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Preparing for Sapphiron
Amava Knows Aggro — Saturday night's raid is planned to hit up Sapphiron. One of the Guild Officers puts post on the forum saying we all need to show up with frost resist gear, along with a list of recommendations for each armor type. Oky-doky, lets get to it. Icy Scale Belt, Boots and Chestguard. Lots of frost resist (duh, that's why you're getting them), and lots of stamina. Not so much on the other stats, but I suppose the fight is more about surviving. Dead toons do no DPS. Which, as a side note, I haven't died in a WotLK raid yet ...

Preparing for Naxx: Your Sapphiron Frost Resist Set
The Hunter's Mark — ... Next, we have the Icy Scale Boots. These boots also provide 86 Frost Resist, 129 Stamina, and red and yellow sockets (and an additional 9 Stamina as a socket bonus). ...

Gemming for Success
The Hunter's Mark — ... set for killing Saphiron can help the healers out a bit, but it’s really the only place in the current content that you need those pieces (to start with, at least). However, I do my Thrusting Hodir’s Spear daily in my frost resist set to increase my hitpoints because I’m really awful at that quest.  Even with this said, a solid blue is probably not necessary; a green or purple should help enough. ...

General The Myth of Frost Resist Gear
TankSpot — ... high levels of Stamina and Frost Resistance (hence the name), and their numerous gem sockets. Chest: Icebane Chestguard / Icy Scale Chestguard / Polar Vest / Glacial Robe Waist: Icebane Girdle / Icy Scale Belt / Polar Cord / Glacial Waistband Feet: Icebane Treads / Icy Scale Boots / Polar Boots / Glacial ...

Frost Resistance for Hunters
The Hunter's Mark — ... pieces of gear, a chest piece, a belt and boots. Each one only has stamina and some Frost Resistance on it, but even though it may look like a huge DPS loss, your survivability will surely make up for it. Below are the three pieces and the mats that they require. Icy Scale Belt 8x Heavy Borean Leather 2x Eternal Fire 2x Eternal Water 4x Icy Dragonscale 1x Frozen Orb Icy Scale Boots 8x Heavy Borean Leather 2x Eternal Fire ...