Frenzyheart Tribe and The Oracles
· Not a lot of rewards between the two so I combine them: the Wolverine dudes offer you the Giant-Sized Gauntlets (which, while clearly intended for tanking, lack defense so you may end up using them as DPS gear just to get some hit rating somewhere… oh, who am I kidding? You’ll wear leather), the Stolen Vrykul Harpoon and the Frenzyheart Insignia. If you like haste, these are your boys.
· The Oracles, on the other hand, offer you Gold Star Spaulders which, of course, have no hit and a lot of stamina for DPS, and the Oracle Talisman of Ablution. Hard to say no to that much crit, even if I don’t know what the ‘beneficial resources’ are. Hopefully rage is in there.
There’s also the Alliance Vanguard and Warsong Offensive, but they’re not really fully itemized as of the most recent patch. Vanguard weapons (which I assume will get Horde equivalents) that are of interest include the Sawed-Off Hand Cannon (precious, precious hit rating), the Shield of the Lion-Hearted and the Hammer of the Alliance Vanguard.
If you add up all the defense rating on the highest available option from these vendors, you’ll be sitting at 389 defense rating. While this is slightly more than half of what you’ll need to be uncrittable at 80, it doesn’t take into account rings, trinkets, a helm, belt, bracers or shoulders, much less a weapon with defense on it. We’ll cover where to find those items in the next post.
For DPS, clearly a TG build is at a huge disadvantage looking at these rewards. For a DPS warrior, Arms or the Impale/Rampage/Incite build are far more viable at the newly 80 level of itemization. We’ll discuss instance drops for those various specs as well next week, keeping an eye on what’s changed between patches.
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