is Smoldering Helm at 25 gold in the US Auction House.

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

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Faceguard among Armor > Plate, Head slot: Talonguard Helmet (item level 31), Ango'rosh Helm (item level 30), Bloodscale Helm (item level 30), Khan'aish Helmet (item level 30) and Dark Iron Helm (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 97038 (97033 to 97043) 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 97038 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
305 gold89 silver
Vendor sell price
61 gold17 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.