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Kommentar von bwirum

Sold mine on Earthen Ring (Euro) for about 180g in July or thereabouts. Definitely worth more than a nexus.

Kommentar von Xeenon

Actually, this axe is godly for a twohanded fury build, maybe even more so in 1.13. Add a crusader enchant and the new 41-point talent in the Fury tree, and you have some wicked AP for your bloodthirsts.

Kommentar von 3118

Intel reduction procs only serve as comic releif. Yes, this axe is cheap and available, but there are already easy replacements. Consider the quest-reward Optimus Prime with STR and Hit, making it far superior for 2h Fury.

If raiding anything above 5-person is out of the question, then grind out AV exalted and buy a The Unstoppable Force. You'll be much happier and much deadlier.

Kommentar von 6495

I'm not quite sure why everyone thinks this weapon sucks. It is good for any Warrior period. I guess everyone that plays the game missed these changes that were placed in game months ago.

This is from Blizzard on one of the patch notes.

Instant Attacks
The mechanics of most instant melee attacks have been modified to improve item balance. Previously, instant melee attacks did damage based on the damage range of the weapon, plus a bonus for the player's attack power. This bonus was then multiplied by the speed of the weapon. As a result, slow weapons did more damage than was intended, and fast weapons were considered inferior by most players. We have changed the way the attack power bonus is calculated for instant attacks. This change does NOT affect attack power calculations for normal melee attacks. Instead of multiplying by the speed of the weapon, the attack power bonus is now multiplied by a fixed number pulled from the following table:

Two-handed weapons: 3.3 (this means the 2.1 speed of Brain Hacker is considered 3.3 and so is the damage range when using an instant attack)
Daggers: 1.7
All other one-handed weapons: 2.4
As a direct result of this, many weapons have shifted position in their relative power. In particular, many Epic (purple) quality items are now more powerful than slower Superior (blue) weapons.
This change was not made to reduce the power of instant attacks, but to correct the relative imbalance of weapon itemization. At a given level requirement, epic quality weapons should always be more powerful than superior quality weapons.
Please also note that all normal weapon swings will be completely unaffected by this change. The following abilities are affected by the design change: Sinister Strike, Ambush, Backstab, Whirlwind, Mortal Strike, and Overpower.

So you tell me why this sucks? 3.3 speed on instant attacks is not too bad at all. 3.6 or 3.8 is better of course but it is not bad at all. This weapon is also a great one for Shamans and Paladins since they use auto attack. The proc is 25% of the swings so it definately makes up for the damage lost from stats on other weapons.

Kommentar von 4172

This weapon *DOES* suck for an MS warrior, and almost all 2h using classes at that matter. Why? They need the slowest weapons they can find. Yes, weapon speed was normalized, but damage sure wasn't! It isn't really the speed that matters, it's the top-end damage. However, the top-end damage is always higher for slower weapons, making slower weapons more favorable.

This weapon is pretty much a pile of trash for anyone on alliance side, and still isn't all that hot for shamans. All leveling paladins should have Seal of Command. It by far does the most damage of any seal. SoC is procs per minute (PPM) so the speed doesn't make it proc more/less. Thus, the slower the weapon, the more benefit you will reap from SoC, the damage seal of choice for paladins. For shamans, you tend to use Windfury in PvP mostly, (leveling too, i know, but even so, you use rockbiter sometimes) and in PvP you want a lot of burst damage. You get more burst with slower weapons, and this weapon is about as fast as a 2h can get. Windfury may proc less, but those few procs willl be 2-3x as strong with a slower weapon.

For warriors, this weapon sucks because of it's speed. 2h Warriors are MS warriors, and use MS (Mortal Strike) as a prominent source of damage, especially in PvP (because it's instant, great for burst dmg). Because MS is based off of your top end damage only, which this weapon has very little of, slower weapons will be leagues better.

I hope this helped clear a little bit up =D

Kommentar von Split

wowhead, please delete this spam account, ty.

-taken care of =D

Kommentar von 77139

the speed is considered quite alright as the others can be 3.60.

Kommentar von Janrela

However, something of note, this does indeed suck for ret pallies.
and shaman, but you'll be DWing by this level.
and DKs, but you won't be using this anyways.

Kommentar von BaconSupreme

The Undercity Guardians need to check if this sold in the Auction House if you ask them where the mailbox is.

Kommentar von crosstalk1

Most gruesome name in game.

Kommentar von 340768

It is so awesome to read all these old comments that discuss the high-end items of those times, the times of the original WoW. Both interesting and just awesome, yet another reason why I love wowhead.

Kommentar von 269647

This axe sucks! Its too fast for a 2handed and the high end damage is poor for it's level! For two handed its the slower the better for those lovely crits n BIG hits. Also it doesnt offer any solid stats either - just some useless proc!

Kommentar von Dongolev

This axe is notable for being the fastest 2-handed axe in the game, Pre-BC.

Kommentar von Gnoktish

USE THIS TO KILL THE BRAIN OF YOGG SARON!

Kommentar von 424548

Given the low item level, would this be useful at all in PVP/Arena for a level 80 Ele shaman? Strictly for swapping out to kill the casters, then swapping back to my main weapons to continue killing "normal" enemies.

I'm afraid the low dps and mystery proc rate might make this way too inefficient for an 80 character, but I sure would like a caster-specific weapon.

Kommentar von tarunloko

A must have for Yogg-Saron

Kommentar von 464789

Used by hackers on steroids.

Kommentar von 371504

Okay....so no one else is going to say it?

BEST LOOKING AXE EVAR!

Kommentar von Fumigena

Believe it or not but it seems that on the EARLIEST version of WoW Orchish Warriors started with this weapon.
We dont know for sure if it had this stats, it can be seen in the alpha trailer.

Kommentar von Deathsaber

if you want to farm epics, try Stratholme, for me seems to have a higher drop % than other dungeons.

Kommentar von 652580

On my server it's worth %^&* =(

Kommentar von 876781

I snagged this for 250g, and put it on my new DK. It's pretty cool, but i tried to get one on eitrigg and some guy is trying to sell it for 15k. Gimme a break.

Kommentar von 921662

I actually just got this from a Dreadlord Defiler in Blastedlands. I didnt see it on the "Dropped by" list. So yeah. Just throwing that in there in case someone wants to add it to the list.

Kommentar von Metalchic

weapons like this have the opportunity to be disproportionally more powerful than slower weapons of the same DPS for Retribution Paladins. this is due primarily to the fact that Art of War does not run on a PPM system but a set proc chance. since exorcism's damage runs off your attack power/spell power your overall weapon damage wont affect it and your crusader strike and Templar's verdict are normalized it will be treated as if it was a 3.3sec swing time with the same DPS. since exorcism will do similar damage with this as with a weapon like treant's bane only proc considerably more often and generate considerable damage spikes.

Kommentar von warconz

Would be cool if it had a chance to MC on hit. It would give brain HACKER a totally new and awesome meaning.

Kommentar von 315859

Lowers Intellect by 25, not 1257.

Kommentar von Achooah

I CALL HACKS

Kommentar von Ponkana

Obtained one from a Große Kiste mit Bergungsgut.

Kommentar von Piffinatour

Interestingly, I just watched a video titled "Oldest World of Warcraft Trailer (2001)" and all of the orc characters used the Brain Hacker model as their default two-handed axe. The Brain Hacker might just have the oldest Two-Handed Axe model in the game!

You can also tell that this trailer was made so early on in development that Tauren's boots actually covered their hooves.

Kommentar von Elandle

just dropped from molten core off of majordomo executus minions

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