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Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets

Item Level 41
Binds when picked up
HandsArmor
16 Armor
+6 Strength or Intellect
+10 Stamina
+7 Haste
+6 Critical Strike
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 41 gold56 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

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  • Heroic Thunderforged item.client data

An Epic Plate Hands, 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: 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 Gauntlets Game Data

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets 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 Gauntlets (item level 41) in item level among Armor > Plate, Hands slot, from item level 32 to 44.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets (this item)4135+6 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Haste, +6 Critical StrikeNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Gauntlets3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing248 gold on 54 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Gauntlets3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing497 gold on 55 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Gloves3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Mastery, +6 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing465 gold on 51 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Gauntlets3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing490 gold on 47 realms
Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand4440+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +6 Versatility. Boss Drop4 gold on 51 realms
Zeliek's Gauntlets3530+5 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina, +8 Haste, +5 Critical Strike. Boss Drop199 gold on 55 realms
Sunblessed Gauntlets3427+8 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +5 Strength or Intellect, +4 Versatility. Crafted with Outland Blacksmithing30,000 gold on 65 realms
Topaz-Studded Battlegrips3227+9 Stamina, +5 Dodge, +4 Strength or Intellect. World Drop500 gold on 49 realms
Bloodfist Gloves3226+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop7 gold on 51 realms
Cobalt Gauntlets3227+7 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect, +7 Dodge. Crafted with Northrend Blacksmithing50 gold on 49 realms

Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand has the highest item level here (44). The lowest listed price among them is Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand at 4 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets among Armor > Plate, Hands slot: Fluid-Resistant Specimen Handlers (item level 60), Twilight Dragon's Crushers (item level 60), Geocrag Grips (item level 60), Razorfin Gauntlets (item level 60) and Tomb-Keeper's Gauntlets (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets among Armor > Plate, Hands slot: Fel Iron Plate Gloves (item level 30), Bloodscale Gauntlets (item level 30), Bogslayer Gauntlets (item level 30), Stronghold Gauntlets (item level 29) and Icebane Gauntlets (item level 29).

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets's Icon

Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets uses icon file 661380, which 38 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 97027 (97022 to 97032) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 97027 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
207 gold81 silver
Vendor sell price
41 gold56 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Hands
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.