Midnight Season 2 Elite & Gladiator PvP Sets

The Elite set is not for sale. It is a recolour of the Venomous Gladiator armour, locked behind rating and released slot by slot as you climb — the cloak first, then two pieces per rank. Season 2 runs the whole line on the Venomous theme: serpents, poison and troll ironwork, built on the models the Venomous Abyss raid uses, in a tint that only appears on the rated ladder.

Every armour slot is in hand at 1800 rating. The weapons and the tabard sit higher, while the class set bonuses that decide your matches come from Conquest rather than from rank — the same 2-piece and 4-piece the raid wears, scaled for arena and listed below for all forty specialisations.

How to Get PvP Tier Sets in Midnight Season 2

The Venomous Gladiator armour carries no PvP-only set bonus. It shares the class set with the raid, so the 2-piece and 4-piece you read below are the raid's, and the only real question is which road you take to them.

The Conquest road starts with Irissa Bloodstar, the Conquest Quartermaster standing in the PvP vendor row on the western side of Silvermoon City, just outside Falconwing Square. The five slots that feed your class set (head, chest, legs, shoulders and hands) come to 4025 Conquest, and all nine armour slots run 6475. Buy those five, run them through the Catalyst, and the converted piece keeps the PvP scaling it came in with. Patch 12.1 made that conversion cleaner: class set armour now inherits the secondary and tertiary stats and certain cantrip effects of the item you fed it.

Raiders have a shorter road. Two consumables from the same quartermaster promote raid tier into PvP gear, Conqueror's Venomous Varnish for a helm, chestpiece or leg armour and Conqueror's Venomous Lacquer for gloves and shoulders, both landing the piece at 344 inside instanced PvP. Watch the helm. A varnished one gives up its eligibility for extra sockets from Venomous Jeweler's Settings, so spend it somewhere else if you were planning to socket your head twice.

Item level behaves differently the moment you zone in. A Venomous Gladiator piece reads 298 out in the world and 344 in an Arena, a Battleground or War Mode; the Honor set does the same on a lower rung, 259 outside and 331 inside. Crafted gear joins that scaling only once Venomous Gladiator's Heraldry certifies it for the battlefield.

Midnight PvP Gearing Guide

How to Get the Elite PvP Set in Midnight Season 2

Rated wins move your rating, rating fires a rank achievement, and the achievement unlocks the appearance. Nothing drops into your bags. The reward goes straight to your collection, and you apply it at a transmog NPC like any other look you have earned.

The ladder opens with the cloak and then hands over two slots per rank.

Shoulders and helm are the last two armour pieces to drop, which is why 1800 is the number the whole climb is really about. The names invite one mistake worth heading off early — the Elite armour set does not need Elite rank, it needs Rival I. Duelist and Elite sit above it and pay in cosmetics of a different kind. Soryn stands in the same vendor row and sells all seventeen weapon appearances for Mark of Honor once Duelist is behind you.

Rating carries a buffer nobody advertises. You hold a rank until you fall a full 25 points under it, so 1790 is still Rival I, and the unlock itself never reverses once the achievement fires. All five brackets share the one ladder: 2v2, 3v3, Rated Battlegrounds, Solo Shuffle and Battleground Blitz run identical thresholds, so climb in whichever queue your class and your schedule survive best. One deadline is real — the Venomous look stops being earnable when Season 2 closes, and the ranks reset with it.

Death Knight Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

The Death Knight set is Baleful Grave-Knight's Crucible. All three specialisations build around consuming something: Blood stacks and spends Blood Debt, Frost stacks Freezing Tempest off Remorseless Winter ticks, and Unholy rewrites what its undead casters throw.

Blood

• 2-Piece: When you Death Strike, gain a stack of Blood Debt, increasing Strength by 0.5%, up to 5.0%. When Blood Debt reaches 10 stacks, your next Marrowrend consumes it granting 10% Strength for 10 sec.
• 4-Piece: When consuming Blood Debt, your next Marrowrend generates 3 additional Boneshield and deals Shadow damage to your target, plus splash damage to nearby enemies.

Frost

• 2-Piece: Each time Remorseless Winter damages at least 1 enemy, gain Freezing Tempest, which grants 1% attack speed and 2% increased Icy Death Torrent damage for 5 sec, stacking.
• 4-Piece: Remorseless Winter deals damage 25% more frequently, and Freezing Tempest lasts 5 sec longer.

Unholy

• 2-Piece: Your Magus of the Dead and Lord of the Dead cast a more powerful Necrotic Bolt instead of Frostbolt, and Withering Grasp instead of Shadow Bolt.
• 4-Piece: Necrotic Bolt's damage is increased by 130%, and Withering Grasp's damage is increased by 130%, against enemies below 35% health.

Demon Hunter Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Demon Hunter wears Abyssal Doomhound's Pursuit. Devourer gets the new toy this season, a chance to turn Consume into an instant Soulburst; Havoc and Vengeance sharpen tools they already had, Essence Break and Sigil of Flame respectively.

Havoc

• 2-Piece: Blade Dance, Chaos Strike, and Essence Break have 12% increased damage.
• 4-Piece: Essence Break now applies and benefits from the effects of Cycle of Hatred, has 35% increased initial strike damage, and has 2.0 sec increased duration.

Vengeance

• 2-Piece: Sigil of Flame's damage over time is increased by 50%. Soul Cleave increases the duration of Sigil of Flame on your primary target by 2.0 sec.
• 4-Piece: Immolation Aura and Sigil of Spite have 100% increased damage against targets affected by your Sigil of Flame.

Devourer

• 2-Piece: Harvesting 4 or more Soul Fragments with Reap has a 20% chance to cause your next Consume to be instant cast and explode in a Soulburst, dealing Cosmic damage to nearby enemies.
• 4-Piece: Soulburst generates 2 Soul Fragments and grants Moment of Craving. Reap deals 10% increased damage.

Druid Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Druid gets Bark of the Enigmatic Dreamwatcher, and it is the one set in the season where all four specialisations pull in genuinely different directions. Balance leans on Eclipse uptime, Feral extends its cooldown window, Guardian turns Thrash into a Mangle setup, and Restoration builds the whole thing around Genesis procs.

Balance

• 2-Piece: Starsurge damage increased by 20%. Starfall also deals Astral damage instantly to all valid enemies in range when cast.
• 4-Piece: Your damage is increased by 10% while in any Eclipse. This bonus wanes to 2% at the midpoint of the Eclipse, then waxes back to 10% at the end.

Feral

• 2-Piece: When Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane or Berserk ends, you deal 10% increased damage for a duration that scales with every combo point you spent during it.
• 4-Piece: Incarnation: Avatar of Ashamane or Berserk lasts 10 sec longer.

Guardian

• 2-Piece: Thrash has a 20% chance to make your next Mangle deal 100% increased damage.
• 4-Piece: Thrash calls up 3 thorns, each impaling a target for Nature damage and splashing more onto up to 5 nearby enemies, and extends Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc or Berserk by 0.5 sec, up to 5.0 sec.

Restoration

• 2-Piece: Rejuvenation has a 15% chance to grant Genesis, causing all your heal over time effects to heal for 15% more for 8 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.
• 4-Piece: Nature's Swiftness, Tranquility, and Incarnation: Tree of Life or Convoke the Spirits have a 100% chance to grant Genesis, and Genesis duration is increased by 8 sec.

Evoker Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Evoker wears Echo of Calamity, shown below from two angles per tint because the wing and scale work reads differently front and back. Devastation gets a free maximum-empower Shattering Star, Preservation gets extra Living Flames off Essence Burst, and Augmentation gets a much shorter Upheaval cooldown.

Devastation

• 2-Piece: Shattering Star's damage is increased by 50%, and it always casts as if you had reached maximum empower level.
• 4-Piece: Causality reduces the remaining cooldown of your empower spells by an additional 0.1 sec each time the effect occurs. Eternity Surge deals 10% increased damage.

Preservation

• 2-Piece: Consuming Essence Burst sends forth a Living Flame at your target at 100% effectiveness, or a nearby injured target if they are full health.
• 4-Piece: Green spells restore 5% more health, and Verdant Embrace has a 100% chance to grant Essence Burst.

Augmentation

• 2-Piece: Upheaval's cooldown is reduced by 10 sec.
• 4-Piece: Upheaval magnifies your Fate Mirror effects for 8 sec, increasing the amount of damage echoed to 45%.

Hunter Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Hunter gets Skulking Viper's Ambush. Beast Mastery routes everything through pet Stomps, Marksmanship squeezes Explosive Shot for cooldown reduction, and Survival keeps Mongoose Fury running longer than it has any right to.

Beast Mastery

• 2-Piece: Barbed Shot causes your pets to stomp one additional time at 50% effectiveness.
• 4-Piece: Stomp causes your next Cobra Shot to either benefit from Beast Cleave at 30% effectiveness, or strike your primary target for 20% additional damage, stacking up to 4 times.

Marksmanship

• 2-Piece: Explosive Shot lasts 1.0 sec longer and deals 5% increased damage.
• 4-Piece: Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire damage increased by 5%. Each time Explosive Shot causes a burst of damage, the cooldown of Aimed Shot and Rapid Fire is reduced by 0.5 sec.

Survival

• 2-Piece: Mongoose Fury also increases the damage of Wildfire Bomb by 10%.
• 4-Piece: Each blast of Boomstick extends the duration of Mongoose Fury by 1.0 sec. Mongoose Fury effects are increased by 10%.

Mage Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Mage wears Primal Leywarden's Attire. Arcane stacks damage on the next spender through Arcane Missiles waves, Frost feeds Icicles into Glacial Spike, and Fire carries the one bonus in the season that Blizzard has already retuned for arena by hand.

Arcane

• 2-Piece: Arcane Missiles fires 1 additional Missile and deals 5% increased damage.
• 4-Piece: Each wave of Arcane Missiles increases the damage of your next Arcane Blast, Arcane Pulse, or Prismatic Bolt by 3%, up to 24%.

Fire

• 2-Piece: Pyroclasm causes Flamestrike and Pyroblast to always critically strike.
• 4-Piece: Pyroclasm reduces the cast time of Flamestrike and Pyroblast by 20% and its damage bonus is increased by 25%. In PvP combat those values are 30% and 5%.

Frost

• 2-Piece: Each stack of Freezing Shattered has a 4% chance to generate an Icicle. Glacial Spike damage increased by 20%.
• 4-Piece: Casting Glacial Spike has a chance to rapidly generate 5 Icicles over 1 sec. Shatter damage increased by 5%.

Monk Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Monk gets Guile of the Monkey King. Brewmaster lights Keg Smash on fire, Mistweaver ties its healing to Rising Sun Kick, and Windwalker banks Fists of Fury strikes into a much fatter follow-up.

Brewmaster

• 2-Piece: Breath of Fire ignites your next Keg Smash, causing it to explode on contact, dealing additional Flamestrike damage to its primary target and reduced damage to additional targets.
• 4-Piece: Ignited Keg Smashes cause enemies struck to take 8% increased damage from your Physical abilities, and leave a patch of flames on the ground dealing Fire damage each second for 5 sec.

Mistweaver

• 2-Piece: Rising Sun Kick deals 30% increased damage and Rushing Wind Kick's healing is increased by 100%.
• 4-Piece: Rising Sun Kick and Rushing Wind Kick have a chance to cause their next cast to ignore their cooldown and reduce their mana cost by 100%.

Windwalker

• 2-Piece: Fists of Fury strikes an additional time at the start of its channel at 50% effectiveness.
• 4-Piece: Fists of Fury increases the damage of your next Rising Sun Kick by 10% or Spinning Crane Kick by 20% each time it strikes, stacking up to 6 times.

Paladin Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Paladin wears Radiance of the Consecrated Flame. Holy rebuilds its throughput around Infusion of Light, Protection turns Consecration into a crit zone, and Retribution gets Divine Arbiter, the closest thing this season has to a new button.

Holy

• 2-Piece: Infusion of Light increases the healing of Flash of Light by an additional 100% and the absorb from Greater Judgment by an additional 100%.
• 4-Piece: Judgment now has a 20% chance to grant Infusion of Light. Holy Light now has a 100% chance to grant Infusion of Light, but its mana cost is increased by 50%.

Protection

• 2-Piece: Consecration is 30% larger and enemies within your Consecration are illuminated, increasing the chance for your abilities to critically strike them by 5%.
• 4-Piece: Enemies struck by Judgment, Blessed Hammer, Hammer of the Righteous or Crusader Strike take 20% additional Holy damage. If they are struck by a critical strike the additional damage is increased by 100%.

Retribution

• 2-Piece: Divine Purpose has an additional 10% chance to activate, and consuming it grants Divine Power, increasing Holy damage done by 10% for 12 sec.
• 4-Piece: Consuming Divine Purpose grants Divine Arbiter, causing your other Holy Power spenders to call down an arbiter of light on their primary target for heavy Holy damage, splashing onto enemies within 8 yds. Cannot occur while Divine Arbiter is active.

Priest Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Priest gets Cosmic Penitent's Raiment. Discipline links Penance to Mind Blast and then into a bigger shield, Holy stacks crit off Renew targets, and Shadow builds the whole thing on Tentacle Slam.

Discipline

• 2-Piece: Penance damage and healing increased by 20%. Casting Penance reduces the cooldown of Mind Blast by 2.0 sec.
• 4-Piece: After casting Mind Blast, your next Power Word: Shield or Void Shield absorbs 25% more damage.

Holy

• 2-Piece: Each target affected by your Renew increases the critical strike chance of your spells and abilities by 2%, up to 6%.
• 4-Piece: Renew healing increased by 10%. Light's Resurgence now has a 100% chance to leave a Renew on the first target Prayer of Mending heals.

Shadow

• 2-Piece: Tentacle Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3 sec and its damage is increased by 100%.
• 4-Piece: Tentacle Slam has a 100% chance to grant a free use of Void Volley at 100% effectiveness.

Rogue Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Rogue wears Chosen Bloodslayer's Hexweave, and Subtlety's 2-piece is the loudest number in the whole season: Backstab at 10 less Energy and double damage. Assassination stacks poison interactions instead, and Outlaw gets free maximum-combo Dispatches.

Assassination

• 2-Piece: Envenom damage increased by 10% and it increases your damage dealt by 3%.
• 4-Piece: Deadly Poison increases your bleed damage on the target by 10%. Auto-attacks to targets with your Amplifying Poison deal 3% increased damage per stack. Wound Poison hits a second time.

Outlaw

• 2-Piece: Dispatch damage increased by 15%.
• 4-Piece: Sinister Strike and Ambush have a 20% chance to cause your next Dispatch to be free and deal damage as if you spent the maximum combo points.

Subtlety

• 2-Piece: Backstab costs 10 less Energy and has 100% increased damage. Shuriken Storm costs 5 less Energy and has 60% increased damage.
• 4-Piece: Lingering Shadow now also benefits Eviscerate and Black Powder at 60% effectiveness.

Shaman Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Shaman gets Ophidian Oracle's Prophecy. Elemental banks a discount on its next spender, Enhancement erupts Fire Novas off Voltaic Blaze, and Restoration drops free Healing Rains out of ordinary casts.

Elemental

• 2-Piece: Earth Shock, Earthquake, and Elemental Blast damage increased by 25%.
• 4-Piece: When Stormkeeper or Ascendance fade, your next 2 Lightning Bolts, Chain Lightnings, or Lava Bursts deal 25% increased damage and cause your next Earthquake, Earth Shock, or Elemental Blast to cost 100% less Maelstrom.

Enhancement

• 2-Piece: Voltaic Blaze causes your primary target to erupt in a Fire Nova every 2 sec for 6 sec. Fire Nova deals 200% increased damage to the primary target of your Voltaic Blaze.
• 4-Piece: Fire Nova reduces the cooldown of Crash Lightning by 2.0 sec and increases the damage of your next Crash Lightning by 8%, stacking up to 5 times.

Restoration

• 2-Piece: Healing Wave and Chain Heal have a chance to create a Healing Rain at the target's location for 8.0 sec.
• 4-Piece: Every 1 sec, 1 ally inside of Healing Rain gains a watery shield for 10 sec.

Warlock Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Warlock wears Damned Necrolyte's Shattered Restraints. Affliction turns Unstable Affliction count into a personal damage buff, Demonology makes Wild Imps suicide-bomb on their way out, and Destruction opens a damage-taken window off Echo of Sargeras.

Affliction

• 2-Piece: Wither or Corruption damage increased by 25%. Agony damage increased by 15%.
• 4-Piece: Each active Unstable Affliction increases your damage dealt by your spells and abilities by 2%, up to 6%. Seed of Corruption applies Unstable Affliction at 20% effectiveness to your target.

Demonology

• 2-Piece: Wild Imp damage increased by 10%. Implosion damage increased by 20%.
• 4-Piece: When their energy depletes, Wild Imps have a 20% chance to fling themselves at their target and Implode at 350% effectiveness to their main target and 315% effectiveness to other targets.

Destruction

• 2-Piece: Incinerate damage increased by 25% and Incinerate has a 10% increased chance to evoke an Echo of Sargeras.
• 4-Piece: Targets damaged by Echo of Sargeras take 6% increased damage from your spells and abilities for 6 sec.

Warrior Midnight Season 2 Elite PvP Set

Warrior gets Jade Warlord's Dominion. Arms builds a Slam payoff out of Mortal Strike and Overpower, Fury extends Recklessness with Raging Blow, and Protection puts bleeds on everything a free Revenge touches.

Arms

• 2-Piece: Mortal Strike and Execute damage increased by 10%, and when you Slam a target, Slam also damages enemies within 8 yds of it. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
• 4-Piece: Overpower damage increased by 15%. Mortal Strike and Overpower increase the damage of your next Slam by 20%, stacking up to 5 times.

Fury

• 2-Piece: Raging Blow damage increased by 15%. During Recklessness, Raging Blow extends the duration of Recklessness by 2 sec, up to 6 sec.
• 4-Piece: Bloodthirst damage increased by 10%. During Recklessness, Bloodthirst increases the critical strike bonus of Recklessness by 3%, up to 6%.

Protection

• 2-Piece: Your free Revenges deal 15% additional damage and cause your next Shield Slam to deal 20% additional damage.
• 4-Piece: Ravager and your free Revenges cause all targets to bleed over 12 sec. Ravager's cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.