Season 8 has been out for a few weeks now so hopefully you’ve been getting those arenas in.  I certainly have.  My 3s and 5s teams are doing okay and my 2s team is on the brink of a 2100 rating.  We’re gunning for 2200 this week.  Anyways, that partially explains why this post is coming so late, but here it is:  your Holy Paladin PvP/Arena gear guide for Season 8!  Read on for your gear shopping list for the last season before Cataclysm!

Vault of Archavon

VoA is a great source of PvP gear if you get really lucky.  It can save you a ton of honor or arena points and get you that piece of gear much earlier than anyone else.  Make sure to run it every week.

25-man Toravon

• Wrathful Gladiator’s necks (I prefer the one with crit)
• Wrathful Gladiator’s cloaks
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Bracers of Salvation
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Girdle of Salvation
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Greaves of Salvation
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Ornamented Gloves
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Ornamented Legplates
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Band of Dominance

10-man Toravon and 25-man Koralon

• Relentless Gladiator’s necks
• Relentless Gladiator’s cloaks
• Relentless Gladiator’s Bracers of Salvation
• Relentless Gladiator’s Girdle of Salvation
• Relentless Gladiator’s Greaves of Salvation
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Gloves
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Legplates

Emblems of Frost

If you’re raiding ICC and getting drops from there it may be more useful to spend your frost emblems on filling out that PvP gear instead of buying more PvE gear that may be replaced on your next run anyway.  The earlier in the season you can get the gear the more edge you’ll have over your opponents.

• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Gloves - 60 Frost Emblems
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Spaulders - 60 Frost Emblems
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Chestguard - 95 Frost Emblems
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Legplates - 95 Frost Emblems
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Headcover - 95 Frost Emblems

Spending your Wintergrasp Marks of Honor

There’s a new vendor in Wintergrasp with a few new pieces for this season to spend your marks on.

• Titan-forged Pendant of Ascendancy - 25 WG Marks of Honor
• Titan-forged Cloak of Ascendancy - 25 WG Marks of Honor
• Titan-forged Shoulderplates of Salvation - 40 WG Marks of Honor

Spending your Honor Points

Below is the list of gear you can get without needing any Arena Points.  Just grind your BGs!  Note that although the Wrathful Belt and Boots don’t require arena points, they do require an arena rating (1300 and 1400). 

• Relentless Gladiator’s Bracers of Salvation - 21,700 Honor Points
• Relentless Gladiator’s Necks - 26,100 Honor Points
• Relentless Gladiator’s Cloaks - 26,100 Honor Points
• Relentless Gladiator’s Girdle of Salvation - 34,100 Honor Points
• Relentless Gladiator’s Greaves of Salvation - 34,100 Honor Points
• i245 Battlemaster’s Trinkets - 34,100 Honor Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Bracers of Salvation - 43,400 Honor Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Necks - 52,200 Honor Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Cloaks - 52,200 Honor Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Band of Dominance - 52,200 Honor Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Girdle of Salvation - 68,200 Honor Points, 1300 Arena Rating
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Greaves of Salvation - 68,200 Honor Points, 1400 Arena Rating

Spending your Arena Points

Lastly, below is the gear you can get with your arena points, sorted by the rating requirement.

No Arena Rating Required

• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Gloves - 440 Arena Points, 8,000 Honor Points
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Spaulders - 600 Arena Points, 10,550 Honor Points
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Chestguard - 770 Arena Points, 13,200 Honor Points
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Legplates - 770 Arena Points, 13,200 Honor Points
• Relentless Gladiator’s Ornamented Headcover - 770 Arena Points, 13,200 Honor Points

Minimum 700 Arena Rating Required

• Relentless Gladiator’s Libram of Justice - 700 Rating, 350 Arena Points, 6,400 Honor Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Ornamented Gloves - 1400 Rating, 1,430 Arena Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Ornamented Legplates - 1500 Rating, 2,370 Arena Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Ornamented Chestguard - 1600 Rating, 2,370 Arena Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Libram of Justice - 1700 Rating, 1.260 Arena Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Gavel - 1800 Rating, 1,300 Arena Points, 38,500 Honor Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Shields - 1800 Rating, 350 Arena Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Ornamented Headcover - 1950 Rating, 2,370 Arena Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Ornamented Spaulders - 2000 Rating (3v3 or 5v5), 1,930 Arena Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Salvation - 2200 Rating (3v3 or 5v5), 3,950 Arena Points
• Wrathful Gladiator’s Tabard - 2300 Rating (3v3 or 5v5), 550 Arena Points

Best of luck in your arenas and battlegrounds!