World of Warcraft PvP Gearing Guide

The second PvP season of Midnight begins on August 18th, and that means it is time to once again start grinding out currencies that you will need to get the most powerful gear for your character. These currencies are finite and you do not get a second chance to redo your purchases, so it is important to spend them right as to not fall behind for the first few weeks of the season, or when catching up on an alt.

You will likely replace all of your Season 1 pieces with Honor pieces immediately, and your Honor carries over, so do not be afraid to say goodbye to your previous gear set and get ready to grind for a new one.

The Catalyst received an important update in Season 2 of Midnight: it now carries over the secondary stats and possible cantrip-effects (passive procs) from your converted gear piece, meaning if you convert a Chest piece with Haste and Mastery on it, your tier piece will also have Haste and Mastery.

For PvP, you will likely want to stack Versatility, and while previously only a handful of tier pieces offered that stat, you will now be able to get it on every single piece. Yay!

The PvP vendors are located on the southeastern area of Silvermoon.

Here, you can buy conquest PvP gear from Irissa Bloodstar and honor gear from Captain Dawnrunner.

Before getting started, you will want to get roughly 10.000 Honor, as to get Honor pieces with item level 331. You can reduce this grind a bit, by taking up the weekly quests from Zerella, also located in the PvP hub with the vendors. With these weeklies, you will get Honor, Conquest and Bloody Tokens. Bloody Token gear has the same item level as Honor pieces, so you can substitute a few slots this way.

Once you are decked out in full Honor gear, there are two main ways to get your best in slot PvP gear, and they work together nicely. While you will want to craft some items with your Venomous Gladiator's Heraldry, others you will want to buy by spending the Conquest you earn as you battle other players.

Before looking to spend your Conquest currency, you will want to want to craft a few pieces the game gives you for free. By playing the game and participating in PvP activities, you will receive the Artisan's Consortium Flyer at random, which gives you 9x Venomous Gladiator's Heraldry just by turning it in. With this currency you can potentially craft up to 3 Conquest-level pieces at the crafting station.

With these crafts, you can apply your Embellishments to your gear, depending on what is recommended for your specialization. Make sure to check out what your character needs for your dedicated PvP guide. Once you've crafted your embellished items, it is often recommended to craft a ring to better optimize your secondary stats, matching your stat priority.

Healers crafting Blessed Pango Charm as their embellishment can be more free with their choices, and should just craft rings and neck with their Venomous Gladiator's Heraldry.

It is a very good idea to craft at least 1 jewelry slot, as these slots have sockets for free in Midnight, and many, if not all, caster classes will want to socket a Cognitive Heliotrope as soon as possible. Most other classes and specs will want a Enduring Heliotrope. You will want to bank up on Honor as you play, to buy Venomous Jeweler's Setting to add more gem sockets to your gear pieces, and more Infused Heliotrope for these gem sockets.

Week 1

Finally, we can look to be spending our hard earned Conquest, and there are a few things to consider when doing so. First up, tier pieces have varying power budgets across specializations, but for the most part they boost a decent portion of your throughput. The first thing you will want to check out is how important the 2-set bonus is for your specialization.

The Conquest cap starts at 1600, and increases in increments of 800 each week. Tier pieces can only be converted from Head, Shoulders, Chest, Legs and Gloves. This is important, because Helm, Chest and Legs cost 875 Conquest, while Gloves and Shoulders cost 700 Conquest. You can convert a piece of conquest gear into tier pieces at the Catalyst located in Silvermoon. Remember that in Season 2 the Catalyst has been changed to carry over your secondary stats, so be mindful of what piece you convert.

The Catalyst gets 1 charge every other week, starting at 1 on week 1, but by getting 1600 rating in any rated PvP bracket, you earn the achievement Midnight Season 2: Serpent Scion, which grants you another charge. This means you can get 2-set on week 1, provided you can reach 1600 rating in any bracket. With a 1600 Conquest budget on the first week, you may want to consider buying a 875 piece and a 700 piece to convert both into Tier Pieces.

To summarize all this excessive information, at the end of week 1 of the season, you should be having:

1. 2 pieces of Conquest gear or Tier Pieces
2. 3 crafted pieces, with 2 of them having Embellishments, and at least one of them being a ring
3. A Cognitive Heliotrope or Enduring Heliotrope in a crafted ring
4. Honor and Bloody Token pieces as remaining filler slots for gear

>Week 2 to Week 5

On the second week of the season, not much changes for your progress on gear, but the decisions you make in regards to which tier piece slots you buy can affect you in week 4 and 5. For the second week, the Conquest limit raises to 2400, allowing you to buy another 700-cost piece. A full 4-set costs either 3150 Conquest (x2 875 + x2 700) or 3325 Conquest (x3 875 + x1 700). It is important to remember that The Catalyst gains a charge every other week, which means that by week 5 you can get a 4-set as a PvP player. If you happen to also be doing PvE raids, you can get Tier Pieces directly from bosses, or possibly the Great Vault, with a much weaker item level than what Irissa Bloodstar sells you.

Thankfully she also sells Conqueror's Venomous Varnish and Conqueror's Venomous Lacquer, which adds the PvP item level scaling to those PvE pieces for the same Conquest price as if you had bought a raw piece from her. This means that you can potentially have a full Conquest item level 4-set as early as week 3 into the season, depending on which slots you roll.

After having acquired 2500 Conquest, you will complete the achievement Galactic Weapons of Conquest and get a Galactic Gladiator's Weapon Token, which you can turn in for a free Conquest weapon of your choice.

If you only do PvP and follow the weekly Conquest increments, you will have the same power budgets as those getting a head start by week 5, meaning you should have:

1. All 875-cost pieces (head, chest and legs)
2. 3x 700-cost pieces, preferably Shoulders and Gloves, plus an additional piece
3. A full Tier Set converted at the Catalyst
4. A Conquest Weapon
5. 3 crafted pieces, either Cloak, Wrist, and Ring, or 2x Rings and Neck, depending on Embellishments
6. A Cognitive Heliotrope or Enduring Heliotrope in a crafted Ring
7. Honor and Bloody Token pieces as remaining filler slots for gear

After this point, simply fill out your last few spots and you are all geared up for the second PvP season in Midnight.

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