Warlord's Plate Headpiece

Warlord's Plate Headpiece was changed in WoW Forever: gains +40 Bonus Armor, gains +14 Critical Strike Rating, loses Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%, leaves its item set. Now item level 74 Epic Head armor, requires level 60, +34 Stamina, +28 Strength, +40 Bonus Armor, +14 Critical Strike Rating. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Warlord's Plate Headpiece tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Warlord's Plate Headpiece

Item Level 74

Binds when picked up

Head · Plate

679 Armor

+34 Stamina

+28 Strength

Durability 100 / 100

Requires Level 60

Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%.

Sell Price: 1g 97s 7c

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Warlord's Plate Headpiece

Item Level 74

Binds when picked up

Head · Plate

679 Armor

+34 Stamina

+28 Strength

+40 Bonus Armor

+14 Critical Strike Rating

Forever amounts are computed from Blizzard's item budget tables, the way the game client computes them (this engine ships no flat amounts). How we check them.

Requires Level 60

Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%.

Sell Price: 1g 97s 7c

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: setId (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
effects	[ { "categoryCooldownMs": -1, "charges": 0, "cooldownMs": -1, "spellId": 7597, "spellName": "Increased Critical 1", "trigger": 1 } ]	[]
setId	383	none
stats	[ { "amount": 34, "stat": 7 }, { "amount": 28, "stat": 4 } ]	[ { "amount": 34, "percentEditor": 6667, "stat": 7 }, { "amount": 28, "percentEditor": 5490, "stat": 4 }, { "amount": 40, "percentEditor": 7843, "stat": 50 }, { "amount": 14, "percentEditor": 2745, "stat": 32 } ]

Warlord's Plate Headpiece changes between Forever builds

Differs from Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Warlord's Plate Headpiece

Was Warlord's Plate Headpiece nerfed in WoW Forever?

Warlord's Plate Headpiece is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown, range, durability or bag size moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: gains +40 Bonus Armor, gains +14 Critical Strike Rating, loses Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%, leaves its item set.

What changed for Warlord's Plate Headpiece in WoW Forever?

Gains +40 Bonus Armor, gains +14 Critical Strike Rating, loses Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%, leaves its item set. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value