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Phat Loot Phriday: Kliklak's Fearsome Greatsword
"So, uh, Throgg?" Lolegolas asked in a quiet tone of voice. "I'm not exactly sure how to ask this, but I thought I'd put it right out there. You know, pick it up, toss it back, whatever, but I wanted to ask." "What up, little belfling?" Throgg encouraged. The orc death knight flexed mightily, wielding his massive sword like other men held limp noodles. "I am busy using my immense weapon as weight for better curls." "Yeah, that's kind of what it's about, man," Lolegolas said. "What happened to Shadowmourne, exactly? You got the last shard over me, and I'd kind of like to know where the bloody axe went." Throgg laughed. "Oh, that old thing? I replaced it with this baby from the beta. This is Kliklak's Fearsome Greatsword. Isn't it fierce? Isn't it great?" Lolegolas took a deep breath. "Shadowmourne, man. What happened to it?" "Oh, that old thing? I vendored it for 50 gold. This quest drop has more damage and stamina." "But ... but ... the proc!" Lolegolas gasped in shock, as if someone had just told him that hair product could decrease the size of your pecs. "The proc was gorgeous! And the sockets!" "Hard to manage," Throgg said. "This way, I can spam Mortal Strike all day long and not worry." "You understand," Lolegolas said. "I'm going to kill you now." "I understand," Throgg replied. Name Kliklak's Fearsome Greatsword Type Two-Handed Sword; Speed 3.50 Damage 1007 - 1511 Damage, 359.7 damage per second Attributes 171 Strength 257 Stamina Improve critical strike rating by 114 How to get it It's a quest item in Cataclysm. Pretty awesome, huh? How to get rid of it It sells for 22 gold, 60 silver and 79 copper. Not sure on the disenchants yet. Update: Stats fixed. Sorry about that! %Gallery-96786%
Phat Loot Phriday: Brazier of Dancing Flames
"Dude, that's women's underwear," Throgg said. The orc rolled his massive shoulders and furrowed his ungroomed, thick unibrow. Lolegolas couldn't imagine a more perfect look for the death knight. Unibrow, drooling, and hunched over. If it weren't for the gloves Throgg wore, his knuckles would constantly bleed from scraping the ground. "That's for girls." Lolegolas sighed. "No, Throgg. I'm sorry, I used too many syllables on you at once. I have a brazier. The Brazier of Dancing Flames, actually. It is in no way related to underwear." "Then, if you're so smart, what does it do?" "It's actually quite nice," Lolegolas said. "It summons a tiny elemental spirit which will perform the dance of midsummer. If you mimic that behavior, you will momentarily be transformed into a similar -- but larger! -- spirit, to join it in its revelry. It will also bow in return to you, if you bow to it. Things like that." "What you look like when changed, little blood elf?" Throgg questioned. "Well," sighed Lolegolas. "A flaming draenei woman, actually." "Why do you want to look like space goat?" "Look!" Lolegolas. "It's perfectly okay if someone just wants to feel pretty before entering a raid. And, besides, it's about celebrating Midsummer Fire Festival!" Name: Brazier of Dancing Flame Type: Inventory item Attributes: Place a brazier upon the ground, where the little burning spirit will show up. How to get it: Complete sufficient Midsummer Fire Festival activities to buy one for 350 Burning Blossoms. How to get rid of it: You could delete it; but after all that work, you probably won't want to do so. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Vanquished Tentacle of C'Thun
With Cataclysm lurking around the corner like a cat eager for tuna, it's time to take a gentle stroll back to loots of yesteryear. The loots you got in the first raids, even before Karazhan. Loots that drop from elder gods, who you slayed with nothing but your determination, your wits and a faint desire to chase night elves around Stormwind. And so, gentle reader, I introduce to you the Vanquished Tentacle of C'thun. There were probably combat applications for the Vanquished Tentacle back in the day. Like, it summoned a tentacle that would fight for you and stuff. But nowadays, I mostly see it used by blood elves in Silvermoon for roleplay. (Look, I'm not judging, I'm just saying.) The tentacle that is summoned is large and green and longer than your average tentacle. The truth is that if you're looking to play a warlock in touch with insane elder gods, you could do worse than to use the Vanquished Tentacle as a roleplay prop. Or you could drape yourself in the blood of Yogg-Saron, but who would be dumb enough to do that? Name Vanquished Tentacle of C'Thun Type Trinket Attributes Summons a Vanquished Tentacle to your aid for 30 sec. (3 Min Cooldown) How to get it Kill an Elder God. It used to take about 40 people, but you can do it with a handful nowadays. I've not yet heard of anyone soloing it, though. How to get rid of it It sells to 10 gold. I'd have thought one's sanity worth more than that. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Dartol's Rod of Transformation
There's a secret technique among the Alliance. The Horde are brilliant tacticians, perhaps, but they lack the knowledge, skill and ferocity to understand this technique. I, myself, only learned about it when preparing to join a PUG in Icecrown Citadel. A stalwart gnome would be our tank that night. His hair was styled like the blood of blood elves; this is to say, it was a very bright hot pink. He had a mohawk. His eyes twinkled with the kind of warrior fierceness usually reserved for forum trolls and Klingons. "Are you ready?" he asked in a deep, guttural snarl. "Go go go go go go go go," the warlock drooled, "go go go go go already god go go." "All right, then!" the tank answered. He stomped his little foot as if he were angry and disappeared in a puff of smoke. In his place stood an immense furbolg, its fur matted with the blood of farmed creatures, its teeth dripping with spit and slime. "Good Elune!" I gasped. "How on earth did you do that?" The furbolg whirled on me. Its massive pecs twitched like a 5-year-old eager to get to the cake. "What, this? Oh, it's a bag item from that quest in Ashenvale. Just don't complete the quest. It's awesome." "Go go go go go go," the warlock agreed. With that, the furbolg whirled about and led us into battle. It was only then that I saw his hindquarters. He was wearing only a thong. The mental scars I got in Icecrown Citadel that night will stay with me forever. Name Dartol's Rod of Transformation Type Inventory item Attributes Turns you into a Furbolg. How to get it You get it when you complete this step of Raene's Cleansing. Only Alliance can do this. How to get rid of it You lose it when you turn in this step of Raene's Cleansing. Don't do it! Edit : According to several commenters, you now get to keep the rod even if you complete the quests. Awesome! %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Sleeveless T-Shirt
Bah, weapons! Who needs 'em? Armor? For sissies! Real soldiers enter battle in nothing but a Sleeveless T-Shirt! The last time we featured a shirt on Phat Loot Phriday, we took a look at Precious's Ribbon from Icecrown Citadel. It's a great shirt ... if you want to win a prize for biggest pansy. If you're truly a badass, nothing less than the Sleeveless T-Shirt can contain all your awesomeness. Fine, it probably isn't the smartest thing to wade into battle wearing just a Sleeveless T-Shirt, but you'll be sure to inspire more than a few gasps and maybe even make some enemies drop their weapons and flee your bodaciousness. But don't count on it. Name Sleeveless T-Shirt Type Shirt Attributes has no sleeves (obviously) has flavor text has the distinction of being the only shirt in the game to be stealthily upgraded from poor (gray) quality to common (white). That's right, even the developers thought the shirt was so badass they decided to change the item quality in Patch 3.3.3!
Phat Loot Phriday: Nibelung
From the Diary of Synysta Dear Diary, I've found it! I've finally found it! After all this time, I have finally found that which will free me from their taunts and jeers. After the dark lady fell, I found it in her remains. Perfectly shaped and symmetrical, its power could be felt coursing through it. The staff looked as though it were constructed from bone and sinew and as I caressed its curves, I could hear his voice. The fallen king promised power beyond my dreams, but I knew they were empty promises. I will bend the power to my will; I will harness all it has to give and make it my own!. They all laughed before, scoffed at me and made fun of me. But not this time! They will rue the day they ever crossed paths with me. This time the blue ribbon for the Dalaran pet contest will be mine, all mine! Who needs cats and dogs when you have an undead harbinger to do your bidding? Nibelung is one of those items that just has some fun flavor to it with an interesting proc ability. More information after the cut.
Phat Loot Phriday: The Fire Extinguisher
The fire elemental was lurking around Frank's camp. And by "lurking," I meant smashing things to bits and screaming "wakka wakka" at the top of its lungs. I think it was doing some kind of a Fozzie the Bear impression. Or maybe an impression of Pac-Man. I don't know. The fire elemental was about three foot tall. That doesn't sound like it's very big until you remember the functional part of a fire elemental. That functional part, you see, is that it's frickin' made of fire. Have you ever tried to punch fire? Yeah, your hand passes right through and the best you can hope for is some singed hair and maybe some burns. So we were at a loss about what to do. I seem to remember cursing and swearing like this would end in some kind of Cataclysm. Frank didn't care. but Frank was pretty drunk. He's a goblin, you see, and is thus given to the occasional spirit now and again. "I got something right here," Frank said. "Just you wait and see." So, I waited to see. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a little afraid of Frank. Sure, the Horde's made up of big tough guys like orcs and tauren. They're all "smash, raur, look at our bulging biceps and inability to stand up straight!" But goblins? Goblins don't look like they're trying to look tough. They look like a shiv in the shower, like something that's wondering how your heart tastes. They're not looking tough; they'll just kill you and move on with business. Which is why I was little surprised when Frank busted out The Fire Extinguisher. "Seriously?" I asked. "You kept that?" "Nothing better for killing fires," Frank said. "It has a handle so you can keep your distance." "It's a vanity quest reward," I responded. "It's worth 15 gold to a vendor, doesn't even count as a melee weapon, and is just the product of some kind of Blizzard in-joke." "Yeah, well," Frank said, clearly upset. "So's your face!" "There's even better options for levelling," I said. "Really, it's 15 gold in stick form. Just sell it." Name: The Fire Extinguisher Type: Two Hand. Nope, not a Two Hand Mace, or Sword, or even Two Hand Dog. Just, Two Hand. It's a Two Hand. Damage: 187 - 352 damage, 86.9 DPS Speed: 3.10 Flavor Text: "Guaranteed to extinguish the fire, and everything else." How to get it: Complete This Just In: Fire Still Hot. And, after renewing the world's knowledge that fire burns, you get a useless stick called The Fire Extinguisher. How to get rid of it: Love of god, sell the thing and get 15 gold, 27 silver, and 86 copper. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Sleepy Willy
Tommy was very excited. It was Show and Tell Day in Ms. Haberdash's Young Ret Paladin's School, and Tommy had brought his very best friend in the whole wide world. He'd brought Sleepy Willy. Because Willy was Tommy's best friend, Tommy brought the little creature with him everywhere. This was the first time, however, that he'd be showing off his Willy in class. "Tommy Three-Buttons, are you ready to show off your pet?" Ms. Haberdash asked in her shrill voice. She looked askance for a moment. "This isn't about your once-an-hour trick, is it? Because that's many months off yet." "No, ma'am!" Tommy answered. "This is about my best friend! It's my Willy!" "Hmph," Ms. Haberdash said. "Isn't it always? Okay, proceed, Tommy." "Everyone, I'd like you to meet Sleepy Willy!" Tommy said as he took the podium. The little creature hovered a few inches off the floor next to him. "He has one eye! And when we go into dungeons, he floats around behind me. And if the tank isn't pulling fast enough, Willy totally falls asleep, and it's very cute, and the girls say 'Awwww.' They really like my Wil ... " "Tommy!" Ms. Haberdash interrupted. "Please, keep it clean and stick to the point." "He also shoots a laser beam from his eye and kills critters!" Tommy said. "He's the best one-eyed Will ..." "How did you meet your pet?" Ms. Haberdash interrupted again. "It was for Children's Week," Tommy said. "There are these totally unlucky orphans in this place called Shattrath. Shattrath's been abandoned for years, except as a thoroughfare for those weird death knights. I guess it's like their clubhouse now. But, the orphan matron -- she's old like you, Ms. Haberdash! -- gives you a pet for helping the orphans out for a little while. There's even a Dalaran matron, but she doesn't have a cool Willy like me!" "I think that's enough for now, Tommy. Please, take your seat by bubble-hearth. Thank you for your presentation." Name: Sleepy Willy Type: Pet How to get it: Complete your Shattrath quest for Children's Week How to get rid of it: It's a pet. It takes up no inventory. It just kind of sits in your spellbook. But if you don't take it out and use it, it's going to rust. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Ikfirus's Sack of Wonder
A good sack is a piece of wonder. Some sacks are born fantastic, with all the attributes and glory that a sack should possess. Other sacks require careful grooming to release their inner potential. But, ultimately, all sacks can achieve greatness. Even those emo bags ("sad sacks," as it were) can rise above their station. But not all sacks are created equal. And nothing proves this out more than Ikfirus's Sack of Wonder. It really is quite a wonderful sack. Not only is this wondrous sack a thing of beauty and grace, but it is also bind on equip. So if the sack doesn't suit you, there is plenty of opportunity to trot yourself down to the local auction house and sell your sack to the highest bidder. Why would anyone want to buy Ikfirus's Sack of Wonder? A lot of the tier pieces for feral druids (and even rogues) lack that critical hit rating. So, if you're fighting a raid boss, and you want to hit it, this wondrous sack will help immensely. Couple that with a hefty dose of expertise and this becomes an attractive sack for anyone who's into leather. With stats like 200 attack power, you can hardly call this any kind of sack-rifice! Name: Ikfirus's Sack of Wonder Type: Leather chest Armor: 665 Attritbutes: Bind on Equip 146 Agility 162 Stamina 1 Red Socket 1 Blue Socket 1 Yellow Socket Socket Bonus: +6 Agility Equip: Improves hit rating by 100 (3.05% @ L80) Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 92 (11.22 @ L80) Equip: Increases attack power by 200 How to get it: This sack comes from another great sack: the Sack of Frosty Treasures. The frosty sack can be gained by doing your Icecrown weekly. Additionally, you can pick it up by doing the gunship battle. Yanno. If you're going to be all mundane like that. How to get rid of it: It sells for 12 and a half gold. You can also have a disenchanter turn it into an abyss crystal, if you're willing to let them touch it. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Celestial Steed
How could I not cover the Celestial Steed for this week's Phat Loot Phriday? My Starry Pony has absolutely been the talk of the town ever since it went on sale this week. I went into a Warsong Gulch today . . . and my entire team was riding one. What's so cool about My Starry Pony? First, it's full of stars. I mean, look at that. It's made of stars. Of course, this was a model technique made popular by Algalon, who's all about warning the Titans that we mortals have totally run amuck. But the design is absolutely awesome. It's made of stars! What else is cool about My Starry Pony? You never have to buy another mount. It scales from level 1 all the way through level 80. (No way to know yet whether or not the mount will do whatever cool trick mounts do in Cataclysm.) The Celestial Steed will automatically become the context appropriate mount for your character, moving at the appropriate speed according to your level and training. It will even switch between being a normal ground mount for old Azeroth, or an airborne princess in Northrend. You will only need a single action bar button for your mount -- it'll fly or fall appropriate to the area you're in. The last thing that's cool about it is that it shows up in your mailbox, even for character you've created. That makes it the single, easiest mount to get. Warning, though: you do still have to train the riding skill, just like you would have to with a normal, mundane, boring, not-full-of-stars mount. While requiring the training skill means that the Steed doesn't vastly change gameplay, its one-size-fit-all nature definitely makes it the most convenient mount, especially since you won't ever need to spend gold on another mount. (At least, not until Cataclysm changes the rules again.) All you have to do to get it is head over to the Blizzard Store, and pick one up for 25 bucks. Did I mention it's full of stars? %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Reins of the Cobalt War Talbuk
From the Diary of Hemet Nesingwary. It was a beautiful creature, no doubt. With hair shimmering in the Nagrand sun, glowing like the tips of an angel's wing, the creature pranced and danced on the edges of the elemental plateau. My eyes has never seen something so wonderful and pure. I had come here on the words of Michael Belfast, a good drinking buddy of mine in old Stratholme. (Before the tragedy, of course.) I was clearly already pleased with the sight of it. The Cobalt War Talbuk -- in the wild -- showed the kind of perfect, precise self-grooming that Michael had described. And then? And then, it began to sing. I could not tell you, fellow adventurer, if it sang to find a mate, to announce its presence, or simply to bring a bit more beauty in the world. But when this talbuk sang, the angels sang with it. Even looking back on my first encounter with this wonderful beast of beauty, traitor tears dribble down my cheeks. It also tasted marvelous with a bit of kodo gravy. What? I am Hemet Nesingwary. Name: Reins of the Cobalt War Talbuk Type: Mount Damage: It's a mount. Attributes: Teaches you how to summon this mount. This is a very fast mount. How to get it: You must be Exalted with either the Mag'har or the Kurenai. Get to grinding! How to get rid of it: Once you've learned it, you're stuck with its memory forever. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Ramaladni's Blade of Culling
This axe of sweet skull-face love drops early in Icecrown Citadel (10-man) as a prize from the defeat of Saurfang. Ramaladni's Blade of Culling has a couple noteworthy things. First, the weapon is named from this legendary bit of warrior history called Indalamar Warrior Power. The legend of Indalamar has it that many of the earlier warrior nerfs were because of this player. Second, Ramaladni's axe sports two blue sockets, making it a singularly excellent death knight tanking weapon. While any DPS class who uses two-handed weapons will appreciate the axe, it's relatively rare to find this much blue gem opportunity on a weapon. The expertise on the weapon also recommends it for tanking, which tends to be a fairly valuable stat for death knight tanks. (Really, any melee, sure, sure, but I'm making a death knight argument here.) Name: Ramaladni's Blade of Culling Type: Two-Hand Axe Damage: 748 - 1123 Damage, 267.3 damage per second Speed: 3.50 Attritbutes: 148 Strength 164 Stamina 2 Blue Sockets Socket Bonus: +6 Strength Increases your expertise rating by 91 (11.1 @ L80) Increases your armor penetration rating by 83 (5.93% @ L80) How to get it: You only need nine friends to free Deathbringer Saurfang. How to get rid of it: It sells for 31 gold or can become an Abyss Crystal. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Muradin's Spyglass
Trinkets. It's always trinkets, isn't it? A subject of great angst and controversy for every raider who's trying to upgrade their kit. There's just something about trinkets. They don't even show up on your character. But there's few enough trinkets readily available that most everyone always seems to be looking for just the right one. Muradin's Spyglass is just such a trinket. Every time you deal damage with a spell, you'll gain stacks of Cultivated Power. That's a pretty sexy little bonus. For damage dealing spell casters, however, the Muradin's Spyglass is a nice relief from the Eye of the Broodmother. Not only is it a raw upgrade, but since the Spyglass only procs from dealing damage, it's clearly a DPS trinket. Clarity like that is relatively rare nowadays. I guess that's why it's a Spyglass. (You see things through it, get it? You make them clear.) Name: Muradin's Spyglass Type: Trinket Attributes: Improves critical strike rating by 131 (2.85% @ L80). Each time you deal spell damage to an opponent, you gain 17 to 18 spell power for the next 10 sec, stacking up to 10 times. How to get it: This trinket drops from the Gunship Battle in ICC. How to get rid of it: Like most epics in this level of raiding, the Spyglass turns into an Abyss Crystal. You can also sell it to a vendor for around 11 gold. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Stakethrower
It's time to face the facts. The vampires are out there. They lurk in the shadows of Silvermoon with their bare, glittering chests entrancing casual bystanders. Theirs is the skin of monsters. Their cunning angst and perfectly tousled hair threatens a new generation of Azerothian teenagers. They are vile and unrepentant. It doesn't matter if you claim that you can't be a vampire; the Blood Prince Council beckons like a tempting cupcake. "Eat me," they say with voices like chocolate frosting. "Forbidden fruit!" But how can we possibly fight these vile fiends? What can we do to stave off our pale, cold future? Ladies and gentlemen of the readership jury, I present to you: Stakethrower. Stakethrower is crafted from the very finest engineering know-how. Its barrel packs enough Light-blessed silver to burn scars on thousands of vampires. The bayonette is crafted from metal retrieved from the Cathedral in Stormwind. The trigger is more sensitive than a teenager worried about their pants. Capable of hurling stakes and bullets, the Stakethrower is the very finest sidearm available to modern-day vampire hunters. Pick yours up today in your local Icecrown Citadel! The vital statistics for your last line of defense are just below. Name: Stakethrower Type: Ranged Gun (that throws stakes) Damage: 500 - 836 Damage, 222.7 damage per second (with stakes that are thrown) Speed: 3.00 (takes a little while to get a new stake in the barrel) Attritbutes: 45 Agility 32 Stamina Improves haste rating by 28 (0.85% @ L80) Increases attack power by 70. Increases your armor penetration rating by 31 (2.21% @ L80) Decreases the number of vampires in your area How to get it: You only need 9 friends to kill Blood Queen Lana'thel. Nine, for what it's worth, is the number of vampires in the Cullen family, if you count Bella. Coincidence? Unlikely. I suspect there's secretly a Twi-heart on the Blizzard staff. How to get rid of it: It sells for 17 gold, or can become an Abyss Crystal. However, if you lose this protection, you could also lose your life, and become one of the gruesome vampires. Is that really worth 17 gold? %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand
Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand lives on multiple best-in-slot lists. At least, those BIS lists that don't include Shadowmourne and other Heroic content. My favorite aspect of this epic blade is that it's blade from the Silver Hand, which is a more than significant bit of game lore. Since this weapon drops from Arthas, I think it's fairly clear that he somehow had been hoarding it (and other weapons) after having captured the weapon in combat. For retribution paladins, this blade is especially attractive. I mean, the weapon is great for all of the two-handed DPS classes. But the weapon has a lot of strength, critical strike rating, and expertise, yet completely avoids wasting itemization points on armor penetration. This aspect makes it wonderfully suited to the class that has almost no use for ArP. Sadly, though, Glorenzelg continues the trend of duct tape. Apparently, when the Lich King stole the weapon from the Silver Hand, he had to bind it back together. He chose to repair the weapon with skull-themed duct tape. That's okay. There's not much that the liberal application of some duct tape won't fix. Name: Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand Type: Two-Hand Sword Damage: 895 - 1344 Damage (311.0 damage per second) Speed: 3.60 Attributes: 181 Strength 197 Stamina 2 Red Sockets Socket Bonus: +6 Strength Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 115 (2.51% @ L80). Equip: Increases your expertise rating by 99 (12.08 @ L80). How to get it: Get a raid together, including 24 of your best friends. As you methodically improve your skills, eventually approach and kill Arthas. He has a 30% chance or so of dropping this weapon. (At least, as of the time of this writing.) How to get rid of it: If you're not about to pick up a Heroic version of the weapon, or perhaps Shadowmourne, don't. That being said, it breaks into an Abyss Crystal or sells for 31 gold, 57 silver, and 15 copper. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Medallion of (your Faction)
This week, we're going a little off the beaten path to take a look at two of the most basic, almost mandatory items in all of PvP. (Yes, yes, unless you're human, we know. We'll ignore Every Man for Himself in this discussion, including its inherent wrongness that the ability doesn't change to Every Woman for Herself based on character gender.) The trinkets I'm talking about are the Medallion of the Horde and the Medallion of the Alliance. These items are identical except for their icon and names; they are appropriately based on the faction of your character. I mostly offer the Medallions as this week's Phat Loot Phriday because it's amazing how many players miss when a new version of the PvP trinket is released. With Season 8 now on us, it's important to be packing as much resilience as possible. And since these new versions of the Medallion provide the most resilience per-slot, they're a clearly superior choice for anyone who doesn't mind the time to farm the honor. You can buy this trinket with honor, which means that you'll probably want to get yourself to the closest Wintergrasp or battleground, and get to honor farming. Try not to be that guy who afks through the entire match, though. That's really annoying. (The picture is a random picture with a trinket theme, because you can not see trinkets on your character.) Name: Medallion of the Horde/Alliance Type: Trinket Attributes: Resilience: 153 (1.87% @ L80). Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown) How to get it: Farm 68,200 honor, and go visit your faction's Veteran Quartermaster. You can only buy this, it does not drop. How to get rid of it: To the regret of me every time I delete an old version, the Medallion can not be sold or disenchanted. %Gallery-33600%
Phat Loot Phriday: Abracadaver
Abracadaver isn't just phat loot. It's awesome loot. Not only does Abracadaver have the best name ever, it's got an ability that delivers on that name the way Pizza Hut deliver Pizza. That's because Abracadaver lets you pull a corpse out of your hat. The name isn't just a clever pun -- it's a clever pun with abilities. My favorite use of Abracadaver involves logging into the middle of Dalaran. Pop the Cadaver, and then run around screaming, "I'm a death knight! I'm a death knight!" Noone's fallen for it yet that I know of, but any second now that's going to happen. It could be that the Summoned Cadaver created by the staff doesn't have any kind of special name. Admittedly, the Cadaver doesn't actually do much damage. He swipes for about 200 damage per hit on unarmored characters. While that's not a lot, you may decide his clever animations make up for his low damage. Or you may not. In any case, check out more information about Abracadaver behind the cut.
Phat Loot Phriday: Romantic Picnic Basket
Sometimes, the simplest things in game are the best. As such, I present to you an old favorite of mine: the Romantic Picnic Basket. The Romantic Picnic Basket is neither gear nor drop. Instead, it's part of the Love is in the Air event, and is actually an integral part of the achievement Lonely. (To achieve Lonely, you have to sit under the basket with another person, fall in love, and then eat chocolate. It's a very specific order of events.) Last year, the Romantic Picnic Basket was obtained by randomly opening a Gift of Adoration. But since they've revamped the entire Love is in the Air event this year, you can now just purchase it from a vendor the same way your purchase everything else for the event. (That is to say, at a vendor.) So what does the Romantic Picnic Basket do that's such a big deal? Well, my friends, it does the best thing in the game. It places a basket on the ground, by a wonderful pink umbrella. If you and your loved one sit at the basket and enjoy a bite to eat together you, you will both get little hearts above your heads to show your adoration. Maybe it's just because I'm recently married, but I'm already popping this sucker out before every raid. There could be no better luck when facing new bosses than enjoying a kiss and cuddle with my wife. Take a look behind the jump and let's examine this sweet, sweet item's vital stats:
Phat Loot Phriday: Trauma
Yo dawg. Blizz heard you like heals, so they put a heal on your heal so you can heal while you heal. Was that a traumatic sentence to read? Sorry, couldn't help it, but I'll claim that I dropped that meme in honor of today's Phat Loot Phriday weapon: Trauma. Not only are the stats on this one-handed mace pretty sexy, but it was the beneficiary of a recent fix. (The heal it procs was only affecting folks in the same group as the person who received the heal, not anyone else in the raid.) Also? It's totally a bunch of skulls with horns lashed together. While the thread in which Ghostcrawler posted derailed into general discussion about Blizzard's QA, let's not allow that kind of tangent-hopping to happen here! Without further ado, Trauma: Name: Trauma Type: Main Hand Mace Damage: 112 - 359 Damage, 130.9 damage per second Speed: 1.80 Attritbutes: 53 Stamina 53 Intellect Increases spell power by 741. Each time your spells heal a target you have a chance to cause the target of your heal to heal themselves and friends within 10 yards for 217 each sec for 6 sec.
Phat Loot Phriday: Nevermelting Ice Crystal
In honor of our hard to get trinkets and all the casters who have begged, cajoled, even threatened me to try and get me to tank Heroic PoS this week (look, I can only tank it twice or more in a day if I get it randomly. No, I'm not going to run randoms for six hours on the off chance we'll be queued for H PoS.) here's some caster loot. It's a trinket, so you don't get much of a screenshot I'm afraid, so you get the Wowhead page. Name: Nevermelting Ice Crystal Type: Epic Trinket Attributes: Increases spell power by 111 on equip, on use increases your critical strike rating by [184 * 71564u] for 20 sec. Every time one of your non-periodic spells deals a critical strike, the bonus is reduced by 184 critical strike rating. (3 Min Cooldown)
