Warrior DPS Pre-Raid Gear

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On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items from Pre-Raid content for your Warrior DPS in WoW Classic. For more gearing advice, please refer to our Warrior DPS Gearing and Best in Slot guide.

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Pre-Raid Best in Slot (BiS) List for DPS Warriors

You should make sure to not go over 6% extra Hit chance cap as a Human or Orc, when taking advantage of your weapon skill racials (also if you are a lucky Edgemaster's Handguards Icon Edgemaster's Handguards or similar +weapon skill item user), or the 9% Hit chance cap with other races and weapons.

The Black Dragon Mail set is very valuable, as it provides a lot of attack power and other needed stats, and has great, easily obtainable set bonuses of 1% hit and 2% critical strike at two and three pieces, respectively.

Finally, look out for uncommon gear of the Tiger, which can often be found in the Auction House, as the Strength and Agility present on it makes for great DPS gear!

While we are only listing the Horde versions of the PvP set, equivalent versions can be found on the Alliance side, with the same requirements, cost and stats.

WoW Classic Phases

As stated by Blizzard, WoW Classic will have six phases, starting with Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair, and Maraudon, and ending with Naxxramas and the Scourge Invasion.

We will be linking best in slot gear lists for every raid tier in this guide, which can be helpful in order to understand how to progress from hitting Level 60, to getting pre-raid best in slot and from then to clearing all raid tiers.

Warrior Pre-Raid Best in Slot

Phase Six (Naxx) Phase One (MC)

Naxxramas DPS Warrior Pre-Raid BiS

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Lionheart Helm Champion's Plate Helm Eye of Rend Mask of the Unforgiven	Blacksmithing Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 10 Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire The Unforgiven in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Neck	Mark of Fordring Amulet of the Darkmoon Beads of Ogre Might Will of the Martyr	In Dreams in Western Plaguelands Darkmoon Faire 1200 Ticket reward Falrin's Vendetta quest in Dire Maul Aurius' Reckoning in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Shoulder	Abyssal Plate Epaulets of Striking Defiler's Plate Spaulders Truestrike Shoulders Champion's Plate Shoulders Black Dragonscale Shoulders Wyrmhide Spaulders Spaulders of Valor Flamescarred Shoulders Hyperion Pauldrons (of the Tiger) Exalted Epaulets (of the Tiger) Commander's Pauldrons (of the Tiger)	Lord Skwol Arathi Basin Exalted Pyroguard Emberseer in Upper Blackrock Spire Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 10 Dragonscale Leatherworking A Taste of Flame in Blackrock Depths Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire Magister Kalendris in Dire Maul West World drop BoE World drop BoE World drop BoE
Cloak	Earthweave Cloak Cape of the Black Baron Blackveil Cape Windshear Cape Deathguard's Cloak Stoneskin Gargoyle Cape The Emperor's New Cape	Volunteer's Battlegear quest in Silithus Baron Rivendare in (side-entrance) Stratholme High Interrogator Gerstahn in Blackrock Depths High Marshal Whirlaxis Arathi Basin Exalted Stonespine in (side-entrance) Stratholme Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths
Chest	Savage Gladiator Chain Legionnaire's Plate Hauberk Cadaverous Armor Ogre Forged Hauberk Black Dragonscale Breastplate Tombstone Breastplate Deathdealer Breastplate	Gorosh the Dervish in Blackrock Depths Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 8 Side bosses in Scholomance Mizzle the Crafty in Dire Maul North Dragonscale Leatherworking Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance Chest of The Seven in Blackrock Depths
Wrists	Berserker Bracers Deeprock Bracers Battleborn Armbraces Abyssal Plate Vambraces of Striking Vambraces of the Sadist Slashclaw Bracers Blackmist Armguards	Warsong Gulch Exalted Stalwart's Battlegear quest in Silithus Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire Baron Kazum Timmy the Cruel in (main-entrance) Stratholme Halycon in Lower Blackrock Spire The Beast in Upper Blackrock Spire
Gloves	Edgemaster's Handguards or similar if you need it for 305+ weapon skill Chromatic Gauntlets Devilsaur Gauntlets Gargoyle Slashers Blood Guard's Plate Gauntlets Reiver Claws	World drop BoE Leatherworking Leatherworking Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 7 Overlord Wyrmthalak in Lower Blackrock Spire
Belt	Defiler's Plate Girdle Omokk's Girth Restrainer Brigam Girdle Handcrafted Mastersmith Girdle	Arathi Basin Honored Maxwell's Mission or Warlord's Command General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Goraluk Anvilcrack in Upper Blackrock Spire
Legs	Titanic Leggings Outrider's Plate Legguards Legionnaire's Plate Leggings Cloudkeeper Legplates (CD share with Diamond Flask) Devilsaur Leggings Abyssal Plate Legplates of Striking Black Dragonscale Leggings Eldritch Reinforced Legplates Legplates of Valor Handcrafted Mastersmith Leggings	Blacksmithing Warsong Gulch Exalted Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 8 World drop BoE Leatherworking The Duke of Shards Dragonscale Leatherworking Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul West Baron Rivendare in (side-entrance) Stratholme Goraluk Anvilcrack in Upper Blackrock Spire
Boots	Defiler's Plate Greaves Battlechaser's Greaves Bloodmail Boots Black Dragonscale Boots Windreaver Greaves	Arathi Basin Revered Blackrock Spire BoE drop Side bosses in Scholomance Leatherworking Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance
Rings	Don Julio's Band Band of Earthen Might Painweaver Band Tarnished Elven Ring Blackstone Ring Myrmidon's Signet Magni's Will (Alliance only) Band of the Penitent	Alterac Valley Exalted Veteran's Battlegear quest in Silithus General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Mizzle the Crafty / Tribute Run in Dire Maul North Princess Theradras in Maraudon World drop BoE The Princess's Surprise in Blackrock Depths Houses of the Holy in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Trinkets	Earthstrike Diamond Flask Hand of Justice Blackhand's Breadth Rune of the Guard Captain Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom	Champion's Battlegear quest in Silithus Voodoo Feathers in Sunken Temple Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths General Drakkisath's Demise or For The Horde! Job Opening: Guard Captain of Revantusk Village Darkmoon Elementals Deck in Darkmoon Faire
Main-Hand / Off-Hand	Ironfoe Ebon Hand Felstriker Frostbite Zulian Hacker Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge (set) Dal'Rend's Tribal Guardian (set) Axe of the Deep Woods Flurry Axe Quel'Serrar Serathil Doomforged Straightedge Mirah's Song	Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths Blacksmithing Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire Alterac Valley Revered Zul'Gurub BoE Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire World drop BoE World drop BoE Quel'Serrar questline in Dire Maul World drop BoE World drop BoE Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance
Two-Hand	Nightfall The Unstoppable Force Treant's Bane Blackblade of Shahram Arcanite Reaper Barbarous Blade Dreadforge Retaliator Demonshear	Blacksmithing Alterac Valley Exalted Gordok Tribute in Dire Maul North General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Blacksmithing King Gordok in Dire Maul North Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths Balnazzar in (main-entrance) Stratholme
Ranged	Bloodseeker Satyr's Bow Riphook Blackcrow	Hero of the Frostwolf in Alterac Valley Zevrim Thornhoof in Dire Maul East Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin in Lower Blackrock Spire Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin in Lower Blackrock Spire

MC/Ony DPS Warrior Pre-Raid BiS

You should make sure to not go over 6% extra Hit chance cap as a Human or Orc, when taking advantage of your weapon skill racials (also if you are a lucky Edgemaster's Handguards Icon Edgemaster's Handguards user), or the 9% Hit chance cap with other races and weapons. This is the gear we recommend for damage dealing as a Warrior, before setting foot into Molten Core or Onyxia's Lair.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Lionheart Helm Mask of the Unforgiven Eye of Rend	Blacksmithing The Unforgiven in (side-entrance) Stratholme Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire
Neck	Mark of Fordring Will of the Martyr Imperial Jewel	In Dreams in Western Plaguelands Aurius' Reckoning in Stratholme Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths
Shoulder	Truestrike Shoulders Wyrmhide Spaulders Spaulders of Valor (defensive / PvP)	Pyroguard Emberseer in Upper Blackrock Spire A Taste of Flame in Blackrock Depths Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire
Cloak	Cape of the Black Baron Blackveil Cape Stoneskin Gargoyle Cape	Baron Rivendare in (side-entrance) Stratholme High Interrogator Gerstahn in Blackrock Depths Stonespine in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Chest	Savage Gladiator Chain Cadaverous Armor Tombstone Breastplate	Gorosh the Dervish in Blackrock Depths Side bosses in Scholomance Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance
Wrists	Battleborn Armbraces Vambraces of the Sadist Slashclaw Bracers Blackmist Armguards	Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire Timmy the Cruel in (main-entrance) Stratholme Halycon in Lower Blackrock Spire The Beast in Upper Blackrock Spire
Gloves	* Edgemaster's Handguards Devilsaur Gauntlets (set) Gargoyle Slashers	World drop BoE Tribal Leatherworking Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance
Belt	Brigam Girdle Omokk's Girth Restrainer Handcrafted Mastersmith Girdle	General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Maxwell's Mission / Warlord's Command quest in Lower Blackrock Spire Goraluk Anvilcrack in Upper Blackrock Spire
Legs	Cloudkeeper Legplates Devilsaur Leggings (set) Eldritch Reinforced Legplates Legplates of Valor	World drop BoE Tribal Leatherworking Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul West Baron Rivendare in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Boots	Bloodmail Boots Battlechaser's Greaves Windreaver Greaves	Side bosses in Scholomance Blackrock Spire BoE drop Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance
Rings	Painweaver Band Tarnished Elven Ring Blackstone Ring Myrmidon's Signet Magni's Will (Alliance only) Band of the Penitent	General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Gordok Tribute in Dire Maul North Princess Theradras in Maraudon World drop BoE The Princess's Surprise in Blackrock Depths Houses of the Holy in (side-entrance) Stratholme
Trinkets	Hand of Justice Blackhand's Breadth Rune of the Guard Captain	Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths General Drakkisath's Demise / For The Horde! in Upper Blackrock Spire Job Opening: Guard Captain of Revantusk Village in The Hinterlands
Main-Hand	Ironfoe Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge (set) Axe of the Deep Woods (Orc) Quel'Serrar	Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire World drop BoE The Forging of Quel'Serrar, started by Foror's Compendium of Dragon Slaying which can be looted in Dire Maul.
Off-Hand	Felstriker Dal'Rend's Tribal Guardian (set) Flurry Axe (Orc) Mirah's Song Serathil	Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire World drop BoE Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance World drop BoE
Two-Hand	Treant's Bane Blackblade of Shahram Arcanite Reaper Dreadforge Retaliator Demonshear	Gordok Tribute in Dire Maul North General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Blacksmithing Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Blackrock Depths Balnazzar in (main-entrance) Stratholme
Ranged	Satyr's Bow Riphook Blackcrow	Zevrim Thornhoof in Dire Maul East Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin in Lower Blackrock Spire Shadow Hunter Vosh'gajin in Lower Blackrock Spire

* Edgemaster's Handguards Icon Edgemaster's Handguards grant +7 weapon skill with the most common weapon types. The first +5 weapon skill grants you a huge benefit, as detailed in our DPS Warrior Weapon Skill page section, but it has rapidly diminishing returns post that amount, so these gloves are only advisable if you do not have at least +5 weapon skill from other sources yet, which will typically the case for Human and Orc using their racials.

You can find more Warrior DPS BiS lists in our dedicated gear hub below.

Warrior DPS Best in Slot Gear Hub

Changelog

18 Nov. 2024: Page updated for Classic Anniversary.
05 Dec. 2020: Updated for Phase 6.
19 Oct. 2020: Added Ogre Forged Hauberk.
27 Jul. 2020: Updated with Phase 5 gear.
19 May 2020: Added Silithus twilight boss summoning gear.
14 Apr. 2020: Updated with some BoE Zul'Gurub gear.
11 Mar. 2020: Updated with Arathi Basin gear.
12 Feb. 2020: Guide added.

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This guide has been written by Seksi, original vanilla player and multi-class player, currently playing on Gehennas Horde. You can find him on the Classic Warrior, Mage and Shaman Discords, as well as the Icy Veins Discord.

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