Changes: Windfury Weapon

Revision as of 13:44, 16 July 2011

For the heroic version of this item, see Firethorn Mindslicer (heroic).

Source

This item is shared boss loot from bosses in the Firelands.

Patches and hotfixes

Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Added.

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-[[Image:Spell_Nature_Cyclone.png|left|Windfury Weapon]] '' Imbue the Shaman's weapon with wind. Each hit has a 20% chance of dealing additional damage equal to two extra attacks with '''XX''' extra attack power (see [[Windfury Weapon#Rank table|Description]] for different attack power per each rank level). Lasts for 30 minutes.''
+|name=Firethorn Mindslicer
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+|quality=epic
+|icon=inv_sword_1h_firelandsraid_d_01
+|bind=bop
+|slot=Main Hand
+|type=Sword
+|dmglow=328
+|dmghigh=610
+|speed=1.70
+|stamina=262
+|intellect=175
+|durability=105
+|crit=133
+|hit=88
+|spellpower=2333
+|level=85
+|ilvl=378
+|sellprice=347785
+|itemid=71785
+}}
+{{heroic}}
+==Source==
+This item is shared boss loot from bosses in the [[Firelands (instance)|Firelands]].
+==Patches and hotfixes==
-==Functionality==
+{{Patch 4.2.0|note=Added.}}
-===Use===
-*Casting Time: Instant Cast
-*Range: Not Applicable
-*Duration: 30 minutes
-*Cooldown: Global Spell Cooldown
-===Limitations===
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+{{Elinks-item|71785}}
+[[Category:World of Warcraft epic items]]
-===Rank Table===
+[[Category:World of Warcraft one-handed sword items]]
-{{GenericHeader|Rank|Level|Type|Mana Cost|Description|Cost||}}
+[[Category:Firelands items]]
-{{GenericRow1| 1 |30|Enhancement|90|Each hit has a 20% chance of dealing damage equal to 2 extra attacks with 46 extra attack power.|80[[Image:silver.gif|silver]]||}}
-{{GenericRow2| 2 |40|Enhancement|115|Each hit has a 20% chance of dealing damage equal to 2 extra attacks with 119 extra attack power.|1[[Image:gold.gif|gold]] 35[[Image:silver.gif|silver]]||}}
-{{GenericRow1| 3 |50|Enhancement|140|Each hit has a 20% chance of dealing damage equal to 2 extra attacks with 249 extra attack power.|2[[Image:gold.gif|gold]] 80[[Image:silver.gif|silver]]||}}
-{{GenericRow2| 4 |60|Enhancement|165|Each hit has a 20% chance of dealing damage equal to 2 extra attacks with 333 extra attack power.|3[[Image:gold.gif|gold]]  90[[Image:silver.gif|silver]]||}}
-{{GenericRow1| 5 |60|Enhancement|190|Each hit has a 20% chance of dealing damage equal to 2 extra attacks with 445 extra attack power.|3[[Image:gold.gif|gold]]  90[[Image:silver.gif|silver]]||}}
-|}
-===Talents===
-Talents that can improve the weapon [[buff]]:
-{{GenericHeader||Talent Points Needed|Type|Description|Talent Points Available||}}
-{{GenericRow1|[[Image:Spell_Fire_FlameTounge.png|32px|Elemental Weapons]]|20|Enhancement|[[Shaman Talents#Elemental Weapons|Elemental Weapons]]|3||}}
-|}
-===Tips===
-Windfury is the end-game enhancement buff. It offers a flat 40% damage increase to your base melee DPS, not counting the +AP bonus granted on 2/7ths of all of your swings. As of 2.01, Windfury procs CAN trigger weapon based procs and enchants -- meaning you could potentially have a Crusader proc 3 times (your normal swing and the 2 Windfury occurrences), or 6 times if you are Dual-Wield Stormstrike specced! Stormstrike can now trigger Windfury as well. Windfury procs that crit will also trigger Flurry, but Windfury procs themselves do not consume Flurry. This means that after getting a high crit Chance, you could have a never-ending Flurry buff!
-Also in 2.01, Windfury received a huge buff by way of elemental weapons. Elemental weapons now adds a flat +40% damage to your two Windfury occurances, as opposed to +40% to the attack power bonus. This buff adds a flat +16% damage increase, furthering Windfury's effectiveness to add +56% additional melee DPS!
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-Unfortunately, recent tests have shown that Windfury has a 3 second cooldown per rank. However, the effect is lessened if you use your highest rank on the main hand weapon, and the second highest rank on the off hand.
-'''Update for 2.1.0''' - Downranking Windfury on the off-hand no longer has this effect, both weapons always share the 3 second cooldown (see [[#Patches and Hotfixes|Patches and Hotfixes]]).
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-Slow weapons are recommended for Stormstriking shamans and for PVP in general. Windfury is amazing with slow weapons in PVP. It's like gambling, but with the odds heavily stacked in your favor. End game shamans are seeing 3.5k+ windfuries on a regular basis with the new changes in 2.01. The tact behind this is, when a windfury goes off, you can follow it up with a stormstrike + earthshock. If the target is below 75% health, this results in an instant kill. This kills the target before healers recognize the danger, paladins bubble, druids NS heal themselves or root/run, Warlocks death coil or CC, rogues vanish/gouge etc. This kills before anyone can hit their "emergency" button. It's slow weapon windfury kills (or insta-gibs) that result in posts on the shaman forums saying nerf shamans.  Not that we are doing too much damage, but that we can kill, before the target even knows they are in trouble. Sometimes you'll die, sometimes you'll go on a 15 kill rampage that you wished you recorded.  Unfortunately, in the expansion, Blizzard has planned to roughly double, everyone's HP, which will more than likely kill the 2-handed wielding insta-gibbing shaman in favor of the steady damaging dual wielding shaman.
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-[[Windfury_Weapon|Windfury]] vs [[Rockbiter_Weapon|Rockbiter]] vs [[Flametongue_Weapon|Flametongue]] vs [[Frostbrand_Weapon|Frostbrand]].
-Windfury is by far the best end-game enhancment enchant. It adds a flat +56% boost(talented) to what would be a gear boosted high DPS amount. Windfury is not as good if that DPS amount isn't gear boosted, which is where the other weapon attacks come in.
-Rockbiter is the poor shaman's best friend. It is only superior in DPS to Windfury (both at level 60) if the base DPS of the shaman was less than 75 (Base DPS = Weapon DPS + Atk power DPS). I will update this when the BC hits.
-Flametongue. Flametongue is the elemental shaman's weapon enchant. Does exceptional damage on an incredibly fast 1 hander as the +10% spell damage effect does not scale with weapon speed.
-Frostbrand. Frostbrand is a great enchant for a poorly equipped enhancement shaman or any resto shaman. It procs off of stormstrike, making it acceptable. Its main bonus is its snare, so it is often used by elemental or resto shamans who aren't looking to kill, just to maim.
-===Patches and Hotfixes===
-{{Patched|patch=1.11|note=The following mana costs have been reduced ... Windfury.|comment=Reduced to 30-50% of old costs}}
-{{Patched|patch=1.11|comment=Attack power bonus of Windfury Weapon reduced by 50%}}
-{{Patched|patch=2.1.0|note=Mixing two different ranks of "Windfury Weapon" while dual-wielding will no longer increase the number of "Windfury Weapon" procs.}}
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