Welcome to the guide for The War Within Season 1 Tier Sets and Bonuses, featuring the first raid of the expansion. This guide includes a comprehensive list of the Nerub-ar Palace Tier Sets for each of the 13 classes, along with a quick look at the appearance for each difficulty level. You can also find information on which bosses drop the tier pieces you’re after.
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Patch 11.0 – The War Within
All the Tier pieces can be collected in the Nerub’ar Palace Raid. You can also use the Revival Catalyst to fill out a missing Tier piece slot. These are the bosses that drop each tier piece:
- Sikran, Captain of the Sureki: Gloves
- Rasha’nan: Shoulders
- Broodtwister Ovi’Nax: Chest
- Nexus-Princess Ky’veza: Legs
- The Silken Court: Head
- Queen Ansurek: Omni-Token (Trade this for any token)
Death Knight
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Death Knight Tier Set, Exhumed Centurion’s Relics
Blood
- 2-Set: While you have one or more
Bone Shield charges, the damage you take is reduced by 2.0%. Losing a
Bone Shield charge has a chance to reduce the damage you take by an additional 1.0%, up to 3.0% for 6 sec.
- 4-Set: Your damage is increased by 1% per active
Bone Shield charge. Taking damage while below 6
Bone Shield charges has a chance to generate 1-2
Bone Shield charges.
Frost
- 2-Set: Your Runic Power spending abilities deal 8% increased damage.
- 4-Set: Consuming Runic Power has a chance to increase your Strength by 10% for 8 sec.
Unholy
- 2-Set: Your minions deal 8% increased damage.
- 4-Set: When you summon a minion, your Haste is increased by 2%, up to 8% for 8 sec.
Demon Hunter
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Demon Hunter Tier Set, Husk of the Hypogeal Nemesis
Havoc
- 2-Set:
Blade Dance deals 20% increased damage.
- 4-Set:
Chaos Strike deals 20% increased damage, and has a 25% chance to reset the cooldown of
Blade Dance and reduce its Fury cost by 50%.
Vengeance
- 2-Set:
Soul Cleave deals 15% increased damage and has a 35% chance to shatter 1 Lesser Soul fragments from a target it hits.
- 4-Set: Consuming a Soul Fragment increases the damage and healing of your next
Fel Devastation by 2%, up to 30%.
Druid
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Druid Tier Set, Mane of the Greatlynx
Balance
- 2-Set:
Starsurge damage increased by 10%.
Starfall damage increased by 14%.
- 4-Set:
Lunar Eclipse and
Solar Eclipse each increase the Astral Power
Wrath generates by 2 and
Starfire generates by 5.
Feral
- 2-Set:
Tiger’s Fury increases your chance to Critically Strike for 10 sec, starting at 6% and increasing by 1% every 2 sec.
- 4-Set: Critical Strikes with your combo point-generating abilities increase the direct damage of your next
Ferocious Bite and
Rampant Ferocity or
Primal Wrath by 15%, stacking up to 3 times.
Guardian
- 2-Set:
Thrash and
Moonfire increase your damage done and reduce damage you take by 1% for 8 sec, stacking 3 times.
- 4-Set: Arcane damage you deal is increased by 5% and bleed damage you deal is increased by 8%.
Restoration
- 2-Set:
Regrowth,
Wild Growth, and
Swiftmend healing increased by 10%.
- 4-Set: Your healing is increased by 8% when consuming
Soul of the Forest‘s bonus and for 6 sec afterward.
Evoker
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Evoker Tier Set, Destroyer’s Scarred Wards
Augmentation
- 2-Set:
Upheaval deals 30% increased damage and increases the damage of your next 2
Eruption casts by 30%.
- 4-Set:
Ebon Might increases primary stats by an additional 0.4% of your own every 2 sec it remains active, up to 2.0%.
Devastation
- 2-Set:
Disintegrate damage increased by 10% and
Pyre damage increased by 10%.
- 4-Set:
Eternity Surge‘s cooldown is decreased by 5.0 sec and it now grants
Essence Burst.
Preservation
- 2-Set:
Reversion‘s healing is increased by 10%, and it has a 50% chance to grant 1 additional stack of
Temporal Compression.
- 4-Set:
Temporal Compression increases the healing of your next empower spell by 10% per stack.
Hunter
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Hunter Tier Set, Lightless Scavenger’s Necessities
Beast Mastery
- 2-Set:
Barbed Shot further increases your pet’s attack speed by 5%.
- 4-Set: Your pet’s attacks have a 10% chance to increase all pet damage you deal by 10% for 10 sec.
Marksmanship
- 2-Set:
Arcane Shot and
Multishot damage increased by 20%.
- 4-Set: Consuming
Precise Shots increases the damage of your next
Aimed Shot by 10%, stacking up to 2 times.
Survival
- 2-Set:
Wildfire Bomb damage increased by 5%.
- 4-Set:
Mongoose Bite /
Raptor Strike deals 10% increased damage to targets affected by
Wildfire Bomb.
Mage
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Mage Tier Set, Sparks of Violet Rebirth
Arcane
- 2-Set:
Arcane Blast and
Arcane Barrage damage increased by 6%.
- 4-Set: Casting
Arcane Blast or
Arcane Barrage has a 5% chance to make your next
Arcane Barrage deal 20% increased damage and generate 4 Arcane Charges.
Fire
- 2-Set:
Phoenix Flames damage increased by 10%. This amount is increased to 25% on its primary target.
- 4-Set: After dealing damage,
Phoenix Flames has a 10% chance to return to you, refunding 1% of the cooldown on
Phoenix Flames and granting you 6% increased spell damage for 10 sec.
Frost
- 2-Set:
Ice Lance damage increased by 8%.
- 4-Set: Damage dealt by
Fingers of Frost enhanced
Ice Lances invoke a
Frigid Pulse, dealing (30% of Spell power) Frost damage to nearby targets. Damage reduced beyond 8 targets.
Monk
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Monk Tier Set, Gatecrasher’s Fortitude
Brewmaster
- 2-Set:
Blackout Kick and
Keg Smash deal 20% additional damage, and
Shuffle also grants 3% damage reduction.
- 4-Set:
Blackout Kick increases your damage dealt by 1% for 15 sec, stacking up to 3, and has a chance to reset the cooldown of
Keg Smash and make its next cast cost no energy.
Mistweaver
- 2-Set:
Enveloping Mist and
Renewing Mist healing increased by 10%.
- 4-Set:
Vivify extends the duration of
Renewing Mist and
Enveloping Mist on its primary target by 3.0 sec, up to 3.0 sec.
Windwalker
- 2-Set:
Tiger Palm increases the damage of your next melee ability by 5.0%.
- 4-Set: Your other melee abilities increase the damage of your next
Tiger Palm by 25%, stacking up to 6 times. 15% of
Tiger Palm‘s damage is dealt onto nearby enemies, reduced beyond 5 targets.
Paladin
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Paladin Tier Set, Entombed Seraph’s Radiance
Holy
- 2-Set:
Holy Shock‘s healing is increased by 10% and its cooldown is reduced by 10%.
- 4-Set:
Holy Shock increases the initial healing of your next
Word of Glory or
Light of Dawn by 8%, stacking up to 4 times.
Protection
- 2-Set:
Shield of the Righteous deals 10% increased damage and grants 3% damage reduction.
- 4-Set: Casting a Holy Power ability increases the damage and healing you deal during your next
Avenging Wrath by 0.5%. This effect stacks.
Retribution
- 2-Set:
Blade of Justice damage increased by 15% and
Wake of Ashes damage increased by 10%.
- 4-Set:
Wake of Ashes increases your damage done by 8% for 8 sec.
Priest
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Priest Tier Set, Shards of Living Luster
Discipline
- 2-Set:
Atonement healing increased by 5.0%.
- 4-Set:
Smite and
Penance increase the damage of your next
Mind Blast by 25% or absorb amount of your next
Power Word: Shield by 15%, up to 3 times.
Holy
- 2-Set:
Serendipity is 10% more effective.
- 4-Set:
Heal,
Flash Heal, and
Prayer of Healing have a 50% chance to cast again at 35% effectiveness.
Shadow
- 2-Set: The duration of
Devouring Plague is increased by 1.0 sec.
- 4-Set:
Devouring Plague increases your damage done by 2% for 10 sec, multiple applications may overlap.
Rogue
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Rogue Tier Set, K’areshi Phantom’s Bindings
Assassination
- 2-Set: When your bleeds deal damage, they have a chance to grant you
Vile Tincture for 8 sec, increasing your poison damage by 1.0% per stack (up to 10 stacks).
- 4-Set: While you have 5 or more stacks of
Vile Tincture,
Garrote,
Rupture, and
Crimson Tempest deal 10% additional damage.
Outlaw
- 2-Set: Your
Sinister Strike,
Pistol Shot, and
Ambush have a 20% chance to
Ethereal Rampage, dealing 15% increased damage as Shadow.
- 4-Set:
Ethereal Rampage additionally increases the damage of your next
Between the Eyes by 6%, stacking up to 3 times.
Subtlety
- 2-Set:
Symbols of Death increases the damage of your next
Secret Technique by 20%.
- 4-Set:
Secret Technique increases the damage of your other finishing moves by 16% for 7 sec.
Shaman
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Shaman Tier Set, Waves of the Forgotten Reservoir
Elemental
- 2-Set:
Elemental Blast /
Earth Shock damage increased by 25%.
Earthquake damage increased by 25%.
- 4-Set: Spending Maelstrom grants you 5% increased critical strike chance and 10% increased critical damage dealt.
Enhancement
- 2-Set:
Stormstrike,
Lava Lash,
Ice Strike, and
Crash Lightning deal 15% increased damage.
- 4-Set: Activating
Feral Spirits summons 1 extra Feral Spirit.
Restoration
- 2-Set:
Tidal Waves increases the healing of affected spells by 10%.
- 4-Set:
Tidal Waves is 80% more effective and reduces the mana cost of affected spells by 8%.
Warlock
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Warlock Tier Set, Rites of the Hexflame Coven
Affliction
- 2-Set:
Malefic Rapture damage increased by 5% and its critical strike chance is increased by 10%.
- 4-Set:
Malefic Rapture has a chance to increase damage dealt by your
Agony,
Corruption, and
Unstable Affliction by 15% for 8 sec.
Demonology
- 2-Set: Your primary demon deals 5% increased damage, and your
Shadow Bolt damage is increased by 50%.
- 4-Set:
Shadow Bolt has a chance to enrage your primary
Felguard, increasing the damage of their next
Legion Strike by 300%.
Destruction
- 2-Set:
Incinerate critical strike chance increased by 20%.
Conflagrate critical strike chance increased by 25%.
- 4-Set: When
Conflagrate critical strike, your Fire damage is increased by 5% for 6 sec.
Warrior
Patch 11.0 – The War Within

TWW Season 1 Warrior Tier Set, Warsculptor’s Masterwork
Arms
- 2-Set:
Mortal Strike and
Cleave increase the damage of your next
Overpower by 10%.
- 4-Set: When
Overpower has its cooldown reset by
Tactician, your next
Mortal Strike or
Cleave has its damage increased by 10% and critical strike chance increased by 10%, stacking up to 2 times.
Fury
- 2-Set:
Bloodthirst increases the damage of your next
Rampage by 10%.
- 4-Set: When
Raging Blow resets its own cooldown, the damage of your next
Bloodthirst is increased by 10%, stacking up to 2 times.
Protection
- 2-Set: When your
Shield Slam cooldown is reset by
Strategist, you gain
Expert Strategist, increasing the damage of
Shield Slam by 5% and reducing all damage taken by 3% for 6 sec.
- 4-Set:
Shield Slam critical strikes increase the damage dealt by
Thunder Clap and
Revenge by 10% for 8 sec.