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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 | 12000/ 700 | 1735 | 2250 | 1990 |
Shoulders | 9600/ 550 | 1775 | 1800 | 2050 |
Gloves | 7200/ 400 | 1615 | 1350 | 1750 |
Pants | 12000/ 700 | 1645 | 2250 | 1810 |
Chest | 12000/ 700 | 1675 | 2250 | 1870 |
Main hand weapon | N/A | N/A | 3150 | 1930 |
Off hand weapon | N/A | N/A | 1350 | 1930 |
Two handed weapon | N/A | N/A | 4500 | 1930 |
Thrown Weapon/Wand | N/A | N/A | 1200 | 1930 |
Ranged Weapon | N/A | N/A | 4500 | 1930 |
Shield | N/A | N/A | 2250 | 1930 |
Caster Offhand | N/A | N/A | 1350 | 1930 |
Totems/Idols/Tomes | N/A | N/A | 1200 | 1930 |
Hateful Gear can also be bought with Emblem of Valor, has this small chart shows:
Slot | Emblem Cost |
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Chest | 45 |
Helm | 45 |
Glove | 30 |
Pants | 45 |
Shoulders | 30 |
During The Burning Crusade expansion, past season gear was available for pve token or at a greatly reduced cost/rating requirement. While Blizzard said they intended to do something similar, it remains to be seen how this will be handled once Season 6 hits. Season 1, 2, 3 and 4's gear is no longer available in the game.
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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