Nerub’ar Palace Tier Sets Boost

Tier Sets allow you to unleash the full potential of your class. Even though you can get five Tier Set Pieces in total, you only need four to get two bonuses. Below, you can see all the benefits you’ll get from Class tier sets in Season 1 of The War Within:

• Death Knight: Exhumed Centurion’s Relics:
  • Blood:
    • 2 Pieces: Boneshield reduces damage taken by 2%; Losing a charge has a chance to further reduce incoming damage by up to 3%;
    • 4 Pieces: Each active Boneshield charge increases your damage by 1%; when you have less than 6 Boneshield charges, you can gain 1-2 more charges when taking damage;
  • Frost:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Runic Power spending abilities will deal 8% more damage;
    • 4 Pieces: Consuming Runic Power can increase your main stat by 10% for 8 seconds;
  • Unholy:
    • 2 Pieces: Your summoned creatures deal 8% more damage;
    • 4 Pieces: When you summon a creature, your haste will increase by 8% for 8 seconds;
• Paladin: Entombed Seraph’s Radiance:
  • Holy:
    • 2 Pieces: Holy Shock heals 10% more, and cooldown is reduced by 10%;
    • 4 Pieces: Holy Shock increases the healing done by your Word of Glory or Light of Dawn by 8%, can stack 4 times;
  • Protection:
    • 2 Pieces: Shield of the Righteous deals 10% more damage and reduces incoming damage by 3%;
    • 4 Pieces: The damage and healing of Holy Power abilities increased during Avenging Wrath by 0.5%. The effect may stack;
  • Retribution:
    • 2 Pieces: Blade of Justice damage increased by 15%, Wake of Ashes damage increased by 10%;
    • 4 Pieces: Wake of Ashes increases your damage by 10% for 8 seconds;
• Warrior: Warsculptor’s Masterwork:
  • Arms:
    • 2 Pieces: Overpower damage can be increased by 10% after using Mortal Strike and Cleave;
    • 4 Pieces: When Overpower has its cooldown reset by Tactician, damage from Mortal Strike or Cleave will be increased by 10%, and critical strike stat will increase by 10%;
  • Fury:
    • 2 Pieces: Rampage damage will increase by 10% after applying Bloodthirst;
    • 4 Pieces: When Raging Blow resets its own cooldown, the damage of the next Bloodthirst will be reduced by 10%;
  • Protection:
    • 2 Pieces: When your Shield Slam cooldown is reset by Strategist, Shield Slam damage will be increased by 5%, and your taken damage less by 3% for 6 seconds;
    • 4 Pieces: When Shield Slam crits, the damage of your Thunder Clap and Revenge abilities will be increased by 10% for 8 seconds;
• Evoker: Destroyer’s Scarred Wards:
  • Augmentation:
    • 2 Pieces: The Upheaval’s damage is increased by 30%, and after use increases the damage of the next two Eruptions by 30%;
    • 4 Pieces: Ebon Might will increase your main stat by 0.4% every 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 2%;
  • Devastation:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Disintegrate and Pyre abilities deal 10% more damage;
    • 4 Pieces: Eternity Surge’s cooldown has been reduced by 5 seconds and gives you Essence Burst when cast;
  • Preservation:
    • 2 Pieces: Reversion and Emerald Blossom will now heal 10% of any healing you do to one of your allies within a 30 yds radius;
    • 4 Pieces: Reversion healing will be increased by 20% after using Verdant Embrace;
• Hunter: Lightless Scavenger’s Necessities:
  • Beast Mastery:
    • 2 Pieces: Barbed Shot increases your pet’s attack speed by 5%;
    • 4 Pieces: When your pet deals damage, there is a 10% chance to increase all damage it deals by 10% for 10 seconds;
  • Marksmanship:
    • 2 Pieces: Damage from your Arcane Shot and Multishot increased by 20%;
    • 4 Pieces: The damage of your next Aimed Shot is increased by 20% after using Precise Shots; it can stack 2 times;
  • Survival:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Wildfire Bomb damage is increased by 5%;
    • 4 Pieces: Mongoose Bite or Raptor Strike deals 10% more damage to targets under the effect of Wildfire Bomb;
• Shaman: Waves of the Forgotten Reservoir:
  • Elemental:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Elemental Blast or Earth Shock damage is increased by 25%; Earthquake damage is increased by 25%;
    • 4 Pieces: Spending Maelstrom increases crit chance by 5% and critical damage by 10%;
  • Enhancement:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Stormstrike, Lava Lash, Ice Strike, and Crash Lightning damage increased by 15%;
    • 4 Pieces: Feral Spirits last 100% longer.
  • Restoration:
    • 2 Pieces: Tidal Waves increases the healing of your spells by 10%;
    • 4 Pieces: Tidal Waves is 80% more effective and reduces the mana cost of your spells by 8%;
• Demon Hunter: Husk of the Hypogeal Nemesis:
  • Havoc:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Blade Dance damage is increased by 20%;
    • 4 Pieces: Your Chaos Strike damage is increased by 20%, and using it has a 25% chance to reset Blade Dance’s cooldown;
  • Vengeance:
    • 2 Pieces: Soul Cleave’s damage is increased by 15% and has a 35% chance to shatter 1 Lesser Soul fragments from the enemy;
    • 4 Pieces: Consuming a Soul Fragment increases the damage and healing of your next Fel Devastation to 30%;
• Druid: Mane of the Greatlynx:
  • Balance:
    • 2 Pieces: The damage of your Starsurge will increase by 8%, and the damage of your Starfall will increase by 10%;
    • 4 Pieces: Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse increase the generation of Astral Power Wrath by 1, and Starfire by 2;
  • Feral:
    • 2 Pieces: Tiger’s Fury increases your Crit stat by 6% and grows by 1% every 2 seconds;
    • 4 Pieces: Direct damage of your next Ferocious Bite and Primal Wrath or Rampant Ferocity increases by 15% when your combo point-generating abilities crit;
  • Guardian:
    • 2 Pieces: Using Thrash and Moonfire reduces incoming damage and increases damage dealt by 1% for 8 seconds, can be stacked 3 times;
    • 4 Pieces: Your Arcane damage and bleed damage is increased by 5%;
  • Restoration:
    • 2 Pieces: Healing from Regrowth, Wild Growth, and Swiftmend increased by 10%;
    • 4 Pieces: When you use Soul of the Forest’s bonus, your healing is increased by 8% for the duration of the bonus and 6 seconds after it ends;
• Monk: Gatecrasher’s Fortitude:
  • Brewmaster:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Blackout Kick and Keg Smash damage is increased by 20%, Shuffle reduces incoming damage by 3%;
    • 4 Pieces: Using Blackout Kick increases your damage by 1% for 15 seconds and can stack up to 3 times; cooldown Keg Smash has a 35% chance to reset and cost no energy after using Blackout Kick;
  • Mistweaver:
    • 2 Pieces: The healing of your Enveloping Mist and Renewing Mist abilities has been increased by 10%;
    • 4 Pieces: You can extend Renewing Mist and Enveloping Mist on the main target by 4 seconds with Vivify;
  • Windwalker:
    • 2 Pieces: Using Tiger Palm will increase the damage of your next melee ability by 5%;
    • 4 Pieces: Your melee abilities increase the damage of your next Tiger Palm and can stack 6 times. 15% of Tiger Palm’s damage will be dealt to surrounding enemies, up to a maximum of 5 targets;
• Rogue: K’areshi Phantom’s Bindings:
  • Assassination:
    • 2 Pieces: When your bleeds deal damage to enemies, there is a chance to receive Vile Tincture for 8 seconds; the damage of your poisons will increase by 1%, and you can have 10 stacks;
    • 4 Pieces: When you have more than 5 stacks of Vile Tincture, Garrote, Rupture and Crimson Tempest, their damage will increase by 10%;
  • Outlaw:
    • 2 Pieces: Sinister Strike, Pistol Shot, and Ambush have a 20% chance to trigger Ethereal Rampage and increase Shadow damage by 15%;
    • 4 Pieces: Ethereal Rampage increases the damage of your Between the Eyes ability by 6% and can stack up to 3 times;
  • Subtlety:
    • 2 Pieces: Using Symbols of Death increases the damage of your next Secret Technique by 20%;
    • 4 Pieces: Secret Technique increases the damage of your finishing moves by 16% for 7 seconds;
• Mage: Sparks of Violet Rebirth:
  • Arcane:
    • 2 Pieces: Your damage from Arcane Blast and Arcane Explosion abilities is increased by 6%;
    • 4 Pieces: When you use Arcane Blast or Arcane Explosion, there is a 10% chance that your Arcane Barrage will deal 10% more damage and create 4 Arcane Charges;
  • Fire:
    • 2 Pieces: Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%, for the main target – by 25%;
    • 4 Pieces: When Phoenix Flames deals damage, there is a 10% chance that the spell will return to you and return 1% of the ability’s cooldown, also increasing your spell damage by 6% for 10 seconds;
  • Frost:
    • 2 Pieces: Ice Lance’s damage will be increased by 5%, damage of your next Frozen Orb will be increased by 10% when receiving the Fingers of Frost effect and can stack 10 times;
    • 4 Pieces: Using Frozen Orb will increase your Ice Lance’s damage by 15% for 15 seconds;
• Priest: Shards of Living Luster:
  • Discipline:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Atonement healing is increased by 5%;
    • 4 Pieces: You can increase the damage of the next Mind Blast by 25% or absorb the amount of Power Word: Shield by 15% when using your Smite and Penance spells;
  • Holy:
    • 2 Pieces: Serendipity is 10% more effective;
    • 4 Pieces: Heal, Flash Heal, and Prayer of Healing can be used a second time with 35% effectiveness with a 50% chance;
  • Shadow:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Devouring Plague lasts 1 second longer;
    • 4 Pieces: Using Devouring Plague will increase your spell damage by 2% for 10 seconds; the effect may overlap;
• Warlock: Rites of the Hexflame Coven:
  • Affliction:
    • 2 Pieces: Malefic Rapture deals 5% more damage, and the crit chance of this spell is increased by 10%;
    • 4 Pieces: Using Malefic Rapture can increase the damage of your Agony, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction by 15% for 8 seconds;
  • Demonology:
    • 2 Pieces: Your Shadow Bolt will deal 50% more damage, and your main demon’s damage will be increased by 5%;
    • 4 Pieces: Shadow Bolt can increase the Legion Strike damage of your main Felguard spell by 300%;
  • Destruction:
    • 2 Pieces: Conflagrate and Incinerate spells have increased critical strike chance, 25% for Conflagrate and 20% for Incinerate;
    • 4 Pieces: When Conflagrate crits, your fire damage is increased by 5% for 6 seconds.

Tier set pieces for all classes are dropped from specific Nerub’ar Palace raid bosses. Below, you can see a list of equipment slots and bosses from which they drop:

• Head — The Silken Court;
• Shoulder — Rasha’nan;
• Chest — Broodtwister Ovi’nax;
• Legs — Nexus-Princess Ky’veza;
• Hands — Sikran, Captain of the Sureki.

There are 4 types of set tokens, and the set of classes changes exceptionally rarely, only when a new class appears in the game. Below, you can see how tokens are distributed between classes:

• Dreadful tokens — Death Knight, Demon Hunter, and Warlock;
• Mystic tokens — Hunter, Druid, and Mage;
• Venerated tokens — Paladin, Shaman, and Priest;
• Zenith tokens — Warrior, Evoker, Monk, and Rogue.

Tier Sets can be obtained not only as loot from Nerub’ar Palace Raid bosses. Typically, some time after the start of the season, players gain access to Creation Catalyst. Creation Catalyst is a unique object that allows you to convert regular gear into tier set pieces. To gain access to Catalyst, you must complete a small quest chain. Catalyst allows you to convert one item per week, and the charges can accumulate.

The effectiveness of Tier set bonuses does not change depending on the item level. You can simultaneously equip items from different raid difficulties and get the desired bonus for your class.

You don’t need to use PvE gear during PvP battles. PvP gear gives you the same class bonuses as PvE gear. At the same time, the item level of PvP gear increases in PvP zones, arenas and battlegrounds, which is a big plus.