Question about Griffon drop

On ladder today I saw someone with a griffon's eye of item level 85, I'm a bit confused since griffon have a tc level of 87. In order for griffon to drop don't the monster level and its tc level both have to be 87 or 87+?
Can someone tell where it might have dropped from?
Thanks

 

The Griffons Eye has an ilvl of 84, which means it will only drop in Hell and in areas with a lvl of 84+

Such areas are:

The Pit Level 1+2 (Alvl 85)
Mausoleum (Alvl 85)

Maggot Lair Level 1+2 (Alvl 84) +3 (Alvl 85)

The Sewers lvl 1+2 in Act3 and all the temples/"dungeons" in Kurast Bazaar

City of the Damned (Alvl 84)
River of Flame (Alvl 85)
Chaos Sanctuary (Alvl 85)

Drifter Cavern (Alvl 84)
Halls of Pain (Alvl 84)
Halls of Vaught (Alvl 84) Nihalatak = lvl 87
The Worldstone Keep and to Baal (Alvl 85)

This means that a normal monster in these areas can drop ilvl items of 84 and below. To find the best items you need to kill monsters with an ilvl of 85. Which also is the highest tier of items. (Deaths Web/Deaths Fathom iirc etc..)

Note!
A champion will have its lvl +1 added to the alvl. And Unique monsters +3 to the alvl. So nihlatak has a lvl of 87!

Credits go to archone

 

You can find Griffon in any 81+ alvl with TC 87!
From 81 alvl, only from Boss Packs, but from 82+ alvl, you can find it from the Champions, and from the Boss Packs!
I will give you some quick examples, and for the first (Boss Packs in Secret Cow Level...) you can check the post, from my friend Tonkatabg, in the link below...
http://forum.europebattle.net/threads/griffons-eye-in-cow-level.543433/

Just some quick examples - Champions are +2 levels, Boss Packs are +3 levels...
Alvl 81, Mlvl 84 (Boss Packs...), TC 87 - Secret Cow Level and Upper Kurast
Alvl 82, Mlvl 84/85 (Champions/Boss Packs...), TC 87 - Pit of Acheron and Travincal*
Alvl 83, Mlvl 85/86 (Champions/Boss Packs...), TC 87 - Halls of Anguish and Infernal Pit
Alvl 84, Mlvl 86/87 (Champions/Boss Packs...), TC 87 - Disused Fane and Ruined Temple**
Alvl 85, Mlvl 87/88 (Champions/Boss Packs...), TC 87 - Mausoleum and Ancient Tunnels

*Any Champions and Boss Packs, without The Council Members - they are with fixed TC's and RTC's!
For example - Toorc Icefist is with TC 78 and RTC 16 (Maximum Cham Rune...)
**Any single creature there, without Battlemaid Sarina - She is with fixed TC and RTC - TC 78 and RTC 16!

You can check everything in the net, now in these days is easy - the all info is there!
It's not as it was, during my generation, when everyone calculated - what they needed!

P.S.
And young fella, use this drop calculator - for me, this drop calculator is the best...
http://mfb.bplaced.net/dropcalc/dro...ch=113&mode=lod&interface=default&window=true

Redaction, addressed to my friend - Colder!
For the protocol and most important - for the name of the truth - Diablo cannot drop Griffon!
Of course, the 3 Seal Bosses (Grand Vizier, Infector of Souls and Lord De Seis...) - they also cannot drop Griffon!

 

also you can try and gamble one

this is one i gambled be4 and sold it at 3bers