arena gear (wow)  

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It is the PvP version of "Tier gear" (i.e. Tier 7), 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.

Requirements

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
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
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.

Location

The Arena gear vendors can be found in Dalaran.

Emblems Vendors:

• Arcanist Adurin
• Magister Brasael

Hateful Gear Vendor:

• Xazi Smolderpipe
• Nargle Lashcord

Clicking on the vendor's link will take you to a list of the items they have for sale.

Class Specific Gear

Death Knight:

• Gladiator's Desecration

Druid:

• Gladiator's Sanctuary (Feral)
• Gladiator's Wildhide (Balance)
• Gladiator's Refuge (Restoration)

Hunter:

• Deadly Gladiator's Pursuit

Mage:

• Deadly Gladiator's Regalia

Paladin:

• Deadly Gladiator's Vindication (Retribution)
• Deadly Gladiator's Redemption (Holy)

Priest:

• Deadly Gladiator's Raiment (Shadow)
• Deadly Gladiator's Investiture (Discipline)

Rogue:

• Deadly Gladiator's Vestment

Shaman:

• Deadly Gladiator's Thunderfist (Elemental)
• Deadly Gladiator's Earthshaker (Enhancement)
• DeadlyGladiator's Wartide (Restoration)

Warlock:

• Deadly Gladiator's Felshroud

Warrior:

• Deadly Gladiator's Battlegear

Weapons

Arena gear is generally considered a poor choice for PVE, 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 intent of getting a weapon that they will then use for PVE purposes.

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