While the servers were shutdown last night I thought I'd do something a little more constructive then my usual WoW lore reading and draw up a Pre Raid/Heroic Ret Pally Gear list. It seems people have been asking for this for a while now, so hopefully this can suffice until the Ret Guide is upgraded or this is added to it.
I've tried to keep with a similar format of the Ret guide giving a quest reward, craftable, dungeon drop or reputation/badge/goal item. I've also tried to stick to strength, crit and hit, the 'bread and butter' stats of the Ret Paladin. I have added in some dungeon drops from heroics and would advise that prospective Ret Raiders aim for some of these pieces before heading into 10 man Naxx. Try and avoid having too many pieces of Savage Saronite gear too. There is a fair bit of wasted itemization on resilience with it's gear.
Bear in mind I haven't bolded a supreme Libram either. It will depend on your spell rotation and seal of choice. I'd advise either having the green one alone or both of the other two (one for SoM/B and one for SoC for those fights when SoM/B is not advised eg Loatheb/Gluth in Naxx).
A word of warning on dungeon drops though: Like anything in WoW the RNG, bad tanks, bad healers, idiotic dpsers and buggy bosses can make some of these drops very hard to obtain. I have only added in info for drops on the links that Allakhazam doesnt have info on. For all others just click on the link.
Happy hunting and good luck!
Head:
Quest Reward: Faceguard of Punishment
Craftable: Spike Titansteel Helm
Instance Drop: Chitin Shell Greathelm
Item Enhancement: Arcanum of Torment + 50AP/20crit strike rating.
Neck:
Quest Reward: The Severed Noose of Westwind
Craftable: Titanium Impact Choker
Badge Item: Pendant of the Outcast Hero
Instance Drop: Necklace of Arcane Spheres
Shoulders:
Quest Reward: Brazen Offender's Shoulderplates
Craftable: Savage Saronite Pauldrons
Rep Item:: Spaulders of the Giant Lords
Instance Drop: Pauldrons of the Lightning Revenant from heroic HoL.
Item Enhancement: Lesser(30AP/10csr)/Greater(40AP/15csr) Inscription of the Axe from SoH rep.
Cloak:
Quest Reward: Illskar's Greatcloak
Craftable: Ice Striker's Cloak
Instance Drop: Cloak of the Gushing Wound
Auction House Special: Cloak of Bloodied Waters is a bind on equip drop from heroic Gundrak which has probably the best itemization you can get on a pre raid cloak.
Item Enhancement: Enchant Cloak: Major/Superior Agility.
Chest:
Quest: Battleplate of Unheard Ovation
Craftable: Savage Saronite Hauberk
Badges: Heroes' Redemption Chestpiece for 80 Emblems of Heroism.
Instance Drop:: Breastplate of Undeath
Item Enhancement: Enchant Chest: Powerful/Super Stats.
Wrists:
Quest: Rings of Nergeld
Craftable: Vengeance Bindings
Instance Drop: Golden Limb Bands
Item Enhancement: Enchant Bracer: Greater Assault/Striking.
Hands:
Quest: Astrid's Riding Gloves
Craftable: Savage Saronite Gauntlets
Badges: Heroes' Redemption Gauntlets for 60 Emblems of Heroism.
Instance Drop: Fists of Loken
Item Enhancement: Enchant Gloves: Crusher/Major Strength.
Waist:
Quest: Thorim's Grasp
Craftable: Savage Saronite Waistguard
Badges: Verdungo's Barbarian Cord
Instance Drop: Flame-Bathed Steel Girdle
Item Enhancement: You can have a socket made by a blacksmith and add in a strength gem.
Legs:
Quest: Coldblooded Legplates
Craftable: Spiked Cobalt Legplates
Rep Item: Legplates of Bloody Reprisal from Wyrmrest Accord Rep.
Instance Drop: Staggering Legplates
Item Enhancement: Icescale/Nerubian Leg armor.
Feet:
Quest: Icewalker's Spikes
Craftable: Spiked Titansteel Treads
Rep Item: Death-Inured Sabatons from Knights of Ebon Hold.
Instance Drop: The Obliterator Greaves
Item Enhancement: Enchant Boots: Icewalker (if your not hitcapped) or Greater Assault.
Rings:
Quest: Signet of Bridenbrad and Jagged Ice Band
Craftable: Titanium Impact Band
Instance Drop: Hemorrhaging Circle from Gal'darah in heroic Gundrak, Band of Frosted Thorns from heroic Nexus or Mobius Band from Chrono Lord Epoch in heroic CoS.
Trinkets:
Quest: Crusader's Locket
Craftable: Darkmoon Card: Greatness
Badges: Mirror of Truth
Instance Drop: Sphere of Red Dragon's Blood and Incisor Fragment.
Librams:
Quest: Libram of Furious Blows
Rep/PvP Item: Venture Co. Libram of Retribution
Badges: Libram of Reciprocation
Weapons:
Quest: De-Raged Waraxe from the Zul'Drak Amph quest.
Craftable: Titansteel Destroyer
Rep Items: Argent Skeleton Crusher or Runeblade of Demonstrable Power from Argent Dawn and KotEB reps respectively.
Instance Drop: Colossal Skull-Clad Cleaver and Sword of Justice
Item Enhancement: Enchant 2H Weapon: Berserker, Massacre, Greater Savagery or buying a Titanium Weapon Chain(if you need the hit)
Edited, Feb 24th 2009 4:34pm by arthoriuss
Edited, Feb 24th 2009 4:48pm by arthoriuss