Boy, is it hot in here, or is it just my SHIELD THAT BREATHES FIRE!?

Name: Dragonheart Flameshield (Wowhead, Thottbot, Wowarsenal)
Type: Epic Shield
Armor: 4872 (122 Block)
Abilities:

• +19 Stamina, +21 Intellect, which pushes that shield a little bit more than usual towards PvP.
• Increases damage and healing by up to 23. Which ain’t poor. There are lots of better shields out there, but for where that drops (it’s late Karazhan gear), that’s a respectable amount of SD.
• +7 mana per 5 seconds, which is where that shield really shines. It’s a very nice shield for elemental Shamans, and Paladins and Resto Shamans can use it plus, as enlarged as they’ve got beefed up stats in other areas. Again, that is husky loot — whether you’re working up to Black Temple, it will get replaced. But any elemental Shammy using the Crystal Pulse Shield should be happy to see that one drop.
• Did we mention it breathes fire?!
• Also, we probably can’t mention that shield without mentioning the Mazthoril Honor Shield — they share a skin (with fire) and basic stats besides the mp5. Either one is a great shield, and we could just as well have done the MHS here that week. And healers around that level should check out the Light-Bearer’s Faith Shield as well — both it and MHS are badge gear. whether you’re a caster farming Kara and the Heroics, you’ve got lots and lots of shields to choose from.

How to Get It: But the Dragonheart Flameshield requires a little instance running — it drops from Nightbane in Karazhan. At one point, he was considered the hardest boss in there, but nowadays, there are tons of guilds farming Karazhan like it’s corn in Nebraska, so the odds are that you’ll have no problem seeing him sooner or later.

The droprate is 14% on that one, which isn’t poor, and the fact that that is strictly a damage-dealing caster shield means you probably shouldn’t have too much trouble claiming it. Pallies and Shamans might do a little fighting by it, but whether you go a few runs and don’t pick it up, at least you’ll have decent badges to grab one of the other shields available.

Getting Rid of It: Sells for 7g, 30s, 15c, and disenchants into a Void Crystal. Careful while disenchanting it, though — you don’t want to get BURNED!