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WotLK 3.3.5a

Best in Slot

Complete Phase 4 (Icecrown Citadel) PvE equipment lists for every class and specialization. Hover any item for the full Wowhead tooltip — stats, source and all.

Stat Priorities

  1. Hit / Expertise (to cap first)
  2. Primary stat or Spell Power
  3. Critical Strike
  4. Haste
  5. Armor Penetration / Mastery-equivalent secondary

Caps & Requirements

Spell/Melee Hit CapSpec & weapon dependent
Expertise Soft Cap~26 rating (dodge)
Armor Pen Soft Cap~1400 rating

Notes

This is the Phase 4 (ICC 25) ceiling for the spec — real ICC/ToC drops, Emblem of Frost purchases and reputation rewards, not a "day one of the tier" list. Alternatives are listed where two items are close enough that raid composition or luck decides between them.

How this list works

This is a Phase 4 (Icecrown Citadel, 25-player) PvE Best in Slot list — the strongest realistic gear target for each spec once you're raiding ICC, built from Icecrown Citadel and Trial of the Grand Crusader drops, Emblem of Frost purchases, reputation rewards and a handful of surviving Ulduar items. It isn't a "what you'll have on day one" list — it's the target to itemize toward.

Every item name links straight to Wowhead's WotLK Classic database, so the tooltip you see on hover is the real, live item — full stats, armor, requirements, and set information exactly as Wowhead has it, not something typed out by hand. Where a slot has a genuinely close alternative — a different trinket for a different fight, a ring you might already have from an earlier kill — it's listed underneath the main pick.

A small number of Death Knight tier pieces (the "Sanctified Scourgelord" set) are shown in plain text without a working tooltip link for now while their item IDs get verified — everything else on this page is fully linked.

Classes & specializations covered

  • Warrior — Fury, Protection
  • Paladin — Retribution, Protection, Holy
  • Hunter — Marksmanship, Survival
  • Rogue — Combat, Assassination
  • Priest — Shadow, Holy, Discipline
  • Death Knight — Blood, Unholy, Frost
  • Shaman — Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration, Spellhancement
  • Mage — Fire (TTW), Arcane
  • Warlock — Demonology, Affliction
  • Druid — Balance, Feral (Cat), Feral (Bear), Restoration