Tempered Saronite plate armor collection

The Tempered Saronite subset of the Blacksmithing tradeskill is a Plate armor collection based around defense rating and strength. This makes it of most interest to Plate-wearing tanks.

Consisting of 8 pieces of armor it is a fairly complete gear set, while not being an actual set. It alone is not sufficient gear for tanking level 80 heroic content, especially due to its lack of gem slots. However, it can be used to fill in slots by a fresh tank, and is sufficient for tanking non-heroic Northrend content.

It is important to note that while there are no gem slots, this equipment has higher than normal defense rating stats, though it lacks other avoidance/mitigation, and has less stamina than seen on higher gear. This means that tempered saronite pieces are great for breaking the 535 Defense "soft-cap" of heroics without the necessity of buying gems and enchantments. However, the tank will still be unable to tank heroic content without the health pool available in other gear, and this should only be used to get those last few points of defense, not as a mainstay of your equipment.

Tempered Saronite Crafting Table

Item	[Saronite Bar]	[Cobalt Bar]	[Crystallized Earth]
[Tempered Saronite Belt]	x5	x6
[Tempered Saronite Boots]	x8	x3
[Tempered Saronite Bracers]	x13
[Tempered Saronite Breastplate]	x5	x6	x1
[Tempered Saronite Gauntlets]	x14
[Tempered Saronite Helm]	x12		x1
[Tempered Saronite Legplates]	x5	x5	x1
[Tempered Saronite Shoulders]	x12
Total	x74	x20	x3

Tempered Saronite Stats

Item	Armor	Strength	Stamina	Defense rating
[Tempered Saronite Belt]	1040	24	49	57
[Tempered Saronite Boots]	1305	42	69	36
[Tempered Saronite Bracers]	873	27	30	48
[Tempered Saronite Breastplate]	1898	49	90	56
[Tempered Saronite Gauntlets]	1277	28	55	66
[Tempered Saronite Helm]	1581	46	52	83
[Tempered Saronite Legplates]	1618	43	114	32
[Tempered Saronite Shoulders]	1460	41	84	32
Total	11052	300	440	378