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Gear up While you Level Up
Will Tank for Healz! — ... bar]s 3 [Titansteel bar]s and one [Frozen Orb] Each [Titansteel Bar] is made from 3 [Titanium Bars] one [Eternal Fire] one [Eternal Earth] and one [Eternal Shadow]. Frozen Orbs appear to be the level 80 equivalent of Primal Nether. If you've found other (or superior) items that are craftable for protection warriors please do leave a comment! Edit: Here are a few more to consider... **Credit Beshara for Locating them!** Durable Nerubhide Cape Requires 2 Arctic Fur 40 Nerubian Chitin 1 Frozen ...

Druid Easy to obtain tanking gear at 80
TankSpot — ... of Preserved History - Item - World of Warcraft Head - Headguard of Retaliation - Item - World of Warcraft Legs - Dark Arctic Leggings - Item - World of Warcraft Shoulders - Shoulderpads of Fleshwerks - Item - World of Warcraft Waist - Trollwoven Girdle - Item - World of Warcraft Wrist - Njorndar Furywraps - Item - World of Warcraft Cloak - Durable Nerubhide Cape - Item - World of Warcraft I used wowhead to filter ...

Protection Warrior Gear Quick Reference
Elitist Jerks — ... 200 - Naxx 10 (Heigan the Unclean) [Heritage] - 213 - Naxx 25 (shared loot) [Boundless Ambition] - 226 - Naxx 25 (Kel'Thuzad, need confirmation) Back: [Flowing Cloak of Command] - 187 - Normal Culling of Stratholme (Salramm the Fleshcrafter, 2nd boss) [Tattered Castle Drape] - 200 - Heroic Utgarde Keep (Trash??) [Cloak of the Enemy] - 200 - Heroic Nexus (Commander Stoutbeard/Korlug, optional boss) [Durable Nerubhide Cape] - 200 - Crafted (Leatherworking 440) [Cloak of ...

Protection Gear Quick Reference
Elitist Jerks — ... [Boundless Ambition] - 226 - Naxx 25 (Kel'Thuzad, need confirmation) Back: [Cloak of Peaceful Resolutions] - 187 - Wyrmrest Accord Reputation (Honored) [Flowing Cloak of Command] - 187 - Normal Culling of Stratholme (Salramm the Fleshcrafter, 2nd boss) [Tattered Castle Drape] - 200 - Heroic Utgarde Keep (Trash??) [Cloak of the Enemy] - 200 - Heroic Nexus (Commander Stoutbeard/Korlug, optional boss) [Durable Nerubhide Cape] - 200 - Crafted (Leatherworking 440) [Cloak of ...

Undecided about Professions?
Big Bear Butt Blogger — ... item from a daily quest, Dream Shards are the new Large Prismatic Shards, obtained from Disenchanting higher end blues. Pretty nice enchants, too. So there are Trained recipes, and Enchanters can also D/E stuff and buy recipes. And what about Inscription? Again, there is a method, other than the Trainer, that Inscription can use to get new recipes, such as Northrend Inscription Research. Leatherworkers can make a lot of awesome stuff, such as the Durable Nerubhide Cape, Trollwoven Spaulders and the entire 8 piece Eviscerator ...

Druid Bear Pre-Naxx Gear List
TankSpot — ... I will preface this by saying that these items are for tanking Naxx and after 3.1 may no longer be as good as they are right now. CLOAK Durable Nerubhide Cape Crafted Cloak of the Gushing Wound Heroic Violet Hold Ice Striker's Cloak Crafted Shroud of Reverberation Heroic Halls of Lightning WAIST Sharp-Barbed Leather Belt Heroic Utgarde Keep Trollwoven Girdle Crafted SHOULDER ...

Deathknight Death Knight Gear List
TankSpot — ... of Volkhan - Quest Noble Birthright Pauldrons - Sapphiron - Naxxramas (Heroic) Epaulets of the Grieving Servant - Grand Widow Faerlina - Naxxramas (Heroic) Back Platinum Mesh Cloak - Emblem of Valor - Dalaran Cloak of the Shadowed Sun - Multiple Bosses - Naxxramas (Heroic) Gale-Proof Cloak - Sartharion - The Obsidian Sanctum Durable Nerubhide Cape - Crafted Drape of the Deadly Foe - Kel'Thuzad ...

Cloud9's Pre-Raid Feral Tank Gear Guide
World of Warcraft Pro - Brings Game Experience to You! — ... . Reward from [80]The Fate of Bloodbane . Crafted item: Durable Nerubhide Cape . Taught by various leatherworking trainers. Vendor item: ...

Game over man, Game over!
Wulfsblood's Writings — ... . That's ulu at 2 pieces of Tier 7 before he's even set foot inside Naxxramas. Sunday continued in this vein, In between heroics, Ulu did daily quests and spent the gold on materials to level Wulfsblood's Leatherworking. This may be inefficent, but it beats levelling Wulf so I can get him into the zones that drop decent amounts of leather. In the end, I was able to make the Durable Nerubhide Cape for Ulu. Finally on Sunday night, I did a Violet Hold heroic run and finally Lavanthor showed up! After we beat him up, he apologised for his tardiness by giving Ulushnar his ...

Professions revisited
Big Bear Butt Blogger — ... an interesting one. Right now, I have a shopping list for my Druid of tanking gear. It’s all the gear I want crafted and waiting for the second I ding 80, to be prepared to run Heroics. No Heroic rewards included, maybe a few quest rewards, a few Auction House blues to watch for, a drop or two in normals. Just a basic starter set. Shall I show you? Head: Eviscerator Facemask (BoE LW) Shoulder: Trollwoven Spaulders (BoE LW) Back: Durable Nerubhide Cape (BoE LW) Chest: Polar Vest (BoE LW) ...

Pre-raid DK dps gear list
Elitist Jerks — ... (axe, heroic VH) [The Interrogator] (Heroic Oculus, fast) [Reaper of Dark Souls] (Revered with Ebon Blade) [Fang of Truth] (Honored with Wyrmrest, which you should have from questing to 80) Back: [Cloak of Bloodied Waters] (BoE World drop - check the ah, it's one of the best cloaks available for us, stam aside) [Embrace of Sorrow] (normal HoS) [Shroud of Reverberation] (Heroic HoL) [Durable Nerubhide Cape] (Yeah, I know it's a tanking cloak. Crafted BoE) ...

Bear Tanking Specs and Gear Pre-Naxx
Big Bear Butt Blogger — ... also leveling your Rogue or Priest or warlock, and you’d just like to know what you should look for in terms of gear, right? Well, my advice is to start by crafting everything that is relatively inexpensive or getting what is available on the AH, and have it waiting for you. A good list of crafted gear to have waiting for you at 78+ is; Head: Eviscerator Facemask (BoE LW) Shoulder: Trollwoven Spaulders (BoE LW) Back: Durable Nerubhide Cape (BoE LW) Chest: Polar Vest (BoE LW) Wrist: Eviscerator ...

Warrior New Tank Maybe Geared, Balanced?
TankSpot — ... know if i have it good balanced :(. My stats are: (without buff) 27481 hp 1904 stamina 23613 armor 560 defense 23.8% dodge 16.71% parry 18.72% block and my equip: Arcane-Shielded Helm - Item - World of Warcraft +32 stamina and 2% increased armor value +24 stamina Chained Military Gorget - Item - World of Warcraft Wapach's Spaulders of Solidarity - Item - World of Warcraft Durable Nerubhide Cape - Item - World of Warcraft Heroes' Dreadnaught ...

Infraction for Varsar: Grammar
Elitist Jerks — ... I am still gearing up and I know I need improvments. I am debating [Durable Nerubhide Cape] or putting a 41 stam gem in my chest piece. Even with Titan weave I won't be at 540 defense until I get more upgrades unless I seriously regem. ...

Expertise: The real 411
More dots! More dots! — ... of regular OS (Obsidian Sanctum). Bracers of Lost Sentiments drops out of regular Naxx (Grand Widow Faerlina and Gluth) Circle of Death out of regular Naxx (Sapphiron) Collar of Dissolution out of regular Naxx (Anub'Rekhan and Gluth) Hemorrhaging Circle out of heroic Gundrak (Gal'darah) Ring of the Kirin Tor (not available yet) Iceforged Battle Ring out of a quest line in Storm Peaks (The Brother's Bronzebeard) Durable Nerubhide Cape is craftable by leatherworkers. 2 Arctic Hide, 40 Nerubian Chitin, ...

I have a gear-list, now I need some advice…
A Little WoW for Me — ... a warrior tank, so there aren’t many specific tanky-things I can learn from him, but still - it got us some badges, and I got one of the pieces on my list - the Crystal Infused Tunic, which I am currently trying to figure out how to gem (feral noob, remember!). Then I decided it was time to set my lil cat butt to the grinding board and get the mats together for the following items: Trollwoven Spaulders Trollwoven Girdle Durable Nerubhide Cape Polar Boots (yeah it’s FR, but that’s a whole ...

Ding 80 Mark II
/hug — ... of rhinos to AoE grind down. Most of my levelling with Jhai has been done in this manner - grabbing piles of mobs and seeing how many I could take.  Jhai was, and still is, a ‘bear spec’ druid and was glyphed as such too - I did a little tanking as I levelled but mostly all of that survival was put into use versus upwards of ten mobs at a time. *grin* On hitting 80, she had the following waiting for her: [Durable Nerubhide Cape] [Trollwoven Girdle] ...

A marvelous night of raiding success
Big Bear Butt Blogger — ... Trollwoven Girdle (with +16 Agi gem) Gored Hide Legguards (with +55 Stam/+22 Agi LW enchant) Polar Boots (with +16 Agi enchant, +16 Agi gem and +8 Agi/+8 Hit Rating gem) Dragonfriend Bracers (with +40 Stamina enchant.. god I love that enchant) Titanium Earthguard Ring (with +24 Stam gem) Keystone Great-Ring Essence of Gossamer Darkmoon Card: Greatness Durable Nerubhide Cape (with +22 Agi enchant) Staff of Trickery ...

Pre-Raid DK Tank Gear
Elitist Jerks — ... [Snake Den Spaulders] - From Slad'ran (H Gundrak) [Pauldrons of the Lightning Revenant] - From Ionar (Reg HoL) [Strengthened Stockade Pauldrons] - I couldn't come up with an easy to get shoulder slot, so I am defaulting to the BoAccount one. However any suggestions would be appreciated Back Enchant: [Formula: Enchant Cloak - Titanweave] [Cloak of Peaceful Resolutions] - Wyrmrest Accord - Honored [Durable Nerubhide Cape] - LW BoE - Note that there is no Def on this ...

Warrior Need some advices with my gear
TankSpot — ... - Titanium Earthguard Ring - Item - World of Warcraft + 24 Stam gem. Well, I used to dress the unsmashable for trash (and Loatheb) + another one (usually signet of the accord) and with bosses titanium eathguard ring and signet of the accord. Should I use another combination? I always take signet of the accord for the expertise rating but it is a bit difficult for me to choose one between one of these. Ok, next step: the cloak. I have: - Durable Nerubhide Cape - Item - World of Warcraft - Cloak of Armed Strife - Item - ...

Warrior How good is Armor really?
TankSpot — ... I got a drop that was a hard choice for me. both these items will be replaced when I get some more valor badges but it spawned an interesting set a math. A) Durable Nerubhide Cape - Item - World of Warcraft I have vs B) Cloak of Armed Strife - Item - World of Warcraft that dropped. differences in stats when I replace my old A) with b) Losses 25 stam 2 str 49 dodge rating 21 expertise rating Gains 336 armor 37 def ...

Warrior Which Cloak to use?!?
TankSpot — ... Hi together, at the moment I don't know which cloak I should use. Currently I have 2 cloaks on my bank: Cloak of Peaceful Resolutions Durable Nerubhide Cape Currently I use the first one with the 16 defense enchant on it. The second one I just got and now I wonder wether this one would be better for me (currently I got 561 defense...) The World of Warcraft Armory thanks in advance greetings karnak ...

Building The Offset (Part 2 - Tank)
Honor's Code — ... (25 EoV) – This is competitive with just about any Raid drop you could get. Durable Nerub-Hide Cape(World BoE = Gold) - This is pretty much for Druids only, unless you can get to 540 Defense while still wearing it. That is fairly unlikely unless you have some Raid drops. ...

Gearing for Raids [Tank]
World of Warcraft Pro - Brings Game Experience to You! — ... Pinnacle . Neck Chained Military Gorget : 25 Emblems of Heroism for this badboy. Get it, no exceptions. Shoulders Enchant: Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle Warpach's Spaulders of Solidarity : BoE Epic from numerous instances. Crusader's Square Pauldrons : BoE drop from the Culling of Stratholme (heroic) Iron Dwarf Smith Pauldrons : Drops from General Bjarngrim in Heroic Halls of Lightning. Cloak Enchant: Enchant Cloak - Titanweave Durable Nerubhide Cape : BoE Epic made by Leatherworkers. Cloak of Peaceful Resolutions : ...

How to gear you brand new Lvl80 Tank
World of Warcraft Pro - Brings Game Experience to You! — ... Source: Wyrmrest Accord quartermaster (Honored) - Requires L78 Major quality item: Durable Nerubhide Cape Recommended Enchant: +16 defense ( ...

Tehrawreyes Dings 80, Tanks Heroic Naxx
Melted Faces — Okay, so not really. Ding 80, yes - tank heroic Naxxrammas? Yah, not so much. But hey! It looks good in print, huh? And I'm going to get serious about working on her gear. Not only did D make me an awesome back, but he also funded all the mats for her new ...

Gearing your Unholy DK for Naxx: Part 3
Me and My Ghoul — ... 3. Durable Nerubhide Cape - If you’re defense capped, and have access to a skinner, this might be the cloak for you. Made with 2 arctic furs, 40 nerubian chitin, and a frozen orb, it has the highest avoidance and effective health on the list - but no defense. My hunter farmed the materials, and in the time it took to collect the 40 chitin, he also got the 2 arctic fur. If you aren’t defense capped though, don’t even bother with this cloak. ...

Warrior Cloak of Armed Strife > Durable Nerubhide Cape ?
TankSpot — ... Well ive recently looted: [Cloak of Armed Strife ] But is it better for me than my old [Durable Nerubhide Cape] ? As u can see im def capped (The World of Warcraft Armory) so dont realy need def (tho i could change some gems ofc etc) [Durable Nerubhide Cape] got more str more stamina and gives me dodge and expertise The Cloak of armed stfie just gives 500 armor (nice) but i dont need more def or hit ranking imo :/ ...

Feral tank pre-raid gear
Elitist Jerks — ... may get some funny looks for wearing Polar rather than avoidance gear. Ignore them. People don't die in Heroics because the healer runs out of mana, they die in Heroics because spike damage outpaces the healer's throughput. Head: [Headguard of Retaliation] (quest in normal Utgarde Pinnacle) Neck: [Titanium Earthguard Chain] (crafted, mats <1,500g) Shoulders: [Trollwoven Spaulders] (crafted, mats <250g) Back: [Durable Nerubhide Cape] (crafted, mats <200g) Chest: [Polar Vest] ...

Pre-Raid Bear Tanking Gear Part One
Three Druid Noob — ... (crafted, mats <3000g) Tank: 22212.3 [Durable Nerubhide Cape] (crafted, mats <200g) Tank: 20851.0 There is no way I could spend 3000G on a cloak that isn’t really that much better, so I will stick with the ...

Patch 3.2 Bear Gear Starter List (Armor)
Big Bear Butt Blogger — ... Sprinting Shoulderpads - Drops from Elder Nadox in Heroic Ahn’kahet Spaulders of the Careless Thief - Drops from Grand Magus Telestra in Heroic Nexus Savage Gladiator’s Dragonhide Spaulders - Emblem of Heroism Eviscerator’s Shoulderpads - Leatherworking crafted BoE, useable at level 78 Cloak Enchant: Major Agility (+22 Agility) Platinum Mesh Cloak - 25 Emblem of Valor Durable Nerubhide Cape - Leatherworking crafted BoE Shroud of ...