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It is the PvP version of "Tier gear" (i.e. Tier 4, Tier 5, and Tier 6), and will use equivalent itemization points (see Itemization Formulas) to that gear.
Arena gear is generally considered required to participate in PvP ever since the release of the Burning Crusade expansion, though some classes have moved away from using full arena gear in the more recent months. Classes without a defensive cooldown such as priests, shamans, druids, and warlocks are all encouraged to use primarily arena gear in PvP.
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In order to get Arena gear, you must first earn enough points to buy them, and in some cases, you also need your Personal Rating and Team Rating to be high enough.
The following price/rating requirements are for Season 5 gear.
Slot | Hateful Point Value | Hateful Rating Min | Deadly Point Value | Deadly Rating Min |
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Head | 12000H 700A | 1735 | 2250A | 1990 |
Shoulders | ||||
Gloves | 1125 | None | ||
Pants | 1875 | 1550 | ||
Chest | 1875 | 1600 | ||
Main hand weapon | 2625 | 2050 | ||
Off hand weapon | 1125 | 2050 | ||
Two handed weapon | 3750 | 2050 | ||
Thrown Weapon | 1000 | None | ||
Ranged Weapon | 3750 | 2050 | ||
Caster weapon | 3150 | 2050 | ||
Staff | 3750 | 2050 | ||
Hunter Axe | 1000 | Hunter only | ||
Shield | 1875 | 2050 | ||
Totems/Idols/Tomes | 870-1000 | None | ||
S1 Gear is now only available from Karynna, they can be traded for Tier 4 tokens and requires no rating.
S2 Gear is available for honor and requires no rating, they are sold by Captain O'Neal and Sergeant Thunderhorn.
S3 Gear is available for Arena point at a 15% point discount from the S4 items listed above. The shoulders have a Rating Requirement of 1950, and the weapons have a 1800 rating requirement. The rest of the gear has no rating requirement.
Season 2 items can now be bought for honor and battleground tokens from Captain O'neil for the Alliance and Sergeant Thunderhorn for the Horde.
Season 3 items are sold by several npcs:
Season 4 items can be found on the following vendors:
Clicking on the vendor's link will take you to a list of the items they have for sale.
Druid:
Hunter:
Mage:
Paladin:
Priest:
Rogue:
Shaman:
Warlock:
Warrior:
Arena gear is generally considered a poor choice for PVE (aside from a starter set), but this consideration doesn't apply to the weapons, which are actually quite powerful in their own right and prized as PVE items, just as much PVP items.
It is not uncommon for many dps classes to participate in Arenas for the sole purpose of getting a weapon that they will then use for PVE purposes.
Season 1 weapon are no longer available as of the start of Season 4.
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