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Lightning Emperor's Helmet

Item Level 39
Binds when picked up
HeadArmor
21 Armor
+8 Strength or Intellect
+12 Stamina
+8 Critical Strike
+8 Haste
Meta Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 60 gold20 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 39, 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.

Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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Other versions
Across game versions

In MoP Classic it is item level 502, requires level 90 and sells to vendors for 24g 58s 60c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)3935EpicBinds when picked up60g 20s 75c
MoP Classic50290EpicBinds when picked up24g 58s 60c
Lightning Emperor's Helmet Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Lightning Emperor's Helmet is listed as Vendor. Appearance ID: 19952. 4 other items wear the same appearance:

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 39) in item level among Armor > Plate, Head slot, from item level 35 to 39.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Helmet (this item)3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 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 71 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing689 gold on 58 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Headcover3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing566 gold on 57 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing589 gold on 55 realms
Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Dreadplate Helm3935+8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Mastery, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing462 gold on 63 realms
Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm Engineering2,693 gold on 57 realms
Specialized Bio-Optic Killshades3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. Crafted with Cataclysm Engineering1,330 gold on 56 realms
Ghost-Forged Helm3732+8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. World Drop22 gold on 47 realms
Spiked Titansteel Helm3530+8 Strength or Intellect, +8 Haste, +6 Critical Strike. Crafted with Northrend Blacksmithing1,588 gold on 61 realms
Brilliant Titansteel Helm3530+8 Strength or Intellect, +7 Critical Strike, +8 Versatility. Crafted with Northrend Blacksmithing2,511 gold on 61 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Ghost-Forged Helm at 22 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Helmet among Armor > Plate, Head slot: Diadem of the Highborne (item level 50), Empyrial Titan Crown (item level 50), Twilight Dragon's Helm (item level 60), Geocrag Helm (item level 60) and Razorfin Helm (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Helmet among Armor > Plate, Head slot: Bloodscale Helm (item level 30), Khan'aish Helmet (item level 30), Dark Iron Helm (item level 29), Icebane Coif (item level 29) and Commander's Helm (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 95912 (95907 to 95917) 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 95912 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
301 gold3 silver
Vendor sell price
60 gold20 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Head
Item set ID
1162
Expansion ID
4
Flags
4096 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

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