This page will compare the total stats from the highest available blue gear, -vs- the Nightslayer set.
The clown suit is the best Pre-raid blue set you can get. (excluding Tier 0.5, and excluding Battlegrounds) Ofcourse opinions may vary, but listed here is the most commonly used collection of items that apply to the same 8 armor slots as the Tier 1 set: Nightslayer.
| Item | Min Lvl | BoP | BoE | Zone | Dropped By |
| Shadowcraft Cap | 57 | X | Scholomance | Darkmaster Gandling | |
| Devilsaur Leggings | 55 | X | Crafted | ||
| Bracers of the Eclipse | 57 | X | Dire Maul | Prince Tortheldrin | |
| Frostbite Girdle | 57 | X | Scholomance | Ras Frostwhisper | |
| Pads of the Dread Wolf | 55 | X | Halycon | LBRS | |
| Devilsaur Gauntlets | 53 | X | Crafted | ||
| Wyrmtongue Shoulders | 58 | X | Stratholme | Balnazzar | |
| Cadaverous Armor | 56 | X | Scholomance | Random bosses |