59 Legion Gear Prep Guide

[Kirise]

The arrival of the Legion prepatch brought significant changes to optimizing gear for XP-off players. Here's what you need to know for playing in instanced PvP (arenas and battlegrounds, not world PvP). Please let me know if this guide needs any corrections/additions/deletions.

• All characters in instanced PvP will receive stats based on a stats template predetermined by Blizzard, based on class and spec. Stats and enchantments on gear will no longer matter. Trinkets and weapon/gear procs will no longer work.
• Characters continue to temporarily boost to 59. All item levels on gear below level 82 other than heirlooms no longer scale to 82.
• For every average item level you achieve above 82, you will receive a 0.1% bonus to all of your stats e.g. if you get your average item level to 92, you will receive a 1% bonus to your stats.

The following list covers what we know (so far) as BiS items. This list excludes grandfathered gear. BiS gear is the same within each armor type; weapon and offhand differences are separated by class within each armor type. Please see @StS Ralso 's great weapon guide for more details about weapons and offhands.


Cloth:

Head: Ultra Spectropic Detection Goggles (ilvl 112)
Neck: Crimson Pendant of Clarity* (ilvl 88)
Shoulders: Starfire Mantle (ilvl 87)
Back: Abyssal Shroud** (ilvl 93, Horde only), Perfectly Balanced Cape* (ilvl 88)
Chest: Shadowcast Tunic (ilvl 88)
Wrist: Starfire Wristwraps (ilvl 87)
Hands: Starfire Gloves (ilvl 87)
Waist: Nigh-Invulnerability Belt (ilvl 109)
Legs: Deadly Borer Leggings (ilvl 88)
Feet: Rocket Boots Xtreme Lite (ilvl 112)
Rings: Circle of Banishing** (ilvl 93, Horde only), Holy Healing Band* (ilvl 88), Spined Ring (ilvl 87), Adept's Band (ilvl 87, Alliance only)
Trinkets: Charm of Alacrity/Hypnotist's Watch (ilvl 93), Alchemist Stone (ilvl 90, a higher level character will need to help you grind Sha'tar rep via Ethereum Prison Keys), Overlord/Cruel's Intentions trinket (ilvl 88)
Weapon (mage/warlock/priest): Purpleheart Wand (ilvl 87). Wands provide 5% extra stats, making them BiS.
Off-Hand: Stratholme Lily (ilvl 70)

*Rewards from the same quest.
**Rewards from the same quest.


Leather:

Head: Hyper-Vision Goggles (ilvl 112)
Neck: Crimson Pendant of Clarity* (ilvl 88)
Shoulders: Wild Shoulderpads (ilvl 93)
Back: Abyssal Shroud** (ilvl 93, Horde only), Perfectly Balanced Cape* (ilvl 88)
Chest: Darkstorm Tunic (ilvl 88)
Wrist: Vengeance Bands (ilvl 87)
Hands: Vengeance Gloves (ilvl 87)
Waist: Belt of the Moonkin (ilvl 93)
Legs: Vengeance Legguards (ilvl 87)
Feet: Rocket Boots Xtreme (ilvl 112)
Rings: Circle of Banishing** (ilvl 93, Horde only), Holy Healing Band* (ilvl 88), Spined Ring (ilvl 87), Adept's Band (ilvl 87, Alliance only)
Trinkets: Charm of Alacrity/Hypnotist's Watch (ilvl 93), Alchemist Stone (ilvl 90, a higher level character will need to help you grind Sha'tar rep via Ethereum Prison Keys), Overlord/Cruel's Intentions trinket (ilvl 88)
Weapon: (more forthcoming)
Offhand: (more forthcoming)

*Rewards from the same quest.
**Rewards from the same quest.


Mail:

Head: Foreman's Reinforced Helmet (ilvl 95)
Neck: Crimson Pendant of Clarity* (ilvl 88)
Shoulders: Netherstalker Mantle (ilvl 87)
Back: Abyssal Shroud** (ilvl 93, Horde only), Perfectly Balanced Cape* (ilvl 88)
Chest: Stormstrike Vest (ilvl 88)
Wrist: Netherstalker Bracer (ilvl 87)
Hands: Gloves of Markmanship (ilvl 93)
Waist: Hearty Cenarion Cincture (ilvl 93)
Legs: Scaled Legs of Ruination (ilvl 88)
Feet: Venn'Ren's Boots (ilvl 93, Horde only), Netherstalker Greaves (ilvl 87)
Rings: Circle of Banishing** (ilvl 93, Horde only), Holy Healing Band* (ilvl 88), Spined Ring (ilvl 87), Adept's Band (ilvl 87, Alliance only)
Trinkets: Charm of Alacrity/Hypnotist's Watch (ilvl 93), Alchemist Stone (ilvl 90, a higher level character will need to help you grind Sha'tar rep via Ethereum Prison Keys), Overlord/Cruel's Intentions trinket (ilvl 88)
Weapon: (more forthcoming)
Offhand: (more forthcoming)

*Rewards from the same quest.
**Rewards from the same quest.


Plate:

Head: Darkcrest Helm (ilvl 87)
Neck: Crimson Pendant of Clarity* (ilvl 88)
Shoulders: Expedition Mantle (ilvl 93)
Back: Abyssal Shroud** (ilvl 93, Horde only), Perfectly Balanced Cape* (ilvl 88)
Chest: Battlemaster's Breastplate, Breastplate of Retribution (ilvl 88)
Wrist: Darkcrest Bracers (ilvl 87)
Hands: Brianium Gauntlets (ilvl 93, plate, Horde only), Darkcrest Gauntlets (ilvl 87, plate)
Waist: Darkcrest Belt (ilvl 87, plate)
Legs: Darkcrest Legguards, Flintlocke's Piloting Pants (ilvl 87, plate)
Feet: Expedition Footgear (ilvl 93, plate)
Rings: Circle of Banishing** (ilvl 93, Horde only), Holy Healing Band* (ilvl 88), Spined Ring (ilvl 87), Adept's Band (ilvl 87, Alliance only)
Trinkets: Charm of Alacrity/Hypnotist's Watch (ilvl 93), Alchemist Stone (ilvl 90, a higher level character will need to help you grind Sha'tar rep via Ethereum Prison Keys), Overlord/Cruel's Intentions trinket (ilvl 88)
Weapon: (more forthcoming)
Offhand: (more forthcoming)

*Rewards from the same quest.
**Rewards from the same quest.


Weapons and offhands to sort through (for ilvl only):

Weapons: Rod of the Void Caller** (ilvl 93, 2H staff, Horde only), Jaedenis Dagger, Combustion Dagger, Vampiric Handscythes, Jagged Broadaxe, Glorious Scepter, Pneumatic War Hammer, Skettis Curved Blade, Blade of the Unyielding, Halberd Polearm, Jinbali Warp-Staff, Primal Lore-Staff, Mok'Nathal Battleaxe, Gronn-Bone Club, Skeletal Broadsword, Telaari Longbow, Stronghold Crossbow, Gnomish Assault Rifle, Purpleheart Wand (ilvl 87), Rod of the Unyielding (ilvl 87, 2H staff, Horde only),
Off-Hand: Telaari Shield, Laughing Skull Orb (ilvl 87), Demoniac Soul Prison (ilvl 87, Horde only)