Welcome back to the Retribution Gear List. Its back with a new format! You can find the consolidated 3.3 gear list here. There are new stats for 3.3 based on a revised Redcape Spreadsheet.
| Rank | Chest | Source | ilevel | Score | Hit score |
| 1 | Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate (Heroic) | Tier 10.3 token | 277 | 728.14 | 728.14 |
| 2 | Blade-Scored Carapace (Heroic) | Saurfang 10 (Heroic) | 264 | 673.56 | 673.56 |
| 3 | Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate | Tier 10.2 token | 264 | 648.24 | 648.24 |
| 4 | Castle Breaker’s Battleplate | 95 Emblems of Frost | 264 | 647.52 | 647.52 |
| 5 | Gendarme’s Cuirass (Heroic) | Marrowgar 25 (Heroic) | 277 | 632.04 | 869.48 |
| 6 | Blade-Scored Carapace | Saurfang 10 | 251 | 604.2 | 604.2 |
| 7 | Turalyon’s/Liadrin’s Battleplate of Triumph (Heroic) | Tier 9.3 trophy | 258 | 592.86 | 592.86 |
| 8 | Lightsworn Battleplate | 95 Emblems of Frost | 251 | 578.88 | 578.88 |
| 9 | Gendarme’s Cuirass | Marrowgar 25 | 264 | 566.84 | 772.92 |
| 10 | Chestplate of the Frostborn Hero (H) | Faction Champions 25 (Heroic) | 258 | 551.82 | 744.46 |
| 11 | Titanium Razorplate | Blacksmithing | 245 | 547.66 | 547.66 |
| 12 | Turalyon’s/Liadrin’s Battleplate of Triumph | Tier 9.2 trophy + 75 Emblems of Triumph | 245 | 529.98 | 529.98 |
| 13 | Turalyon’s/Liadrin’s Battleplate of Conquest | 50 Emblems of Triumph | 232 | 473.16 | 473.16 |
| 14 | Steelbreaker’s Embrace | Iron Council 25 | 226 | 466.28 | 466.28 |
| 15 | Chestplate of the Frostborn Hero | Faction Champions 25 | 245 | 459.66 | 625.42 |
Also of note:
| 16 | Frost Wyrm Ribcage | Tyranus (Heroic) | 232 | 454.62 | 454.62 |
| 25 | Lost Reliquary Chestguard | Devourer | 219 | 323.4 | 489.16 |
| 26 | Breastplate of the Imperial Joust | Confessor/Eadric | 200 | 309.4 | 416.92 |
Commentary
For me this will be where I use a non-set item. Despite the Armor Pen on the Castle-Breaker’s Battleplate its still a good option for 10 man raiders (I have a scoring system and it includes a value for ArP – where that value is good, its good – I’m not going to refuse to use ArP just for fun). Hopefully I will replace this with the Heroic version of the Blade Scored Carapace I am currently using. I thought, for a long time, about the Gendarme’s Cuirass which is very easy to obtain with a lot of hit, but I could not find good items to replace some of the other hit pieces I had chosen.
Pre-raid I would tend towards using this slot for a set item, as the 75 badge head is a good alternative to a set piece. There is a crafted chest at the previous tier, but again it is ArP based and this time there is a better alternative available.
Caer Morrighan 
Hi Morrighan: This chest piece analysis is really helpful. I’m getting close to 95 Frost emblems and have to choose between the lvl 264 Castle Breaker’s Battleplate or the lvl 251 Lightsworn Battleplate (which would give me the 4 piece +10% judgement damage bonus); unless I’m lucky with a drop and role in 25 ICC this week or next with a chest piece or a tier token. I should hit 95 emblems next Tuesday when the instances reset and we hit 25 man ICC for a fresh run. Sprectreis