

This means that in PvP situations (such as battlegrounds, arenas, and war mode), the power of these items will increase by 13 item levels. One piece of feedback we’ve heard repeatedly is that PvP gear needs something special for it to stand apart in PvP specific situations.In an upcoming build of the Chains of Domination PTR, you will notice that all Season 2 PvP items have +13 item levels in PvP. Nonetheless, we feel that there is still room for improvement. In Shadowlands, we’ve been happy to see that the reintroduction of Honor, Conquest, and PvP gear vendors has been well-received by players. In Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination, this should be the Item Level Chart.


However, for PvErs, if you can hit 2400 and get the Elite weapons, it's still a way (actually 1 item level better) to get a deterministic weapon for progression purposes. In other words, PvP gear in PvP situations will be +7 item levels higher than is obtainable in any other situations. What does this mean? If this system was immediately implemented now in Patch 9.0.5 (its not, but for sake of using numbers that we understand at the moment), we would get this chart. Blizzard has officially confirmed that PvP gear in Patch 9.1 will be returning to a WoD-style system, with PvP gear receiving +13 Item Levels in PvP, but the baseline item level of these items will be reduced by 6 item levels.
