Phat Loot Phriday: Crystal Spire of Karabor

This incredible healing mace is actually changing looks in patch 2.2-- thanks to our friend MMO Champion for the comparison pic above.
Name: Crystal Spire of Karabor
Type: Epic Main-Hand Mace
Damage/Speed: 16-132 / 1.80 (41 DPS)
Abilities:
No, only kidding. Loot like this doesn't come easy-- you've got to be prepared for this one. Illidan himself drops this baby, when you kill him in the Black Temple. We haven't seen all that many kills yet, so a percentage isn't certain yet, but odds are it's less than 20% or so, and possibly a lot less than that. And considering this is a great mace for every healer in the raid, you're going to have to be pretty good and really lucky to call it your own.
Getting Rid of It: Sells for 14g 32s 71c, and disenchants into a Void Crystal, but come on now. Don't even think about it.
Name: Crystal Spire of Karabor
Type: Epic Main-Hand Mace
Damage/Speed: 16-132 / 1.80 (41 DPS)
Abilities:
- +22 Stamina, +15 Intellect
- Increases healing done by spells and effects by 486, which is high enough to make grown men cry
- Restores 6 mana per 5 seconds, which makes grown Shaman everywhere weep with happiness
- And if your target is below 50% health, direct heals will grant an additional 180 to 220 health to your target, which makes healers' mouths everywhere drop open. Which means if you're direct healing someone below 50% health, you get at least +660 healing just from this item. Of course, not all +healing translates directly into heals (and definitely not on the lower ranks anymore). But still, that's a lot of +healing.
- Trivia: The Black Temple was previously known (long ago) as the Temple of Karabor, the center of Draenei worship everywhere. The Spire of Karabor is likely a piece of the temple itself (or perhaps the Altar within), fueled by years of Draenei faith and prayer. Pretty cool.
No, only kidding. Loot like this doesn't come easy-- you've got to be prepared for this one. Illidan himself drops this baby, when you kill him in the Black Temple. We haven't seen all that many kills yet, so a percentage isn't certain yet, but odds are it's less than 20% or so, and possibly a lot less than that. And considering this is a great mace for every healer in the raid, you're going to have to be pretty good and really lucky to call it your own.
Getting Rid of It: Sells for 14g 32s 71c, and disenchants into a Void Crystal, but come on now. Don't even think about it.
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Raiding, Phat Loot Phriday






Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dabura Sep 21st 2007 6:44PM
Show some phat loot a large base of raiders can actually hope to get
Snailking Sep 21st 2007 7:12PM
....then it would be sub-phat.
MC So n So Sep 21st 2007 7:13PM
Unfortunately the +200 healing only works if they are at 50% or less AFTER the heal connects, so it doesn't work all that often.
Still an awesome weapon though.
Mike Schramm Sep 21st 2007 7:23PM
I'm not complaining-- I love feedback and you guys can definitely serve it up.
But it does amuse me that when I post something everyone can get, people complain that it's not phat enough. And when I post something like this, which almost no one can get, people say I should post something everyone can obtain.
You can please some of the people all of the time, or... :)
Randy Sep 21st 2007 8:54PM
+486 healing! /sob
Boonie Sep 21st 2007 9:22PM
I look at it this way... yes right now this is hard to get... but really... but the time we ACTUALLY get to Northrend... it'll be seen a little more about the place.
Jack Sep 21st 2007 10:36PM
Why do all the cool healing items have to only work for direct healing? I'm a sad resto druid...
JMCampbell Sep 21st 2007 11:27PM
Why the color change? the red looks badass.
dk Oct 5th 2007 12:17AM
try the healing staff off of kazaak ;D