Well continuing my previous post Getting My Lock ready to Raid at 80 an lets cover some of the other pieces of gear and weaponry.

Just a quick note.  You may have items from BC that you got from heroics/dungeons/pvp.  Those items may be superior to these if they have lots of sockets and you can gem them right.  So always compare and shot around.  And don't vendor gear until you are certain that it is inferior to something else.



Shoulders:

• Frostsavage Shoulders - Part of the base cloth PVP set this easiest and by far a nice piece.  These are tailored and if you're not a tailor most of tailors will be happy to make these for you to get a skill up.


• Mantle of the Flesh Giant and Mantle of Thwarted Evil are two pieces you can get from questing.


• Mantle of the Underhalls - This is a bit weak on stamina, however it has +hit and a socket.  You can get this from a quest.


• Runecaster's Mantle and Dark Runic Mantle may drop in dungeons off the trash mobs, or they may drop from the friendly auctioneer, since they are not BoP.  These are superior to all the others i listed since they are nice and have a socket.  However they may be too expensive or unattainable.


• Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle and Tattered Dreadmist Mantle two heirloom items.  One bought with Stone Keeper's shards or Emblems of Heroism.  If you can splurge these are nice because they can pass on to other toons once you get something better.

There are numerous other shoulders that are similar to the ones listed that drop in regular and heroic versions of Level 80 dungeons.

Wrists:

I'll start off with the two easy ones that are not brainers, and go up to the more challenging ones.

• Frostsavage Bracers and Black Duskweave Wristwraps are two craftable pieces and are both nice.  I would go for the Frostsavage Bracers simply because i will use them when PVPing.


• Ancestral Sinew Wristguards - requires reveared with the Wyrmrest Accord.  Hopefully you've done all the quests related to the dragons and are also doing the daily.  So should not be too hard to get the rep.  These are nice and have a socket.


• Wraps of the Astral Traveler has hit on it.  So nice pieces.  Heroics may just pay off.


• Verdisa's Cuffs of Dreaming and Azure Cloth Bindings are great, but drop from heroics.  I actually got the Azure Cloth Bindings in one of the runs.

Feet:

When it comes to feet there are tons of options as well.  Many heroics have nice cloth feet gear.  I'm going to list some of the non heroic pieces you can get:

• Sandals of Crimson Fury - Here is anouther rep reward from Wyrmrest Acccord.  You have to be revered. So get to those dailies and wear that tabard.


• Silky Iceshard Boots and Frostsavage Boots are two craftable pieces.  Although I would lean towards the Frostsavage Boots for more atractive stats, cheaper mats and more usage.


• I still have my Boots of Incantations from BC and also Frozen Shadoweave Boots in the bank.  Both could be used until you can get something better.  Just use uncommon gems.


• Leiah's Footpads - is the final piece I'll mention.  This is from a quest.  As you can see though it got some nice hit rating and a red socket.

One Hand  Weapon:

Well I think I can leave off some of the gear for the final article.  For now let's talk about the one hand weapon.

• Flameheart Spell Scalpel - this is the piece I'm working towards right now.  It's got lots of spell power, and hit.  You need to be Revered wit the Dalaran faction.  Very, very nice :).


• Ritualist's Bloodletter - this is a nice quest reward and got good hit on it.


• Cursed Lich Blade and Netherbreath Spellblade drop from heroics.  Good pieces, but no hit thouhg :(.


• Jeweled Coronation Sword - Non heroic Utgarde Pinnacle, not a bad piece either.

Off-Hand:

• One hand weapon is never complete by itself.  It need's it's other half, the off hand.


• Ward of the Violet Citadel and Handbook of Obscure Remedies are bought with Emblems of Heroism. Ward of the Violet Citadel is my preference with all that nice hit.


• Iron-bound Tome and Faces of Doom- are Inscription made and are BoP so you can buy them off someone else.


• Bonecaster's Endgame and Lantern of Enchanted Flame are quest rewards.  There are numerous others that are less appealing that are also quest rewards.


• Fetish of the Primal Gods - my favorite from BC.  If you got this still or got some Badges of Justice, this is still a great piece.

There are plenty of nice off hand pieces in Level 80 dungeons both heroic and non heroic, so you may get something in between as well.  I'll be saving my badges to get Ward of the Violet Citadel

Well this is it for now.  In the final article we'll cover the remaining pieces and will get your  and my warlock ready for raiding.