For a Guide on PvP in Shadowlands, where the vendor is located, how upgrading works in general and how PvP gear looks like in 9.0 and 9.0.5 visit the previous guide here.
This guide covers changes rewarding PvP gear in 9.1.
The ilvl Scaling – PvP / PvE combat
The change they have done is adding a bonus ilvl on your gear when doing that specific content the gear came from.
PvP gear is getting a +13 ilvl of the gear when doing PvP content.
"In an upcoming build of the Chains of Domination PTR, you will notice that all Season 2 PvP items have +13 item levels in PvP. This means that in PvP situations (such as battlegrounds, arenas, and war mode), the power of these items will increase by 13 item levels."
For example, a baseline ilvl of a PvP gear is 246 ilvl.
When doing PvP, that ilvl will scale up to 259 (added with 13 ilvl).
Source
https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/pvp-item-levels-in-chains-of-domination/270242
The ilvl jump from Season 1 to Season 2 is 26 ilvl from what we can see on the raid rewards. Based on how the loot increase has changed from Season 1 to Season 2 in Shadowlands, this is how it might look in 9.1
Unrated Gear (Honor Gear)
If the 20 ilvl increase from Season 1 to Season 2 is applied on unrated gear as well, then it would look like this.
| Rank | PvE | PvP |
| 1 | 177 | 190 |
| 2 | 184 | 197 |
| 3 | 190 | 203 |
| 4 | 197 | 210 |
| 5 | 203 | 216 |
| 6 | 210 | 223 |
| 7 | 216 | 229 |
Rated Gear (Conquest gear)
What we know is that the Duelist baseline is 246 and the ilvl pvp increase gives 259 ilvl (source)
If the 20 ilvl increase from Season 1 to Season 2 is applied here as well the conquest gear ilvl might look something like this.
| Rating | PvE | PvP |
| Unranked | 220 | 233 |
| Combatant (1400-1599) | 226 | 239 |
| Challenger (1600-1799) | 233 | 246 |
| Rival (1800-2099) | 240 | 253 |
| Duelist (2100) | 246 | 259 |
In Season 1,tThe weapon can be upgraded further.
After duelist, there is one more tank, Elite (2400+ rating).
Reaching Elite in Season 1 unlocks 233 ilvl upgrade for weapons.
But it´s not confirmed if that´s the case in Season 2.
Unrated Gear (ilvl 177)
Unrated Gear are items that do not require any achievement for buying. If you have enough Shadowlands PvP Honor, then you can buy.
The equipment is called Unchained Aspirant´s gear and sold by Purveyor Zo´Kuul.
|
Equipment |
Costs |
ilvl |
|
Amulets/Back/Wrist/Ring
|
525 |
177 |
|
Head/Chest/Legs/One-Hand |
875 |
177 |
|
Trinkets |
700 |
177 |
|
Two-Hand Weapons |
1750 |
177 |
Rated Gear (ilvl 220)
The equipment is called Unchained Gladiator´s gear and sold by Zo´sorg.
It costs Conquest points to buy these and the ilvl starts at 220.
|
Equipment |
Costs |
ilvl |
|
Two-Handed Weapons
|
1800 |
200 |
|
One-Handed Weapons |
1350 |
200 |
|
Off-Hands |
450 |
200 |
|
Chest, Helms, Legs |
875 |
200 |
|
Damage Trinkets, Boots, Gloves, Shoulders, Belt |
700 |
200 |
|
Gladiator Trinkets, Wrists, Cloaks, Rings, Necks |
525 |
200 |
|
Conduits |
200 |
200 |
Upgrading Unrated Gear
| Rank 2 184 ilvl |
Rank 3 190 ilvl |
Rank 4 197 ilvl |
Rank 5 203 ilvl |
Rank 6 210 ilvl |
Rank 7 216 ilvl |
|
| Off-Hands | 250 Honor |
300 Honor |
500 Honor |
625 Honor |
700 |
750 Honor |
| Gladiator Trinkets, Wrists, Cloaks, Rings, Necks | 300 Honor |
375 Honor |
600 Honor |
750 Honor |
825 Honor |
900 Honor |
| Damage Trinkets, Boots, Gloves, Shoulder, Belt | 400 Honor |
500 Honor |
800 Honor |
1000 Honor |
1100 Honor |
1200 Honor |
| Melee One Handed Weapons, Shields, Chest, Helms, Legs | 500 Honor |
625 Honor |
1000 Honor |
1250 Honor |
1375 Honor |
1500 Honor |
| Intellect One-Handed Weapons | 750 Honor |
950 Honor |
1500 Honor |
1875 Honor |
2075 Honor |
2250 Honor |
| Two-Handed Weapons | 1000 Honor |
1250 Honor |
2000 Honor |
2500 Honor |
2750 Honor |
3000 Honor |
Upgrading Rated Gear
| Rank 2 220 ilvl |
Rank 3 226 ilvl |
Rank 4 233 ilvl |
Rank 5 240 ilvl |
Rank 6? 246 ilvl |
|
| Gladiator Trinkets, Wrists, Cloaks, Rings, Necks | 475 Honor |
950 Honor |
1550 Honor |
2375 Honor |
n/a |
| Damage Trinkets, Boots, Gloves, Shoulders, Belt | 650 Honor |
1300 Honor |
2100 Honor |
3250 Honor |
n/a |
| Chest, Helms, Legs | 800 Honor |
1600 Honor |
2600 Honor |
4000 Honor |
n/a |
| Off-Hands | 400 Honor |
800 Honor |
1300 Honor |
2000 Honor |
2800? |
| Melee One-Handed Weapons | 800 Honor |
1600 Honor |
2600 Honor |
4000 Honor |
5600? |
| Intellect One-Handed Weapons | 1200 Honor |
2400 Honor |
3900 Honor |
6000 Honor |
8400? |
| Two-Handed Weapons | 1600 Honor |
3200 Honor |
5200 Honor |
8000 Honor |
11200? |
In Season 1,tThe weapon can be upgraded further.
After duelist, there is one more tank, Elite (2400+ rating).
Reaching Elite in Season 1 unlocks 233 ilvl upgrade for weapons.
But it´s not confirmed if that´s the case in Season 2.
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