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Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons

Item Level 41
Binds when picked up
ShoulderArmor
20 Armor
+6 Strength or Intellect
+10 Stamina
+6 Critical Strike
+7 Mastery
Prismatic Socket
Prismatic Socket
Requires Level 35
Sell price: 62 gold56 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

Not sold on the Auction House Armor
  • Heroic Thunderforged item.client data

An Epic Plate Shoulder, 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
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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Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons Game Data

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Appearance ID: 19945. 14 other items wear the same appearance; 9 of them are listed here.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons 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 Pauldrons (item level 41) in item level among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot, from item level 37 to 47.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons (this item)4135+6 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +7 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 58 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Shoulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing465 gold on 55 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Spaulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Mastery. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing248 gold on 54 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Shoulders3935+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing465 gold on 51 realms
Truesteel Pauldrons4435+10 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Draenor Blacksmithing900 gold on 49 realms
Temple Pauldrons3834+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina. World Drop18 gold on 48 realms
Heaving Plates of Protection3732+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Parry, +6 Mastery. World Drop1,000 gold on 53 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 54 realms
Leystone Pauldrons4741+11 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect. Crafted with Legion Blacksmithing475 gold on 58 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 Pauldrons 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 Bloodwake Spaulders (item level 60).

Nearest lower item levels below Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot: Bloodscale Pauldrons (item level 30), Icebane Mantle (item level 29), Polished Obsidian Pauldrons (item level 29), Imbued Plate Pauldrons (item level 29) and Commander's Pauldrons (item level 29).

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

Where Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons Fits

Other Items Named Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons

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

Items That Share Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons's Icon

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

Items Numbered Next to Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 97030 (97025 to 97035) were usually added in the same batch as Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Lightning Emperor's Pauldrons Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 97030 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
312 gold83 silver
Vendor sell price
62 gold56 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Shoulder
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.

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