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Lightning Emperor's Mantle

Item Level 40
Binds when picked up
ShoulderArmor
20 Armor
+6 Strength or Intellect
+10 Stamina
+6 Critical Strike
+6 Mastery
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 65 gold40 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 Shoulder, 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 Mantle Game Data
How Lightning Emperor's Mantle Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Mantle 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 Mantle (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot, from item level 32 to 47.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Mantle (this item)4035+6 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 MasteryNot listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Shoulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing465 gold on 57 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Shoulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing465 gold on 51 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Spaulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing248 gold on 55 realms
Heaving Plates of Protection3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Parry, +6 Mastery. World Drop999 gold on 57 realms
Pauldrons of Edward the Odd3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +5 Parry, +6 Mastery. World Drop542 gold on 58 realms
Ghost-Forged Shoulders3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina. World Drop10 gold on 51 realms
Truesteel Pauldrons4435+10 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing900 gold on 52 realms
Botani-Barbed Pauldrons4440+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Mastery, +7 Haste. World Drop8,000 gold on 60 realms
Leystone Pauldrons4741+11 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Legion Blacksmithing450 gold on 57 realms
Ripfiend Shoulderplates3227+7 Strength or Intellect, +6 Critical Strike, +3 Haste. World Drop1,550 gold on 50 realms

Leystone Pauldrons has the highest item level here (47). The lowest listed price among them is Ghost-Forged Shoulders at 10 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Lightning Emperor's Mantle among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot: Twilight Dragon's Pauldrons (item level 60), Geocrag Spaulders (item level 60), Razorfin Shoulderguards (item level 60), Tomb-Keeper's Spaulders (item level 60) and Rattling Bone Spaulders (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Mantle among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot: Icebane Mantle (item level 29), Imbued Plate Pauldrons (item level 29), Commander's Pauldrons (item level 29), Exalted Epaulets (item level 29) and Grimscale Pauldrons (item level 29).

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Mantle Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Mantle

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Mantle's Icon

Lightning Emperor's Mantle uses icon file 661383, which 37 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Mantle

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 96291 (96286 to 96296) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Mantle: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Mantle Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 96291 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
327 gold4 silver
Vendor sell price
65 gold40 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Shoulder
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.

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.