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Lightning Emperor's Gloves

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
HandsArmor
16 Armor
+6 Strength or Intellect
+10 Stamina
+6 Haste
+7 Critical Strike
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 43 gold47 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

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  • Thunderforged item.client data

An Epic Plate Hands, 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: Vestments of the Lightning Emperor
  • (2) Set: Increases the healing done by your Daybreak ability by 50%.
  • (4) Set: Increases the healing transferred to your Beacon of Light target by 20%.

Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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Lightning Emperor's Gloves Game Data
How Lightning Emperor's Gloves Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Gloves 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 Gloves (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Hands slot, from item level 31 to 44.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Gloves (this item)4035+6 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +6 Haste, +7 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 52 realms
Ghost-Forged Gauntlets3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina. World Drop9 gold on 50 realms
Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand4440+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +6 Versatility. Boss Drop390 gold on 50 realms
Zeliek's Gauntlets3530+5 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina, +8 Haste, +5 Critical Strike. Boss Drop199 gold on 56 realms
Tempered Saronite Gauntlets3529+7 Stamina, +3 Strength or Intellect, +12 Dodge. Crafted with Northrend Blacksmithing13 gold on 48 realms
Sunblessed Gauntlets3427+8 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +5 Strength or Intellect, +4 Versatility. Crafted with Outland Blacksmithing30,000 gold on 64 realms
Topaz-Studded Battlegrips3227+9 Stamina, +5 Dodge, +4 Strength or Intellect. World Drop500 gold on 50 realms
Bloodfist Gloves3226+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop10 gold on 51 realms
Cobalt Gauntlets3227+7 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect, +7 Dodge. Crafted with Northrend Blacksmithing50 gold on 53 realms
Gauntlets of the Iron Tower3127+6 Stamina, +8 Versatility, +6 Dodge. Crafted with Outland Blacksmithing8,943 gold on 68 realms

Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand has the highest item level here (44). The lowest listed price among them is Ghost-Forged Gauntlets at 9 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Gloves among Armor > Plate, Hands slot: Fluid-Resistant Specimen Handlers (item level 60), Geocrag Grips (item level 60), Razorfin Gauntlets (item level 60), Rattling Bone Crushers (item level 60) and Uncanny Combatant's Plate Gauntlets (item level 72).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Gloves among Armor > Plate, Hands slot: Stronghold Gauntlets (item level 29), Icebane Gauntlets (item level 29), Darkrune Gauntlets (item level 29), Commander's Gauntlets (item level 29) and Heroic Gauntlets (item level 28).

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Gloves Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Gloves

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Gloves's Icon

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

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Gloves

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 96288 (96283 to 96293) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Gloves: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Gloves Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 96288 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
217 gold38 silver
Vendor sell price
43 gold47 silver
Material
Metal
Equip slot
Hands
Item set ID
1163
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.