The ToC Raiding Gear List: Part 2 (Horde)

Update: Updated for Onyxia.

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Edit: This is the Horde version of this list. If you would like the Alliance version click here.

Here is part 2 to the gear ranking. This post focuses on the jewelry and weapons available to moonkin. Please refer to part 1 to see how the list was built.

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Shroud of Displacement	Faction Champs 25 - H	278.2	188.9
Aethas' Intensity	Tribute Chest 25 - H	260.6	260.6
Shroud of Displacement	Faction Champs 25	244.6	153.5
Lady Liadrin's Conviction	Tribute Chest 25 - H	231.6	231.6
Drape of the Sunreavers	Tribute Chest 10 - H	230.2	230.2
Drape of Mortal Downfall	Iron Council25 H	229	154.3
Drape of the Messenger	Algalon10	208.4	151.9
Shawl of the Devout Crusader	Tribute Chest 10 - H	204.7	204.7
Drape of the Refreshing Winds	Northrend Beasts 25 - H	201.6	201.6
Kurisu's Indecision	Eadric's Cache - H	193.1	113
Flowing Sapphiron Drape	Onyxia25	178.8	178.8
Drape of the Refreshing Winds	Northrend Beasts 25	170.3	170.3
Pennant Cloak	Sartharion25 H	164.1	164.1
Sunglimmer Cloak	Algalon25 H	158	158
Fluttering Sapphiron Drape	Onyxia10	156.5	156.5
Asimov's Drape	Mimiron25	143.6	143.6
Cape of the Unworthy Wizard	Kel'Thuzad25	140.5	140.5
Dark Shroud of the Scourge	Noth10	138.6	87.6
Sunglimmer Drape	Algalon25 H	138.4	138.4
Drape of the Spellweaver	Ulduar10	138.1	138.1
Shawl of Haunted Memories	Yogg-Saron25	137.5	137.5
Deathchill Cloak	Crafted	135.9	135.9
Shroud of Luminosity	Grobbulus, Heigan, Gothik, Maexxna25	135.2	135.2
Disquise of the Kumiho	Emblem of Valor	126.4	126.4
Shawl of the Old Maid	Grobbulus, Heigan, Gothik, Maexxna25	125.3	125.3
Shroud of the Citadel	Sapphiron10	122.9	122.9
Cloak of the Dormant Blaze	Ulduar10	104	104

The Tribute Run Cloaks are awesome, but lets face it. They are not going to be easy to get. Blizzard hasn't been great about getting us many good cloak options in the past couple of patches, but the ones that are there are good sources of Hit. Therefore you you want to switch some stuff around this is a great place to do it.

Neck:

Darkbane Amulet	Twin Valkyrs 10 - H	237.9	161.4
Pendant of Fiery Havoc	Flame Leviathan25 H	237.9	154.1
Cry of the Val'kyr	Twin Valkyrs 25 - H	222.1	222.1
Darkbane Amulet	Twin Valkyrs 10	208.4	142.9
Wyrmrest Necklase of Power	Quest - Sapph, Malygos25	199.2	139.1
Pendant of the Piercing Glare	Kologarn10	194.9	111.1
Cry of the Val'kyr	Twin Valkyrs 25	189.1	189.1
Pendant of Focused Energies	Ulduar Zone Drop25	187.1	103.3
Chain of the Ancient Wyrm	Quest - Sapph, Malygos10	178.8	124.1
Pendant of the Shallow Grave	Thorim10 H	171.9	171.9
Chain of Latent Energies	Naxx Zone Drop10	163.8	101.9
Sapphire Amulet of Renewal	Steelbreaker25 H	163.3	163.3
Brilliant Hailstone Amulet	Confessor's Cache	162.8	117.3
Watchful Eye	Steelbreaker10 H	156.8	156.8
Circle of Arcane Streams	Sartharion10	152	95.5
Thunderstorm Amulate	Naxx Zone Drop25	146.4	95.4
Unblinking Eye	Iron Council25	143.7	143.7
Cosmic Lights	Sapphiron25	143	143
Evoker's Charm	19 EoC	139.6	139.6
Encircling Burnished gold Chains	25 EoH	131.5	86
Necklace of the Glittering Chamber	Malygos10	124.6	124.6
Titanium Spellshock Necklace	Crafted	120.4	120.4
Bone-Linked Amulet	Grobbulus10	118	118
Veiled Amulet of Life	Gothik10	112.9	112.9

There are not a lot of good necks in ToC, and that makes Cry of the Val'kyr an easier choice.

Trinket:

Reign of the Dead	Anubarak 25 - H	331	331
Shard of the Crystal Heart	50 EoT	300.8	67.7
Reign of the Dead	Anubarak 25	295	295
Elemental Focus Stone	Auriaya10	283.7	87
Living Flame	Razorscale25	278.9	84
Dying Curse	Various Naxx Bosses25	268.5	139.2
Flare of the Heavens	General Vezax25 H	235.6	235.6
Illustration of the Dragon Soul	Sartharion25	200	200
Eye of the Broodmother	Razorscale10	193.1	193.1
Mark of the War Prisoner	Cyanigosa5	190.6	57.7
Scales of Fates	Thorim25	183.7	183.7
Pandora's Plea	Mimiron25	178.2	178.2
Sundial of the Exiled	40 EoH	173.1	173.1
Abyssal Rune	Eadric's Cache	168.5	168.5
Solace of the Fallen	Jaraxxus 25 - H	168	168
Embrace of the Spider	Maexxna10	164.9	164.9
Talisman of Resurgence	50 EoT	152.4	152.4
Shiny Shard of the Flame #	Onyxia25	150	150
Shiny Shard of the Scale #	Onyxia25	150	150
Solace of the Fallen	Jaraxxus 25	150	150
Fetish of Volatile Power	Faction Champs 10 - H	150	150
Purified Shard of the Flame #	Onyxia10	134	134
Purified Shard of the Scale #	Onyxia10	134	134
Fetish of Volatile Power	Faction Champs 10	132.4	132.4
Extract of Necromantic Power	Sapphiron25	124.3	124.3
Forethought Talisman	Various Naxx Bosses25	111	111
Sif's Rememberance	Thorim10 H	110	110
Vanquished Clutches of Yogg Saron	Yogg10 H	106.4	106.4
Je'tze's Bell	World Drop	106	106
The Egg of Mortal Essence	40 EoH	98	98
Soul of the Dead	Sapphiron25	74.3	74.3
Frenzyheart Insignia of Fury	Reputation - Frenzyheart	57.9	57.9
Oracle Talisman of Ablution	Reputation - Oracles	55.6	55.6

# The value of the Onyxia trinkets is the value of the set divided by 2. If you do not have the set, these trinkets are virtually worthless in terms of DPS. On top of that I don't have any hard numbers on the damage proc. I assumed the DoT has a 25% uptime.

As usual, I urge you to use this trinket ranking with a little bit of skepticism. Most of the new trinkets haven’t been tested to my knowledge and how their procs work is unknown. In most cases I assumed that they would work in a similar manner to the trinkets we had in the 3.0 version of WoW.

That said, when it comes to the best trinkets available the debate is very one sided. Both versions of the Reign of the Dead are clearly the best choices available. The best thing is, it looks like you can equip both of the at the same time.

Finally, I want to make one little comment about hit trinkets. I generally don’t recommend using hit trinkets after early raiding. The reason is they just have way to much hit on them. A single trinket can provide 45% of the total hit rating you need. Unfortunately that makes you very inflexible and forces you to skip some other awesome trinkets that provide a ton of Spell Power, Crit rating or Haste rating.

Rings:

Firestorm Band	Jaraxxus 10 - H	260	158
Firestorm Band	Jaraxxus 10	218.5	127.4
Frozen Loop	Hodir25	206	122.2
Shimmering Seal	Flame Leviathan10	203.1	126.6
Lurid Manifestation	Anubarak 25 - H	200.7	200.7
Sinner's Confession	Confessor's Cache - H	194.4	114.2
Ring of the Vacant Eye	General Vezax25	183.4	106.9
*Nebula Band	Algalon10	177.1	177.1
Signet of the Malevolent	Gothik10	176.1	86.8
Band of the Invoker	35 EoT	170.3	170.3
Polished Dragonslayer's Signet	Onyxia Head	165.5	165.5
Lurid Manifestation	Anubarak 25	169.8	169.8
Conductive Seal	Mimiron25 H	168	168
Emerald Signet Ring	Kologarn10	166	104.1
Signet of Manifested Pain	Kel'Thuzad25	159.4	159.4
Etched Signet of the Kirin Tor	Vendor	158.8	158.8
Pyrelight Circle	Ignis25	156.6	156.6
Signet of Soft Lament	Yogg10 H	145.3	145.3
Inscribed Signet of the Kirin Tor	9750 gold	141.5	141.5
Glowing Ring of Reclamation	Flame Leviathan25	139.4	139.4
Lady Maye's Sapphire Ring	Iron Council10	129.5	129.5
Band of Channeled Magic	25 EoV	127.6	127.6
Lost Jewel	Various Naxx Bosses25	125.8	125.8
Signet of the Kirin Tor	8500 gold	123.9	123.9
Titanium spellshock Ring	Crafted	123.4	123.4
Ring of the Fated	Noth10	119.1	119.1
Ring of Holy cleansing	Heigan10	113.7	113.7
Band of Guile	Mal'Ganis5	113.7	113.7
Annhylde's Ring	Ingvar5	112.5	112.5
Timeworn Silken Band	Maexxna10	112.1	112.1
Signet of Hopeful Light	Reputation - Argent Crusade	107.8	107.8

Originally I would have equipped both versions of the Lurid Manifestation, but my revaluation of haste really helped the Nebula Band. You will also notice that the Emblem ring is very highly rated, but I would hold off picking it up until you have all of the tier piece you need.

Off Hand:

Talisman of Heedless Sins	Jaraxxus 25 - H	275	171.2
Lightbane Focus	Twin Valkyrs 10 - H	247.3	168.9
Talisman of Heedless Sins	Jaraxxus 25	242.9	151.9
Cosmos	Algalon25	231.5	138.6
Lightbane Focus	Twin Valkyrs 10	217.6	150.2
Mystifying Charm	Twin Valkyrs 25 - H	190.4	190.4
Leviathan Fueling Manual	Flame Leviathan25	182.6	107.9
Surplus Limb	Patchwerk25	172.3	114
Mystifying Charm	Twin Valkyrs 25	168.7	168.7
Ward of the Violet Citadel	25 EoH	161.7	92.5
Ironmender	Kologarn25	137.7	137.7
Watchful Eye	Steelbreaker10 H	137.6	86.6
Igniter Rod	Ignis10	131.3	131.3
Accursed Spine	Noth25	126.2	126.2
Matriarch's Spawn	Maexxna25	123.3	123.3
Antediluvian Cornerstone Grimoire	Onyxia25	117.5	117.5
Handbook of Obscure Remedies	25 EoH	106.9	106.9
Antique Cornerstone Grimoire	Onyxia10	100.8	100.8

I'm back to favoring a Main Hand/Off Hand combo and the Talisman of Heedless Sins is the best Off Hand if you can use the hit. The two Onyxia offhand are a little better then what I've listed here due to the skeleton. Unfortunately I have no way to evaluate the DPS of the Skeleton. That said, I doubt it will be good enough to make these offhands that good in terms of DPS.

Main Hand:

Barb of Tarasque	Northrend Beasts 25 - H	878.4	785.5
Suffering's End	Anubarak 25 - H	816.3	816.3
Barb of Tarasque	Northrend Beasts 25	774	692.1
Heartsmasher	Tribute Chest 10 - H	745	745
Sunreaver Disciple's Blade	Faction Champs 10 - H	743.5	743.5
Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings	Quest - Ulduar25	723.4	723.4
Suffering's End	Anubarak 25	722.6	722.6
Starshard Edge	Algalon or Mimiron H25	710.3	639.3
Sunreaver Disciple's Blade	Faction Champs 10	661.2	661.2
Aesuga, Hand of the Ardent Champion	General Vezax10	643.9	643.9
Soulscribe	Yogg25	631.1	631.1
Spectral Kris	Black Knight - H	568.1	568.1
Haunting Call	Naxx Zone Drop25	567.5	485.5
Stormtip	Iron Council10	556	556
Plasma Foil	XT-002 Deconstructor10	548.3	548.3
The Soulblade	Kel'Thuzad10	547.8	493.1
Wraith Strike	Maexxna25	537.5	537.5
Hammer of the Astral Plane	Kel'Thuzad10	537.2	537.2
The Impossible Dream	Loatheb25	522.3	522.3
Ice Spire Scepter	Malygos10	516	516
Titansteel Spellblade	Crafted	504.1	449.5
Titansteel Guardian	Crafted	479.7	479.7
Blade of Dormant Memories	Patchwerk10	476.9	476.9
Scalpel of the Royal Apothecary	25 Champion's Seals	460.8	460.8

Again, I am back to favoring MH/OH combos and this is the best Main hand without Hit rating

Two Handed Weapon:

Perdition	Anubarak 10 - H	914.4	914.4
Illumination	Twin Valkyrs 10 - H	933.6	933.6
Perdition	Anubarak 10	800.3	800.3
Illumination	Twin Valkyrs 10	822.3	822.3
Sufferance	Tribute Chest 25 - H	956.1	956.1
Pillar of Fortitude	Ulduar Zone Drop10	617.1	617.1
Devotion	Yogg10	644.8	644.8
Unraveling Reach	Freya10	775	567.4
Icecore Staff	Hodir10 H	763.3	763.3
The Lifebinder	Freya25	742.3	742.3
Staff of Endless Winter	Hodir25 H	806.7	806.7
Rapture	Iron Council25	720.7	720.7
Intensity	Ignis25	865	646.4
Greatstaff of the Nexus	Malygos10	768.4	595.4
Staff of Restraint	Sartharion25	604.6	604.6
Damnation	Four Horsemen25	614	614
Sulfur Stave	Loatheb10	600.2	492.7
Staff of Draconic Combat	Eregos5	557.8	557.8

I am back to favoring MH/OH combos but Staves are still a viable option since Blizzard now seems to be itemizing them better.

Relic/Idol:
Currently the best Moonkin idol in game is the [Idol of Lunar Fury]. The others don't even come close, so buy it as soon as you can. If you can't get your hands on that one right a way the [Idol of the Shooting Star] is your best bet. It is of a higher ilevel then the [Idol of Steadfast Renewal] and you get a little more damage from using it. The last idol you will see is [Idol of Crying Wind]. It is not a good option in my opinion. The problem is that you will not be using IS enough to really make use of the idol. There may be some situations where it is better then the SF or Wrath idol but it will never beat the Idol of Lunar Fury.

I also don't recommend using any of the idols from TBC. All of the WotLK idols currently available will be purchaseable with Emblems in 3.2 and are much better then anything we found in Outland.