MoP Classic item

Black Grasp of the Destroyer

Item 22194 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 70
Binds when equipped
HandsMail
277 Armor
+14 Agility
Durability 55 / 55
Requires Level 60
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 14.
Equip: On successful melee or ranged attack gain 8 mana and if possible drain 8 mana from the target.
Sell Price: 3 gold44 silver

About Black Grasp of the Destroyer

Black Grasp of the Destroyer is an epic piece of mail armor for the hands slot on MoP Classic at item level 70, usable from level 60. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +14 Agility, with Critical Strike (14) as a secondary stat. It gives 277 armor and has 55 durability. Plans: Black Grasp of the Destroyer teaches how to make it. It shares its appearance with Wicked Chain Gauntlets. Other mail hands pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Chromatic Gauntlets (70), Eroded Mail Gloves (66) and Bloodsoul Gauntlets (65). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 9,940 gold73 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 3 gold44 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm9,940 gold73 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (US)26,911 gold92 silver

Median min buyout18,426 gold33 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 07:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	26,911 gold92 silver	26,911 gold92 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	9,940 gold73 silver	9,940 gold73 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Black Grasp of the Destroyer	Recipe

Crafting

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Plans: Black Grasp of the Destroyer (8x Large Obsidian Shard, 24x Small Obsidian Shard, 8x Enchanted Leather, 1x Flask of Supreme Power) Requires Blacksmithing (300)

Mail hands items near item level 70

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 49 other mail hands items between item level 49 and 91; 22 of them carry fixed stats.

+14 Agility ranks 5th of 14 mail hands items with Agility; Chromatic Gauntlets (item level 70, requires level 60) has the most, +22.
+14 Critical Strike ranks 2nd of 7 mail hands items with Critical Strike; Chromatic Gauntlets (item level 70, requires level 60) has the most, +21.
Chromatic Gauntlets has the most fixed stat points in this group, 63 against 28 here.
Next mail hands items up with Agility: Icy Scale Gauntlets (item level 80, requires level 60), Felscale Gloves (item level 84, requires level 57).
Its lowest listed price, 9,940 gold73 silver, ranks 41st of 44 listed mail hands items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail hands items at a similar or higher item level: Unyielding Fists at 7 gold (item level 81, requires level 57), Nexus-Strider Gloves at 8 gold (item level 90, requires level 60), Netherstalker Gloves at 11 gold99 silver (item level 87, requires level 59).
Other armor types for the hands slot within 5 item levels of 70: leather (5): Shadow Panther Hide Gloves, Primal Batskin Gloves, Decaying Leather Gloves; plate (4): Dark Iron Gauntlets, Ironvine Gloves, Deteriorating Plate Gloves; cloth (2): Loosely Threaded Gloves, Dilapidated Cloth Gloves.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Mercurial Gauntlets	61	56	244	none	-
Sandstalker Gauntlets	62	57	247	+9 Stamina, +20 Nature Resistance, +32 Bonus Armor	5,000 gold
Spitfire Gauntlets	62	57	247	+12 Agility, +18 Stamina, +12 Hit, +9 Critical Strike	17,000 gold
Warstrike Gauntlets	62	57	247	+11 Stamina, +10 Intellect, +10 Spirit	2,239 gold49 silver
Masterwork Gauntlets	63	58	251	none	222 gold
Triumphant Gauntlets	63	58	251	none	1,960 gold
Bloodsoul Gauntlets	65	60	259	+10 Agility, +17 Stamina, +14 Critical Strike	4,987 gold40 silver
Eroded Mail Gloves	66	61	236	none	190 gold
Black Grasp of the Destroyer	70	60	277	+14 Agility, +14 Critical Strike	9,940 gold73 silver
Chromatic Gauntlets	70	60	277	+22 Agility, +21 Critical Strike, +5 Fire Resistance, +5 Frost Resistance, +5 Shadow Resistance, +5 Nature Resistance	895 gold
Corroded Mail Gloves	72	67	256	none	-
Icy Scale Gauntlets	80	60	357	+11 Agility, +22 Stamina, +30 Frost Resistance	-

Appearance

Same appearance record (50196)

Wicked Chain Gauntlets

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Handguards of the Steady.

Where Black Grasp of the Destroyer Fits

Items That Share Black Grasp of the Destroyer's Icon

Black Grasp of the Destroyer uses the same icon art, which 15 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Bloodsoul Gauntlets ID 19692 · Armor - Mail · item level 65 · lowest 4,987g on 2 realms
Wicked Leather Gauntlets ID 15083 · Armor - Leather · item level 52 · lowest 25g on 1 realm
Heroic Gauntlets ID 14933 · Armor - Plate · item level 58 · lowest 638,200g on 1 realm
Ornate Mithril Gloves ID 7927 · Armor - Plate · item level 45 · lowest 1,304g on 3 realms
Meat Ripper ID 36557 · Weapon - Fist Weapon · item level 130 · lowest 30g on 2 realms
Curved Scratcher ID 36558 · Weapon - Fist Weapon · item level 134 · lowest 39g on 1 realm
Prized Handscythes ID 36559 · Weapon - Fist Weapon · item level 138
Fighter's Grip ID 36560 · Weapon - Fist Weapon · item level 142

Items Numbered Next to Black Grasp of the Destroyer

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 22194 (22191 to 22202) were usually added in the same batch as Black Grasp of the Destroyer: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Obsidian Mail Tunic ID 22191 · Armor - Mail · item level 72
Light Obsidian Belt ID 22195 · Armor - Mail · item level 68 · lowest 7,500g on 1 realm
Thick Obsidian Breastplate ID 22196 · Armor - Plate · item level 72 · lowest 36,761g on 1 realm
Heavy Obsidian Belt ID 22197 · Armor - Plate · item level 68 · lowest 7,135g on 1 realm
Jagged Obsidian Shield ID 22198 · Armor - Shield · item level 70 · lowest 9,012g on 1 realm
Small Obsidian Shard ID 22202 · Trade Goods

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions

Item 22194	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	70	70	29
Required level	60	60	60
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	279	277	334
Agility	-	14	-
Critical Strike	-	14	-
Effects	Equip: +28 Attack Power.; Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%.; Equip: On successful melee or ranged attack gain 8 mana and if possible drain 8 mana from the target.	Equip: On successful melee or ranged attack gain 8 mana and if possible drain 8 mana from the target.	-
Sell price	3 gold35 silver	3 gold44 silver	2 gold34 silver

Retail recipe Black Grasp of the Destroyer: 8x Large Obsidian Shard, 24x Small Obsidian Shard, 8x Enchanted Leather, 1x Flask of Supreme Power.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 100 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-29 15:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 183,512 gold89 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,526

US median, latest 26,912gEU median, latest 9,941g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	9,940 gold73 silver	9,940 gold73 silver	1	26,911 gold92 silver	26,911 gold92 silver	1
2026-11-02	9,940 gold73 silver	9,940 gold73 silver	1	26,911 gold92 silver	26,911 gold92 silver	1
2026-11-01	9,940 gold73 silver	9,940 gold73 silver	1	26,911 gold92 silver	26,911 gold93 silver	1
2026-10-31	9,940 gold73 silver	19,766 gold27 silver	1	26,911 gold93 silver	26,911 gold93 silver	1
2026-10-30	19,766 gold27 silver	19,766 gold27 silver	1	26,911 gold93 silver	26,911 gold93 silver	1
2026-10-29	100 gold	10,137 gold54 silver	2	26,911 gold94 silver	26,911 gold94 silver	1
2026-10-28	850 gold	10,086 gold19 silver	2	26,911 gold94 silver	26,911 gold94 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 1 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	22194
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Hands
Item level	70
Requires level	60
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold34 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)