Puut'n it Down: The Elemental Shaman Blog: Trial of the Crusader 10 Man Gear Guide

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Trial of the Crusader 10 Man Gear Guide

My usual approach to gear guides has had to change due to the new format of raiding with heroic versions of loot and the fact that Horde and Alliance no longer use the same loot. As such, the table is arranged by bosses, then Alliance Version (and heroic equivalent) / Horde Version (and heroic equivalent).

Northrend Beasts:

[Shoulderguards of the Spirit Walker] ([Heroic]) / [Pauldrons of the Spirit Walker] ([Heroic])
[Shoulderpads of the Glacial Wilds] ([Heroic]) / [Pauldrons of the Glacial Wilds] ([Heroic])
[Icehowl Cinch] ([Heroic]) / [Icehowl Binding] ([Heroic])

Lord Jaraxxus:

[Felspark Bindings] ([Heroic]) / [Felspark Bracers] ([Heroic])
[Firestorm Ring] ([Heroic]) / [Firestorm Band] ([Heroic])

Faction Champions:

[Blade of the Silver Disciple] ([Heroic]) / [Sunreaver Disciple's Blade] ([Heroic])
[Sandals of the Silver Magus] ([Heroic]) / [Sunreaver Magus' Sandals] ([Heroic])
[Talisman of Volatile Power] ([Heroic]) / [Fetish of Volatile Power] ([Heroic])

Anub'arak:

[Helmet of the Crypt Lord] ([Heroic]) / [Helm of the Crypt Lord] ([Heroic])
[Vestments of the Sleepless] ([Heroic]) / [Robes of the Sleepless] ([Heroic])

Tribute Chest (Heroic Versions Only):

[Heartcrusher] / [Heartsmasher]
[Drape of the Sunreavers] / [Drape of the Sunreavers]

I have been FAR less lenient on what I put in this time; absolutely nothing with Spirit or mp5 made the list. Only purely useful stats were permitted, so keep eyes open for Resto shammy gear that may be an upgrade still.

I hope the new format is easy enough to understand. 25-Man version incoming...

-Puut

8 comments:

Anonymous21 October 2009 at 3:53 am
With the amount of hit on T9 I would say that hit on offpieces is more a wasted stat than mp5 atm. Especially so since using CL in the rotation even on single target is a slight dps increase.
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Harrycane21 October 2009 at 3:59 am
Just change the colors to blue / red. We all know they are epix :)

Overall a nice guide :)

How bout making an article on what todo when you are way over hit rating, with the current tier 9.5 and stuff its very easy overcapping the hit.. At least for me.
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Harrycane21 October 2009 at 4:01 am
Haha anonymous we were thinking alike :p
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Jonti21 October 2009 at 5:28 am
Does anyone really know why they've changed the names yet given identical gear to Horde and Alliance? What's the point? What does it achive beyond making lists and databases longer and more confusing?

It might have been interesting to see the stats moved around a bit on different faction gear. So the Horde really want the Belt, while Alliance are looking at the Boots as the key piece for example. But the "just" name change seems futile.
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Harrycane21 October 2009 at 5:56 am
Its like this becuase alliance and horde gear has different looks. Which I think is a good change. At least I feel more hordish :)
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Anonymous21 October 2009 at 10:03 am
Plenty of gear already has a different look on males/females. Not to mention that they have to scale to fit the models themselves. Don't tell me they couldn't make them look physically different without giving them seperate names.
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Unknown22 October 2009 at 2:38 pm
I am still refining the mehod I use for doing these gear guides. It is difficult to satisfy everyone, as those reading my past ones or my thread on MMO-Champ know.

I am going to try a Blue/Red version for the 25 man, we will see how it goes. I am also going to put some recipies in, and a few of the better spirit/mp5 items.
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Anonymous24 November 2009 at 1:44 am
It seems you missed out Twin Valkyrs. They drop a very nice staff (Enlightenment) which is awesome for elemental shamans.
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