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Lightning Emperor's Helmet

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
HeadArmor
21 Armor
+8 Strength or Intellect
+13 Stamina
+9 Critical Strike
+8 Haste
Meta Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 61 gold18 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

Not sold on the Auction House Armor

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: Battlegear of the Lightning Emperor
Battlegear of the Lightning Emperor (5 pieces)
  • (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.

Lightning Emperor's Helmet is one of 5 pieces of Battlegear of the Lightning Emperor, alongside Lightning Emperor's Battleplate, Lightning Emperor's Gauntlets and Lightning Emperor's Legplates and others. Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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Across game versions

In MoP Classic it is item level 522, requires level 90 and sells to vendors for 25g 54s 35c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)4035EpicBinds when picked up61g 18s 11c
MoP Classic52290EpicBinds when picked up25g 54s 35c
Lightning Emperor's Helmet Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Lightning Emperor's Helmet is listed as Vendor. 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 Helmet Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Helmet 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 Helmet (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Head slot, from item level 37 to 44.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Helmet (this item)4035+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +9 Critical Strike, +8 Haste. VendorNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing700 gold on 70 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing689 gold on 57 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Headcover3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing566 gold on 56 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing589 gold on 54 realms
Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing462 gold on 62 realms
Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm Engineering2,693 gold on 56 realms
Specialized Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm Engineering1,330 gold on 55 realms
Smoldering Helm4339+13 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing15 gold on 54 realms
Ghost-Forged Helm3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. World Drop22 gold on 46 realms
Truesteel Helm4435+14 Stamina, +9 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing50 gold on 45 realms

Truesteel Helm has the highest item level here (44). The lowest listed price among them is Smoldering Helm at 15 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Helmet 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 Helmet 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).

Transmog Sets

Lightning Emperor's Helmet is part of the transmog set Battlegear of the Lightning Emperor (Paladin only). The other 16 pieces:

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Helmet Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Helmet

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Helmet's Icon

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

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Helmet

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 95282 (95277 to 95287) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Helmet: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Helmet Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 95282 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
305 gold90 silver
Vendor sell price
61 gold18 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Head
Item set ID
1162
Expansion ID
4
Flags
4096 / 1073750016 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.