89 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 89. All item levels on gear below level 429 other than heirlooms no longer scale to 429.
• For every average item level you achieve above 429, you will receive a 0.1% bonus to all of your stats e.g. if you get your average item level to 449, you will receive a 2% 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: Lightweight Retinal Armor (ilvl 476)
Neck: Engraved Amber Pendant, Mindcapture Pendant, Whirling Dervish Choker, Pendant of Precise Timing, Lucid Amulet of the Agile Mind, Astrylian's Cheerful Charm (ilvl 450)
Back: Aerial Bombardment Cloak, Cloak of Cleansing Flame, Blade-Dulling Greatcloak (ilvl 450)
Chest: Amber-Starched Robes, Mazu's Robe (ilvl 450)
Wrist: Bombardment Bracers (ilvl 450)
Hands: Wind-Kissed Handwraps, Conflagurating Gloves, Breezebinder Handwraps (ilvl 450)
Waist: Motherseed Cord, Dreadspinner Cord, Repression Belt (ilvl 450)
Legs: Leggings of the Frenzy (ilvl 450)
Feet: Motherseed Treads, Dreadspinner Treads, Soulbinder Treads (ilvl 450)
Rings: Anaxo's Multi-Layered Seal, Blade Trap Signet (ilvl 450)
Trinkets: Captain Zvezdan's Lost Leg, Golden Moss (ilvl 496)
Weapon: (more forthcoming)
Offhand: (more forthcoming)


Leather:

Head: Agile Retinal Armor, Camoflage Retinal Armor (ilvl 476)
Neck: Engraved Amber Pendant, Mindcapture Pendant, Whirling Dervish Choker, Pendant of Precise Timing, Lucid Amulet of the Agile Mind, Astrylian's Cheerful Charm (ilvl 450)
Back: Aerial Bombardment Cloak, Cloak of Cleansing Flame, Blade-Dulling Greatcloak (ilvl 450)
Chest: Chestwrap of Arcing Flame (ilvl 450)
Wrist: Bracers of Rolling Fields, Saboteur's Stabilizing Bracers (ilvl 450)
Hands: Syrio's Gloves of Tutelage (ilvl 442)
Waist: Sapfly Belt, Ghost Fox Belt (ilvl 450)
Legs: Wall-Breaker Legguards (ilvl 450)
Feet: Sapfly Footguards, Ghost Fox Boots, Airstream Treads, Boots of Plummeting Death (ilvl 450, leather)
Rings: Anaxo's Multi-Layered Seal, Blade Trap Signet (ilvl 450)
Trinkets: Captain Zvezdan's Lost Leg, Golden Moss (ilvl 496)
Weapon: (more forthcoming)
Offhand: (more forthcoming)


Mail:

Head: Energized Retinal Armor, Deadly Retinal Armor (ilvl 476)
Neck: Engraved Amber Pendant, Mindcapture Pendant, Whirling Dervish Choker, Pendant of Precise Timing, Lucid Amulet of the Agile Mind, Astrylian's Cheerful Charm (ilvl 450)
Back: Aerial Bombardment Cloak, Cloak of Cleansing Flame, Blade-Dulling Greatcloak (ilvl 450)
Chest: Galedodger Chestguard (ilvl 450)
Wrist: Groundshaker Bracers (ilvl 450)
Hands: Hexxer's Lethargic Gloves, Archer's Precision Grips (ilvl 450)
Waist: Withered Wood Waistguard, Wind-Reaver Waistguard, Impaler's Girdle, Belt of Totemic Binding (ilvl 450)
Legs: Dill's Primal Leggings (ilvl 442)
Feet: Withered Wood Sabatons, Wind-Reaver Sabatons, Treads of Fixation, Blastwalker Footguards, Airbender Sandals (ilvl 450)
Rings: Anaxo's Multi-Layered Seal, Blade Trap Signet (ilvl 450)
Trinkets: Captain Zvezdan's Lost Leg, Golden Moss (ilvl 496)
Weapon: (more forthcoming)
Offhand: (more forthcoming)


Plate:

Head: Reinforced Retinal Armor, Specialized Retinal Armor (ilvl 476)
Neck: Engraved Amber Pendant, Mindcapture Pendant, Whirling Dervish Choker, Pendant of Precise Timing, Lucid Amulet of the Agile Mind, Astrylian's Cheerful Charm (ilvl 450)
Back: Aerial Bombardment Cloak, Cloak of Cleansing Flame, Blade-Dulling Greatcloak (ilvl 450)
Chest: Cryptwarden's Breastplate, Swarmbringer Chestguard, Mind's Eye Breastplate (ilvl 450)
Wrist: Siegeworn Bracers (ilvl 450)
Hands: Hive Protector's Gauntlets, Axebreaker Gauntlets (ilvl 450)
Waist: Lucidity Clasp, Bladesworn Girdle, Coldbite Girdle, Unbreakable Waistplate, Girdle of Soothing Detonation (ilvl 450)
Legs: Sap-Encrusted Legplates (ilvl 450)
Feet: Lucidity Greaves, Bladesworn Warboots, Coldbite Warboots, Glintrok Sollerets, Anchoring Sabatons (ilvl 450)
Rings: Anaxo's Multi-Layered Seal, Blade Trap Signet (ilvl 450)
Trinkets: Captain Zvezdan's Lost Leg, Golden Moss (ilvl 496)
Weapon: (more forthcoming)
Offhand: (more forthcoming)


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

Weapons: Sun-Lute of the Phoenix King, Flintlocke's Blasthammer (ilvl 483), Mantid Sky Reaver, Spear of Xuen (ilvl 463), Wind-Reaver's Dagger of Quick Strikes, Mantid Trochanter, Firescribe Dagger, Fist of Fate, Claws of Gekkan, Lobstmourne, Ner'onok's Razor Katar, Yaungol Fire Carrier, Carapace Breaker, Kaleiki's Lost Training Staff, Dissector's Staff of Mutation, Gustwalker Staff
Off-Hand: Umbrella of Chi-Ji (ilvl 463), Turpster's Sonorous Shield, Shield of the Protectorate, Record of Mysterious Deeds (ilvl 450)

 

[nanatan]

First rogue that managed to convince a GM to give him http://www.wowhead.com/item=81542/fishmongers-blade wins at life.

 

[hearthqt]

you can also get 463 ilvl gear from the timewarped vendor for the cata event

 

[FrozienXP]

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/character/bleeding-hollow/esimedrieht
This is a more recent look for lvl 89 gear. These epic's drop from world rares in panda land. The commons drop from a spot in draenor in Frostfire Ridge.

The epics go to iLvL 504

 

[ohti]

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/character/bleeding-hollow/esimedrieht
This is a more recent look for lvl 89 gear. These epic's drop from world rares in panda land. The commons drop from a spot in draenor in Frostfire Ridge.

The epics go to iLvL 504

this char is very cool to look at, is it yours?
if so I've been thinking about getting into 89s... are they any fun?