Hey. I know I haven’t posted in a while. Work + RL concerns have eaten a great deal of my time lately. As you can see from my character app on WordPress, I’ve progressed a bit in ICC on both toons, although I’m nowhere near the progression of some guilds. What I wanna talk about, since there’s a bunch of new gear since Icecrown came out, is how to get ready for ICC with a minimum of waiting on drops in raids. I’ll talk about heroic 5 man drops, craftables, BoE’s, and emblem gear. Note: I will not be covering frost gear here, because if you are gathering a lot of these for the extremely high-priced gear, you must be in ICC already.

Helm

There’s several good choices here.

[Helm of the Brooding Dragon] – 75 Emblems of Triumph

[Eyes of Bewilderment] – Bronjahm, Heroic Forge of Souls

[Windrunner's Headpiece of Conquest] – 50 Emblems of Triumph

Neck

[Barbed Ymirheim Choker] – Forgemaster Garfrost, Heroic Pit of Saron

[Broach of the Wailing Night] – 19 Emblems of Conquest

Shoulders

[Epaulets of the Devourer] – 45 Emblems of Triumph

[Windrunner's Spaulders of Conquest] – 30 Emblems of Triumph

Cloak

Not too many good options here, all this stuff is ilvl 219

[Accursed Crawling Cape] – Devourer of Souls, Normal Forge of Souls

[Shawl of the Shattered Giant] – BoE

Chest

[Crusader's Dragonscale Breastplate] – Crafted. Awesome. Tons of gem slots.

[Windrunner's Tunic of Conquest] – 50 Emblems of Triumph

Wrist

[Crusader's Dragonscale Bracers] – Crafted

[Essence of Suffering] – Devourer of Souls, Heroic Forge of Souls

Gloves

[Windrunner's Handguards of Conquest] – 30 Emblems of Triumph

[Hoarfrost Gauntlets] – Lich King event, Heroic Halls of Reflection

Belt

[Belt of Dragons] – Crafted

[Belt of the Ardent Marksman] – 28 Emblems of Conquest

Legs

[Windrunner's Legguards of Conquest] – 50 Emblems of Triumph

[Darkcore Leggings] – BoE

Boots

[Boots of Living Scale] – Crafted

[Muddied Boots of Brill] – Falric, Normal Halls of Reflection

Rings

[Dexterous Brightstone Ring] – 35 Emblems of Triumph

[Band of Stained Souls] – Scourgelord Tyrannus, heroic Pit of Saron

Trinkets

Slimmer pickings here… Greatness is still awesome, but here’s some other options:

[Mark of Supremacy] – I don’t like this one, but it’s here for

[Needle-Encrusted Scorpion] – Devourer of Souls, Heroic Forge of Souls

[Banner of Victory] – Normal 5 man TOC

Polearms

[Marrowstrike] – Heroic TOC

[Orca-Hunter's Harpoon] – Heroic Halls of Reflection

Ranged Weapons

[Crypt Fiend Slayer] – Lich King event, Normal Halls of Reflection

[Felglacier Bolter] – Ick, Heroic Pit of Saron

[Drake-Mounted Crossbow] – Heroic Utgarde Keep

[Rimebane Rifle] – Tyrannus, Normal Pit of Saron

[True-aim Long Rifle] – Heroic TOC