| With armor selection, every class (dungeon, raid, and | | | | back is not protected). Six of the pieces drop from |
| PvP ) has different fighting armor available to them. | | | | bosses in Molten Core; the belt and bracers drop from |
| The armor equipment sets are varied for different | | | | random trash mobs in the Core. |
| fighting. The Raid Armor sets protect between 5 and | | | | Tier two also has eight pieces. The pieces can be |
| 9 areas of the body. | | | | found on Ragnaros in Molten Core, Onyxia in Onyxia's |
| Usually, you'll want to pick an Armor set based on | | | | Lair, and the Blackwing Lair bosses. |
| what situation you're in. If you're in a raid situation, it's | | | | Tier 3 has 9 pieces – the finger is included with this |
| probably better to pick a raid armor set. However, | | | | set. The ninth piece is a ring dropped from Kel'Thuzad. |
| this is more of a general guidance suggestion than a | | | | This set is the only one that contains 9 pieces. |
| "golden rule." Some players have found it better to mix | | | | Let's move on to Tier 7 and see what the TBC and |
| and match sets. With all sets, you'll get extra bonuses | | | | Death knights qualify for. Tier 7 -10 consist of only 5 |
| if you wear multiple pieces of the set. | | | | pieces, but there are two versions of the sets. The |
| And remember, every WOW raid armor piece you | | | | heroic version of the set if, of course, just a little better |
| select has an assigned numerical value that will affect | | | | than the normal version. The style is similar to the tier 3 |
| your combat score. Classic Raid armor sets require | | | | set, except only the chest, head, hands, legs and |
| level 60 but the levels go up if you want a TBC set. | | | | shoulders are protected. |
| Death knights can only choose from Tier 7 sets and | | | | There are 10 tiers of WOW Raid Armor sets, so be |
| up. Here are just a few of the Raid armor sets: | | | | sure to pick the one that suits you best, at the level |
| Tier 1 has 8 pieces and is the easiest to obtain (the | | | | you're at. |