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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 7 Nov 2026

Our drawing of the type (Mail gloves) beside Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets, a epic hands from Kith'ix in The Unbinding of Kith'ix, item level up to 318. Not the in-game Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets.
Our drawingMail gloves
Dropped item · should I take it?

Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets — Hands drop, item level & who can use it

Epic Mail hands from Kith'ix in The Unbinding of Kith'ix: item level 279–318 by difficulty. 9 specs can use it — it carries Agility or Intellect, Crit · Mastery. Its effect decides more than its item level, so sim it.

Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets at a glance
Item levelItem level 279 on Raid Finder up to 318 on Mythic
Drops fromKith'ix in The Unbinding of Kith'ix (raid)
How to get itBoss kill on Raid Finder, Normal, Heroic and Mythic — once each per week
Specs9 of 40 specs can use it
Hero 1/6 · Mail · Hands · Epic
Sources & read date ↓
Equipped ✎292
305HeroicSIM NEEDED
why?
Why? · VerdictBuilt from the item level you set (292) against this drop on Heroic (305), whether it has an effect, and whether your spec can use it. GamGem’s rule of thumb, not a sim: +6 or more is an upgrade, within ±5 a sidegrade, −6 or less a downgrade; any effect asks for a sim.
Dropped on

+13 item levels, but its effect decides — item level alone can’t price it.

Top keys: 8 specs wear it — most, 11% of Enhancement Shaman (n 334, #2 of 2 in hands), week of Oct 27 – Nov 1, read 1 November 2026, re-read by 1 December 2026. Every spec ›

Item level change292 → 305+13
Specs that can use itAugmentation Evoker, Devastation Evoker +79Grows toHero 6/6321Closest in item levelGrips of Swirling Fury305
Equipgame data
why?
Why? · EffectThe effect line from Blizzard’s item record. Its numbers are Blizzard’s base-item values at item level 219, a preview level, not a level this item drops at, where the same effect reads differently. Blizzard’s reply holds no scaling data, so none is computed here.

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to erupt with void energy, dealing 1,307 Shadow damage to all nearby enemies. If you are Venomcursed, this damage is increased by 15%.

Numbers in this line are Blizzard’s base-item values at item level 219, a preview level, not a level it drops at. At the item level you hold they are different.

Kith'ix · The Unbinding of Kith'ixRaid boss · Boss lootRoute ›
Sim neededIts effect can’t be priced by item level. A sim of your own character (Raidbots Top Gear or Droptimizer) settles it; no sim is attached here.
Equipgame data
why?
Why? · EffectThe effect line from Blizzard’s item record. Its numbers are Blizzard’s base-item values at item level 219, a preview level, not a level this item drops at, where the same effect reads differently. Blizzard’s reply holds no scaling data, so none is computed here.

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to erupt with void energy, dealing 1,307 Shadow damage to all nearby enemies. If you are Venomcursed, this damage is increased by 15%.

Numbers in this line are Blizzard’s base-item values at item level 219, a preview level, not a level it drops at. At the item level you hold they are different.

Kith'ix · The Unbinding of Kith'ixRaid boss · Boss lootRoute ›
Sim neededIts effect can’t be priced by item level. A sim of your own character (Raidbots Top Gear or Droptimizer) settles it; no sim is attached here.

Which specs want it?

Mail · 9 of 40 specs can use it
why?
Why? · Spec demandCan use = the class wears this armour, has the weapon skill (each class’s Warcraft Wiki page) and the spec’s primary stat is on the item (Blizzard). Share fit is OUR comparison of the item’s biggest secondary shares with a stat order a GamGem spec guide sources — not a guide’s pick, and not a verdict on the spec that wears it most.
SpecShare fit · our comparison · top keysGuide
Augmentation EvokerStrong share · Raid orderTop keys · 8% wear itOpen ›
Devastation EvokerStrong share · Raid orderTop keys · 10% wear itOpen ›
Preservation EvokerStrong share · Raid orderTop keys · 7% wear itOpen ›
Beast Mastery HunterPartial share · Raid orderTop keys · 9% wear itOpen ›
Marksmanship HunterStrong share · Raid orderTop keys · 11% wear itOpen ›
Survival HunterStrong share · Raid orderTop keys · 10% wear itOpen ›
Elemental ShamanStrong share · Raid orderTop keys · 8% wear itOpen ›
Enhancement ShamanPartial share · Raid orderTop keys · 11% wear itOpen ›
Restoration ShamanPartial share · Raid orderTop keys · under 2%Open ›

Can use it · game data · spec gear guides

Who can use it: 0 tanks · 2 healers · 7 damage

Another armour type · 31 specs: Death Knight · Demon Hunter · Druid · Mage · Monk · Paladin · Priest · Rogue · Warlock · Warrior

Stat fit is our comparison of the secondaries the item has with a stat order a GamGem spec guide sources (today: all 40 specs) — not a guide’s pick. The gear-guide links open each spec’s own page on Method and Wowhead. Every class and spec ›

What actually changes?

why?
Why? · StatsBlizzard’s item record prints stats at a preview level that differs between items, so the rows compare how each item SPLITS its secondary rating — the share of each stat — not the raw numbers.
DroppedAberrant Commander's Gauntlets305 item level
ComparedGrips of Swirling Fury305 item level
  • Critical Strike +5pts
    Dropped70%
    Compared65%
  • Haste −35pts
    Dropped0%
    Compared35%
  • Mastery +30pts
    Dropped30%
    Compared0%

Facts

Primary
Agility / IntellectvsAgility / Intellect
Effect
Equipvsnone
Item level, same track
305vs305

Shares of each item’s secondary rating, from Blizzard’s item records; the raw numbers sit at different preview levels, so they are not compared. Rows that move 20 points or more are lit.

How far can it grow?

why?
Why? · Upgrade trackItem level per rank is the gear page’s track table; every rank costs 20 Mistcrests of the item’s own track. Any 344 drop from the Mythic Coiled Altar or Ula’tek is past the track and upgrades no further; a fully upgraded Hero or Myth weapon, trinket or necklace can take one Ascendant Venomstone upgrade (Method: Hero 321 → 328, Myth 334 → 341; Blizzard prints no number), a 344 cannot.
  1. This item does not drop on Adventurer.
At 1/6: 305 item level
Out-levels none of the 9 other same-slot items on our board in Season 2 yet.
No upgrade from where it dropped.

Sockets & extras

  • Socketsnone on this itemnone
  • Unique-equippedno limitno

What does it compete with?

why?
Why? · CompetitionThe season’s other items for the same slot, the same armour and a shared primary stat, at their item level on the same track as this drop. “Different job” means one has an effect and the other does not — our rule.
305 · dropped on Heroic

Its effect makes it a different job from the other gloves in the Season 2 item list that have none — a sim decides here, not item level.

Where to get it again?

why?
Why? · SourceBoss and instance from Blizzard’s Adventure Guide journal, which publishes no drop rate — so none is invented.
  • Kith'ixThe Unbinding of Kith'ix · Boss loot
  • The Unbinding of Kith'ixRaid · loot group — of 4Open ›
  • Weekly lockoutRaid Finder, Normal and Heroic bosses give loot once per difficulty each week; Mythic+ keys have no lockout.1 / week
  • Great VaultLFR 292 · Normal 305 · Heroic 318 · Mythic 334Heroic 318
Weekly-gatedGreat Vault optionBonus-roll targetShared table · 10 itemsDrop rate not published

Effort to target: once a week · 1 of 10 gear items on this boss’s table — a table share, not a probability

Also drops here · 9

Who wears it in top keys

8 of 40 specs · +17–24 keys, US+EU, week of Oct 27 – Nov 1 (Blizzard API)

Share = of that spec’s top-key characters still in the spec when read, the part wearing this item in that slot (rings and trinkets: either slot). Counted by GamGem (how we count) from Blizzard’s Mythic+ leaderboards and character profiles: the 11,153 sampled characters that had gear data (11,973 read, at most 350 per spec), read 2026-11-01. Top keys, not all players — what they wear, not a ranking of the item.

How sure is this?

why?
Why? · EvidenceEvery row says what kind of evidence it is. Simulations are not attached — no source with terms we can show. Who equips it is our own count of Blizzard’s top-key leaderboards.
RowKindResultFromRead
Item recordgame data5 stats · 1 effect · 0 socketsBlizzard API2026-11-07
Item level by difficultysourced table279–318gear page sources2026-11-07
Who can use itgame data9 of 40 specsBlizzard API · Warcraft Wiki2026-11-07
Share fitour comparison40 specs with a sourced orderGamGem2026-11-07
Simulationsimulatednot attached——
Who equips it (top keys)observed170 of 11,153 sampled top-key characters · 8 of 40 specsour census · Blizzard API2026-11-01

Where evidence disagrees

  • • Item level says upgrade; its effect may say otherwise — only a sim of your character settles it.
  • • It carries Agility or Intellect: one piece serves specs of 2 kinds, so they can want the same drop.
  • • The Great Vault pays 318 for Heroic bosses — more than the drop itself (305).

What else to look at?

Share with the group

Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets305 Hands (Mail)SIM NEEDED292 → 305
Raid · HeroicSim needed
Kith'ix · The Unbinding of Kith'ix · item data read 2026-11-07
Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets — 305 Hands (Mail)
SIM NEEDED: 292 → 305 · Heroic · Raid
Effect: Equip: Your attacks have a chance to erupt with void energy, dealing 1,307 Shadow damage to all nearby enemies. If you are Venomcursed, this damage is increased by 15%.
Source: Kith'ix · The Unbinding of Kith'ix
Can use it: 9 of 40 specs
Item data read 2026-11-07 (Blizzard API) · GamGem

Ask about this drop

Try: “is it an upgrade?” · “where does it drop?” · “who can use it?” · “item level on Mythic?”

Full item record

IDs, raw stats, effects, flavour text
Patch
Season 2 launched on 12.1; the live client is 12.1.5
Item ID
281238
Quality
Epic (Blizzard’s base record)
Type
Armor · Mail
Binding
Binds when picked up
Required level
90
Preview item level
219 (Blizzard’s base-item record — not the drop level)
Stats in Blizzard’s record (preview level 219 — not a drop level)
Intellect 48 · Agility 48 · Stamina 754 · Critical Strike 56 · Mastery 24
Armour (preview level 219 — not a drop level)
79
Effect 1 — Blizzard’s tooltip preview at item level 219
Equip: Your attacks have a chance to erupt with void energy, dealing 1,307 Shadow damage to all nearby enemies. If you are Venomcursed, this damage is increased by 15%.
Sockets
none on this item
Unique-equipped
no
◆ Blizzard — Game Data API: items, journal, specializations◆ Warcraft Wiki — Lockout◆ Warcraft Wiki — each class’s page◆ Blizzard — Curse of Ula’tek content update notes◆ Method — raid, Mythic+, Delve and Prey loot◆ Method — Great Vault item levels◆ Icy Veins — the raid’s final two bosses
When we read the dataAll 304 items and the journal’s loot table re-read under live patch 12.1.5: no stat, effect or boss list changed · 31 Oct 2026Each item’s Season 2 copy read from Wowhead’s tooltip: Epic and level 90 where Blizzard’s base record says Rare and 0–80 · sockets shown from both sources · 1 Nov 2026218 more items the top-key census wears read from Blizzard’s Item API — crafted gear, tier sets and other worn gear the Adventure Guide never lists as a drop, each with its own page · 3 Nov 2026

Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets in plain words

from the rows above

Where Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets stands

Among mail gloves: its best item level, 318 is the highest of the mail gloves in the Season 2 item list; its Crit share, 70% of its secondary rating in Blizzard’s base record, is the highest of those 10; it carries an effect none of the other Season 2 items in its slot have. On the record: binds when picked up.

How to get Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets

Kith'ix in The Unbinding of Kith'ix drops it. The season pays item level 279 on Raid Finder up to 318 on Mythic. The Great Vault pays 292 (Raid Finder) · 305 (Normal) · 318 (Heroic) · 334 (Mythic). Raid Finder, Normal and Heroic bosses give loot once per difficulty each week. 9 other items share its table. Blizzard’s journal publishes no drop rate.

Who uses Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets

9 of 40 specs can use it (2 healer and 7 damage), across 3 classes. In top keys 8 specs wear it, most Enhancement Shaman at 11% (hands, n 334; Oct 27 – Nov 1).

Patch notes and hotfixes that name Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets

None. No line of the patch notes or hotfixes we track (18 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026) names it.

More hands drops

Also from Kith'ix

Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets — quick answers

Where does Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets drop?

Kith'ix in The Unbinding of Kith'ix, in Midnight Season 2. Blizzard’s journal publishes no drop rate.

What item level is Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets?

Raid Finder 279 · Normal 292 · Heroic 305 · Mythic 318. Item levels are the season’s track table, by difficulty or key level.

Which specs can use Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets?

9 of 40: Augmentation Evoker, Devastation Evoker, Preservation Evoker, Beast Mastery Hunter, Marksmanship Hunter, Survival Hunter, Elemental Shaman, Enhancement Shaman, Restoration Shaman.

Who uses Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets in Mythic+?

8 of 40 specs wear it in top keys — Enhancement Shaman 11% (#2 in hands, n 334), Marksmanship Hunter 11% (#2 in hands, n 217), Devastation Evoker 10% (#2 in hands, n 127), Survival Hunter 9.8% (#2 in hands, n 174), Beast Mastery Hunter 8.8% (#2 in hands, n 329). +17–24 keys, US+EU, week of Oct 27 – Nov 1 (Blizzard API); 11,973 characters, read 1 November 2026, re-read by 1 December 2026. A measurement of top keys, not a ranking of the item.

What does Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets do?

Equip: Your attacks have a chance to erupt with void energy, dealing 1,307 Shadow damage to all nearby enemies. If you are Venomcursed, this damage is increased by 15%. (Blizzard’s record. Numbers in this line are Blizzard’s base-item values at item level 219, a preview level, not a level it drops at. At the item level you hold they are different.)

What competes with Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets?

9 other items for the same slot in the Season 2 item list: Grips of Swirling Fury, Galerattle Gauntlets, Pulverizing Pads, Season's Turn Gauntlets….

Is Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets worth taking?

By item level alone, its best item level, 318, is an upgrade over a hands 6 or more levels lower and a sidegrade within 5 (our rule of thumb, not a sim). It has an effect, so sim it before you swap. Among mail gloves: its best item level, 318 is the highest of the mail gloves in the Season 2 item list; its Crit share, 70% of its secondary rating in Blizzard’s base record, is the highest of those 10; it carries an effect none of the other Season 2 items in its slot have. In top keys Enhancement Shaman wears it most (11%, n 334).

How do I get Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets again?

Kith'ix in The Unbinding of Kith'ix drops it. The season pays item level 279 on Raid Finder up to 318 on Mythic. The Great Vault pays 292 (Raid Finder) · 305 (Normal) · 318 (Heroic) · 334 (Mythic). Raid Finder, Normal and Heroic bosses give loot once per difficulty each week. 9 other items share its table. Blizzard’s journal publishes no drop rate.

What stats does Aberrant Commander's Gauntlets have?

Primary: Agility or Intellect. Secondary split: Critical Strike 70% · Mastery 30% (shares of its secondary rating — Blizzard prints the raw numbers at preview item level 219, so the split is what compares). Armour: Mail. On the record: binds when picked up.

Sources & how we checked

We read Blizzard’s Item API for this item (ID 281238) on 2026-11-03 and took its boss from Blizzard’s Adventure Guide journal. Its item levels are the season’s track table, read for its boss’s loot group by difficulty. Who can use it joins each class’s armour and weapon skills (Warcraft Wiki) with each spec’s primary stat (Blizzard). Stat fit is our own comparison with a stat order a GamGem spec guide sources. Nothing here comes from a sim or from logs.

Midnight Season 2 · live patch 12.1 (the 12.1.5 PTR is not mixed in) · item data from Blizzard’s Game Data API, read 2026-11-07 · quality, required level and sockets of the Season 2 copy from Wowhead’s item tooltips, read 2026-11-07. Item levels are the season’s track table; spec fit is game data; stat fit is our own comparison. No player names, profiles or logos. Your item level, difficulty and spec are saved in this browser only. What this gear is worth in gold — the WoW Token price today ›