WotLK Progression Gear (70-80 gear guide)

You listed the Leggings of Forceful Purification in Phase 2, a quest reward from Ursoc, the Bear God. According to wowhead, there's also a pretty nice shield from that quest (looks like you can get both):

Bulwark of the Tormented God

Of course wowhead could be broken, but it seems like it should be in the list, anyhow.

You are correct, the shield is an additional reward. You get to pick a set of legs, and then you get the shield as an "extra" and that is the correct shield.

This quest is in ZD not DB. Go north at the western edge of grizzly hills.
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Thanks to reading about it in this thread, I just soloed Ursoc the Bear God (at level 73) and got myself the shield and pants, replacing my Felsteel and SSO gear. I've come out with 515 defense, more than enough to keep me uncrittable for a while longer.

The fight is a little annoying, took me ten minutes to burn him down, but I was at 100% health until the furbolg (in treeform) ran out of mana, and then for the last 10% I had to pay attention and eventually LoH.

Long, slow fight, and it takes a lot of questing to unlock, but rewards are definately worth the effort if your gear isn't that great.
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sticky please!!!
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This thread is so full of win.

Thank you so very much.

can we get this stickied?
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You have Expelling Gauntlets both set as Instance and Solo/Group quest. Other than that.. pure win Great job mate
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Also, afaik

Solo/Group quests:
Sword of Heartwrenching Slaughter
Hammer of Quiet Mourning
Crescent of Brooding Fury

start (or at least the object mob is) in Zul'Drak and not in Dragonblight.
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I found http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37796 (Earthbound Cape) in the AH and promptly bought it. Seems to be a drop. Requires lvl 72.

A JC-friend of mine also crafted a green lvl 77 tanking ring, which I can't recall the name of. Green ring and an upgrade for those of us who didn't run any raids in Outland.

That ring would be the Stoneguard Band (which I myself wear). The next JC tanking ring is the Ring of Earthen Might (recipe from token vendor), and finally the epic ring which was listed in the first post, Titanium Earthguard. Note that the blue-quality ring doesn't have any Defence on it, just dodge and bonus armour.
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