This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Encounters that drop this item, from the game's own dungeon journal. Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.
Matter-Swapped Legplates is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
In the Appearances collection, Matter-Swapped Legplates is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 19936. 10 other items wear the same appearance:
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Matter-Swapped Legplates suits Arms, Fury and Protection Warrior; Holy, Protection and Retribution Paladin; Blood, Frost and Unholy Death Knight.
The 10 items nearest to Matter-Swapped Legplates (item level 40) in item level among Armor > Plate, Legs slot, from item level 36 to 39.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matter-Swapped Legplates (this item) | 40 | 35 | +13 Stamina, +8 Strength or Intellect, +9 Critical Strike, +8 Mastery. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Legguards | 39 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Haste, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing | 689 gold on 76 realms |
 Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Legguards | 39 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Haste, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing | 689 gold on 54 realms |
 Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Legguards | 39 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Haste, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing | 689 gold on 59 realms |
| Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Dreadplate Legguards | 39 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +13 Stamina, +8 Haste, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing | 307 gold on 51 realms |
 Forgotten Peacekeeper Leggings | 38 | 35 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina. World Drop | 2,111 gold on 48 realms |
 Corefire Legplates | 37 | 32 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +9 Haste, +7 Critical Strike. World Drop | 200 gold on 54 realms |
 Pyrium Legplates of Purified Evil | 37 | 32 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Haste, +8 Versatility. Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing | 3,220 gold on 75 realms |
 Foundations of Courage | 37 | 32 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +7 Mastery, +8 Dodge. Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing | 17,484 gold on 72 realms |
 Redsteel Legguards | 37 | 31 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +8 Mastery. Crafted with Cataclysm Blacksmithing | 25 gold on 60 realms |
 Alpheus Legguards | 36 | 29 | +8 Strength or Intellect, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike, +7 Haste. World Drop | 5 gold on 71 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Alpheus Legguards at 5 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Matter-Swapped Legplates among Armor > Plate, Legs slot: Wavecrash Greaves (item level 58), Geocrag Legguards (item level 60), Razorfin Legplates (item level 60), Uncanny Combatant's Plate Greaves (item level 72) and Brittle Legguards (item level 78).
Nearest lower item levels below Matter-Swapped Legplates among Armor > Plate, Legs slot: Cloudkeeper Legplates (item level 29), Icebane Leggings (item level 29), Enchanted Thorium Leggings (item level 29), Emerald Legplates (item level 29) and Imbued Plate Leggings (item level 29).
Matter-Swapped Legplates is part of the transmog set Battlegear of the Lightning Emperor (Paladin only). The other 16 pieces:
Haunted Steel Greaves
Haunted Steel Headcover
Ionized Yojamban Carapace
Armplates of the Vanquished Abomination
Refreshing Abalone Girdle
Tortos' ShellseizersIce-Scored TreadsCrown of Potentiated BirthIceshatter GauntletsLegplates of Re-Emergence
Spaulders of Primordial GrowthBonemender BracersLei Shen's Grounded CarapaceReconstructed Holy ShoulderplatesHauberk of Gleaming FireWaistplate of Channeled MendingBuilt from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
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