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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 9 Oct 2026

Our drawing of the type: Plate boots. Not the in-game Scaled Fiend's Warboots. — Our drawingPlate boots

Dropped item · should I take it?

Scaled Fiend's Warboots — Feet drop, item level & who can use it

Epic Plate feet from Vashnik the Malignant in The Venomous Abyss: item level 285–324 by difficulty. 9 specs can use it — it carries Strength or Intellect, Mastery · Haste. Stats only — no effect to sim.

Hero 3/6 · Plate · Feet · Epic

Dropped on

Equipped ✎298

311HeroicUPGRADE

why?

Why? · VerdictBuilt from the item level you set (298) against this drop on Heroic (311), 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.

+13 item levels — an upgrade on item level alone.

Top keys: 7 specs wear it — most, 35% of Retribution Paladin (n 346, #1 of 5 in feet), week of Oct 6–14. Every spec ›

Item level change298 → 311+13

Specs that can use itBlood Death Knight, Frost Death Knight +79

Grows toHero 6/6321

Nearest competitorEntombed Cultist's Sabatons305

Stats onlygame data

why?

Why? · EffectNo effect line from Blizzard’s item record. Its numbers are at the record’s preview item level (219), not the level it drops at.

No special effect — its stats are the whole item.

Vashnik the Malignant · The Venomous AbyssRaid boss · Boss lootRoute ›

Drop-decision mode

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.

Compared with

StatDroppedComparedΔ pts

Critical Strike0%70%−70

Haste31%30%+1

Mastery69%0%+69

PrimaryStrength / IntellectStrength / Intellect

Effectnonenone

Item level, same track311305

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. A Mythic 344 drop is past the track and upgrades no further.

Adventurermax 282
Veteranmax 295
Championmax 308
Heromax 321
Mythmax 334

Upgrade-equivalence ruler — drag to Hero 3/6

At 3/6: 311 item level

Out-levels 4 same-slot rivals: Entombed Cultist's Sabatons, Auric Puddle Stompers, Poison-Proof Stompers….

No upgrade from where it dropped.

Sockets & extras

Socketsnone on this item0
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.

311 · dropped on Heroic

On the Hero track it out-levels 4 of its 4 same-slot rivals — none beats it on item level.

Which specs want it?

Plate · 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). Stat fit is OUR comparison of the item’s two biggest secondaries with a stat order a GamGem spec guide sources — not a guide’s pick.

Your spec

SpecStat fit · our comparison · top keysGuide

Blood Death KnightStrong · Raid orderTop keys · 5% wear itOpen ›

Frost Death KnightWeak · Raid orderTop keys · 13% wear itOpen ›

Unholy Death KnightWeak · Raid orderTop keys · 5% wear itOpen ›

Holy PaladinStrong · Raid orderTop keys · 10% wear itOpen ›

Protection PaladinPartial · Raid orderTop keys · under 2%Open ›

Retribution PaladinStrong · Raid orderTop keys · 35% wear itOpen ›

Arms WarriorPartial · Raid orderTop keys · 2% wear itOpen ›

Fury WarriorStrong · Raid orderTop keys · 19% wear itOpen ›

Protection WarriorPartial · Raid orderTop keys · under 2%Open ›

Can use it · game data · full BiS lists

Death KnightBloodMethod WowheadFrostMethod WowheadUnholyMethod Wowhead
PaladinHolyMethod WowheadProtectionMethod WowheadRetributionMethod Wowhead
WarriorArmsMethod WowheadFuryMethod WowheadProtectionMethod Wowhead

Who can use it: 3 tanks · 1 healers · 5 damage

Another armour type · 31 specs: Demon Hunter · Druid · Evoker · Hunter · Mage · Monk · Priest · Rogue · Shaman · Warlock

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

Where to get it again?

why?

Why? · SourceBoss and instance from Blizzard’s Adventure Guide journal. No source publishes drop rates, so none is shown.

Vashnik the MalignantThe Venomous Abyss · Boss lootFight guide ›
The Venomous AbyssRaid · loot group 3 of 4Open ›
Weekly lockoutRaid Finder, Normal and Heroic bosses give loot once per difficulty each week; Mythic+ keys have no lockout.1 / week
Great VaultHeroic bosses · Myth 1/6318

Weekly-gatedGreat Vault optionBonus-roll targetShared table · 8 itemsDrop rate not published

Effort to target: once a week · 7 other items share its table

Also drops here · 7

Who wears it in top keys

7 of 40 specs · +16–23 keys, US+EU, week of Oct 6–14 (Blizzard API)

Retribution Paladin35%#1 of 5 feet · n 346 · +19–22
Fury Warrior19%#2 of 5 feet · n 307 · +16–21
Frost Death Knight13%#2 of 4 feet · n 313 · +18–22
Holy Paladin10%#5 of 5 feet · n 336 · +20–23
Blood Death Knight5%#5 of 5 feet · n 335 · +19–22
Unholy Death Knight5%#3 of 4 feet · n 304 · +18–21
Arms Warrior2%#3 of 3 feet · n 340 · +20–22

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 from Blizzard’s Mythic+ leaderboards and character profiles, 11,985 characters, read 2026-10-09. 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 and logs are not attached — no source with terms we can show.

RowKindResultFromRead

Item recordgame data5 stats · 0 effect · 0 socketsBlizzard API2026-10-09

Item level by difficultysourced table285–324gear page sources2026-10-09

Who can use itgame data9 of 40 specsBlizzard API · Warcraft Wiki2026-10-09

Stat fitour comparison40 specs with a sourced orderGamGem2026-10-09

Simulationsimulatednot attached——

Logs (who equips it)observednot attached——

Where evidence disagrees

• It carries Strength 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 (311).

What else to look at?

Share with the group

Scaled Fiend's Warboots311 Feet (Plate)UPGRADE298 → 311

Raid · HeroicStats only

Vashnik the Malignant · The Venomous Abyss · checked 2026-10-09

Scaled Fiend's Warboots — 311 Feet (Plate)
UPGRADE: 298 → 311 · Heroic · Raid
Effect: none — stats only
Source: Vashnik the Malignant · The Venomous Abyss
Can use it: 9 of 40 specs
Checked 2026-10-09 · Blizzard API data · 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

Environment: Live 12.1 — the 12.1.5 PTR is not mixed in
Item ID: 268260
Quality (base): Epic
Type: Armor · Plate
Binding: Binds when picked up
Required level: 90
Preview item level: 219 (Blizzard’s record — not the drop level)
Stats at preview level: Intellect 48 · Strength 48 · Stamina 754 · Haste 25 · Mastery 55
Armour: 132
Sockets: 0
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

Vashnik the Malignant on video

Mythic VASHNIK THE MALIGNANT Guide and Fight Walkthrough | Venomous Abyss Raid Boss Guides — World of WarcraftTactyks on YouTube · plays here

Published by Tactyks on YouTube, 31 August 2026.

It plays in YouTube’s own player once you press play. Nothing is downloaded or re-hosted here, and nothing loads from YouTube until then.

Scaled Fiend's Warboots — quick answers

Where does Scaled Fiend's Warboots drop?

Vashnik the Malignant in The Venomous Abyss (Boss loot), in Midnight Season 2. No source publishes its drop rate.

What item level is Scaled Fiend's Warboots?

Raid Finder 285 · Normal 298 · Heroic 311 · Mythic 324. Item levels are the season’s track table, by difficulty or key level.

Which specs can use Scaled Fiend's Warboots?

9 of 40: Blood Death Knight, Frost Death Knight, Unholy Death Knight, Holy Paladin, Protection Paladin, Retribution Paladin, Arms Warrior, Fury Warrior, Protection Warrior.

Who uses Scaled Fiend's Warboots in Mythic+?

7 of 40 specs wear it in top keys — Retribution Paladin 35% (#1 in feet, n 346), Fury Warrior 19% (#2 in feet, n 307), Frost Death Knight 13% (#2 in feet, n 313), Holy Paladin 10% (#5 in feet, n 336), Blood Death Knight 5% (#5 in feet, n 335). +16–23 keys, US+EU, week of Oct 6–14 (Blizzard API); 11,985 characters read. A measurement of top keys, not a ranking of the item.

What does Scaled Fiend's Warboots do?

No special effect — it is a feet with Strength or Intellect and Mastery · Haste.

What competes with Scaled Fiend's Warboots?

4 items for the same slot: Entombed Cultist's Sabatons, Auric Puddle Stompers, Poison-Proof Stompers, Scaleguard's Stalwart Greatboots.

Sources & how we checked

We read Blizzard’s Item API for this item (ID 268260) on 2026-10-09 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.

Blizzard — Game Data API: items, journal, specializations · Every item’s stats, effects, sockets and set · the journal’s boss lists · each spec’s role and primary stat · read 2026-10-09
Warcraft Wiki — Lockout · Raid loot once per boss per difficulty a week · no lockout on Mythic+ keys · read 2026-10-09
Warcraft Wiki — each class’s page · Weapon skills per class (each class row links its own page) · read 2026-10-09
Blizzard — Curse of Ula’tek content update notes · Raid Vault one track up · Myth 9 · Voidcore · Catalyst · Kirana · world rewards · read 2026-10-07
Method — raid, Mythic+, Delve and Prey loot · End-of-run chest · boss groups · Lair · Delves · Prey · read 2026-10-07
Method — Great Vault item levels · Vault by key, tier and difficulty · slots at 1/4/8 and 2/4/6 · read 2026-10-07
Icy Veins — the raid’s final two bosses · Raid loot groups · tier tokens · read 2026-10-07
Warcraft Wiki — Armor · Which classes wear cloth, leather, mail and plate · read 2026-10-07

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 2026-10-09. 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.