Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker

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Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker, is the legendary sword once wielded by Thunderaan, Prince of Air.

Contents 1 Background 2 Source 3 Notes 3.1 Patch 1.12.0 3.2 Patch 2.0.1 3.3 Patch 2.0.10 4 External links

Background

Ragnaros the Firelord, and his lieutenants Garr and Baron Geddon, defeated Thunderaan, Prince of Air, during the war following the First Age of Creation. Ragnaros was unable to fully destroy Thunderaan’s essence, so he forced what little remained into a talisman of elemental binding and shattered it. He gave the two halves to his lieutenants. Ages passed, and somehow the talisman halves found their way into the hands of Highlord Demitrian, a follower of Thunderaan. He recombined the talisman but was unable to release his master. Instead, he did the best he could: He crafted a blade to serve as a vessel for his master’s essence.

Thunderfury is a vicious sword, crafted from elementium and containing a crackling electrical core that might be all that remains of Prince Thunderaan. The hilt is unusually long, wrapped in black dragon hide, and studded with small spikes of black dragon bone.^{MM&M 152}

Source

Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker is the reward from the quest Rise, Thunderfury!. It is the culmination of a challenging and very expensive quest chain.

1.  [60] Examine the Vessel
2.  [60R] Thunderaan the Windseeker
3.  [60] Rise, Thunderfury!

The quest can be started by a hunter, paladin, rogue or warrior.

The quest chain begins when you loot the Left or the Right half of the [Bindings of the Windseeker], which drop off Baron Geddon and Garr respectively, in Molten Core. Upon looting either of these, you must travel to Silithus and talk with Highlord Demitrian. He will give you the [Vessel of Rebirth] which starts the quest chain.

The next quest requires you to present the following items to Demitrian:

• both left and right halves of the [Bindings of the Windseeker]
• [Essence of the Firelord] - a 100% drop, assuming one has the quest, from Ragnaros, final boss of Molten Core
• 10x [Elementium Bar] - each bar requires 1 [Elementium Ore] (from Blackwing Lair), 1 [Fiery Core], 10 [Arcanite Bar], and 3 [Elemental Flux].

Bring a raid with you when you return with the required items to Demitrian because he will summon Thunderaan, who promptly attacks you. Upon defeating Thunderaan you receive a [Dormant Wind Kissed Blade]. Deliver this to (the now rather cowed) Highlord, and he will make Thunderfury for you.

Notes

The proc effect has been observed to be approximately 20-25%. The slowing effect from the proc affects both mobs and players. It is important to note that the proc debuff does not stack with the debuff from the warrior ability Thunderclap, and that the Thunderfury's proc will take priority over it. The warrior ability Improved Thunder Clap offers the same 20% slow and will overwrite the Thunderfury debuff. The secondary nature resistance reduction debuff that is applied to the targets does not break crowd control effects, and it is unconfirmed to whether it actually generates any threat(although it will register on a mob's threat table such as critters or the bugs in Twin Emperor's room in AQ40. The Thunderfury proc may also crit for approximately 450 Nature damage.

Patch 1.12.0

As of patch 1.12, Thunderfury may be equipped in either hand.

Patch 2.0.1

Now that the Burning Crusade is upon us, despite the fact that 70 DPS and higher blue weapons are available as drops in single group instances, Thunderfury is still a decent offhand, if only for it's proc. Due to the damage-mitigating threat proc, it remains an excellent tanking weapon for warriors as well as paladins now that they prove to be capable tanks in many situations. It is still under debate whether Thunderfury will remain the premier tanking weapon at level 70, or if the very high DPS epic one-handed weapons dropping from Burning Crusade raids (or crafted by master weaponsmiths) will finally surpass it.

Patch 2.0.10

As of patch 2.0.10, the threat generated from the proc has been substantially reduced. The threat generation from a proc of Thunderfury was previously equivalent to that of approximately one application of sunder armor from a lvl 60 warrior.

External links

v • d • e Legendary items Permanent Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian · Black Qiraji Resonating Crystal · Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros · Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker · The Twin Blades of Azzinoth · Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury Kael'thas Sunstrider encounter Cosmic Infuser · Devastation · Infinity Blade · Nether Spike · Netherstrand Longbow · Phaseshift Bulwark · Staff of Disintegration · Warp Slicer Others Andonisus, Reaper of Souls