Phat Loot Phriday: Swiftsteel Bludgeon
by Mike Schramm 
Oct 17th 2008 at 6:00PM
Haven't done a Mace in a while, and there are surprisingly few melee maces floating around nowadays. Since Shamans can't wield swords, most of the really high end maces have spellpower on them. But here's one that's meant for cracking heads.
Name: Swiftsteel Bludgeon (Wowhead, Thottbot, WoWDigger)
Type: Epic One-hand Mace
Damage/Speed: 105-196 / 1.50 (100.3 DPS)
Abilities:
So round up 24 friends (you'll still need to be at least a little epic before you go in there, don't skimp on the SSC and TK runs), head into BT, and loot the place for all it's worth. Eventually, this one will drop, and if you're a melee-er who needs a mace, win the roll and it's yours. Of course, you can expect it to be replaced in Northrend eventually, but who cares? An epic is an epic, right?
Getting Rid of It: Disenchants into a Void Crystal, sells for 14g 1s 84c. Too bad you can't melt it down -- putting all your money into swiftsteel might actually be a pretty good idea in this economy.
Name: Swiftsteel Bludgeon (Wowhead, Thottbot, WoWDigger)
Type: Epic One-hand Mace
Damage/Speed: 105-196 / 1.50 (100.3 DPS)
Abilities:
- Improves hit rating by 19, improves haste by 27, and increases attack power by 40.
- This isn't a weapon at the top of anybody's game (especially with the nerf to maces wielded by Rogues in 3.0.2). But it is good as a stopgap, especially for Fury Warriors in the offhand slot trying to spam Execute and needing a fast weapon to do so (at 1.50, this is definitely a fast weapon).
- But don't get too angry, commenters -- there are definitely plenty of other weapons to use at this level and above. The only reason you'd really jump on this one is if you're melee DPS in need of a nice Epic mace in Black Temple, and you're not first in line to grab any of the really great ones that come from the bosses. Not everybody gets to wield Warglaives or the Syphon, not right away.
So round up 24 friends (you'll still need to be at least a little epic before you go in there, don't skimp on the SSC and TK runs), head into BT, and loot the place for all it's worth. Eventually, this one will drop, and if you're a melee-er who needs a mace, win the roll and it's yours. Of course, you can expect it to be replaced in Northrend eventually, but who cares? An epic is an epic, right?
Getting Rid of It: Disenchants into a Void Crystal, sells for 14g 1s 84c. Too bad you can't melt it down -- putting all your money into swiftsteel might actually be a pretty good idea in this economy.
Filed under: Warrior, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Instances, Raiding, Phat Loot Phriday, Bosses
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Random Shamandom Oct 17th 2008 6:49PM
Phail.
Fast weapon for Enhancement = low damage, lower PPM on Maelstrom weapon, and all-around suckage. Stick with Syphon of the Nathrezim, same model, same DPS, MUCH slower, MUCH better.
Random Shamandom Oct 17th 2008 6:51PM
Well, you mentioned the Syphon =p
But still, Enhancement should not touch this, not even after the changes on 3.0.
Anon Hero Oct 17th 2008 6:53PM
"The only reason you'd really jump on this one is if you're melee DPS in need of a nice Epic mace in Black Temple, and you're not first in line to grab any of the really great ones that come from the bosses. Not everybody gets to wield Warglaives or the Syphon, not right away."
Argh, full of misinformation. This is an excellent weapon for special situations.
1. One of the best TPS tanking weapons in BT (better than Blade of Savagery sometimes).
2. Very good execute spam weapon for both main-hand and off-hand, especially for humans.
The Syphon, on the other hand, is crap except for farming/grinding.
Agelamer Oct 19th 2008 2:21AM
Not everything is about warriors you know.
I personally use(d) this if i ever felt like running HARP.
SJPadbury Oct 17th 2008 7:02PM
24 friends optional.
My guild which had been clearing 3 bosses a night slowly and methodicly went in with 14 total, 4 healers and ROFLSTOMPED 7/9 in a little over 2 hours.
Now admitedly, by Akama we started getting more people, and were 25 by Mother, but still only 4 healers, and the only wipes were an early trash pull as people weren't paying attention, and then on Council after that, because that does still require coordination and timing.
Tsuaksasurfer Oct 18th 2008 12:05PM
Hey anyone else notice the 54 on the very bottom of the base of the mace?????