4.2 - Armour

Warriors are allowed any type of armor in the game, save plate, before level 40. At 40, they finally can wear the best armour the game has to offer. In my personal experience, try and keep, or save some of you mail armour when you hit 40, and dont switch everything you are wearing to plate. Think of it this way, you have just spent the last 40 levels collecting the best mail the game has to offer at that point, and should you go to the AH the moment you ding 40 and spend needed money on a full set of plate, that plate is bottom end, though the armour is a little higher. Keep the mail you have until you find something WORTHWHILE to replace it with. Once accessable, plate makes your Warrior truly formidable as a tank character. Depending on your character role, you will be aiming for different things out of your armor. If you are primarily a tank, then AC, Deffense skill, and Stamina are the primary issues. If you are playing a DPS powerhouse, aim for items with bonuses to Agility, Crit chance, and Strength.

We have had many requests for information regarding Warrior sets. Most of the requests are for information about where to find the set items and what the full sets offer for bonuses.

Battlegear of Valor (level 54):
http://thottbot.com/index.cgi?set=189

The first major set a Warrior can get is the Valour set. The set items require level 52 - 58 depending on the piece. Now, for Warriors as opposed to almost every other class, only our Bracers are BOE, so it will take a very long time for us to collect the entire set. It will take you quite a bit of questing, and a lot of lucky rolling to collect the full set.

Set Bonuses:
3 pieces: +50 Armor.
5 pieces: +20 Attack Power.
6 pieces: When struck in combat inflicts 2 Arcane damage to the attacker.
7 pieces: Restores 5 health every 5 sec.
8 pieces: 1% chance to stun a victim struck in combat for 1 seconds.

Total Stats:
Agility: 56
Armor: 3622
Spirit: 35
Stamina: 131
Strength: 110

Waist: Highlord Omokk in Blackrock Spire
Feet: Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance
Wrist: Blackrock Spire
Chest: General Drakkisath in Blackrock Spire
Hand: Ramstein the Gorger in Stratholme
Head: Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance
Legs: Baron Rivendare in Stratholme
Shoulder: Warchief Rend Blackhand in Blackrock Spire

Deathbone Guardian (level 56):
http://thottbot.com/index.cgi?set=124

This is a relitively easy set to collect, since the drop rates are extremely high, and everything can be found within scholomance.

Set Bonuses:
2 pieces: Increased Defense +5.
3 pieces: +50 Armor.
4 pieces: +15 All Resistances.
5 pieces: Increases your chance to parry an attack by 1%.

Total Stats:
Agility: 29
Armor: 2230
Spirit: 41
Stamina: 40
Strength: 45

This set is found in Scholomance.

All pieces have a chance to drop from: Lord Alexei Barov, Lady Illucia Barov, Doctor Theolen Krastinov, The Ravenian, Lorekeeper Polkelt, Instructor Malicia

Battlegear of Might (level 60):
http://thottbot.com/index.cgi?set=209

High end Molten Core Tanking gear. MT's for guilds aspire to collect a set, and give cudos to any you see with a full set, for it shows ther amount of hard work that goes into collecting this Epic Set.

Set Bonuses:
3 pieces: Increases the block value of your shield by 30.
5 pieces: Gives you a 20% chance to generate an additional Rage point whenever damage is dealt to you.
8 pieces: Increases the threat generated by Sunder Armor by 15%.

Total Stats:
Armor: 4306
Stamina: 189
Strength: 143
Fire: 34
Shadow: 24

This set is/was found in Molten Core. The drop locations may have been moved to Blackwing Lair.

Waist: Lava Reaper (may drop from random npc)
Wrist: Lava Annihlater, Lava Surgers (may drop from random npc)
Chest: Golemagg the Incinerator, Magmadar
Hand: Lucifron
Head: Garr
Leg: Magmadar
Shoulder: Sulfuron Harbinger, Lucifron
Feet: Gehennas, Garr

Battlegear of Wrath (level 60):
http://thottbot.com/index.cgi?set=218

Set Bonuses:
3 pieces: Increases the attack power granted by Battle Shout by 30.
5 pieces: 20% chance after using an offensive ability requiring rage that your next offensive ability requires 0.0 less rage to use.
8 pieces: 4% chance to parry the next attack after a block.

Total Stats:
Agility: 20
Armor: 4925
Spirit: 10
Stamina: 234
Strength: 137
Arcane: 10
Fire: 20
Frost: 10
Nature: 3
Shadow: 36

This set is/was found in Molten Core. The drop locations may have been moved to Blackwing Lair.

Wrist: Gehennas
Chest: Random in Molten Core?
Hand: Random in Molten Core?
Head: Onyxia
Leg: Ragnaros
Shoulders: Random in Molten Core?
Feet: Random in Molten Core?
Waist: Random in Molten Core?

Comments, questions and contributions welcome.