MMO Champion Reveals Quel’delar and more!

The more the PTR reveals about the upcoming patch 3.3, the more it feels like the patch is really getting closer. We still don’t know exactly when it’s coming out so we’ll have to settle for the latest bit of info that just popped up. MMO Champion was able to get hold of more details about things we already know are coming out but don’t know specifics of. We know that the Quel’delar is coming out, an epic weapon involving a en epic quest chain from 5 man dungeons. We know that we’ll be getting more loot from the next tier of emblems, the Emblem of Frost. Of course there’s the Icecrown dungeons, both the raid and the 5 man, which we’ll also be getting more loot from. We know these are coming but exactly what they are we didn’t know… until now!

icecrown citadel

The Quel’delar is a blade much like the Quel’serrar and there are four of them. The preview mentioned that classes who can’t wield blades would still be able to finish the epic quest chain and get something in return. Oddly enough, as much as a tanking weapon would fit nicely here there doesn’t seem to be a single one. Some specs are arguably overlooked but can be filled in to some extend by one of the weapons. For example elemental shamans, balance druids, resto druid and holy priests could use the mp5 mace even if it might not be the most perfect group ofstats for them

The many Quel’delars (all swords)

Quel’Delar, Cunning of the Shadows One hand, Physical DPS
Quel’Delar, Lens of the Mind Main hand, spell
Quel’Delar, Might of the Faithful Two hand, Melee DPS (Strength)
Quel’Delar, Ferocity of the Scorned Two hand, Physical DPS (Agility)

Other weapons from the chain (all maces)

Cudgel of Furious Justice One hand, melee DPS
Hammer of Purified Flame Main hand spell mp5
Lightborn Spire Two hand Melee DPS

Emblem Of Frost Gear

As you know all the heroic dungeon bosses will be dropping Emblems of Triumph when the patch comes out. This is to give way to the new highest tier of Emblems, the emblem of Frost. You can get these from killing bosses in the Icecrown Citadel Raid, Weekly Raid quests and the first random heroic dungeon you do using the new LFG system.

All these items are item level 264 and will include gear for Waist, Hands and Chest for the various armor types and class specs. You’ll also be able to get various cloaks, relics and trinkets and even a throwing weapon. To see the full list of items you can see them from this list provided by MMO Champion.

Icecrown Citadel Loot

As you know, the Icecrown Citadel will have both a raid and a 5 man, similar to how Ulduar is really split into the raid dungeon itself and the 5 mans Halls of Lightning and Halls of Stone. The 5 man dungeon will be called the Frozen Halls and will be divided into 3 separate wings with their own individual lockout timers. The Icecrown raid will of course be the place where you will fight and defeatl the Lich King.

Frozen Halls

You can find the loot from Frozen Halls for both normal and heroic mode here. The loot from normal mode are item level 219 and the loot from heroic mode are item level 232. I’d have to say that generally speaking, the loot from Frozen Halls is pretty encompassing. I could be wrong but it seems like between both the normal and heroic mode, you could actually get gear for all your item slots except the relic slots.

Icecrown raid

Loot from both the 10 man and 25 man versions of the Icecrown raid can be found here. That link also has gear stats for some of the T10 class sets. One mildly surprising piece of info is that the raid dungeon is lifting a page from Karazhan in that you’ll be able to get rings that you can turn in and upgrade as you advance in rep with the Ashen Verdict just like the rings from the Violet Eye. Below are the rings at friendly rep.

Ashen Band of Courage Tank
Ashen Band of Vengeance Physical DPS
Ashen Band of Destruction Spell Hit
Ashen Band of Wisdom Spell mp5